Learned Last Week is about realizing that we're always learning new things. Here we celebrate those who are vigilant about sharing what they've learned. #llw
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New!! 🎉 I've created a streamgraph-meets-bump-chart #dataviz to show the rise & sudden surge in the no. of satellites orbiting Earth for @sciam 🛰️
Huge thanks to @ChristiansenJen for the feedback + layout + sending me 2 issues when my store in NL didn't get them due to covid-19
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Halley’s Comet appears every 75 years- next will be 2061 (when your 10yo is 52!) This week the Orionid meteor shower lights up particles Halley left behind in 1986. Kind of like bedazzled scrunchies being flung across the sky. Check out this #WowInTheSky ! forbes.com/sites/jamiecarter…
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Visualize a mind-bending black hole 😱
The gravity of a black hole is so intense, it distorts its surroundings like a carnival mirror. Simulations help us see what Einstein meant when he said gravity warps the fabric of space & time. Get sucked in: go.nasa.gov/2lMiqJz
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“We have never observed an ice sheet behaving this way before. It’s unprecedented in human scientific history” on.natgeo.com/2mk5f2g
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Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to fly, were monsters of the Mesozoic skies. Researchers have finally begun to understand how these bizarre creatures lived—and why they eventually went extinct.
Learn more in our October issue: bit.ly/2M13iAZ
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The largest and longest Arctic expedition in history will tap 600 people from 19 countries to spend a year meticulously collecting data on.natgeo.com/34TGNGY