I'm an astronomy professor at Michigan State University. I maintain chemical balances of sorts by running. Playing bass in two Lansing bands, GSB & Dr. Decade.
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A Practical Guide to Hosting a Virtual Conference galacticatmospheres.pubpub.o…
A best-suggestions guide for on-line science conferences from a successful and productive on-line astronomy conference! Congratulations, Cameron, Ben, Jessica, Mark for a great experience
I console myself that at least one of the selected probe concepts is for X-ray astronomy, ok
And I yeet , a neat backflip in to the Sun, to Jimi Hendrix channeled by Stevie Ray Vaughn
SRVs 70th bday would have been today
I need some time to be 😔 and 🎸
nytimes.com/2024/08/04/scien… via @NYTimes
The Palomar staff used to put chile rellenos on the menu because they saw me on the observer list and they knew I loved the way they made them. 🥺 I felt seen and fussed about in a way this homesick postdoc never admitted
I’m just gonna put it out there: I can’t bring myself to donate to random political texts. It seems like a huge Wonderland Area for cash scams.
Even hitting unsubscribe/stop seems like it might lead to encouragement
but
stop
I know how to donate.
This. What Ethan said, that is right
Rica (and Megan) you saw this one today, right?
bigthink.com/starts-with-a-b…
Excellent article by @StartsWithABang The future of US astronomy just dimmed by half - Big Think
And do not shut down an exquisite Great Observatory to save 0.x% of a NASA budget, no senior review in sight #SaveChandra @chandraxray bigthink.com/starts-with-a-b…
Do you ever wish like we had reboot features or maybe “restore last save” so maybe
the next time through the day I might not pooch it quite so much
also maybe not, all things considered
It could have been worse
I mean damn that’s not much of a philosophy is it
Definitely the coolest Astro detective story this week!! (I can leave so wiggle room in my grading scale, just like skating judges…) but how awesome is this? 🫨
Zoozve!!!!!
Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
ALT The moon with a rocket landed in its eye. The most iconic shot of 1902 sci-fi film Le Voyage Dans La Lune.
Ah, rest for a bit. If all goes well on Earth we’ll come get. 🥰🥲
That'll do, Ingenuity. That'll do. Today @NASA's Ingenuity helicopter ended its mission. The tiny 'copter rode to Mars in the belly of Perseverance and was only meant to perform up to 5 experimental test flights over 30 days but ended up performing 72 flights over almost 3 years.
I feel Seen (Go Lions) #Lions
Detroit Lions fans: The truest in America, long unnoticed by ... America washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
Interesting summary of the 2022AAUP report-UNC board is pretty awful. Too bad this stuff is now a major part of the campus leadership job.
President Weighs Jumping From One Controversy-Ridden University to Another chronicle.com/article/a-pres…
Football. Entropy. Thermodynamics. Is probability ever exactly zero ?
No, it is not.
Best game: Washington-Utah. Probability of a player voluntarily spinning football on the ground a yard prior to entering the end zone. About 1 in 1000?
92-year old PopPop-inLaw says zero
My kid self would say ew Kissing moons 😆
wait - WHAT?!? That newly discovered dinky little moon of the asteroid Dinkinesh now turns out to be TWO little moonlets!!! Surprise! Nature is just so delightfully weird. science.nasa.gov/missions/lu…
