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A couple of bright cousins of Antares, the heart of the scorpion, skitter to its lower right on July evenings. They’re the brightest stars of Lupus, the wolf. The stars of Lupus originally formed part of the adjoining constellation Centaurus. But they were split off to form a new constellation a couple of thousand years ago. The wolf’s brightest stars are Alpha and Beta Lupi. Both stars belong to the Scorpius-Centaurus O-B association – a complex of stars and star-making ingredients that spans hundreds of light-years. The first stars in the association were born about 25 million years ago. Beta Lupi probably was one of those stars. Winds from the earliest stars, along with shockwaves from exploding stars, probably triggered a major round of starbirth about five million years later. And two more big rounds followed, spaced about five million years apart. Alpha Lupi probably was born during one of those peaks, no more than 20 million years ago. Alpha Lupi is about 10 times the mass of the Sun. So despite its young age, it’s nearing the end. It will explode as a supernova within the next few million years. Beta Lupi is a little less massive. So it might explode as well. But it’s possible that it faces a less dramatic fate, ending its life as a small, faint ember – a meek end for a mighty star. Lupus is quite low in the south at nightfall. You need to be south of about Dallas or Phoenix to see its brightest stars. More about the wolf tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield
If you throw a rock into a still pond, waves ripple outward. They jiggle the leaves and bugs on the surface, shaking things up a bit. And the same thing happens in the stars. In fact, a giant region of the sky is still feeling some “ripples” today. The Scorpius-Centaurus O-B Association contains many stars of classes O and B – the hottest and brightest stars in the galaxy. It spans hundreds of light-years, and contains thousands of stars. And more stars are being born there today. The association began as a massive cloud of gas and dust. About 20 million years ago, it produced a big “wave” of starbirth. Many of the newborn stars quickly exploded as supernovas. That outburst was the “stone” in the pond. Strong winds and shockwaves from the stars rippled outward. That triggered the birth of more stars in the surrounding cloud. The rate of starbirth peaked about 15 million years ago. But the ripples didn’t stop. They created a smaller outburst about 10 million years ago, and another about five million years ago. Most of the stars in the region are no bigger than the Sun. But a few are big, heavy, and bright – monster stars born from the ripples in a galactic pond. Many of these monsters are in Scorpius, which is low in the south at nightfall, to the right of the Moon. It’s marked by the scorpion’s bright “heart,” the star Antares – the most prominent member of the Scorpius-Centaurus Association. Script by Damond Benningfield
Scorpius dominates the summer night skies and captures the imagination of people around the world. The red “heart of the scorpion,” Antares, twinkles brightly, and a nearby star cluster is visible to the naked eye from dark locations. Meanwhile, summer is scorpion season on the ground, creating a perfect anchor between the night sky and the land. But not all cultures see a scorpion. I'll take you to the Polynesian culture to introduce you to the connection between the demigod Maui and the constellation Scorpius.LINKS FROM EPISODE 125:2025 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ Video demonstration of the ecliptic (1 minute): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoFct5WwVys Night Sky Tourist Events Calendar: https://nightskytourist.com/events/ “Curate Your Stargazing Kit” by Night Sky Tourist: https://nightskytourist.com/stargazingkit/VISIT OUR WEBSITEVisit the Night Sky Tourist website to book private stargazing experiences, read inspiring articles, and find resources to take your stargazing to the next level. You can find us at: https://nightskytourist.com/ FOLLOW & SUPPORTRate us: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify and Apple PodcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTouristNewsletter: Sign up at NightSkyTourist.com for exclusive content and updatesQuestions? Email Hello@NightSkyTourist.com
The star that marks the heart of the scorpion is at death’s door. Sometime in the next million years or so, Antares is expected to explode as a supernova. But astronomers don’t know exactly when that’ll happen. There’s no way to see into its core, which is where the fusion reactions that power the star take place. And with current technology, we can’t tell that the end is near by looking at the surface of Antares. The star is many times the mass of the Sun, so when its nuclear engine shuts down, its core will collapse to form a neutron star or black hole. Its outer layers then will blast outward at a good fraction of the speed of light. But the star is so big that the shockwave won’t reach the surface for many hours, so it won’t begin to brighten for hours. The shockwave is powered in part by neutrinos – particles created during the collapse. They almost never interact with other matter, so most of them will zip through the star at almost the speed of light. But there are so many of them that the rare times they do interact will help drive the blast. As the neutrinos race through the galaxy, they’ll reach detectors on Earth hours before the surface of Antares begins to brighten – alerting us to the brilliant demise of a giant star. Antares stands to the upper right of the Moon at nightfall, and leads the Moon down the southwestern sky later on. We’ll have more about the scorpion tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield
Sinopsis:Creadora de trece herramientas de Sanación, del Oráculo de Escorpio y memorias de Antares, y libros ceremoniales, dedica su vida a impartir servicio y guía a las personas para que puedan transformar su vida, y conseguir aquella verdad que solo lo divino puede revelar.Autora: Pilmaiquen AndradeEditorial Dunken Reseña por @celinacocimano
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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer's Calendar for July 2025. In this episode we talk about how to see Mercury, the Moon as it pairs with Spica, Antares, Saturn, Jupiter, several carbon stars and some deep sky objects like M6 & M7. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.
