Thermal batteries are a growth area: not just for storing electrical #energy as heat for conversion back to electricity, but storing heat to be used directly in #industry , which accounts for 20% of global energy demand and mostly comes from #FossilFuels : technologyreview.com/2024/04/15/109…

Folks! I am STILL looking for a PhD student to join my team University of Bristol Earth Sciences South West Nuclear Hub! In fact, I am now looking for TWO students! Please RT or get in touch if you're interested!

I guess that's pretty much done then: nature.com/articles/d4158…

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has mapped 6 million galaxies - the biggest map of the universe so far. An ever-expanding universe dominated by dark energy fits the data, but a tiny deviation might herald new physics, or vanish with more data.

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ADARS-J is a mission from 【公式】Astroscale Japan | アストロスケール designed to inspect the upper stage of a spent H2-A rocket in orbit, one of more than 900 such pieces of large space debris. After inspection, another mission will be designed to grapple the rocket and de-orbit it.

#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 12th lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 30,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 300,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 770,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,310,000 km² below the 1980s mean

Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice…

#TotalSolarEclipse from #Durango , #Mexico , including some spectacular Bailey's Beads and solar prominences and a spectacular corona. Via Astronomy Picture Of the Day #astronomy #space

The Mineral Physics Special Interest Group (Mineral Physics Group) of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (@MinSoc_UK) will be holding #MPGRiP2024 EarthSciences UCL and online on the 18th and 19th of JULY this year, so please *save the date*! Details to follow!

Please RT!

nature.com/articles/d4158…

'The effect of melting polar ice could delay the need for a ‘leap second’ by three years.'

Every cloud...

More details of the 'superconductivity' scandal University of Rochester and nature involving the claimed room temperature compounds CSH and LuH (now both retracted), including details from the students who were caught up in the mess: nature.com/articles/d4158…

Calling all prospective PhD students in #materialscience and #earthscience ! I am seeking a UK student to join my team University of Bristol Earth Sciences South West Nuclear Hub, working on cleaning up the UK's nuclear waste legacy! Please DM me for more info, or follow the link below. Deadline 15th April

⏰ The clock is ticking to apply for this #PhD opportunity in #Earth and #Materials #Science University of Bristol Earth Sciences and Macquarie University School of Engineering!

Deadline for applications is the end of February!

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Odysseus passes over the near side of the Moon following lunar orbit insertion on 21FEB2024. The lander continues to be in excellent health in lunar orbit.
(21FEB2024 1608 CST)

This is big. I remember well how many 'energy analysts' were saying that this would never happen. Where there is (political) will, there's a way. EU sees no need to extend agreement (expiring at the end of 2024) allowing Russian gas to transit Ukraine. reuters.com/business/energ….

The IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander has launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and successfully commissioned in space by establishing a stable attitude, solar charging, and radio communications contact with the Company’s mission operations center in Houston.…

A SpaceX is set to launch Intuitive Machine's IM-1 mission, featuring a Nova-C lander, to the Moon from LC-39A during the early morning hours of February 14.

Weather is 95% go for a 12:57 AM ET launch.

John Sharp (John Sharp Space 🚀🇬🇧🚀🛰📡) with the details ⬇️
nasaspaceflight.com/2024/02/im1-la…