1/3 An epic moonrise for an epic telescope! Kick off the week with this breathtaking video of the full #Moon rising behind our Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in the Atacama Desert in #Chile.

youtube.com/watch?v=9pSxH0EkRN…

And check the thread below for some spectacular images!

📹 J. Beltrán/ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #space #science

Under #Biden US national labs found themselves hamstrung by micromanagement, demands from the administration that resources be diverted away from #science while regulators repeatedly shut down programs much to the chagrin of our International partners.

It's been a breath of fresh air that the new administration has allowed us to actually get back to work. I don't even care if they know what they are doing, at least they are no longer interfering. Science is getting back on track now.

Regardless of everything else that #Trump might be getting into, and maybe it's just because he's just that incompetent, at least the US is getting back on track with its scientific endeavors. Our experiments are getting back up to speed after years of crippling bureaucracy, and we can start making progress again.

There's a lot to complain about with Trump, but I am very glad to see that the expectations for science are living up to what I'd hoped.

#USPolitics

😱 Depuis quand un gouvernement peut-il décider de ce que les scientifiques peuvent ou ne peuvent pas publier??

Since when can governments decide what should be published or not by scientists??

Resist the censorship!!
#UsPol #Science #ScientificPublication

We live in interesting times. Friend of mine is a scientist in France. He just got briefing on what to do when traveling to the US. He was told to use an empty, freshly installed laptop with nothing but his presentation on it. Uninstall all messengers and social media. If he has to surrender any of his devices even for a minute, he shall get it checked by the French secret service for back-doors and Trojans.

I guess I rather stay home than going to a conference in the US.
#science #usa

I'm not sure of a better example of the times we live in when books about science and medicine are 403 Forbidden.

#science #healthcare #research #NationalInstituteofHealth

Whoa: The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft got a spectacular view of Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) as it passed close to the Sun. Look at that enormous, splintered tail!

This comet won't be seen again for another 600,000 years.

esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp… #space #science #art

The discovery, announced Thursday, not only shows how life finds a way into nearly every corner of the world — including entombed under floating glaciers — but also provides a crucial baseline for understanding how deep-sea life may change on a warming planet.

#ocean #science #discovery #research #Antarctica #climate #ClimateChange

…The scientists didn’t think much life could thrive tucked under such a thick blanket of ice.

But what the team members found under the #iceberg surprised them: giant sea spiders, octopuses, ice fish, corals & sponges, including a vase-shaped one that might be hundreds of years old. In total, the researchers believe they will be able to identify dozens of #NewSpecies from the expedition.

#ocean #science #discovery #research #Antarctica #climate #ClimateChange

In Good News / Bad News ?

A huge #iceberg broke off #Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.

Crustaceans, snails, worms & fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive Antarctic #IceShelf.

#science #discovery #research #climate #ClimateChange
washingtonpost.com/climate-env…

*DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE US!*

“‘I learned with concern that a French researcher,’ on a mission for the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), ‘who was going to a conference near Houston was banned from entering American territory before being expelled,’ said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). ‘This measure was allegedly taken by the American authorities because this researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friendly relationships in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy,’ he added.”

lemonde.fr/international/artic…

#USA #fascism #EU #France #science #freedomOfSpeech #privacy #travelWarning

Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »

Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines.

^{Le Monde avec AFP (Le Monde)}

Acc/to another informed source of #AFP, "hate & conspiracy messages" were blamed on the French researcher by #US authorities. An #FBI investigation into him was announced, for which "the charges have been abandoned," continues this source.

…This incident comes as… #Trump has increased his shocking announcements targeting the #scientific community (brutal #BudgetCuts, #censorship of certain subjects in subsidized research...).

#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #science #ThoughtPolice

“We’ll have to stop research now that the Neanderthals are in charge”

#science #research #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy #USpol

This is beyond…

#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.

#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
lemonde.fr/international/artic…

Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »

Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines.

^{Le Monde avec AFP (Le Monde)}

#PPOD: As NASA's Juno spacecraft flew low over Jupiter’s cloud tops in March 2023, its JunoCam instrument captured this view of bands of high-altitude haze forming above cyclones in an area known as Jet N7. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Image processing by Björn Jónsson

#planetaryscience #science #space #scicomm

Republicans and the Administration want to kill cancer research.

