Quark-gluon

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I work mostly in the time domain so for me the question is “When bother with something so difficult and abstract?”

Reminder: we are hiring a Research Software Engineer @flatironinstitute.org !

Back to work to save science funding! All you need to know about the FY2027 Budget Request The president’s budget requests for NASA and the NSF were released last week. We summarizes the major cuts and their impacts while providing resources to help fight back against this attack on science...

From Tori Bonidie and Skylar Grayson: The president’s budget requests for NASA and the NSF were released last week. We summarizes the major cuts and their impacts while providing resources to help fight back against this attack on science. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/04/16/budget-request-fy2027/

I would add “Cannonball” by The Breeders

The Secret Language of Astrophysics Plots Ever been confused by a plot online or in a paper? This post decodes the secret language of astrophysics plots so you can finally read the universe like a pro.

From @jaydewst.bsky.social: Ever been confused by a plot online or in a paper? This post decodes the secret language of astrophysics plots so you can finally read the universe like a pro. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/04/17/secrets-of-plots-in-astro/

Seven years and counting is my current personal best.

Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has finished the most detailed survey of the universe to date, and the resulting map will help researchers understand an apparent weakening of dark ener...

"With so much data, there will be scientific breakthroughs about the nature of the universe, says Lahav, but we have also probably caught unusual one-off cosmological incidents that lead to exciting research."

www.newscientist.com/article/2520...

The graphical depiction shows the central region of the galaxy Mrk 501 at a frequency of 43 gigahertz on three different days. The contours indicate the intensity of the emission, while the grey circles mark bright regions within the jet, identified through model calculations. One can track the movement of the jets by following the movement of these regions. The previously known jet (Jet 1, orange guide line) pointing towards Earth is clearly visible. The newly discovered second jet (Jet 2, blue) changed its appearance within a few weeks. Both particle streams originate close to each other in the core of the galaxy. The position of the black hole (BH) associated with Jet 1 is marked with an arrow.

Astronomers have discovered two supermassive black holes that seem headed for an imminent collision.

These two black holes are so close that they could merge in just 100 years. And their radiation & jets changed dramatically over the course of a few days. 🧪🔭

www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressrelease...

Exclave-enclave inception

Your point works either way since the name of the show comes from the inscription on the Apollo 11 plaque: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."

Large or bright satellite constellations: Effects on observations, including on the background sky brightness This study evaluates the effect of proposed constellations -- ranging from current deployments to mega-constellations and very bright reflector concepts -- on direct trail losses, diffuse background, ...

Nice new (peer-reviewed) analysis of the impact of satellite constellations on ground-based astronomical observations. By Olivier Hainault from @eso.org 🔭https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09427

A periwinkle flower in full bloom.

Blue grape hyacinth flowers.

Light pink colored hyacinth flowers

Flowering purple dead-nettle plants.

#bloomscrolling

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (Official Video) YouTube video by Iron Maiden

youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM

Switzerland didn’t let women vote until 1971. And in one Swiss canton not until 1990.

Headline reads: White House budget seeks to scrap 54 major NASA science missions. Over an image of Jupiter.

Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions: www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

The Center for Computational Astrophysics @flatironinstitute.org is hiring a new Research Software Engineer to work on @astropy.org and to support the software and computing efforts within the CCA. Apply by May 22!
apply.interfolio.com/184639
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It’s wonderful, Pauline. Thanks for sharing!

Multiple PhD projects in New Zealand to work on Rubin/LISA science and statistics 🔭, 🧪 - open now! #astro #cosmo www.gravity.ac.nz/join/phd-opp...

A modest proposal: the ngVLA should be named the Array of Unusual Size.

Pretty Cute Watching Boston Residents Play Daily Game Of ‘Big City’ ‘It’s Fun Watching Them Hustle And Bustle Around Like They Live In A Major Metropolis,’ Nation Says

theonion.com/pretty-cute-...

Still from the animated TV series “The Simpsons” showing a newspaper with the headline “Deadbeat Dad Beat Dead”.

Mine is this one.

Nothing makes me feel more valued than being asked to do unpaid market research work for a corporation.

Where Physics Meets Poetry: On Language and the Power of Metaphor When I was 16 years old, my beloved college counselor told me that it was a good thing I wanted to be a physicist because I wasn’t much of a writer. We were close—I had her home phone number for em…

So pleased to have this new essay up @lithub.com.web.brid.gy! I noticed that my new book The Edge of Space-Time is one of a few that is concerned specifically with how metaphor shapes our world. So I wrote about why we are thinking about that in this political moment! 💙📚

They must have had fun designing the SFP28 cable plugs.

I am currently touring the United States!!! Come see me and an amazing array of conversation partners talk about The Edge of Space-Time! bsky.app/profile/chan...