#Astronomy

Random Tin Foil Hat Thoughts:1) Recent Flares on the sun are popping up. With more flares to come (as written in the article here)https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/11/29/the-biggest-solar-flare-in-years-was-just-seen-with-more-comi
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Web 2.0 was a mistake. Re-Balkanize the internet. Centralizing everything is bad, actually. It exposes people to their harassers, abusers, and worse. It promotes harassment, doxing, and worse. Social media
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Thinking about hidden figures this morning and how one of the ways white supremacy works in astro/physics is hiding the work of people who opened doors for the students of
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On the subject of Christmas and astronomy: Copernicus and his successors offended theologians with evidence that the Earth was not at the center of the solar system…or the galaxy, or
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You might have noticed that astrophysicists often use terms like "occultation" or "cannibalism" or "active galaxy" what do they mean when they say that? It seems daunting at first; Consider
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do you believe in astrology do you believe in astronomy do you believe in science Do you believe in religion Do you believe in the government Do you believe in
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As someone who spends a lot of time reading Adam Smith, it will never cease to bother me when people casually reference the "invisible hand" as symbolizing free markets. Mention
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The votes are in. Gather round.When I interviewed people for #TheLastStargazers I always asked them about which second/third/tenth-hand observing story I should be sure to include.By a MILE the most
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In traditional cosmology, what is to be "read" is the sky itself: the "lights in the firmament of heaven," which were given to us not only for seasons, and for
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#4many N-E-OsChris-to-u-gen-ni-a-ti-ko-pho-bi-a real!Apophis may hitruining Christmas for us allpain-in-asteroid© 2020 Alan Vincent MichaelsThread: https://twitter.com/search?q=%28alanvmichaels%23vsschristmas%23space&exclude%20mentions
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The western world ruled over most of the world for a long time, which empowered them to claim superiority in every way, including in the field of knowledge. Let us
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Thread on the Life and works of Dr. Richard L. Thompson sir (Feb. 4, 1947–Sept. 18, 2008), also known as Sadaputa dasa. Though he was related to ISKCON but he
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Next up, we're covering Special Session 107:The CSMA Panel: A Discussion on Anti-Blackness in AstronomyFeaturing @That_Astro_Chic @CapricePhillips @DavidZegeye and Erin Flowers, and moderated by @jazztronomy First topic: What Black scie
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what we know about the curriculum at the cathedral school at York (shortly before 800) comes from Alcuin's poem 'The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York.' here's what he says
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The other day, it “clicked” for me: I think I understand better now what schools are really for.A thread of conjectures It is generally believed that schools exist to
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In the latest issue of @stsci newsletter, we present "The Women in Astronomy Forum at STScI: Affecting Change in the Local and Global Astronomical Communities"#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter @Academi
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