David Rankin @Apophis@realscience.social

When last we left our stellar evolution story we were in the red giant phase. What happens next depends on the star's initial mass.

For stars less than 8 times the mass of the Sun, the next phase is to blow off their outer layers and form a planetary nebula.

Hi! New to Mastodon. Transitioning to my school psych gig this August. In the meantime, I've been painting a lot to cope with isolation. This was my latest work for a colleague/friend who was devastated when she had to put her cat down due to chronic illness.

Kids can develop severe complications from COVID-19 in rare cases Respiratory failure has occurred in some infected children and an emerging inflammatory disease may be connected to the coronavirus. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-kids-complications-inflammation-rare-cases #science #news #Health&Medicine

Really nice clip with the Shoemakers and David Levy at Palomar. They found the famous comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 that smashed into Jupiter with the 18" Schmidt that also appears in the clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8tYrTwGA6Y

Debunking the "Plandemic" utter bullshit. Don't let your friends and family drink this hot steaming glass of Fool Aid.

Science : https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/fact-checking-judy-mikovits-controversial-virologist-attacking-anthony-fauci-viral

Fact Check : https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/the-falsehoods-of-the-plandemic-video/

NPR : https://www.npr.org/2020/05/08/852451652/seen-plandemic-we-take-a-close-look-at-the-viral-conspiracy-video-s-claims

MIT Tech : https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001252/youtube-covid-conspiracy-theories/

Snopes : https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/plandemic-mikovits-arrest/

#Pandemic #plandemic #covid19 #coronavirus #conspiracy #factcheck