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Kathy Mandt (she/her) (@mommascientist@astrodon.social)
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🚨🚨New paper alert!! 🚨🚨🧪🔭 Today we published exciting new results from the Rosetta mission! These results have big implications for where the comet formed and for whether comets could have supplied water to Earth. #PlanetaryScience #Rosetta 🧵1/n https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp2191
9h ago
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HG Agente Comunista (@catafracto@astrodon.social)
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Erick Berger, el vocero mayor de Elon Musk en las redes sociales, ha anunciado lo obvio: el cohete SLS está prácticamente muerto. https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1856522880143745133
17h ago
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Dr. Juande Santander-Vela (@juandesant@astrodon.social)
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This came a few weeks ago, but I was on holiday: this is the ALMA newsletter with highlights of what we do at the observatory, and this issue deals with the first Preliminary Design Review (PDR) entirely devoted to the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU): the PDR for the WSU heart, the Advanced...
#Pdr #wsu #alma #atac #systemsengineering #preliminarydesignreview #widebandsensitivityupgrade #atacamalargemillimeterarray #advancedtechnologyalmacorrelator #atacamalargemillimetersubmillimeterarray
on Sep 5
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Haus der Astronomie (@hausderastronomie@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image In den nächsten beiden Wochen widmen wir uns bei Astro & Co dem Gravitationswellenobservatorium LISA. Los gehts morgen mit Harald Pfeiffer vom @mpi_grav - wie immer live um 19 Uhr auf unserem Youtube-Kanal und unserer...
on Mon, 10AM
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Euclid Consortium (@ec_euclid@astrodon.social)
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We are amazed, #ESAEuclid's video showcasing and zooming into the first large skypatch has already been viewed 1.2 million times! In only 3 weeks. We can understand, we are totally fascinated by our #Euclid data, but we are very happy that so many people seem to share this 😀...
on Nov 8
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Space Telescope Science Inst. (@spacetelescope@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image This #NASAWebb image of Supernova 1987A shows the structures created before and after the explosion. The keyhole was formed from ejected material afterward, while the equatorial ring was made from material ejected thousands of years beforehand: https://bit.ly/482PSxW
on Nov 7
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MPI for Gravitational Physics (@mpi_grav@astrodon.social)
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👩🔬 PhD and postdoc positions 👨🔬 ERC-funded positions on gravitational-wave theory, source modeling, and science interpretation in the Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” department at the @mpi_grav in Potsdam. Successful candidates will join the GWSky project, which an ERC Synergy...
on Nov 7
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spsheridan (@spsheridan@astrodon.social)
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I thought it might be fun to see what hummingbirds look like in slo-mo, but what really surprised me was that I was able to capture the sound of their wings beating. The hummingbirds were enjoying the feeder at Lindsay and Nolan’s house. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SntYr9ZXZ8 w/...
on Nov 6
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landru79 (@Landru79@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image #Voyager 1 Target Name: #Jupiter #IO Start Time: 1979-03-04 ISS Wide Angle Filter Name: Violet green Orange red...
on Nov 5
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Open Journal of Astrophysics (@OJ_Astro@astrodon.social)
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New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Primordial magnetogenesis in a bouncing model with dark energy" by Marcus V. Bomfim (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Emmanuel Frion (Western U. Canada), Nelson Pinto-Neto (Espírito Santo, Brazil), and Sandro D. P. Vitenti (Paraná,...
on Nov 5
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StartsWithABang (@startswithabang@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image Why isn’t Richard Feynman your personal hero? #AskEthan Feynman made enormous contributions to a huge variety of areas in physics, and was beloved by oh so many. But he isn't someone we should strive to be like. Here's...
on Nov 3
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Space Telescope Science Inst. (@spacetelescope@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image No mask, no veins, no blood … In this new, crisp image from #NASAWebb and Hubble, the smaller galaxy at left “slithered” behind the larger galaxy. The combo of mid-infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light allows us to see the galaxies in ghastly detail:...
on Oct 31
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Space Telescope Science Inst. (@spacetelescope@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 2 images Meet Cassiopeia and Stellar, just two of the many cats named after space-related words by their owners/cat parents at STScI. For #NationalCatDay, we want to know how many of you named your feline friends after space objects! Any Jupiters, Spectras or Lunas out there? 😸
on Oct 29
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Dr. Juande Santander-Vela (@juandesant@astrodon.social)
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Slides in English of my talk on the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade this morning at ARRAY 2024. The title is the only part in Spanish in the slides… in English it would be “Computational Requirements of Large Scale Radio Astronomy: the ALMA Wideband Sensitivity...
on Oct 24
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Space Telescope Science Inst. (@spacetelescope@astrodon.social)
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Become a part of our team at the Space Telescope Science Institute! https://www.stsci.edu/opportunities
on Oct 21
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Space Telescope Science Inst. (@spacetelescope@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image Sparkly splendor! ✨ Hubble imaged the stunning core of globular cluster Omega Centauri in 2002. Thanks to gravity’s influence, these stars are “close friends” and have been for billions of years: https://bit.ly/4dVHRgp
on Oct 21
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Open Journal of Astrophysics (@OJ_Astro@astrodon.social)
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New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Imprints of interaction processes in the globular cluster system of NGC 3640" by Ana I Ennis (Waterloo, Canada) and Juan Pablo Caso & Lilia Patricia Bassino (Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata, Argentina)...
