Don’t waste my time with anything that has less than a steradian FoV.
11.03.2026 23:40
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Don’t waste my time with anything that has less than a steradian FoV.
EHT scientists Sera Markoff & Vincent Fish were recently interviewed on Quirks & Quarks, a Canadian science story broadcast. Listen to the conversation to learn how the EHT is working toward creating videos of black holes!
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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NASA has so many questions to answer about the Probe selection process.
First there were the shenanigans surrounding the initial downselect (when the advice of expert review committees was ignored, for reasons that remain opaque)
[see spacenews.com/nasa-defends...
New NICER neutron star results this morning, led by Yves Kini! For the first rotation-powered millisecond pulsar we ever reported on, PSR J0030+0451.
More data (6 years!), background constraints fully incorporated, and improved sampling. #highenergyastro 🔭🧪
arxiv.org/abs/2602.23743
Samsung is my go-to for all my smartphone, household appliance, and large container ship needs.
My frequent Wayne’s World references are completely lost on the youth.
We're happy to announce a newly signed agreement for the construction of the Africa Millimeter Telescope (AMT). This will open great possibilities for astronomy on the African continent and make black hole images even sharper!
#astronomy #blackholes #EHT #AMT #africa
oh my god
while I was disappointed that AXIS was selected over STROBE-X, I would not have ever wanted their concept study not to proceed and this is a loss for the entire field and a sign of how much Donald Trump and his goons have damaged science in the United States and NASA in particular 🔭🧪
Yes, the museum of binary exotica as old as the Universe we call a globular cluster.
To see the night sky on a globular cluster planet. A hundred thousand stars all packed within a couple of light years would be quite a sight. 🤩
The American Astronomical Society has a page with more info and how you can submit comments to the FCC to stop this travesty. Hurry though; submissions end today.
aas.org/action-alert...
The FCC has opened public comments for a couple of different proposed satellite systems, both of which have a high likelihood of significantly degrading our ability to experience the night sky. More details from @aas.org here: 🧪
Astronomers for Planet Earth are submitting a statement about some of the proposed megaconstellations that would ruin ground-based astronomy to the FCC.
You can read the statement below: 🔭☄️
Ah, I see that your past self is your archenemy, too.
The entire lifetime cost of the NICER mission so far is $75M. So not even a whole F-15.
Applications are open for our visiting grad student pre-doctoral program at the CCA @flatironinstitute.org !
More info here:
www.simonsfoundation.org/2023-flatiro...
Is it by any chance the most metal of all guitars, the Fender HelloKitty Stratocaster? www.fender.com/products/fen...
Eastern Calligrapher syrphid fly on a black eyed Susan flower.
Sweat bee on an echinacea flower.
Bumblebee on a goldenrod flower.
Monarch butterfly on an echinacea flower.
We’ve been planting large patches of native flowers for the past couple of years to attract monarch butterflies and native bees. It’s paying off big time.
OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join the Web Application Services Branch, performing software development, support and maintenance of applications and processes to our NASA missions: https://bit.ly/4l9HF1Q
BBC: I went to rural Wales to bathe in starlight and the Milky Way blew me away #Astronomy #Space www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Someone pointed out that at least some of the purported globular clusters may be foreground dwarf galaxies instead.
