The Pie Master
@thepiemaster.bsky.social
Too many faces, not enough pies.
Engineering Physicist (CSA-ASC/ISRO/UAESA/NASA)
UC - Berkeley Alum (Go Bears!)
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, no matter how satisfying & reassuring." -- Carl Sagan
Engineering Physicist (CSA-ASC/ISRO/UAESA/NASA)
UC - Berkeley Alum (Go Bears!)
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, no matter how satisfying & reassuring." -- Carl Sagan
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Vale Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE
The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵
vimeo.com/762105195
The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵
vimeo.com/762105195
Fellow Johnston
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December 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Vale Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE
The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵
vimeo.com/762105195
The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵
vimeo.com/762105195
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BIG new batch of images sent back by Perseverance! Took some work, and my laptop struggled, but what a wonderful view... Look at those beautiful dust dunes, sculpted by Mars' icy winds...
As they say, "Welcome to my world..." ;-)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/S Atkinson
As they say, "Welcome to my world..." ;-)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/S Atkinson
December 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
BIG new batch of images sent back by Perseverance! Took some work, and my laptop struggled, but what a wonderful view... Look at those beautiful dust dunes, sculpted by Mars' icy winds...
As they say, "Welcome to my world..." ;-)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/S Atkinson
As they say, "Welcome to my world..." ;-)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/S Atkinson
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Ready to train like an astronaut?
Teachers - sign up your class for Mission X, engaging with space to promote fitness and teamwork! ☄️🏃
Mission X is joint programme between us, the @esa.int and ESERO UK, connecting classrooms to space. 🌔
Learn more and sign up 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/19/t...
Teachers - sign up your class for Mission X, engaging with space to promote fitness and teamwork! ☄️🏃
Mission X is joint programme between us, the @esa.int and ESERO UK, connecting classrooms to space. 🌔
Learn more and sign up 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/19/t...
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ready to train like an astronaut?
Teachers - sign up your class for Mission X, engaging with space to promote fitness and teamwork! ☄️🏃
Mission X is joint programme between us, the @esa.int and ESERO UK, connecting classrooms to space. 🌔
Learn more and sign up 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/19/t...
Teachers - sign up your class for Mission X, engaging with space to promote fitness and teamwork! ☄️🏃
Mission X is joint programme between us, the @esa.int and ESERO UK, connecting classrooms to space. 🌔
Learn more and sign up 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/19/t...
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Want to shape the next chapter of the UK's journey to the Moon? 🚀🌔
We've teamed up with the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social and Lunar Policy Platform to bring together the space community for a workshop about potential challenges and next steps to ensure the UK one day has a presence on the Moon.
We've teamed up with the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social and Lunar Policy Platform to bring together the space community for a workshop about potential challenges and next steps to ensure the UK one day has a presence on the Moon.
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Want to shape the next chapter of the UK's journey to the Moon? 🚀🌔
We've teamed up with the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social and Lunar Policy Platform to bring together the space community for a workshop about potential challenges and next steps to ensure the UK one day has a presence on the Moon.
We've teamed up with the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social and Lunar Policy Platform to bring together the space community for a workshop about potential challenges and next steps to ensure the UK one day has a presence on the Moon.
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The Chandra observatory is adding a pop of pink to our day! X-ray light shines through these #NASAWebb images of merging galaxies and star-forming regions. Chandra released a collection of images that showcase how it complements other observatories: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/ 🔭 🧪
October 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Chandra observatory is adding a pop of pink to our day! X-ray light shines through these #NASAWebb images of merging galaxies and star-forming regions. Chandra released a collection of images that showcase how it complements other observatories: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/ 🔭 🧪
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Sol 1664: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam), acquired at 11:07:19.687 (local mean solar time)
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sol 1664: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam), acquired at 11:07:19.687 (local mean solar time)
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#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to follow the launch of Copernicus Sentinel-1D on Ariane 6 VA265 live from ESA ESOC Mission Control, Darmstadt, Germany, on Tuesday 4 November 2025. Details and registration 👇
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @transport.esa.int
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @transport.esa.int
October 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to follow the launch of Copernicus Sentinel-1D on Ariane 6 VA265 live from ESA ESOC Mission Control, Darmstadt, Germany, on Tuesday 4 November 2025. Details and registration 👇
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @transport.esa.int
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
@euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @transport.esa.int
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While some Federal government agencies push loud political partisanship in your face on their home page, NASA has class and simply states the facts minus the politics in small type at nasa.gov -- Good on you #NASA. #Shutdown #NASASTRONG
October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
While some Federal government agencies push loud political partisanship in your face on their home page, NASA has class and simply states the facts minus the politics in small type at nasa.gov -- Good on you #NASA. #Shutdown #NASASTRONG
More anti-intellectualist bullshit from the administration wanting to deny climate change. This is straight out of the Soviet playbook.
