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Daniel Schmidt
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Math professor. Climate researcher when time allows. ✞
PhD Mathematics-Virginia Tech.
PhD Environmental Sciences-UVA.
MSc Astrophysics-LJMU.
In some sense that's even more interesting: we're basically watching light move.
January 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Beautiful video. According to the ESA website, it's a light echo, which means we're not seeing the dust moving, we're seeing different parts of it being lit up as a pulse of light expands through it.
January 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This: "Bear with each other and forgive one another... Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
January 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I think that image is a little exaggerated actually. Jupiter's diameter should be about 11 times Earth's, but after fitting a circle to this curve, I get a ratio closer to 26.

The more accurate comparison is still very impressive though (image from Wikipedia):
January 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
By Newton's shell theorem, the net gravitational force between the core and the shell should be zero regardless of where the core is located within the shell (assuming spherical symmetry of the latter). In that case, gravity would neither destabilize the system nor help to keep it aligned.
December 13, 2024 at 2:42 AM
This feels like something I would read about before suddenly remembering that it's April 1.
December 13, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Is this true color? In other words, is the flash actually green?
December 9, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Despite lots of natural variability, recent and projected future changes do stand out in at least some regions.
December 8, 2024 at 5:36 PM