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Drone view from the summit of Everest

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This was the moment Harris had been waiting for - and she delivered it with composure.

Parkrun at Richmond, where it all started, had 6000 show up last weekend - sure beats my 400+ at N Sydney... One of the best citizen inventions of all time... runabc.co.uk/bushy-parkrun-…

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This is an awesome demonstration of a mega-tsunami that set the world ringing like a bell for 9 days... 200 metres high at the start of the fjord, 60 metres (200') high for 15 km - imagine that! Easy to read... and nobody saw it! pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/articl…

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Do quantum technologies (computers, networks, etc.) have any role in astronomy? See our latest review... Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) #SAIL_Labs IPOS Photonics Sydney Science

It’s interesting that the emojis show the earth from three angles 🌎 🌍 🌏 but not the fourth. Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like. People underestimate the Pacific.

I can't tell you how many people (mostly men) want to believe in huge conspiracies... Just a little science knowledge would kill off most of those. thetimes.com/uk/science/art…

"Stop giving power to people who don't believe in science or worse than that, pretend they don't believe in climate change for their own self-interest." Harrison Ford There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #biodiversity #GreenNewDeal #dumptrump

Are you ready for GALAH Data Release 4? 1st October!

So much globular cluster goodness to look forward to 😍😍

We are to have two moons in 57 nights' time - one rather smaller than the other - attached. The last time it happened: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_NX1

This is clever - deflect incoming killer asteroids with x-rays!! nature.com/articles/d4158…

The power of JWST to observe thin and thick galaxy discs to z > 2. Exciting times! Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) Mount Stromlo JWSTObservations

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Amazing that Prof. Julia Bryant's group at U. Sydney is building instruments based on fibres made on the International Space Station... nasa.gov/missions/stati… Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) #SAIL_Labs IPOS Photonics Astralis Instrumentation Consortium

Chinese scientists mostly cite Chinese science. But that may be true of the US, i.e. US scientists mostly cite US science... science.org/content/articl…