| Personal Website | https://HeinoFalcke.org |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2526-6724 |
| University Website | https://www.ru.nl/en/people/falcke-h |
Comet MAPS faces a make-or-break moment as it dives toward the sun on April 4 — could it shine in the daytime sky?
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/asteroid-comet-missions/comet-maps-faces-a-make-or-break-moment-as-it-dives-toward-the-sun-on-april-4-could-it-shine-in-the-daytime-sky?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Space.com @space-com-Spacecom
We're hiring for a part-time position in Finance & Operations at @Mastodon. Fluent German and English language skills are a requirement. In terms of location it's a hybrid role so we're looking for candidates in #berlin or #vienna. I believe this is a rare opportunity to learn about the organisational side of technology non-profits and open source.
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/6c969533-e00e-468a-959c-e3c366ff10a4/
Any journalists want to write about this? Or anyone know how to figure out who insures Reflect Orbital? Reflect Orbital will cause eye damage to people using telescopes, as astronomers have previously calculated, and they openly admitted it in their reply.
(There is a whole slew of absolutely devastating ecological damage they will also cause, but I'm focusing on this one for now because it's so shocking)
Der Nachthimmel sollte als #Gemeingut der Menschheit angesehen und entsprechend behandelt werden. Lesenswerter Text in der FR:
https://www.fr.de/wissen/wir-stehen-davor-die-nacht-zum-tag-zu-machen-ist-das-klug-zr-94240077.html
Ich habe dazu vor einiger Zeit gebloggt:
DarkSky International:
https://darksky.org/
#Lichtverschutzung #Nachthimmel #Satelliten #ReflectOrbital #SpaceX #Astronomie #Sternenhimmel #Umweltschutz #Wissenschaft #DarkSkyInternational #Nachhaltigkeit #FrankfurterRundschau
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Ich gehöre wohl zu den wenigen, die sich noch auf die Sommerzeit freuen. Mehr Licht am Abend finde ich einfach super (Ok. Ich bin Radioastronom - wir messen auch am Tag😉). Und wenn ich es dunkel haben will ziehe ich die Vorhänge zu. Statt eine Stunde schlagartig umzustellen kann man es auch schrittweise versuchen - kommt ja nicht überraschend. Dafür hat man den ganzen Sommer was davon und bekommt im Herbst eine Stunde Ausschlafen geschenkt.
📡 Millisecond pulsars emit radio signals from unexpected places!
A CSIRO & Max Planck study of ~200 pulsars found a third broadcast radio waves from two regions – not just near the surface, but also from a "current sheet" beyond the light cylinder, where magnetic fields whip around at near light speed.
Signals match gamma-ray data from NASA's Fermi telescope.
📅 March 25, 2026
🔗 https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/articles/2026/march/radio-signals
Nature Astronomy editorial: "With threats to #astronomy from all directions, we must consider the true value of astronomy. Astronomy educates the public; astronomy trains a data- and technology-centred workforce; astronomy supports other sciences, providing a laboratory to physicists and a chance to investigate other worlds to biologists and geologists; astronomy inspires curiosity and art and interest in science; astronomy involves big projects; astronomy gets people out into nature; astronomy is an international field, with global collegiality; astronomy adds to the repository of human knowledge. These are the aspects of astronomy that we should be regularly reminding our elected representatives about."
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Felix Hlatky
Daniel Fischer
Prof. Sam Lawler
Peter Gutsche
Josef Szylar
Dr. John Barentine FRAS