Leo Enright

The V-3 camera is even better! It transitioned from a fountain to more explosive a couple of hours ago when I think the throat of the vent started to collapse. Shades of Io and Venus. Whatever we think, we are not Masters of this Universe 😉

Insane stuff, man! It transitioned from a fountain to more explosive a couple of hours ago when I think the throat of the vent started to collapse. Shades of Io and Venus. Whatever we think, we are not Masters of this Universe 😉

@soph-astro.esa.int has posted in the other place, but not in this quiet place. So I am sharing it because it is important on many levels. (She appears to be on the beach right beside the Astronauts' beloved Beach House, next to LC-40)

Claudie Haigneré est une figure emblématique de la promotion des femmes dans les STIM (STEM in Ireland). Brava !

Round Towers - Amplify Archaeology Podcast Podcast Episode · Amplify Archaeology Podcast · 25/03/2025 · 54m

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"The Irish Rocket". My gob has been well and truly smacked! TIL that Round Towers HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ESCAPING THE VIKINGS 😳. Most weren't even built at the time of the Battle of Clontarf.

He needs to publish! Then, LRO would probably task it.

https://quickmap.lroc.im-ldi.com/layers?prjExtent=-1937003.7687137%2C237801.1996261%2C-1935315.5545585%2C238614.093741&activeDrawingLayer=%40%40user-defined&stack=64%2C3921%2C521%2C3113%2C517&isCesiumDynamicEnabled=true&trailType=0&showShadows=true&shadowsType=all&proj=16&defs=N4IgrATAjCBcoHsAOBDAxgSwC4E84AYA6AdgF8AaEAZiiirkVU1wMKkguoE5oGQAnFADsA5gFM4AbXzkiYALqVBosQAUUAGzFYsE2CADuaBBoCuWfCEoA3DAGcMAIy1wAZprtjSpIA&features=29.159%2C-84.7715%7C296.14438%2C7.86159%7C296.16621%2C7.85012

Lander (top 🔵) and braking stage locations according to Vitaliy Egorov, who led the successful crowd-sourced search for Mars-3. He describes the current effort on a Russian funding page. planeta.ru/campaigns/na...

He hasn't yet published this latest work?

@philstooke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Thanks Marco: I finally found the decay_msg on Space-Track! Much sooner than I expected.

ESA to Study Falcon 9 Breakup Over Poland - European Spaceflight ESA has issued a call for tender for a study examining the re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage over Poland in early 2025.

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https://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=67673&&showall=t

https://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=67673&&showall=t

Elon Musk's latest errant rocket stage will pass directly over Dublin TWICE on Thursday. Overall, it crosses Ireland every few days (Munster and Connaught on Saturday and on Feb 11). It will NOT crash that soon. The last out-of-control rocket missed Dublin by seconds, landing in Poland @esa.int

Keep me posted 😉

The Irish Gov has 150 followers on this site. No wonder people inhabit the M"sk world @gov.ie

@esa.int All of European Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is on the other site. So much for European independence!

Where? Last one hit Poland, but missed Dublin by seconds?

Spectacular! But "KGB spy satellite spontaneously explodes"? Colour me sceptical 🤨 That sucker was cooking-off for several minutes after the initial event.

Inscription Richard Carrington Esq ,OF SYDENHAM HILL, KENT ESTHER FANNY ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE BORN 1838, SEPT. 28 DIED 1851, DEC. 29 THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD RICHARD CARRINGTON BORN 1796 MAY 10 DIED 1858 JULY 18 THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED ALSO OF ROSA HELEN CARRINGTON (THE BELOVED WIFE OF RICHARD CHRISTOPHER CARRINGTON F.C.P.S. F.R.A.S. F.R.S.) BORN 1845, MAY 21 DIED 1875, NOV. 17 SIC ITUR AD ASTRAS RICHARD CHRISTOPHER CARRINGTON DIED 27 NOV. 1875 AGED 49 YEARS ESTHER CLARKE WIDOW OF RICHARD CARRINGTON ESQUIRE DIED 25 JUNE 1877 AGED 81 YEARS DAVID CARRINGTON BORN 28 UNE 1829, DIED 15 JUNE 1902 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149956251/richard-christopher-carrington

Clark finds comfort in a thought: during all the heartbreak, "the academic heir to Carrington was already quietly at work, collecting a mountain of his own sunspot data that he would eventually sculpt into a scientific edifice that no one could demolish"

"His heir was Edward Walter Maunder"

“Sic Itur Ad Astra”

Gazing today for the first time into this young man's eyes, it is impossible to fathom the tragedies that were to engulf his final years.

@royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Clarke finds comfort in this thought: during all that heartbreak, "the academic heir to Carrington was already quietly at work, collecting a mountain of his own sunspot data that he would eventually sculpt into a scientific edifice that no one could demolish"

"His heir was Edward Walter Maunder"

Yes, but can Artemis II save 2026? Sadly, I doubt it.

(There are some suggestions that NASA is looking at the same maps and trying to move the Wet Dress Rehersal up to Jan 31., ahead of the cold front)

@sciguyspace.bsky.social posted this in the other place. The launch weather constraint is 38F to 49F, depending on wind. I'm still saying a March launch of Artemis II.

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Death Notice of Paddy Clancy (Ballyshannon, Donegal) | rip.ie The death has occurred of Paddy Clancy of Ballyshannon, Donegal Ireland, on 23/01/2026. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

Heartbroken to learn of the death of one of the finest journalists I have ever worked with. In Fleet Street, Belfast & Dublin, Paddy's name was a byword for quality tabloid journalism - he was the obvious choice as News Editor of Ireland's first commercial radio station

rip.ie/death-notice...

https://www.instagram.com/mspwhistles/

Temperatures in the Twin Cities hit -40 last night, colder than the daytime temperature on Mars (-9C).

"-40?" , I hear you say, "is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?"

That's the fun part. -40 is right about when the two scales converge! 🤯

This is the first time ever that an orbital sequence has been captured showing Ireland with the Aurora Borealis. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. It will be a very long time indeed before anyone gets a similar shot. (if I am wrong about this I will shave my head 😉)

On Apollo 15, astronaut David Scott experienced heart rhythm irregularities due to electrolyte imbalance. Thus the added potassium on later missions (very unpopular with astronauts). In the MSC (now JSC) Newsroom, one wag put up a poster: "Tang Makes You Fart". (Tang was the brand)