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László Molnár

@lacalaca85.bsky.social
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Astronomer, ally, dad, 'SeismoLab' Forefront grant PI. I play with space telescopes. Bilingual tweets (ENG/HUN), views my own.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026
Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I this case I prefer what ERC does: submission is more like a save button, you can edit and update your proposal until the deadline but don't expect an extension just b/c you left submission for the last five minutes.
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On point B, the NASA Exoplanet Archive typically serves ~10-20TB of data per month. In July it jumped to 70TB. In August it jumped to 600TB. So either our user base organically grew *30x* in two months (... unlikely), OR the bots have taken over already.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When people just vibe-code and agent their way through problems instead of using their brains:
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Kelly Lepo @kellylepo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My first thought when looking at this: very cool, but what planet is it? It's the Earth🤦‍♀️ Why does the Earth look smooth and featureless, other than the auroral ring? It's because Smile is an ultraviolet telescope, and Earth's atmosphere is opaque at ultraviolet wavelengths shorter than ~300 nm.
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Chris 🇭🇺 🇪🇺 |🏃🏋️👾🖥️🖱 @chrisguru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jönnek a mémek!
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The 140,000 HUF/month baseline PhD scholarship offered by Hungarian universities, in context. This is a fucking disgrace. And basically forces us, PIs and non-educational research institutes, to prop up the PhD system from our budgets, b/c the Orbán govts didn't give a flying fuck, ever.
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 16/09/2026
the hardest thing for the politician-bureaucrats to understand -- but which NSF staff *absolutely do* understand and always have -- is that you actually make scientific progress by giving young people money and promising not to bother them
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Konkoly Observatory @konkolyobs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The results on the stellar occultations caused by the rings of Chariklo have been published in Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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JWST stellar occultation reveals unexpected changes in Chariklo’s ring system
Ring systems have been found around several small bodies in the outer Solar System through stellar occultations. While such observations provide constraints on ring geometry and dynamical interactions...
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Konkoly Observatory @konkolyobs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chariklo's changing rings: our colleagues Csilla Kalup and Csaba Kiss participated in the analysis and explanation of the JWST observations. konkoly.hu/en/news/publ...
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers that Chariklo’s invisible rings are changing
As part of an international team led by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), Hungarian astronomers demonstrate for the first time that the two...
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Az egész Most Wanted produkcióból az a legviccesebb, hogy mennyi ember képtelen processzálni, hogy a komoly tudós akadémikus doktorprofesszorúr is ember, aki ha akarja, elmegy a tévébe, és elképesztően jól szórakozik közben. Még a végén kiderül, hogy mink is csak emberek vagyunk.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Whoa okay this latest Strange New Worlds did a massive whiplash at around the 35 minute mark.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Oberfrank Ferenc kicsit magasröptűre vette a stílust, de ezt a mondatot magyarra lefordítva: önmagában az, hogy valaki Nobel-díjat kapott a tudományos munkásságáért, nem teszi automatikusan érinthetetlen (tudomány)politikai megmondóemberré és pénzcsap-kezelővé. qubit.hu/2026/09/01/k...
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Egy másik dolog, amivel nem először bassza fel az agyamat. Az országban számos sikeres diákolimpiai felkészítő program fut, beleértve például az Athletica Galactica-t, ami a csillagász diákolimpiára céloz. Krausz ezeket is szemrebbenés nélkül ignorálja.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Feri, Feri, Feri, Feri. Feri. Szerinted az, hogy Hankó, nyilvánvalóan Orbán tudtával és áldásával, hozzád vágott több száz milliárdot, a teljes 25 éves szerződést meg aláírtátok ezermilliárdról, az nem volt *politikai döntés*???...
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Futurism @futurism.com · 30/08/2026
"It was subtle, but it was very wrong, and everything downstream of it was also wrong, and I had shared the whole thing in a room full of people who trusted me."
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A Scientist Was Presenting His Vibe-Coded New Work When One of His Colleagues Pointed Out Something Extremely Embarrassing
Science communicator Paul Sutter accidentally presented AI hallucinations in front of many of his colleagues.
