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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’ll be reading the paper and tailoring my education towards some of this questions!

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Aug 1

#exoplanets

M.J. Dunlavy @mdunlavyca.bsky.social · Aug 1

Demo site page with full details on this demo and how to build it yourself here:
demos.smu.ca/demos/astron...

Also includes caveats about building your own "stars" and using common measurement apps.

#iTeachPhysics

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Aug 1

Sadly, this is too spot on...

www.youtube.com/shorts/ilry6...

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jul 26

Seems to be :)

Screenshot or wolfram alpha converting 3x10^19 m to ~ 1kpc

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jul 17

Interview by @earthskyscience.bsky.social with the lead author Melissa McClure at Leiden University in the Netherlands on their amazing discovery of the very early stages of solar system and planet formation inside a pro-planetary disk around HOPS-351. #exoplanets 🔭

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1za...

BREAKING! Astronomers Witness The Dawn Of A New Solar System. With Melissa McClure

YouTube video by EarthSky

www.youtube.com

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jul 16

#exoplanets

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is ALL on Murkowski now! She ALONE could have stopped this!
CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES - TELL THEM THIS IS A DISASTER AND THEY NEED TO VOTE NO!

www.newsweek.com/big-beautifu...

Republican Senator tells House not to vote on bill she just voted for

Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs Trump's megabill but urges House to return it for fixes, citing Medicaid cuts and tax impacts on Alaska.

www.newsweek.com

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · Jul 1

arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

White House works to ground NASA science missions before Congress can act

“We would be turning off some fabulous missions that are doing extremely well.”…

arstechnica.com

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jul 1

I wish I could do more....

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jul 1

I thought my donation was enough for NH - I couldn't see the circles well enough... Only one thing to do - donate the remaining $20!

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jul 1

I did my part, finishing off New Hampshire for #SkypeAScientist.
givebutter.com/USS2025

United States of Science 2025

By Skype a Scientist

givebutter.com

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jun 9

And we also can’t have “socialism”. They want to privatize Amtrak as it is!

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jun 8

Oh no, you had to change trains in Paris 😂. Glad you are enjoying your journey! Have a good trip!

Train travel between home and old home is possible here, takes 8 hours, and covers about 300 miles. One layover in either NYC or Philly. We need better rail in the US!!

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⭐️ RAVEN @sunnydaze27.bsky.social · Jun 7

Lego art 🍳 😄

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jun 8

Congratulations! !

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jun 7

Happy #catturday

Black and tan striped tiger cat laying on my lap while I work on school work on my laptop.

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jun 7

Guess who just discovered that Zotero integrates nicely with Google Docs?

This will make my English Composition class much simpler!

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jun 7

Agree 100%

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Jun 7

Tell Congress: Save NASA Science 🔭https://www.congressweb.com/PlanetarySociety/55?framed_parent_url_id=16B9560B-5056-86BC-D9795683FC992423

Tell Congress: Save NASA Science

The current administration's 2026 budget request includes a staggering 47% cut to NASA's science programs as part of a 25% cut to NASA overall. This is an extinction-level event for the Earth and spac...

www.congressweb.com

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · May 16

We need to petition the emoji body for an official exoplanet emoji!

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · May 16

It’s the Big Dipper, yes. My gripe was he called it a constellation, it’s an asterism…

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · May 16

Had to cringe at trivia tonight. The emcee asked what constellation was on the Alaska state flag :( 🔭

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · May 15

Another thing Trump and the GOP are destroying: our first ever legitimate chance to detect life beyond Earth. Great article at SciAm:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

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It’s Not Too Late to Save NASA’s Imperiled Search for Alien Life, but the Clock Is Ticking

NASA’s astrobiology ambitions are at risk of collapsing under the White House’s proposed budget. But your voice can make a difference

www.scientificamerican.com

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Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Apr 27

Not according to the tracker! There have been a few sightings in our town as of a week ago!
www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-...

2025 Hummingbird Migration Map

www.hummingbirdcentral.com

Doug Hilton 🔭 @dhilton.bsky.social · Apr 27

In other news, the oriole and hummingbird feeders have been hung at the house in New Hampshire. Likely a bit early, but at least we will be the chosen stop when they come through! @katlikespie.bsky.social

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