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Born #OnThisDay in 1850 was pioneering Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya. She was the first woman to gain a doctorate in mathematics and was one of the first women to work as an editor at a scientific journal. #WomenInSTEM

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The magnetic North Pole is drifting towards Siberia and speeding up 😱🌏 Scientists believe we may be nearing another pole reversal. Understanding these changes is crucial for protecting satellites, communication systems, and power grids. Geomagnetism impacts modern life 🛰️ #Geomagnetism #SpaceScience

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Sun Avoidance xkcd.com/3029

submitted 64 days ago • 44 comments

🌞🤩👏 The Parker Solar Probe is currently undergoing its historic closest approach to the Sun. It reached the closest point, perihelion, at 11:52 UTC today, less than 15 minutes ago. Wow! What an amazing mission, and what an amazing moment! Keep on going, Parker! 🫣 😱 😮

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@davidwehle.bsky.social The demo is amazing, and I can't wait for the full release, but do you have any tips to prevent motion sickness? I've tried adjusting the fov.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

🌍 The Joint IAGA-IASPEI Scientific Assembly 2025 abstract submissions are now open! Consider submitting an abstract to our session on Ground-Based Geomagnetic Observatories and Automated Instrumentation (A05): 🔗 iaga-iaspei-2025.org/iaga-symposia/ #Geomagnetism #SpaceWeather #SpaceScience

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Last weekend's hike near the Kleinrivier Mountains, Western Cape #SouthAfrica #paradise

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🚨Aurora alert! Ever heard of the anti-black aurora? It’s a bright twin that drifts alongside the mysterious black aurora, flipping sides unpredictably! 🌌✨ My study reveals their unique electron energies & motions. Check it out! 🧪💡 #AuroraScience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🌍 Could a polar flip be coming? 🤔 The last complete magnetic field reversal, where the north magnetic pole moved toward the Southern geographic pole, was 780,000 years ago. Today, the South Atlantic Anomaly is growing, and some believe it hints at a new geomagnetic transition 🌍🧲🧭 #Geomagnetism

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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

submitted 87 days ago • 479 comments

So it’s day 2 of #25DaysofCrustmas - and we have a teeny tiny Crustacean called Idiomysis tsurnamali from the Red Sea. This little mysis shrimp hangs around in swarms near anemones - and are a pain to photograph. #Inverts #MarineLife

submitted 88 days ago • 4 comments

I felt like I accidentally rolled my eyes at someone on the tube and they saw me, so I decided to start rolling my eyes a lot, pretending I had some sort of eye problem to try to explain/disguise the first accidental eye roll and they probably think I’m a maniac.

submitted 92 days ago • 18 comments

in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Earlier I went through my sister's kitchen junk drawer. If anyone needs a CD to reinstall Windows 95, hit me up.

submitted 92 days ago • 400 comments

What is the great globe itself but a Loose-Fish?

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments

Your honor the boys were back in town

submitted 93 days ago • 9 comments

Back to #Auroras 🌌 Did you know there's another way to infer auroral energy besides optical data? Enter the Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) 📡 Con: Its field of view is tiny compared to all-sky cameras. Pro: You get to work with a radar that measures 10/10 on the awesome scale 🤟

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🌍 What’s a magnetic reversal, aka magnetic “flip”? It’s when the magnetic North and South poles swap! 🧭 Recorded in rocks, these irregular flips weaken the field and can even create extra poles -- this has happened numerous times throughout geological history 😱🧲 #Geomagnetism #SpaceScience

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Happy Sunday from the Sun! ☀️ We have quite a few active regions spread across the disk, but based on complexity, AR3906 has the highest probability for producing a notable flare (25% for M-class & 5% for X-class). For now, we watch and wait!

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Serengeti National Park ,Tanzania 📍🇹🇿

submitted 97 days ago • 6 comments

We finally have some excitement in the active regions on the Earth-facing disk! AR 3905 and 3906 have just rotated onto the eastern limb and are relatively magnetically complex. Let’s watch out for flares and CMEs from these ARs as they move into the Earth strike zone!

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On #fieldwork: recording data for our Southern African regional #geomagnetic field model. On top of the pillar is an Overhauser magnetometer 🌍 Vicinity of Victoria West, #SouthAfrica

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HUGE explosion just now WOW! Second burst of the night. Intense movement. Just wait until you see the videos I took of this one. I’ll be posting them tomorrow.

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

Best day ever 🐶

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Eastern Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis), harmless #snakes #reptiles #wildlife #africa

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

The #Antarctic ice shelf where South Africa's research vessel, the SA Agulhas II, transfers supplies that will travel approximately 160 kilometres inland to the SANAE IV research base.

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Resharing these here to hopefully prevent as much misinformation and/or confusion as possible. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are not phenomena that can be referenced interchangeably. They are completely different phenomenon with completely different impacts. ☀️

submitted 132 days ago • 2 comments

SANSA and the Ethiopean SSGI have installed a magnetometer station in Ethiopia, currently the only dual scalar/vector magnetometer station on the magnetic dip equator in the African sector. This will enable African space scientists to measure the local activity of #geomagnetic storms. #SpaceWeather

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The South Atlantic Anomaly is where Earth's magnetic field is 30% weaker than average at the same latitude. Think of its field as an umbrella protecting us from 'rain' (i.e. charged particles and cosmic rays). The SAA is like a small hole letting more 'rain' through to lower altitudes. #SpaceWeather

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Sable #Antelope grazing on a chilly day. Mpumalanga, South Africa #nature

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Currently heavy rainfall in the Free State, South Africa. Just in time for planting season 🌽

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Free State, South Africa #sunflower

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A significant filament eruption from the Sun yesterday! We’d been watching this one for several days, waiting for the eruption - and here it is! #spaceweather

submitted 108 days ago • 11 comments

GUYS! In a collaborative effort between NASA, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), and Italy's National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), a coronagraph was just installed on the freakin International Space Station!! HOW COOL! 🔭 science.nasa.gov/mission/codex/

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