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Mikko Tuomi<p>Astronomers have confirmed the existence of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exoplanet</span></a> Gaia-4b—one of the most massive <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planets</span></a> known to orbit a low-mass <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/star" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>star</span></a>.</p><p>Gaia-4b is also the first <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> detected by the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaia</span></a> spacecraft using the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astrometric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrometric</span></a> technique.</p><p>The newly discovered exoplanet, named Gaia-4b, has an orbital period of 570 days and a mass of 12 Jupiter masses and orbits a star 64% of the mass of the sun.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a><br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-high-precision-spectrograph-massive-exoplanet.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-high-pre</span><span class="invisible">cision-spectrograph-massive-exoplanet.html</span></a></p>
Draconic NEO<p>Astrometrics By LandingZone</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.furaffinity.net/view/4615929/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">furaffinity.net/view/4615929/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pawb.social/c/dragonswithjobs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dragonswithjobs</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dragon</span></a> <a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/dragonart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dragonart</span></a> <a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/dragonswithjobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dragonswithjobs</span></a> <a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/furry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>furry</span></a> <a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/furryart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>furryart</span></a> <a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/astrometric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrometric</span></a> <a href="https://dragonchat.org/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Predicting <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astrometric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrometric</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/microlensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microlensing</span></a> events from <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaia</span></a> Data Release 3: <a href="https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/527/1/1177/7379784?login=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/mnras/article</span><span class="invisible">/527/1/1177/7379784?login=false</span></a> -&gt; Gaia is so Accurate it Can Predict Microlensing Events: <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/164088/gaia-is-so-accurate-it-can-predict-microlensing-events/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universetoday.com/164088/gaia-</span><span class="invisible">is-so-accurate-it-can-predict-microlensing-events/</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Timeline of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SpaceExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceExploration</span></a></p><p>• 📆 1610 discovery 🔭 of the Galilean <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/moons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>moons</span></a> 🪐 (of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jupiter</span></a>) 🇮🇹 <br />• 📆 1944 First man-made object in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a> 🇩🇪 <br />• 📆 1949 First <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mammal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mammal</span></a> in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a> 🇺🇸 <br />• 📆 1959 First <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> to reach the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moon</span></a> 🇷🇺 <br />• 📆 1989 First <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/astrometric" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>astrometric</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>satellite</span></a> 🇪🇺 <br />• 📆 2001 First <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/laser" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>laser</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>satellite</span></a> link 🇫🇷 🇪🇺<br />• 📆 2010 First <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sample" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sample</span></a> return from an <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>asteroid</span></a> 🇯🇵 <br />• 📆 2015 First <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/propulsive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>propulsive</span></a> landing of an <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/orbital" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>orbital</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a> 🚀 <br />• 📆 2022 First <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>asteroid</span></a> ☄️ deflected by a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> 🇺🇸</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_space_exploration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline</span><span class="invisible">_of_space_exploration</span></a></p><p>Picture : <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Oumuamua" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oumuamua</span></a> 2017 <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comet_20171025-16_gif.gif" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Comet_20171025-16_gif.gif</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Direct Imaging and <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Astrometric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrometric</span></a> Discovery of a <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Superjovian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superjovian</span></a> Planet Orbiting an Accelerating Star: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00034" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2212.00034</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> -&gt; over a year of reviewing and revising - but "no changes in conclusions" - before formal publication -&gt; Wobbling star found in Gaia-Hipparcos data confirmed to host <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exoplanet</span></a>: <a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Wobbling_star_found_in_Gaia-Hipparcos_data_confirmed_to_host_exoplanet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp</span><span class="invisible">ace_Science/Gaia/Wobbling_star_found_in_Gaia-Hipparcos_data_confirmed_to_host_exoplanet</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>First semi-empirical test of the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/whitedwarf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitedwarf</span></a> mass-radius relationship using a single white dwarf via <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astrometric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrometric</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/microlensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microlensing</span></a>: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.01814" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2206.01814</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> -&gt; Astronomers using NASA's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hubble</span></a> Space Telescope have for the first time directly measured the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mass</span></a> of a single, isolated white dwarf: <a href="https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-004" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hubblesite.org/contents/news-r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/2023/news-2023-004</span></a></p>