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Don’t know why you bother we get royalties
blufly.media BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · Oct 12
A new article from @zeroavia.bsky.social, wherein they position their 'SuperStack Flex' lightweight hydrogen fuel cell system in the seemingly shifting and challenging hydrogen aviation landscape. There's also a link to their explainer video for the SuperStack system. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 📹 🥇
New Drivers for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Adoption in Aviation
Hydrogen fuel cells deliver increased flight endurance and reduced environmental impact, ideal for next generation electric aircraft.
zeroavia.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
theblightyuk.bsky.social
I used to be famous now i am just me
jc-in-rothesay.bsky.social JC in Rothesay 🇨🇦 @jc-in-rothesay.bsky.social · 28d
Trey YeSavage looking at the Dodgers lineup
#BlueJays
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Atleast I get to watch euroNews
thenrao.bsky.social National Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO @thenrao.bsky.social · 29d
With a proposed 263 telescopes spanning nearly 9,000 km (214 of the dishes being concentrated in the U.S. Southwest), the Next Generation Very Large Array is expected to have about 10x the sensitivity and 10x the spatial resolution of the current Very Large Array or ALMA!

#Astronomy #ngVLA
Photo of the ngVLA prototype antenna against a deep blue cloudless sky
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Fascinating study on historical nest items in Bearded Vulture nests by Margalida et al

"Even more surprising was that several items were well over 600 years old, according to carbon-14 dating. Results from one shoe dated back to around 675 years ago"
#RaptorResearch 🪶

phys.org/news/2025-10...
Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old
Many people have probably seen birds picking up small pieces of man-made materials, like strips of a plastic bag or paper litter, and taking them into their nest. This behavior appears to be fairly wi...
phys.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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"Ancient DNA and dating evidence for the dispersal of hippos into central Europe during the last glacial" www.cell.com/current-biol...

Patrick Arnold, Wilfried Rosendahl, Michael Hofreiter, & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Late Pleistocene hippo fossils ( Hippopotam us amphibius ) from Europe have generally been associated with the last interglacial period (Eemian, 129–115 thousand years ago [kya]). 1–4 As a widely accepted indicator species for temperate climate condition s, it was assumed they went extinct with the onset of the last glacial (Weichselian) around 115 kya. 2 , 5 Their origin and relationships to extant African common hippos and the exact age of their extinction in central Europe, however, remain unclear. Here, we address these question s using an integrated approach applied to hippos from the Upper Rhine Graben in central Europe. By sequencing the paleogeno me of a European hippo, we reveal its close genetic links to modern hippos from Africa. Six addition al partial mitochondria l genomes confirm that European represen tatives were part of the same, once widespread species that is today restricted to sub-Saharan Africa. Surprisingly, radio - carbon dating shows that hippos were present in central Europe during the middle Weichse lian (a period spanning from earlier than 47 kya until ∼ 31 kya), i.e., well into the last glacial. Similar radiocar bon dates for woolly mammoth and woolly rhino fossils from the same sites imply short-ter m alternation of faunas dur - ing this period. Despite the paleogenome’s low coverage, we are able to confidently estimate its genome- wide diversity by recalibra ting the sequencin g quality scores and assessin g post-mortem damage. The low genome-wide diversity recovered suggests that it belonged to a small, isolated populati on. Overall, our combined data imply that hippos inhabited the Upper Rhine Graben refugium during temperate phases of the middle Weichselian
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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tarpits.org
⏳ How old is Ice Age L.A.? Fossils from Project 23 tell us 35,000 to 45,000 years.

Dating these findings provides scientists with a timeline to help piece together life in ancient Los Angeles.

Discover more about through stories, videos, latest research, and more at TARPITS.org.
Image of a panthera skull. Text "Carbon dating of specimens rendered from Project 23 suggests they're among the older deposits found at the Tar Pits, ranging between 35,000 and 45,000 years old." on top of an image of fossils found at La Brea Tar Pits being stored on a tray. Different types of fossils found at La Brea Tar Pits.
October 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Happy days
blufly.media BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · Oct 2
From Andrew Curran writing for the eminently readable @aerosouthpacific.bsky.social comes news of: « Samoa Airways Sends Second Twin Otter to Canada for Overhaul » We'll be watching for it in the skies over or near the home office. | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🧵 1/2
Samoa Airways Sends Second Twin Otter to Canada for Overhaul
Samoa Airways expects it one of its three DHC-6-300 Twin Otters to be out of service until February 2026 after it ferries to Canada for a refurbishment.
aerosouthpacific.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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blufly.media
Bauhaus Luftfahrt is a partnership between the Free State of Bavaria, Airbus, @dlr-en.bsky.social, IABG, Liebherr-Aerospace, and MTU Aero Engines working on future-proofing aviation. That's news to us 🤨 and it's already their 20th anniversary. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 📰 🥇 | 🔗 www.bauhaus-luftfahrt.net/en/20-years-...
An artist's rendering of Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V.'s 'Hyliner' long-haul, liquid hydrogen-fueled airliner concept from 2022. It is flying from right to left in the frame and slightly toward the camera. It resembles a conventional two-engine passenger liner. Part of the fuselage is cut away to reveal the interior, which appears to be a double-decker arrangement of seats. It also reveals, at the aft end of the fuselage, a large, silver pressure vessel, which is assumed to be where the liquid hydrogen is stored. It's also possible there's a second such tank just after of the pilot's cabin. The parts of the fuselage, wings, and tail not cut away have a white and yellow livery. The Bauhaus Luftfahrt logo is painted on the vertical stabiliser, and part of the Bauhaus Luftfahrt's wordmark logo is painted adjacent to the cockpit windows. The background is a washed-out image of a bright, blue sky with high stratus along with cumulus clouds making up a cloud deck below. Shadows are being cast by some of the taller cumulus clouds making it appear as though it is either shortly after sunrise or shortly before sunset. (📸 Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V.)
June 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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dlr-en.bsky.social
DLR is going hypersonic! 🚀

For 170 seconds our ATHEAt experimental flight will soar at 50 km altitude – reaching speeds between Mach 8 & 10 (around 12,000km/h!).

