Adam McMaster

Stopped scrolling because I thought this video was some sort of cosmological simulation, and stunned to find out this is actually a living thing

You never have to remember an eight digit number when you could just remember two four digit numbers, etc.

You know what doesn’t get more expensive every time some arsehole starts a war? The wind

Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’ Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined

"Quicker than the speed of thought" is a terrifying phrase to hear in the context of killing other humans. Killing doesn't need to be quicker.

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Join the search for hidden black holes What I actually do for a living.

There are loads of undiscovered black holes in the galaxy, and you can help find them! I wrote this post about what my job actually is three-alpha.space/p/join-the-s... 🧪🔭

I always think I’m going to read on the train and then don’t do it. I’ve just figured out that the reason is that the social awkwardness of sitting next to/face-to-face with strangers is super distracting

“The sun might be on the back of a big beetle—a dung beetle, maybe.” 🧪

Not as far fetched as it should be

Sheep stats showing I got 2 hours 47 minutes of interrupted sleep, with the summary “Bad nights of sleep happen. To recover, try to get to bed on time tonight.”

The kids kept me awake so much the Health app is trying to console me

There is absolutely no replacement for professional work done by a person who knows what they are doing.

And your business travel expenses would be off the charts

We Have Always Had the Stars A few thoughts on the uncertainty of the new year.

A new generation of observatories is on the brink of letting us see the stars like never before. That also means we have more to lose than ever 🧪🔭 three-alpha.space/p/we-have-al...

#teamautumn

A delicious new solar system New images of a young star could tell us a lot.

Check out this great new photo of an unusual protoplanetary disk three-alpha.space/p/a-deliciou... 🧪🔭

Einstein's Theory Was Right — Mars Has Its Own Clock and It Runs Faster Than Earth’s Learn how Albert Einstein’s theory reveals that time on Mars runs faster than on Earth — and why that tiny shift matters for future space missions.

Your regular reminder that the effects of relativity are *measurable* www.discovermagazine.com/einstein-s-t... 🧪🔭

I’ve been writing code for 25 years, and I still haven’t gotten over the novelty of being able to make the computer do new things it couldn’t do before.

When a galaxy is pulled apart Studying what's left can tell us about dark matter.

What's left after a large galaxy tears apart a small one? And how can that help in the search for dark matter? three-alpha.space/p/when-a-gal... 🔭🧪

Asia's first 'osmotic power plant' generates electricity using only water, 24 hours a day Japan launches Asia's first and only osmotic power plant, which generates energy 24 hours a day using salt water.

TIL we can use the waste brine from desalination plants to generate electricity, offsetting some of the power used by the plant www.earth.com/news/japan-a... 🧪

How do they know it’s because Batman is unexpected and not because he’s seen as a moral authority (albeit fictional)? What happens if you send in the Riddler? 🧪

It annoys me because it gives a false impression. To the casual reader it must seem like “AI” is a single, new technology that came out nowhere and is suddenly being used for loads of different research. None of which is true.

It's me! Read below to find out about my research and how that involves citizen science 🔭🧪

'The fate of nations and the fall of kingdoms': History's epic theories of what causes aurora From creation myths to political omens, different cultures have had vastly different interpretations of the dramatic natural phenomenon.

It's fascinating to read all these different interpretations of aurorae. People have been trying to make sense of the night sky for a long, long time www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic... 🔭🧪

Researchers who use machine learning need to stop calling it AI in their press releases. It makes it sound like they’re using ChatGPT or something.

Astronomers Confirm First Ever CME From Another Star - Orbital Today Astronomers confirm the first coronal mass ejection from another star, revealing a blast that could strip planets of their atmospheres.

I know I'm biased, but astronomy is so cool. Imagine detecting a burst of radio waves from space and being able to to figure out it was caused by a bunch of material exploding off of a star orbitaltoday.com/2025/11/14/a... 🧪🔭

First light for the 4MOST spectrograph But what will it actually see?

One amazing type of observations can tell astronomers a huge amount. So how does it work? three-alpha.space/p/first-ligh... 🔭🧪

You know you’re emailing an academic when you get an out of office message saying they can’t reply, followed three minutes later by a detailed reply

Happy “my neighbours won’t let me get my kids to sleep” night to all who celebrate

Anyone else read this to the tune of Tom Waits’ Step Right Up?

A black hole with just one bright jet Thanks to relativity we can't see the other one.

This black hole has one bright jet and one that’s too faint to see. The reason is relativity and the weird things that happen near the speed of light 🧪🔭 three-alpha.space/p/a-black-ho...

3. ⁠this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.

FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.

'BritCard' digital ID will be made law for all adults in bid to tackle small boats — The i Paper No 10 believes a mandatory ID card system will help stop illegal immigrants working

Our supposedly left wing government torching civil liberties because they’re incapable of stopping the far right from setting the agenda apple.news/Af2BhztikQ3u...