Dunja Fabjan

Comic. [yellow sphere with icon that reads, CHECK ENGINE] [caption] This new sunspot cluster has raised concern among astronomers.

Check Engine

xkcd.com/3096/

Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭

Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."

JUST IN: International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."

Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century

A Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972 returned to Earth on Saturday after looping through space for 53 years.

In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.

Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.

Worth reading (all the thread + the cited threads from field experts) 👇

The gates of Harvard University. The text reads: "Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration's Demands." Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W

A girl looking through a telescope on a field. On the background the sun in setting. The weather is very cloudy.

The scene was shouted at night. The sky above is cloudy, with only a bright star shining. In the foreground we see red lights of people sitting near a bunch of telescopes. A local Messier maraton is happening.

The Moon (few days after the first quarter) on dark blue background. The shot was done during the day, with a 300mm objective.

The Moon (few days after the first quarter). Craters are seen on the terminator, near the dark side of the Moon. The details are seen because the photo was taken through the telescope.

Utrinki z Messierjevega maratona, ki je v noči od sobote 5. aprila na nedeljo 6. aprila združil veliko skupino tekmovalcev (in nekaj spremljajočih opazovalcev, kot sem bila sama).

Delim par svojih slik tekmovalcev podnevi in ponoči, pa še dva posnetka Lune v dnevni modrini in ponoči skozi teleskop.

Una vera pubblicazione scientifica nata nello studio di RaiNews24! Pubblicata una ricerca senza precedenti condotta dal CNR insieme alla nostra redazione Scienza: un anno e mezzo di lavoro, 36 interviste in diretta monitorando i parametri fisici degli intervistati
www.cnr.it/it/nota-stam...

YouTube video by IAU Office of Astronomy for Education Towards co-designed IBL activities for high school: Dunja Fabjan at the OAE’s 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop

How can co-design shape astronomy education? At the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop in the session on Teaching Methods and Tools, @denebdulfim.bsky.social introduced the SABIR project, where NAECs worked together to create inquiry-based activities!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08iB...

Helpful thread from @clairelamman.bsky.social about the new results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument #DESI team. The implication, if this evidence persists, is that the dark energy currently causing the accelerated expansion of the universe is evolving in unexpected ways 😮

The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.

Luna z domačega vrta
5. marec 2025

Odprto obzorje, nad katerim je ravnokar zašlo Sonce. Obzorje je rdeče obarvano, nebo pa brez oblakov. Razgledna točka je na Repentabru. V sredini slike je fotoaparat usmerjen k nebo. Vidijo se Luna, Venera in Merkur. Spredaj na sliki je fotoaparat

CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.

I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject On December 24th, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for environmental impact assessment. This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world [1]. The industrial megaproject is planned to be located just 5 to 11 kilometres from telescopes at Paranal, which would cause irreparable damage to astronomical observations, in particular due to light pollution emitted throughout the project’s operational life. Relocating the complex would save one of Earth's last truly pristine dark skies.

The best dark sky in the world - the Atacama Desert in Chile, which hosts many @eso.org telescopes - is under threat from an industrial project. 🔭

Astronomers can sign a petition in favour of moving the planned industrial project: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2. februar: Luna, Venera in Saturn, tokrat v različni postavitvi, Luna pa se še naprej debeli...

Datum: 2. februar
Slika s telefonom in slika s fotoaparatom (Pentax K-S2 f4.5 1/3sec 48mm ISO1600)

Včerajšnje večerno opazovanje: Venera (v tem obdobju Večernica), pod njo Lunin srp in pepelnata svetloba, spodaj pa Saturn

Datum: 1. februar 2025
Slika: telefon (slika s pokrajino), Pentax K-S2 f5.6 1/3s 78mm ISO1600

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

Facts are facts
**Hey, my new book comes out next week, pre-order it now: bit.ly/OOYM

bližnje srečanje Venere in Saturna nad Krasom

Repentabor, sobota, 18. januar 2025

Polna Luna in planet Mars (majhna bleda pika) / Full Moon and planet Mars (a tiny little dot)

Danes (14. januar) zgodaj zjutraj sta se polna Luna in planet Mars navidezno srečala na nebu. V fotoaparat sem ju ujela pred tem, na isti večer...
(s črticami je označena lega Marsa)

#poskusi #astrofoto #Luna #Mars

Nova epizoda🎙️🌓

📝Pripravili sva izbor letošnjih astronomskih dogodkov!

🪐Pogovarjava se o planetih, utrinkih, vesoljskih in zemeljskih teleskopih, omenjava pa tudi izginotje prstanov, vohunske satelite na astronomskih slikah, kvazilune in Lunin koledar!

creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tem...

Origami Black Hole xkcd.com/3033

Venera nad zahodnim nebom (svetlejše ozadje), na temnejšem nebu pa Jupiter (desni del slike)

slikano s telefonom
#Jupiter #Venera

1. I venti della prima ora - Il Post

È uscito un bellissimo podcast del @ilpost.it che racconta il cambiamento della società italiana e del suo rapporto con la salute mentale. Un viaggio sentimentale pieno di voci in prima persona e di racconti, con Massimo Cirri e Matteo Caccia a fare da guida
www.ilpost.it/episodes/1-i...

Božično nočno slikanje Jupitra iz domačega dvorišča, Orion se skriva za drevesi, Plejade na desni
#poskusi #vaje #astrofoto

The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve.

This Christmas Eve, a vehicle will travel at incomprehensible speed around a celestial object to bring wonder to the people of Earth — and it’s not Santa’s sleigh. The Parker Solar Probe, a NASA spacecraft, is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface.

včerajšnje barve med zahajanjem Sonca...

#blueyinspired
#risanka #bluey