Matthew Whitaker @_WhitakerMatthe
Astronomer, Data scientist, and disciple of Christ matthewwhitaker.me Utah, United States Joined May 2019-
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Three core surveys, one telescope, and a vast universe — that’s a flick we’re excited to see! The Roman team has announced detailed plans for the three surveys that will account for 75% of Roman’s five-year primary mission. Check out the thread below to learn more about each…
Congrats to my colleagues working with DESI. These are exciting results!
Congrats to my colleagues working with DESI. These are exciting results!
We officially used GPS on the Moon! The LuGRE payload on #BlueGhost acquired & tracked Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals on the Moon! These results suggest that GPS signals could be used by future exploration missions – like @NASAArtemis. go.nasa.gov/3DguHxD
✨ A giant leap in black hole discoveries! Scientists using @desisurvey at @NSF’s @KittPeakNatObs have uncovered record-breaking samples of black holes & dwarf galaxies—tripling the existing census of both! 🔭 🔗 noirlab.edu/public/news/no… 📷 NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/M. Zamani
Cosmic fireflies. Actually, these are Starlink satellites momentarily flashing sunlight towards @Space_Station.
Solar Protons xkcd.com/2997
(If this image seems extra sparkly, you're right — the "snow-like" white flecks you're seeing here are solar energetic particles from a recent solar eruption! Here's a gif so you can see it in action.)
All systems are looking good for tomorrow’s Falcon 9 launch of Polaris Dawn. Webcast will go live ~3.5 hours ahead of liftoff on Tuesday, August 27 → spacex.com/launches/missi…
I am so happy to announce that I am now a math instructor at the University of Utah! I didn't get a job here or anything. I'm just a math instructor physically on their campus.
Globular star cluster Omega Centauri packs about 10 million stars much older than the Sun into a volume some 150 light-years in diameter. Also known as NGC 5139, at a distance of 15,000 light-years it's the largest and brightest of 200 or so known globular clusters that roam the…
Just published in @Nature: 'Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri' by Häberle et al.: nature.com/articles/s4158…
An international team of astronomers used over 500 @NASAHubble images to search for evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole in the globular cluster Omega Centauri. 🔭 This rare find could be the missing link in black hole evolution: go.nasa.gov/3VWgRpn
Anil Seth (@anilcseth), U associate professor of astronomy and co-principal investigator, made a discovery ending a decade-long argument between astronomers: Omega Centauri, a spectacular collection of 10 million stars, contains a central black hole. attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/m…
Bigger than black holes created by collapsed stars but smaller than supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies, "mid-sized" black holes are elusive. By analyzing 500 Hubble images from two decades, astronomers found compelling evidence for one: go.nasa.gov/3VQj0D6
Astronomers have identified the nearest major black hole to Earth—weighing an estimated 8,200 solar masses—using Hubble images. It is in the heart of the globular star cluster Omega Centauri, located 17,700 light-years away: bit.ly/3W9nLcn
Always been a big fan of Ethan's articles. Super exciting to see him cover a study that I got to help write and do an analysis for!
Always been a big fan of Ethan's articles. Super exciting to see him cover a study that I got to help write and do an analysis for!
🆕 NASA/ESA @HUBBLE_space Telescope finds evidence for rare black hole in Omega Centauri 👇
🆕 NASA/ESA @HUBBLE_space Telescope finds evidence for rare black hole in Omega Centauri 👇
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