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Where is Webb

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

Where, oh where is Webb right now? 🔍@NASAWebb is on a million-mile journey to its L2 orbit, where it will #UnfoldTheUniverse. Stay up to date with our data-driven infographic. Note: Deployments are managed by ground teams, so timings can change: https://t.co/kbzsimf5tw pic.twitter.com/Rw9xAkxMRc
— NASA (@NASA) December 27, 2021

Yale Sociologist Nick Christakis: COVID-19 Will Reshape Humanity

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: Comet Leonard behind JWST Launch Plume

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: Comet Leonard behind JWST Launch Plume

Why does the occasional solar eclipse go backwards?

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

A variant-proof, pan-coronavirus vaccine is on the horizon, now with the first starting a Phase 2 clinical trial

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

A variant-proof, pan-coronavirus vaccine is on the horizon, now with the first starting a Phase 2 clinical trial. I had the privilege of teaming up with @dr_kkjetelina to write about it @SubstackInc https://t.co/dPxIBh6ocs
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 26, 2021

How earth will look with current international borders in 250 million years

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

How earth will look with current international borders in 250 million years

Plate tectonics at work. Let's assume the current international borders will still be in place in 250 million years. This is what the world would look like. I particularly like the Nigerian-Canadian border and landlocked Brazil. Source: https://t.co/p1ShDDOIHO pic.twitter.com/xXebNf14di
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) December 26, 2021

APOD: James Webb Space Telescope over Earth

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: James Webb Space Telescope over Earth

Webb Antenna Released and Tested

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

Webb Antenna Released and Tested

📞 Hello Webb? It's us, Earth!

Our team just deployed the gimbaled antenna assembly, which includes Webb’s high-data-rate dish antenna. This antenna will be used to send at least 28.6 Gbytes of data down from the observatory, twice a day: https://t.co/4vKcbjbKJO pic.twitter.com/zFjhF3yLzY
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) December 26, 2021

Every continuous function of many variables is a finite composition of continuous functions of two variables. — Kolmogorov

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

Every continuous function of many variables is a finite composition of continuous functions of two variables. — Kolmogorov
— Analysis Fact (@AnalysisFact) December 24, 2021

The rocket’s own massive weight holds it down, and it’s heavy enough that it won’t tip over.

Posted on 2022/01/10 by Carl Robitaille

I asked Gerard Bruno, Arianespace’s VP of French Guiana operations, how the rocket is secured. Turns out it’s not! Like, at all. The rocket’s own massive weight holds it down, and it’s heavy enough that it won’t tip over. Everyone on site seems completely fine about this
— Marina Koren (@marinakoren) December 23, 2021