Jonathan O'Callaghan

Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 06, 2023 at 14:52 UTC

Humanity is "lacing up our shoes at the start of that race to the ultimate prize": determining for sure whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-t... by @astrojonny.bsky.social

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 06, 2023 at 13:23 UTC

Beyond thrilled to share my latest feature for Scientific American, my little magnum opus on the Habitable Worlds Observatory – NASA's bold new telescope to hunt for alien life.

Are we alone? The journey to find out has just begun.

Enjoy!

www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-t...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 30, 2023 at 13:54 UTC

No... sorry. But the physical mag is only a few £s!

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 30, 2023 at 12:03 UTC

My latest feature for New Scientist is on axions – "wonder particles" that could explain dark matter, dark energy, and more.

Bonus, it'll be the cover of the magazine next week, my fourth New Scientist cover of the year. So, give it a read!

www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 15, 2023 at 16:14 UTC

The Cow
The Koala
The Finch
The Tasmanian Devil

These are mysterious space explosions we can't explain. Now astronomers have seen one of them doing something bizarre - flashing more than a dozen times. What's going on?

Story by me in Nature

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 15, 2023 at 13:39 UTC

Why is this a story in the NYT lol

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 15, 2023 at 13:32 UTC

babe, you okay? you haven't touched your Super-Tonks-Girardeau gas

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 15, 2023 at 13:30 UTC

Ooh. Intrigued!

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 13, 2023 at 16:42 UTC

New AI robot Mars chemist just dropped

Words by me in Nature

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 06, 2023 at 12:11 UTC

Could alien astronomers detect life on Earth?

Love this latest story of mine for the BBC! Do give it a read.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 11:48 UTC

Expecting this to go viral any minute

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 11:43 UTC

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 01, 2023 at 15:57 UTC

What does this mean for my chances of getting a bird named after me

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 17, 2023 at 13:56 UTC

Last year NASA detected a monster quake on Mars, as big as all other known marsquakes combined.

Now scientists have ruled out a meteorite impact as the cause, pointing to unknown tectonic activity beneath the Martian surface.

Story by me in SciAm

www.scientificamerican.com/article/mons...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 14, 2023 at 15:16 UTC

In April's Starship test flight, the rocket failed to explode properly.

Its termination system didn't have enough oomph.

While no harm was done, the incident raised big concerns. Has SpaceX solved the issue?

Termination Shock, by me, in Aerospace America

aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/ter...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 11, 2023 at 16:13 UTC

Two ice giant planets appear to have smashed into each other in a nearby solar system 1,800 years ago - forming a giant superheated donut seven times larger than our sun.

Just another day in space. Words by me in New Scientist.

www.newscientist.com/article/2397...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 11, 2023 at 13:06 UTC

wow

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 11, 2023 at 13:06 UTC

NASA is set to launch Psyche tomorrow, a mission to a heavy-metal asteroid of the same name.

Is it the remnant core of a failed planet, with sheets of metal on its surface?

We're about to find out. Story by me in Supercluster.

www.supercluster.com/editorial/na...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 05, 2023 at 15:59 UTC

Here's Dish's share price dropping by nearly 13% after the FCC issued its $150,000 fine on Monday.

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 05, 2023 at 15:58 UTC

The FCC just issued its first ever space junk fine to a US firm - wiping $400 million off the company's valuation.

Here's why the fine is such a big deal and what it means for cleaning up Earth's orbit.

Story by me in MIT Tech Review

www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/05/1...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 03, 2023 at 16:14 UTC

NASA has reversed course on scrapping key science being done by the New Horizons Pluto spacecraft.

It will now continue studying the Kuiper Belt and looking for another flyby target through 2028 after an outcry.

Story by me in Scientific American

www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 02, 2023 at 11:11 UTC

JWST just took the best ever image of the Orion Nebula. And it revealed something baffling:

42 free-floating planets seemingly drifting in pairs. Where the hell did they come from?

Story by me for The New York Times

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/s...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Sep 21, 2023 at 15:18 UTC

My second New Scientist cover! Absolutely adore this artwork. Give it a read, I dare you.

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Sep 20, 2023 at 15:40 UTC

New feature from me in New Scientist today - and it's also the cover for the magazine this week!

Earlier this year astronomers said they'd found evidence for "dark stars", stars powered by dark matter, first proposed in 2008.

But have they, and what are they?

www.newscientist.com/article/mg25...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Sep 20, 2023 at 12:42 UTC

Hi all, what's the best way for me to find space people to follow (astronomers, astrophysicists, etc) on here?

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2023 at 16:00 UTC

Don't, that apostophe is a curse! It has ruined application forms and computer systems my entire life haha

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2023 at 14:55 UTC

pretty original

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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2023 at 14:55 UTC

hello world

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