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"AI Chatbot, show me examples of psychological projection."

That's the right way to get mineralogist advice!

YouTube video by Curious Archive To Kill The Sacred Worm

The literary and critical analysis nerd in me loved this

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Ah, that makes sense

Not disagreeing with the point, but I don't understand... The crash was in 2022? How does that work in the timeline?

Traces Of Ancient Brine Discovered On Asteroid Bennu Contain Minerals Crucial To Life - Astrobiology A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth

Traces Of Ancient Brine Discovered On Asteroid Bennu Contain Minerals Crucial To Life
astrobiology.com/2025/01/trac... #Astrobiology #Astrochemistry #Astrogeology #Biochemistry @OSIRISREx

Life’s Building Blocks Discovered In Samples From Asteroid Benn - Astrobiology Japanese collaborators detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

Life’s Building Blocks Discovered In Samples From Asteroid Bennu
astrobiology.com/2025/01/life... #Astrobiology #Astrochemistry #Astrogeology #Biochemistry @OSIRISREx

Deleted, reposting to clarify: the NSF statement does not define "DEIA", I haven't used that term in the proposal for my current NSF project. I could guess what it means, but that's not my job. I would need to know what specific activities I'm not allowed to do before I change any plans.

YouTube video by Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian Coping & Hoping in the Time of Trump 2.0

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Kisses are countable, so 'fewer'

NASA Juno Mission Spots Most Powerful Volcanic Activity on Io to Date Even by the standards of Io, the most volcanic celestial body in the solar system, recent events observed on the Jovian moon are extreme.

JIRAM and JunoCam onboard Juno observed a volcanic eruption near Io's South Pole ("West Illyrikon"). The energy output by this eruption appears to exceed the previous largest observed eruption on Io at Surt in February 2001.

It's not funded or endorsed in any way by NASA itself, and the use of the logo by the public in such ways is allowed (... For now?)

Yes! NASA pride pins are back! They've already reached their goal so this is definitely happening. You can support for $1, or get 50+ pins sent to you to distribute for >$60

I've uploaded this video to archive.org to make sure that it has been archived in case it ever gets taken down. You can find it here:

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I build spaceships with email

Boop back, sweet man!

Cool Europa Clipper ice sculpture at the JPL holiday party today!

🥹☺️🥰

One of my favorite pieces Still…. I like the “in progress” ones almost better. I feel like they lose some vitality when finished.

Today the beard is behaving as if I'd got one of my piercings hooked up to a Van de graaff generator ⚡⚡

*data 😒

Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers.

This is fascinating! The notorious oddball nature of Uranus's magnetosphere, as observed by Voyager 2, might in fact be due to a solar wind phenomenon that only happens about 4% of the time! Days nearly 40 years old still making discoveries! Archive that sh*t!

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Me hear goes out to my #JPL colleagues who were on the blunt end of the budget cut hammer (to mix a metaphor). I hope you all find rewarding forward paths that aren't too onerous.

Just spent three days in Berlin consulting on the VERITAS Venus mission. Not involved much since my new job at JPL takes up most of my time. But they enthusiastically asked for my participation and inputs as the project gets going again after standdown. Very happy to be of help. Go VERITAS!

Unsure yet if this means I will re-emerge from my self-imposed social media blackout... But I'm here now anyway!