Ian RobinsonNice picture. Fun fact. Brian May, of Queen fame, did his PhD on the Zodiacal dust. Its title is “A Survey of the Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud”.
#Artemis #Science #Queen https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/
Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦@ianRobinson @rayckeith Brian May … of Queen? (Looks it up). Yes! 😲
"After more than 30 years lapsed since first starting doctoral studies, he earned his doctorate from Imperial College London in astrophysics after a successful thesis defense on August 23, 2007."
@deborahh @rayckeith No. Brian May of Queen.
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Which is what I had in my head, LOL.
I'll edit!
AkaSci 🛰️@deborahh @ianRobinson @rayckeith
Short thread on Sir Brian May 
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https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/114881149663152117
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▪ false dawn
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Attached: 1 image The Blue Marble imaged by Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman ~30 minutes after translunar injection yesterday, as Orion started its sprint to the moon. The image shows 2 auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right). This is the night side of Earth lit by moonlight. Camera: NIKON D5 (DSLR, 20.8 MP), 14-24mm f/2.8 FocalLength: 22.0 mm ISO 51200 ExposureTime: 1/4 s CreateDate: 2026:04:03 00:27:39 UTC Distance: 10,150 km Image and EXIF data at https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e000192 37/n
@ianRobinson @AkaSci what an interesting rabbithole I fell into today! 😁