We finally have a shortlist for finding life beyond Earth—and it could reshape SETI.
A new catalog of 45 potentially habitable rocky planets marks a shift: less about dramatic discoveries, more about converging evidence and focused exploration.
My take
www.seti.org/news/we-fina...
I just filled out my claim form. *Any* authors out there, search on that site and see if you're part of this as well.
Sad to report the death of "FGS" - Sir Francis Graham Smith, Astronomer Royal 1982-90, pioneering radio astronomer, and formerly director of the Royal Greenwich Obsy. Herstmonceux, where in 1978 he was very kind to an obnoxious 17-year-old intern. FGS was still an active scientist at age 102 !!
This is pretty clear and obvious to me, but it doesn't seem to register with far-right theocrats.
Siempre es un buen día cuando tenemos a @CondeFabregat
y a @FredyRegio
hablando de más #DatosCuriosos ... ahora con gatos voladores y changos a la "Hannibal Lecter" www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlfk...
TODAY 6/14/25, we peacefully make our voices heard... NO KINGS!* 🇺🇸
*Also NO: CONVICTED FELONS/PATHOLOGICAL LIARS/DRAFT DODGERS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS/SHORT-FINGERED VULGARIANS/MALIGNANT NARCISSISTS & ANYONE WHO INCITED AN INSURRECTION IN AN ATTEMPTED COUP AGAINST HIS OWN COUNTRY a/k/a TRAITORS ✊
Hij is klaar!! Mijn nieuwe olieverf schilderij "Bizonder" - My newest oil painting is finished! 😊 ❤️#bison #oilpainting #painting #realpaint #grass #butterflies #ladybug #art #artwork #fantasyart
What we value in CIVILIZATION: Agriculture, Architecture, the Arts, Transportation, Communication, Health, Wealth, Security.
All pivot on enlightened investments in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, & Mathematics. "STEAM".
Without them, we descend into the Dark Ages.
Agradecida con la vida, con la familia, con los amigos, y con toda la abundancia que nos rodea. Mi corazón rebosa de felicidad. ¡Gracias!
You get E. coli and you get E. coli and you get E. coli... and the CDC no longer warns you!
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Por primera vez en décadas, de la pesadilla en la que nunca encuentro el auto en un estacionamiento laberíntico... anoche ¡por fin encontré mi auto!
Whoa. At about 11 seconds remaining it really looks like the old Viking photo. I used to do a whole talk on the Face on Mars BS.
When I use Google now I just automatically scroll past the AI summaries like they’re banner ads
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou48...
The American Astronomical Society — the largest organization of professional astronomers in the country — has put out a statment about Trump's proposed fatal cuts to NASA science.
aas.org/press/aas-st...
In the past few business days President Trump has wiped out 10 percent of my retirement savings. And now we know that these tariffs were put in place for zero reason, calculated using an equation which makes no sense, and came from the President’s trade advisor Peter Navarro who used a source he literally made up out of thin air. I want to know if the Congressman is going to allow Trump to continue to destroy the retirements of thousands of people in his district — oh, and by the way, allow prices to go up, people to lose their jobs, and usher in a recession — or is he going to stand up against this insanity and actually do something reign it in?
I just called my MAGA Representative and left him the following message (text in ALT).
Congrats to the WI voters and Judge Crawford!
Musk poured a ton of money into this race and flagrantly violated all kinds of laws to do so. So in a very real sense she beat him as well. The fact that you just know her being a woman burns him is just icing.
Mars is awesome.
BTW the filters used and the color processing of the image make basaltic rock look blue. By eye it would actually be dark gray. But look at those dunes!
No se pierdan el nuevo episodio de "La Mitoteca" del @CondeFabregat y aprendan sobre la diosa del amanecer youtu.be/ubPH0oWUTe8?...
Te ves tan joven y vibrante como cuando nos conocimos en SETIcon
A mask ban on top of RFK Jr. spouting anti-vax garbage is a recipe for pandemic. I'm not sure what to do to take pro-active action here — boycotting Columbia may not be realistic — but I will continue to raise awareness in the hope that someone who does know will take notice.
This thread is incredible. Poetic and sharp.
Quick little health-related thread:
There are measles outbreaks happening in the US & Canada because of pockets of very low vaccination rates.
I wondered if maybe I might need an update to my vaccines. I got them in the usual way as a kid, but sometimes immunity doesn’t last. So I asked my doctor.
Manifest your dreams & desires: visualize, surround yourself with items that correspond with your intent, use affirmations, cast a manifestation spell, write down your goals & dreams, let go release all resistance.
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Source: @craftingwitch
Measles had been declared eradicated in the United States with the last death reported in 2015.
Until this year. Two dead--so far.
And the Secretary of Health is claiming (falsely) that we can cure it with vitamin A.
Vaccinate your damn kids.