Dr. James O'Donoghue

@physicsJ

Planetary Scientist . Researching: From UK, in US, Japan 2019. Tweets/animations my own.

Maryland, USA
Joined December 2010
Born 1985

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 1

    Just a reminder that the solar system animation is available on YouTube at 1080p resolution (at 50fps):

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Hello, I'm an astronomer in a movie. I unnecessarily have 3 degrees for the same subject. Inexplicably I have vast knowledge about the aliens we need to defeat, but the action hero gets all the credit for executing my idea.

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  3. 15 hours ago
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  4. 17 hours ago

    Visited my home town of Shrewsbury (in Shropshire) the other day. You've probably never heard of it, but it was also the hometown of Charles Darwin! (We both left it in our 20s...)

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  5. Jan 2

    A customer asked me to email him the contact info for the engineer who'll be working on their project. I had to correct him by saying "I'm actually the engineer assigned to this project, but I can send my contact info over." His reply: "You're an engineer?"

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  6. Jan 3

    In Leicester. Dropped by the New Walk museum and art gallery to see Charnia. It's the first fossil found in Precambrian rocks, and is 562 million years old! Before this, it was thought the Precambrian was completely devoid of macroscopic life (life you can see). – At New Walk Museum & Art Gallery

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  7. Jan 3
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  8. Jan 3

    And the CNSA logo may look familiar to many of you...

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  9. Jan 3

    China National Space Administration just landed on the far side of the Moon! No lander has ever been that side before, this is a historic first for humanity. Some say this will spur on a new space race.

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  10. Jan 2

    Many congratulations to our Chinese colleagues for the first farside landing on the Moon! has background information on the Moon's farside and the tricky task of landing on other worlds...

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  11. Jan 2

    "The oldest most-primitive object ever seen by a spacecraft" - Jeff Moore

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  12. 31 Dec 2018

    Everyday in 2018 I started the biography of a woman, person of colour or LGBTQ+ scientist or engineer. I’m up to 450 pages so far 😁 x

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  13. Jan 1
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  14. Jan 1

    In about 4 billion years our galaxy will merge with another. If you stick to your New Year's resolutions of a healthy diet, exercise, and cryogenic hibernation pod construction, you might just get treated to a spectacular light show! Read more by 👇

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  15. 31 Dec 2018

    A spaceship is visiting another world tonight. Happy New Year everyone!

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  16. 31 Dec 2018

    It's an elognated blob. It's not round. Aww, lookit the little peanut.

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  17. The New Horizons team reports the spacecraft is healthy and on track for the historic flyby of just after midnight tonight! Watch flyby events live on NASATV and starting at 2pm (ET): |

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  18. Final commands given to New Horizons spacecraft four billion miles from Earth as it heads for tomorrow - follow ⁦⁩ for the latest

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  19. 31 Dec 2018

    In a hotel asking Alexa what the weather is, but she's not here

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  20. 31 Dec 2018

    Youtube, 1080p 50fps: Email me if you want higher res, for now!

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