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.
arstechnica.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
More anti-intellectualist bullshit from the administration wanting to deny climate change. This is straight out of the Soviet playbook.
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🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️ À quoi vont servir les 4 satellites #CO3D lancés par #VegaC #VV27 ?
Réponse : reves-d-espace.com/c...
Réponse : reves-d-espace.com/c...
July 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️ À quoi vont servir les 4 satellites #CO3D lancés par #VegaC #VV27 ?
Réponse : reves-d-espace.com/c...
Réponse : reves-d-espace.com/c...
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🚀 À 0h48 UTC, #Falcon9 a décollé pour la mission Bandwagon-3, emportant le 4e satellite de la constellation sud-coréenne militaire Korea 425 Project, le cubesat 6U Tomorrow-S7, et la capsule de rentrée Phoenix de l'allemand Atmos Space Cargo
📷 Charles Boyer
📷 Charles Boyer
April 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
🚀 À 0h48 UTC, #Falcon9 a décollé pour la mission Bandwagon-3, emportant le 4e satellite de la constellation sud-coréenne militaire Korea 425 Project, le cubesat 6U Tomorrow-S7, et la capsule de rentrée Phoenix de l'allemand Atmos Space Cargo
📷 Charles Boyer
📷 Charles Boyer
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Hey! All the planets are still visible tonight, and will be for one or two more (Saturn is getting lower and more difficult but Mercury is still getting higher, closer to Venus every night) so go out and look after sunset!
If you go out tonight after sunset (in a few minutes for the East coast) five naked-eye planets are visible (not counting the one you're on).
Saturn is lowest, about 5° above the horizon above and to the left of where the Sun set. It's faint and VERY hard to see. You'll binocs.
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Saturn is lowest, about 5° above the horizon above and to the left of where the Sun set. It's faint and VERY hard to see. You'll binocs.
1/n
March 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hey! All the planets are still visible tonight, and will be for one or two more (Saturn is getting lower and more difficult but Mercury is still getting higher, closer to Venus every night) so go out and look after sunset!
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#GOES-19 #Ccor1 coronagraph
DATE-OBS= 2025-02-28
#Moon #Earth
services.swpc.noaa.gov/experimental...
NASA/j. Roger
DATE-OBS= 2025-02-28
#Moon #Earth
services.swpc.noaa.gov/experimental...
NASA/j. Roger
March 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#GOES-19 #Ccor1 coronagraph
DATE-OBS= 2025-02-28
#Moon #Earth
services.swpc.noaa.gov/experimental...
NASA/j. Roger
DATE-OBS= 2025-02-28
#Moon #Earth
services.swpc.noaa.gov/experimental...
NASA/j. Roger
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DOCKING of the Progress MS-30 cargo ship with the ISS Zvezda module at 2302:30 UTC Mar 1
March 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
DOCKING of the Progress MS-30 cargo ship with the ISS Zvezda module at 2302:30 UTC Mar 1
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I'm presenting two posters at the ISMRM diffusion workshop! Technically, I'm not presenting until Thursday, but you can still check them out at 147 and 148, including the preprint! We use DTI to search for white matter injury in individual paediatric brain tumour patients before treatment. (1/3) 🧪🧠⚛️
February 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I'm presenting two posters at the ISMRM diffusion workshop! Technically, I'm not presenting until Thursday, but you can still check them out at 147 and 148, including the preprint! We use DTI to search for white matter injury in individual paediatric brain tumour patients before treatment. (1/3) 🧪🧠⚛️
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Webb is solving mysteries it created. Remember “little red dots?” They seemed too big to exist in the early universe... and maybe theory couldn’t account for them. It turns out they may be a new class of galaxy containing growing supermassive black holes. https://t.co/OXo6TzNgus https://t.co/Y
January 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Webb is solving mysteries it created. Remember “little red dots?” They seemed too big to exist in the early universe... and maybe theory couldn’t account for them. It turns out they may be a new class of galaxy containing growing supermassive black holes. https://t.co/OXo6TzNgus https://t.co/Y
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A riddle wrapped in a 20-year-old @nasahubble mystery…
Webb confirmed a controversial finding of Hubble’s - planet-forming disks in the early universe that are longer-lived than they should be, given the conditions in their environment. Read more: https://t.co/NVsUmuHmlf https://t.co/PYms9yaWEX
Webb confirmed a controversial finding of Hubble’s - planet-forming disks in the early universe that are longer-lived than they should be, given the conditions in their environment. Read more: https://t.co/NVsUmuHmlf https://t.co/PYms9yaWEX
December 16, 2024 at 3:27 PM
A riddle wrapped in a 20-year-old @nasahubble mystery…
Webb confirmed a controversial finding of Hubble’s - planet-forming disks in the early universe that are longer-lived than they should be, given the conditions in their environment. Read more: https://t.co/NVsUmuHmlf https://t.co/PYms9yaWEX
Webb confirmed a controversial finding of Hubble’s - planet-forming disks in the early universe that are longer-lived than they should be, given the conditions in their environment. Read more: https://t.co/NVsUmuHmlf https://t.co/PYms9yaWEX
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Sol 1351: Right Mastcam-Z Camera, taken at 12:23:38.503 (local mean solar time), image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
December 9, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Sol 1351: Right Mastcam-Z Camera, taken at 12:23:38.503 (local mean solar time), image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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Thanks to all who joined us for a beautiful December open house! We had clear skies and enjoyed some lovely holiday music. Next free stargazing event is Saturday January 4! Find our full schedule at www.denverastro.org.
