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joseptrigo.bsky.social
Astrophysicist and science writer. My ongoing research lines include: Meteoritics, primordial planetary system materials, their physico-chemical properties, transport of volatiles to planets, planetary atmospheres and astrobiology. Saganist
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Six Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/6-thing... #astronomy #space #science #news #stars #planets #NASA #Moon #cosmology #astrophysics #stargazing

How were comets formed? Why are not all so pristine? Listen carrefully to Prof. Jürgen Blum visiting our research center yesterday, and stay tuned! #PlanetarySciences #Astronomy #Science

Molt content d'arribar a les 100,000 visualitzacions a #Diivulcat!!! www.enciclopedia.cat/divulcat/Jor... @fundaciorecerca.bsky.social @joseptrigo.bsky.social @ub.edu

ELemental abundances of Planets and brown dwarfs Imaged around Stars (ELPIS): II. The Jupiter-like Inhomogeneous Atmosphere of the First Directly Imaged Planetary-Mass Companion 2MASS 1207 b. Zhoujian Zhang et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18559

My German friends sent me a message for insane Elon and his puppet: #EuropeAntifa #DeportYourselves

Tired of wondering which atomic lines are in your spectra? You need: *whose line is it anyway?* An interactive tool for identifying atomic spectral lines. 🧪🔭 #stars install: pip install whoseline source: github.com/bmorris3/who...

Interesting paper out today by Efrem Maconi, @joaoalves.bsky.social et al.! They find that the Sun probably passed through a massive wave of interstellar dust and gas (the Radcliffe wave) around 11 to 18 million years ago. 🔭🧪 #milkyway #planetsci arxiv.org/abs/2502.16360

BÓLIDO #CENTÁURIDA #SPMN250225E REGISTRADO HOY SOBRE LAS PROVINCIAS DE #MÁLAGA Y #SEVILLA a las 2h39m42s TUC (3h39 CET). Lo captó cruzando #Hércules nuestro compañero Miguel A. García @meteomeda.bsky.social desde Sanlúcar de Barrameda, #Cádiz. Pasa al listado: 🤩🌠 ▶️ www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...

Have we been wrong about why #Mars is red⁉️ The Red Planet’s iconic colour has long been attributed to a dry rusty dust, but new research points to water-rich rust 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪 #planetaryscience #planetsci

EVOLUTION OF THE RISK CORRIDOR FOR #2024YR4: Observations rule out risk🥳as exemplified by this @ESA animation showing the asteroid’s possible location on 22 Dec. 2032 having into account the progressive improvement in its orbit ➡️ www.eso.org/public/video... 📘 theconversation.com/asteroide-20...

Gardens on Mars? No, Just Rocks! Check out the latest news on Perseverance's sampling enterprise, in this post by Eleanor Moreland, Ph.D. Student Collaborator at Rice University #Mars 🧪 #planetaryscience science.nasa.gov/blog/gardens...

The first "plot all the asteroids" app was World Wide Telescope (WWT) several years ago, which needed a GPU. NASA has a particularly nice variation these days that can run on off-the-shelf hardware. Tilt & zoom and run time forward & backward for Apophis and other comets and asteroids. #PlanetSci

LA #LLUNA #MINVANT AQUESTA MATINADA DESDE #MontsenyObservatory, #Catalunya. Avui el percentatge il·luminat és del 13% deixant entreveure alguns detalls entre cirrus i força humitat. Imatge amb la càmera Schmidt-Right sobre #Sony Alfa 6000 #WaningCrescent #LunaMenguante #MoonHour

#planetsci

PRECIOSO BÓLIDO ESPORÁDICO #SPMN230225D FRENTE A LA COSTA DE #VALÈNCIA HOY a las 3h08m23s TUC (4h08 CET). Así lo captó Cèsar Guasch @meteosantmateu.bsky.social desde Sant Mateu, #Castelló/#Castellón. Pasa a nuestro listado, actualizado desde el #ice_csic: 😍 🌠👌 ▶️ www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...

The likely path of the asteroid 2024 YR4 has drifted away from Earth and toward the Moon. Here is what the view from the small Asteroid could be at closest approach to the Moon, extrapolated from the most recent visualization on NASA's Eyes On Asteroids. Sunlight and Earthlight shine on both.

BÓLIDO ESPORÁDICO ROZADOR #SPMN220225B SOBREVOLANDO EL #SÁHARA OCCIDENTAL Y #FUERTEVENTURA HOY a las 1h45m22s TUC. Así lo registró Ramón López @stargazerlanzarote.bsky.social desde Playa Blanca, Yaiza, #Lanzarote. Otro evento para el listado, actualizado en #ice_csic🤩 www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...

I am disappointed to discover that the new NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute webpage has removed or just not uploaded the old NASA Exploration Science Forum (NESF) meetings, abstracts, and posters. #planetsci 1/4

LA PROBABILIDAD DE IMPACTO CON #2024YR4 EN 2032 SE HACE PRÁCTICAMENTE NULA: Hoy ya >0,28% tal y como explica en detalle el astrofísico @joseptrigo.bsky.social @csic.es #icecsic @ieec.cat en @es.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/asteroide-20... #SENTRY #NASA ➡️https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/

Once improved the orbit using the best astrometric measurements obtained lately by the largest telescopes, the probability of impact of #2024YR4 with Earth decreases to less of 0.2% as predicted by experts. Now uncertainty ellipse is out of Earth's path 😉✌️👌 #PlanetarySciences #GameOverCatastrophism

Una vista del objeto del Cinturón de Kuiper 486958 #Arrokoth realizada a partir de imágenes adquiridas por la sonda #NewHorizons el 1 de enero de 2019. Se trata de un binario de contacto de unos 36 km de largo que orbita el Sol a 42-46 UA y tarda 298 años terrestres en completar una órbita. 😍🌠

☄️ 🔭 The impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 has dropped from 2.8% to 0.16%. Thanks to new observations, Earth is now at the edge of our shrinking ‘uncertainty window.’ If this trend continues, the risk may soon reach 0%.

Against fascists who want our world, and entire countries in flames just surrended to be served to their own interests: Fight, fight and fight! Nice to meet you @andybolton.bsky.social #StopFascism

People have gone to jail for less.

#bskycometography no. 96 122P/1846 D1 (de Vico) 1846 Feb 20: Disc by Father F. de Vico (Italy) at 7 mag shortly prior perihelion, which occurred on Mar 6, at 0.66 au. The comet was last seen on May 20. The comet was recovered accidentally in 1995, and missed in 1922. P~76 years. ☄️🔭 #CometWatch

Con las nuevas medidas astrométricas del asteroide #2024YR4 con los mayores telescopios la probabilidad de impacto se redujo al 0,28%. Era de esperar dado que D. Farnocchia #NASAJPL lo avanzó con esta gráfica en Viena el 5 de febrero. Ahora la Tierra queda fuera de la elipse de incertidumbre 👇👌

3D map of exoplanet atmosphere shows wacky climate. "This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works." arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Rho Ophiuchi in all its beauty. The closest star forming region to our own planet at 390 light years away. Brighter stars standing out due to JWST's characteristic pattern of diffraction spikes. Image Credit: #NASA, #ESA, #CSA, STScl, Klaus Pontoppidan, Alyssa Pagan. 🔭 #Astronomy #Space

COMO VENGO ADVERTIENDO desde hace semanas en @Conversation_E: theconversation.com/asteroide-20... Y expliqué a @rtvenoticias ayer, es cuestión de tiempo que la mejora progresiva en la órbita minimice la probabilidad de impacto hasta descartarlo (ya ha bajado a 1,5% #CNEOS) t.co/j1waqoXeKA #astronomy

The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 might impact Earth in 2032 has risen to 2.8%. This means that it has surpassed the chance of impact briefly held by the much larger asteroid Apophis back in 2004. @esaoperations.esa.int ☄️🔭

SpaceX rocket debris crashes into Poland. Not the entire country. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UNA LLAMADA A LA TRANQUILIDAD: "Asteroide #2024YR4: razones para mantener la calma ante su encuentro con la Tierra en 2032" por el astrofísico @joseptrigo.bsky.social #ice_csic @ieec.cat. ¿Por qué se ha activado el Protocolo de Defensa Planetaria? ¿Qué ocurrirá? theconversation.com/asteroide-20...

#UniBarcelona | 🔭👩‍🎓 Inauguració de l’Any #AssumpcióCatalàPoch en el centenari del seu naixement ➡️ L’astrofísica Francesca Figueras, de @iccub.bsky.social, farà una conferència sobre la seva figura. 📅 26 de febrer 🕛 17:30 📍 Edifici Històric, aula Joan Maragall www.ub.edu/cultura/acti...

Explicación de ciertos reportes recibidos hoy en @redspmn.bsky.social

What are the expectations for the future encounter with #asteroid #2024YR4? You can find it out in my new post in @es.theconversation.com, easy to translate and free to republish into another languages as well. Spoiler: Nothing is as mass media said...😉 #PlanetSci #astronomy

PRECIOSA #VIRGÍNIDA #SPMN180225B REGISTRADA SOBRE LA PROVINCIA DE #LEÓN HOY a las 0h42m51s TUC (1h42 CET). Así la captó Miguel A. Furones @mafurones.bsky.social #ChaikaTeam desde Navianos de Valverde, #Zamora. Un evento meteórico para el listado @ice_csic: 🤩🌠 ➡️ www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...

La Luna menguante esta mañana sobre #PlayaBlanca #Lanzarote

VISTOSO BÓLIDO ESPORÁDICO #SPMN170225G SOBREVOLANDO EL NE DE #TERUEL ANOCHE a las 18h10m00s TUC (19h10 CET). Así lo registró Cèsar Guasch @MeteoSantMateu desde Sant Mateu, #Castelló/#Castellón. Precioso evento meteórico con varias fulguraciones en pleno atardecer. 😍▶️🔖 www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...

The Planetary Society strongly opposes the sudden, indiscriminate dismissal of more than 1,000 scientists, engineers, and explorers at NASA — the largest involuntary workforce reduction since the end of the Apollo program. Read more on our stance. ⬇️

#PlanetarySciences

It’s expected that the #NASA family will be torn asunder this week, with a substantial number of the best and brightest in this nation tossed like scraps by wolves, for political and cronyistic purposes. This is a travesty.

Pedimos un poco de responsabilidad a la prensa. Es imprescindible que consulten a expertos como @joseptrigo.bsky.social para hablar sobre el riesgo real de los asteroides. 👏👏

On 30 Jan 2025, astronomers at North America and Europe observed an #occultation by the trans-Neptunian object 2013 LU28. Of the 31 reported obs so far, 7 are positive detections! Preliminary dimensions are 122x105km, with a vaguely lumpy shape (possible concavity at lower left?) 🔭 #PlanetSci

El nostre mapa d’instituts i AFA’s adherits segueix creixent! Comproveu si el vostre centre hi és i, si no, adheriu-vos per defensar les ciències al Batxillerat! ✍️💪 Consulta'l aquí: #cienciesenperill goo.gl/maps/npwyQ2k...

DESDE #GUATEMALA se hacen eco de mi artículo divulgativo llamando a la tranquilidad: "Asteroide 2024 YR4: razones para mantener la calma ante su encuentro con la Tierra en 2032" VÍa @prensa_libre 🤩 @prensalibre24h www.prensalibre.com/vida/ciencia... @laprensa