July SkyGuide: Moon Phases: July 3 - 1st Quarter Moon Note: July 4 - Earth is at aphelion (furthest) with respect to our sun July 5 - Moon at apogee (furthest from earth)) July 10 - Full Moon July 18 - Last Quarter Moon - Ideal Stargazing July 20 - Moon at perigee (closest to eart) July 25 - New Moon - also ideal Stargazing Evening Skies: Mercury is high in the early evening twilight July 3 - Mercury close to the Beehive cluster (in binoculars) Mars is getting lower in the North-west, and close to the crescent moon on 28 and 29 July. Morning Skies: Uranus (in binoculars) near to the Pleiades cluster Venus is falling back to the horizon, and is a distinct half-moon shape and is near Uranus 3-6 July Towards the end of the month, Venus comes close to Jupiter. Saturn is very high in the morning sky and near Neptune (in binoculars) TCoronaBorealis still hasn't gone nova, so keep watching it, A new Nova V472 Lupi is now visible in the constellation Lupus, just above the constellation Scorpius, it's quite obvious if you age a chart and binoculars (see Ian's ‘Astroblogger' website for the chart) Occultation of Antares on July 8 (best seen in Perth) Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor shower peaks 3am in the NE five handspans west of Saturn on the morning of Sunday July 31st ( active 12 July - 23 August) Ian's Tangent: Observing the Dark Emu and understanding how different cultures record ‘dark constellations'. Ian's Astrophotography Challenge: ‘Backyard Astrophysics' Capturing Nova V472 Lupi, and recording how it fades over time.
In the wake of new executive orders elevating nuclear energy as a national security priority, there's growing momentum—and urgency—behind advanced fission technologies. Few are better positioned to talk about this shift than Jordan Bramble, co-founder and CEO of Antares Nuclear, a startup building microreactors for defense and space.In this episode of Valley of Depth, we explore the strategic, technical, and geopolitical dimensions driving the nuclear renaissance. We cover:• Why microreactors are built for strategic energy and not just the grid• The real story behind public support for nuclear energy• How Antares plans to deploy sub-megawatt nuclear systems on U.S. military installations• The challenges of fuel supply, regulation, and capital• Why China is pulling ahead and what the U.S. must do to catch up• Nuclear-powered space assets and propulsion• Why Jordan believes venture-scale outcomes are coming to nuclear energy • Chapters •00:00 - Intro00:56 - Payload Pro01:39 - State of fission03:38 - Is renewed nuclear interest driven by political or environmental factors?05:23 - Are small modular reactors (SMRs) going to replace large, conventional nuclear reactors?07:31 - Is nuclear still a controversial topic?09:27 - Cultural legacy of nuclear in media11:49 - Antares and how Jordan got into nuclear14:16 - What does 1 Megawatt mean?15:53 - Game changing environments for Antares's SMR19:30 - Terrestrial business model20:39 - Nuclear fuel supply chain21:35 - Current state and future prediction of fuel pipeline23:42 - Safety in contested environments26:49 - Hardest technical challenges29:52 - What will it take to get to their first electron31:23 - Competition34:27 - US vs its adversaries36:29 - Navigating regulatory guidelines38:10 - Impact of Trump's Executive Orders40:03 - NRC41:12 - Are we living in a VC renaissance for nuclear?44:05 - What drives Jordan to work on nuclear?46:30 - For those afraid of nuclear • Show notes •Jordan's socials — https://x.com/jordanbrambleAntares' socials — https://x.com/AntaresNuclearAntares' website — https://boomsupersonic.com/Mo's socials — https://twitter.com/itsmoislamPayload's socials — https://twitter.com/payloadspace / https://www.linkedin.com/company/payloadspaceIgnition's socials — https://twitter.com/ignitionnuclear / https://www.linkedin.com/company/ignition-nuclear/Tectonic's socials — https://twitter.com/tectonicdefense / https://www.linkedin.com/company/tectonicdefense/Valley of Depth archive — Listen: https://pod.payloadspace.com/ • About us •Valley of Depth is a podcast about the technologies that matter — and the people building them. Brought to you by Arkaea Media, the team behind Payload (space), Ignition (nuclear energy), and Tectonic (defense tech), this show goes beyond headlines and hype. We talk to founders, investors, government officials, and military leaders shaping the future of national security and deep tech. From breakthrough science to strategic policy, we dive into the high-stakes decisions behind the world's hardest technologies.• Payload: www.payloadspace.com• Ignition: www.ignition-news.com• Tectonic: www.tectonicdefense.com
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Pensiamo sempre che cadere in una setta sia qualcosa che succede agli altri. A chi è fragile, suggestionabile, isolato. Mai a noi.Ma la verità è più inquietante: le nuove forme di manipolazione si mimetizzano tra corsi di crescita personale, percorsi spirituali, new age, comunità online e promesse di grande realizzazione. Non servono mantelli o messe nere: basta un link, una live, un social... e un gruppo che, da disfunzionale, diventa abusivo.In questa puntata, esploriamo l'evoluzione delle sette dal modello classico alle sette 3.0, analizzando meccanismi psicologici, tecniche di reclutamento e testimonianze reali.Perché nessuno è immune, e riconoscere i segnali è il primo passo per proteggersi.____________________Link utiliCesap (Centro Studi Abusi Psicologici) - nel quale sono disponibili due tesi di laurea relative all'argomentoLa Pulce nell'Orecchio____________________BibliografiaFrankfurter, D. (2006). Evil incarnate: Rumors of demonic conspiracy and satanic abuse in history. Princeton University Press.Nathan, D., & Snedeker, M. (1995). Satan's silence: Ritual abuse and the making of a modern American witch hunt. Basic Books.Richardson, J. T., Best, J., & Bromley, D. G. (Eds.). (1991). The Satanism scare. Aldine de Gruyter.Victor, J. S. (1993). Satanic panic: The creation of a contemporary legend. Open Court.De Young, M. (2004). The day care ritual abuse moral panic. McFarland & Company.Ellis, B. (2000). Raising the devil: Satanism, new religions, and the media. University Press of Kentucky.Cohen, S. (2011). Folk devils and moral panics: The creation of the mods and rockers (3rd ed.). Routledge. (Opera originale pubblicata nel 1972)____________________Documentari e video informativiDocuserie NetflixDancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (2024)The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping (2024)The Doomsday Cult of Antares de la Luz (2024)Raël: The Alien Prophet (2024)Waco: American Apocalypse (2023)Escaping Twin Flames (2023)Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare (2023) How to Become a Cult Leader (2023)The Family (2019)Wild Wild Country (2018)The Keepers (2017)Elisa True CrimeIl caso di Roberta RepettoIl caso NXIVMMarco CrepaldiAbusi in una setta neopagana: il caso di Emanuele+++SCOPRI NEXUS ARCANUM CONTATTI, CONTENUTI & NOVITA'-> QuiInstagramFacebookIscriviti a PatreonSe vuoi fare una donazione:paypal.me/nexusarcanumPODCAST INSIEME?Leggi il bando!
