My monthly #Arctic temperature graphics have just been updated through March 2025: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatures/ #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData
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PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/press-release/pinball-world-asteroids-mudball-meteorite-avoided-collisions
In the Pinball World of Asteroids, a Mudball Meteorite Avoided Collisions
In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published online in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, an international team of researchers describe the circumstances of the fall and show that mudball meteorites are not necessarily weak.
PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/press-release/meteorites-geologic-map-asteroid-belt
Where do meteorites of different types come from? Astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid belt.
“This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue,” said Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center. “We now have the first outlines of a geologic map of the asteroid belt.”
I just read through my latest #introduction and it’s so outdated 👀
Hello friends 👋🐘
My name is Bibi and I am a final-year #PhD student in #astronomy and #astrophysics at Lund University in Sweden.
I observe #exoplanets with big #telescopes to study their atmospheric composition ✨🪐🔭
I recently spent a year in #Chile at #ESO, and now I am writing up my #thesis, and I am applying for #postdocs 🪐
I am the first in my family to go to uni, so you’ll definitely hear me talk about that ☺️ #scicomm
PRESS RELEASE: A research team led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric Technosignatures project and the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center, set out to answer a simple question: If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with technology similar to ours, would they be able to detect Earth and evidence of humanity? If so, what signals would they detect, and from how far away? https://youtu.be/Pdg2x3NP2ds
I write at the intersection of #space, #science, #tech, and pop culture (#scifi). I’m the host/writer of PBS’s YouTube show Far Out. I’ve got a book on stargazing coming out in 2023 and co-edited the Arthurian anthology SWORD STONE TABLE.
I have a Wired column where talk about #gaming as a parent. I contribute to #StarTrek dot com and co-host of the podcast Desi Geek Girls.
Other things I talk about: #scicomm #knitting #parenting #starwars #books
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🚀1 year since we left #X / #Twitter
Our move to #Mastodon wasn't just a platform switch. It was a leap into #OpenScience in action.
We found a chance to align our communication w/ our values: transparent, meaningful, dialogue-driven.
Read about our journey, impact, challenges, and lessons:
🔗https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/blog/one-year-after-x-embracing-open-science-on-mastodon
💜Thanks, 🦣-community, for this wonderful experience. We learn a lot here.
👋We hope to encourage other academic institutions to join.
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PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/team-unlocks-new-insights-pulsar-signals
Dr. Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute led a study that sheds new light on how pulsar signals—the spinning remnants of massive stars—distort as they travel through space. This study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, was performed by a multi-year cohort of undergraduate researchers in the Penn State branch of the Pulsar Search Collaboratory student club.
PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/meteor-showers-shed-light-where-comets-formed-early-solar-system
Meteor Showers Shed Light on Where Comets Formed in the Early Solar System
An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the Sun. In a paper published in the journal Icarus this week, they ascribe the differences to the conditions in the protoplanetary disk where comets formed 4.5 billion years ago.
On science communication:
Today Elon Musk attacked Anthony Fauci. The post got at least 600,000 likes.
Whatever this means for #TwitterMigration (should be: let's leave!),
it also means many have been radicalized against Fauci and science and gov't. While many of us have been carrying about our business, rightwing media has been creating vast hate for science. Vast.
There's only one solution: FIGHT. (more below) /1
#scicomm #science #fauci #musk #twitter
Today @alexverkade presented our plan for the Dutch National Centre of Expertise on Science & Society to minister Dijkgraaf during #pcst2023. I am so excited for this to actually happen!
An English summary of our plan can be found here:
https://zenodo.org/record/7808844
Let me (re)introduce myself! My name is Ionica. I am a professor of science communication in Leiden where I study and teach #SciComm.
I moved from social to mathstodon, looking for a smaller local community (and you have the best t-shirt). I did my PhD on number theory and most of the science communication I do is still related to mathematics.
My posts will be mostly in Dutch, but work-related things will be in English (hope that is okay)!
