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Michele Limon
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Photons collector, boater, nerd.
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Europe could be a ‘haven’ for US researchers, says ERC (European Research Council) president Maria Leptin

#AcademicSky

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Europe could be a ‘haven’ for US researchers, says ERC president
The EU’s research funding bodies are thinking of ways to welcome US scientists and European ex-patriots who might be looking for a more sympathetic place to work now that Donald Trump is in the White ...
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March 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The Fulbright scholarship for US citizens to visit countries like Chile is now open 🇨🇱🌌

There is a specific category for astronomy you can check here:
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February 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The M1 mirror (primary) being lifted into the Simons Observatory LAT telescope. #cosmology
February 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
First light? The LAT M1 mirror exposed to the sky for the first time in Chile after opening the shipping box. If the weather cooperates it could be installed in the telescope today. #cosmology @simonsobs.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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WISE is now in a 196x203 km orbit - just below 200 km!
It hasn't much more time.
The HgCdTe detectors worked great until we stopped observing at the end of July, and all the spacecraft systems were working when we turned off the transmitters on 8 Aug.
'Twas a great robot observatory for 14.7 years.
October 31, 2024 at 1:50 PM