Fraser Cain
@fcain.universetoday.com
Space journalist and skywatcher. I'm the publisher of Universe Today (universetoday.com) and co-host of Astronomy Cast (astronomycast.com). YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain
Thanks for putting together the Perseverance pictures. :-)
October 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Thanks for putting together the Perseverance pictures. :-)
You should work with them to understand them so you understand their limitations. They're not going away. That said, they're best for throwaway code, so focus on making simple throwaway gadgets that solve your specific needs. Don't try to make anything production ready.
October 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You should work with them to understand them so you understand their limitations. They're not going away. That said, they're best for throwaway code, so focus on making simple throwaway gadgets that solve your specific needs. Don't try to make anything production ready.
Yeah, I ditched grammarly.
September 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Yeah, I ditched grammarly.
As long as it had really good reporting, it would absolutely be viable. We do space news and pay the bills purely from our patrons.
September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As long as it had really good reporting, it would absolutely be viable. We do space news and pay the bills purely from our patrons.
Fantastic reporting. Can you imagine what would happen if someone actually supplied the funding to enable all this pent up enthusiasm for space exploration and interstellar travel?
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fantastic reporting. Can you imagine what would happen if someone actually supplied the funding to enable all this pent up enthusiasm for space exploration and interstellar travel?
Not touching that with a 10-ft pole. I already ranted about how hard it's going to be to battle the disinformation.
September 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Not touching that with a 10-ft pole. I already ranted about how hard it's going to be to battle the disinformation.
It's recoverable, it'll just take commitment from future leaders to embrace science. But it's pretty bad right now.
August 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's recoverable, it'll just take commitment from future leaders to embrace science. But it's pretty bad right now.
Yeah! Moar planetz. Moar!
July 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Yeah! Moar planetz. Moar!
Feed a bear a waffle, you feed him for a day. Teach a bear to make waffles and you've fed him for a lifetime and hopefully he'll share with you.
June 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Feed a bear a waffle, you feed him for a day. Teach a bear to make waffles and you've fed him for a lifetime and hopefully he'll share with you.
Then he'd just come back looking for more food, becoming completely habituated and dangerous. As they say, a fed bear is a dead bear. But I am planting berries and fruit trees, so he can assemble his own waffles.
June 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Then he'd just come back looking for more food, becoming completely habituated and dangerous. As they say, a fed bear is a dead bear. But I am planting berries and fruit trees, so he can assemble his own waffles.
We're pre-huckleberries, but the salmon berries are in full effect right now.
June 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We're pre-huckleberries, but the salmon berries are in full effect right now.
It's always great when the guest has a good audio setup. Our recording software can tweak the audio a little bit too now, so really bad guest audio is becoming a thing of the past.
June 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's always great when the guest has a good audio setup. Our recording software can tweak the audio a little bit too now, so really bad guest audio is becoming a thing of the past.
I'm up to three nights with the same targets and the images are getting better and better. No need for the AI denoise at this point.
April 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm up to three nights with the same targets and the images are getting better and better. No need for the AI denoise at this point.
And then other papers talking about how DMS can form in interstellar clouds. arxiv.org/abs/2504.16236
Gas-phase formation routes of dimethyl sulfide in the interstellar medium
Context: Dimethyl sulfide (DMS; CH$_3$SCH$_3$) is an organosulfur compound that has been suggested as a potential biosignature in exoplanetary atmospheres. In addition to its tentative detections towa...
arxiv.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
And then other papers talking about how DMS can form in interstellar clouds. arxiv.org/abs/2504.16236
Oh wow, okay, I'll try doing a multi-night session on the Iris.
April 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Oh wow, okay, I'll try doing a multi-night session on the Iris.
I wondering how to do that with the Seestar. maybe have it shoot in raw and then stack in Pixinsight? I don't think it can keep working on an image across several nights.
April 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I wondering how to do that with the Seestar. maybe have it shoot in raw and then stack in Pixinsight? I don't think it can keep working on an image across several nights.
Yeah, I'm so used to only getting a couple of minutes to image. These cooked for about an hour each. I wonder what happens if I give it 6 hours on one target. Or multiple nights.
April 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Yeah, I'm so used to only getting a couple of minutes to image. These cooked for about an hour each. I wonder what happens if I give it 6 hours on one target. Or multiple nights.
Yup, you only need the Podcast+, the red one.
April 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yup, you only need the Podcast+, the red one.
Did you calculate the size of Earth?
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Did you calculate the size of Earth?