In this episode of Impact at Scale, Zal Dastur speaks with Michael Gryseels, founder of Antares Ventures, a deep tech investment fund. Michael shares how a thesis-driven strategy helps identify and solve major challenges in Asia's energy, healthcare, and water sectors. From transformers to renewables, Michael explores what it takes to make deep tech investments work and why commercial focus, research, and founder partnerships matter for scaling impactful solutions.
2360. Ein Kreuzer des golwonischen Imperiums wird aus dem Nichts angegriffen und vernichtet – scheinbar von einem terranischen Schiff. Ein Krieg zwischen der Terranischen Allianz und den Golwonen scheint unausweichlich. Ein Krieg, den die Allianz unmöglich gewinnen kann. Die Terraner erhalten eine Gnadenfrist von 48 Stunden, um die wahre Identität der Angreifer aufzudecken. Der Präsident der Allianz legt das Schicksal der Erde in die Hände seines besten Mannes: Commander Solomon Farr. Ein Rennen gegen die Zeit beginnt.
On average, Antares is the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky. It looks like an orange-red gem at the heart of the scorpion. Tonight, though, it looks a little feeble. It hasn’t gotten any fainter. Instead, it stands especially close to the almost-full Moon. It looks a little washed out in the powerful moonlight. Antares really is one of the more impressive stars in the galaxy. It’s probably 12 to 15 times the Sun’s mass, hundreds of times the Sun’s diameter, and tens of thousands of times its brightness. Ere long – at least on the astronomical timescale – Antares will get even more impressive – but only for a while. Sometime in the next million years or so, it’s expected to blast itself apart in a titanic explosion – a supernova. For a few months, it’ll shine brighter than the combined glow of billions of normal stars. As it fades, its demolished outer layers will form a nebula – a colorful cloud of gas and dust, energized by the blast and by the decay of radioactive elements. Over thousands of years, the nebula will expand and fade. That will leave only the star’s dead core – a tiny, super-dense corpse known as a neutron star – the almost-invisible remnant of the mighty heart of the scorpion. Antares stands close to the Moon at nightfall, and the Moon will move closer to it during the night – washing out this brilliant star. We’ll have more about the Moon tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield
Bugün 6 Haziran 2025 Antares'i gördünüz mü? Bu gece güneydoğu ufkunda parlar. Geceyarısına doğru Yay Takımyıldızı da doğar. Ejderha Takımyıldızı'nı nasıl bulacağınızı biliyor musunuz? Gökyüzü yazarı Alp Akoğlu'ndan notlarla göğe bakmak için fırsat yaratın.
In this Full Moon Vedic Wisdom episode of the Money Lighthouse Podcast for Spiritual Entrepreneurs, we're exploring the illuminating energy of Jyeshtha Nakshatra, the elder star nestled in the heart of Scorpio. This lunar mansion brings forth themes of spiritual maturity, inner authority, and sacred leadership. As the Moon rises near Antares, the heart of the Scorpion, we're invited to step into our wisdom and recognize the divine value of our lived experiences. Jyeshtha reminds us that with age and trials come power, confidence, and clarity — and these are valuable gifts we bring into our spiritual businesses and sacred service.Together, we'll journey through Jyeshtha's shadows and strengths, understanding how to transmute emotional turbulence into deep healing and soulful growth. This moon gently encourages us to release outdated roles and expectations, especially those that leave us feeling overextended or unseen. You'll hear journaling prompts and spiritual reflections that support you in reclaiming your worth, your boundaries, and your light, not through hustle, but through devotion and inner alignment. We also connect with a powerful message from the Whispers of Aloha oracle deck, reminding us of the strength in changing direction with purpose and love.This episode is a heartfelt invitation to evaluate the spiritual tools that support your path — and perhaps even give them meaningful names as part of your practice. Whether it's your laptop, your journal, your altar, your favorite modality, or your money itself, every sacred object and energetic tool can become an ally on your journey. May this Full Moon in Jyeshtha help you move through the depths with grace, recalibrate your direction with clarity, and navigate your mission with the confidence of a wise and loving guide. Let this phase of the moon carry you toward greater fulfillment — with calm waters, strong paddles, and a heart full of sacred intention.
