Day off today, so here's daft #chiptune cover of the best Italo Disco song sung in Spanish about thermonuclear war & the importance of going down the beach -
Vamos a la Playa / Righeira 🤣
Released at Nova demoparty at the wknd!
#impulsetracker #demoscene #nova25 #italo
seemed apt x

Message to the young astronomers in the room: "NOVA is you! We can't wait to see what you will present in 25 years from now!" #NOVA25

Finishing the day with the current NOVA directors Michiel and @sctrager.bsky.social, together with old director Ed van den Heuvel #NOVA25

Selfie with my beloved ALMA Band 9 receiver 😍 #NOVA25

"Most beautiful fast radio burst I've ever seen" - Jason Hessels (NB Note the time scale! Measuring at microsecond level) #NOVA25

Even though the signal appears so simple (rapid radio flux variability), there are still so many possible options to explain fast radio bursts. The universe is a crazy astrophysical mystery. There's now an Astroflash group in Netherlands/Canada tackling this issue #NOVA25

So much physics involved if you want to simulate compact objects (supernovae, neutron stars, etc.) to compare with observational data. 🤯 All four fundamental forces are relevant! #NOVA25

Carbon chain molecules including PAHs have super cool shapes! JWST was clearly meant to study PAHs considering its mirror shape 🤣 @donnainfiorino.bsky.social #NOVA25

"We don't lock up students in the lab for a month to study molecule formation processes on interstellar timescales" - Koju Chuang #NOVA25 😂

Every NOVA cycle had a different molecule formation process to focus on! #NOVA25

Linking ALMA gas molecular observations, JWST infrared ice observations and Solar System comet observations: laboratory experiments are needed to understand the origin of the chemical complexity. #NOVA25

Water is often studied because of the connection with life, but it's also an important tracer of shocks! Molecules really are tracing chemistry AND physics. #NOVA25

"Molecules are fossils of the past, and tell us about the history of star formation" #NOVA25

Different NOVA logos over the years. The spiral in the NOVA represents the proper motion over 25 years, not "NOVA down the drain" 😂 #NOVA25

The importance of outreach for astronomy was realized from the very beginning of NOVA. An inspiring talk by @mariekebaan.bsky.social #NOVA25 (picture later: seems to be a bluesky upload problem)

My talk is part of the Dark Side of the Universe session. Thanks, organizers! #NOVA25 #DarkSide

Groetjes vanuit het Omniversum #NOVA25

Studying quiescent galaxies is hard, because well...at first glance it looks like there's nothing there to study #NOVA25

Planet people have a Pale Blue Dot, and now galaxy people have Little Red Dots 😂 #NOVA25

JWST MIRI has revealed that disks around very low-mass stars are hydrocarbon-rich but water-poor in the inner disk (Aditya Arabhavi). Result of dust traps? What are the implications for planets forming here? #NOVA25

One of the major breakthroughs in planet formation is the growth from pebbles to planetesimals through the streaming instability which was developed in Leiden by @astroandersj.bsky.social #NOVA25

The path of increasing spatial resolution at 3 wavelength regimes in planet formation #NOVA25

How do you deliver enough power to the ELT construction site in the middle of the desert? With the ESO "SKA" #NOVA25

Conferencing and pumping (breastmilk) are a difficult combination: it's almost impossible to match the talk schedule to your personal schedule and find breaks at the right time. But it does help if there are good facilities! #NOVA25 #WorldForum

NOVA is coordinating research, instrumentation AND outreach, which are tightly linked #NOVA25