@mars-polar.bsky.social
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#PPOD: Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse. This discovery answers the millennia-old question of why this famous star experiences a roughly six-year-long periodic change in its brightness... 🧪 🔭
August 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#PPOD: Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse. This discovery answers the millennia-old question of why this famous star experiences a roughly six-year-long periodic change in its brightness... 🧪 🔭
Seeing all of the funding cuts and reductions in force (layoffs), plus the NASA and NSF websites lose public data, it's starting to feel like the burning of Alexandria.
time.com/5912689/libr...
time.com/5912689/libr...
The Story of the Library of Alexandria Is Mostly a Legend, But the Lesson of Its Burning Is Still Crucial Today
Today, we must remember that war is not the only way an Alexandria can be destroyed
time.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Seeing all of the funding cuts and reductions in force (layoffs), plus the NASA and NSF websites lose public data, it's starting to feel like the burning of Alexandria.
time.com/5912689/libr...
time.com/5912689/libr...
NASA servers, hosting publicly funded date, are being taken down as we speak
February 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
NASA servers, hosting publicly funded date, are being taken down as we speak
Next, they'll want to take away my Canadian Tacos
February 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Next, they'll want to take away my Canadian Tacos
There are a lot of bad things happening, but we need to all step back and see what motivates these bad things. A lot of the stuff is a distraction from the real point - that billionaires are trying to become bigger billionaires. They'll whistle to dogs and troll enemies, but one reason underlies all
January 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There are a lot of bad things happening, but we need to all step back and see what motivates these bad things. A lot of the stuff is a distraction from the real point - that billionaires are trying to become bigger billionaires. They'll whistle to dogs and troll enemies, but one reason underlies all
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Decades of research shows that expanding highways increases travel times. Some cities are reducing their highways in response.
Why Do We Keep Widening Highways If It Doesn’t Reduce Traffic?
Decades of research shows that expanding highways, despite its promise to reduce congestion, actually increases travel times.
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Decades of research shows that expanding highways increases travel times. Some cities are reducing their highways in response.
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I’m slow, but I’m thorough: my new story in @adeenedenton.com ‘s recent Nature Geoscience paper on how Pluto and Charon were strong enough to stay true to themselves when they impacted and captured into the biggest-equalest solar system binary skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Pluto and Charon May Have Formed in a “Kiss-and-Capture”
Pluto and Charon may have formed differently than we thought — in a way that's being called "kiss and capture."
skyandtelescope.org
January 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I’m slow, but I’m thorough: my new story in @adeenedenton.com ‘s recent Nature Geoscience paper on how Pluto and Charon were strong enough to stay true to themselves when they impacted and captured into the biggest-equalest solar system binary skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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A new moon for Uranus!
And two for Neptune, but that's not as funny.
Plus, I mock flat Earthers, kinda.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/more-moons...
🔭🧪
And two for Neptune, but that's not as funny.
Plus, I mock flat Earthers, kinda.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/more-moons...
🔭🧪
January 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A new moon for Uranus!
And two for Neptune, but that's not as funny.
Plus, I mock flat Earthers, kinda.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/more-moons...
🔭🧪
And two for Neptune, but that's not as funny.
Plus, I mock flat Earthers, kinda.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/more-moons...
🔭🧪
Another of my favorites of the north pole of Mars - the first ever to capture the northern cap in full - taken by Mariner 9 in 1972!
December 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Another of my favorites of the north pole of Mars - the first ever to capture the northern cap in full - taken by Mariner 9 in 1972!
I am so ready for the though/word police to relent some. Progressives should be allowed to share their opinions without fear of cancel culture or excommunication.
Diversity of opinion is healthy within a movement.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Diversity of opinion is healthy within a movement.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | I’m done with Democratic purity tests
Seth Moulton challenges Democrats to ignore elites and speak freely.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I am so ready for the though/word police to relent some. Progressives should be allowed to share their opinions without fear of cancel culture or excommunication.
Diversity of opinion is healthy within a movement.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Diversity of opinion is healthy within a movement.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
My favorite photo of the north polar ice cap of Mars, taken by #MarsExpress and processed by Justin Cowart
November 29, 2024 at 3:51 AM
My favorite photo of the north polar ice cap of Mars, taken by #MarsExpress and processed by Justin Cowart
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Une magnifique photo de la galaxie du Sombrero prise par le télescope spatial #JWST vient d'être publiée.
Comparaison avec la photo de la même galaxie prise par Hubble : le JWST voit à travers les poussières du disque.
Comparaison avec la photo de la même galaxie prise par Hubble : le JWST voit à travers les poussières du disque.
November 25, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Une magnifique photo de la galaxie du Sombrero prise par le télescope spatial #JWST vient d'être publiée.
Comparaison avec la photo de la même galaxie prise par Hubble : le JWST voit à travers les poussières du disque.
Comparaison avec la photo de la même galaxie prise par Hubble : le JWST voit à travers les poussières du disque.
Does anyone else think that @benandjerrys.bsky.social has jumped the shark with some of their flavors?
Chubby Hubby? Everything but the? Gimme s'more?
Chubby Hubby? Everything but the? Gimme s'more?
November 26, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Does anyone else think that @benandjerrys.bsky.social has jumped the shark with some of their flavors?
Chubby Hubby? Everything but the? Gimme s'more?
Chubby Hubby? Everything but the? Gimme s'more?
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It's New Year's Day on Mars 🧪🔭 🎉 www.scientificamerican.com/article/happ... by @philplait.bsky.social
Happy New Year! (If You’re a Martian)
The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox. Explaining why requires a deep dive into celestial mechanics and Earth’s calendrical history
www.scientificamerican.com
November 12, 2024 at 11:40 AM
It's New Year's Day on Mars 🧪🔭 🎉 www.scientificamerican.com/article/happ... by @philplait.bsky.social