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Fermi-LAT #GalacticCenter Excess morphology of dark matter in simulations of the Milky Way galaxy: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06314 -> New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy / Milky Way shows gamma ray excess due to dark matter annihilation: https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/16/mysterious-glow-in-milky-way-dark-matter/ / https://www.aip.de/en/news/milkyway-gammaray-darkmatter-annihilation/

Eine neue Weisheit! Es geht um Feedback! Herzensschwestern! Wasser! Lottogewinne!
UND: Eine beachtliche Flachwitzsammlung von euch, liebe Hörer*innen, an der sich @… labt und @…, @… und @… verzweifeln.
Aber hört selbst!
https://derweisheit.de/podcast/20251016/die-zaeume-im-strang-des-lottogewinns-der-weisheit-s12e15/

The Danish independent media organisation @… are on a member drive with 10 promises if they make it to 50,000, including that they'll share more on social media. I can dream they'll make it to the #fediverse I suppose?
In any case their journalism is outstanding and they carefully avoid making an explicit political stance and contributing to polarisation. #UnbreakingNews
In depth journalism you can read or listen to (try deepL if you don't speak Danish), often beautifully produced, always fascinating. They also don't report on problems without reporting solutions.
It's by far the most uplifting read/listen of my day.
Free link here, pay what you want and free to first time voters...
https://www.zetland.dk/a/rmottram?og=amba25-8

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115571135463020262
OK, I replaced the non-working Windows start menu with a open source alternative, this actually works fine and seems faster too
https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Wooden Shjips:
🎵 Eclipse (Part 2 of 2)
#WoodenShjips
https://woodenshjips.bandcamp.com/track/eclipse
https://open.spotify.com/track/7ww3ZrwEJbZjWhmAac71Mk

Behind the scenes talk about how the English-language webcast of Japan's #SLIM landing on the Moon went: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxe3owbJr38#t=1h10m26s (from 1 hour 10 minutes 26 seconds) - see also https://cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/landing-on-the-moon-behind-the-scenes-of-the-night-when-slim-made-history/ for a related article and https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/01/17/slim-vor-mond-landung-peregine-vor-erd-crash/ (from "Japans SLIM – mit zwei Extra-Vehikeln – vor der Mondlandung" in chronological order) for my live coverage back then, based on the JAXA webcast and direct reception of radio signals from the lander by radio amateurs with a 20 meter dish in my home town.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
The Kinks:
🎵 Living On A Thin Line
#TheKinks
https://goodknightproductions1.bandcamp.com/track/living-on-a-thin-line
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Z9HVIvwKMEB1UoECSySdv

The Ongoing Decline in Activity of #Comet 103P/Hartley 2: #CitizenScience #Unistellar

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Andrea Bocelli:
🎵 Con Te Partirò
#AndreaBocelli
https://weddingparty.bandcamp.com/track/andrea-bocelli-con-te-partiro-wedding-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/7zrpoAJte9o12TzawqgdD0

Two competing space #webcasts in a few hours, both depending on good weather in Italy and California, respectively: #3IATLAS, and #Sentinel-6B, with a super-short launch window at 5:21 UTC.