Astrophiz 215: Dr Ian Musgrave's June SkyGuide Summary: Mars close to thin crescent moon. Occultation of Antares behind the moon in the early evening sky. The moon comes close to some of the bright planets. … and Mars is close to the moon again at the end of the month. Moon Phases: June 3 ~ 1st Quarter Moon, and another time to catch the ‘Lunar X' late in the night, about 11pm for Australian Eastern states. 10:30 for central states and 9pm in the West. Lunar X Tip: take an image each 1/2 hour from moonrise. June 7 ~ Apogee, furthest from earth June 11 ~ Full Moon June 19 ~ Last Quarter Moon ~ ideal for stargazing June 23 ~ Perigee, closest to earth June 25 ~ New Moon ~ ideal for stargazing June 21 ~ Solstice: shortest day in Southern Hemisphere. longest day in Northern Hemisphere Evening Skies: Jupiter is lost into the twilight Mercury returns to evening skies mid-month, on the 27th it's 3°from the moon an hour after sunset, and will continue to be excellent until mid-July. Mars is low in the NW evening skies, and is still readily visible T Coronae Borealis is visible in late evening skies and still has not ‘Gone Nova' so the challenge is still … to capture a Nova before and after it blows! This Nova iswell ‘overdue' so all eyes are on it! Tuesday 10 June ~ The Occultation of Antares by the Moon is easily seen in binoculars and telescopes (for times, check Ian's Astroblogger website) Also June is a great opportunity to see The Dark Emu in the south, the Southern Cross and the magnificent globular cluster Omega Centauri is also at it's highest in the south. Morning Skies: Venus is furthest from the sun on 1 June, and is a half-moon shape in telescopes, and beside the crescent moon on 22 June Saturn is climbing higher in the morning sky, Scorpius is a feature in the dark morning sky in the east Saggitarius and the Heart of the Milky Way are also rising, a good opportunity to catch the Triffid and Lagoon nebulas in Saggitarius. Ian's 'Tangent' Ian discusses long-lived aspects of Indigenous astronomy like The Eagle, Stingray and Dark Emu, and how Western constellation names have changed over time. eg Argo was declared obsolete in 1930. Ian's Astrophotography Challenges: 1. Capture The Occultation of Antares on June 10th (almost full moon) 2. Then on a dark night with no moon, have a go at The Dark Emu, with your mobile phone/DSLR/camera, conveniently at 8pm in the south near Scorpius, the Pointers and the Southern Cross. Tips: Use your device's highest ISO (ASA) Under urban skies, take 10 x1second exposures, and stack them using a free stacking program or app. Under dark skies, you can take longer exposures If stacking in RAW, do a ‘dark frame' subtraction If stacking in JPEG, don't use dark frame subtraction.
Bugün 13 Mayıs 2025 #doğatakvimi ⭐ Yaz gökyüzünü izliyor musunuz? Bugünlerde hava karardıktan sonra, Akrep Takımyıldızı'nın turuncu yıldızı Antares güneydoğu ufku üzerinde parlıyor.
The human eye is amazing. It can focus on objects near and far, provide a three-dimensional look at the world, and see under both brilliant sunlight and the faint glow of the stars. It also sees all the colors of the rainbow – from red and orange to blue and violet. Yet there’s a lot more that the eye can’t see – wavelengths that are beyond its range. That means we’re missing much of what the universe is showing us. Consider Antares, the heart of the scorpion. The star is just a whisker away from the Moon as they climb into view this evening. Antares is one of the brightest pinpoints in the night sky. And it shines with a distinctly orange hue. But there’s a lot more to it than that. For one thing, Antares consists of two stars, not one. The one we see is a supergiant – many times the Sun’s mass, and hundreds of times its diameter. At visible wavelengths, it shines about 10,000 times brighter than the Sun, with a distinctly orange color. But the star is much cooler than the Sun. Such stars produce most of their energy in the infrared – wavelengths too long for the human eye. So when you add that in, Antares is about a hundred thousand times the Sun’s brightness. The other star of Antares is much hotter than the Sun. So most of its light is in the ultraviolet – wavelengths that are too short for the eye. So it is about three thousand times the Sun’s brightness – much more than the eye can see. Script by Damond Benningfield
The morning planets are drifting apart. The evening planets climb toward their next destinations. The moon hides Antares. And there's a monster of a constellation several solar system objects pass through, yet we don't think of it as part of the zodiac.
Conoce los tesoros que posee la constelación de Escorpio, el escorpión, y los atributos de su bella estrella roja, Antares. Escucha además la anécdota del día de Star Wars, la cultura espacial del Museo de la Luna en Quito, y el desafío de este episodio.Escríbeme a: juanma.parrondo@baselaika.comSígueme en instagram: @laika.podcast
Toni Ghazi's journey began in Lebanon, where they were born and raised until relocating to the United States at the age of 15. Their earliest memory of connecting with extraterrestrials stemmed from one of their favorite childhood shows, Grendizer, a Japanese animated television series dubbed in Arabic, featuring a UFO robot from the Vega star system. However, it was not until they reached the age of 42, during a session with Debbie Solaris, that they made a conscious connection between UFOs and Vega. During the session with Debbie, Toni recalled the abundance of praying mantises in their grandmother's garden in Lebanon and the conversations they often had about them being "Bringers of Good Luck & Fortune." This memory had completely slipped their mind until revived during the Akashic reading. As a child, Toni experienced several paranormal occurrences, including seeing the spirit of a young boy in their home and witnessing witches flying in the sky near their school. Their sensitivity to these energies notably increased after moving to the Washington DC Metro Area at 15. Entering high school as a freshman, Toni did not speak any English. Remarkably, during this period, he began receiving SETI Magazine (Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence) in the mail, which significantly broadened his understanding of extraterrestrials. It is noteworthy that, despite their lack of English proficiency, he had no way of ordering the magazine for his home. Upon reflection, this experience was viewed as a direct contact from extraterrestrials, drawing their attention and awareness back to them. Read More at www.tonighazi.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.
