Podcast De Dag: Godfluencers en volle kerken

Er is iets opmerkelijks aan de hand in gelovig Nederland. Terwijl veel kerken leeglopen, barsten andere uit hun voegen en lijken jongeren juist méér interesse te hebben in het geloof. Kerken zelf zien dit al langer; ook wetenschappers constateren een voorzichtige trendbreuk.

https://nos.nl/l/2609011 #nieuws #nos

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116341943021470128

In 20 Stunden erreicht der Komet MAPS den sonnennächsten Punkt seiner Bahn, nur 160.000 km über der Oberfläche - wie das alles ausgeht, kann niemand vorhersagen, aber der An- und ggf. Abflug kann relativ live über zwei Satelliten-Koronographen verfolgt werden, einen ganz neuen und einen über 30 Jahre alten: https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/ccor_realtime/last_image_MinBckgnd.png - mit Animation der jeweils letzten Bilder in https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/realtime-movie - und https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/1024/latest.gif

In Stadt und Gesellschaft integriert, Vereinsmitglied (gehts noch deutscher?), ehrenamtlich aktiv und Ausbildungsplatz in Aussicht...

Es reichte nicht... ab zurueck in ein instabiles Land, in dem immer wieder Kaempfe ausbrechen.

Klar, ist das ein Haerte/Einzelfall... aber ich fuerchte, dass es dafuer hunderte Beispiele gibt.

Es macht wuetend!

https://www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft/hessen-schiebt-kassel-marathon-sieger-mamiyo-hirsuato-ab-v1,marathonlaeufer-abgeschoben-104.html

Even before beginning formal science operations, the remarkable Rubin Observatory has already discovered 12,700 new asteroids.

It found 11,000 asteroids in just 6 weeks during an "optimization" shakedown.

https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2608/ #space #science #technology

I need some help from the #Astronomy and #Cosmology folks.

I found this redshift calculator at https://spacetimemesh.com/redshift-calculator/, and either I’m confused (very possible), or they have one of the labels wrong.

It seems to me that “light travel distance/how far light actually travelled” suggests how much space the light from the distant object travelled through to get to us. But shouldn’t that also be the lookback time?

I suspect that what they’re labelling as “light travel distance” is the distance of the object at the time the light left it, 5.55 Gly. Then “lookback time,” 7.95 Gly, is how long the light has travelled to us as the universe expanded. Finally “comoving distance,” 11.09 Gly, is the current distance (assuming god-vision 😉) of the object.

Without getting too picky with my terminology, is my interpretation right? ELI5 explanations are welcome 😊

I know these numbers depend on the model and parameters used, I'm not interested in getting into that particular aspect.

Sneak preview 👀

Some of our #JWST data will become publicly available in the archives tomorrow, for the galactic star-forming region, Sharpless 305, & the nearby massive protostar, RAFGL5232.

The data are tricky & need more work on saturation, noise, & banding problems, plus colour compositing 😬

But as others will be quick to publish images as usual, I thought I'd share our snapshot with you first 😉

More to come as we continue pixel-bashing 👾🔨👍

#SpaceScience #Astronomy #Space #Photography

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/

#fedihire #job #jobs