Chris Clark
@cjrclark.bsky.social
Astronomer! Views own. He/him. Formerly @CJRClarkEsquire at the bird place. Now I'll just type some words I like: Perihadean. Verdigris. Persiflage. Velocipede. Haberdasher. Wend. Sanguine. Zephyr.
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Some may see parallels with today in the tale of a Boston based astronomer driving himself mad and becoming increasingly isolated from the astronomical community by making increasingly wild claims, mostly via the popular press. I couldn’t possibly comment.
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Some may see parallels with today in the tale of a Boston based astronomer driving himself mad and becoming increasingly isolated from the astronomical community by making increasingly wild claims, mostly via the popular press. I couldn’t possibly comment.
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
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Woosh! This is the Little Gem Nebula, a Sun-like star that has cast off its outer layers of gas and dust, captured by Hubble. The wind from the central star propels the outflows, forming bright blowouts in its outer layers.
Credit: NASA, ESA. Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt 🔭 🧪
Credit: NASA, ESA. Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt 🔭 🧪
August 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Woosh! This is the Little Gem Nebula, a Sun-like star that has cast off its outer layers of gas and dust, captured by Hubble. The wind from the central star propels the outflows, forming bright blowouts in its outer layers.
Credit: NASA, ESA. Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt 🔭 🧪
Credit: NASA, ESA. Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt 🔭 🧪
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⭕ A stunning cosmic lens!
A distant background spiral galaxy appears to be wrapped around a closer foreground elliptical galaxy, forming an Einstein ring.
Captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
A distant background spiral galaxy appears to be wrapped around a closer foreground elliptical galaxy, forming an Einstein ring.
Captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
March 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⭕ A stunning cosmic lens!
A distant background spiral galaxy appears to be wrapped around a closer foreground elliptical galaxy, forming an Einstein ring.
Captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
A distant background spiral galaxy appears to be wrapped around a closer foreground elliptical galaxy, forming an Einstein ring.
Captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
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#AAS245 Join the PRIMA team! As Phase A is beginning, there are many opportunities to get involved and help make a Far-IR space mission a reality for the 2030s!
January 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#AAS245 Join the PRIMA team! As Phase A is beginning, there are many opportunities to get involved and help make a Far-IR space mission a reality for the 2030s!
A handy guide to help with working with European collaborators, and when they go on vacation. Which should maybe come with a trigger warning for folk who regularly try to work with French collaborators during summer…
i.redd.it/r74iahb6cl8e...
i.redd.it/r74iahb6cl8e...
December 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM
A handy guide to help with working with European collaborators, and when they go on vacation. Which should maybe come with a trigger warning for folk who regularly try to work with French collaborators during summer…
i.redd.it/r74iahb6cl8e...
i.redd.it/r74iahb6cl8e...
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Space Warps from Euclid
A few months ago I posted about a joint initiative between Euclid and Galaxy Zoo that involved engaging members of the public in a project involving galaxy morphology. Well, a new "collab" (as you young people call such things) has just been announced on social media, and I…
A few months ago I posted about a joint initiative between Euclid and Galaxy Zoo that involved engaging members of the public in a project involving galaxy morphology. Well, a new "collab" (as you young people call such things) has just been announced on social media, and I…
Space Warps from Euclid
A few months ago I posted about a joint initiative between Euclid and Galaxy Zoo that involved engaging members of the public in a project involving galaxy morphology. Well, a new "collab" (as you young people call such things) has just been announced on social media, and I encourage you to investigate further The new venture is called `Space Warps – ESA Euclid’, and its aim is to find…
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November 24, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Space Warps from Euclid
A few months ago I posted about a joint initiative between Euclid and Galaxy Zoo that involved engaging members of the public in a project involving galaxy morphology. Well, a new "collab" (as you young people call such things) has just been announced on social media, and I…
A few months ago I posted about a joint initiative between Euclid and Galaxy Zoo that involved engaging members of the public in a project involving galaxy morphology. Well, a new "collab" (as you young people call such things) has just been announced on social media, and I…
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Astrophysicist: the cup is full with an equal mixture of water and dark water.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Astrophysicist: the cup is full with an equal mixture of water and dark water.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Trademark lawyer: The shape of the cup fails to function as a #trademark and cannot be protected unless it acquires secondary meaning
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Trademark lawyer: The shape of the cup fails to function as a #trademark and cannot be protected unless it acquires secondary meaning
November 23, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
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Hubble hypnotizes with this detailed portrait of the Southern Pinwheel galaxy. All phases of the stellar life cycle are on display, from the youngest stars in glowing pink nebulas, to bright blue clusters, and the bubble-like remnants of supernovas. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. 🔭 🧪
September 17, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Hubble hypnotizes with this detailed portrait of the Southern Pinwheel galaxy. All phases of the stellar life cycle are on display, from the youngest stars in glowing pink nebulas, to bright blue clusters, and the bubble-like remnants of supernovas. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. 🔭 🧪
Radio/ISM astronomers: we should be ashamed. For years, I've seen papers and talks referring to the dense-gas-tracing molecule N2H+. Only today have I discovered it has the name DIAZENYLIUM. Why don't we call it that‽ That's fantastic! Sounds like a compound of mithtil!
June 25, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Radio/ISM astronomers: we should be ashamed. For years, I've seen papers and talks referring to the dense-gas-tracing molecule N2H+. Only today have I discovered it has the name DIAZENYLIUM. Why don't we call it that‽ That's fantastic! Sounds like a compound of mithtil!
In today's episode of "WTF America", our handyman just found a couple of apparently-live (albeit blank?) rifle cartridges in our living room wall.
January 9, 2024 at 6:06 PM
In today's episode of "WTF America", our handyman just found a couple of apparently-live (albeit blank?) rifle cartridges in our living room wall.
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Here’s the plot you all *really* wanted to see. Staggering numbers of JWST proposals submitted for Cycle 3, probably boosted by “easy” resubmissions of unsuccessful Cycle 2’s, which was < 1 yr ago. 🧪🔭
Good luck to all who submitted JWST Cycle 3 proposals! Don't forget to take a break, enjoy a glass of wine, and get a good night's sleep!
October 26, 2023 at 11:06 AM
Here’s the plot you all *really* wanted to see. Staggering numbers of JWST proposals submitted for Cycle 3, probably boosted by “easy” resubmissions of unsuccessful Cycle 2’s, which was < 1 yr ago. 🧪🔭