December 8, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Thanks to all who joined us for a beautiful December open house! We had clear skies and enjoyed some lovely holiday music. Next free stargazing event is Saturday January 4! Find our full schedule at www.denverastro.org.
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Astrophysicist Margaret Geller was born #OTD in 1947.
She is known for her work on the distribution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, which revealed a Universe full of unexpected structures and great voids, and for helping the public visualize humanity’s place in the cosmos. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: AIP
She is known for her work on the distribution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, which revealed a Universe full of unexpected structures and great voids, and for helping the public visualize humanity’s place in the cosmos. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: AIP
December 8, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Astrophysicist Margaret Geller was born #OTD in 1947.
She is known for her work on the distribution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, which revealed a Universe full of unexpected structures and great voids, and for helping the public visualize humanity’s place in the cosmos. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: AIP
She is known for her work on the distribution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, which revealed a Universe full of unexpected structures and great voids, and for helping the public visualize humanity’s place in the cosmos. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: AIP
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Exciting news! OzGrav Distinguished Professor Susan Scott has been awarded the George Szekeres Medal by the Australian Mathematical Society, recognising her exceptional contributions to mathematical sciences. 🌟
Read about her achievements and impact in Cosmos Magazine:
Read about her achievements and impact in Cosmos Magazine:
Theoretical physicist wants to know what’s at a singularity
Over the course of her career Susan Scott has explored the fundamental question of how gravity relates to and shapes the universe. Today she has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to…
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December 9, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Exciting news! OzGrav Distinguished Professor Susan Scott has been awarded the George Szekeres Medal by the Australian Mathematical Society, recognising her exceptional contributions to mathematical sciences. 🌟
Read about her achievements and impact in Cosmos Magazine:
Read about her achievements and impact in Cosmos Magazine:
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🛰️ #ISS : Hier à 20h09 UTC, le cargo #ProgressMS28 a allumé ses moteurs pendant 5 minutes et 31 secondes, élevant l'orbite de l'ISS d'environ 800 m pour éviter un débris de satellite.
Le lancement du cargo #ProgressMS29 prévu ce jeudi n'est pas affecté.
📷 Image d'archive
Le lancement du cargo #ProgressMS29 prévu ce jeudi n'est pas affecté.
📷 Image d'archive
November 20, 2024 at 7:25 AM
🛰️ #ISS : Hier à 20h09 UTC, le cargo #ProgressMS28 a allumé ses moteurs pendant 5 minutes et 31 secondes, élevant l'orbite de l'ISS d'environ 800 m pour éviter un débris de satellite.
Le lancement du cargo #ProgressMS29 prévu ce jeudi n'est pas affecté.
📷 Image d'archive
Le lancement du cargo #ProgressMS29 prévu ce jeudi n'est pas affecté.
📷 Image d'archive
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LAUNCH at 0339 UTC Nov 9 of four PIESAT-2 satellites by Chang Zheng 2C from Jiuquan. PIESAT-1 sats were X-band radars, likely these are similar
November 9, 2024 at 4:53 AM
LAUNCH at 0339 UTC Nov 9 of four PIESAT-2 satellites by Chang Zheng 2C from Jiuquan. PIESAT-1 sats were X-band radars, likely these are similar