startswithabang.bsky.social
Cosmologist, science communicator, author, speaker, and longtime writer of Starts With A Bang. Not the next Carl Sagan; the first Ethan Siegel.
👤 Joined on 02 September 2023
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@startswithabang.bsky.socialI thought we sent the disc on Voyager? And then aren’t they all getting our TV transmissions when we used to have TV?
Show PostHey fellow astronomers? Could we. Um. Think twice before naming things? Maybe think 3 or 4 times? I had to explain a bunch of nomenclature stuff in class today and it made MY head hurt. Poor students have it worse!
Show PostGreat article, one thing that might make this easier is you probably only need a fraction of Earth’s gravity to counter ill effects, hopefully 1/3 like on Mars.
Show PostThoughts on the intersection of findings that the administration diverted $1.4B in NSF funds away from investigator-initiated research and today's New Golden Age of Science Summit showcasing the White House's preferred political priorities of what constitutes 'science'.
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