JJ Hermes
@jjhermes.bsky.social
Always be looking up. Former Texan, current Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Boston University. https://sites.bu.edu/buwd/
Are there any directives or memos within NASA that we go all hands on deck following this up that mention Avi? I see sites like this (science.nasa.gov/solar-system...) and some cynical part of me wonders why the Europa Clipper is trying to look at a comet?!
Comet 3I/ATLAS Multimedia - NASA Science
NASA missions are working together to track and study this rare, interstellar comet as it passes through our solar system. Find images and other media resources here.
science.nasa.gov
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Are there any directives or memos within NASA that we go all hands on deck following this up that mention Avi? I see sites like this (science.nasa.gov/solar-system...) and some cynical part of me wonders why the Europa Clipper is trying to look at a comet?!
I will be using non-standard Unicode characters to write out words like undеrreprеsented (with Cyrillic е) to avoid automated keyword flags. Happy 2025.
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I will be using non-standard Unicode characters to write out words like undеrreprеsented (with Cyrillic е) to avoid automated keyword flags. Happy 2025.
Was there any notice of this change disallowing second years from applying? This is a total blindside from my end....
September 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Was there any notice of this change disallowing second years from applying? This is a total blindside from my end....
My personal expectation is that no matter what Congress does there are high-level personnel in place now at the NSF and NASA that can and will chose to operate at fractional funding levels to match the president's budget request. Why capitulate when the harms are probably already baked in?
September 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
My personal expectation is that no matter what Congress does there are high-level personnel in place now at the NSF and NASA that can and will chose to operate at fractional funding levels to match the president's budget request. Why capitulate when the harms are probably already baked in?
Not an endorsement, but here's a concise counterpoint to keeping the government open: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Not an endorsement, but here's a concise counterpoint to keeping the government open: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
You don’t rely on your calculator to THINK. Over-reliance on AI is putting a developing brain on autopilot.
May 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
You don’t rely on your calculator to THINK. Over-reliance on AI is putting a developing brain on autopilot.
We've had plenty of time to sort this out, seems like we're still making the same mistakes!
April 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We've had plenty of time to sort this out, seems like we're still making the same mistakes!
"Pressed ... about the possibility of life on Gliese 581g, Dr. Vogt protested that he was an astronomer, not a biologist. Then he relented, saying that, speaking strictly personally, he believed that 'the chances of life on this planet are almost 100 percent.'" www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/s...
New Planet May Be Able to Nurture Organisms (Published 2010)
Astronomers saw the distant planet capable of harboring water as a “Goldilocks planet”: not too hot, not too cold.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Pressed ... about the possibility of life on Gliese 581g, Dr. Vogt protested that he was an astronomer, not a biologist. Then he relented, saying that, speaking strictly personally, he believed that 'the chances of life on this planet are almost 100 percent.'" www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/s...
(It was an iteration of the New England Flag I saw recently.) www.nps.gov/articles/000...
March 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
(It was an iteration of the New England Flag I saw recently.) www.nps.gov/articles/000...
Typing the same prompt into Google Image search gets a much faster (and correct) menu of answers.
March 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Typing the same prompt into Google Image search gets a much faster (and correct) menu of answers.
Your groan-inducing puns will sustain me in these trying times.
January 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Your groan-inducing puns will sustain me in these trying times.
TIL "the adjective form of the word consensus is consensual." Sitting on this longer, "consensual" probably is the correct usage, since it is an adjective modifying "picture." But it's very awkward.
January 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
TIL "the adjective form of the word consensus is consensual." Sitting on this longer, "consensual" probably is the correct usage, since it is an adjective modifying "picture." But it's very awkward.