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24  🌌🔭 MPhys Physics, Astrophysics & Cosmology 🔭🌌  📚 University of Lancaster '23 📚  Search #personal #original for my original posts (this is a side blog so I follow back from @midnight-criminal)

[frithams]

You may remember my Notion Tips posts, so I am back with more! Notion is not just a note taking and organisation app, here are some other things that can be made with Notion.

Show off your data in charts with Notion VIP charts

Make a website with Potion

Build a course with Float

Noggin is also a course builder

Make Flash cards with Zorbi

Notion Cover Generator

Make HTML Emails

Write Newsletters with Notion(beta)

Add a map to Notion (beta)

Create Automations

Icon Packs

More Icons

Gantt Charts and Embed HTML

Widgetbox App

This Calculator

Add fun Dividers

[fandom]

Space! ft. NASA

It was a big year in our part of the cosmos. We’ve invited our friends at @nasa​ to recap all the stunning scientific advances that gave us a deeper glimpse into the galaxy around us this year.

JWST Showed Us Space with New Eyes

In July 2022, we saw the first full-color images and data from the largest and most powerful space observatory ever made: the James Webb Space Telescope. This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” is speckled with glittering stars, and called the Cosmic Cliffs. It’s the edge of the star-birthing Carina Nebula. Usually, the early phases of star formation are difficult to capture, but the infrared Webb can peer through cosmic dust thanks to its extreme sensitivity, spatial resolution, and imaging capability.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI 

Artemis I Flew Us Beyond the Moon 

NASA’s most powerful rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), lifted off for the first time on November 16, 2022, launching the Orion spacecraft on a journey around the Moon. Orion has now traveled farther from Earth than any other spacecraft designed to carry humans to deep space and safely return them to Earth. The Artemis I mission is the first part of a new era of deep space exploration. The program is designed to take astronauts back to the Moon and eventually on to Mars.

Credit: NASA

This One’s for the Dinosaurs

NASA’s DART mission successfully redirected an asteroid—the first time humanity has ever changed the orbit of a celestial object in space. On Sept. 26, 2022, the vending-machine-size spacecraft slammed into the stadium-size asteroid Dimorphos, slightly shortening its orbit around its much larger companion asteroid Didymos. Neither asteroid posed a threat to Earth before or after the test. The objective was to test this “planetary defense” technique, should an asteroid ever pose a threat. Note: there are no known asteroid threats to Earth for at least the next 100 years, but NASA is keeping an eye on the skies, just in case.

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL

Be sure to follow @nasa​ for more!

[studiash]

Today’s new programming plan is just me tryna yell @ myself how to actually read stuff for physics, lmao.

(click here to for a guide on how I made this, and a general explanation of what programming planning is)

[studyblr-criminal]

...i may need to try this

[twiceroyaldove]

task prioritizer tool

I posted this in a reblog earlier, but I’m queueing it up as a new post too so it’s easier to find in tags. 

@howtomusicmajor​ wrote a fantastic post awhile ago about how to prioritize a bunch of things that are all due soon/overdue, and then @allydsgn​ made this lovely chart to go with it. I’ll link the post in a reblog so that the original shows up in tags, but basically this tool tells you what order to do your tasks based on when they’re due and how long you think they’ll take.

I took this chart and tweaked it to make another version that works for me as a task organizer for work projects. So it’s less geared toward “oh no I have ten things that all need to get done RIGHT NOW” and more toward “okay I have 25 things in my inbox and I just don’t know where to start” (aka ADHD brain)

The numbers aren’t in a super logical/elegant order because I tried it out for a couple days and moved the numbers around until they matched my actual priorities. (It’s not 100% perfect of course, but that’s fine because it’s just supposed to give me a recommendation so I can skip past the task paralysis! If I want to go out of order I can do that.)

Then I built myself a whole excel workbook with formulas to do all of the thinking and sorting for me, and then of course I went down a whole big rabbit hole of extra features and automatic sorting and it was at this point that I thought I should share it with more people so the ridiculous amount of time I spent on it would be a little more justified

If anyone would like to try this out, check the notes for a google drive link! The basics work okay in google sheets but some features only really work in excel.

There are 2 excel files in the gdrive folder, one based on the original 12-level priority chart and one for the 16-level chart that I’m using. Each one has three sheets: “Task List” is the screenshot above with all the bells and whistles, “Simple Task List” hides some of the unnecessary columns so that it’s less overwhelming, and “Priority” is where you can define your different priority levels. You can edit any of the numbers in that sheet to whatever works for you, all of the formulas should still work!

If you have any questions about how to edit this to work best for you, or you accidentally broke a formula or something, feel free to DM me :) I hope this is helpful for some people!! It’s been really helpful for me.

[apricitystudies]

i’ve been loving the recent cold rainy weather, but it hasn’t exactly done wonders for my lighting.

[lifeofthegrind]

some people were asking for actual advice and i can never pass up an opportunity to procrastinate so here’s just a couple of things i always need to remind myself of…now back to my paper :(

[myhoneststudyblr]

my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything

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[transcript under the cut]

Other advice posts that may be of interest:

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Active Revision Techniques

How To Do Uni Readings

How to Revise BIG Subjects

Keep reading

[peachblossomstudy]

// august

so i know it’s already pretty much half way through august but i was on holiday for the first week and have been having a bit of a weird week this week, so i didn’t get round to planning until today.

i’m getting kinda bad at picking themes for my planner, so i decided to try something new and get some stickers! i really love how this page turned out, and it’s much quicker to make spreads without having to draw things.

