Jonathan Williams
- UMD Astronomy
- https://www.astro.umd.edu/~jonvwill/
NSF Astronomical Sciences/Electromagnetic Spectrum Management · Astrophysicist · Engineer · Posts are my own.
Joined Dec 2017
Iranian hackers broke into systems used by 8,000 American professors
(A reminder that EVERYONE needs to protect themselves online, and no one should assume they're too unimportant to be a target)
Carbon Allotrope Claims Edge Over GaN, Graphene
Researchers Create the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe Ever Made
https://www.universetoday.com/138835/researchers-create-detailed-simulation-universe-ever-made/
Seismologists introduce new measure of earthquake ruptures
(Research funded by the National Science Foundation)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180321141417.htm
70,000 Years Ago a Nearby Star Messed With the Orbits Of Comets and Asteroids in Our Solar System
Interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua came from binary star system
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/03/interstellar-asteroid-oumuamua-came-from-binary-star-system
Jonathan Williams
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We call them the Elders because a half a billion years ago they tripled the amount of oxygen in the air, which led to an explosion of life, which led to all of us. We call them the Elders, but you probably know them as plankton
Why climate change is so important...
#CoSoScience #climate
Astronomers Dedicate the Birth of a New Black Hole to Stephen Hawking
https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-dedicate-birth-of-a-new-black-hole-to-stephen-hawking/
3-D printing used to create metallic glass alloys
(Research funded by the National Science Foundation)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180322112651.htm
Designing a new material for improved ultrasound
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180322125006.htm
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Curiosity Rover: 2,000 sols on Mars
#CoSoScience
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43494227
US-CERT: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 12, 2018
US-CERT: Alert (TA18-074A)
Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors
As the saying goes, "none of us are getting out of this alive". But we all can hope to have the kind of impact, personally and professionally, on the world around us Stephen #Hawking had. As Astrophysicist Katie Mack said, "Hawking’s influence on theoretical physics, and on our understanding of the cosmos, was massive."
And if, as Hawking concluded, information is never lost, then he's not really gone.
Jonathan Williams
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Open Sourcing the Hunt for Exoplanets #CoSoScience https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/03/open-sourcing-hunt-for-exoplanets.html
Jonathan Williams
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Today is Einstein's birthday. Of his many lasting legacies, gravitational waves are THE intellectual pursuit for scientists of all stripes. Catch up here:
https://blog.csiro.au/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-gravitational-waves/
US-CERT: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 5, 2018
Jonathan Williams
- UMD Astronomy
- https://www.astro.umd.edu/~jonvwill/
NSF Astronomical Sciences/Electromagnetic Spectrum Management · Astrophysicist · Engineer · Posts are my own.
Joined Dec 2017