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Elizabeth Fernandez

@sparkdialog.bsky.social

Science writer: science as part of our world! Science and society, with a mix of culture, history, ethics, philosophy, religion, and the future! sparkdialog.com

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Fly to Cha 1107-7626, a rogue planet 620 light-years away.

As observed by our VLT, every second it's eating up six billion tonnes of gas & dust from its surroundings — the strongest growth rate ever recorded for a planet of any kind. https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2516/

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04.10.2025 19:02 — 👍 56    🔁 18    💬 3    📌 0
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Creating a Cosmic Movie Creating a Cosmic Movie: How will astronomers make sense of a new era of nearly limitless data from the Rubin Observatory?

The Rubin Observatory will do something never done in human history- make a time-lapse video of our Universe. I talked to scientists involved in the project and in the LINCC Frameworks to process all that data - and wow, I'm blown away. Can't wait to see what they discover. nautil.us/creating-a-c...

03.10.2025 22:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is a long shot, but...
I'm an astronomer, and I have a great picture book series about space, and I'm searching for an agent. I see that you are not interested in text-only picture books, but if that changes, let me know!

03.10.2025 20:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lab-Created Aurora Highlights New Polymer Physics The discovery of a mini aurora above a light-emitting polymer material reveals an electron-ejection process that might be useful in field-emission displays and material fabrication.

In Physics Magazine, I talk about the surprising new science discovered when this team accidentally created an aurora in their lab!
physics.aps.org/articles/v18...

11.03.2025 18:40 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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