Andy Howell Supernova #SN2023ixf continues to brighten! A more recent photometric measurement of supernova #2023ixf made by the Virtual Telescope shows a magnitude of 10.9 on May 21 at 21:08 UTC. Note that lower magnitude implies higher luminosity. x.com/VirtualTelesco…

No fun having the Hubble Space Telescope proposal deadline fall while you’re in Hawaii. On the other hand, can’t beat this as an office.

Always good to get a copy of a friend’s book. Bonus points if I commented on an earlier draft and get to read it again. Anyway, I recommend it!

I really hope Ice Cube tweets about IceCube Neutrino Observatory tomorrow, because I need it for a Venn diagram joke.

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Unbelievable U2 show at #Sphere in Las Vegas. Busy show I’ve ever seen.

Haha, Mike Massimino gave me this very same astronaut potty training on TV.

“Joe is working on his next novel, so he isn’t eager to leave.” Andy Howell reviews the SBIFF entry That They May Face The Rising Sun. filmthreat.com/reviews/that-t… #SBIFF #FilmThreatSBIFF #SBIFF2024

Neutron Star / Black Hole merger detected by LIGO! hermes-dev.lco.global/message/1a3f55…

🚨 An exciting one! #GravitationalWave candidate #S240422ed If real, the source is probably a neutron star–black hole (could have an electromagnetic counterpart) False alarm rate 1 in 10^5 yr GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S2… GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/36236 Rating 🍫🎱🥯 #O4IsHere