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Out now from wherever you get good books: 'Our Accidental Universe' - the true stories of how we stumble upon truth in the cosmos. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ… (PS Special North American version - Accidental Astronomy - out in June)
chrislintott
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chrislintott
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Astronomer, broadcaster & writer @uniofoxford & @greshamcollege. Founder @the_zooniverse physics.ox.ac.uk/our-people/lin…
The human half of @dogstarspod
- Results just released from @NANOGrav and international partners show - for the first time - the signature of long-wavelength gravitational waves rippling through space. (1/n)
- Gorgeous shot of the annular phase of today's eclipse; it's path meant this will have been seen by very few.
- A team led by @jgreaves6 have found what might be signs of life high in Venus' atmosphere. They have detected phospine, a gas which on Earth is produced only by life, in quantities they say are too large to be produced any other way. (1/17)
- 1. No, they’re not. 2. He’s not a professor 3. Oh god.
- A few weeks ago we heard about the discovery of Phosphine on Venus. This evening, someone at the @IAU_org decided they were annoyed other people were in the limelight. I wrote a response to their statement:
- This appears to be a 2016 survey of about 1000 people. Same survey found 60% didn’t think dinosaurs were real. Methodology not online. In other words: likely a result of leading questions or some other framing. Don’t give this nonsense airtime.A recent survey found that a staggering 52% of Brits think the moon landings from 1969-72 were fake! What do you think? 🌕🚀 itv.com/thismorning/ho…
- You might be hearing a lot about this asteroid which will whizz past on Saturday - but the minimum distance is about 3.5 million miles, so ignore clickbait like this.NASA has confirmed that a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid is hurtling towards Earth at an incredible speed. bit.ly/2HouNCA
- "It was funny but it made your brain ache. A lecture's only good if it makes your brain ache a bit." - Felicity Hicks, who is 8, and who attended my recent talk in Cambridge. That's going on all the posters.
- I don't know why I think this is cool, but China's growing cotton seeds on the Moon.Replying to @AJ_FIXinhua has images from multiple days, showing clear progress of cotton seeds: x.com/XHNews/status/…
- Isn't this a joyful photo? The rover looks somehow happy to be there.
- Venus hanging above a crescent Moon. Look west now if you’re in the UK - it’s good for the soul. Pretty clear Earthshine too - the dark part of the Moon slightly illuminated by light reflecting off our own planet’s atmosphere.
- Some news, as they say: I'm delighted to announce my appointment as the 39th Gresham Professor of Astronomy - giving public lectures in the City of London and online, free to all, from September. (1/n)