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Andrew Jones @andrewjonesspace.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Tianwen-2 arrived at Kamo'oalewa nearly two months ago, and no updates since. Thankfully, space exploration historian Phil Stooke uncovered a few more pics from CNSA from the first encounter in early July. Hopefully an update soon.
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pötterbing ödön💫🩷💜💙 @cattitude.xyz · 27/08/2026
na ezert hasznalok munkan kivul libreoffice-t😌 pedig kaphatnek ingyen diaklicenszt az office-hoz, de nincs az az isten, hogy otthon is felbasszon
Interestingly, The Document Foundation is also making a point of what LibreOffice 26.8 does not include: generative Al. The
organization says it does not transmit documents to remote services for
processing, and no part of the office suite requires network access to function.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 18/08/2026
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU SLAM A ROCKET INTO THE MOON New images just dropped from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, showing the crater formed by a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage when it hit the Moon on 5 August 2026. The new crater is 18 m across and 3 m deep.
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Thomas Marrone @thomasthecat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Official Babylon 5 YouTube Channel (yes, there is one!) has started posting full episodes of B5, starting with the Pilot, called "The Gathering." If you haven't seen B5, go check it out. Premiering in 1994, B5 was a prototype for today's Prestige TV formula. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVW...
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The Gathering (Pilot) | Babylon 5 FULL EPISODE
YouTube video by Babylon 5
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A Falcon 9 upper stage left a 60-foot-wide crater on the moon. Lunar images show bright fresh material near the rim and darker weathered rays excavated from about 1.5 feet below the surface.
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NASA's LRO images Falcon 9 crater on moon, learns new details
Between Aug. 11–12, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the moon.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So now we're pretty sure Betelgeuse has a binary companion, another star orbiting it. What happens to the star when Betelgeuse blows up? Nothing good, though weirdly it will almost certainly survive the hellish ordeal. I wrote this! www.scientificamerican.com/article/when... 🧪 🔭
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What happens when Betelgeuse blows its top?
Betelgeuse, the sky’s most famous red supergiant, is well studied but poorly understood
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Almost two years after we submitted the first Betelbuddy paper (the Goldberg-Joyce-Molnár trio going crazy in New York paper), Jared submitted on our latest installment on "what is going on with Betelgeuse" and the surprisingly clear direct detection of the companion. arxiv.org/abs/2608.11672
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Far from ideal conditions (minimal planning + traffic jam towards the original place), but at least got a few shots of the eclipse:
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
SZOLGÁLATI KÖZLEMÉNY: _ne_ próbáljátok meg szabad szemmel bámulni a napfogyatkozást, vagy legfeljebb közvetlenül naplementekor, _de csak ha_ kellően tompítja a légkör a Nap fényét és nem vakít.
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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Remember you don't need eclipse glasses to enjoy a solar eclipse. I'm a fan of the pinhole camera. If it's clear in Belfast I'm going to try the colander trick www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/solar...
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How to enjoy a solar eclipse without eclipse glasses | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
If you don't have eclipse glasses, you can safely observe a solar eclipse indirectly by projecting the shadow of the solar eclipse.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Lehet, hogy az AI hamarosan átveszi az uralmat minden felett, de közben meg fordítani még mindig nem tud megbízhatóan, hogyazistenbe' lett a Hydrogen-alpha line-ból (hidrogén-alfa vonal) hidrográfiai alfényjel, kedves Gemini?...
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Ahány nagyokost láttam fb-n arról, hogy "miért nem tesznek oda az atomerőműhöz Praktikeres szivattyút/hegesztenek egy méter vascsövet", a tízmillió fúrnimegyünk országa lettünk.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Megfigyelték, megírtam: www.csillagaszat.hu/hirek/szinte...
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Szinte biztos, hogy a Betelgeuzének közeli kísérőcsillaga van | csillagaszat.hu
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Two studies published in 2024 robustly predicted that in December that year, the companion would be furthest from Betelgeuse and hence easier to spot." Nice to see that our Betelbuddy prediction was spot on. :D www.eso.org/public/news/...
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Astronomers find strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse has a companion - “The conclusion of a century-long quest”
At long last, astronomers have firm evidence that Betelgeuse, one of the most famous stars in the night sky, is not alone. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), a...
