A stunning snapshot in time. The Artemis II crew captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way. The Milky Way’s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA.

Starstruck

A breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, captured by the Artemis II crew, with a Nikon Z9 camera. Credit: NASA.

flic.kr/p/2s6mmUT #Artemis 🔭🧪

The answer to the last question is clear: it can’t. I’m not aware of any example in history where the “business community” ever prevented authoritarianism or a tyranny.

Hyperscale Cloud Under Fire: What the Middle East Drone Attacks Mean for Africa’s Digital Future and AI Ambitions By Ben Roberts April 2026 It would be very careless of Africa to keep pouring our Digital, and increasingly our Artificial Intelligence future into a handful of distant “cloud fortresses” while igno...

Following #Iran 's drone attacks on #AWS, Ben Roberts, who’s built internet infrastructure in #Kenya and other African countries for decades, blogs that especially #Africa needs more of the original internet’s decentralised and distributed resilience.

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(S+) Amazon: Drohnenangriffe auf AWS-Rechenzentren zeigen, wie verwundbar die Cloud ist Iranische Drohnen haben in der Golfregion AWS-Rechenzentren angegriffen und dadurch auch Fahrdienste und Bezahlapps außer Gefecht gesetzt. Nun diskutieren Experten, ob die kritische Infrastruktur in K...

Last week, drone attacks damaged several data centers of the Amazon cloud subsidiary AWS in the Gulf region. In the United Arab Emirates, two data centers were directly affected, and in Bahrain another facility of the group was damaged by a "drone attack in the immediate vicinity".

My strongest held opinion in science.

I hope they didn’t forget the „from hamas“..

Last night, I shot a 60fps 1-minute phone video through my 10“ f/5 Dob with a 13mm Nagler and Paracorr. Here’s a short snippet of it.

One can see Io and Europa „leading“ it, blinking in and out.

It was a bit windy at times but seeing was ok. I hope to process it today.

#astrophotography

»Zunehmend mehr Raum für antiisraelische Akteure an Unis« Im Gespräch mit Elisa Mercier beschreibt Andreas Stahl die an Universitäten weit verbreitete Haltung gegenüber Israel und warum sie dort so stark geworden ist.

Im Gespräch mit Elisa Mercier beschreibt Andreas Stahl, Leiter der Beratungsstelle gegen Antisemitismus an Hochschulen in Nordrhein-Westfalen, die an den akademischen Institutionen weit verbreitete Haltung gegenüber Israel und warum sie dort so stark an Einfluss gewonnen hat.

🤦🏿‍♂️Actually, nevermind.

Why is everything like this?

The author supposedly went on an anti-woke, right-wing podcast to promote the movie while trashing other books and movies that do have a "woke" message or that have inclusive representation? But... why?

Why was that necessary?

Roland Borchers wird neuer Direktor der Stiftung Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung Kompromiss statt Klüngel: Roland Borchers wird neuer Direktor der Stiftung Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung. Aber er übernimmt keinen ruhigen Museumstanker, sondern ein Schiff im Sturm.

Die parteipol. Einflussnahme auf staatl Vergangenheitspolitik ist beängstigend. Union setzt im Bunde mit Vertriebenen die Ablsöung von Gundula Bavendamm durch, wohl weil sie das Schicksal der Vertriebenen zu sehr mit dt. Eroberungskrieg verband /2
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Können wir darüber sprechen, was für ein krasser Tabubruch es ist, wenn eine Regierung offen zugibt, politisch nicht auf Linie stehende Organisationen zu bekämpfen? Und dabei ausgerechnet Demokratiebildung in Deutschland einstampft?

The first quarter Moon with many craters and mountains visible along the terminator which goes from top to bottom.

The Moon tonight.

Phone through telescope (10“ Dob, 30mm UFF eye piece, Paracorr). 48 x 0.001s with the AstroShader app. Edited in AstroShader and final touches in iOS Photos.

#astrophoto

Sorry to hear that 😕but at least they’re not lost completely 🙂

The data in deleted files is not necessarily immediately erased. There are tools which might be able to restore. But it depends on operating system, type of drive and type of format of the partition. Eg on Mac I‘ve used CardRaider to recover photos a few times.

On the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay, we had a chat with Julienne Böttger, a PhD student at our Optical Engineering Department.

Her mission? Helping telescopes capture the sharpest possible images of the cosmos.

Discover her story in our video 👇

🔭 🧪

Siroos Mirzawi Was führte zu meinem Rücktritt

Rücktritt bei Amnesty: Siroos Mirzaei, seit 30 Jahren Sprecher der Amnesty Ärztegruppe in 🇦🇹 ist zurückgetreten.

Grund sind offenbar seine Kontakte zur iranischen Opposition.

Kannst Du nicht erfinden.

+ #astrophotography

It is a royal PITA to do this, I can now tell you from experience. Please do it anyway. The instructions are clear and correct. Plug through. It matters.

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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

Two satellite proposals threaten the night sky — Submit a comment to the FCC

(deadlines today and 9th March)

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#astronomy #lightpollution

Via @darkskyintl.bsky.social

The most insane one on this list is Kenya, which saw a +18 improvement from 2013. If you know anything about Kenya that's a pretty wild shift.

Hallo ihr lieben Sessel-Antifaschisten. Es gibt da ein Volk, das seit fast fünfzig Jahren gegen eine faschistische Diktatur kämpft, die nicht nur das eigene Volk unterdrückt sonder weltweit Hass und Gewalt sät. Wenn euer Antifaschismus nicht nur performative Show ist, dann steht jetzt auf.
#FreeIran

Well, it's been a busy day prepping for my upcoming appearance in Westminster👇. The chocolate is all gone. This thread contains evidenced statistics to support the continued (not cut) funding for UK particle, astro and nuclear physics (PPAN). Thanks to everyone who contributed today! 🧵

„Eine Heizung ist Privatsache, solange sie ausgeschaltet bleibt. Aber wenn Emissionen verursacht werden, betrifft das die Allgemeinheit, denn kein Mensch hat sein privates Klima. … Klimaschutz ist keine Laune von Robert Habeck, sondern eine vom Bundesverfassungsgericht festgestellte Pflicht …“

The streaks remind me of the legendary Pale Blue Dot image— declare them not a bug, but a feature! Now you shot your own Pale White Ghost image 😁

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
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A somewhat blurry image of Jupiter. However the cloud bands and Great Red Spot are clearly visible, and some festoons are hinted at.

This was shot with an old Logitech C270, with the lens removed and the cam stuck into a 1.25” T-piece of pipe, which fits into the focuser after some filing.
However this was more an exercise in repurposing equipment that I already had. Modern much better planetary cams start at $150…

Does anyone have a recommendation for an Android TV dongle that is 1) not vendor locked, 2) can be powered by a TV usb without data loss, 3) can work entirely offline, 4) with CEC, and 5) preferably 4K?

The use case is mainly streaming over LAN, with no internet access.