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pomarede, 1 month ago to Kurzgesagt

Why is Methane Seeping on Mars?

The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads.

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/why-is-methane-seeping-on-mars-nasa-scientists-have-new-ideas/

#Mars #curiosity #rover #methane #GaleCrater #geology #geophysics #regolith #soil #salt #chemistry #astrodon #space #science #STEM

melanyabelta, 3 months ago to TwinCities

Oye, #TwinCities #ScreamingFirehawks!

Let's geek it up at Café Cerés in the Wakpáda building on Saturday, March 2nd, 10a. 😎

Day: Saturday, 2 March
Time: 10a
Location: Café Cerés
4603 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406

#MNastodon #LangBelta #Minneapolis

Gut fo oso beltalowda fo kom! Du wang wit milowda!

Diye: Sabat, 2024-03-02
Tim: 16:00 UTC
Lokeshang: Imbobo Owkwa Kaka Sirish -- ere Wakepada ere We Minyíxaxa

CosmicRami, 7 months ago to Astro

So, you know how JWST took an image of the Crab Nebula recently … well, that data is already available!

Downloaded last night and have processed them today.

Here’s my version of the inside of the Crab Nebula, powered by the mighty pulsar in the centre!

If we look carefully near the centre, we can see these horizontal plane rings - that’s caused by the pulsar’s magnetosphere and rotation. It dumps A LOT of energy into the surrounding nebula.

📸 NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim

#Astrodon

Zoomed in version of the above image showing the central rings around the pulsar.

liferstate, 8 months ago to StarTrek

A good evening to the owner of the car with license plate WORF, and that person only. Glory to you on your travels!

#StarTrek #Detroit

g7izu, 8 months ago to amateurradio

Space Weather ALERT: A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) has just impacted Earth causing a G2 Geomagnetic Storm. So far, there have been no #auroral radio contact reports. Visible aurora is being reported across the UK now! A strongly southward "Bz" (the magnetic component of the CME) is required to produce strong auroras.

#SpaceWeather
#CME
#AmateurRadio
#Aurora

Magnetometer "stackplot" (Finnish Line). Strong magnetometer deviations at the the DOB station and below indicate possible mid-latitude activity.
@northcoastsnapper on the Twitsite

pomarede, 9 months ago to modeltrains

Discovery alert!

A spherical shell-like structure 1 billion light-years in diameter named Ho’oleilana is discovered in the distribution of relatively nearby galaxies. We posit this is the 1st observation of an individual Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO).

https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aceaf3

#ho'oleilana #cosmology #bao #baryon #acoustic #oscillations #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #discovery #cosmography #map #maps #superclusters #physics #theroy #bigbang #lcdm

AntimonySchnuck, 9 months ago to random

HE DID A PUNCH!!! :D/
(On Djenk's Twitter profile:
https://twitter.com/david_jenkins__/status/1696930500235960797?t=AK2WQNeO646BMKH6JJWh0g&s=19)

#OFMDs2spoilers #OFMD

rainbowturtle, 9 months ago to random

I love the fact that Samba's tending as much as ofmd

Screenshot of Samba trending 10.3k posts

alan, 9 months ago to TheExpanse

A programming language based on Belter creole #LangBelta from the SciFi TV show #TheExpanse https://github.com/demaere-oiie/beltabol

mishamouse, 9 months ago to TheExpanse

i tooted out yesterday an off-hand comment about how i was enjoying #TheExpanse because they actually have to deal with things like g-forces (quite realistic compared to my usual #StarWars-style #SciFi), and it spawned a two-day long multi-branch conversation between at least a dozen people including (but not limited to) Bussard ramjets, fusion reactors, socio-economic analyses of science fiction politics, the list goes on.

the #fediverse is pretty great.

mishamouse, 9 months ago to TheExpanse

we are house-sitting for the in-laws, and they have amazon prime logged in on their TV. finally trying out #TheExpanse! watched ep1 last night and excited to get through more of it this weekend.

i might be able to get the account password from mother-in-law, but i really don’t want to get my own subscription or support amazon in general… is there another way to watch without uh, sailing the seven seas?

#SciFi

wonderofscience, 10 months ago to random

A spectacular timelapse flying over Mexico and the United States at night in the International Space Station.

4K landscape version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qf4a02yOsI

video/mp4

pyxis, 10 months ago to TheExpanse

Just finished the first episode of #TheExpanse #Telltale and I'm digging it so far. Feels like it captures the spirit of the series quite well. Looking forward to more.

Anitambyrne, 10 months ago to random

She was a warrior who stood up when most chose to stay silent.

Rest in Power you beautiful soul 💕

#RIPSinead

https://youtu.be/wbre5Fs9m8I

timkmak, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

Are you finding Mastodon to be less vibrant/active?

I’m worried that we are not getting as much engagement on our Ukraine war reporting as we used to.

We’re trying to decide which social media platforms to continue posting on, given how much effort it takes to replicate across all of them.

If you want to send a signal to us that we should keep posting here, will you sign up for our newsletter? http://Counteroffensive.substack.com

I’m only asking Mastodon users today so we can gauge impact.

osma, 10 months ago to solar

No need to clear new land for solar power. Panels can coexist with agriculture, and even help it since many crops thrive in partial shade and/or benefit from water retention under the panels.

“Maize is grown by about 50% of farmers in Tanzania. Maize is also a sun loving plant. So the fact that we had an 11% yield increase in maize [under solar panel arrays] is a phenomenal result,” he said.

#solar #renewables #agriculture https://apnews.com/article/climate-beer-solar-panels-hops-germany-ee3d00a1877837eb85053335e3b68a00

geekysteven, 10 months ago to random

Mars wouldn't have evidence of liquid water on the surface if its goddamn roommate would use a coaster

kagan, 10 months ago to Marriage

Italy is retroactively erasing the names of non-biological mothers from lesbian couples' children's birth certificates. This is heartbreaking.

https://www.advocate.com/law/lesbian-mothers-birth-certificates-italy #homophobia #ITPol #SameSex #SameSexMarriage #SameSexParenting

astroland, 10 months ago to random Dutch

Hubble Foto van de week. Starstruck image of Arp 263. http://esahubble.org/images/potw2329a/

astroland, 10 months ago to random Dutch

Astrobin foto van de dag: New Discovery: The Lightning Bolt Nebula. Fotoinfo: https://www.astrobin.com/uxq618/C/ Copyright: astrofalls #astronomie #sterrenkunde #sterrenkijken #astrofotografie #astrobin

astroland, 10 months ago to Astronomy Dutch

Amateur Astronomie foto van de dag: NGC6946 - Fireworks Galaxy. @Aapodx2 #astronomie #sterrenkunde #fotografie #sterrenkijken #aapod #heelal #universum #sterren #astronomy

astroland, 10 months ago to random Dutch

ESO Foto van de week: A cosmic master of disguise. https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2329a/

europesays, 10 months ago to Ukraine

https://www.europesays.com/747700/ First street renamed after Zelenskyy in UK #Ukraine

Lotje, 10 months ago to Babylon5

There was a Twitter campaign last year to support the #Babylon5 remake. I tweeted 100 reasons I love Babylon 5. I will repost all 100 here, to count down to #TheRoadHome release next month. (There are more than 100 reasons I love Babylon 5; that's just where I stopped the tweets :P )