Tootfinder

Modern astronomy has a new giant among its ranks.
NASA has completed the assembly of the
Nancy Grace Roman
space telescope
in the laboratories of the Goddard Space Flight Center.
The result of an ambitious project conducted piece by piece,
this new observatory is in line with the Hubble and James Webb, while displaying distinct capabilities.
#NancyGraceRoman

Le télescope Nancy Grace Roman va nous aider à résoudre les plus grandes énigmes de l'Univers
Découvrez comment le télescope Nancy Grace Roman pourrait transformer l’observation cosmique et accélérer notre compréhension de l’Univers.

With the delay of the #ArtemisII WDR to Feb. 2 finally confirmed - #Crew12 pre-launch presser day: #NASA yet, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5-5By97H_8 promises to carry the first presser at 16:00 UTC - beware: shocking preview image - while https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxcA8Crpkg will carry the second one with the crew at 18:00 UTC).

Really good wrap up for UCLA football fans on what's going on with the transfer portal the team's coaching staff.
✅ Five Things: Analyzing coaching shakeups, roster changes and key returnees for UCLA football - Daily Bruin
https://da…

Five Things: Analyzing coaching shakeups, roster changes and key returnees for UCLA football - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Dec. 23 at 1:45 p.m. While little has been confirmed since UCLA football head coach Bob Chesney’s introductory press conference on Dec.

Dallas Cowboys Hire Christian Parker as Their New Defensive Coordinator https://insidethestar.com/dallas-cowboys-hire-christian-parker-as-their-new-defensive-coordinator

Too cold in Florida ... "Multiple sources" have told #ArtemisII "is slipping 48 hours because of expected freezing weather and high winds along Florida's Space Coast this weekend; there is no confirmation from NASA, but also no confirmation the practice countdown is actually underway as it would be if the test was on track".

Meet Broncos' new QB Jarrett Stidham, plus Buffalo's cringe-worthy news conference https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6992796/2026/01/22/broncos-backup-qb-stidham-bills-news-conference/

S-cones (which respond to short wavelengths) are very few in the fovea center
so causing a so-called S-cone blind spot
(Williams et al., 1981)
but they peak in number on the foveal slope at about 12% of the population
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11515/

S-Cone Pathways by Helga Kolb
There are differences in the genetic structure and locus of the S-cone visual pigment compared with the L- and M-cone pigments (Nathans et al., 1986), yet the S-cones are common to all vertebrate retinas and always form a consistent 8-10% of the cone photoreceptor population (Marc, 1982; Kolb and Lipetz, 1991).The S-cones are however, very few in the fovea center so causing a so-called S-cone blind spot (Williams et al., 1981) but they peak in number on the foveal slope at about 12% of the popu…

Evidence of medium response to hard probes using correlations of Z bosons with hadrons in heavy ion collisions: #QuarkGluonPlasma, confirming the plasma behaves like a liquid.

The First Triple Radio Active Galactic Nucleus in an Ongoing Galaxy Merger: #AGN / Radio Black Hole Trio Lights Up in Rare Galaxy Merger: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/555300/unique-discovery-astronomers-identify-first-triple-radio-agn / https://public.nrao.edu/news/radio-black-hole-trio-lights-up-in-rare-galaxy-merger/ - first confirmed system of three radio-bright active galactic nuclei reveals how supermassive black holes grow as galaxies collide.

And the Press Conference from the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level has begun with 1 hour delay: https://watch.esa.int/Two/