Dr Fachreddin Tabataba-Vakili

The image shows a series of red fingers of shocked molecular gas expanding from the bottom of the image towards the top and top right. Each of the fingers comprises a series of bright arcs of emission like bow waves, expanding behind tips, the latter often appearing green. There are many stars spread across the image with the characteristic eight spikes due to diffraction in the optics of Webb, and there is a foreground haze of wisp blue clouds due to the Orion Nebula, which lies in front of the fingers.

I’m sorry … WOT?!

EXPLOSION FINGERS?!?!?!?

JWST’s new images from Orion Nebula are spectacular! Look at this structure 🥹🤩😱

Read more: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

📸 JWST / ESA / NASA / STScI / CSA / M. McCaughrean / S. Pearson

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Wow, parasocial coauthors

top 5 computing buzzwords:

1. shit
2. fuck
3. crap
4. wtf!?
5. shit's fucked

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (Self actualization / self-esteem / belonging / safety / physiological), extended to include “WiFi” below physiological, and “Battery Life” below WiFi.

Back to survival mode

I would instead offer Nature that they can send me their drafted posts and I can publish their posts on Bluesky for them. However, I am going to reject the vast majority of drafted posts and charge 11k for each post that I do publish.

Okay what. How did I miss this. Amateur astronomers found giant [O III] arcs next to Andromeda?!!

They even wrote a research note (RNAAS) about it: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

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Jack unendorsey?

I am happy to see that most of the Astro community already jumped ship and is now on here. I had quit the other app a few months ago without an alternative in mind and it feels nice to reconnect with the community.

Kevin makes great open-source image processing code for NASA spacecraft data, including Juno, Cassini, HST, and more

I started going by "Fred" in casual settings and the difference is astounding. Acquaintances and healthcare providers can all of a sudden just address me by name. No "you're the guy with the weird name"||"I'd rather not say your name in fear of being offensive"vibes. It's wild how normal that feels

Transmission spectrum graphic of the exoplanet K2-18b made by NASA

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 '𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲'.

Ok, probably everyone has seen the headlines about K2-18b by now.

I've put together this thread to collate some thoughts on why many exoplanet astronomers are pretty sceptical about these claims - THREAD (1/N)

His twitter is full of amazing images, but I'm hoping for more on here as well

I bet this exists somewhere here, but just the fact that I'm not exposed by default is pretty great

I was wondering why I found bluesky so pleasant compared to other apps... and I think it's because I have yet to see a bot, contrarian, or ad attempting to shift public opinion for the worse.

. @theseaning.bsky.social makes some of the most vivid astronomy images I have ever seen

By the way, this is Emmy and she is the best cat.

Juno has been orbiting Jupiter for quite a long while now

Hurricane Lee peaks as a Cat 5 with 165-mph winds » Yale Climate Connections Lee could threaten Bermuda, the Northeast U.S., or Atlantic Canada late next week.

Hurricane Lee is the 3rd fastest-intensifying hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic; and that’s no surprise.

Climate change isn’t making hurricanes more frequent, but it’s making them more dangerous as warmer waters power stronger storms that intensify faster, move slower, and dump more rain.

Before Twitter's decline, I enjoyed connecting with astronomers, physicists, meteorologists, people interested in fluid dynamics, complex systems, weather, climate, atmospheres, and people who applied any of the above to other planets (and also Earth). I'm hoping to find some of these people here...

This place looks nice :)