Mastodawn

More about living on the #asteroids from the #H2LiftSlip saga read by the Author.

Microbiologists have been checking bacterial, viral, and parasite species ever since the science was recognized, and they continued doing their work wherever sentients landed. Following in the footsteps of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in the before-years of the 1670’s and the invalidation of spontaneous generation by Louis Pasteur in the 1850’s, these microbiologists ...

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Hacker News Jun 1

Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids and Failed Supernovas

https://www.quantamagazine.org/rubin-tracks-skyscraper-size-asteroids-failed-supernovas-and-interstellar-visitors-20260515/

#HackerNews #Rubin #Asteroids #Supernovas #Astronomy #Space

Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas, and Interstellar Visitors | Quanta Magazine

Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results are already starting to arrive.

Quanta Magazine

Retro Game Bot May 29

🎮 Random Retro Game:

Title: Asteroids (1979)
Released: 1979-11-01
Platforms: Game Boy
Also released on: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit

#Asteroids(1979) #GameBoy #Retrogames

the spend May 29

ICYMI: Three asteroids headed for Earth: the $200 billion IPO flood arrives https://thespend.net/three-asteroids-headed-for-earth-the-200-billion-ipo-flood-arrives/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Asteroids #IPOflood #SpaceX #OpenAI #Anthropic

Three asteroids headed for Earth: the $200 billion IPO flood arrives

Three of the most anticipated public offerings in history - SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic - are set to absorb over $200 billion from investors in months.

the spend

the spend May 28

Three asteroids headed for Earth: the $200 billion IPO flood arrives https://thespend.net/three-asteroids-headed-for-earth-the-200-billion-ipo-flood-arrives/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Asteroids #IPO #SpaceX #OpenAI #Anthropic

Three asteroids headed for Earth: the $200 billion IPO flood arrives

Three of the most anticipated public offerings in history - SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic - are set to absorb over $200 billion from investors in months.

the spend

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial]May 25

A Probe Took Incredible Pictures of Mars on Its Way to a Far-Off Asteroid

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/a-probe-took-incredible-pictures-of-mars-on-its-way-to-a-far-off-asteroid/

Steven Saus [he/him]May 22

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world

As a bonus, it captured Mars images from a rare perspective.

#asteroids #jet-propulsion-laboratory #mars #nasa #psyche #science #space
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/nasas-psyche-spacecraft-returns-unfamiliar-views-of-a-familiar-world/

The Japan Times May 21

A team of Japanese researchers has discovered traces of an asteroid collision in Hokkaido that may have caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period about 66 million years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/21/japan/science-health/japan-asteroid-traces-study-dinosaurs-extinction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #asteroids #space #fukui #hokkaido #tohokuuniversity

Asteroid traces found in Japan may be linked to extinction of dinosaurs

The discovery of traces of an asteroid in Hokkaido is the first-ever confirmation of such traces in Japan, according to the announcement from the team of Japanese researchers.

The Japan Times