Launching from Norway this autumn, ATHEAt will give us insights into the forces 💥 affecting hypersonic craft at low altitudes.
October 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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A secret location then or just a secret
dlr-en.bsky.social German Aerospace Center (DLR) @dlr-en.bsky.social · Apr 14
Second launch attempt of #ESAJuice happening today! 🧃🚀 Lift off expected at 14:14 CEST. Tune in at 13:45 CEST on #ESAwebTV ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/live/MvHcGmQPcsI #DLRinSpace
📸: @esa
October 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Hmmmm
esa.int European Space Agency @esa.int · Sep 26
🇦🇺 🚀 We are heading down under to participate in the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Sydney, Australia from 29 September-3 October.

Throughout the week, we will host events on space transportation, international cooperation, commercialisation, the space economy, and education.
October 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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science.esa.int ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Sep 29
Moon formation drama, a bit more understood 🌚

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence of a ‘construction yard’ for moons around a large exoplanet, CT Cha b, which lies 625 light-years from Earth.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 ☄️
This is an illustration of a young planet with a surrounding disc of dust and gas, potentially forming moons. The planet, which appears red, is shown at lower right, enveloped by a cloudy disc. The host star appears at upper left, and glows yellow, with its own reddish disc of debris. The black background of space is speckled with stars. At the bottom of the illustration, graphics of molecules are listed in the following order: Acetylene, Carbon Dioxide, Ethane, Benzene, Hydrogen cyanide.
October 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Pick a galaxy any galaxy
science.esa.int ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Sep 30
This collage features eight gravitational lensing candidates out of more than 400 identified by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/potm2... 🔭
A collage of eight Webb images of gravitational lensing are shown. Each of the images show various distorted galaxies in the centre of each frame, including arcs and circular shapes.
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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🆕 The discovery of new complex organic molecules at Saturn's #Enceladus enhances the likelihood that the moon is habitable 🪐

On Earth, these molecules are involved in chemical reaction chains that lead to the more complex molecules essential for life.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Scientific illustration showing a cross-section of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. It features three labelled layers: An ice shell at the top, with visible cracks releasing jets of water vapour into space; an ocean in the middle, depicted as a large body of water beneath the ice; a rocky core at the bottom, shown emitting heat that may drive the jets. In the background, Saturn and its rings are visible in space.
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Hmmmm I need a telescope
science.esa.int ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Oct 3
@obs-paris-psl.bsky.social is calling all amateur astronomers to help out!

You will need both a good telescope 🔭 and a CCD camera to be able to observe this occultation.

If we've caught your attention, head over to this website for more details: https://f.mtr.cool/rbtnogwoum 3/3
Illustration of the Juice spacecraft seen in space, at Jupiter. Text reads 'Juice needs you'.
October 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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🔭 Get your gear ready, we need you for the Juice mission!

To properly reach the Jupiter system in July 2031, #ESAJuice relies on ephemerides - predicted positions of celestial objects at specific times. 

Better ephemerides, better planning, better results. This is where you come in. 1/3
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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A spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.

It is at redshift 0.018 (lookback time 257.3 million years) with coordinates (244.72750, 35.15395).

39 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
A spiral galaxy from the Galaxy Zoo 2 project, classified by 39 volunteers.
October 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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I’ve decided to go watch a game for the first time well ever almost
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Blockage on ye olde #canal
Between #Shipley and #saltaire
September 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Nick Wilder https://www.wikiart.org/en/david-hockney/nick-wilder
David Hockney's "Portrait of Nick Wilder" captures the serene ambiance of a sunlit Southern California afternoon, featuring a man leisurely standing in a swimming pool set against the modernist architecture of a Los Angeles home. Hockney's use of vibrant colors and precise geometric lines exemplifies his fascination with modern life and personal connections.
September 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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I saw this article on the Bradford Telegraph & Argus app and thought you’d be interested.

REPORT: Bulls crash out of play-offs as Toulouse stage second-half surge
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportl...

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REPORT: Bulls crash out of play-offs as Toulouse stage second-half surge
BRADFORD’S play-off final dreams were dashed on Sunday afternoon after a second-half capitulation against Toulouse.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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I saw this article on the Bradford Telegraph & Argus app and thought you’d be interested.

Yorkshire passengers can board without purchasing tickets with new rail trial
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2549803...

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Yorkshire passengers can board without purchasing tickets with new rail trial
Passengers can now board the trains between Harrogate and Leeds without purchasing tickets in advance, as part of a digital ticket trial.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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And it’s live and loud #bcafc #efl #UTMP
September 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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今日の試合

🕢 19:45 🇬🇧 🕟 04:45 🇯🇵
🆚#アクリントンスタンリー

#Bantams #bcafc
February 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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#oldschool #beer & #football
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September 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM