Doug 🔭

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Human Dad to 1, 🐱 Dad to 4. Sci-fi nerd, nature lover, and board gamer.

Studying Astronomical and Planetary Sciences at ASU. Interested in exoplanets.

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Go ESA!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0oF...

Ariane 6 first flight (Official broadcast)www.youtube.com Launch update, 9 July 16:00 CEST: As part of standard operations in the Ariane 6 preparation after mobile gantry removal, routine checks in the ground segmen...

Late in the day, but fitting for this group. 🔭 Strands #118 “It's way over your head” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵 www.nytimes.com/games/strands

Play Strands, our newest word-search game with a twist.www.nytimes.com The objective? Use every letter on the board to find today’s linked words plus their hidden theme. A new puzzle is added daily.

It's heartening to read that I'm not alone on this journey of pursuing something like this later in life. I'm older than many of those in the article, but it still adds extra hope and encouragement for me. I don't believe it will be easy, but nothing worth it ever is! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How researchers navigate a PhD later in lifewww.nature.com Personal circumstances and commitments often add to the pressures faced by older graduate students. Nature sought advice from some who have risen to the challenge. Personal circumstances and commitmen...

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Elle Cordova on Instagram: "Subatomic particles discuss a few shady characters and the fate of their beloved Universe Saloon #quark #higgsboson #quantummechanics #particlephysics #entropy #heatdeath ...www.instagram.com 17K likes, 477 comments - ellecordova on June 21, 2024: "Subatomic particles discuss a few shady characters and the fate of their beloved Universe Saloon #quark #higgsboson #quantummechanics...".

Lazy coworkers! But so cute!

Click-bate title, but Dr. Janna Levin does a nice job talking the public through this. 🔭🪐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCi7...

New study finds potential alien mega-structures known as 'dyson spheres'www.youtube.com A group of researchers have identified at least seven stars that might be surrounded by advanced alien mega-structures known as "dyson spheres." NBC News' Ellison Barber speaks with Janna Levin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, about the findings and whether the truth is out there. » Subscribe to NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/NBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows. Connect with NBC News Online! Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 Visit NBCNews.Com: https://www.nbcnews.com/ Find NBC News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews Follow NBC News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NBCNews Get more of NBC News delivered to your inbox: nbcnews.com/newsletters #Aliens #Space #DysonSphere

When the world of Physics enters the world of word games… words in today’s Connections from the NYT. 🧪

Post your space art… 🔭

Who has an ORCID? Is it worth getting one? 🔭

Has everyone here seen this? John Green and @astrokatie.com talk about the entire history of the universe, in an easy to understand, yet in depth discussion. They are about 1/2 of the way through now, and JUST got to the first galaxies forming. 🔭 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Crash Course Pods: The Universewww.youtube.com Dr. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist, walks #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green through the history of the entire universe - including th...

Ok, bragging time *again. Finished my second Astronomy course at ASU again with an A, but most proud of the below comment on my final project from my professor. Final project was an "update" to the course material on Exoplanet research since the material was recorded in 2015.

Assembling all my (new) gear to attempt to photograph the solar eclipse on 08-April. I'm about 2 hours from totality, so I'll be making the trek. Hoping for clear skies here in the Northeast. 🔭

Started my third class at ASU this week - AST111 - Intro to Solar Systems Astronomy. 🔭

Great interview with exoplanet atmosphere researcher Dr. Hannah Diamond-Lowe. She talks about her Hot Rocks Survey project, and her involvement with the Beacon Hill Seminar series. Give it a listen! 🔭 astrophiz.com/2024/02/15/a...

Astrophiz 186: Dr Hannah Diamond-Lowe ~ Observing Exoplanet Atmospheresastrophiz.com Listen: https://soundcloud.com/astrophiz/astrophiz186-dr-hannah-diamond-lowe-observing-exoplanet-atmospheres Brendan: Welcome to the 2024 season of the Astrophiz Podcasts. My name is Brend...

Great 6 part series from @spacetelescope.bsky.social on the basics of Spectroscopy, and how JWST employs it for research. 🔭🧪 webbtelescope.org/contents/art...

