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Astronuc reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread Stewart Cheifet Host of PBS Computer Chronicles has Died at age 87 with
Sad.
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Astronuc replied to the thread RIP Anthony J Leggett (1938 - 2026), superfluidity.I read about the behavior of 3He, probably around 1975, just one of the many interesting topics that inspired me to study physics and...
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Astronuc reacted to berkeman's post in the thread RIP Anthony J Leggett (1938 - 2026), superfluidity with
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Astronuc reacted to robphy's post in the thread RIP Anthony J Leggett (1938 - 2026), superfluidity with
Care.
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Astronuc replied to the thread Another Kīlauea Eruption seems to be beginning.Did it ever stop? I think there has been ongoing eruptions since. https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/summit-webcams
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In other words, one-on-one dialog between student and teacher. The student beer bar in Williamstown is called "The Log" Regarding...
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Astronuc replied to the thread High School ASASSN-15lh (aka SN 2015L), a superluminal supernova, or hypernova?.My wife just happened to be listening to a video on Science Channel. It caught my attention, partly due to the mention of killer stars...
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Astronuc posted the thread High School ASASSN-15lh (aka SN 2015L), a superluminal supernova, or hypernova? in Astronomy and Astrophysics.My wife was listening to a video about superluminal supernova (Type Ic), ASASSN-15lh, or SN 2015L. It was discovered through the All Sky...
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Astronuc replied to the thread Iceberg A-23A turns blue, starts traveling and may break apart.Apparently, the iceberg A23 has been disintegrating. Once the biggest in the world, it now apparently has weeks left somewhere in the...
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Astronuc reacted to D H's post in the thread Undergrad The Heavier Elements: A Question About Their Abundance with Like.
Gold, as I mentioned earlier, is a siderophile. It "loves" iron (that's what "siderophile" means). In fact, gold is more siderophilic...
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Astronuc reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Undergrad The Heavier Elements: A Question About Their Abundance with Like.
Perhaps a ton doesn't amount to very much on cosmic scales? In fact, there are estimated to be about 250,000 tonnes of gold on Earth...
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Astronuc reacted to phyzguy's post in the thread Undergrad Heavy elements from neutron star collisions? with Like.
Wikipedia is always a good place to start. I think until about 2000 or so, it was thought that supernovae were the main source of all...
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Astronuc reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread And They Names it Evo — an AI trained on trillions of bases with Like.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/large-genome-model-open-source-ai-trained-on-trillions-of-bases/ This is for @Evo: Hello Mrs...
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What have you looked at so far? Have you seen this...
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Astronuc reacted to Ibix's post in the thread Undergrad Relativistic Space Travel: Optimizing Proper Time [Project Hail Mary] with Like.
Could be optimising for other things - fuel consumption is the obvious bound. Can the ship burn at 1.5g for long enough to follow your...