Y'all who voted for this clown, I hope you're happy

bsky.app/profile/alice.soragni…

#science #DumpTrump

Des #scientifiques appellent à mettre en #débat la #recherche sur les #bactéries #miroirs, susceptibles d’« éliminer la #vie sur #Terre »

#science ( vs #Trump)

lemonde.fr/sciences/article/20…

Des scientifiques appellent à mettre en débat la recherche sur les bactéries miroirs, susceptibles d’« éliminer la vie sur Terre »

Ces organismes hypothétiques pourraient-ils ravager le monde si les biologistes parvenaient à les créer ? Faut-il interdire absolument toute recherche en ce sens ? Un collectif de trente-huit scientifiques a appelé à un débat mondial dans le journal …

^{Nathaniel Herzberg (Le Monde)}

I can’t get over the cognitive dissonance of spending 12 hours of intense work in clinic, using every minute of my 25 years of training and experience to formulate treatment plans for my patients with #cancer, and then to come home and check the news and to read about every part of the infrastructure needed to attain the knowledge for these treatment plans bring intentionally dismantled

#MedMastodon #healthcare #science #dismantling

Grasslands play critical roles in our world today, and Dr. Andrew Felton studies how these ecosystems are impacted by changes in the availability of water. Learn more about his career path, some of his scientific challenges and successes, life outside the lab, and more in this week's People Behind the Science podcast episode!

peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-…

#science #ecology #biology #scicomm #podcast #podcasts

🚨 ESO analysis confirms that the INNA industrial megaproject would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the facilities at Paranal Observatory in #Chile.

➡️ Light #pollution would increase by at least 35% above ESO's Very Large Telescope, by a minimum of 5% above ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope and by at least 55% above the south site of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

➡️ Air turbulence would also increase, degrading seeing conditions by up to 40%

➡️ Vibrations from the project could seriously impair the functioning of the ELT and the VLT Interferometer, which are both extremely sensitive to micro-seismic noise.

➡️ Dust during construction is also problematic as it settles on the telescope mirrors and obstructs their view.

Full story here: eso.org/public/news/eso2506/

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#environment #astrodon #astronomy #space #science

New ESO analysis confirms severe damage from industrial complex planned near Paranal

An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results are alarming.

^www.eso.org

The lasers our Very Large Telescope (VLT) pierce the Milky Way… but what is that vertical glow just below? 🤔

That’s the zodiacal light: caused by dust grains in the Solar System, it's so faint that it’s only visible in the darkest skies, such as those of Chile’s Atacama Desert.

And the pristine night sky 🌌 in this region has always been intertwined with the culture and traditions of its indigenous people, discover how: eso.org/public/images/potw2511…

📷 F. Millour/ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

Flying over the line between day and night in the International Space Station.

#space #science #nasa

Researchers around the world discover fascinating things about #birds every day, but most of their findings remain unnoticed in the community of #bird enthusiasts.

Are you a bird enthusiast who doesn't want to miss out on what they discover? Then my bird #science newsletter might be something for you.

Subscribe here for free!
beaksandbones.substack.com/

#birdsofmastodon #scicomm

Here it is: The first clear image of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, taken from the surface of the Moon.

This is what last night's lunar eclipse looked like from the Blue Ghost lander's perspective on the Moon. Amazing!

flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace… #space #science #art #tech

#Climate #crisis is real!!!

source: ourworldindata.org/grapher/oce…

#environment #sea #ocean #temperature #future #earth #warming #problem #heat #news #science #noaa

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for Carbon Brief providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.

carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-em…

#climate #GHG #science #GoodNews

I loved working on this article:

The technology in your cell phone has a hidden connection to the stars. Modern computer chips are made using ultraviolet light from vaporized balls of tin--and those balls closely mirror the physics of supernova explosions!

spectrum.ieee.org/euv-light-so… #science #tech #space

What if the Earth stopped spinning all the sudden?

youtu.be/gp5G1QG6cXc

#science #earth #xkcd

Fascinating visualization of a black hole surrounded by an accretion disk, illustrating how light is warped by its intense gravitational fields.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

#space #science #nasa #alt4me

Oh, that was a wonderfully cheeky "over-clickbait". I clicked. I wanted to know: What, this person? Should I have misjudged him?

And then I had a huge pleasure as the article chased me through the polarities to present its finely differentiated findings. It got exciting.
It's been a long time since I've enjoyed reading something so serious so much! 👏

#mustread #science #conspiratorialism