David Rankin @Apophis@realscience.social
Astronomer into Photography, Geology, Paleontology, Storm Chasing, Floods, Art, and more. Sick of the FB model. Decided to try out Mastodon.
A well written piece on Oumuamua. Spoiler alert: No, it wasn't aliens.
SAOCOM 1B Mission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-gLOsDjE3E #SpaceX
Just want to welcome all the new members to realscience.social. We hope to grow this pro-science community. I'll be posting more content here soon.
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.
Help search archive data for new Trans-Neptunian Objects. Now on Zooniverse!
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/searching-for-trans-neptunian-objects/
Discovery story for C/2020 B3 (Rankin) - Major bucket list item here.
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.
Fact Check : https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/the-falsehoods-of-the-plandemic-video/
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
This is my home now. Goodbye Facebook. Go where Myspace went, and never come back.
Astronomer Mike Brown discusses Pluto and Planet 9.
Amazing new shot of Jupiter in infrared from the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii.
Nice write up on the conspiracy BS "Plandemic". Breaks it down for the piece of garbage it is. #covid19 #plandemic #pseudoscience
https://respectfulinsolence.com/2020/05/06/judy-mikovits-pandemic/
Astronomer into Photography, Geology, Paleontology, Storm Chasing, Floods, Art, and more. Sick of the FB model. Decided to try out Mastodon.
