Dad, LegoManiac, PenNerd, Astronomer (professional and amateur); Prof at Northwestern University, Associate Director at @NUCIERA. My tweets are all me. [he/him]
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Moving over to threads -- I'm "jediscience" over there. Will also see about bluesky. Be safe everyone.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS could put on a show in the enxt week, visible shortly after sunset starting on Oct 12. It seems like this @instructables I wrote a while back could be useful for some of y'all! instructables.com/Photograph…
Crescent Moon over Adler and Chicagoland tonight! #celestialbash2024 @AdlerPlanet
Solar prominence in H-alpha (red hydrogen light) this morning. Coronado PST scope, iPhone handheld at eyepiece.
At @EvergreenMuseum with Carlton Observatory. Talking solar system this afternoon and Pluto and Exoplanets tonight!
Hey Chicagoland! Public talk for the Northwest Suburban Astronomers (@NorthwestAstro) this Friday night -- all about QUASARS. nsaclub.org/event-calendar/n…
A bit of science writing about our eclipse experience. wp.me/p19G0g-WL
Giving the public lecture tonight at the April @APSphysics meeting: all about gravitational wave astronomy with LISA. @LISACommunity
No plastic name tag sleeves at April APS Meeting Not ordinary paper, so not sure how degradable the tag is, but I like the direction this is going Nice, @APSphysics !
Where are YOU going to stand in the shadow of the Moon? Helping folks think about eclipses tonight at @warrenvillelib #Eclipse2024
Happy #LeapDay everyone! we had a lot of fun making this!
Ahead of #LeapDay tomorrow, Prof. Shane Larson (@sciencejedi) explains why we add an extra day to our calendars—every four years.
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NASA's announcement of todays news as well. science.nasa.gov/gravitation…
It's happened! @LISACommunity has been formally adopted by ESA! This has been a day DECADES in the making. Congratulations to all my colleagues and friends who have been on this journey with us! Onward! esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
This. Is. AWESOME. A resource for people who know women interested in careers in astronomy. I've had the great honor of having many of the authors in my group as part of their journey. So proud of all of them! Please circulate widely! arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041
Apparently also a circumzenithal arc, which I did not get to see -- brilliant photos here!
We have received tons of photos of this "upside down" rainbow this afternoon around DC. Its technical name is a circumzenithal arc; it forms when Ice crystals in clouds high in the sky bend sunlight.
An article from our archives: washingtonpost.com/news/capi…
