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My annual Christmas trivia: Frank Capra was a Caltech graduate and lifelong science guy who told a biographer that had he not gone into film, he might have wanted to be an astronomer. When Capra was Academy president in 1937, he invited Edwin and Grace Hubble to be special guests at the Oscars.
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My annual Christmas trivia: Frank Capra was a Caltech graduate and lifelong science guy who told a biographer that had he not gone into film, he might have wanted to be an astronomer. When Capra was Academy president in 1937, he invited Edwin and Grace Hubble to be special guests at the Oscars.
Just in: Writeup of the three-way radio science experiment to be done at Didymos/Dimorphos #planetaryscience
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Space Science Reviews: Radio Three Europe - Asteroid Blog, c Phlo...
New in Space Science Reviews (2025, vol. 221): Tortora, P. Granmiga, E. Lasagni Manghi, R et al. The Radio Science Experiment on Hera, Juventus and Milani Art 124 s11214-025-01253-8 The Hera missio...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just in: Writeup of the three-way radio science experiment to be done at Didymos/Dimorphos #planetaryscience
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NASA’s Psyche Mission Tracks Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Captured by the mission’s multispectral imager, these observations help astronomers refine the comet's trajectory.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/psyche...
🧪🔭 #3IATLAS #Psyche #PsycheMission
Captured by the mission’s multispectral imager, these observations help astronomers refine the comet's trajectory.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/psyche...
🧪🔭 #3IATLAS #Psyche #PsycheMission
NASA’s Psyche Mission Tracks Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - NASA Science
NASA’s Psyche observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS over the course of eight hours on Sept. 8 and 9, when the comet was about 33 million miles (53 million
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December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
NASA’s Psyche Mission Tracks Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Captured by the mission’s multispectral imager, these observations help astronomers refine the comet's trajectory.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/psyche...
🧪🔭 #3IATLAS #Psyche #PsycheMission
Captured by the mission’s multispectral imager, these observations help astronomers refine the comet's trajectory.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/psyche...
🧪🔭 #3IATLAS #Psyche #PsycheMission
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Mission: #LUCY
Target: #DONALDJOHANSON
Date: 2025-04-20 17:34:59.712 >> 17:50:34.870 🔁
INSTRUME= #TTCAM1
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NASA/JPL/j. Roger
Target: #DONALDJOHANSON
Date: 2025-04-20 17:34:59.712 >> 17:50:34.870 🔁
INSTRUME= #TTCAM1
pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/holdings/pds...
NASA/JPL/j. Roger
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mission: #LUCY
Target: #DONALDJOHANSON
Date: 2025-04-20 17:34:59.712 >> 17:50:34.870 🔁
INSTRUME= #TTCAM1
pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/holdings/pds...
NASA/JPL/j. Roger
Target: #DONALDJOHANSON
Date: 2025-04-20 17:34:59.712 >> 17:50:34.870 🔁
INSTRUME= #TTCAM1
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NASA/JPL/j. Roger
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Spot the cosmic imposters! 🔍
Help fine-tune NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s alert system and figure out which detected changes in the sky are cosmic events vs. imposters with Rubin Difference Detectives on Zooniverse🧐
Join now: zooniverse.org/rubin 🔭🧪
Help fine-tune NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s alert system and figure out which detected changes in the sky are cosmic events vs. imposters with Rubin Difference Detectives on Zooniverse🧐
Join now: zooniverse.org/rubin 🔭🧪
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Spot the cosmic imposters! 🔍
Help fine-tune NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s alert system and figure out which detected changes in the sky are cosmic events vs. imposters with Rubin Difference Detectives on Zooniverse🧐
Join now: zooniverse.org/rubin 🔭🧪
Help fine-tune NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s alert system and figure out which detected changes in the sky are cosmic events vs. imposters with Rubin Difference Detectives on Zooniverse🧐
Join now: zooniverse.org/rubin 🔭🧪
Geminid meteoroids: from parent body (3200) Phaethon... yes, that's asteroid Phaethon, not comet Phaethon.
Or is it astero-comet Phaethon? The Japanese DESTINY+ probe will find out!
Or is it astero-comet Phaethon? The Japanese DESTINY+ probe will find out!
2025’s Geminids will be the best meteor shower of the year
August's Perseids were good this year, like every year, but they're no longer Earth's most prolific meteor shower.
The Geminids have taken over the top spot, and they peak just days from now.
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#space #astro
August's Perseids were good this year, like every year, but they're no longer Earth's most prolific meteor shower.
The Geminids have taken over the top spot, and they peak just days from now.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
2025's Geminids will be the best meteor shower of the year
With a waning Moon and a denser-than-ever debris trail, 2025's Geminids might be the year's best meteor shower, and 2026's could be amazing.
bigthink.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Geminid meteoroids: from parent body (3200) Phaethon... yes, that's asteroid Phaethon, not comet Phaethon.
Or is it astero-comet Phaethon? The Japanese DESTINY+ probe will find out!
Or is it astero-comet Phaethon? The Japanese DESTINY+ probe will find out!
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
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We're doomed...
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We're doomed...
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Did some research related teaching stuff today. Trying to figure out to pull down a cutout of an asteroid imaged by Rubin Observatory, had 2 meetings with grad students, and dealt with other admin. I also attended the School’s (wider department) gender minority coffee hour that I helped organize.
