Notices by Dr. Victoria Grinberg (vicgrinberg@mastodon.social), page 2

@kim_harding no worries and thanks for chiming in! I think low clouds is the closest I'm getting to it so far when trying to convey the image of what I mean to people...

If an X-ray satellite travels backwards in time it will become a microwave.

#astrodon #ScienceJokes #XRaysAreTheBestRays

Happy birthday #ESA #XMM-Newton!

I just love the breadth of science that an observatory can achieve: from understanding Jupiter's aurora to what happens very close to black holes or inside neutron stars.

And I also love than when building a space mission with a nominal lifetime of 4 years & then successfully operate it for 25+, with it still delivering cutting edge science as if it weren't a grandparent of a mission!

▶️ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/XMM-Newton/XMM-Newton_celebrates_25_years_of_breakthroughs

#XraysAreTheBestRays #astrodon #xmmnewton

A thing I started doing: when people cancel a meeting with me because they don't feel well or just say that they prefer to work from home that day because they are slightly sniffy or their throat is scratchy, I don't just say "sure, no problem" but explicitly thank them.

There is, whether we want or not, pressure that people feel to come to work even if they don't feel 100%. It's important to acknowledge when someone actively works against this.

Some exciting stuff to look forward to this weekend: #ESA's and #JAXA's #BepiColombo will make its fifth #Mercury flyby on Sunday!

▶️ https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/11/BepiColombo_s_fifth_Mercury_flyby

Flybys are not just exiting because of all the flight dynamics & trajectory magic, but also because we can actually use them to do science! For example, during the third flyby, scientists were able to map the magnetosphere of Mercury:

▶️ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/Mercury_s_magnetic_landscape_mapped_in_30_minutes

#astrodon #SolarSystem

Today marks the 3000 km on my ebike.

That thing changed my life.

Seriously, if you are thinking about buying one - do it (if you can afford it; and if you can't and live in Germany or NL talk to me, I have funds earmarked for donation - [edit to add: offer gone!]). I knew how to bike but never did and now I 80% of the time bike to work and back (10km one way). And I on biking vacations and on bike rides with friends. It's good for my health, it's good for my mood.

Sometimes it's the only reframing that helps me not to drown: I'm not waiting for the catastrophe. The catastrophe has already happened. We are living the apocalypse. How do I make my life and the lives of others as bearable as possible in the aftermath?

A mindblowing set of images of what the flood in #Valencia looks like from space - images of the same region from 8 and 30 October (I've been to the area, this is scary):

▶️ https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/10/Valencia_flood_disaster

image credit: USGS, processed by #ESA
images from the US Landsat-8 satellite

Back to the wall - zero core strength and my hands are killing me after three problems, but hey, what else did I expect from a hobby I'm shit at even at my best times? It makes me happy anyway 😊

#HappyThings #bouldering

There is an animal in this pic. Can you see it? 😊

[Spoilers in comments. Also quiet some fun in comments ☺️]

#SouthAfrica #GardenRoute

And because the world is what it is and we thus need distraction, here is a baby hippo chilling on its Mum's back.

#SouthAfrica #GardenRoute #NaturePhotography

And good night from the #hippos 😴

#SouthAfrica #GardenRoute #NaturePhotography

Good (very cold) morning from the hippo!

#SouthAfrica #GardenRoute #NaturePhotography

@Gargron wohooo, thanks!

Interrupting my vacation animal & nature posting to congratulate my #ESA colleagues on the amazing #Juice lunar-Earth flyby, the first of it's kind 💪 And it was so nicely precise, that they could save some fuel for extra scientific shenanigans in the Jupiter system!

▶️ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Juice_rerouted_to_Venus_in_world_s_first_lunar-Earth_flyby

Btw., if you want to know more here on #fedi, you should read the recent threads my (former) colleague @markmccaughrean who majorly contributed to making those lovely images of Earth & Moon!

#astrodon

Greeted a friendly neighbour after a stressful work day 😽

#Leiden #CatsOfMastodon

"Man stelle sich vor, ein Marschflugkörper schlüge in die Kinderstation der Berliner Charité ein."

"Putin hat mit seinem Angriff auf ein Kinderkrankenhaus die Temperatur gemessen. Zufrieden dürfte er feststellen: Es ist kühl geworden in Europa."

▶️ https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2024-07/krieg-ukraine-russland-wladimir-putin-europa 🔒

Bin zufällig über den Instagram Account von Natalie Grams gestoßen und es bricht mir das Herz: https://www.instagram.com/doc.natalie.grams

Escher in Het Paleis.

#AboutToday #escher #art

@littledetritus @regehr

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