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Love #Stargate & science? You do not want to miss today’s panel on Exoplanets of Stargate.
Starting at 4pm Pacific (2hrs from now!), we’ll be heading through the gate to check out some of the many, many worlds explored during #SG1 #SGA & #SGU.
Starting at 4pm Pacific (2hrs from now!), we’ll be heading through the gate to check out some of the many, many worlds explored during #SG1 #SGA & #SGU.
Our panel is pretty much a badass gate team:
SG writer/producer @BaronDestructo
SG science consultant (me!)
speculative science queen @GoAstroMo
planet formation researcher @sraymond
astrobiologist @DrFunkySpoon
Moderated by exomoon pro @alexteachey
SG writer/producer @BaronDestructo
SG science consultant (me!)
speculative science queen @GoAstroMo
planet formation researcher @sraymond
astrobiologist @DrFunkySpoon
Moderated by exomoon pro @alexteachey
Bonus:
CosmoQuest-A-Thon is fundraising for @cosmoquestX staff benefits (like healthcare during a pandemic, eek!)
That means you’re not just having fun & learning something new, but also doing your good deed to support the community science project. win-win!
CosmoQuest-A-Thon is fundraising for @cosmoquestX staff benefits (like healthcare during a pandemic, eek!)
That means you’re not just having fun & learning something new, but also doing your good deed to support the community science project. win-win!
I’m totally amused how #quartz is catering the pity vote. All of #MinCup was created to make it feel special, yet every year other minerals win. Poor quartz.
Meanwhile #calcite is both fun & a climate indicator.
Meanwhile #calcite is both fun & a climate indicator.
#Calcite is a mineral with neat optical properties, fizzes with acid, flags your attention when you stumble on to an ancient sea floor in the mountains, was a critical plot point for the premiere of #Stargate #SGU, and tracks climate.
But I lost a bet.
Whoo #quartz.
But I lost a bet.
Whoo #quartz.
So. #Quartz.
It’s most of Earth’s crust. If you’re only learning one mineral, quartz is a good default guess.
I can’t help with ID more than”uh, it’s hard?” unless it happens to be a pointy crystal, but I’ve never found those in the wild. It’s the white bits of granite.
It’s most of Earth’s crust. If you’re only learning one mineral, quartz is a good default guess.
I can’t help with ID more than”uh, it’s hard?” unless it happens to be a pointy crystal, but I’ve never found those in the wild. It’s the white bits of granite.
