Are instrumentalists the goalies of astrophysics.
November 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Are instrumentalists the goalies of astrophysics.
Lumina, a huge computer model laden with complex astrophysics, is giving scientists a breathtaking (and record-breaking!) virtual view of the young universe emerging from the cosmic “dark ages.”
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Scientists have created the biggest and best cosmic simulation yet
Lumina, a huge computer model laden with complex astrophysics, is giving scientists a breathtaking virtual view of the young universe
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November 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Lumina, a huge computer model laden with complex astrophysics, is giving scientists a breathtaking (and record-breaking!) virtual view of the young universe emerging from the cosmic “dark ages.”
sciam.com/article/reco...
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I’m not actually a professor of astrophysics. I’m a professor of paperwork. 🫠
November 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I’m not actually a professor of astrophysics. I’m a professor of paperwork. 🫠
It’s not even real astrophysics or astronomy it’s just fucking being obsessed with rich assholes who have rockets 
November 15, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It’s not even real astrophysics or astronomy it’s just fucking being obsessed with rich assholes who have rockets 
we already have a space agency run by phds in astrophysics.
We call it NASA
We call it NASA
November 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
we already have a space agency run by phds in astrophysics.
We call it NASA
We call it NASA
Astronomers saw something strange in a distant star system—or, rather, what’s strange is what they didn’t see. Solving the mystery could reveal new astrophysics
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Newfound invisible object in space could be a rare supermassive neutron star
Astronomers saw something strange in a distant star system—or, rather, what’s strange is what they didn’t see. Solving the mystery could reveal new astrophysics
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November 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Astronomers saw something strange in a distant star system—or, rather, what’s strange is what they didn’t see. Solving the mystery could reveal new astrophysics
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wake up babe new CJS appropriations bill dropped 👀
![A screenshot of the CJS bill that says "Habitable Worlds Observatory_[HWO].—The Committee supports
HWO as recommended by the Decadal
Survey on Astronomy and
Astrophysics, "Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s" [Astro2020]. In order to cement continued American leadership in astronomy, the
Committee provides
$300,000,000 for the Habitable Worlds Observatory to expedite development and enable a launch in the mid-2030s. These funds shall be used to finalize the reference architecture within 6 months and to form a National Team to refine the ultra-stable observatory, servicing, and coronagraph technologies needed for a serviceable, segmented off-axis optical telescope of no less than 8-meters in diameter with appropriate ultraviolet coatings and instrumentation to observe habitable exoplanets and detect atmospheric oxygen on Barth-like planets around Sun-like stars. HWO shall contain no deep-cryogenic architecture, should employ active, adaptive seg-mented-mirror control sufficient for high-contrast exoplanet obser-inton aid instrumed to ficus on em Canie ee ete
science capabilities of HWO: (1) direct imaging and spectroscopy of Earth-like exoplanets, including atmospheric oxygen detection, and
(2) on a tightly scoped core optical and ultraviolet astrophysics capability that extends Hubble's legacy. Given the serviceability of the Observatory, the Tier 1, first-generation instruments should not be on the critical path to a mid-2030s launch. Other "Tier 2" instruments,
including possible foreign partner contributions,
shoula be designed to be installable on launch, it ready, or on a tu• cure servicing mission. The Committee recognizes the work of the Community Science and Instrument Team in defining Tier 1 in-struments." and the phrase "no less than 8-meters" has been highlighted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kifd2paoxvt7qkgfvwmg6cog/bafkreicw2g2ywllwkwkiu3xdj7utlxxx4dwohd324v6d6x5dp2ara6zoqy)
November 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
wake up babe new CJS appropriations bill dropped 👀
Astrophysics lesson
November 15, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Astrophysics lesson
I used to live next door to an astrophysics PhD student who told me that calories are determined by blasting apart food and measuring the resulting heat. "That's not really how the body works so you can ignore it," she said haha
The calorie is a scientific measurement of energy, but it was used by racists, sexists, and capitalists to further their beliefs, even when they contradicted www.weareravenous.com/how-the-calo...
How the Calorie Ruined Everything
For over 100 years, the calorie has dominated conversations about health, fitness, and the food economy. In our interview with Dr. Nina Mackert, she explains how that was a choice influenced by capita...
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November 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I used to live next door to an astrophysics PhD student who told me that calories are determined by blasting apart food and measuring the resulting heat. "That's not really how the body works so you can ignore it," she said haha
Record-breaking simulation sheds light on cosmic ‘dark ages’ www.scientificamerican.com/article/reco...
Scientists have created the biggest and best cosmic simulation yet
Lumina, a huge computer model laden with complex astrophysics, is giving scientists a breathtaking virtual view of the young universe
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Record-breaking simulation sheds light on cosmic ‘dark ages’ www.scientificamerican.com/article/reco...
This is like listening to David Allen Coe explain astrophysics.
