specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Sunset of the winter solstice through the stained glass onto the wall of our chapel, Jesuit Community of the Vatican Observatory,Tucson 0260
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 14/12/2024There is something satisfying about riding a train on a rainy day. The fun of being indoors out of the weather without the guilt of thinking I should be out doing something today. On the Texas Eagle en route to Tucson. 1130
Reposted by @specolations.bsky.socialVatican Observatory Foundation @vofoundation.bsky.social · 15/10/2024NASA's Europa Clipper Mission has started its Journey to Jupiter's Icy Moonbuff.lyNASA's Europa Clipper Mission Launches - Vatican ObservatoryNASA's Europa Clipper Mission has started its Journey to Jupiter's Icy Moon 091
Reposted by @specolations.bsky.socialVatican Observatory Foundation @vofoundation.bsky.social · 19/10/2024Astronauts are one in a million — except in a certain stoney place, where they are two orders of magnitude more common.buff.lyAstronauts & Stone — Heaven & Earth - Vatican ObservatoryAstronauts are one in a million — except in a certain stoney place, where they are two orders of magnitude more common. 0101
Reposted by @specolations.bsky.socialVatican Observatory Foundation @vofoundation.bsky.social · 11/10/2024October Newsletter #1 - An Alliance of History The Vatican Observatory hosted the annual meeting of the Alliance of Historic Observatories (AHO) in Castel Gandolfo, with representatives from more than two dozen observatories around the world! buff.ly/4eZJABz 071
Reposted by @specolations.bsky.socialVatican Observatory Foundation @vofoundation.bsky.social · 09/10/2024Happening now! This comet. called a sungrazer, will pass VERY close to the Sun. This image was taken by NASA's SOHO spacecraft, which has discovered thousands of comets - several of which have dove right into the Sun! Follow the comet here: buff.ly/3BBWyXR 171
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 27/09/2024Busy day today; several interviews to publicize the opening of our telescopes here (Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo) for public visits, the “Night of research“ public program tonight, and in between I need to write my column for The Tablet. When do I get to do science? 460
Reposted by @specolations.bsky.socialChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 01/08/2024New data up at Galaxy Zoo: we urgently need help to classify images of galaxies from ESA’s Euclid mission - if you have a few minutes and want to see images no one has seen before, join us: www.zooniverse.org/projects/zoo... 🔭 📡 🧪zooniverse.orgZooniverseThe Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. 15352
Reposted by @specolations.bsky.socialVatican Observatory Foundation @vofoundation.bsky.social · 27/07/2024A new entry for the Vatican Observatory Faith & Science Resource Center: an engaging book in which the Middle Ages teem with curiosity and scientific discovery.buff.lyThe Light Ages - Vatican ObservatoryA new entry for the Vatican Observatory Faith & Science Resource Center: an engaging book in which the Middle Ages teem with curiosity and scientific discovery. 142
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 30/06/2024Just a reminder to my American friends about trains in Italy. And yes this is mph not kph… 020
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 01/06/2024Walking down Mass Ave to MIT for my 50th reunion. I swear I could still smell NECCO wafers though the factory (like most of the places I lived) is long gone… 160
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 21/04/2024Just before boarding my spaceship I stopped by the norbear library… (Crumbs and Whiskers cat cafe in Georgetown; now en route via Amtrak Cardinal to Chicago) 190
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 30/03/2024I got to visit the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan with some old friends and posed before the Chrysler turbine car. My dad was involved in its making, some 60 years ago; back then we got to ride in it and my sister even got to drive it! 0171
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 23/02/2024I had a seven hour layover in Philadelphia en route to Rome so I had lunch with a physicist friend at Drexel and spent a few hours at the art institute. Along with the wonderful art my eye was caught by this… 050
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 15/02/2024Me, to my dentist, both of us in our 70s, while getting a tooth fixed and listening to the oldies station in the background: “I bet 50 years ago Manfred Mann never thought that Blinded By the Light would be Muzak in a dentist’s office” 0101
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 15/01/2024GaliLego… youtu.be/jHAYD3kAZFY?... See what happens when Lego gets out of control!youtu.beLEGO Galileo Stop-Motion AnimationLet's build a LEGO kit in tribute to the astronomer Galileo Galilei. I'm giving stop-motion animation a try.LEGO kit: LEGO Ideas "Tribute to Galileo Galei" #... 1110
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 04/01/2024I’m a cover boy once again, this time for an Italian Catholic magazine. I confess what amuses me most is seeing my MIT Brass Rat front and center. 070
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 27/12/2023Today’s Christmas travels were to Valvisciolo Abbey and Sermoneta, beautiful bits of medieval Italy south of Rome. 030
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 21/12/2023So this showed up this morning on that other app… (and, yes, he was talking about the stars) 1153
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 09/12/2023I get to live on a planet that has a moon, a beautiful sister planet, and Italian food. What more could you ask? Albano, south of Rome, this morning With the view I saw while bringing in the trash barrel… 0131
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 08/12/2023Last year the artist Jeff Warwick gave an astronomical menorah to the Vatican Observatory visitors center. I confirmed this morning the indicated phase of the moon! 083
Reposted by @specolations.bsky.socialThony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 06/12/2023Jesuit astronomer and first builder of a reflecting telescope, Niccolò Zucchi, was born 6 December 1586 #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2018/12/12/t...thonyc.wordpress.comThe Jesuit Mirror ManAlthough the theory that a curved mirror can focus an image was already known to Hero of Alexandria in antiquity and also discussed by Leonardo in his unpublished writings; as far as we know, the firs... 083
Reposted by @specolations.bsky.socialMichal J A Paszkiewicz @michalyoudoing.bsky.social · 27/11/2023Why Napoleon stole the Galileo files, and what happened next: www.cricetuscricetus.co.uk/post/napoleo...cricetuscricetus.co.ukNapoleon and the Galileo filesWhy Napoleon stole the Galileo files, and what happened next 141
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 26/11/2023List five famous people you’ve met, but one is a lie. Pope Francis Michael Dukakis Gloria Estefan Neil Gaiman Carl Sagan 220
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 10/11/2023Raptor morning at the Desert Museum 150
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 06/11/2023I’m told the Mystic train station was the model for the Lionel station… 140
specolations.bsky.social @specolations.bsky.social · 03/11/2023At the Philadelphia train station this morning. Thinking of joining a Celtic band… I have the cover photo at least. Maybe call it The Edge of Trashcan. (With apologies to Solas) Now I just have to learn to play an instrument. 2160