on Oct 18
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Daniel Marín (@eurekablog@astrodon.social)
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En el blog > El cohete pesado Miura Next y la cápsula tripulada Lince: el ambicioso programa espacial de PLD Space para los próximos veinte años...
on Oct 7
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Alexander Knochel (@quantensalat@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image A first and second look suggests that the goal is reachable - I've already tested the serial send functions in MakeCode, and one can send serial data to the big 0,1,2 pins. Also, MakeCode allows the definition of custom blocks, so putting the lora send AT command and an int to...
on Oct 5
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Dr. Jürgen Knödlseder (@jknodlseder@astrodon.social)
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I was e-mailing to an #economists who used the formula log(x+y)=log(x)+log(y) in his paper, pointing out that it was wrong (should be log(xy)=log(x)+log(y)). He answered that it was not a problem, and other economists do the same. I confirm: his paper was not the first where I have seen this...
on Oct 3
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Kelly Lepo (@kellylepo@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image CERN has a "Which elementary particle are you?" particle physics personality test. I'm not sure if I should feel insulted by my results 🙃 https://scoollab.web.cern.ch/sites/default/files/Particle_v2/index.html
on Sep 30
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Dr. John Barentine FRAS (@JohnBarentine@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image This is a thing I just spotted for the first time in the wild, in a preprint I'm reading. #AI #Science #AcademicPublishing
on Sep 27
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Space Telescope Science Inst. (@spacetelescope@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image Astronomers using Hubble have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet blasting from a supermassive black hole at the core of galaxy M87 (left) seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory (right): https://bit.ly/3XwMsiu
on Sep 26
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T. Emil Rivera-Thorsen (@thriveth@astrodon.social)
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Today marks the 41st anniversary of the day we all didn't die in an all-out nuclear holocaust. Happy Stanislav Petrov -day! Here's a movie recommendation to match the occasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Saved_the_World
on Sep 26
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Daniel Marín (@eurekablog@astrodon.social)
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En el blog > Las cinco Starships que Elon Musk quiere enviar a Marte en 2026 https://danielmarin.naukas.com/2024/09/24/las-cinco-starships-que-elon-musk-quiere-enviar-a-marte-en-2026/
on Sep 25
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Dr. Juande Santander-Vela (@juandesant@astrodon.social)
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There are two bot accounts I follow that you might be interested in if you’re a fan of Stanley Kubrik’s (and Arthur C. Clarke’s) 2001: A Space Odyssey: @2001frames@botsin.space: all frames from 2001: A Space Odyssey, with a new frame every hour. @2001faster@botsin.space: 1 out of every 24...
on Sep 25
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Dr. John Barentine FRAS (@JohnBarentine@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image Something that, until today, I have not read in the instructions to peer reviewers from a journal: the use of LLMs to summarize papers or write your referee reports is considered a breach of confidentiality. #Publishing #Academia #AcademicPublishing #ChatGPT #LLM #AI #PeerReview
on Sep 22
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Dr Megan Argo (@Astromeg@astrodon.social)
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Good grief. Starlink v2 satellites are generating 32 times more radio emission than previous generations! This is totally blinding to radio telescopes and will stop us doing science in this part of the spectrum. BBC News coverage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo Journal...
on Sep 18
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StartsWithABang (@startswithabang@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image Why we’ll never shoot Earth’s garbage into the Sun Looks like the plot of Superman IV just isn't ready for prime time: it's a terrible idea to launch Earth's most hazardous (or radioactive) waste into the Sun. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/never-shoot-earth-garbage-sun/
on Sep 18
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Space Telescope Science Inst. (@spacetelescope@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image Using Hubble, astronomers have found more black holes in the early universe than previously thought. They went black hole hunting in the landmark Hubble Ultra Deep Field, first taken in 2004, and in following observations to look for black holes: https://bit.ly/4efOl9Q
on Sep 17
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MPS Göttingen (@mpsgoettingen@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image #PhDCongratulations! 🥳Jonas Sinjan of the #IMPRS “Solar System School” successfully defended his PhD thesis “Towards a new view of the photospheric magnetic field with the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on Solar Orbiter” today! #uniGoettingen @imprs_solar@social.mpdl.mpg.de
on Sep 17
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Haus der Astronomie (@hausderastronomie@astrodon.social)
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Mit der Änderung des Schulgesetzes für Baden-Württemberg droht der Astronomie durch den Wegfall des naturwissenschaftlichen Profilfachs IMP ("Informatik, Mathematik, Physik") die Streichung. Noch bis morgen (17. September 2024) um 17 Uhr könnt ihr beim Bürgerbeteiligungsverfahren ein gutes...
