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China's Tianwen-2 is on its way to Kamoʻoalewa, an asteroid that currently doubles as a "quasi-moon" of Earth. The spacecraft will collect samples & bring them back home.
On its outward trajectory, Tianwen-2 looked back and got this lovely view of our planet.
https://english.news.cn/20251001/ef35fcb0ed1649c787045fd51547149b/c.html #space #science #nature
China's Tianwen-2 is on its way to Kamoʻoalewa, an asteroid that currently doubles as a "quasi-moon" of Earth. The spacecraft will collect samples & bring them back home.
On its outward trajectory, Tianwen-2 looked back and got this lovely view of our planet.
https://english.news.cn/20251001/ef35fcb0ed1649c787045fd51547149b/c.html #space #science #nature
I found a bunch of really cool accounts by scientist on TikTok. Here's a fun example all about light emitting diodes.
#Science !
Dear Friends in the #US 🇺🇸 ,
the number of followers of #Mastodon accounts belonging to universities and #research institutes in #Germany has surpassed the 180k mark today and continues to rise
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=institute-DE
This is a fantastic achievement, and we would like to congratulate everyone involved! 👏
It shows that the social networks of the #Fediverse can replace the increasingly antisocial networks of #BigTech.
We don't have to legitimize the spread of hate and incitement by contributing to these platforms.
We have alternatives. 🌞
And we would like to encourage you in the #USA to make stronger use of these alternatives.
In our appeall to HRK we have written: „By supporting the expansion of Fediverse services such as Mastodon, #universities can make an important contribution to strengthening our #democracy and to the #sustainable development of #science and #society.“
https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
Dear Friends in the #US 🇺🇸 ,
the number of followers of #Mastodon accounts belonging to universities and #research institutes in #Germany has surpassed the 180k mark today and continues to rise
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=institute-DE
This is a fantastic achievement, and we would like to congratulate everyone involved! 👏
It shows that the social networks of the #Fediverse can replace the increasingly antisocial networks of #BigTech.
We don't have to legitimize the spread of hate and incitement by contributing to these platforms.
We have alternatives. 🌞
And we would like to encourage you in the #USA to make stronger use of these alternatives.
In our appeall to HRK we have written: „By supporting the expansion of Fediverse services such as Mastodon, #universities can make an important contribution to strengthening our #democracy and to the #sustainable development of #science and #society.“
https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
🎉 Julia 1.12 Highlights
｢ julia now has a new experimental--trim feature, when compiling a system image with this mode julia will trim statically unreachable code leading to significantly better compile times and binary sizes. To use it you also need to pass the --experimental flag when building the system image ｣
China's Chang'e-6 mission has revealed that the moon's far-side mantle is about 100°C colder than the near side, based on analysis of 2.8-billion-year-old basalt samples. The finding, published in Nature Geoscience, provides the first physical evidence confirming long-standing theories about hemispheric differences on the moon and opens new pathways for understanding lunar evolution.
🏅 Nobel Prize in Physics
｢ The prize was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis. The three scientists were recognized for a series of experiments they conducted in 1984 and 1985 on electrical circuits, which revealed that a process called “tunneling” — a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which particles move directly through a barrier — could occur on a larger scale than had previously been believed possible ｣
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/science/nobel-prize-physics.html
Researchers say the cellular map generated by an #AI program that they compare to #ChatGPT identified subregions of the mouse #brain that were previously uncharted. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ai-map-brain-regions/ #Science #Neuroscience
The CWTS Leiden Ranking is an annual global university ranking that assesses universities based on their scientific publications and citations, using bibliometric data from sources like Clarivate Web of Science and the OpenAlex database.
The Earth became darker from 2001 to 2024, meaning it reflects less sunlight, a research team reports in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The development is more pronounced in the northern hemisphere than in the southern half of the planet, the study published on Monday revealed.
Astronomers Startled to Spot Abundance of "Biosignature" Molecules in a Failed Star's Atmosphere
｢ On Earth, phosphine is a byproduct of decaying organic matter and one of six key elements necessary for life. It’s extremely rare beyond our planet, making it a promising target in our search for extraterrestrial life ｣
https://futurism.com/space/biosignature-phosphine-brown-dwarf
🌌 The Milky Way has a Colossal Wave Rippling Through It, Astronomers Say
｢ The scientists are not sure what’s causing this wave pattern to manifest, but a possible explanation is that a dwarf galaxy either passed by or was devoured by our much larger galaxy in the past, leaving traces of this violent encounter in the wave formation, according to the study. Previous simulations of this cannibalistic scenario affirms that this could result in a wave pattern ｣
🧠 People Are Horrified by Lab-Grown Human Brains
｢ The existence of this lab-grown brain and other similar organoids have gotten some scientists speculating that these little walnuts may become conscious in the future — essentially a soupçon of human sentience in a petri dish — which, of course, carries immense ethical implications and icks a lot of people out ｣
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/lab-grown-human-brain-poll
Scientists Say They Detected Something Huge Shifting Inside the Earth
｢ In their paper, the team proposes that perovskite, a type of mineral found at the bottom of Earth’s mantle, may have changed the layer’s structural configuration, causing rocks in the vicinity to become denser and increase in mass. These perturbations sent out ripples that could’ve reached the boundary of the Earth’s core ｣
https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-detect-shifting-inside-earth
🌌 The Milky Way has a Colossal Wave Rippling Through It, Astronomers Say
｢ The scientists are not sure what’s causing this wave pattern to manifest, but a possible explanation is that a dwarf galaxy either passed by or was devoured by our much larger galaxy in the past, leaving traces of this violent encounter in the wave formation, according to the study. Previous simulations of this cannibalistic scenario affirms that this could result in a wave pattern ｣
🧠 People Are Horrified by Lab-Grown Human Brains
｢ The existence of this lab-grown brain and other similar organoids have gotten some scientists speculating that these little walnuts may become conscious in the future — essentially a soupçon of human sentience in a petri dish — which, of course, carries immense ethical implications and icks a lot of people out ｣
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/lab-grown-human-brain-poll
Scientists Spot "Rogue" Planet Floating Between Stars, Devouring Everything in Reach
｢ What’s also interesting about Cha 1107-7626 is that it’s growing in a similar way as a young star, which gets bigger by devouring cosmic dust and other material in its surroundings; young stars also have sudden growth spurts — just like Cha 1107-7626 ｣
☄️ Space Mission Options for Reconnaissance and Mitigation of Asteroid 2024 YR4
｢ Studies of 2024 YR4's potential lunar impact effects suggest lunar ejecta could increase micrometeoroid debris flux in low Earth orbit up to 1000 times above background levels over just a few days, possibly threatening astronauts and spacecraft. In this work, we present options for space missions to 2024 YR4 that could be utilized if lunar impact is confirmed ｣
"A group of scientists and other experts who formerly worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently launched Climate.us, where they eventually hope to replicate much of the public-oriented climate content from Climate.gov."
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