Dr. Franck Marchis, a planetary astronomer known for research on exoplanets and asteroids with moons, was awarded the Carl Sagan Center Director's Award. Marchis co-founded and is Chief Scientific Officer for Unistellar, fostering a global community of over 12,000 citizen astronomers. The evening also recognized Reed Spurling with the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Award of Excellence.
ESA's Euclid space telescope is designed to map dark matter and dark energy across the universe. But as it is getting started, Euclid is also sending back gorgeous cosmic snapshots.
The total percentage of drought coverage across the U.S. is at its lowest since March 2020. This U.S. Drought Monitor week saw widespread improvement in drought-related conditions on the map across areas of the South, the Plains, the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic, and the West.
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German mineralogist and physicist Franz Ernst Neumann died #OTD in 1895.
Neumann made significant advances in the mathematical understanding of crystal structures & their physical properties. His work laid the groundwork for the field of crystallography. He also developed the concept of the piezoelectric effect in crystals.In 1831, he established the Neumann's Law: the molecular heat of a compound is equal to the sum of the atomic heats of its constituents.
Particle physics and cosmology go hand-in-hand, despite the vast difference in scales. So when something new starts brewing in the quantum world, we pay attention. On this week’s Big Picture Science - could physics experiments take us “Beyond the Standard Model?”
For World Turtle Day, please enjoy this 54-million-year-old fossil of a baby sea turtle, which was found in Denmark and includes preserved soft tissue.
In fact, it's so well-preserved that scientists discovered molecules of a pigment that would have darkened the turtle's shell, perhaps to protect it against sun damage.
More than 46 years after launch, more than 15 billion miles from home, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is restored, rebooted, and once again sending data back to Earth.
Wednesday 5th June, 9 am CEST, is the new deadline to apply for the role of GÉANT Chief Executive Officer (#CEO).
The CEO will be based in Amsterdam and will be entrusted with the dual responsibilities of overseeing GÉANT’s day-to-day operations and guiding the long-term strategic direction of the organisation.
Finally, after months of work, the #ESAEuclid Early Release Observation images, data, first science results, and #Euclid mission reference papers have been released. You can read more in our blog post, which has links to the papers, the press releases, and everything else:
In 45min (noon CEST today) #ESA and the @ec_euclid will release 5 more #ESAEuclid Early Release Observation images to the world. Accompanied by the first release of Euclid ERO science data, as well as 15 reference and science papers.
In a world first, engineers from Britain’s University of Cambridge have shown that cement can be recycled without the same steep cost to the environment as making it from scratch https://www.byteseu.com/129342/#EverythingScience#Science
The SETI Institute’s 2024 Drake Awards ceremony took place last Thursday at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, honoring significant contributions to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This event brought together experts in astrobiology, astrophysics, nuclear physics, and signal processing.
I'm not a fan of the Soviet Union, but whether you like the country or not, it is indisputably, irrefutably, and incontrovertibly a fact that the Soviet Union won the space race.
@nus
The story of Laika is a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made in the name of progress and the often inhumane methods used by state powers like the Soviet Union. Scientific and societal advancements should never comes at the cost of ethical considerations and humane treatment of human and non-human individuals. #Science#Veganism
In 2020, Swedish neuroscientists put 30 trans and 30 cis research subjects into a brain scanner and showed them pictures of their bodies. Then they showed them images where their body had been morphed to look more masculine or more feminine. The results support the natural order of gender identity.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with a slightly (19%) increased risk of heart failure up to 20 years after diagnosis https://www.byteseu.com/128718/#Science