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In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help astronomers find a supernova right as it begins. www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/dune... 🧪 #physics

me staring at my data

Light from supernova 1987A reached Earth #OTD in 1987. The Hubble space telescope captured this spectacular image for the 30 year anniversary in 2017. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ Credits: NASA, ESA, R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation), M. Mutchler and R. Avila (STScI)

Fantastic end-of-year essay by @edzitron.com on how and why tech has gotten so bad

writing a big "W" on the chalkboard in front of the world OMELAS to invent Womelas, the Omelas for women. everyone in the boardroom cheers

can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no

New #JWST image just dropped 🔭🐡🧪

Been playing a fun game with VSCode lately where on opening, it tells me it needs to restart for an update - I restart it - and on opening, it tells me it needs to restart for an update - I restart it - and on opening…

Mods are asleep post jellies

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This #NASAWebb image of Supernova 1987A shows the structures created before and after the explosion. The keyhole was formed from ejected material afterward, while the equatorial ring was made from material ejected thousands of years beforehand: bit.ly/482PSxW 🔭 🧪

NGC 6946 — the Fireworks Galaxy, also object 12 in the Caldwell catalog — sits between the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus. 🧪 Image: NASA, ESA and L. Ho (Peking University); processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

Bristol pubs just built different

Have been quiet on here for a while, mainly recovering from finishing my MSc degree… so feels like a great time to post the most chaotic plots I managed to (accidentally) make while doing it Starting off strong with the oops!all contours plot

The Astropy Project, developers of an open-source software used to analyze astronomical data—which STScI has contributed to since 2011—has been awarded the 2025 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work by AAS: bit.ly/3B08mmF 🔭 🧪

they have acquired tools for inflicting serious harm on other students and themselves

Rings Around the Ring Nebula - © Robert Gendler - Photo - HD Photo - About Astronomy Picture Of the Day #astrophotos Maintained by @shinyakato.dev 🔭 READ MORE 🔭

hep-ex paper of the day: for stars within 500pc of us, SuperK+KamLAND are sensitive to supernova neutrinos---but not just from the core collapse! They'll also see the final hours (up to a day!) of runaway nuclear heating! AND the signal is strongly mass-hierarchy sensitive via the MSW effect! 🧪⚛️

Mmmm data