It’s nice to know the American government is about as on time for stuff as the Canadian Government. #WhereIsThePhoto@NASA
ARE WE ON THE RIGHT URL BUNSEN
I've been listening to this jazz stuff for like 20minutes. I followed the link from @Astropartigirl and @AstroKatie . The snare drum really gets after the sixtieth loop
IF IT PAUSES AGAIN TO TRICK US AND THEN STARTS THE LOOP AGAIN IM THROWING THE COMPUTER THROUGH THE WALL
We just have to patient Beaker. Photos from the JWST are neither early or late, they arrive precisely when they mean to
IT PAUSED AGAIN WHY DO THEY MOCK US SO
Why did you post this video Beaker?
PEOPLE NEED ENTERTAINMENT WHILE THEY ARE LISTENING TO THE NASA BOP
Ok. @NASA I know when you deal with stuff in space you are talking deep time but for a dog each minute we wait is a freaking LIFETIME
THE JWST WAS DELAYED LIKE A DECADE SO ITS ON BRAND THE FIRST PHOTO IS DELAYED TOO BUT IF ITS A DECADE I DONT KNOW IF WE WILL BE AROUND TO SEE IT BUNSEN
That got awful dark Beaker
ITS SPACE BUNSEN. MOST OF SPACE IS DARK.
OK MAYBE!?? YEEEHAAAH
I’m watching the signing person not the VP lady. #squirrel
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Guess what?
It’s not great to lie to dogs AND dogs know when you humans are lying to us!
Let’s break it down on:
THE SUPER AWESOME SCIENCE THREAD! #TSAST#Science
If you thought you could lie to dogs you’d be forgetting that we can SMELL your emotions.
Humans give of Volatile Organic Compounds when they are happy, sad, or stressed. We can smell them. The best of us are trained to react to them as therapy/service dogs. @sampson_dog
Researchers in Japan asked the question- will a dog be skeptical of an untrustworthy human, or blindly follow commands.
They had 34 dogs in this study and in the first round, a human truthfully pointed at where a favourite toy or treat was.
The dogs obviously loved this round.
Why is the photo from the JWST so profound?
Let’s talk about it in
THE
SUPER
AWESOME
SCIENCE
THREAD! #TSAST
1. DISTANCE
The photo is of galaxies a long time ago and far, far away.
Since space is so big, distances are measured in light years. Light travels 5.88 trillion miles in a year. The galaxies used to make the image are 4.6 billion light years away. 4.6b x 5.88t miles = 🤯
2. TIME
The galaxy cluster the telescope aimed at BENT the light around them due to their gravity and it has magnified EVEN more ancient stuff behind them.
13 billion years ancient actually.
13 000 000 000 years old.
It’s a number so hard to wrap your head around.
Invasive species are a heck of problem.
They usually have few predators and displace organisms native to the area.
Scientists have found a way to fight against these horrors with….um…horror.
Read on! #Science
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Mosquito fish, as invasive species, have little to fear. Once out of their natural habitats of North America they strut around rivers and lakes with the confidence of Beaker being protected by Bunsen.
They reproduce quickly AND stuff there just doesn’t eat them.
Named the mosquito fish because they nibble on mosquito larva- they were introduced in Australia (why is it ALWAYS Australia pick a different country folks) to help with mosquito population. Well that backfired and now these fish are freaking pests.
Small, adorable, annoying.
There are chemicals that take FOREVER to break down, they are in thousands of consumer products, AND they are inside you and me.
They may be impacting our health.
Let’s learn with Bunsen and Beaker!!
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These “forever” chemicals are called polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS for short. They are found in too many consumer products to name and help make surfaces resist stains, water, and grease.
Unlike pizza boxes, Beaker’s fur resists water naturally with body oils.
It’s shocking but PFAS are found everywhere in nature.
They take, well- to be blunt- an undetermined amount of time to breakdown.
They are in our water.
They are in our food.
They are in our blood.
98% of us have them inside us.
(Like dog hair in our house, it’s everywhere)
There are radio telescopes all over the world that see AMAZING things invisible to our eyes.
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Here are SEVEN WILD things about radio telescopes that WILL BLOW YOU AWAY!
1. Stuff in space makes radio waves. No, it isn’t like like Justin Beiber’s new hit song, it’s energy.
Planets, comets, stars, and galaxies all generate or reflect electromagnetic energy in the form of very large wavelengths called radio waves.
2. Radio waves have SO little energy.
All of the radio waves our radio telescopes collect have a lower energy than a SINGLE snowflake hitting the ground.
(That’s a famous Carl Sagan quote- and while it might be a BIT off- it’s pretty close to how LITTLE energy these waves have)