Caltech astrophysicist fatally shot on porch of his rural SoCal home: #Grillmair was a specialist for #TidalStreams of #galaxies as his publications (as first author) listed in https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q= first_author:"Grillmair"&sort=date desc, bibcode desc&p_=0 show.
Uitslag Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 2026 | Almere
https://www.almere.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/verkiezingen/uitslag-gemeenteraadsverkiezingen-2026
https://allecijfers.nl/verkiezingsuitslagen/gemeente-almere/
Distinct Rotational Evolution of Giant Planets and Brown Dwarf Companions: #exoplanet spins confirms long-predicted relationship between planetary mass and rotation: https://keckobservatory.org/kpic-spin-survey/ with https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/w5f4ntav4pybpale8c6p6/ANbPpoQxnCEIG2i-0vL5Ll8?rlkey=cxblu3u2n3ovocew0qch46opt&e=1&st=fgpk8v3u&dl=0
An animation of the antumbra from space during yesterday's #SolarEclipse: https://scicomm.xyz/@AstroDave/116087138815117726 - see also https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=881466661392738 and https://bsky.app/profile/youstorm.bsky.social/post/3mf4vgedthc2p for animations from another position.
Cenozoic evolution of earth’s strongest geoid low illuminates mantle dynamics beneath #Antarctica: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-28606-1 -> Beneath Antarctica - the deep-time story behind Earth’s largest “gravity low”: https://www.ipgp.fr/en/news-and-agenda/news/beneath-antarctica-the-deep-time-story-behind-earths-largest-gravity-low/ -> Antarctica’s ‘Gravity Hole’ Has Been Quietly Growing Stronger: https://gizmodo.com/antarcticas-gravity-hole-has-been-quietly-growing-stronger-2000722955 - scientists aren't fully sure what this means for Antarctica's future, however.
The #aurora yesterday (19 January) evening over #Bochum, Germany - the #CoronalMassEjection came hours early and so the timing was just perfect for Europe: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=dan.fischer.393&set=a.10232848303764809 = more pics, https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/ein-langer-x1-95-flare-mit-cme-inklusive-halo/ = 15 of them, with a story and links to much more, and https://forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=63167 = even more ...
TEMPO at Night: #ALAN
A Physics Informed Neural Network for Deriving MHD State Vectors from Global Active Regions Observations: #SpaceWeather: https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/new-research-takes-first-step-toward-advance-warnings-of-space-weather