
Govert Schilling
Contributor at EOS Wetenschap
wetenschapsjournalist, publicist, sterrenkunde, kosmos, amersfoort, partner van @margreetpeek, optimistisch, ruimhartig, #radicaalmild
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1 week ago |
bigthink.com | Govert Schilling
A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people Excerpted from Target Earth: Meteorites, Asteroids, Comets, and Other Cosmic Intruders That Threaten Our Planet by Govert Schilling. Published by The MIT Press. Copyright 2025. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. It’s not something you think about every day, but we owe our existence to a catastrophic cosmic impact.
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1 week ago |
volkskrant.nl | Govert Schilling
Op ruim 4.000 meter boven zeeniveau draait David Boettger zijn fourwheeldrive pick-uptruck vanaf de Ruta 27 in Noord-Chili een stenige bergweg op. Het is dan nog een kilometer verder omhoog naar het Simons-observatorium, op 5.200 meter, op de flank van de Cerro Toco-vulkaan. De lucht is daar zo ijl dat iedereen verplicht met een kleine zuurstoffles rondloopt – wetenschappers, technici, bouwvakkers en bezoekers.
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1 month ago |
skyatnightmagazine.com | Govert Schilling
Astronomers have released the first batch of scientific results and images from ESA’s Euclid space telescope. The images show millions upon millions of galaxies, a dying star shedding its outer layers, and gravitational lenses, where light from distant galaxies is warped by the enormous mass of galaxy clusters. "This is a taste of what’s to come," says Carole Mundell, ESA’s scientific director.
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1 month ago |
skyatnightmagazine.com | Govert Schilling
Gravity is a nuisance, don’t you think? The gravity of our home planet makes it hard to climb a mountain. It can cause a broken leg if you fall down the stairs. It makes you very much aware of your body mass. And it’s the main reason why pigs – or people – don’t fly. Wouldn’t it be great to experience no gravity? To effortlessly float around in any direction you wish, like astronauts on board the International Space Station? You wouldn’t need stairs anymore, or elevators, for that matter.
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2 months ago |
eoswetenschap.eu | Govert Schilling
Beeld: J. WhatmoreDat concluderen planeetonderzoekers van de Universiteit van Cambridge in een artikel dat onlangs verscheen in Nature Astronomy. Venus is ongeveer even groot en zwaar als de aarde, maar staat een stuk dichter bij de zon. Het oppervlak van de planeet gaat schuil onder een permanent gesloten wolkendek van giftige zwavelzuurdampen.
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RT @SPACEdotcom: A new portrait of a pillar of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula is a reason to celebrate. https://t.co/XEaQfLx87u

🔭 pretty cool review of my @mitpress book 'target earth' by andrew may: https://t.co/RXtWB9aV4f

👍🏼available as of today (april 15): the usa edition (@mitpress) of my dutch booklet 📚 'doelwit aarde', about meteorites 🌠, asteroids, cosmic impacts, and how to prevent disaster 🔭👇🏽 https://t.co/EbPaxXwlP3