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Robert Hawkes

@PhysHelp

Retired physicist, teacher, meteor scientist. 3M teaching fellow. Father, grandfather. Mt A, Western alum. Textbook author. Views those of invisible rabbit.

Victoria, BC Canada Bergabung Ocak 2011
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Robert Hawkes
Robert Hawkes@PhysHelp·
I have not been on this account much. I came back to tell you that Harvey (no not the one many followers know!) is now worth $11 billion. I am told more than more than Spirit Airlines, Nordstrom, and Macy's combined x.com/biconnections/…
BIconnections@biconnections

Three AI companies raised over $30 billion in a single weekend. Legal AI company Harvey is now worth $11 billion — more than Spirit Airlines, Nordstrom, and Macy's combined. The dot-com boom was a bake sale compared to this. Source: ins7ghts.com

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Robert Hawkes@PhysHelp·
I realize did not quite achieve their goal, but congratulations to all involved in the launch. Great to see Canada active in space launch, and by a university student group particularly impressive. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
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Maria Gritsevich
Maria Gritsevich@GritsevichMaria·
Infinite gratitude to the amazing sponsors and exhibitors powering #AstroRob 2025 and every edition before. You make it a first-class networking event every time — thank you for being a part of it! 🌌✨
AstroRobConf@AstroRobConf

Sponsors and exhibitors also make #AstroRob conferences possible! Want to be part of this awesome community for the next one in Almería (6-10 Oct)? Check out how to join and support: astrorob.com/sponsors-exhib…

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Physics In History
Physics In History@PhysInHistory·
What physics breakthrough do you think will happen in the next decade? ✍️
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Cliff Pickover
Cliff Pickover@pickover·
Physics. Mathematics. Reality. Universe. Stephen Wolfram's "Theory of Everything" is free on line, as a 448-page PDF. Here is a sample figure, to intrigue you. Source: arxiv.org/abs/2004.08210
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Planetary Society
Planetary Society@exploreplanets·
This has never happened before. Every living former NASA Science Chief united to sign a joint letter to Congress, urging them to reject a devastating 47% cut to NASA’s science budget. Led by our board member and former NASA Associate Administrator of Science John Grunsfeld, we helped bring this letter to life. Read the full letter here ⬇️ planetary.org/press-releases…
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NASA
NASA@NASA·
A view of lightning that's nothing like what we see on the ground: crew observations and instruments on the @Space_Station can help us better understand the behaviors of storms.
Nichole “Vapor” Ayers@Astro_Ayers

Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms.

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ESA Operations
ESA Operations@esaoperations·
ESA's astronomers are actively tracking 3I/ATLAS, which is now the third confirmed interstellar comet to pass through our Solar System! More info at: esa.int/Space_Safety/P…
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NASA JPL
NASA JPL@NASAJPL·
There's a new interstellar comet in the neighborhood! Known as 3I/ATLAS, this comet poses no threat to Earth – but it does provide a rare opportunity to study an object that originated outside of our solar system: science.nasa.gov/blogs/planetar…
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Ed Lu
Ed Lu@astroEdLu·
@b612foundation has taken the orbit and uncertainty of asteroid 2024YR4, sampled 10K trajectories from the current uncertainty, and propagated them forward. 2.3% of those hit the Earth on Dec.22, 2032. Here is where they hit.
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Tony Dunn
Tony Dunn@tony873004·
Here are 70 clones of #asteroid 2024 YR4 that do hit Earth, highlighting the impact risk corridor. There are some big cities along that line: #Bogota, #Lagos, #Mumbai.
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Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield·
Moon landing in 6 days! RESILIENCE is orbiting the Moon every 2 hrs, to land on Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold). Rover TENACIOUS to explore & collect samples. Soft landing to everyone at @ispace_inc! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuto-R_…
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