Astronomers for Planet Earth are submitting a statement about some of the proposed megaconstellations that would ruin ground-based astronomy to the FCC.
You can read the statement below: 🔭☄️
NASA cancels Artemis 3 astronaut moon landing. 'This is just not the right pathway forward' www.space.com/space-explor...
I'm not sure if I had noticed if it hadn't been an undergrad student. It just looked too elaborate. But with a more senior author it could have passed since all facts were correct and more elaborate style would have been credible.
I was evaluating essays by undergrads and thought that it would be difficult to recognise AI-generated ones, if any. Eventually found one and it was surprisingly easy after reading more than 10 hand-written ones! #AI #cheating
Imagine what would happen to leading politicians in any actually non-corrupt country if this strong evidence of them raping a child would emerge.
Letters of children from American concentration camps. The camps were a disgrace for Nazi Germany, and they are a disgrace for the USA today.
I can't overstate what it means for Puerto Ricans to see an album so rooted in our culture, our language, in salsa, plena, bomba, and reggaeton to be album of the year.
This album is unapologetically Boricua and it was the most streamed album last year and won album of the year. I'm in tears.
"Toimet on jo tehty, ne eivät vaan ole vielä realisoituneet" 🤥
HEI TYYPIT!
Olemme olemassa -aloitteella on surullisen vähän allekirjoituksia! Vaikka kolmas sukupuolimerkintä ei merkkaisi Sinulle juuri mitään, se merkkaa monelle muulle – eikä ole Sinulta mitään pois!
Joten: ✍️✍️✍️
Kestää minuutin jos sitäkään. Pieni juttu, iso asia!
Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
Israelin asevoimat on surmannut Gazassa tänään vähintään yhden palestiinalaisen. Uhri oli 11-vuotias lapsi.
Israel on ilmoittanut eväävänsä 25 humanitaariselta järjestöltä luvan toimia Gazassa. Merkittävin kielletyistä järjestöistä on Lääkärit ilman rajoja.
Attendance at US-based science conferences is bouncing around this year but generally down. #AGU25 has ~10k fewer this year! I explored these trends for @nature.com — including solutions to keep conferences local & productive:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The length of the day in Helsinki is just under 6 hours, with sunrise at 9:15. It has been a very grey and cloudy December this year.
Today's top news in Finland: Sun is shining 🌞
Welcoming the international planetary science community to Helsinki this week. It has been a pleasure to be on the hosting side! 😁🇫🇮
Mentoring@EPSC is back by phenomenal demand!
This scheme connects early career researchers (within 7 years of their last degree) with experienced attendees to help them make the most of their EPSC experience.
Sign up as a mentor or mentee now! #EPSCDPS2025
For context: The DPS has a subcommittee that has for years told the DPS committee to book only geographically central locations for conferences. It saves flight emissions and is more accessible physically and financially. So, where do they decide to book? Hawaii 🤦♀️
When looking for relief for climate crisis anxiety, you'd really hope that at least professional scientific societies like the Division for Planetary Sciences of @aas.org would make climate-responsible decisions, right? They understand the science, and act based on it, right...? Apparently not 🫠
The Minor Planet Center confirmed it as a comet, and named it 3I/ATLAS after the survey telescope that found it. The orbit information will be refined as more observations are made in the next months.
The Minor Planet Center has designated 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), or informally "Comet ATLAS", a new interstellar comet that is currently about 4.5 AU from the Sun and screaming through the solar system at 58 km/s (130000 mph)
The third interstellar minor planet? 😯 At its closest, it will pass just outside the orbit of Mars in October. Looking forward it!
Jännä miten maahanmuuttajien enemmistö on "köyhiä loisia" kun puhutaan sosiaaliturvasta mutta "rikasta keskiluokkaa" kun puhutaan lukioiden lukukausimaksuista. #kehysriihi #hallitus
U.S. scientists, state policymakers, farmers, and others who depend on up-to-date climate data on Thursday confronted an information blackout from federal regional climate centers across much of the country.
Kappas keikuraa
Tutkimus Norjasta, joka osoittaa, että AY-liikkeen jäsenmaksun ottaminen verovähennettäväksi kasvatti sekä tuottavuutta että palkkoja
Eli juuri sitä, mitä tää hallitus väittää haluavansa tehdä, päinvastaisilla toimilla
academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...
Watching the new episodes of Handmaid's Tale, I noticed that Ice is pronounced the same as Eyes. #Gilead #coincidence? 👀
The election result was a bliss to watch with the national political support taking a leap to the left. The far-right party lost about one half of their support, and the moderate right less but still lost mayorships in some cities. Hoping for this trend to hold until the parliamentary election. 💪🤞
Of course, you also have to be an adult (18 or older) and legally in the country. Nevertheless, it's a sign of good democracy to not restrict the municipal decision-making only to the citizens of the country when it concerns a larger number of people.
