Keith Gendreau
@keithgendreau.bsky.social
PI for NASA's ISS X-ray telescope NICER at NASA/GSFC. My posts here are my own views and do not represent NASA or the U.S. Government.
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The horror! The horror!
April 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The horror! The horror!
The paper gives you some more idea of NICER's involvement. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Discovery of extreme quasi-periodic eruptions in a newly accreting massive black hole
Nature Astronomy - In February 2024, rapid, recurring X-ray bursts (quasi-periodic eruptions) were detected from the black hole within galaxy SDSS1335+0728. Named Ansky, the event features...
www.nature.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The paper gives you some more idea of NICER's involvement. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
NICER found that the source had QPEs and NICER continues to look at it and find that the QPEs are evolving...
April 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NICER found that the source had QPEs and NICER continues to look at it and find that the QPEs are evolving...
You are pathetic
You are not a leader
You are not a leader
March 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You are pathetic
You are not a leader
You are not a leader
you can see where the patches were installed. Nick did a great job that reduced optical loading on NICER significantly. We are still optimizing as optical light still affects us. We will gain more science from this repair. Night time science with NICER is still perfect!
January 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
you can see where the patches were installed. Nick did a great job that reduced optical loading on NICER significantly. We are still optimizing as optical light still affects us. We will gain more science from this repair. Night time science with NICER is still perfect!
I operate an X-ray telescope called NICER on the ISS. I am the PI for the NICER mission. NICER is Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer
January 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I operate an X-ray telescope called NICER on the ISS. I am the PI for the NICER mission. NICER is Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer
Brazil has many homeless dogs but these home brewed shelters have begun to pop up over the years.
This shelter normally has about 400 dogs, but the flooding in the area last year ticked up the population to over 700.
This shelter normally has about 400 dogs, but the flooding in the area last year ticked up the population to over 700.
December 29, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Brazil has many homeless dogs but these home brewed shelters have begun to pop up over the years.
This shelter normally has about 400 dogs, but the flooding in the area last year ticked up the population to over 700.
This shelter normally has about 400 dogs, but the flooding in the area last year ticked up the population to over 700.
Lami is near Itapua where my wife grew up.
December 29, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Lami is near Itapua where my wife grew up.