#PPOD: This photo was taken by NASA's Bill Dunford near Malad City, Idaho, on May 11, 2024; the International Space Station appears as a white streak in this 8-second exposure. Credit: NASA/Bill Dunford
https://www.seti.org/stellar-celebration-seti-institute-prepares-mark-40-years-exploration
Today marks the beginning of our 40th year of operations where we celebrate an organization born out of the visionary collaboration between Jill Tarter and Tom Pierson. While our initial focus centered on expediting the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and delving into the right-side variables of the Drake Equation, our journey has evolved to include a multidisciplinary exploration of the cosmos and the origins and evolution of life.
PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/press-release/200m-gift-propels-scientific-research-search-life-beyond-earth
The SETI Institute announced today a philanthropic gift of $200m from the estate of Franklin Antonio, a visionary supporter and catalyst of the work of the SETI Institute for more than 12 years. Co-founder of communications chip company, Qualcomm, Antonio passed away on May 13, 2022, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy to enable breakthrough science in the search for intelligent life beyond our world.
#seti #science #scicomm #pressrelease
Settler colonists arriving in California told stories of a monster, a bear like no one in North America had seen before. Massive, vicious, bloodthirsty. That image of the horrible bear came to be about a lot more than bears. It was about the impossibility of coexistence. It was about the necessity of force. It was part of a larger story that excused and propelled a genocide.
My first feature article for the Washington Post is out today.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/04/25/california-grizzly-bear-extinct-reintroduce/
New server, new #introduction
Former academic in #languages & #linguistics, now in #healthcare #education & #scicomm. I publish #research every so often, I'm a #polyglot, and I'm a fledgling #gamedev with a penchant for narratives and visual shenanigans.
I live with my superb Spanish husband in an old mining town in South-West UK. Hella relaxing; hella gay.
Expect a healthy mix of sincerity and shitposting!
#absurdism
#dnd
#glitch
#liminal
#nintendo
#ttrpg
#vaporwave
#violin
Short #introduction - my area of research is Satellite based communications. Industry-based, not SpaceX.
I also follow space missions and astronomy.
I like to teach and write about -
#science #scicomm
#satellites #communications #InternetProtocols
#space #astronomy
#JWST #Hubble #HST
#mars #PerseveranceRover
#Artemis
#NASA #ESA
#Climate #Democracy #HumanRights
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Why people still fall for fake news about climate change
It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #climatescam is taking off.
Good article from @kateyoder includes angles on causes and major players, as well as how to combat the conspiracy theorists.
https://grist.org/politics/why-people-fall-for-climate-conspiracies-fake-news/
#FakeNews #OilyBoys #disinformation #ClimateChange #scicomm #cop28 #ConspiracyTheory #climatejustice #climate #ClimateCrisis #ScienceCommunication #ClimateJournalism #journalism #journalists
We are celebrating Christmas at partner's parents with the same raclette grill as 20 years ago - which is pretty impressive, but not quiet as much as the Voyager spacecrafts 😅 Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977 - still working, still teaching us new things about the most external parts of the solar system.
With many thanks to @schnedan for the idea to draw Voyager :)
#VicisArt #astrodon #SciArt #wisskomm #scicomm #voyager #voyager2
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If you prefer to read things instead of listening (as do I myself; not an audio person ... 😅 ), Physics World has now turned the podcast with me into a written interview:
▶️ https://physicsworld.com/a/victoria-grinberg-the-astrophysicist-sharing-her-love-for-science/
It's about my science, but also about all the things I do as a scientist that are not my science - climate crisis outreach and Astronomers for Planet Earth, my art and outreach in general.
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Want to know what my research is about? Follow this thread 🧵 based on a 10min talk I've drawn for a meeting.
The talk was aimed at non-specialist space science colleagues (not the general public!). The slides were built up step by step, but I'm omitting this here & showing only the final graphs, less this becomes a 34-part thread. 11 is plenty enough!
So: "Understanding Winds of Massive Stars Using High Mass X-ray Binaries"
#astrodon #XraysAreTheBestRays #SciArt #scicomm #VicisAstro
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