Fred Ciesla
@fredciesla.bsky.social
Planetary Scientist. Professor at UChicago. Sports fan. BBQ-er. Husband. Father. That's about it.
This one hurt. I laughed and re-laughed at so many things this man had done.
Farewell to the man everyone wanted to have a beer with. Thank you George Wendt.
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Norm Peterson’s brilliant farewell scene (Cheers’ 1993)
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Norm Peterson’s brilliant farewell scene (Cheers’ 1993)
May 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This one hurt. I laughed and re-laughed at so many things this man had done.
Reposted by Fred Ciesla
This towering structure of billowing gas and dark, obscuring dust might only be a small portion of the Eagle Nebula, but it is no less majestic in appearance for it. This new Hubble image is part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, coming later this week. 🔭 🧪
Eagle Nebula 2025 - Hubble Space Telescope #shorts
YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute
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April 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This towering structure of billowing gas and dark, obscuring dust might only be a small portion of the Eagle Nebula, but it is no less majestic in appearance for it. This new Hubble image is part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, coming later this week. 🔭 🧪
Reposted by Fred Ciesla
NASA Announces Bold Plan To Still Exist By 2045
NASA Announces Bold Plan To Still Exist By 2045
WASHINGTON—In what is being described as the most ambitious mission ever undertaken in the space agency’s history, NASA officials announced at a press conference Tuesday their bold new plan to still e...
theonion.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NASA Announces Bold Plan To Still Exist By 2045
This is beautiful
The jets seen in Herbig-Haro 30, observed by #NASAWebb, are a part of the star formation process. As the star gathers material, much of that material is launched back out along the star’s poles as high-velocity jets.
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, Tazaki, et al. 🔭 🧪
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, Tazaki, et al. 🔭 🧪
April 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is beautiful
Reposted by Fred Ciesla
The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work, according to a scientist involved in the report.
Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report | CNN
The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work – the president’s latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and resea...
www.cnn.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work, according to a scientist involved in the report.
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JD Vance has expressed a “deep hostility to the entire academic enterprise, not just the so-called woke parts,” writes @michellegoldberg.bsky.social. "He wasn’t talking about making more room for right-wing ideas in universities or even dreaming of taking them over. He wanted to destroy it all."
Opinion | Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke Parts
The administration’s war on universities defies rational self-interest.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
JD Vance has expressed a “deep hostility to the entire academic enterprise, not just the so-called woke parts,” writes @michellegoldberg.bsky.social. "He wasn’t talking about making more room for right-wing ideas in universities or even dreaming of taking them over. He wanted to destroy it all."
still here. trying to increase my activity here, but, damn things are busy. May take some time over winter break to add to my following list...i'm working on it!
December 3, 2024 at 8:43 PM
still here. trying to increase my activity here, but, damn things are busy. May take some time over winter break to add to my following list...i'm working on it!
Periodically going through the accounts I followed at the old place and finding out who is around here.
November 15, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Periodically going through the accounts I followed at the old place and finding out who is around here.
I’m here. Have been a while, but now seems like a time to actually show it’s not just a dead account.
November 14, 2024 at 10:08 PM
I’m here. Have been a while, but now seems like a time to actually show it’s not just a dead account.