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Martin Cordiner

@drcordiner.bsky.social

Looker-atter of things, listener of stuff. Knower of the unknown.

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National Park Service removes Trump-Epstein statue, raising free speech concerns | CNN Politics The National Park Service before dawn on Wednesday removed a statue titled β€œBest Friends Forever” of President Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein holding hands – only a day after it was erected on the N...

They say the best art is timeless, so here's one for the ages, lest we forget the madness of voting such scum of the Earth into office.

25.09.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.

23.09.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 17432    πŸ” 6172    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 194

Any CO still outgassing?

11.09.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hypothesize it's most likely from alien disco smoke machines

26.08.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object to visit our Solar System, and only the second to display a clear coma. Infrared spectroscopy with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides th...

Deliberately omitted the colour bar from the images distributed to press, to make them scientifically less usable in case of a premature leak. I can see how that would be annoying to a fellow scientist, but check the article if you're actually interested: arxiv.org/abs/2508.18209

26.08.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object to visit our Solar System, and only the second to display a clear coma. Infrared spectroscopy with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides th...

Today our team released findings on the nature of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, based on our first round of JWST observations. The data are incredible: Not only did we detect and map gas and dust in the coma, but we found that 3I is one of the most CO2 rich comets ever seen! Check it out:

26.08.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

Also not really possible to hit a comet that hard without destroying it

24.08.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All will be revealed in the next week... Big results from the space observatories are on their way. Not that empirical evidence is likely to fundamentally change the course of the outlandish Harvard narrative πŸ˜‚

22.08.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

.. but finding a link between the water in Halley-type comets and Earth's oceans was the icing on the cake. There are still a lot of mysteries surrounding where Earth got it's surprisingly large water supply from, but impacts from icy comets during Earth's infancy, is a strong contender.

08.08.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Comet’s Water Holds Clues to Life on Earth - National Radio Astronomy Observatory New research has uncovered compelling evidence that water from a comet is strikingly similar to that found in Earth’s...

Me and the team have been busy over the last year, mapping heavy water in a comet called 12P/Pons-Brooks - our brightest comet yet observed using the ALMA telescope. Getting the first ever map for cometary HDO was a thrill!

08.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Growing vegetables is so hit and miss. Many variables at play.

06.08.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our cherry tomato plants just will not stop producing, and it's starting to get silly

05.08.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

From an open-minded and unprejudiced perspective, I look forward, in the very near future, to supplying JWST spectroscopic evidence of whether 3I/ATLAS is a small, natural body of ice and rock, or an alien spaceship. Place bets now please!

31.07.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Interstellar Object Is Full of Mysteries. Here’s What Scientists Most Want to Learn Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever

The 6 year wait for a new interstellar comet is over... now it's time to bring out the big glass to crack wide-open a new field of planetary science. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR NEW ASTROCHEMICAL DISCOVERIES as our team chases down the alien visitor from another star: 3I/ATLAS. πŸ”­ πŸ“‘ πŸ›°οΈ

22.07.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
ADD YOUR NAME: Support the NASA workers' Voyager Declaration! Join the courageous and committed NASA workers who are standing up to save science.

Sign here (and donate if you can) to help SAVE NASA SCIENCE! actionnetwork.org/forms/suppor...

22.07.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dark times are upon us.

22.07.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More shame on this administration for forcing out our best and brightest

22.07.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh great, another punch to the gut I didn't need. What's the reasoning behind this particular larger-than-necessary cut?

12.07.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NEWS: An Interstellar Object in our Solar System - Sixty Symbols
YouTube video by Sixty Symbols NEWS: An Interstellar Object in our Solar System - Sixty Symbols

Entertaining our visitor! πŸ§ͺπŸ”­

youtu.be/VRHZUH0RcQ4

10.07.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Name names

11.07.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very interesting how 3I appears to be a bit of an outlier. Can't wait to see how the model constraints evolve as more ISOs are discovered.

10.07.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a US-based researcher with an eye out for greener pastures, that is indeed a depressing number

10.07.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the things that *actually*, *truly* makes America great is NASA. And Trump has slit its throat.

09.07.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 668    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 12

After 29 years wait, now super excited to see some crystal clear 3200 megapixel images of space. Hopefully they contain a new interstellar comet, among other untold delights!

18.06.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder what he thought you had said

13.06.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats America, you are officially stupid

06.05.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NASA science is on the chopping block. Don't let it happen. We came too far on our journey into the Universe, to retreat back into our caves and shut out the awe and mystery of the night sky

01.05.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Author's Reply to Comment by Greaves etΒ al. on β€œPhosphine in the Venusian Atmosphere: A Strict Upper Limit From SOFIA GREAT Observations” The revised calibration procedure adopted by Greaves etΒ al. (2023, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103539) introduces additional receiver artifacts into the SOFIA 4G2 Venus spectra The claimed PH3 ...

If you really want to wade into the mire... I also have a published rebuttal for that one: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

18.04.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out the 7 independent followup studies (led by Snellen, Thompson, Villanueva, Cordiner, Lincowski, Trompet and Encrenaz), none of which could find any evidence for PH3 in the original data or in data from other telescopes.

18.04.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No and no. Go back and check the original ALMA press release - it talks about survival of organisms, "confirming the existence of life", and states that non-biological production of PH3 is excluded! Numerous independent followup studies have found no phosphine on Venus.

18.04.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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