skrishna

michael_w_busch, 8 days ago to random

Re. last repost of @skrishna :

I'm glad that switching #Hubble to single-gyro pointing was not necessary until now; because the telescope did important observations of the #DARTMission impact and its aftermath through last year.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.01700

devindra, 8 days ago to random

Happy to report The Acolyte is fantastic https://www.engadget.com/the-acolyte-is-star-wars-at-its-best-160028842.html It has incredible action, a genuinely fresh story and no Skywalkers in sight!

effinbirds, 8 days ago to random

dburke, 14 days ago to random

https://theconversation.com/im-an-astrophysicist-mapping-the-universe-with-data-from-the-chandra-x-ray-observatory-clear-sharp-photos-help-me-study-energetic-black-holes-229668

by a colleague here at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

alexwitze, 14 days ago to random

NASA just did its biggest test yet of how astronauts might operate on the lunar surface during Artemis III. I tagged along to the 'science backroom' in Houston to see how future Moonwalkers will do lunar geology.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01533-3

skrishna, 21 days ago to space

Could recent information about dark energy fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe? It's possible. Here's a deep dive into what dark energy is and how new results on the expansion history of the universe may change everything we thought we knew.

Newsletter version: adastraspace.com

#space #science #scicomm #womeninstem #darkenergy #cosmology

https://youtu.be/YoGWou8hDZ4

ec_euclid, 25 days ago to Astronomy German

Expect new images and first science results from #ESAEuclid coming Thursday, 23 May. Five new stunning images, first ten science papers plus five #Euclid reference publications.

There will be broadcast by #ESA as well as press and paper releases by ESA and us. Stay tuned!

#astronomy #space #science #astrodon

skrishna, 1 month ago to space

Boeing Starliner is scheduled for its first crewed launch on May 6. The history of this spacecraft is MESSY — here’s the full story on why it’s seven years late.

Newsletter edition goes out tomorrow morning, sign up: adastraspace.com

#space #science #spaceflight #boeing #nasa

https://youtu.be/J7QCmvVo3nY

skrishna, 1 month ago to space

If you want to read about why the Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble and is in safe mode right now, here's your link:

https://www.adastraspace.com/p/hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode-gyroscopes

#space #science #hubble #nasa
https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112356385897060107

skrishna, 1 month ago to space

Hi all! I'm still in a newsletter subscription push mode -- with the demise of the bird app, it's gotten really hard to get the word out about projects like this that don't have an internal algorithm to help people find it.

If you like #space, #science, #stem, or just want to support a woman of color doing STEM stuff -- please subscribe! Ad Astra is a weekly newsletter that tells you what's going on in space science and spaceflight.

https://www.adastraspace.com

skrishna, 1 month ago to random

A few people have pointed out that it's worth mentioning that my newsletter is on Beehiiv, not on Substack.

I chose a service that doesn't platform hate speech, and the tradeoff was I gave up on the other service's internal algorithm and tools for helping people find your publication.

Hence why I'm doing this push. Beehiiv is GREAT, they have been really good to me, and I very much recommend their service.
https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112332886203206306

reillypascal, 1 month ago to space

@skrishna is super cool and I love this newsletter! https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112332886203206306

It's about the latest news in space and astronomy, and the RSS link is here: https://rss.beehiiv.com/feeds/BX2SPZ0naG.xml

#Space #Science #Stem #RSS #Newsletter

ChandraScience, 1 month ago to Astro

We recently released version 2.1 of the #ChandraXRay Source Catalog!

In short, everything we observed that was released publicly prior to the end of 2021 has been reduced, processed, and made available for easy consumption. With over 400,000 individual sources and covering 730 square degrees, the CSC opens the X-ray sky to all astronomers -- even if you've never looked at an X-ray photon before.

Learn more:
https://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/879
#Astrodon #XRaysAreTheBestRays

tom30519, 2 months ago to random

Unprocessed photo, taken in southern Quebec. We were extremely fortunate that (a) my house was smack in the middle of the line of totality, and (b) the sky was perfectly clear throughout the event.

