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What a morning!
@MikeBloomberg, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui joined Gwill York President of the Museum of Science Tim Ritchie for a tour of the new William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common.
From immersive journeys through space and the deep ocean to interactive science programming, the new 10,000-square-foot space brings science to life in exciting new ways - sparking curiosity, inspiring discovery, and making science more accessible to all.
Does light always move at the speed of light? 🏎️
Astrophysicist @ErikaHamden explains that it doesn’t, since the famous speed of light is really a measure of light moving through empty space. Send that light through glass, like a window or a camera lens, and it slows down. That shift in speed makes light bend, and scientists describe how much it bends with a value called the index of refraction.
This project is part of IF/THEN®, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
Join us Sunday, November 1 for free Omni Theater films, generously supported by @MathWorks. Experience space, nature, and cutting-edge innovation on a massive screen that surrounds you from every angle.
Check out the films here: bit.ly/41D0NvV
Join us on October 31 & November 1 for Spooky Science Weekend, a two-day Halloween celebration packed with science and fun for all ages! Dig into drop-in activities, tackle design challenges, and catch Halloween-themed live presentations, then show off your best family-friendly costume at our dance party with DJ Ooch. Members, don’t miss your chance to enter our member-only raffle!
🎟 Get tickets: bit.ly/4suoVO7
Join Pulitzer Prize winner, oncologist, and The Emperor of All Maladies author Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, for a conversation on why trust in science matters. Headlining our Trust in Science Community Day on November 8, Dr. Mukherjee dives into the human side of medicine, exploring false starts, bold experiments, and the future of medicine.
🎟 Get tickets: bit.ly/4yHykTK
🕷️ Scientists just discovered two new sea spider species in the Salish Sea, including a hairy-legged, red-eyed one. Just in time for spooky season!
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You can’t step on Venus without a spacesuit. 🌡️🪐
Kyle Horn of @MITAeroAstro explains that with 90 bar of pressure and temperatures of 450°C, the surface could turn lead into liquid. But if you were in the middle atmosphere, 55 kilometers up, you could step outside with just an oxygen mask and good sunscreen to catch a Venusian breeze. Up there, gravity is about 90% of Earth’s, radiation is milder than in the upper atmosphere, and the pressure and temperature are similar to Earth’s surface.
Meet the backbone of Artemis III: @NASA’s 212-foot SLS core stage.
On Friday, Oct. 23, crews at Kennedy Space Center used a one-of-a-kind lifting beam to move the stage out of High Bay 2 in the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be joined vertically with its completed solid rocket booster segments. Meanwhile, RS-25 engines for the rocket stand lined up at the L3Harris facility in Canoga Park, California. The mission will launch crew aboard Orion to test the rendezvous and docking with commercial spacecraft needed to land astronauts on the Moon. 🚀
#NASA #Artemis #Space #Moon #Science
On October 30 & 31, journey into deep space to confront a ship returned from a hell beyond imagining with "Event Horizon" as part of our Sci-Fi Supersized movie run.
Get tickets here: bit.ly/4gvS3QP
This November keep your eyes peeled for earthgrazers blazing across the night sky! 🌠
The Leonid meteor shower is active November 6 - 30, peaking overnight November 16 through 17, bringing fast, colorful fireballs and the occasional low-flying Earthgrazer. The first-quarter moon sets around midnight, giving dark skies for optimal viewing in the Northern Hemisphere. Find a dark spot and look up!
Elephant toothpaste, big ideas, and a sold-out crowd. 🚀 Thank you, @MarkRober for spending the afternoon with us in the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common!
Joined by MIT Provost Anantha Chandrakasan and @ScienceBob and Mark brought the fun and shared what happens when you’re brave enough to keep experimenting!
🔴 We’re LIVE with @MarkRober! Tune in now for a fireside chat, audience Q&A, and a live demo with Science Bob, streaming from the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common. 🚀
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⚛️ CERN has started swapping out some of the Large Hadron Collider’s most important magnets. The new superconducting ones produce fields about 40% stronger, letting particle beams be squeezed tighter.
Did you know some stars feed off their companions? 🧛⭐️
Stellar vampire stars feed on their partners just like Dracula feeds on his victims, but this newly discovered one is different from any seen before. It’s a red dwarf, a small star, that’s feeding off a brown dwarf. That’s bad news for the brown dwarf, the feeding is happening so slowly that it could last anywhere from hundreds of thousands to potentially billions of years.
Clearing the Air: Wildfire Smoke, Climate, and Public Health - World Forestry Center Public Panel
Wildfire smoke doesn’t just stay near the flames 🔥 Join us on November 4 at 7:00pm for Clearing the Air, a panel on wildfire smoke, climate, and public health. Experts from Boston University, The Nature Conservancy, and the University of Washington will dig into why fires and smoke are getting worse, who’s most affected, and what gives them hope.
️ 🎟Free with pre-registration: bit.ly/47DJQog
