Burr Ito
@ututuy.org
Geophysicist | Astrophysicist at the Royal Observatory of Belgium.
Fluid Dynamics of Rotation | Helio/Asteroseismology | Planetary Fluid Cores. Mostly pics of clouds and timelapses. All media by me. He/him.
Fluid Dynamics of Rotation | Helio/Asteroseismology | Planetary Fluid Cores. Mostly pics of clouds and timelapses. All media by me. He/him.
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Burr Ito
@ututuy.org
· Nov 20
The orbiting moons of the gas giant planets are likely to drive resonant waves in the central planet via tides. Here's one such wave. It behaves as a gravity wave (aka g mode) in the convectively stable region in the center, while behaving as an inertial mode (Coriolis force dominated) outside. 🧪 🔭
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The orbiting moons of the gas giant planets are likely to drive resonant waves in the central planet via tides. Here's one such wave. It behaves as a gravity wave (aka g mode) in the convectively stable region in the center, while behaving as an inertial mode (Coriolis force dominated) outside. 🧪 🔭
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FRS
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
FRS
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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"The fact that this is taking place in Ostend – Belgium's offshore hub par excellence – underlines our country's central role in this alliance."
‘Affordable, sustainable and European’: How Belgium is leading the way on wind energy
'Affordable, sustainable and European': How Belgium is leading the way on wind energy
www.brusselstimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"The fact that this is taking place in Ostend – Belgium's offshore hub par excellence – underlines our country's central role in this alliance."
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Their labmate sorted every photo by file size.
They had nearly identical success rates.
They had nearly identical success rates.
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Their labmate sorted every photo by file size.
They had nearly identical success rates.
They had nearly identical success rates.
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This is why you don't follow those "animal pic every hour" "old historical photos" "on this day" "earth pics" accounts. Scrapers, bots, bad faith actors, misinformation hose.
mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This is why you don't follow those "animal pic every hour" "old historical photos" "on this day" "earth pics" accounts. Scrapers, bots, bad faith actors, misinformation hose.
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Genius
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Genius
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Amid all of yesterday's excitement, this was last night's "Beaver moon", named for the season when beavers feverishly prepare dams and lodges for winter. And especially cool is the "lunar halo" that encircled it (caused by moonlight refracting off of ice crystals in clouds).
#astronomy #science 🔭👩🏾🔬
#astronomy #science 🔭👩🏾🔬
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Amid all of yesterday's excitement, this was last night's "Beaver moon", named for the season when beavers feverishly prepare dams and lodges for winter. And especially cool is the "lunar halo" that encircled it (caused by moonlight refracting off of ice crystals in clouds).
#astronomy #science 🔭👩🏾🔬
#astronomy #science 🔭👩🏾🔬
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🔭🧪
Hey there astronomy community! If anyone has any information or new footage of that impact flash on the Moon, please let me know—I’d love to see it/hear about it.
📸: @dfuji1.bsky.social
📸: @dfuji1.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🔭🧪
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This is exactly the reason every mission and scientist should have a wide-open data policy! PUNCH has specific science objectives (looking at the solar wind) – but in the right hands the data can reveal amazing things NOT part of our original science. Giving those hands access is best for all. ☀️🔭🧪
Interstellar comet 3I Atlas from all clear filter data from PUNCH's WFI3 satellite on October 29th. This is the combination of 134 separate images. It's again visible in single frames (moving coming next). Probably visual magnitude ~9.5ish.
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is exactly the reason every mission and scientist should have a wide-open data policy! PUNCH has specific science objectives (looking at the solar wind) – but in the right hands the data can reveal amazing things NOT part of our original science. Giving those hands access is best for all. ☀️🔭🧪
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The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
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A weird thing about scientific research in academia is that you are less valued if you can do your science on the cheap. Ultimately what most universities care about is how much you spend, bc that is how they get overhead. Total dollars brought in is the metric that seems to matter
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A weird thing about scientific research in academia is that you are less valued if you can do your science on the cheap. Ultimately what most universities care about is how much you spend, bc that is how they get overhead. Total dollars brought in is the metric that seems to matter
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Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
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Construction of the 40-m China-Argentina Radio Telescope (CART) has halted, when already 90% complete.
The facility is caught up in Argentine president Javier Milei's attempt to secure an economic aid package from the US, which objects to China's involvement. 🔭
www.science.org/content/arti...
The facility is caught up in Argentine president Javier Milei's attempt to secure an economic aid package from the US, which objects to China's involvement. 🔭
www.science.org/content/arti...
Argentina’s move to woo Trump has derailed South America’s largest radio telescope
U.S.-Chinese tensions have left nearly complete observatory in limbo, jeopardizing research into pulsars and other celestial objects
www.science.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Construction of the 40-m China-Argentina Radio Telescope (CART) has halted, when already 90% complete.
The facility is caught up in Argentine president Javier Milei's attempt to secure an economic aid package from the US, which objects to China's involvement. 🔭
www.science.org/content/arti...
The facility is caught up in Argentine president Javier Milei's attempt to secure an economic aid package from the US, which objects to China's involvement. 🔭
www.science.org/content/arti...
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We have the most powerful personal computers ever at home and in our pockets yet we use them mostly as gloried terminals to Big Tech mainframes
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We have the most powerful personal computers ever at home and in our pockets yet we use them mostly as gloried terminals to Big Tech mainframes
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The painting that gave me the confidence to leave academia & start an art business. I worked on it in 2022 while I was still a postdoc. Just finished painting a mini version of it & have submitted it to a local gallery “small art” exhibition. I find out in a couple weeks if I get accepted🤞
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The painting that gave me the confidence to leave academia & start an art business. I worked on it in 2022 while I was still a postdoc. Just finished painting a mini version of it & have submitted it to a local gallery “small art” exhibition. I find out in a couple weeks if I get accepted🤞
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Fresh JWST view of Uranus taken Oct 6 2025 with NIRCam.
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY
Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY
Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M
October 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fresh JWST view of Uranus taken Oct 6 2025 with NIRCam.
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY
Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY
Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M
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Another comet Lemmon image, taken on 21 Oct.
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
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For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
🔭
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Another comet Lemmon image, taken on 21 Oct.
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
🔭
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
🔭