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In 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first black woman to fly in space. In 1996, she filed a police brutality complaint against a police officer for twisting her arm and throwing her down on the pavement while arresting her during a traffic stop. (via @exploreplanets)
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The largest optical interferometer in the world is just a 45 min drive from Los Angeles, and my first time observing with it tonight. Check out these delay lines that CHARA uses to get light from its 6 telescopes at just the right phase to create interference fringes.
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Johan Rockström: “10 years ago science showed there are 15 known Earth tipping elements that regulate the state of the Planet. Today we present findings that 9 of these 15 systems are on the move.” nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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So the earthquake and tsunami killed people. The evacuation killed people. The air pollution from closing all NPPs killed people. The increased cost of electricity killed people. The only part of the Fukushima “disaster” that didn’t kill anyone was the triple nuclear meltdown.
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Planet SkySat imagery of the #KincadeFire captured at an extreme angle yesterday, October 27th.
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We're launching our latest generation of Dove satellites, AKA "SuperDoves," this November. Here are some updates on the new flock and when you could see them fly. bit.ly/2Jj3sTX
#agileaerospace #satellites #satelliteimagery
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VIDEO! Prepare to be mind-blown!
The train of @SpaceX #Starlink satellites passing over Leiden, the Netherlands, some 25 minutes ago. Camera: WATEC 902H with Canon FD 1.8/50 mm lens. I was shouting when they entered FOV!
@elonmusk
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These diagrams show the paths traced by Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn as seen from Earth.
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Just released - NovaSAR-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar image of San Franscisco Bay, home to Smallsats Symposium next week. View full image at bit.ly/2CWkJyb #SanFrancisco #SiliconValley #NewSpace #smallsats @SatNewsEvents @ComputerHistory
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Two new observatories in California appear to be part of Facebook’s plan to connect the world—this time, through space lasers. buff.ly/2R2Asks
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Two views of same infant solar system taken two years apart. Look how much sharper the 2018 version is -- astronomy is advancing at an amazing pace. news.rice.edu/2018/12/12/com…
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This story perfectly captures Jeff and Sanjay, their partnership, and some early days at Google: newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
@jsomers conveys Jeff's love of puns and Sanjay's calm. And it's the first official telling of the in-RAM index that I recall.
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Get mesmerized by colorful swirling clouds in #Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt in this new close-up view missionjuno.swri.edu/news/ju…
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So long and thanks for all the fish! 🐬
A cloud in the shape of a dolphin appears to be swimming through #Jupiter’s cloud bands in this series of color-enhanced images nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/d…
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Interesting paper by @MarkJHandley, professor at the @ucl, titled "Delay is Not an Option: Low Latency Routing in Space", concluding that @SpaceX' #Starlink can provide lower latency than any possible terrestrial optical fiber network for distances >3000km nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mjh/starlin…
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Massive wildfires, extreme floods, droughts: Climate change is already affecting Americans’ daily lives, a major new report says. n.pr/2OYWGTt
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This is pretty amazing youtube.com/watch?v=aJy1u-N3…
