Tootfinder

Alexander Venner,
currently studying at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy,
picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA space-based telescope called Kepler,
which was used to examine the sky for exoplanets during a survey of 500,000 stars that ended 8 years ago.
Datasets like these are huge, and often combed through with search algorithms,
but the PhD student managed what others did not by rolling up his sleeves, so to speak.

Citizen Scientist Spots Earth-like Planet: Now Astrophysicists Will Focus Most Powerful Telescopes on it
Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which examined the sky for exoplanets

RE: #UKRI funding for UK #research. "Change leadership", eh?
#AcademicChatter

The coolest thing here is I think the Cosmic Keyhole.
Here's me with my smol 2" telescope (left) vs Hubble (right).

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.

Industrieprojekt in der Atacama-Wüste abgesagt, Astronomen erleichtert
Ein US-Energiekonzern hat den Bau einer Wasserstoffgewinnungsanlage in Chile abgesagt. Astronomen befürchteten Störungen ihrer Teleskope durch die Anlage.

Today’s moon

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Boy & Bear:
🎵 Telescope
#NowPlaying #Boy #Bear
https://open.spotify.com/track/538NuUdDJkBjumWei86WVH

A new investment thesis has spread through global markets at the start of 2026, as trading strategies long built on the primacy of the United States now opt for a new approach:
Sell America.
The sentiment started to take hold in financial circles after the shock of sky-high tariffs sent stocks and bonds into a tailspin last April,
but it has taken off recently as the Trump administration has pursued policies like attacks on the Federal Reserve’s independence and threats of …

Sell America Is the New Trade on Wall Street
Investors are increasingly souring on the United States, as illustrated by the declining dollar, the stalled stock market and rising government borrowing costs.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Hubbabubbaklubb:
🎵 Mopedbart
#NowPlaying #Hubbabubbaklubb
https://talkboxmusic.bandcamp.com/track/hubbabubbaklubb-mopedbart-talkbox-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4g4dch4rJfI0Pp5WK5RYng

A languid spiral galaxy appears draped against deep space in a stunning new image from the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope.
Euclid launched in 2023 on a six-year mission to map the cosmos at scale,
observing billions of galaxies stretching as far away as 10 billion light-years from Earth.
The effort could reveal how galaxies form and evolve and how the universe has expanded over its 13.8-billion-or-so-year history.

Sparkling Galaxy Merger Shines in New Euclid Space Telescope Image
The Euclid Space Telescope is decking the halls with boughs of starlight