Am 17. April um 1 Uhr klettert der abnehmende Mond über den Südosthorizont. In seiner Nähe funkelt Antares, ein Riesenstern im Skorpion. Stünde er an der Stelle der Sonne, so hätte er längst die Planeten Merkur, Venus, Erde und Mars verschlungen. Lorenzen, Dirk www.deutschlandfunk.de, Sternzeit
The most massive stars are seldom alone. Most of them have one or more companions – stars that are bound to each other by their mutual gravitational pull. Such stars were born together, from the same giant cloud of dust and gas. Dense clumps in the cloud collapsed and split apart, giving birth to heavy stars. One possible example is Antares, the bright star that represents the heart of Scorpius. It stands close to the left of the Moon at dawn tomorrow. The star we see as Antares is a supergiant. It’s more than a dozen times as massive as the Sun, and hundreds of times wider. If it took the Sun’s place in our own solar system, it would swallow the four innermost planets, including Earth. Another big star accompanies the supergiant. It’s about seven times the Sun’s mass, and five times its diameter. But it’s unclear whether the two stars actually form a binary. They move through space in the same direction and at the same speed. But they’re separated by more than 500 times the distance from Earth to the Sun – an especially wide gap. At that range, it would take up to a couple of thousand years for the stars to orbit each other. But we’ve only known about the smaller star for a few hundred years. That’s not long enough to trace any possible orbital motion. So while the two stars probably form a binary, the case isn’t quite conclusive. We’ll talk about some stars that are definite binaries tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield
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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer's Calendar for April 2025. In this episode we talk about how to see the Moon as it pairs with Pleiades, Mars, Smallest full moon on April 13th then pairs with Antares. Don't miss the Lyrid meteor shower and catch Venus, Moon, Saturn and Mercury in the morning sky. We also discuss some stars and deep sky objects including globular cluster M68 and a few galaxies like M104 and M83. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.
Chris is joined by Caleb, to talk about our recent game of Antares. We also touch on kit bashing, plus throw some ideas around for our 3 game mini campaign. For Algor!!Thank you for listening to our Pod. Please give us a 5 star review, and write a little review to help the Pod out.Most importantly, tell your friends and bring people into this excellent game and join our current drive to build a new skirmish force for Antares.Useful linkshttps://antaresnexus.com/2024/08/09/getting-started-with-antares-2/The Nexus - https://antaresnexus.com/Army Builder - https://antares.maloric.com/forceshttps://skytrex.com/Facebook Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/694286423936769Theme Song -> Audiorezout - The Vanishing (Dark Gloomy Atmosphere Mysterious Cinematic Energetic Futuristic Sci-Fi Battle Detective Crime Gangster War Music Intro Logo Ident)
Chris, Ruben, Nick and Steve get together and talk about the greatest game in the Universe.Thank you for listening to our Pod. Please give us a 5 star review, and write a little review to help the Pod out.Most importantly, tell your friends and bring people into this excellent game and join our current drive to build a new skirmish force for Antares.Useful linkshttps://antaresnexus.com/2024/08/09/getting-started-with-antares-2/The Nexus - https://antaresnexus.com/Army Builder - https://antares.maloric.com/forceshttps://skytrex.com/Facebook Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/694286423936769Theme Song -> Audiorezout - The Vanishing (Dark Gloomy Atmosphere Mysterious Cinematic Energetic Futuristic Sci-Fi Battle Detective Crime Gangster War Music Intro Logo Ident)
Bióloga, académica, jornalista, escritora Clara Pinto Correia recebeu Fernando Alvim na sua casa, em Estremoz. Publicou recentemente o seu 59.º livro ("Antares").
The Moon brushes past the red star Antares, the heart of Scorpius. Make sure to catch them both by listening to the latest episode of Star Diary, the podcast from the makers of Sky at Night Magazine. Transcript Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine and submit your astrophotography images over on our website: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
March Moon Phases: Moon at Perigee March 2 First Quarter: March 7 Full Moon: March 14 Moon at Apogee March18 Last Quarter March 22 New Moon: March 29 Moon at Perigee again on March 30 Evening Skies: Mercury is very low in the evening twilight in the West. (binocs recommended but only after sunset) and Mercury will return to morning skies in April and will be quite nice then. Venus in the early evening twilight is very low in the West (and as a fine crescent in telescopes) … and will disappear from us by the end of the first week of March, and then will re-appear in the East as the ‘Morning Star' in April. Jupiter is in the north west all night and best viewed around midnight. Nice new storms can be picked out in telescopes in the equatorial belt. Mars can still be seen in the West Uranus at mag 5.8 is still visible Saturn returns to evening skies in late March Highlights: 1 March: Saturn and Mercury near to thin crescent Moon (2° apart for Mercury) very low in evening twilight, will require binoculars. 2 March: Crescent Moon near crescent Venus very low in evening twilight (5°) 6 March: Waxing Moon near Jupiter in evening twilight (6°) 9 March: Waxing Moon near Mars in evening sky (5°), Moon close to Pollux 14 March: Occultation of bright star Beta Virginis around midnight 20 March: Earth at Equinox 21 March: Occultation of bright star Antares just after midnight behind moon Astrophotography Challenge: The T Coronae Borealis Nova. The challenge is to capture a Nova before and after it blows! This Nova is ‘overdue' so all eyes are on it! Ian's Tip: use 1sec stacks T Coronae Borealis last brightened in 1946, and astronomers initially predicted it would brighten again by September 2024. It's a variable star in Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, a backward-C-shaped constellation east of Boötes. T Coronae Borealis, dubbed the “Blaze Star” and known to astronomers simply as “T CrB,” is a binary system nestled in the Northern Crown constellation some 3,000 light-years from Earth. The system is comprised of a dense white dwarf – an Earth-sized remnant of a dead star with a mass comparable to that of our Sun – and an ancient red giant slowly being stripped of hydrogen by the relentless gravitational pull of its hungry neighbour. Ian's Tangent: Sky literacy, or lack thereof, as exemplified by ‘drone sightings' in the US and amplified by the Governor of Maryland. We also discuss easy pathways to develop better sky literacy.
