>arrive back to the US from China extremely jet legged >decides to take an afternoon nap at 4 pm >sets alarm for 5 pm >somehow must’ve woken up at 5 and turned it off then immediately went back to sleep >no memories of this >wakes up at midnight >uh oh

this begs the question: who’s been shitting on our lettuce

I watched Tenet for the first time on the plane to Japan and it took me like 5 hours because I had to rewind and pause constantly to figure out what was going on. I then spent days afterwards reading explainers to fully understand it It’s now one of my favorite movies

what would have happened to human civilization if people hibernated for N months every winter like bears

my main takeaway from being in China is that the close door button on elevators actually work and they expect you to use them

Comet 67P lmao

a man wearing headphones is smiling and making a funny face while sitting in a chair .

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Peter Gao@planetarygao.bsky.social · 6mo ago

my 7 yo has successfully reprogrammed my brain to think 67 is funny

New Paper Klaxon🚨 I am super excited to share this one which has been 3 years in the making! "Magnesium Silicate Clouds in the Atmosphere of HD 209458b from a Rule-Based Tree-Structured Data Reduction" which is led by Katy Chubb & David Grant Cloud & data 🧵 time #astronomy🔭 #science🧪 1/n

Magnesium Silicate Clouds in the Atmosphere of HD 209458b from a Rule-Based Tree-Structured Data Reduction

HD 209458b is the canonical hot Jupiter: the first to have its atmosphere measured and the first to hint at the role of aerosols in exoplanet atmospheres through the muting of Na absorption signatures...

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why did they go with gen X instead of a letter earlier in the alphabet? did they not foresee the obvious problem

Look Costco if your return policy is basically “anything goes” then I don’t want to be judged when I return year-old vitamins (that are not expired!)

society: you should keep your eyes on the road when driving also society: HEY LOOK AT THESE GIANT BILLBOARDS

any time they publish one of those maps where a country has insufficient data I’m like why didn’t you collect enough data first before publishing you lazy bum

IAD added new JWST images along one of their halls, including our first WASP-39b spectrum!

That’s where the aliens are

Andrew Mann@amann.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My OCD demands that TESS observe the final missing block as soon as possible. 🧪🔭⭐

My OCD demands that TESS observe the final missing block as soon as possible. 🧪🔭⭐

radio astronomy is crazy like what do you mean this field of poles and wires is a telescope

you know Noah’s Ark was written by people from the desert because 40 days of nonstop rain is just normal winter in the PNW

sometimes people forget just how small Belgium is

🪽@angelxemoji.bsky.social · 4mo ago

love belgium for this :3

so when the USS Discovery spore jumps do people in the outer saucer gets pinned to the wall like one of those carnival rides

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blue wave ❌ blue tsunami ❌ blue wall of water from that black hole planet in Interstellar ✅

squidward??

found out about Artemis II’s splashdown the best way possible: watching a livestream as part of a science fair project at our elementary school GO NASA GO ARTEMIS WOOOO

doing rm -rf / on a bloomberg terminal

they should have front brake lights on cars so I know if an oncoming car is going to stop or run the yellow light when I’m turning left

when you’re an academic and go to a zoom meeting that has to end after 40 minutes because of the time limit

can’t wait to find out if the moon is really haunted

This might be just me, but it’s a bit telling that the best words we apparently have for expressing our awe of the cosmos is still those of Carl Sagan from almost 50 years ago What does this say about our current society, culture, and outlook on science and space exploration?

🔭 Paper day, and it’s a big one! We have found the most metal-poor object known in the universe. It’s a star, and it comes to us from our nearby friend the Large Magellanic Cloud. Out in Nature Astronomy today: rdcu.be/fbylI

Crystal clear ice on the shores of Lake Erie

I’ve driven dirt roads that are smoother than paved roads in toronto

>DC suburb has best cherry blossom display outside of downtown >no sidewalks