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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

First light for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory opened new frontiers of discovery and innovation! 🧪🔭

First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Experiment that has been blowing minds since the early 1800s just got more mind-blowy! Individual particles act like waves in a pond when shot through a pair of slits. But what if you take away the slits and use rows of atoms? Still works! But on smaller scale than seen before! #science 🧪

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I love ALMA! And so should you. It images mm and sub-mm wavelength light, basically an infrared camera made of an antenna array! 🧪🔭 The distance between the antennas determines resolution. A zoom camera for the cosmos.

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@newswise.bsky.social , the powerhouse distributor of science, engineering, and medical news, is also the official media partner of First Light Con! firstlightcon.com/news/newswis...

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The chart of infrasound detections tells a compelling story! First “sound?” What’s next, Smell-vision?!

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Chemical engineering has done wonders! Thomas Midgley Jr excluded. In this case, PVC is among the most difficult plastic to recycle… every little bit helps. 🧪

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Love seeing planetary nebulas! (Note: I avoid Latin plurals outside of journal articles.) The name is a misnomer: early observers thought the roundness of there objects were somehow planet related. Nope: glowing sloughed off layers of a star! Still cool! 🧪🔭

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This is a compelling story of perseverance! A revolutionary achievement made possible by one visionary’s dedication. 🧪💉⚕️

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Something I have long speculated! The universe is really good at turning chemistry into biology! 🧪

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you ever get the opportunity, visit both the VLA and ALMA! Iconic instruments… captivating settings! And cool science. 🔭

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The VLT It is one of the world's most advanced optical telescopes. It consists of four 8.2m diameter and four movable 1.8m diameter telescopes. Using 'maths' and powerful computers, they can combine their observations to form one giant telescope: an 'interferometer.' 🔭🧪

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is the perfect blending of #science #engineering and #wonder! The Smithsonian has a new exhibit on NSF's ground-based observatories. Worth the visit! Geek out! 🔭

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I haven’t touched this story in decades… time to open old wounds and see if it can be improved.

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is the intersection of science, engineering, and wonder! I have never seen the northern lights, even when the Sun was at its most active. But I really want to! 🔭

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Blue the Science Dude @science-dude.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The aurora australis imaged May 30 from 441 kilometers above the southern Indian Ocean. It is created by charged particles from the Sun colliding with Earth's magnetic field. My mother thought the northern lights were caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. The truth is SO MUCH COOLER! 🧪🔭

The aurora australis streams across the southern Indian Ocean with an airglow outlining Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 274 miles above. Credit: NASA/Chris Williams

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Astrobiology is one of the MOST exciting fields of science! Join First Light Con as we talk with the experts at the forefront of searching for life beyond Earth!

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

'First Light' as stars burst into life! 🧪

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Tenacity in research. Bell Burnell is a pioneer. Worth honoring and celebrating. 🔭

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A true moment of “first light” as stars are born in collapsing clouds of dust and gas triggered by the force of an exploding star!

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The nexus of science fiction and engineering innovation! Clarke’s idea had one major difference. Humans had to live on it to replace vacuum tubes. Didn’t foresee transistors.

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Earth’s climate is complexity on a global scale, with atmospheric chemistry playing a part.

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

HIV is hard to beat. It doesn’t give B cells a chance to develop effective antibodies and mutates wicked fast. @newswise.bsky.social #medicine A new vaccine produced the "best HIV-fighting antibody response ever seen in primates." Human trials have now started. www.newswise.com/articles/new...

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Evocative image! The universe is far more that human eyes can perceive. Hidden within dusky regions and at imperceptible wavelengths, galaxies churn and roil. #space #stsci #science 🧪🔭

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It shows that stars can meet their demise in some of the densest regions of the Universe where they can be driven to collide. 🔭🧪🎇 What a way to go! #science #astronomy #stars #gemini

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I get bitten no matter the weather… at least physics explains why. #science #mosquito

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

One of the joys of being a science writer is crafting words that help convey the wonder of the cosmos. Star birth can be a violent and explosive event, but also beautiful. #astronomy #fireworks #starbirth #cosmos 🔭

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hey science and innovation enthusiasts, as First Light Con gears up for the inaugural event in 2027, we could use your help laying the groundwork! Learn what it's all about at: www.firstlightcon.org. gofund.me/99d67e3ba

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

First Light [virual high-five] to first life. 🫸🫷 🙏

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It's not "First Light" but it is first observations of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST. #NSFfunding #federalfunding #innovation #science #research

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Future observatories may one day capture the faint glow of illusive dark-matter particles as they collide around Jupiter and Saturn. #darkmatter #astronomy #science #cosmos

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

In a classic Monty Python sketch, a woman (John Cleese) is interviewed about her theory on the brontosaurus. 🦕 “It started small, got bigger in the middle, then smaller again on the other end.” That’s kinda how I feel about cosmic inflation.

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Neutrinos never fail to amaze and confound! They're so intresting, even the actual title of the paper is tantalizing! "Compact dusty starbursts at cosmic noon linked to high-energy neutrinos." #astronomy #almaobservatory #neutrinos #starburst #crazyuniverse

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I remember watching the first LIGO announcement in 2016 while at NRAO: the 'chirp' heard 'round the universe! Latest news adds a new 'twist." Like a bread maker twirling dough, ginormously massive spinning objects twirl the fabric of spacetime. #space #astronomy #LIGO #science #OMG #fandom #geek

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

✨A big announcement is coming soon for First Light Con — and you’ll want to be the first to know. Explore what we’re building and join the community now at firstlightcon.org! 🎟️🔬🚀🖖 #FirstLightCon #STEM #SciComm #Innovation #NerdCulture

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I enjoy a violent videogame as much as the next human. I don't believe playing Adventure! on Atari twisted my little mind. #videogames #science #psychology #childhood

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I was there for ALMA's "First Light". Telescopes that observe both day and night are amazing!

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sometimes living in a bubble is a good thing! Cosmically speaking. The sort of stuff that gets me jazzed about science! #science #nasa #solarsystem #newhorizons #space

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our website is now up and running! Follow for updates! Support fandom for pop culture and science! Inaugural event Oct. 2027. Join in now! Help launch a brand new "con" that goes where no fandom event has gone before!!! 🧪🔭🤖 #popculture #fandom #science #engineering #stem firstlightcon.org

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First Light Con @first-light-con.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The lobby at NASA HQ had a pretty thorough makeover... It now looks more like a space agency than an insurance company. Space artifacts and real-world examples are critical in communicating science! #science #space #mars

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