@chrislintott

Astronomer, broadcaster & writer @uniofoxford & @greshamcollege. Founder @the_zooniverse https://xitter.cf/t.co/UaQGLy2DGh… The human half of @dogstarspod

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Out now from wherever you get good books: 'Our Accidental Universe' - the true stories of how we stumble upon truth in the cosmos. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pr… (PS Special North American version - Accidental Astronomy - out in June)
A book with the title 'Our Accidental Universe', with four stripes of colour and a meteor across them. It is, we are told, out now.

ALT A book with the title 'Our Accidental Universe', with four stripes of colour and a meteor across them. It is, we are told, out now.

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New paper day! A longer version of work by DPhil student and superstar Brian Rogers on applying a new sort of Machine Learning for astronomy: arxiv.org/abs/2511.09433v2 (1/n)

What We Don't C: Manifold Disentanglement for Structured Discovery

Accessing information in learned representations is critical for annotation, discovery, and data filtering in disciplines where high-dimensional datasets are common. We introduce What We Don't C,...

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Looking for anomalies in this residual space might identify unusual disks, or we could look for correlations between, say, disk colour & the broader properties of the galaxy, without having to fit anything by hand, or train a separate model (7/n).
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Much more to come - and if you want the technical details, they're here: arxiv.org/abs/2511.09433v2 In the meantime, if you have ideas or want to collaborate do get in touch. (8/8)

What We Don't C: Manifold Disentanglement for Structured Discovery

Accessing information in learned representations is critical for annotation, discovery, and data filtering in disciplines where high-dimensional datasets are common. We introduce What We Don't C,...

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Oli is great and I shall miss him. Hit him up for work
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On Friday at Jamboree in King’s Cross, we’re celebrating the end of the Universe: come and join us for a New Orleans style farewell to it all! wegottickets.com/event/67629…

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Going live shortly from @GreshamCollege : me on JWST and the early Universe. youtube.com/live/03uctYMZhpM…
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Live in 15 minutes or so with a topical lecture on asteroids after Lucy’s marvellous flyby this weekend: do join me. youtube.com/live/KpDwv7zZ8GY…
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Internationally important database hosted by a team at the Smithsonian has to move. Hmm.
Siobhan@SiobhanLeachman22 Apr 2025
A press release is out about the Biodiversity Heritage Library. From January 1, 2026, the Smithsonian will no longer host the administrative functions of BHL. BHL is looking for a new home. For further information see blog.biodiversitylibrary.org… #ILoveBHL #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary

A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …

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We heard from Lucy and the spacecraft is healthy! Now, the engineers will command the spacecraft to send science data of the encounter to Earth. This data downlink will take several days. Thanks for following along today & stay tuned for news of Donaldjohanson!
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My thoughts on today’s claims scientists have found ‘hints of life’ on a distant planet available here: bsky.app/profile/chrislintot… #itsneveraliens
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Genuinely a very proud moment, sneaking #TUFC into a #skyatnight program about asteroids! bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Live in 14 minutes: Me at @GreshamCollege on Gaia & the greatest map ever made: youtube.com/live/NxESVtNzBjI…
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Replying to @CleaveO @somersetpodcast @antgib @HarryEverett_14
Given his recent numbers and his age I doubt we were interested to be honest. Would much rather see Goldsworthy open.
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Hey #oxford - we have an amazing line up for next Thursday’s comedy night at Lynrace: science, show and tell and laughs in Jericho’s best basement. Do come along: wegottickets.com/huhthatsfun…

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