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Leah Crane

@leahc.bsky.social

Space & physics features editor for New Scientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. She/her/fast/furious.

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To me the cool thing about this image is that the sprinkling of blue stars are in the foreground, some 5 million light years away, while all those gorgeous colorful swirly galaxies are almost unimaginably more distant, out in the far depths of the cosmos. More info: www.stsci.edu/contents/med...

18.01.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5795    πŸ” 722    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 17

The sun will never set on my empire (my empire on the sun, empire made of fire)

17.01.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sprained my ankle playing with crutches

04.01.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The stargazing events to look forward to in 2025 From auroras to partial eclipses of the sun, Leah Crane is planning out the astronomical events she will be watching next year

The stargazing events to look forward to in 2025, from auroras to partial eclipses πŸ§ͺ by @leahc.bsky.social

30.12.2024 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YEAH MAN THEY’RE SO FAST

07.12.2024 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean he’s in pretty good shape but I don’t thiiiiiiink so, hippos are very fast

07.12.2024 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I am so far past that particular concern lol

06.12.2024 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

…send me this pdf

06.12.2024 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

…YET

06.12.2024 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sounds like maybe you are the answer to the carcinization one

06.12.2024 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Free Will, it seems

06.12.2024 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

…this is a later phase

06.12.2024 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a theory about cars being the first phase of human carcinization

06.12.2024 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a theory about cars being the first phase of human carcinization

06.12.2024 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

On October 12th between 5pm and 6:30pm I googled:
-quantum unitarity
-armadillo jumping video
-why does danny elfman look like that
-difference between a milliner and a hatter

06.12.2024 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I want a Google Wrapped - tell me the stupidest things I searched this year.
β€œWhere do they keep spare oxygen in submarines” β€œCarcinization for humans” β€œHow fast can a hippo run” β€œIs the bean attached to the ground”

06.12.2024 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

This is what I’m TALKIN’ BOUT, people!! More of this

01.12.2024 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Chicago the magic lime bike fairy throws β€˜em in the lake. Just sayin’

28.11.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Penguin with its arms crossed saying "well now I am not doing it"

Penguin with its arms crossed saying "well now I am not doing it"

wavefunctions when you observe them

26.11.2024 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 501    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

By β€œthis place” do you mean… Earth

25.11.2024 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful!

And what’s cool is that the rings are *not* solid objects! As you zoom in you see more and more distinct rings within rings. Each composed of billions of independent bits from tiny up to the size of a house. All clumping and interacting in weird ways!

23.11.2024 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

We have tried so hard to find the missing link between Air Bud and Minions. I have read every related Wikipedia and IMDb page and all of the linked sites. I know we are not making this up. PLEASE HELP

22.11.2024 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

convergent evolution of jnco jeans

22.11.2024 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That kid is going places. Not space, but places!

19.11.2024 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(Also hi Sam my favorite internet follower/stranger, hope you’re doing well!)

18.11.2024 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vacuum decay is fun too, but it all seems a bit chaotic for me… seems nice to just watch everything slowly turn into radiation

18.11.2024 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn’t the heat death of the universe sound kind of… peaceful?

18.11.2024 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

moving to the moon so i can jump higher

18.11.2024 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two tile image of a face-on spiral galaxy. The top image is annotated with NGC 1566, and the bottom image has an arrow indicating a new star appearing below the galaxy, which is the supernova.

Two tile image of a face-on spiral galaxy. The top image is annotated with NGC 1566, and the bottom image has an arrow indicating a new star appearing below the galaxy, which is the supernova.

In February 2021 I took a photo of the lovely spiral galaxy NGC 1566 from my backyard.

Then I went back and photographed it again December, later that year.

I didn’t realise this but someone mentioned that there was a supernova (SN 2021aefx) in my photos!

It’s that new bright star! ⭐️ πŸ’₯

πŸ”­

17.11.2024 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4070    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 9

GOD that was a bummer

16.11.2024 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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