Markus Pössel

@mpoessel
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Mostly astronomy outreach in Heidelberg (German & English) - managing scientist HdA http://www.haus-der-astronomie.de - director IAU OAE http://astro4edu.org - "privat hier" - @mpoessel@twitter - er/he/him - Blog: https://scilogs.spektrum.de/relativ-einfach/
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11 September 1930 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Jeanne Woudstra, was born in Leeuwarden.

In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents Esther and Nathan and brothers Albers and Marcus. Probably all of them were murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

@hfalcke I don‘t remember coming across that particular person. The one relativity-denier I know whose go-to insults include variations on „you monkeys“ has a different name, and different distinctive style.
@vicgrinberg Glad to see that I'm not the only Sjöwall/Wahlöö reader here. 🙂

Use #Python at all? I would like to do a silly thing, which I hope will bring amusement to others as well as me (if it works out).

If you wouldn't mind, please fill out this form, and boost for reach:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRgC-YWEriHW_rbcBY9jWJf35w3bPxP01Mg5EAu25lOyPAeg/viewform

Informal Pointless Python Survey

This is an informal, unscientific survey of (sort of) Python questions, with which I'd like to try to make something amusing, maybe something involving families feuding somehow. (I may have been inspired by https://www.theincomparable.com/gameshow/feud/.) Whether it works depends partly on how many and what kind of answers people give. There is intentionally no rigor to these questions. The vagueness is on purpose. Answer with the first thing that comes to mind. Don't try to over-think it, the point isn't to get the "right" answers. If you really don't know how to answer a question it's okay to leave it blank, but it's more fun if you try to answer anyway. I promise not to ridicule any individual answers, so don't hold back! I will clean up responses, remove any identifying data, and not tie anything to individuals in any way. After I'm done with the responses (which may take a while), I'll post the aggregated, cleaned-up set for other people to enjoy.

Google Docs

Great summary of the ** Possible ** detection of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of a distant planet.

On Earth these gasses are exclusively produced by ocean plankton. The Planet is between Earth and Neptune in size and appears to have liquid water.

This is not a definite detection, and there could be non-biological ways to produce these gasses. (ie this has been seen in comets)

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5364805/signs-life-alien-planet-biosignatures-exoplanet

#science #astronomy #JWST #Research

@coreyspowell And there‘s another astronomical connection: the EUV „printing“ machines require ultra-stable surfaces. Any drift due to thermal expansion would spoil the product. So the parts that are used are made from glass ceramics, which was originally developed for telescope mirrors.
@aleks Hättest du Zeit und Lust, mit dem Thema mal zu uns in die Sendung zu kommen? Wir sind inzwischen kein reines Online-Vortragsformat, sondern Kurzvortrag mit anschließender Diskussionsrunde.
Abendliche Astronomie gefällig? Wir sind auf Sendung!
From: @hausderastronomie
https://astrodon.social/@hausderastronomie/113819992388205448
Haus der Astronomie (@hausderastronomie@astrodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Die Profi-Astronomie hat große Teleskope, ausgefeilte Messinstrumente und nutzt Hochleistungsrechner, da könnte man meinen, für Amateure gäbe es in der Astronomie nichts mehr zu entdecken. Weit gefehlt! Peter Bresseler geht auf die Suche nach unbekannten Planetarischen Nebeln und Herbig-Haro-Objekten und berichtet darüber am 13. Januar 2025 um 19 Uhr live bei Astro & Co. Schaut doch mal rein - gerne auch nachträglich im Archiv unseres Youtube-Kanals und auf unserer Facebook-Seite! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNSW9tnIPA #Online #Livestream

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@SheDrivesMobility Ich bin gerade via OpenVibe seit langem erstmals wieder auf Mastodon, aber da die App verschiedene Konten kombiniert eben gleichzeitig auch auf Bluesky unterwegs (war ein Tip von @anneroth via @todzi@historians.social ). Erster Eindruck ist, dass Mastodon damit von der Oberfläche her weniger sperrig ist als im Original. Mal schauen, ob ich auf diese Weise doppelte Wurzeln fasse. Vielleicht ja auch für andere bislang Mastodon-scheue etwas ausprobierenswertes?
David August (@davidaugust@mastodon.online)

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