skrishna

skrishna, 8 months ago to random

I haven't been at my desk much and therefore haven't been around much (my travel schedule has been intense but should calm down by the end of September.

Anyways, I hope everyone is having a good week!!

skrishna, 8 months ago to knitting

There’s something immensely satisfying about wearing something you made yourself @knitting #knitting

skrishna, 8 months ago to space

Yesterday, India became the first country to successfully land a spacecraft at the moon’s south pole. Here’s more on the Chandrayaan-3 mission and why everyone is obsessed with the lunar south pole.

#space #science #scicomm #chandrayaan3 #india #isro

https://youtu.be/lvLK0El01r4

skrishna, 8 months ago to space

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to attempt a soft landing at the moon's south pole around 8:34 am ET. If successful, they would be the fourth country to land on the moon and the first to do so at the south pole. Follow the livestream here:

#Chandrayaan3 #space #science #scicomm

https://www.youtube.com/live/DLA_64yz8Ss?feature=share

skrishna, 8 months ago to space

There have been a LOT of crashed moon landers over the past few years. Why did Russia's Luna-25 fail, and why is it so HARD to land on the moon? And what do we think will happen to India's Chandrayaan-3 -- the Vikram lander is scheduled to attempt a landing tomorrow.

#space #science #scicomm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FS1_VbPqkY

skrishna, 8 months ago to random

I want to buy a pair of Airpods Max for some travel coming up (I have a pair already I love but I gave them to my husband because he uses them a lot more) but I also don't want to get something now and then have something new announced in September. Does anyone know if there are credible rumors about new Airpods Max coming soon?

skrishna, 8 months ago to random

I am BACK!!! I was traveling for a week with minimal cell service and Wi-Fi and it was pretty glorious.

skrishna, 9 months ago to science

We have the first calibration images from ESA’s Euclid! Take a look, and find out why this observatory might give us fewer splashy images than JWST (but is incredibly important.)

#science #space #scicomm #esa #euclid

https://youtu.be/zwBig44ouhg

skrishna, 9 months ago to random

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skrishna, 9 months ago to space

IS VOYAGER 2 DEAD? HAVE WE LOST COMMUNICATION WITH IT? IS IT ALL OVER????

Nope. Everything’s okay, just a slight hiccup. Here’s more on what happened with Voyager 2 over the past couple of weeks:

#space #science #scicomm #nasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ftzdD8IAaE

skrishna, 9 months ago to science

Over at Fast Company, I wrote about JWST’s new photo of Earendel, the most distant star we’ve ever detected, and why it matters:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90935756/earendel-star-jwst-images-distance-galaxy-news

#science #space #scicomm #jwst

clive, 9 months ago to random

I don't spend much time here talking about X/Twitter -- I don't use it terribly often any more, but ...

... whenever I open a browser to check it, I'm startled by how long it takes to load the messages and posts

A lot of spinny loading-wheels, for many full seconds

I have no special insight into what's happening on the back end, but yowsa it doesn't look great from the outside user's perspective

bitsplusatoms, 9 months ago to random

I just received the new book by @skrishna
and I can already think of several people that will be receiving it as a gift.

From the space.com review:

Krishna's new book "Stargazing: Contemplate the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace" offers everything you need in a night sky how-to guide, but goes beyond just showing you how to find the constellations. Krishna's readers can expect to gain a perspective of the stars rooted in an insightful, and perhaps unfamiliar past.

https://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Nature-Stargazing-Contemplate-Cosmos/dp/1797221361

skrishna, 9 months ago to science

My book STARGAZING: Contemplate the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace is out today!! Pick it up wherever you buy books!!

Amazon | https://www.amazon.com/dp/1797221361/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_ET34PGP1NHW5E4FW579T?linkCode=ml1&tag=3dw0759-20
B&N | https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pocket-nature-swapna-krishna/1143066371?ean=9781797221366
Bookshop.org | https://bookshop.org/p/books/pocket-nature-stargazing-contemplate-the-cosmos-to-find-inner-peace-swapna-krishna/19743264?ean=9781797221366

#science #space #scicomm #books #reading

skrishna, 1 year ago to StarTrek

I interviewed Michelle Yeoh a few years ago about #StarTrekDiscovery and I mentioned offhand that I'd written an article about what seeing her use her accent on the bridge of a starship meant to me.

She stopped and said "Wait, that was YOU?"

And then proceeded to talk about how much that article had meant to HER and how it contributed to the success of the show.

I can't think about it without crying.

(The original article: https://authory.com/SwapnaKrishna/On-Star-Trek-Discovery-and-Michelle-Yeohs-accent-aa6d2eb01b3a24970abf406c39146df33)

#MichelleYeoh #StarTrek #Oscars