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CoinMarketCap glitch lists bitcoin at $799 billion, but Coinbase beats that astronomical price as its own crypto data goes nuts
Tweets showed bitcoin’s price on CoinMarketCap at $799 billion per coin, giving it a market value of $14.7 quintillion.Read original article here.
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Eric Adams’ hopes for NYC bitcoin boom blocked by backwards-thinking Albany
While Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ enthusiasm for bitcoin business in the Big Apple is promising, he needs to start tackling Albany’s crippling regulations on crypto, Alexander Leishman writes.Read original article here.Written by: Alexander Leishman
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Absolute Magnitude
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll surely measure the awesomeness of today’s topic: absolute magnitude! Stars in the sky have all sorts of brightnesses. But some stars appear brighter because they’re closer, while some stars appear brighter because they’re…actually brighter. So astronomers invented a system to standardize…
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Elon Musk named ‘person of the year’, picks Dogecoin over Bitcoin
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been named ‘person of the year’ and has explained why he backs Dogecoin over Bitcoin. Continue reading at TweakTown >Read original article here.
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Total Bitcoin supply hits 90% mined, how long will the last 10% take?
Bitcoin has just passed a significant milestone as nearly 90% of its circulating supply has been successfully mined over 13 years. Continue reading at TweakTown >Read original article here.
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A Spacecraft Orbiting the Moon Just Captured an Image of Saturn
Cameras can be finicky – especially ones primarily used for astronomy. When used for a purpose other than their intended one, sometimes they result in horribly muddled or blurry images. However, sometimes an image works out just right and provides a whole new perspective on a familiar scene. That’s what happened recently when the Lunar…
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Gravitational Waves Could Explain why There’s More Matter Than Antimatter in the Universe
One of the questions underpinning both philosophy and science is “why are we here”? Ask an astrophysicist, and they might answer with an imbalance between matter and antimatter at the beginning of the universe. While that is a (relatively) simple explanation, it then begs the question – why was there an imbalance in the first…
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NASA’s Webb telescope promises an ‘amazing journey’ for astronomy
The orbiting infrared observatory, designed to be about 100 times more sensitive than its Hubble Space Telescope predecessor, is due to blast off on Dec. 22.Read original article here.Written by: Reuters
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Twin Stars Prove Einstein at Least 99.99% Right
More than a hundred years have passed since Einstein formalized his theory of General Relativity (GR), the geometric theory of gravitation that revolutionized our understanding of the Universe. And yet, astronomers are still subjecting it to rigorous tests, hoping to find deviations from this established theory. The reason is simple: any indication of physics beyond…