The supergiant star Antares could use a supergiant dust mop. The star has created clumps of dust that can be more than a billion miles across. The dust can be both a help and a hindrance. It tells us something about the star itself. But it also makes it more difficult to see the “edge” of the star. Antares is in good view early tomorrow, just a whisker away from the Moon. The star is many times heavier than the Sun, hundreds of times wider, and tens of thousands of times brighter. But the exact details are hard to pin down. In part, that’s because it’s hard to pin down the star’s distance. One reason for the uncertainty is that Antares expels a lot of gas into space. That makes Antares look “fuzzy.” And the fuzzier a star looks, the tougher it is to measure its distance. Sometimes, the gas is blown out in big clumps. Bubbles many times bigger than the Sun may well up from inside the star. As the blobs move farther from Antares, they get cooler. That allows atoms and molecules to stick together to make small solid grains of dust. The composition of the dust reveals some details about the star and its environment. Astronomers have discovered several clumps of dust that are big enough to encompass most of our own solar system. They contribute to the uncertainty over the size of Antares – making it a little more difficult to pin down the details of this massive star. We’ll have more dusty skies tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield
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Today's guest is someone with the essence of insurance running right through his veins. That's because he has been working in our industry since the age of sixteen and has accumulated over forty years of experience. Now as CEO of the Lloyd's and Bermuda insurer and reinsurer Antares Mike Van der Straaten has a unique viewpoint of the global insurance market from which to apply his accumulated knowledge and understanding. Like many of its peers Antares has undergone a rebuilding and restructuring in the past few years and after steadying and right-sizing its business is now stepping out to seek measured profitable growth once more. I found this a really enjoyable and enriching discussion. In a world seemingly dominated by PhDs, Mike's remarkable career is a reminder that, when it is performing as it should, the insurance industry is an education and vocation rolled into one and rewards intelligence, creativity, common sense and hard work in the most meritocratic of ways. Mike is a great guest and blends the best of the old and the new. For example in this podcast we examine many of the factors that don't change, such as the shifts in the market cycle and distribution trends, but at the same time we also dissect some of the most progressive issues affecting the sector, such as the best applications of Ai and the streamlining of the underwriting and placement process. Mike always says what he thinks and this candour is extremely refreshing. NOTES: We mention a Rolf Tolle. Rolf was Lloyd's first Performance Management Director. LINKS: We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo: https://www.advantagego.com
In Greek mythology, Orion and Scorpius were mortal enemies. So the gods placed them on opposite sides of the sky. When one is rising, the other is dropping from view. The constellations have a lot in common. And so do their best-known stars – Betelgeuse in Orion, and Antares in Scorpius. Both stars are red supergiants. Both are many times more massive than the Sun, and a hundred thousand or more times brighter. And each is destined to explode as a supernova – probably within the next million years. Betelgeuse and Antares also are hundreds of times wider than the Sun. So even though they’re hundreds of light-years away, they’re big enough for astronomers to see them as disks instead of just pinpoints of light. In fact, they’re among the first stars to have their size measured directly. Antares was measured 100 years ago. Astronomers used a special device attached to the 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson in California – the largest telescope in the world at the time. It gave them a diameter of more than 400 times the size of the Sun. As technology has improved, astronomers have found that Antares is probably about 50 percent larger than that. So if Antares took the Sun’s place, it would engulf the four innermost planets – including Earth. Betelgeuse is in the east at nightfall. Antares is on the other side of the sky – low in the south-southeast at dawn. Tomorrow, it’s close to the lower left of the Moon. Script by Damond Benningfield
I sit down with Mackenzie Doheny, Founder and CEO of Antares, to explore her remarkable 24-year journey supporting C-suite executives at the highest level. Mackenzie's career spans the nonprofit, private, and public sectors, where she has partnered with top executives, presidents, and founders. Her work has redefined the role of executive assistants, transforming them into integral strategic partners. Through Antares, Mackenzie brings mentorship, training, and innovation to the forefront of executive support.In this episode, you'll discover:Redefining the Executive Assistant Role: Discover how Mackenzie is shifting the perception of executive assistants from task-doers to strategic partners, emphasizing the importance of emotional intelligence and chemistry in these roles.The Gaps in Executive Assistance Training: Mackenzie explains the lack of formal education for executive assistants and how Antares fills this gap with innovative mentorship and structured training programs.Coaching for Success: Learn how Antares' coaching programs equip executive assistants and their CEOs with the tools and skills needed for seamless collaboration, including emotional intelligence, executive presence, and AI integration.Building a Community of Executive Assistants: Mackenzie highlights the importance of fostering community among EAs and how Antares connects like-minded professionals to share insights, support, and growth opportunities.Lessons from Starting Antares: Mackenzie opens up about the challenges she faced in launching her company, from hiring missteps to navigating early failures, and how those experiences shaped her leadership approach.Mackenzie's Top 3 Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs:Leverage Your Network: Build strong connections with mentors and peers.Stay Agile: Keep an eye on market trends to remain relevant.Embrace Failure: View failures as opportunities to grow and improve.Connect with Mackenzie and Learn More:Website: antaresinsights.comLinkedIn: Mackenzie Doheny | LinkedIn