on Sep 17
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Dr. Juande Santander-Vela (@juandesant@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image @SusiArnott@mastodon.green @TheSpaceshipper@socel.net My other favorite from that collection was #18 Secretos del Cosmos (Secrets of the Cosmos) by Colin Roman.
on Sep 16
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Dr. John Barentine FRAS (@JohnBarentine@astrodon.social)
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The @iau_cps@bird.makeup SatHub has released in public beta form a version of its "SatChecker" software, a #satellite position prediction tool. https://satchecker.cps.iau.org links to the documentation, and from there, APIs and a corresponding GitHub repository.
on Sep 14
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Attached: 1 image 🎂 Today is the 9th birthday of gravitational-wave astronomy Happy anniversary to GW150914, our first detection!
on Sep 14
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Marshall Eubanks (@TMEubanks@astrodon.social)
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A newly found _meter class_ (so not dangerous) asteroid with the temporary name CAQTDL2 is about to impact the Earth. From Sam Deen: Observations from H01 confirm an impact at ~ 16:40 UTC (12:40 pm EDT) today close to (or over) the island of Luzon in the philippines. Orbital elements: ...
on Sep 4
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Kelly Lepo (@kellylepo@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image More printable posters are available on WebbTelescope.org https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/posters
on Aug 30
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Dr. John Barentine FRAS (@JohnBarentine@astrodon.social)
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New Zealand has made progress toward its goal of becoming a "dark sky nation". It also supports a burgeoning commercial space industry. "As New Zealand continues to develop a regulatory framework, the issue of light pollution has to be taken seriously."...
on Aug 29
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Haus der Astronomie (@hausderastronomie@astrodon.social)
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@knud@mastodon.social @triple@typo.social @astrophysikerin@scicomm.xyz Sightings have been reported from Denmark, so, yes, definitely possible https://fireballs.imo.net/members/imo_view/event/2024/4684
on Aug 28
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Dr. Jürgen Knödlseder (@jknodlseder@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image I’m happy to announce that our paper “Scenarios of future annual carbon footprints of astronomical research infrastructures” was published today by @NatureAstronomy. In the paper we modelled the future evolution of the annual greenhouse gas emissions of astronomical...
on Aug 26
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webcubus (@webcubus@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 2 images Here are some recent shots of the sun and moon. The sun image was shot in the morning on June 13th and the moon image was shot the evening of June 15th. Enjoy! Moon: https://www.astrobin.com/hl7zgo/ Sun: https://www.astrobin.com/h8ajo0/ #sun #moon #astrophotography...
on Aug 24
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Mary McIntyre Astronomy (@MaryMcIntyreAstro@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 4 images Another very busy night on our #MeteorCameras last night in #Oxfordshire with #Perseids rates ramping up. We had 1,184 matched #meteors across the UK last night! The dotted lines are aircraft that were in the shot at the same time as a meteor #MeteorShower #Perseids2024
on Aug 7
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David Dickinson (@AstroDave@astrodon.social)
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Burned-up satellites are polluting the atmosphere As commercial fleets grow, concerns raised about ozone-destroying effects of metal particles - Via Science.Org - ttps://www.science.org/content/article/burned-satellites-are-polluting-atmosphere - “You have to wonder whether [SpaceX] is creating...
on Aug 6
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Galbinus Caeli 🌯 (@SkipHuffman@astrodon.social)
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@nrdufour@gardenstate.social @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io Jesus? They like the brand, not the product.
on Aug 5
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spsheridan (@spsheridan@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image @podfeet@chaos.social interviews Mikael Vikman Sunna, CEO of Index Braille, about their affordable braille printers. Index Braille offers a full line of braille printers ranging from small and portable to high-speed embossers for production use. #a11y #CSUN2024...
on Aug 2
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Rubin Observatory (@VRubinObs@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 3 images We officially have glass on the telescope! 🤩 Last week, Rubin Observatory staff safely installed the 3.5-meter secondary mirror—the first glass to be installed on the telescope! 🥳 Until now, testing the telescope was done using steel "surrogate" masses. But finally, it's...
on Aug 1
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Felipe (@fe06@astrodon.social)
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@Okanogen@mastodon.social don't fucking call me white you piece of shit.
on Jul 29
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David Dickinson (@AstroDave@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 3 images Tonight: the -85% illuminated, waning gibbous Moon occults (passes in front of) the planet Saturn centered on ~20:47 Universal Time (UT) – the event favors southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean and eastern Africa in the early dawn hours on the morning of Thursday, July 25th local...
on Jul 24
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StartsWithABang (@startswithabang@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image New theoretical calculation solves the “muon g-2” puzzle The muon's magnetic moment, also known as "g-2," has exhibited a mismatch between theory and experiment for years. It's looking more and more like theory was the problem all...
on Jul 24
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Chandra Science (@ChandraScience@astrodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image Good morning, it is July 23 here in Cambridge, MA, meaning that today is our 25th BIRTHDAY! What better way to start this party than a release of 25 images to celebrate 25 years:...
on Jul 23