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wttnblog · 3 months

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"Anyone But You" and The Accidentally Lesbian Wedding

For many young queer people, attending a lesbian wedding is a highlight of our gay experience. It wasn’t possible for us to get married for so many years. Now that we can, It’s something to celebrate as loudly as possible. While lesbian weddings often contain the same pieces as a straight wedding, substituting a groom for a second bride normally changes things at least a little bit. In Anyone But…

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#alexandra shipp #anyone but you #bea and ben #by Jocelyn #gay wedding #hadley robinson #halle and claudia #lesbian wedding #movie #movie review #much ado about nothing #queer wedding #sydney sweeny

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nasa · 9 months

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Navigating Deep Space by Starlight

On August 6, 1967, astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a blip in her radio telescope data. And then another. Eventually, Bell Burnell figured out that these blips, or pulses, were not from people or machines.

The blips were constant. There was something in space that was pulsing in a regular pattern, and Bell Burnell figured out that it was a pulsar: a rapidly spinning neutron star emitting beams of light. Neutron stars are superdense objects created when a massive star dies. Not only are they dense, but neutron stars can also spin really fast! Every star we observe spins, and due to a property called angular momentum, as a collapsing star gets smaller and denser, it spins faster. It’s like how ice skaters spin faster as they bring their arms closer to their bodies and make the space that they take up smaller.

The pulses of light coming from these whirling stars are like the beacons spinning at the tops of lighthouses that help sailors safely approach the shore. As the pulsar spins, beams of radio waves (and other types of light) are swept out into the universe with each turn. The light appears and disappears from our view each time the star rotates.

After decades of studying pulsars, astronomers wondered—could they serve as cosmic beacons to help future space explorers navigate the universe? To see if it could work, scientists needed to do some testing!

First, it was important to gather more data. NASA’s NICER, or Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer, is a telescope that was installed aboard the International Space Station in 2017. Its goal is to find out things about neutron stars like their sizes and densities, using an array of 56 special X-ray concentrators and sensitive detectors to capture and measure pulsars’ light.

But how can we use these X-ray pulses as navigational tools? Enter SEXTANT, or Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology. If NICER was your phone, SEXTANT would be like an app on it.

During the first few years of NICER’s observations, SEXTANT created an on-board navigation system using NICER’s pulsar data. It worked by measuring the consistent timing between each pulsar’s pulses to map a set of cosmic beacons.

When calculating position or location, extremely accurate timekeeping is essential. We usually rely on atomic clocks, which use the predictable fluctuations of atoms to tick away the seconds. These atomic clocks can be located on the ground or in space, like the ones on GPS satellites. However, our GPS system only works on or close to Earth, and onboard atomic clocks can be expensive and heavy. Using pulsar observations instead could give us free and reliable “clocks” for navigation. During its experiment, SEXTANT was able to successfully determine the space station’s orbital position!

We can calculate distances using the time taken for a signal to travel between two objects to determine a spacecraft’s approximate location relative to those objects. However, we would need to observe more pulsars to pinpoint a more exact location of a spacecraft. As SEXTANT gathered signals from multiple pulsars, it could more accurately derive its position in space.

So, imagine you are an astronaut on a lengthy journey to the outer solar system. You could use the technology developed by SEXTANT to help plot your course. Since pulsars are reliable and consistent in their spins, you wouldn’t need Wi-Fi or cell service to figure out where you were in relation to your destination. The pulsar-based navigation data could even help you figure out your ETA!

None of these missions or experiments would be possible without Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s keen eye for an odd spot in her radio data decades ago, which set the stage for the idea to use spinning neutron stars as a celestial GPS. Her contribution to the field of astrophysics laid the groundwork for research benefitting the people of the future, who yearn to sail amongst the stars.

Keep up with the latest NICER news by following NASA Universe on X and Facebook and check out the mission’s website. For more on space navigation, follow @NASASCaN on X or visit NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation website.

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#NASA #pulsar #Jocelyn Bell Burnell #spaceblr #space #star #neutron star #deep space #telescope #navigation #universe #astronomy #science

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thenewgothictwice · 2 months

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First picture is a still from a segment of Jocelyne Saab's 1974 film Palestinian Women of fedayeen training at an undisclosed location in Lebanon. The second is a picture taken by Hilal Habli of fedayeen in Saida refugee camp in 1986.

#jocelyne saab #palestinian resistance #lebanon #palestine #hilal habli #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free

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stevetwisp · 9 months

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those kids are alright!!

#bobs burgers #bob's burgers #tina belcher #louise belcher #gene belcher #jimmy jr #andy and ollie #my art #fanart #regular sized rudy #bb jocelyn #bb tammy #bb courtney #bb zeke

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creeksource · 1 year

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SCHITT’S CREEK S01 E11

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joycieillustrations · 1 month

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Lady Jocelyn, even taller than her daughter, moves gracefully despite taking such long strides to make up the distance betwixt herself and her good mother. Cordially, Corlys relinquishes the Queen to her and steps back as if to excuse himself.

Queen Alysanne does not let him escape.

“Lord Corlys, do join Jocelyn and I in our carriage. The walk to the docks from here is most tiresome and, worst of all, dreadfully boring; I promise my good daughter and I are excellent entertainment.”

A doodle of two of my favourite ladies from waaaaaaaaaaay back in Chapter 4 of Ex libris ❤️ this era of Targaryens is by far my favourite

#joycieillustrations #hotd #house of the dragon #my art #hotd fanart #my fanfic #alysanne targaryen #queen alysanne targaryen #good queen alysanne #jocelyn baratheon #lady jocelyn baratheon #fic: ex libris #fire and blood

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modelsof-color · 5 months

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Jocelyn Corona at Fashion Awards 2023

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samanthasgone · 2 months

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Credit: penaltyboxpodcast ( instagram )

Highlighting the talent and spirit of Indigenous players in the NHL and PWHL! Their journey on the ice inspires us all 🏒 #NHL #PWHL #Hockey

Created by graphic designer: Carissa Ng

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ferrralit · 10 months

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#jocelyn #the idol #lily rose depp

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stargirlruby · 8 months

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Jocelyn Chew

#jocelyn chew

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wttnblog · 4 months

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10 TV Shows Streaming in January and February 2024

I love TV shows. There’s something so peaceful about sitting down and knowing you have at least 10 hours of content to watch and time to get to know the characters. As someone who’s spoken at length about my affinity for parasocial relationships, TV shows are the ultimate parasocial relationship since I can project anything I want on a fictional character without a problem. All that being said,…