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      <title>Astronomers want a more powerful telescope</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Astronomers want a more powerful telescope&#xA;&#xA;This sounds like a really good development,  and shows how exciting things are going to get.   I have replied and mentioned the Nancy Grace Telescope (due later this decade) and asked about the difference between a space telescope and one placed on the dark side of the moon.&#xA;&#xA;This is another reason to STUDY STEM,  and include maths, computing within that so we have people to help analyse all the data being sent back, and we also need people to design, build everything around this. &#xA;&#xA;Mikko Tuomi @mustapipa@scicomm.xyz&#xA;&#xA;Because of the fantastic success of #JWST, now astronomers want even more powerful gear up in space.&#xA;&#xA;They are planning the Habitable Worlds Observatory that would be even bigger and make detecting life on other #Earth-like #planets reality.&#xA;&#xA;The telescope will also be perched at L2. Unlike JWST, it will be designed for robotic servicing and upgrades, which could enable it to operate for decades.&#xA;&#xA;Article on Science.com&#xA;Original Fedi Post&#xA;Mikko Tuomi&#xA;&#xA;#astronomy #exoplanets #astrobiology&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>This sounds like a really good development,  and shows how exciting things are going to get.   I have replied and mentioned the Nancy Grace Telescope (due later this decade) and asked about the difference between a space telescope and one placed on the dark side of the moon.</p>

<p>This is another reason to STUDY STEM,  and include maths, computing within that so we have people to help analyse all the data being sent back, and we also need people to design, build everything around this.</p>

<p>Mikko Tuomi <a href="https://personaljournal.ca/@/mustapipa@scicomm.xyz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>mustapipa@scicomm.xyz</span></a></p>

<p>Because of the fantastic success of <a href="/paulsutton/tag:JWST" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">JWST</span></a>, now astronomers want even more powerful gear up in space.</p>

<p>They are planning the Habitable Worlds Observatory that would be even bigger and make detecting life on other <a href="/paulsutton/tag:Earth" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Earth</span></a>-like <a href="/paulsutton/tag:planets" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">planets</span></a> reality.</p>

<p>The telescope will also be perched at L2. Unlike JWST, it will be designed for robotic servicing and upgrades, which could enable it to operate for decades.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-unveils-initial-plan-multibillion-dollar-telescope-find-life-alien-worlds" rel="nofollow">Article on Science.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://qoto.org/web/statuses/109666631549585615" rel="nofollow">Original Fedi Post</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@mustapipa" rel="nofollow">Mikko Tuomi</a></li></ul>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:astronomy" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">astronomy</span></a> <a href="/paulsutton/tag:exoplanets" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">exoplanets</span></a> <a href="/paulsutton/tag:astrobiology" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">astrobiology</span></a></p>

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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>First look at the IPCC climate report</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[First look at the IPCC climate report&#xA;&#xA;An interesting article [1] examining the recent IPCC [2] report on climate change, highlighting six of the most important takeaways from this.  The full report is at [3] while I have set up a discussion on discourse at [4]&#xA;&#xA;Links&#xA;&#xA;1 First look at Climate Change Report&#xA;2 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change &#xA;3 Sixth Assessment report&#xA;Discourse Discussion&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#IPCC,#Climate,#Science,#Earth,#Report,&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>An interesting article [1] examining the recent IPCC [2] report on climate change, highlighting six of the most important takeaways from this.  The full report is at [3] while I have set up a discussion on discourse at [4]</p>

<p><strong>Links</strong></p>

<p>1 <a href="https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2021/08/ar6-of-the-best/" rel="nofollow">First look at Climate Change Report</a>
2 <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/" rel="nofollow">The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change </a>
3 <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/" rel="nofollow">Sixth Assessment report</a>
4. <a href="https://discourse.qoto.org/t/half-a-dozen-takeaways-from-a-first-read-of-the-new-ipcc-ar6-report/628" rel="nofollow">Discourse Discussion</a></p>

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<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:IPCC" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">IPCC</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Climate" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Climate</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Science" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Science</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Earth" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Earth</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Report" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Report</span></a>,</p>

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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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