#BigHistory connects knowledge across disciplines, explores 13.8b years + asks big questions about our universe + us. Born: @Macquarie_Uni #BigHistoryInstitute
On episode 22 of the Rocket Ranch podcast, we chat with @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug as they prepare to ride aboard the @SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Learn more about their historic mission to the @Space_Station set to launch May 27: https://t.co/6zWl9ZI6U9
THE GREAT GEOMAGNETIC STORM OF MAY 1921 (to see this story, please make sure to look at the May 13, 2020 version of https://t.co/S97NIyJaBu ) #bighistory https://t.co/oeuuFMIyVQ
Spot on @marilocastrillo & @classcentral - the global #pandemic#lockdown has led to a surge in enrolments for the Big History Connecting Knowledge MOOC on Coursera. Education for a better world! https://t.co/PT2e6FLKwz
What future robotic missions will we send to explore the solar system? Listen in live tomorrow at 2pm ET as we announce finalist concepts for a new mission to launch in the mid-2020s. Details: https://t.co/KfCF6N2IlA
This elegant oil lamp was carefully sculpted from a piece of sandstone and used to illuminate cave painting at Lascaux. It is about 17,000 years old. This image shows the burnt fatty deposits in the bowl of the lamp when it was discovered buried in the cave in 1982.
Adorable alert. 🦀 The female red crabs of #ChristmasIsland are currently #spawning! Larvae will develop in the ocean for about a month before emerging from the water as tiny #crabs. https://t.co/shxjCIlQmK Photo by Chris Bray.