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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
More footage of the lightning strike launch! 🌩️ China's Long March 3B rocket was struck by lightning shortly after liftoff from Xichang, yet continued its mission without issue, successfully placing the Tianlian-2 06 communications relay satellite into orbit.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Lehet hogy én leszek a mameluk, akit meghalad a kor, de ha erre a tart a tudomány művelése, akkor inkább elmegyek péknek, mint hogy a munkám arra legyen redukálva, hogy AI agenteket nézek, amint mindent megcsinálnak helyettem. qubit.hu/2026/07/20/a...
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A magyar fejlesztésű AI-platform nemcsak időt spórol a kutatóknak, de új kapukat is nyithat a tudományban
A HUN-REN és az Óbudai Egyetem platformja, az ADP olyan AI-ágenseket nyújt a magyar kutatóknak, amik adatot elemeznek, szakirodalmat fésülnek át, sőt akár laborműszereket is vezérelnek. Szertics Gerge...
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Merkely mikor mond le? (A másik két screenshot a korábbi HU-rizont pályázatos sorrend-cserebere botrányának cikkéből) 444.hu/2026/07/17/m...
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Pasi mellettem a villamost letolt egy Kőbányait, akkurátusan kirázta a dobozból az utolsó csepekket az ablakon, eltette, szisszentette a következőt, reggel tízkor. Ha eszedbe jut egy tegnapi thread, ami rímel erre, az nem véletlen.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Last major conference trip from my current research grant. These five years were both very long and flew by really fast.
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James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Baszki, jó hogy mondod, Balázs! Ne veszítsünk választást, hát hogy ez nekünk nem jutott eszünkbe se 2014-ben, se 2018-ban se 2022-ben...
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
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Michael Brown @mjibrown.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Juicero in outer space
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Dr. JB Vincent @comet-toolbox.com · 06/07/2026
Great week-end for small bodies ! Hayabusa 2# flyby of asteroid Torifune (www.jaxa.jp/press/2026/0...) and Tianwen-2 images of asteroid Kamo'oalewa (www.xinhuanet.com/20260706/eb8...) ! #PlanetaryScience
Asteroid Torifune imaged by Hayabusa 2# (JAXA)Asteroid Kamo'oalewa imaged by Tianwen-2 (CNSA)
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Roman Space Telescope - Rotate to Vertical Technicians and engineers inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy rotate the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to vertical using precision handling hardware. Credit: NASA/Sydney Rohde (Rocz) images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-... #Roman 🧪🔭
Technicians and engineers inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida rotate the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to vertical Thursday, June 25, 2026, using precision handling hardware. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer and “mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,” the Roman Space Telescope will offer a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s, resulting in deep, sweeping explorations of the cosmos
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I've been in the US at least half a dozen times and found many things to enjoy there - without ever even hearing about Buc-ee before these posts.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"Hey look I'm big CEO guy who can't even configure his laptop to keep running with the lid closed, also my AI psychosis is so bad I can't even stop running it while exiting an airplane"
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Na bakker, lemaradtam róla, hogy KariGeri betiltotta az autózást a városban? xd
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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"Crazy Beautiful!" 5,234 images from 2 time-lapse sequences photographed by Sophie Adenot & Jessica Meir on ISS Expedition 74 are repaired, remastered & retimed to create this video of aurora australis with music by Andreas Vollenweider. 11m19s 4K youtu.be/22mTjdmpG1M
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Csire doktor fb feedjéből, zseniális :D (scene from Budapest Pride yesterday, apparently multiple people yelled at the protestor that "we're gay, not vampires!")
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Tanács Zoltánról tudtam, hogy a csillagászat a kedvence, de miniszterként hosszú posztot kirakni az Euclid űrtávcső apropóján... Wow. Elképesztő érzés, hogy végre olyan miniszter felel a tudományért, aki amúgy szereti és érti is, ellentétben ilyen díszmajmokkal, mint Hankó volt.
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László Molnár @lacalaca85.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Holy bifurcating main sequences, Batman!!
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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This isn’t actually funny but I keep cackling to myself when people say we should pursue AI because it will tell us how to solve climate change. Like, we *know* how, we’re just not. ::burns so much fossil fuel to ask:: hey AI, what do? AI: “stop burning fossil fuel”
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