November 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is like listening to David Allen Coe explain astrophysics.
🔵 The #ICCUB just celebrated its 20th anniversary! Two days of world-class science — from quantum physics to astrophysics — capped by a keynote from Nobel Laureate Adam Riess on the discovery of dark energy
Thank you all!
🔗 bit.ly/4iOH9Xz
#Astrophysics #Cosmology #ParticlePhysics @ub.edu
Thank you all!
🔗 bit.ly/4iOH9Xz
#Astrophysics #Cosmology #ParticlePhysics @ub.edu
November 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
🔵 The #ICCUB just celebrated its 20th anniversary! Two days of world-class science — from quantum physics to astrophysics — capped by a keynote from Nobel Laureate Adam Riess on the discovery of dark energy
Thank you all!
🔗 bit.ly/4iOH9Xz
#Astrophysics #Cosmology #ParticlePhysics @ub.edu
Thank you all!
🔗 bit.ly/4iOH9Xz
#Astrophysics #Cosmology #ParticlePhysics @ub.edu
November 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Waiting for Brian Cox in 3Arena, Dublin. Binoculars would have been useful 😅 #astrophysics #cosmology #emergence
November 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Waiting for Brian Cox in 3Arena, Dublin. Binoculars would have been useful 😅 #astrophysics #cosmology #emergence
oc lore so dire and complex im reading up on astrophysics. 🚶
November 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
oc lore so dire and complex im reading up on astrophysics. 🚶
No way. You got a doctorate in astrophysics? 😂
November 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
No way. You got a doctorate in astrophysics? 😂
We should absolutely fund SapceX. We should remove it from the hands of a trillionaire nazi and make it a fed funded space agency run by phds in astrophysics. We need to fincially ruin nazis.
November 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We should absolutely fund SapceX. We should remove it from the hands of a trillionaire nazi and make it a fed funded space agency run by phds in astrophysics. We need to fincially ruin nazis.
ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Jan 13, 2020)
Multiple images of a distant quasar, distorted by gravitational lensing from a foreground galaxy, reveal insights into the universe's expansion.
esahubble.org/images/opo2004a/
Multiple images of a distant quasar, distorted by gravitational lensing from a foreground galaxy, reveal insights into the universe's expansion.
esahubble.org/images/opo2004a/
November 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Jan 13, 2020)
Multiple images of a distant quasar, distorted by gravitational lensing from a foreground galaxy, reveal insights into the universe's expansion.
esahubble.org/images/opo2004a/
Multiple images of a distant quasar, distorted by gravitational lensing from a foreground galaxy, reveal insights into the universe's expansion.
esahubble.org/images/opo2004a/
calling someone top of their class in astrophysics a "sweetie" and doting on them and pressing my lips to their face mwah no need for silly old nerd stuff anymore cutie
November 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
calling someone top of their class in astrophysics a "sweetie" and doting on them and pressing my lips to their face mwah no need for silly old nerd stuff anymore cutie
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Jun 5, 2023)
The GOODS-S field reveals over 45,000 galaxies, including those from when the Universe was less than 600 million years old, captured by #JWST and #NIRCam.
esawebb.org/images/JADES3/
The GOODS-S field reveals over 45,000 galaxies, including those from when the Universe was less than 600 million years old, captured by #JWST and #NIRCam.
esawebb.org/images/JADES3/
November 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Jun 5, 2023)
The GOODS-S field reveals over 45,000 galaxies, including those from when the Universe was less than 600 million years old, captured by #JWST and #NIRCam.
esawebb.org/images/JADES3/
The GOODS-S field reveals over 45,000 galaxies, including those from when the Universe was less than 600 million years old, captured by #JWST and #NIRCam.
esawebb.org/images/JADES3/
Sometimes a star vanishes without a trace.
According to theory, it can happen when a massive, aging star abruptly collapses into a black hole. Now it seems we're finding those stellar black holes. We can't see their light--but we can "see" their gravity. 🔭🧪
www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...
According to theory, it can happen when a massive, aging star abruptly collapses into a black hole. Now it seems we're finding those stellar black holes. We can't see their light--but we can "see" their gravity. 🔭🧪
www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...
November 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Do we live in a simulation? I sincerely doubt it, but *we* can simulate the universe pretty well, and it's telling us how things got hot and charged up 13 billion years ago. Read stuff I wrote:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/reco...
🧪 🔭
www.scientificamerican.com/article/reco...
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Scientists have created the biggest and best cosmic simulation yet
Lumina, a huge computer model laden with complex astrophysics, is giving scientists a breathtaking virtual view of the young universe
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Do we live in a simulation? I sincerely doubt it, but *we* can simulate the universe pretty well, and it's telling us how things got hot and charged up 13 billion years ago. Read stuff I wrote:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/reco...
🧪 🔭
www.scientificamerican.com/article/reco...
🧪 🔭