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@mpsgoettingen.astrodon.social.ap.brid.gyBack from an intense week at the American Astronomical Society meeting. Much to report and much still to catch up on, but I'll start tonight with an update on the Starship flight
Show PostComet C/2024 G3 - as I was taking video at sunset this evening, I was pleasantly photobombed by an airplane ✈️ 💫 #astrophotography #astronomy #science #space #photography #sciart #comet
Show PostAnother paper from our @issibern.ch team on #comet ☄️ activity is out, this one led by Olivier Groussin from Marseille, and focusing on 67P's thermal environment 🔥❄️. Summary on our group webpage here scitechss.iaa.es/how-hot-is-6... #PlanetaryScience
Show PostESA now puts the probability of Earth impact at 1.8%, NASA (miraculously not dismantled yet by Musk and Trump) at 1.9%. NASA data suggest a yield of roughly 8MT TNT equiv. Big, but Tsar Bomba was bigger 🤓 tl;dr: it's very unlikely to hit. And there's zero chance we'll be wiped out as a species.
Show PostNew Scientist magazine interviewed me about the Space Library www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKXr...
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