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"Dinosaurs roamed the Earth on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy"
I'm always fascinated with articles about the universe, about how old the universe is, how old our Milky Way galaxy is and how we all fit into the universe. Not that I always understand what they say, but I'm just amazed our Earth is a little pin prick in the whole universe and even our galaxy. That Earth has existed 4.5 billion years, while humans have existed for only 3.5 - 4 million years. It puts into perspective sometimes how insignificant we all are in the total scheme of things. That while we are on this earth for such a short time we really should be focused on making life better for all and protecting our planet.
Anyway given that background, you can understand why I might be interested in an article titled.....
Earth was on the other side of the galaxy when dinosaurs reigned
By Ashley Strickland, CNN 8 hrs ago
Apart from the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, there aren't many connections between space and dinosaurs outside of the imagination. But that all changed when NASA research scientist Jessie Christiansen brought the two together in an animation on social media this month.
For the past decade, Christiansen has studied planet occurrence rates, or how often and what kinds of planets occur in the galaxy, while studying data from exoplanet hunters such as NASA's Kepler, K2 and TESS missions.
During a stargazing party at the California Institute of Technology, Christiansen was explaining how young the stars were that they observed. The skywatchers were looking at the Pleiades, a bright young cluster of stars that are some of the youngest in our sky.
They're 13 million years old, which sounds ancient. Christiansen wanted to convey that astronomically, that's still a young age.
She told her fellow stargazers that before they went extinct, dinosaurs wouldn't have even seen these stars in the sky because they didn't exist until millions of years after the extinction event. And she told them that when dinosaurs such as stegosaurs roamed the Earth, our entire solar neighborhood was on the opposite of the Milky Way galaxy that it is now.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-was-on-the-other-side-of-the-galaxy-when-dinosaurs-reigned/ar-BBWIg4V?li=BBnbcA1
By Ashley Strickland, CNN 8 hrs ago
Apart from the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, there aren't many connections between space and dinosaurs outside of the imagination. But that all changed when NASA research scientist Jessie Christiansen brought the two together in an animation on social media this month.
For the past decade, Christiansen has studied planet occurrence rates, or how often and what kinds of planets occur in the galaxy, while studying data from exoplanet hunters such as NASA's Kepler, K2 and TESS missions.
During a stargazing party at the California Institute of Technology, Christiansen was explaining how young the stars were that they observed. The skywatchers were looking at the Pleiades, a bright young cluster of stars that are some of the youngest in our sky.
They're 13 million years old, which sounds ancient. Christiansen wanted to convey that astronomically, that's still a young age.
She told her fellow stargazers that before they went extinct, dinosaurs wouldn't have even seen these stars in the sky because they didn't exist until millions of years after the extinction event. And she told them that when dinosaurs such as stegosaurs roamed the Earth, our entire solar neighborhood was on the opposite of the Milky Way galaxy that it is now.
More>>>>>
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-was-on-the-other-side-of-the-galaxy-when-dinosaurs-reigned/ar-BBWIg4V?li=BBnbcA1
A NASA scientist's incredible animation shows how dinosaurs roamed the Earth on the other side of the Milky
Way galaxy
https://www.businessinsider.com/video-nasa-scientist-dinosaurs-milky-way-2019-10
Way galaxy
https://www.businessinsider.com/video-nasa-scientist-dinosaurs-milky-way-2019-10
The articles mentions how NASA research scientist Jessie Christiansen developed an animation to visually depict the relationship between our Solar System's trip around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and dinosaurs.
Link to tweet
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I follow Dr Christiansen's Twitter feed. She does a great job of explaining things for the lay person.
Just thought you all might find this interesting
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