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Did some research related teaching stuff today. Trying to figure out to pull down a cutout of an asteroid imaged by Rubin Observatory, had 2 meetings with grad students, and dealt with other admin. I also attended the School’s (wider department) gender minority coffee hour that I helped organize.
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I'm not an archaeologist, but Graham Hancock is promoting dangerous conspiracy theories that harm my field of planetary defense too.
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm not an archaeologist, but Graham Hancock is promoting dangerous conspiracy theories that harm my field of planetary defense too.
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SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
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"Starship" is quite a name for a rocket that can't even escape low-earth orbit. Maybe it's a tribute to the rock band
Starship doesn’t have enough launch fuel to escape low-earth-orbit, so SpaceX’s plan for Artemis III is to launch one, and then launch a bunch more Starships (at least 14!!) with a cargo of extra fuel, and gradually refuel the first one in orbit so it can get it the moon
That’s the actual plan
That’s the actual plan
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Starship" is quite a name for a rocket that can't even escape low-earth orbit. Maybe it's a tribute to the rock band
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Don't underestimate where China's science will be in a decade. However, for China to truly be a global leader, Chinese science needs to be less misogynistic and hierarchical, and early-career scientists need to be given the freedom to be creative and not work like robots.
Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership
The nation’s next generation of scientists and technologists will shape the coming decades.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Don't underestimate where China's science will be in a decade. However, for China to truly be a global leader, Chinese science needs to be less misogynistic and hierarchical, and early-career scientists need to be given the freedom to be creative and not work like robots.
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Avi has risen to new levels of Galilean messiah-complex absurdity, implying that the latest calculations of 3I/ATLAS’ trajectory were made to counter his claim of alien intelligence directing where the comet is headed. 🔭
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Avi has risen to new levels of Galilean messiah-complex absurdity, implying that the latest calculations of 3I/ATLAS’ trajectory were made to counter his claim of alien intelligence directing where the comet is headed. 🔭
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“We regret to inform you that the review bot has declined your proposal. Your proposal’s technocapitalist acknowledgements were lacking authenticity. Zuckerberg’s chat bot has concerns about your radiative transfer scheme, and Eddington’s chatbot called you rude.” 🔭
Astro friends: how long until our data required to be included in Genesis? How long until we have to prove our work requires human effort beyond humble prompts to the AI Overlord?
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“We regret to inform you that the review bot has declined your proposal. Your proposal’s technocapitalist acknowledgements were lacking authenticity. Zuckerberg’s chat bot has concerns about your radiative transfer scheme, and Eddington’s chatbot called you rude.” 🔭
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With a 32% higher budget (17% adjusted for inflation) than the last Ministerial agreement in 2022, ESA is demonstrating its strong commitment to leadership in space! 🔭🧪 And to supporting both L-class missions, hurray!! 🚀 🎉
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
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November 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
With a 32% higher budget (17% adjusted for inflation) than the last Ministerial agreement in 2022, ESA is demonstrating its strong commitment to leadership in space! 🔭🧪 And to supporting both L-class missions, hurray!! 🚀 🎉
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
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ESA's RAMSES mission is funded ! We are going to visit asteroid Apophis in 2029 :D
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
#planetaryscience
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#planetaryscience
ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1 bn, have been approved at its Council meeting at Ministerial level in Bremen, ...
www.esa.int
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
ESA's RAMSES mission is funded ! We are going to visit asteroid Apophis in 2029 :D
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
#planetaryscience
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
#planetaryscience
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The full document is here, and it's great to see this encouraging outcome for #ESA over the next 3 years. Of course, international partners need to get their acts together first.... 🔭🪐https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/ESA_CM2025_2_LOR_Resolution.pdf
esamultimedia.esa.int
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The full document is here, and it's great to see this encouraging outcome for #ESA over the next 3 years. Of course, international partners need to get their acts together first.... 🔭🪐https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/ESA_CM2025_2_LOR_Resolution.pdf
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🔭 The new @esa.int budget secured today is a big deal imho. +30% compared to the current budget with largest chunk going to space transportation ie 🚀. Science/astro is also getting a big bump, which DG Aschbacher called ”the backbone of the ESA programme”. Some funding optimism to close off 2025! 💫🥹
22.1 billion euros subscribed.
A record.
A first.
And a clear message that Europe is serious about space and that @esa.int is the agency it trusts to deliver.
A historic Ministerial. A united Europe. A stronger ESA.
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
A record.
A first.
And a clear message that Europe is serious about space and that @esa.int is the agency it trusts to deliver.
A historic Ministerial. A united Europe. A stronger ESA.
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1 bn, have been approved at its Council meeting at Ministerial level in Bremen, ...
www.esa.int
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🔭 The new @esa.int budget secured today is a big deal imho. +30% compared to the current budget with largest chunk going to space transportation ie 🚀. Science/astro is also getting a big bump, which DG Aschbacher called ”the backbone of the ESA programme”. Some funding optimism to close off 2025! 💫🥹
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Ministers’ negotiations at @esa.int #CM25 in Bremen, Germany, have now concluded. 🤝
So, what are some of the outcomes? 👇
The UK will invest £1.7 billion in ESA programmes, driving economic growth, strengthening national security and supporting innovations in connectivity and public services.
So, what are some of the outcomes? 👇
The UK will invest £1.7 billion in ESA programmes, driving economic growth, strengthening national security and supporting innovations in connectivity and public services.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM