We will have some more science news coming out today- As usual I will post on the other site mastodon.social/@hfalcke

BTW: have a new result from the #EventHorizonTelescope with a new image of the famous #blackhole in #M87 . More information on my Mastodon account: mastodon.social/@hfalcke

How it started / How it's going

A paper by Falcke, Melia, and Agol appeared in The Astrophysical Journal #OTD in 1999, arguing it might be feasible to image the shadow of a distant supermassive black hole using Very Long Baseline Interferometry.

Image: EHT Collaboration

The 2023 Balzan Prizewinners.
#BalzanPrize
Fondazione Rava NPH
#EskeWillerslev Jean-Jacques Hublin Heino Falcke David Damrosch

Falcke: “Nothing in science happens only in a quiet chamber - every idea is ultimately planted in the soil of our masterminds and thinkers and grows and flourishes through dialogue, competition and cooperation.” #BalzanPrize Radboud University @[email protected] Heino Falcke

Heino Falcke Radboud University @[email protected] is demonstrating that #Einstein was right - at the place where the great physicist developed his theories, in Stadt Bern BalzanPrize Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz

What is the creative power in the universe? Gravity in space 🪐. Mankind's ability to think and record #thoughts in #worldliterature 📔. Thanks to D. Damrosch and Heino Falcke for their passionate lectures at #BalzanPrize Forum.
Radboud University @[email protected], Harvard University, BalzanPrize

Falcke: “For 100 years black holes seemed first mathematical curiosities and then tantalizing science fiction. In the next decades we will thoroughly understand how black holes generate energy, how they form jets and how they radiate.” #BalzanPrize Radboud University @[email protected]

Am 16.11.23, 10 Uhr stellen die Balzan Preisträger ihre Arbeiten am Interdisziplinären BalzanPrize Forum im Rathaus in Bern vor. Eine einmalige Gelegenheit, sich mit den Preisträgern Heino Falcke, David Damrosch auszutauschen. Jetzt anmelden 👉 go.academies-suisses.ch/balzanforum

On 16.11.23, 10am, the BalzanPrize winners David Damrosch, Heino Falcke will present their work at the Interdisciplinary Balzan Foundation Forum at the City Hall in Bern. A unique opportunity to exchange ideas with the award winners. Register now 👉 go.academies-suisses.ch/balzanforum

Larger number of astronomers migrating to other platforms, some advocating #BlueSky . Well, if you want to make the same error twice, go ahead. I am quite happy on #Mastodon now, there is a nice community, full text search, with the right app I can quote, and follow hashtags.

🌃Congratulations to ERC grantee Heino Falcke for winning BalzanPrize. Compliments to all the laureates!

Thank you and thanks to all who made this possible throughout the past decades! Half the price money will be used to support talented young scientists in Namibia.

Nice! Pocket book edition of “Light in the Darkness” arrived. Story of 1st image of a black hole that I witnessed 1st hand. Fascinating astrophysics & philosophical questions surrounding it. #4 bestseller in Germany, 4.5/5 stars on Amazon and available in 12 languages.

“Dat Twitter zo ondermijnend is, komt niet doordat er complottheorieën worden verspreid, maar doordat mensen … gaan geloven dat de bevolking echt uit volslagen idioten bestaat, in plaats van uit brave burgers”,
Twitter verlaten, het enige juiste besluit
nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/08…

Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty

Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community. #press

nature.com/articles/d4158…

ABC Australia X-its X

“We also found that closing individual program accounts helps limit the exposure of team members to the toxic interactions that unfortunately are becoming more prevalent on X,”

theguardian.com/technology/202…

Africa mm Telescope and Namibia Scientific Society invite you to
The Universe at the Namibia Scientific Society
Star Gazing at (inside) the AMT Mobile Planetarium

Number of participants is strictly limited, hence registration is required:
namscience.com/event/the-univ…

I'm done reading Light in The Darkness Black Holes, the Universe, and Us by Japanese edition. I also think that Black Holes taste is different a cup of coffee. Thank you so much this book’s author Heino Falcke

Professor Heino Falcke is presented with the 2023 Herschel Medal!