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172.6K
Posts
83.2K
Following
4.7K
Account age
17 yrs
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Thanks to NOAA's Kenneth Howard for pointing me to this NOAA weather radar data showing a debris cloud exactly over my estimated Starship reentry point!
762.8K views
WOOHOO! For some time DSS 65 has been sending TO Chan-3 but in the last 5 min it started showing TWO WAY comms, indicating that CHANDRAYAAN 3 is ALIVE on the surface of the Moon.
NOW I am ready to say: CONGRATULATIONS INDIA, CONGRATULATIONS ISRO!
640K views
I admit I did not expect this to work.
238.8K views
Glad the Apollo 13 movie is getting reruns lately.
This scene is even more moving today: right, Tom Hanks playing Jim Lovell; left, cameo appearance by actual Jim Lovell (1928 Mar 25 - 2025 Aug 7).
📊 Post performance
548.6K
Avg views / post
3.2×
Reach vs followers
Jan 2009
On X since
🔥 Top post: A reminder that 24 humans have so far travelled to deep space an · 4M views
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.08 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 video · 9 image · 9 text.
Follower / following
37×
Follows 4.7K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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Glad the Apollo 13 movie is getting reruns lately.
This scene is even more moving today: right, Tom Hanks playing Jim Lovell; left, cameo appearance by actual Jim Lovell (1928 Mar 25 - 2025 Aug 7).
Massive (68%) cut to NASA astrophysics proposed in WH budget. If this stands, it's the end of American pre-eminence in space science.
I admit I did not expect this to work.
Pretty depressing day at work today with lots of staff updating their resumes as we grapple with NASA's decision to shut down Chandra, the world's only ever high resolution X-ray space telescope, still returning fabulous science discoverie…
XPoSAT deployed! Congratulations @ISRO
Thanks to NOAA's Kenneth Howard for pointing me to this NOAA weather radar data showing a debris cloud exactly over my estimated Starship reentry point!
And here at last is ISRO issuing an official post-landing image from the Chandrayaan-3 lander, which is the final confirmation we needed of a successful landing. Congrats to all those involved in the mission.
WOOHOO! For some time DSS 65 has been sending TO Chan-3 but in the last 5 min it started showing TWO WAY comms, indicating that CHANDRAYAAN 3 is ALIVE on the surface of the Moon.
NOW I am ready to say: CONGRATULATIONS INDIA, CONGRATULAT…
ISRO reports that Chandrayaan-3 has landed on the Moon
1) There's oxygen in that there galaxy!
2) Oxygen atoms behave the same billions of years ago and billions of light years away as they do here and now - a profound proof of the unity of physics
The public are excited by the images, but astronomers are as excited by the spectra, like this one. I want to talk about why
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🗓️Joined X in 2009 — 17 years ago.
👁️Averages 548.6K views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
💬5.8% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated83/100
Excellent
Credibility score
93%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 93% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~3.2× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (17+ years old).
- 5.8% engagement — below the ~14.4% typical for this size.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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Astronomer commenting on space launches. Orbital Police. All plots CC-BY. https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonathans-space-report-library-transition
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