Great article highlighting what JWST has been able to shed light on over the past 18 months in the field of exoplanet research! I love reading/learning about this, and I'm excited to see what the next generations of telescopes will allow us (me hopefully included) to see! 🔭🪐

We are now more than 18 months into JWST science operations. How have astronomers used JWST to study exoplanets? What have we learned from all this beautiful new data about planets around other stars? 🪐🔭🧪 Learn more: webbtelescope.org/contents/art...

Can I brag on here for a moment? Wednesday evening, I completed my first college course in 25 years, wrapping up the Habitable Worlds class through Arizona State University. My final grade, a 99.27%! I'm ecstatic about that! This is the first step in my journey towards becoming an astrophysicist! 🔭

Adding to Astronomy feed 🔭. Can someone add to the physics feed?

Physics teachers. This site is great for Astrophysics and investigating stellar evolution in particular! #ITeachPhysics starinabox.lco.global

Would it be through the signs of Aurorae on exoplanets that we can infer a magnetic field, or do we have other ways of detecting a magnetic field on an exoplanet? 🪐

New James Webb release: Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf. webbtelescope.org/contents/new... 🔭 🧪

Just submitted my final project for my "Habitable Worlds" class at ASU with a score of 258.83/260 or 99.55%. We had to find 1 of 10 potentially habitable planets in a simulated galaxy of 500 stars using what we learned throughout the course. I thoroughly enjoyed this course, especially the project 🔭

🔭 #AAS243 I'm not there, but I do have 5 BlueSky codes to share for anyone in the field! Reach out to me for one!

My girlfriend’s father owns a used bookstore in central PA, and had this gem of a find in the science stacks. I had to grab it. Wonder how much of it still holds true to what we know today? 🔭🪐

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Libraries are arguably the best thing the United states has going. They are not just book collections. They are free public space, job finding lifelines, connections to family genealogy, vital resources for parents. Libraries should be funded, utilized, and universally accessible

Gen Z and Millennials are using public libraries, both in person and digitally, at higher rates compared to older generations, according to a new report released by ALA. www.ala.org/advocacy/sit...

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🔭 - Confused here - In the video linked, they state that the blob of gas orbits Sag A* every 70 minutes, and emits gamma rays at Earth every 76 minutes (those don't line up). They also state that the blob of gas is destroyed after one orbit of Sag A*. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBHP...

The Mystery of the Gamma-Ray Blob Around the Milky Way’s Black Holewww.youtube.com In this episode, we explore a strange and amazing discovery of a blob of gas that is orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way gala...

Kerbal Space Program is on-sale now through 18-Dec in Steam for 75% off in the US. Think I'll pick this up for that price. 🔭 store.steampowered.com/app/220200/K...

Save 75% on Kerbal Space Program on Steamstore.steampowered.com In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t...

Heard the authors @weinersmith.bsky.social and @zachweinersmith.bsky.social interviewed on a podcast a couple weeks ago, and immediately put the book on my to read list. Got lucky this weekend at a small local bookshop where I found a signed copy! Squeee!!! 🔭

Decided to try my hand at the Advent of Code this year as a way to teach myself Python, since it's used so heavily in Astronomy. My background is a Java developer (self-taught there too), so this should be fun. My solution for Day 01 isn't elegant, but it's done, and it returns the correct answer. 🔭

WANT!

This poster visualizes over 800 of known exoplanets believed to be rocky or terrestrial, arranged by the amount of heat they receive, comparing their relative sizes and providing a window to how they might look like. see: Halcyon Maps www.halcyonmaps.com/terrestrial-... #astrobiology #exoplanet

Planetary K-Index is low now, but keep an eye on this over the next day or so, thanks to the CME that could reach G3 levels! 🔭 www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/pla...

Planetary K-index | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Centerwww.swpc.noaa.gov

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Heads up, friends. A Class 4 Geomagnetic storm is headed our way for end of this week! There should be lots of nice aurora, even getting to mid-latitudes. If you get to a dark sky, and have a phone that can do 30-sec exposures, you should be able to catch them. Point towards the N/S poles. 🔭🧪