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Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 09:00:17 EDT Stephen Sekula So happy to be on vacation this week. Leaving for Manitoulin Island later today. Looking forward to some peace and quiet and fewer interruptions. -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 09:00:15 EDT Stephen Sekula From http://status.hackerposse.com/url/24421 on Mastodon: # ActivityPub is the default social networking protocol because we took the time to standardise it at the W3C. You don't have to be part of the W3C to build on top of ActivityPub. You can make extensions and new applications without ever dealing with a formalised standards organisation. But the benefit of having th… -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 06:55:13 EDT Stephen Sekula ‘This is really for humanity’: Asteroid sample’s long-awaited U.S. landing promises new insight into solar system’s origins (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Sep 25, 2023 https:// globe2go.pressreader.com/artic le/281500755871880 -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 16:20:22 EDT Stephen Sekula Enjoying # Sunday afternoon on our very recently stained back deck. Love this view. Looking forward to putting in the back yard next year after we settle on the designs. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/6c0b41294d93c521c44d0191e4daf27996f82f854fa1cd0bf811057cebc39486/view -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 16:15:21 EDT Stephen Sekula From arstechnica@mastodon.social on Mastodon: NASA spacecraft returns to Earth with pieces of an asteroid Breathe easy, there's a bounty from Bennu inside. https:// arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/ nasa-spacecraft-returns-to-earth-with-pieces-of-an-asteroid/?utm_brand=arstechnica -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 14:25:13 EDT Stephen Sekula From Morvven@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Some artists use paint and a brush, this guy uses leaves and a rake! These drawings are created by raking leaves. Every fall Nikola Faller, academic sculptor and land artist creates these magic images. -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 14:21:30 EDT Stephen Sekula From alexwitze@sciencemastodon.com on Mastodon: # OSIRISREX samples from Bennu arriving at the clean room at Dugway -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 14:20:13 EDT Stephen Sekula From mcnees@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Astrophysicist Charlotte Moore Sitterly was born # OTD in 1898. She compiled extensive data on optical and later UV spectra, and her spectroscopic tables are still in use today. Image: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives / Michael A. Duncan -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 12:50:15 EDT Stephen Sekula Really enjoying this # Sunday . # TucosTacoBar FTW! https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/8ecb4946deaabdf532a19b9fa99d73de7ef3a0c182e644c5a3651071e38545d2/view -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 12:25:13 EDT Stephen Sekula From StellaLunaObs@mastodon.online on Mastodon: The first person to touch the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule since 2016 checks it for safety and applies protective covers. She prepared it for a quick helicopter ride to a mobile clean room where it will be secured, nitrogen-purged, and shipped off to the Johnson Space Center for sample analysis. Screen grab from NASA video. -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 12:20:12 EDT Stephen Sekula From alexwitze@sciencemastodon.com on Mastodon: And the # OSIRISREX samples are on the ground. Here's our story about why that's important and what happens next: https://www. nature.com/articles/d41586-023 -02954-2 -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 11:00:21 EDT Stephen Sekula It's is thrilling to watch a team like that on # OSIRISREx be rewarded with such a magnificent ending to a technically challenging mission. The joy on the # NASA TV live stream was the best part. As regards the # science , the hard work is just beginning as these samples make their way through a process and then into a challenging analysis effort. Congratulations to every… -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 09:15:15 EDT Stephen Sekula From megschwamb@mastodon.online on Mastodon: In space news, # OSIRISREx has released it sample return capsule. Everything's on track for entry into the atmosphere over California and landing in Utah # astrodon # NASA https:// blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2023 /09/24/osiris-rex-spacecraft-departs-for-new-mission/ -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 08:40:13 EDT Stephen Sekula From http://status.hackerposse.com/url/24664 on Mastodon: The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has released the capsule carrying pieces of the asteroid Bennu collected in 2020. The capsule will enter Earth's atmosphere at 10:42 EDT for a parachute-assisted landing around 10:55 a.m. EDT in Utah. Distance from earth at 8:00 a.m. EDT = 70,000 km. OSIRIS-REx will sail past Earth for its… -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 07:20:13 EDT Stephen Sekula What to know about the fall equinox https://www. washingtonpost.com/weather/202 3/09/21/fall-autumn-equinox-daylight/ # WashingtonPost -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 07:00:13 EDT Stephen Sekula From canberradsn@mastodon.au on Mastodon: Deep Space Stations 34 -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 20:05:13 EDT Stephen Sekula From StellaLunaObs@mastodon.online on Mastodon: Coming (home) Sunday morning … OSIRIS-REx. NASA’s live coverage of the OSIRIS-REx sample capsule landing starts at 10 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. MDT) and will air on X, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA TV: https://www. nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#pu blic https://www. nasa.gov/osiris-rex -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 19:30:15 EDT Stephen Sekula It is almost # NobelPrize season. While imperfect as a measure of achievement, the awards are useful for drawing attention to ideas and to the stories of a few. Announcements begin on October 2. Mark your calendars and feel free to speculate about possible winners! https://www. nobelprize.org/prizes/about/pr ize-announcement-dates/ https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/1ab2693ad55eeddc1b78f45e7725f3611dd7deb15cdee783820008d2f62f93de/view -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 19:00:13 EDT Stephen Sekula From jodi on Mastodon: Today I had the pleasure of meeting many Sudbury locals at Vale’s Family and Friends day. I was deeply impressed by the interest and level of knowledge of SNOLAB science. Thank you to everyone who stopped by! -
Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 15:00:14 EDT Stephen Sekula Fun with a cloud chamber @ SNOLAB during Creighton Mine Family Day! So happy to be able to share the wonder of the subatomic world with families from the lab and the mine. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/f001395183ff252d38493ff00e803f98b21965695ce9b804f3ce22db030df5b1/view