Now, with 9x bracketing, I have a mere 639 photos to evaluate, process and merge. But what an experience! Awesome, really.

chris, 2 months ago to fediverse

🚨 BOOST CHALLENGE! 🚨Ok #Fediverse and #Mastodon. If I tell my Canadian Member of Parliament, Gord Johns, that he will get 2000 followers within one week of creating a Mastodon account, will you make that happen?

I want him to be able to say when he stands in the House and presents the #e4769 petition for an official Fediverse server that he himself is the first Canadian MP to be on the Fediverse!

Boost for yes! I am going to show him this post! I'm counting on you, literally! 🔥 🙏 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 🙏

A gif of the lincoln pointing finger we want you 🫵

skrishna, 2 months ago to space

Space news is here!! This week:

• The Intuitive Machines moon lander didn’t wake up from lunar night
• A view of magnetic fields around our supermassive black hole
• Polar ice melt is affecting the Earth’s rotation
  -NASA will launch rockets into the eclipse
• SpaceX is preparing for the fourth test launch of Starship

#space
#science
#scicomm
#womeninstem

https://youtu.be/Jo7jNhMH8MI

skrishna, 2 months ago to space

Weekly space news is here!

• How to de-ice a telescope from a million miles away
• A new star may appear in our sky soon
• VERITAS, the mission to Venus, is back!
• A map of 1.3 million quasars

and more!

Newsletter version will go out in the morning.

#space #science #scicomm

https://youtu.be/vWf2gpmk95c

skrishna, 3 months ago to space

Have you heard recently about discrepancies in the Hubble constant and are wondering what’s up?

I dive into the Hubble tension in my latest video.

#space #science #scicomm #womeninstem

https://youtu.be/rVb_opP1qik

astro_jcm, 3 months ago to mastodon

1/ After having tested it for some time, phanpy.social ( @phanpy ) is now my one and only #Mastodon client. The interface is sleek, and you can tell there's clear intentionality behind every single design choice.

First, look at how gorgeous nested replies look! I no longer struggle trying to decipher who's replying to what. And when you reach too many nested levels, a button gives you the choice to deploy them or not, to keep things clean.

paulcuth, 3 months ago to RSS

I made a thing to help me find RSS feeds, and I really liked it. So I made it prettier so you can use it too, if RSS feeds are your thing.

As it turns out, in my corner of the fediverse there’s a ton of them…

https://rss-is-dead.lol

#rss #fediverse

czottmann, 3 months ago to science

TIL that the universe was opaque after the Big Bang, which is nothing I've ever thought about before, and I was all 🤯

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AApjeHdpX0

Thanks, @skrishna!

#spaceNews #science #AdAstra

skrishna, 3 months ago to space

Reminder: As we start getting closer to the April eclipse, places are going to start selling out of eclipse glasses (some already have!) I highly recommend you order some soon, and please don’t just get them off eBay or Amazon, fakes are a problem.

#space #science #scicomm

These are good:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1284713-REG/celestron_44405_eclipsmart_solar_shades_observing.html/?ap=y&ap=y&smp=y&smp=y&lsft=BI%3A514&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA84CvBhCaARIsAMkAvkLsYaX9lrI_rYJsivpbg-D5VRObC5oN4zorhM6IIVFTbLDVY4ZxgBgaAsRcEALw_wcB

65dBnoise, 3 months ago to space

"In case you forgot me" postcard
By #Ingenuity

Just arrived from Mars.
Received: 2024-02-24T03:34:51Z

Slightly processed, undistorted, rotated HELI_RTE
Image captured from RMC 72.0001/1
Sol 1065, LMST: 14:02:54

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01065/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_1065_0761491016_819ECM_N0720001HELI00001_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#MarsHelicopter #WANDY #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

trekcore, 3 months ago to StarTrek

NEW! Check out the new #StarTrekDiscovery final season trailer — and see new photos from Season 5!

See more: http://tinyurl.com/dsc5-trailer

#StarTrek

PhilStooke, 3 months ago to random

Here are two last views from Apollo 16. Top: Stone Mountain (image AS16-113-18326). Bottom: Smoky Mountains (image AS16-107-17471).