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Webb and Gaia welcome Euclid to L2 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/07/Webb_and_Gaia_welcome_Euclid_to_L2
Sarah Kendrew
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Astronomer & Instrument Scientist, European Space Agency. Working on JWST operations at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. 🇧🇪🇬🇧
Mark McCaughreanC’mon, seriously? I might expect this kind of jingoistic nonsense from the Brexit tabloids, but The Guardian?
The European Space Agency owned & operated Aeolus mission was funded by many ESA member states & built by the European company Airbus Defence & Space, registered HQ in Leiden, management in Toulouse.
Yes, ADS UK in Stevenage was the prime & the satellite was integrated there, but parts of Aeolus also came from ADS sites in France & Germany.
Sheesh … 🙄
Peter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics
Time to announce yet another new paper at the Open Journal of Astrophysics. This one was published yesterday, on 21st July 2023. The latest paper is the 27th so far in Volume 6 (2023) and the 92nd in all. The authors are Sohan Ghodla, Richard Easther, M.M. Briel and J.J. Eldridge, all of the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
http://telescoper.blog/2023/07/22/new-publication-at-the-open-journal-of-astrophysics-78/
Some very sad news via @sarahkendrew about the recent passing of Martyn Wells, optical engineer at the UK Astronomical Technology Centre in Edinburgh.
Among many other projects, Martyn was responsible for the superb optical design of the mid-infrared imager & spectrometer, MIRI, on the NASA/ESA/CSA JWST.
Here’s the way he figured how to do integral field spectroscopy with MIRI – truly brilliant.
Thank you, Martyn; ad astra ✨
Brief interlude in normal operations to attend a #BlackSpaceWeek event to celebrate the Black community’s history & future in space, hosted by the White House National Space Council. An amazing line up of speakers and panelists. Thanks to whomever put me on the invite list, I’m honoured to be here 🚀🛰️🔭🪐✨
Why is mastodon showing me as having 40 followers and only following 40 people? I follow many more than that. In other news this site still really doesn’t work for me. 😒
Carl T. BergstromRemember that nonsense from Pamela Paul in the New York Times about how science must no longer be a meritocracy because PNAS rejected a (very poor) paper titled "In defense of merit in science"?
No? That's ok. It wasn't memorable.
In any case, my letter to editor at the Times about that nonsense was just published.
mmitchell_ai6 (!) years ago, @timnitGebru put forward a profound idea for AI research: document your training data. To say she was treated like shit would be putting it lightly. If she had been respected like her male peers were, imagine what a different path AI could have taken.
#JWST and #MIRI fans: here's an update on the MIRI MRS mode with numbers and plots. If you are a PI using the MRS, you're strongly encouraged to read this! Anyone with questions can reach out to us via the Helpdesk (jwsthelp.stsci.edu) https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news/jwst/2023/miri-mrs-reduced-count-rate-update
Mikko TuomiThe closest-ever look at #planet Gliese 1214 b.
Because of its short orbital period and relative proximity to Earth, GJ 1214 b has been studied frequently. But astronomers have had no luck in investigating its #atmosphere due to a blanket of thick clouds and hazes.
However, #JWST’s infrared capabilities allow researchers to penetrate previously opaque objects.
#astronomy #exoplanets
https://carnegiescience.edu/jwst-reveals-elusive-planets-reflective-atmosphere
