Daniel Probst

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Currently working on #cheminformatics, #bioinformatics, sociology of #science, and some #astronomy @ EPFL.

Computer scientist, Bioinformatician, PhD in #Chemistry and Molecular Sciences. Interested in all the sciences. Materialist. Fan of #cats, #Punk Rock, and #Hockey.

Websitehttps://danielprobst.science
Podcast (German)https://interessant.science
Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TNNgroIAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-4407

TIL: You can see planets (and their moons) during the day.

(Source: https://www.planetary.org/space-images/jupiter-in-daylight)

Jupiter in Daylight

If you know where to look, you can find planets in the daytime. This image of Jupiter was captured by The Rogue Astronaut in 2020. Jupiter's moon Europa is the dot seen at the right.

The Planetary Society
How it started & how it's going.
Is Alanis Morissette on Mastodon yet? I would like to show her this prime example of irony.
Twitter Drama

The sun is visible to the naked eye for up to ~60 light-years away from earth.
For comparison: Deneb, the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus, is 2,600 light-years away from us. The farthest star that is just visible to the naked eye is 16,308 light-years away.

(Image source: Torsten Bronger)

Tech bros and Twitter drama

Best science meme I've seen in a while.

(Source: Unknown, multiple reddit posts)

What does a lunar eclipse look like from the Moon?

What does a lunar eclipse look like from the Moon?

Discover Magazine
By Michael de Adder.
Twitter (Parody)