Edward Gomez

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Astronomer, coder, science outreach enthusiast and sometimes musician. Dad of twins. Exhausted. He/him.
Githubhttps://github.com/zemogle
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Gair y Dydd: dinas https://geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?dinas
Ar y dydd hwn yn 1905, breiniwyd Caerdydd â statws dinas mewn cydnabyddiaeth o'i llwyddiannau economaidd a diwydiannol.

Gair y dydd: dinas 'city' https://geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?dinas
On this day in 1905, Cardiff achieved city status in recognition of its economic and industrial successes.

Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru

New rule: If you vote for Trump this time around you are forever obliged to root for the nazis in all movies you ever see.

No, you can't have Captain America and vote for Trump. Cap would punch him.

You also have to cheer, every time an American soldier falls in every movie.

If you can't do that, don't vote Trump.

#KamalaHarris4Potus2024 #Trump #NaziScum

We are excited to invite you to a momentous celebration—the 40th anniversary of the SETI Institute! This special occasion will celebrate our legacy of scientific discovery while looking forward to the next 40 years.

When:
November 20, 2024, from 6 - 9 pm

Where:
Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club
2900 Sand Hill Rd
Menlo Park, CA 94025 US

Get your tickets today: https://events.idonate.com/40thcelebration

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Watch this satellite obliterate the Kuiper Belt object moving through this set of images.

The dumb satellite is so bright that our auto-detect software threw out the whole stack, because it destroyed the average brightness.

It pisses me off to no end that my taxpayer-funded telescope time is now less and less effective because of one for-profit private company.

(P.S. software dudes: please don't try to mansplain workarounds, believe me, a LOT of astronomers are working hard on this)

Although the “revelation” that folx at Fox knew that they were broadcasting lies about trump’s loss in 2020 shouldn’t surprise anyone, what you should find concerning is the fact that fear of damaging shareholder value was driving the decisions which resulted in levels of chaos and destruction not seen in our lifetime

This highlights the ethical conundrums when we adopt a shareholder ONLY lens

Designing for diversity – what makes people pick up a science magazine? – Physics World

Jemima Coleman and Wendy Sadler say that science magazines have a responsibility to ensure that science is accessible and inclusive for all

Physics World
The bottom of this bag of coffee has better UX than a lot of apps out there.

Today, December 1st, is #WorldAidsDay.

Here's a post about how lucky I am.

https://telescoper.blog/2021/02/27/the-reason-im-alive/

The Reason I’m Alive

For a variety of reasons I’ve always considered myself to have been exceptionally lucky, but last week I got news that increased still further the extent of this sense of good fortune. I hesi…

In the Dark

Colliding exoplanets around a distant star. The explosion was first seen by NEOWISE and the dimming was caught by @lco - forming a new astronomical object - a "Synestia"!
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/11/afterglow-cataclysmic-collision-between-two-planets-seen-for-first-time

I was very pleased to be (a very small) part of this amazing work.

#astronomy #astrophysics

Afterglow of cataclysmic collision between two planets seen for first time

Collision of two ice giant planets produced hot, spinning object potentially hundreds of times the size of Earth

The Guardian
Happy Ada Lovelace day - Why not take the joy of science home with free Ada's Adventures in Science comics #ald23
https://www.adacomic.uk/comics/
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