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V Martín 1d ago

@pomarede makes for an interesting fade gif 😉

V Martín 4d ago

Sorry APOD, but posting Enceladus for the umpteenth time can't beat dino poo 🙃

https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/114657110213419876
https://reentry.codl.fr/@apod/statuses/01JXC09A8B2SMXQ72TXXNB300F

AkaSci 🛰️ (@AkaSci@fosstodon.org)

Attached: 1 image Here is a look at the fossilized gut contents (cololite) of "Judy", the sauropod from the Diamantinasaurus matildae species, that lived during the early Late Cretaceous, about 94 million years ago. Conifer bracts, Austrosequoia wintonensis bract fragments and other plant fossils can be seen in the μCT (Micro-Computed Tomography, an X-ray imaging technique) scans. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00550-0 2/n

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V Martín 6d ago

Rubin Observatory 6d ago

Did you know YOU will be able to work on NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory data in your free time as a volunteer scientist? 🫵

We've partnered with the Zooniverse, a platform where researchers build projects for volunteer scientists. Find out more at rubinobservatory.org/explore/citizen-science

📷: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/DOE/NSF/AURA/B. Quint

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V Martín 6d ago

@AkaSci there's a recent lovely presentation & current status by Tracy Drain, mission Chief Engineer, her talk starts at 10:20
https://youtu.be/N3uD1wU3w2A

#EuropaClipper

Europa Clipper - The Adventure Begins! - Tracy Drain

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Rubin Observatory Jun 5

🇺🇸 The U.S. Data Facility at SLAC in California houses the main data processing, archive, and access center. They will process about a quarter of Rubin's annual data releases, in addition to the initial processing to identify cosmic changes in near-real-time

🇫🇷 The France Data Facility at CC-IN2P3, the Computing Center at the French National Institution of Nuclear and Particle Physics, will process 40% of Rubin’s data, and keep a backup copy of all the raw data.

not crickets 🤣

PERSEVERANCE 1516 © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T

Gigapan - http://retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/237446
GIGAmacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/S9q1QCwcsf2c3rQa?x1=22292.00&y1=-11672.00&res1=25.40&rot1=0.00
Gigapan Website - http://www.nev-t-gigamacros.com/
#Mars #science #NASA

V Martín Jun 5

Daniel Pomarède Jun 5

An accidental discovery: astronomers find a spiral structure in the Oort cloud by chance after data from a simulation were visualized in preparation of a new space show at the Hayden Planetarium

☑️ news https://apnews.com/article/museum-planetarium-oort-cloud-b0050c65ebff830812b505cdd8c476ec
☑️ research paper https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adbf9b

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #SolarSystem #OortCloud #Planetarium #HaydenPlanetarium #visualization #science #news #STEM #simulation #comet #comets