If you’re up early tomorrow, and you have a clear southeastern horizon, you might want to step out into the winter chill for a few seconds – or maybe just look out your kitchen window. The Moon will pass amazingly close to the star Antares, the heart of the scorpion. And an even brighter light will stand not far to the left: the planet Mercury. All three are quite low in the sky during the dawn twilight, and quickly vanish as the sky gets brighter. The Moon and Antares are visible at some point during most nights of the year. And they can pass high across the sky, so they’re easy to pick out. Mercury is a little more bashful. It’s the closest planet to the Sun – about a third of Earth’s distance. Because of that, Mercury never moves very far from the Sun in our sky. At best, it’s visible for a little while before sunrise, as it is now, or after sunset. That makes Mercury a difficult target for skywatchers – and for professional astronomers. They can’t point their telescopes close to the Sun. And Mercury is almost always so low in the sky that it’s seen through a thick layer of air, which muddies the view. The best views of Mercury have come from three spacecraft that have visited the planet. The third one has passed by Mercury three times, with another visit scheduled for next month. It should enter orbit in November of 2026 – providing the best views yet of this bashful little planet. Script by Damond Benningfield
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Cuffing season. Or is it? That's the question Antares asked this week. She told her lovelorn friend he'll have better luck on dating apps once the temperatures drop, but then she wondered… is that actually true? This week on Explain It to Me, host Jonquilyn Hill goes on a journey to find out if Cuffing Season is real. She speaks with artist Musa Murchison, Alison Gemmill of the Hopkins Population Center, Michael Kaye of OKCupid, and Devyn Simone of Tinder to find out. We're working on some great episodes, and want to answer more of your questions in the new year! Leave us a voicemail at 1-800-618-8545, fill out this form, or send us a voice memo at askvox@vox.com. We love to hear from you. Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host and producer Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer Caitlin PenzeyMoog and Kim Eggleston, fact-checkers Carla Javier, supervising producer Jorge Just, editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sagittarius New Moon: Aim High, Align Deeply, and Trust the Journey! Manifest your dreams this Dec 2024! The Sagittarius New Moon on December 1st invites us to aim high, align with our heart's wisdom, and embrace the possibilities of a bold new path forward. As 2024 draws to a close, this lunation reminds us that every ending holds the promise of a new beginning. Symbolized by the Archer, Sagittarius calls us to take aim with clarity, courage, and hope. No dream is too big, no intention too small—this is the time to dream boldly and trust that the Universe will guide your arrow to the perfect destination. In this episode, we'll explore the cosmic influences shaping this New Moon, including:
Sagittarius New Moon Quantum Energy Healing Meditation & Cosmic Alignment + 417 Hz Music Join us for a transformative journey under the empowering energy of the Sagittarius New Moon! This guided Quantum Energy Healing Meditation is designed to help you manifest freedom, joy, and abundance while aligning with the expansive cosmic energies of this lunation. Ruled by Jupiter, the planet of growth and optimism, Sagittarius inspires boldness, adventure, and a deeper connection to your higher truths. Together, we'll release old limitations, open your sacred heart portal, and align with the powerful celestial influences surrounding this New Moon, including: ✨ Antares, the Heart of the Scorpion – A Royal Star offering profound wisdom and love, helping you connect with your heart's truth and radiate intentions into the universe. ✨ Mars Retrograde – A time for reevaluating energy investments and motivations as you plant seeds of self-reflection and growth. ✨ Saturn, the Master Teacher – Guiding you to embrace responsibility, resilience, and the meaningful connections that truly matter. ✨ Jupiter's Expansion – Encouraging optimism, gratitude, and celebrating the abundance in your life. This meditation creates a sacred space for transformation and emotional balance, inviting you to:
In this special episode, hosts Natasha and Deana deviate from their usual tech news format to delve into the topic of nuclear energy. They are joined by Julia DeWahl, co-founder and president of Antares, to talk about the basics of nuclear energy. Read Julia's essay: Nuclear energy: past, present and future 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Today's Topic: Nuclear Energy 00:45 Introducing Julia DeWahl 04:47 Julia's Background and Journey 08:06 Basics of Nuclear Energy 11:39 Comparing Energy Sources 16:16 Energy Consumption and Quality of Life 18:50 The Brand and Perception of Nuclear Energy 21:24 The No Nukes Movement and Media Influence 22:32 Pop Culture's Impact on Nuclear Perception 25:22 The Future of Nuclear Energy and Climate Change 26:41 Innovations in Nuclear Technology 27:36 Challenges and Opportunities for Nuclear Energy in the U.S. 32:33 Environmentalists' Stance on Nuclear Energy 36:17 Nuclear Waste Management 39:15 Global Nuclear Energy Initiatives 42:15 The Role of AI and Tech Giants in Nuclear Energy 46:55 Resources for Learning More About Nuclear Energy
We look at the history of auto-tune, how it works, and how it impacted music and culture in general. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A couple of prominent astronomical bodies are meeting up in the early evening sky. One of them is pretty easy to spot, but the other will take a bit more work. The easy one is Venus – the “evening star.” It’s the brightest body in the night sky other than the Moon. When it’s low in the sky, as it is now, it can easily be mistaken for the landing lights of an approaching airplane. And people sometimes report it as a UFO. But there’s nothing unidentified about it. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Since Earth is the third planet, our viewing angle on Venus is limited. At most, Venus can appear for a few hours after sunset or before sunrise. And right now, it’s not even around for that long – it drops from sight as the sky gets good and dark. Over the coming weeks, though, it’ll climb higher into the sky, and stay in view longer, as we head into winter. Its fainter companion is the true star Antares – the heart of the scorpion. It’s one of the bigger, heavier stars in the galaxy – a supergiant. Antares is among the brightest stars in the night sky. But it’s so low in the twilight now that finding it is a little tricky. Venus will point the way – and binoculars will enhance the view. Tonight, Antares is to the left of Venus. Over the next few nights, Venus will climb up and over Antares. They’ll stand closest on Thursday and Friday, before Venus pulls away – and Antares disappears in the sunset. Script by Damond Benningfield
