Jason Wright
@Astro_Wright
Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State. Son, husband, father, scientist, teacher, student, human, Earthling. Mostly posting astronomy. Mostly.
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The Moon’s two faces don’t match, and we think we know why The lunar far side is maria-poor, crater-rich, and full of highlands. With our first far side samples now in Earth laboratories, our leading explanation awaits its big test. bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…
So Steve Desch has taken a look at Loeb's latest. No surprise, Loeb's lack of understanding of basic comet physics led him to erroneous conclusions: sites.psu.edu/astrowright/20…
"The fallacies behind the cult of Loeb" New entry in my blog. Other articles have covered the scientific aspects; this one reflects on the social phenomenon. I argue it’s driven by a series of fallacies tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-fa…
New images of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS are coming in as it moves out of the Sun's glare and (barely) back into view. This shot, by Michael Buechner and Frank Niebling, shows an intriguing anti-tail and a "smoking" tail. britastro.org/observations/o…
Amid all the hype and counter-hype, let’s make sure we forefront all the amazing work being done to study our new interstellar visitor! scientificamerican.com/article/the-in…
Here is a great review from @LeeBillings on the actual science around 3I/Atlas. It seems like lots of folks won't care about this amazing object unless it turns out to be aliens - which it won't (though I'd be psyched too be wrong). scientificamerican.com/article/the-in…
This is why I’m a little more vocal on the comet. I learnt from the LHC experience that what seems like fun scientific speculation (in that case around micro black holes - which would have been very difficult to detect and posed no threat to the LHC!) can cause genuine distress…
This is for me a key point - people get genuinely worried about stuff like this. We had a similar issue with LHC many years ago - and that was before social media was as daft as it is today!
"3I/ATLAS may be revving an engine, Harvard professor suggests". As the comet starts its journey out of our Solar System as expected, paying us no special attention, I am reminded of the insignificance of humankind or any one individual in the grand scheme of the Universe.
I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post. Thanks to @Deschscoveries, Michael Busch, @aciqra, and @TMEubanks for contributing their expertise! sites.psu.edu/astrowright/20…
My BlueSky feed is filled with hot takes on the up-to-the-minute results of tonight’s elections and people sharing their wins, while my X feed is full of furious arguments about superhero movies, promoted posts, clickbait, and ragebait.
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