Astronomers have discovered rings forming around a Centaur. For real: Chiron (a comet-asteroid hybrid orbiting beyond Saturn) has set of rings that seem to be changing by the year.

Regardless of what's happening on Earth, space continues to be amazing.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0b6d #space #science #astronomy #nature

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.

Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:

"Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query 'does trump show signs of dementia' as well as other questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar searches about other presidents."

https://www.theverge.com/news/789152/google-ai-searches-blocking-trump-dementia-biden

Veterans began a sit-in in Washington D.C. and won't stop until the military leaves town.

Join them if you can. Take water and food to them. Demand the media to cover this protest.