The Moon huddles quite close to Antares this evening. The star represents the heart of the scorpion. They’re low in the southwest at nightfall. The Moon and Antares both played important roles in the astronomy and skylore of many cultures. And in at least one case, they may have overlapped. Close encounters between them – especially at full Moon – may be recorded in grooves carved on the island of Gotland. It’s in the Baltic Sea, off the southeastern coast of Sweden. There’s evidence that it was inhabited thousands of years ago. Archaeologists have charted about 3600 grooves. Some are carved into the bedrock, but most are found on boulders. The grooves are up to a few feet long, a few inches wide, and one or two inches deep. They’re found in groups. The grooves in a group follow slightly different alignments. A study a couple of decades ago suggested those alignments were astronomical – they pointed toward the rising and setting points of the full Moon at certain times of the year. In particular, the study found possible alignments in the largest set of grooves – 32 in all. Calculations revealed that they lined up with the Moon when it passed Antares at 19-year intervals – an important cycle in the Moon’s path along the horizon. The series could have started at the spring equinox almost 5200 years ago, and continued for centuries – a possible record of lunar encounters with the scorpion. Script by Damond Benningfield
Our concepts of the cosmos can change in a hurry. A good example is Venus, which comes closer to us than any other planet. Over the past seven decades, our ideas about the planet have changed a lot. And they’re still evolving. Venus is blanketed by clouds, which hide the surface. So as recently as the 1950s, some scientists thought the surface could be covered by oceans and by jungles teeming with life. In the 1960s, though, the first spacecraft scanned Venus from up close. They found that its atmosphere is extremely hot, dense, and toxic – not a pleasant abode for life. Later missions used radar to see through the clouds and map the surface. They found thousands of volcanic features. It looked like the planet had been repaved by molten rock hundreds of millions of years ago, then fell silent. But more recent studies appear to tell us that Venus could be as volcanically active as Earth. There are even suggestions that microscopic life could live high in the sky, inside clouds made of sulfuric acid. But those ideas are still being debated. So our concepts of Venus could change even more in the decades ahead. Venus is climbing into better view as the “evening star.” It’s quite low in the southwest as night falls. Tonight, it’s to the right or lower right of the Moon. Antares, the brightest star of Scorpius, is a bit closer to the upper left of the Moon. More about the Moon and Antares tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield
Royalty creeps across the southern sky on autumn nights: Fomalhaut, the brightest star of Piscis Austrinus, the southern fish. To the people of ancient Persia, it was one of four “royal” stars, along with Aldebaran, Regulus, and Antares. Each star ruled the sky during a different season. For Fomalhaut, it was the autumn sky. Fomalhaut probably was a pretty easy choice. It’s the only bright star in a large region of the sky. And at this time of year, it’s in view pretty much all night. Fomalhaut also was considered the protector of the winter solstice. About 5,000 years ago, the star aligned in the same direction as the Sun at noon on the solstice. The Fomalhaut system appears to consist of at least three stars. The brightest is Fomalhaut A – the one that’s visible to the unaided eye. The star is about twice as big and heavy as the Sun, and quite a bit brighter. It’s about 25 light-years away. A giant disk of dust encircles the star. For a few years, it looked like there might be a planet inside the disk. Astronomers even gave it a name: Dagon. But it turned out to be just a big clump of dust – the likely debris from a collision between two big asteroids. Fomalhaut stands quite low in the southeast as the sky gets good and dark, and due south around midnight. Don’t confuse it with brighter Saturn, well to its upper left. Fomalhaut is in view all night – a royal star for autumn nights. Script by Damond Benningfield
Antares is a big loser. The star has lost enough gas to make one or more stars as massive as the Sun. And it’s destined to lose a lot more. It’ll explode as a supernova, blasting its outer layers into space. That could expel enough material to make 10 Suns or more. Antares is a supergiant – one of the bigger, brighter stars in the entire Milky Way Galaxy. If it took the Sun’s place in our own solar system, it would gobble up the four innermost planets – including Earth. The star is so big because it’s heavy – probably a dozen times the mass of the Sun or more. That makes its core extremely hot. Radiation from the core pushes on the surrounding layers, inflating the star. And much of the gas at its surface just keeps on expanding – it escapes from Antares and flows out into space. Even though Antares is less than one percent the age of the Sun, its time is about up. Within the next million years or so, the nuclear reactions in its core will shut down. The core will collapse, while its outer layers explode. The core probably will become a neutron star – a super-dense ball only a few miles across. But it’s possible that it could collapse even more – becoming a black hole. More about that tomorrow. Look for Antares near the Moon the next couple of evenings. Tonight, it’s close to the upper left of the Moon at nightfall. It’ll be about the same distance to the right of the Moon tomorrow night. Script by Damond Benningfield
The Moon creeps up on the bright star Antares this evening. Depending on your location, you might see them pass less than a degree from each other – less than the width of your finger held at arm’s length. Because the Moon will be so close to Antares, it’ll wash out the star’s reddish orange color. Astronomers have been tracking that color for thousands of years. And they haven’t seen much change. Antares is a red supergiant – it’s many times bigger and heavier than the Sun, and tens of thousands of times brighter. Its surface is thousands of degrees cooler than the Sun’s, which is why it looks red. On the inside, supergiant stars are changing in a hurry – fusing lighter elements to make heavier ones. But the change isn’t always reflected at the surface. In a study a couple of years ago, a team of scientists found that the color of Antares has remained pretty steady for at least 3300 years. The team analyzed observations from Europe, the Middle East, and China. In China, the star was known as “Great Fire.” In Egypt, it was “red one of the plow.” And many records compared the star to Mars, which is known for its reddish color. In fact, the name “Antares” means “rival of Mars” – a comment on their similar appearance. The study said the star’s unchanging color could mean that Antares has a good run left before it explodes as a supernova – another million years or longer. Script by Damond Benningfield