Max Gaspari

Full Professor in Astrophysics @UNIMORE_univ. 2M Eur @ERC_Research COG Grantee. Previously @Princeton, INAF, MPA. Former @NASA Einstein and PU Spitzer Fellow.

[Max Gaspari @max_gasp]

1/4 🚨🌌 The first #BlackHoleWeather paper wave has landed on arXiv!

Six coordinated papers (thread below) explore #ChaoticColdAccretion across the meso-scale, from turbulence-driven multiphase rain to jet regulation and SMBH spin coupling.

Huge congratulations to the BHW team, especially Fil, Vieri and Olmo! 🌪️🕳️✨
Time to read, celebrate, cite, and let the cosmic storm begin!

#Astrophysics #Astronomy #BlackHoles

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

Meet NGC 4631— the “Whale Galaxy” — drifting through the cosmos instead of the sea. 🐋

This edge-on view of this spiral galaxy allows astronomers to study how flat the stellar disk is and provide the clearest views of material located above or below the disk.

[HUBBLE @HUBBLE_space]

Take a journey through space into a cosmic vista 🚀 featuring the latest Hubble image of the nebula LHA 120-N44!

Read more here: https://t.co/9zysPfumWy

📷 @esa / @HUBBLE_space & @NASA , ESO, Digitized Sky Survey 2, NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, D. Gouliermis, P. Horálek, E. Slawik, N. Risinger, N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)
🎶 Tonelabs – The Red North (https://t.co/ubMg8sw4wU)

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We’re sharing a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, one of the deepest problems at the frontier of mathematics.

The proof was produced by a group of agents, using an OpenAI next-generation model significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra.

The problem concerns whether the description of smooth three-dimensional fluid motion modeled by the Navier-Stokes equations can break down. It has remained unresolved for roughly 90 years.

[HUBBLE @HUBBLE_space]

Our ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month visits a superbubble scene!

The Large Magellanic Cloud is the largest of the small galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. At just 160,000 light-years away, it offers a close look at nebulae like this one, LHA 120-N44, or N44 for short. 1/3

[Chandra Observatory @chandraxray]

Over 150 hours of Chandra observations compressed into 19 seconds. Explore how this timelapse of Centaurus A X-ray data was made at: https://t.co/85aBIcjaKG

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

My favorite capture of the night: The moment the moon's shadow split the sunset in half, leaving a diamond ring in the sky and a breathtaking view. I call it "Shadows on the Balearic Sea".

I'll have prints available for this one linked in my bio for a few days only.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Un. Real.

[Chandra Observatory @chandraxray]

Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of the Tarantula Nebula from NASA's Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Webb (red). More: https://t.co/7q1F5LXwgD

[Mathelirium @mathelirium]

Will @OpenAI and @AnthropicAI ever crack this one?

Behind this beautiful turbulence cascade lies a Millennium Prize Problem:

For the 3D Navier-Stokes equations, nobody has proved whether every smooth flow remains smooth forever or whether a singularity can form in finite time.

[Hubble @NASAHubble]

Some serious star power 🤩

The star cluster NGC 6791 is one of the oldest and largest open clusters known to exist.

At about 10 times larger than most open clusters, it's home to roughly 10,000 stars.

NGC 6791 resides about 13,300 light-years away: https://t.co/q6gPwaEQSB

[Sabine Hossenfelder @skdh]

Fascinating zoom into the surface of the sun at unprecedented resolution. For the first time we can see the turbulence at the borders of convection cells!

Video credit: NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS

Press release: https://t.co/i4elUEBeRa

[Mathelirium @mathelirium]

What you're seeing here is a simulation of a solar-wind pressure interacting with Earth's magnetosphere.

Computations are based on the equations of resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). In the model, the plasma is treated as an electrically conducting fluid whose motion is coupled to the evolution of the magnetic field.

[Noam Brown @polynoamial]

An internal version of Astra, @OpenAI’s next major model family, solved 10 major open problems in mathematics, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science.

We believe it will be a major step for scientific reasoning. https://t.co/iP6cyheZ7i

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Intelligence is the ability to rewire your brain faster.

It is not about knowing more.

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

This @NASAWebb image shows just a small portion of one of the Orion Molecular Clouds, a massive filament of cold gas and dust beyond the Orion Nebula. Every stage of star formation is contained within this scene, which stretches 150 light-years across!

🔗 https://t.co/wnc10x9EuA

[Science Simplified @Scivf4]

This is what the AI brain looks like.

[Max Gaspari @max_gasp]

4/4 🌫️ Chaotic cold accretion across the meso-scale

B26a: Morphology and thermodynamics
https://t.co/iqyoT2MdcB
B26b: Variability and kinematics
https://t.co/xlKdoheela

[Max Gaspari @max_gasp]

1/4 🚨🌌 The first #BlackHoleWeather paper wave has landed on arXiv!

Six coordinated papers (thread below) explore #ChaoticColdAccretion across the meso-scale, from turbulence-driven multiphase rain to jet regulation and SMBH spin coupling.

Huge congratulations to the BHW team, especially Fil, Vieri and Olmo! 🌪️🕳️✨
Time to read, celebrate, cite, and let the cosmic storm begin!

#Astrophysics #Astronomy #BlackHoles

[Max Gaspari @max_gasp]

3/4 🕳️ Spin-coupled chaotic cold accretion across the meso-scale

P26a: Morphology and thermodynamics
https://t.co/kBH7Nc7wFv
P26b: Variability and kinematics
https://t.co/CXKLj6ZjRI