Our friends, on the way here. The essence of space flight, in a timelapse showing the #SoyuzMS11 launch. I still can’t comprehend that there are humans riding on the top of this lone white streak into the great black open. Hi-Res: https://t.co/mTyG2RCRDa
#OTD in 1935, E. Schrödinger published his thought experiment Schrödinger's cat. The experiment represents a state known as a quantum superposition. It is presented in the form of a cat in a box that may be simultaneously both alive & dead.
“Will people understand my answers?” - the question most important to #StephenHawking as panel of family and experts discuss his final publications @sciencemuseum https://t.co/jXnz6zzoKg
New Moon, Draconids meteor shower, Southern Taurids...Less daylight just means there’s more to see at night! @lizzieweather has all your weather details. #skyatnight#stargazing#astronomy
I don't know any words, in any language, to match the beauty of an orbital sunrise. / Ich kenne kein Wort, in keiner Sprache, das die Schönheit eines Sonnenaufgangs im Orbit auch nur ansatzweise beschreiben könnte. #Horizons
@IOPWales#WPTC2018 conference. Paul Hardaker @IOP showing us how Michael Fish would have benefited back in 1987, from modern forecasting systems. #Physics
“We need to celebrate women physicists because we are out there, and hopefully in time it will move forward at a faster rate. I am honoured to be one of those women.” Donna Strickland, new #NobelPrize laureate in Physics.
Space station crew will capture a cargo vehicle later today, the size of a bus and with a mass of over 16 tonnes - and it will all come down to one person in space manually controlling a robotic arm...no pressure then! #KeepCalmAndCapture
The #Beyond mission in 2019 will see @astro_luca return to the @Space_Station for the 2nd time. His mission is packed with over 50 experiments, including technology demonstrations with telerobotics that will take space exploration to the next level. https://t.co/m8qPtF0Hes