Preston MacDougall
@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science
#STEAM advocate and Master of the Atomic Domain (chemist) professing in the ‘Boro. My research profile on ResearchGate is here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Preston-Macdougall An archive of 'Chemical Eye' commentaries that aired on WMOT public radio in Nashville-Murfreesboro is here: http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/list.html You can find some with tootfinder!
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Preston MacDougall
@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science
#STEAM advocate and Master of the Atomic Domain (chemist) professing in the ‘Boro. My research profile on ResearchGate is here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Preston-Macdougall An archive of 'Chemical Eye' commentaries that aired on WMOT public radio in Nashville-Murfreesboro is here: http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/list.html You can find some with tootfinder!
mstdn.science
@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science
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3d ago
TIL that the astrophysicist who coined the term #DarkMatter , Fritz Zwicky, also coined the term ‘spherical bastard’, meaning someone who is a bastard no matter how you look at them. 🍊 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky
#WordsMatter
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John Hood
@johnhood@mastodon.social
Gaming since the Atari age, Doctor Who & Star Wars fan forever!
mastodon.social
Dark Matter returns on Apple TV https://www.generationstarwars.com/2026/04/dark-matter-returns-on-apple-tv.html #DarkMatter #AppleTV #Blog
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Starry Time Podcast
@starrytimepod@universeodon.com
Sisters Jordan and Kit (@kitirving) cohost this #podcast featuring #astronomy & ret-cons(tellations) of #mythology. Season 3: Into the Wild is afoot! Follow for toots related to #astronomy, #space, #astrophotography, #StarLore, #mythology of the night sky, and, occasionally, other things we're into (e.g., #StarTrek #Grogu #DoctorWho #Basketball #celtics #ThemeParks #scifi #writing #dinosaurs #storytelling #Creatures etc.) Older posts auto-delete
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Starry Time Podcast
@starrytimepod@universeodon.com
Sisters Jordan and Kit (@kitirving) cohost this #podcast featuring #astronomy & ret-cons(tellations) of #mythology. Season 3: Into the Wild is afoot! Follow for toots related to #astronomy, #space, #astrophotography, #StarLore, #mythology of the night sky, and, occasionally, other things we're into (e.g., #StarTrek #Grogu #DoctorWho #Basketball #celtics #ThemeParks #scifi #writing #dinosaurs #storytelling #Creatures etc.) Older posts auto-delete
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@starrytimepod@universeodon.com
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Feb 28, 2026
New #JWST image showing that dark matter is... all around!
📷 / more info: https://flic.kr/p/2rYADqJ
#JWST #Astrodon #astrophotography #space #science #DarkMatter #astronomy #Webb #NASA
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Westport Observatory
@WestportObservatory@vmst.io
The Westport Observatory, run by the volunteers of the Westport Astronomical Society brings the night sky down to the thousands who visit annually. We’re a non-profit that’s free and open to the public every Wednesday night from 8-10 pm if the skies are clear. We do suggest a donation of $5 per person if you're not a member. In-person or zoom lectures on the 3rd Tuesday monthly. #Astronomy #Observatory #WestportCT #WestportObservatory #nonprofit #astrodon #WestportAstronomicalSociety
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Westport Observatory
@WestportObservatory@vmst.io
The Westport Observatory, run by the volunteers of the Westport Astronomical Society brings the night sky down to the thousands who visit annually. We’re a non-profit that’s free and open to the public every Wednesday night from 8-10 pm if the skies are clear. We do suggest a donation of $5 per person if you're not a member. In-person or zoom lectures on the 3rd Tuesday monthly. #Astronomy #Observatory #WestportCT #WestportObservatory #nonprofit #astrodon #WestportAstronomicalSociety
vmst.io
@WestportObservatory@vmst.io
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Feb 17, 2026
Live at the Westport Observatory Tonight – 2/17!
We’re welcoming Columbia University astrophysicist Yue Yu to the WAS classroom for a deep dive into frontier physics and the big questions still haunting the universe. Dark matter, next-gen experiments, and the kind of science that keeps theorists up at night.
👉 https://was-ct.org/events/yue-yu/
#Astronomy #SpaceScience #WAS #WestportObservatory #WestportAstronomicalSociety #ScienceLecture #DarkMatter #Physics #Columbia #IAXO
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CosmicRami
@CosmicRami@aus.social
Astronomer, driving The Dish📡 to study pulsars in my PhD. Also, founded SpaceAustralia.com. Also, love a bit of astrophotography. Also, do everything with my little mate, Max. Also, Ultra-Gay. Also, fuck Elon Musk. He/Him. Header image credit: ESO/L. Calçada.
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CosmicRami
@CosmicRami@aus.social
Astronomer, driving The Dish📡 to study pulsars in my PhD. Also, founded SpaceAustralia.com. Also, love a bit of astrophotography. Also, do everything with my little mate, Max. Also, Ultra-Gay. Also, fuck Elon Musk. He/Him. Header image credit: ESO/L. Calçada.
aus.social
@CosmicRami@aus.social
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Jan 27, 2026
Excited to share my first #SpaceAustralia feature article for 2026 about an exciting and ambitious project that is unfolding 1km below the surface in regional Victoria.
Last year, I had the incredible opportunity to visit the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) with Dr Katie Mack and explore the ambitious efforts of the SABRE South experiment. Shielded from cosmic rays by a kilometre of rock, this lab offers the ideal conditions to search for the faint whispers of dark matter, which still accounts for 25% of all matter in the Universe—and yet remains completely undetected.
Check out the article (and yes, check out our funky boots in the clean room!) and keep a lookout for exciting news of the detectors switching on later in 2026.
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-dark-matter-quest
📸 F. Morrison / SUPL
#DarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #CosmicRays
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Keith Dawson
@kdawson@tldr.nettime.org
Recovering physicist, erstwhile bellwether. Did some stuff at the dawn of blogging and before. Tech writer, software developer, tech marketer, unelected pundit, technology journalist, editor, web designer, developer, hosting provider. Interests in #physics, #cosmology to the #quantum scale; #virology, #epidemiology; #social #justice, #poetry, and #dadjokes. Living in Minnesota on Dakota and Ojibwe land ceded in return for unfulfilled promises. Posts auto-delete at 2 weeks.
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Keith Dawson
@kdawson@tldr.nettime.org
Recovering physicist, erstwhile bellwether. Did some stuff at the dawn of blogging and before. Tech writer, software developer, tech marketer, unelected pundit, technology journalist, editor, web designer, developer, hosting provider. Interests in #physics, #cosmology to the #quantum scale; #virology, #epidemiology; #social #justice, #poetry, and #dadjokes. Living in Minnesota on Dakota and Ojibwe land ceded in return for unfulfilled promises. Posts auto-delete at 2 weeks.
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@kdawson@tldr.nettime.org
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Nov 26, 2025
Claimed possible direct evidence for dark matter in the form of WIMPs 500x the proton mass. Needs confirmation from other galaxies, which is presently lacking.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/25/study-claims-to-provide-first-direct-evidence-of-dark-matter
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/11/080
#Physics #DarkMatter
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