I would hope that trolling the chair of the Senate health commitee like this would negative consequences for Kennedy but that would require Cassidy to have a spine

Scientists are also hard to have as players, so a science journalist like you is probably the very worst case.

Special exception for people who work in quantum optics

Nexus

I won't be attend because my life/schedule is an ongoing nightmare, but I am very sorry to miss seeing you receive your award - congratulations again!

(And as you note you'd also need to know how much nitrogen is in the home planet atmosphere; though if it's even remotely earth like it would be mostly nitrogen, and the difference between 60% N and 90% N would not be the biggest uncertainty in C14 production.)

How old is this hypothetical alien spacecraft? Carbon 14 is good tens of thousands of years back - there are other radio-dating methods that work on longer timescales.

It'd be somewhat hard. On Earth, carbon-14 is created by cosmic rays impacting the Earth's upper atmosphere. The cosmic ray rate could be different on another planet depending on where in the galaxy it is, strength of its magnetic field, etc, so the initial amount of C-14 could be different

Excellent points!

Nice!

What can JUICE see that we can't measure from Earth?

I want one of those hats

...yes you do

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Kind of like people hunting for exoplanets in 1994.

This is going to sound corny, but to me, @ucmerced.bsky.social 's vibe was...hopeful. Building something excellent and new for the very best of reasons, to teach the students of California.

Also the adorable bobcat is now tied with the UCSC slug for my favorite UC mascot.