[theoryofeverythingmagazine]

Hubble’s law is considered the first observational basis for the expansion of the universe, and today it serves as one of the pieces of evidence most often cited in support of the Big Bang model; v = HₒD where v - recessional velocity Hₒ - Hubble’s constant D - Proper distance Happy 132nd birthday to the the father of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology, Lawyer and Astronomer, Edwin Hubble who was born on this day, 20th November 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, United States.

[uoa-discipula]

11 November 2021 // my sleeping schedule is very messed up atm but i'm trying my best regardless. woke up at noon, got coffee with a friend and then studied at the library from 20.00-midnight.

[studyblr-criminal]

this library looks so beautifulllll

[tiredphysicist]

hi!! your blog is lovely!! my questions are- what does a typical career path in astrophysics look like? a lot of colleges don't offer astrophysics at that level, so what degrees/courses in physics should one consider so that they can study astrophysics in their masters? which programming languages should i learn now as a high schooler so that i can have a smooth transition in college? how do i know if astrophysics is definitely the path for me, considering i'm not a huge fan of high school physics but i love learning about space and am quite fascinated by the field? i'm sorry if they're too many, have a great day!!

First, thank you so much, this made me so happy !

I wouldn't say there is a "typical" career path because any physics course is quite a flexible degree and comes with a range of jobs you can be qualified for. Perhaps a lecturer, researcher for an institution or a data analyst (not necessarily cosmological data, data analysis can be in business too). I would try to keep an open mind when it comes to career choices tbh.

As for prerequisite courses for a Masters in Astrophysics, I would surely say that you will need a Bachelors in Physics or Maths. Perhaps engineering? I would say any Bachelors degree that offers a strong foundation in Physics and Maths would suffice and that should include electromagnetism, quantum mechanics and calculus at the university-level.

It helps to know python well in terms of programming languages. I think that's the one a lot of people start with. It's also quite widely used to analyse experimental data.

As I always say, astrophysics is physics ! So I guess it would be helpful if you liked physics. And honestly it will be so rewarding if you have a strong foundation in high school physics so don't frown upon it just yet !! If astrophysics is truly where your passion lies then go for it. As long as you're willing to give physics a shot and try your best to do well in physics and math then it shouldn't be an issue ! As a school student, I loved physics but I wasn't really the sharpest tool in the box and I suffered greatly to cope with the maths and physics involved in astrophysics. I was under the misapprehension that I would use telescopes and learn all about supernovae or how mysterious blackholes are. While this is true to a small extent, the facts you learn about space are not so much in "words and sentences" as much as they are in the form of rigorous mathematical derivations and proofs. So I guess you would have to see if this is something you'd enjoy.

Hope this helped a bit and have a nice day !!

[ravenswoodacademia]

01.05.21

had to dig out my old particle physics notebook and brush up as i slog through papers from the lab i want to work in this summer...

meanwhile, the yarn *pakidge* arrived and i have launched in— it will someday be a throw blanket for my aunt’s upcoming birthday.

[our-future-involves-trees]

[dominicwalliman]

Hey all, here is my latest video on Feynman Diagrams, and delving into the standard model of particle physics. I have lots of cool graphics in this one!

[badsciencejokes]

Sorry to burst your bubble — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3ek48FK

[studyblr-criminal]

Hey everyone (for those who care or just happen to see this)

I've been suffering from depression for several years and realized that being at University made it harder. It was also really tough to just function overall, my grades dropped drastically and I felt I should take some time off to focus on my mental health before I try to finish my degree

It's been almost 2 years since I made that decision and I'm better but not enough... at this point I'm lost in life and not even sure if I still want to continue with my Physics degree. I hate quitting and it feels like I am if I don't... but I really don't know what I want in life

Long story short, I'm sorry I've been MIA but I'm lost and floating through life right now so I'll still be distant and hardly here.

I don't enjoy school and I also lack the focus and drive I'd need for online self-education... so there's also that

If you read all this, thank you ❤ Hopefully you'll still be around when I'm back... if I ever find my way back...

[fmlpotata-deactivated20210327]

Heloo Tumblrs!

So exam season is starting soon, and everyone is studying (hopefully). Here are some tips that were shared to me by my friends, teachers, and my mom.

These are gonna help y’all a lot. Here goes.

Here’s everyone’s favorite: *drum roll* treats. Treat yourself. Give yourself food, or some reading time, or even some Tumblr time. Basically whatever you do in your free time. Except you don’t do this in your free time. You do this after you finish a topic or a concept. You treat yourself. I study for 45 minutes, and take a 15 minute break. That shit works like medicine.

Next one: don’t procrastinate. I love procrastinating. You love procrastinating. Everyone loves procrastinating. *insert tiktok video here* don’t do it bitch. As much as you want to do it, you’ll never reach your goal if you procrastinate. And you need to reach your goal. So to stop procrastinating, use a bujo/studyjo (bullet journal/ study journal). Plan stuff out. Sooner or later, you’ll start feeling guilty for not completing those tasks. Be your own creepy duolingo bird.

Don’t use your goddamn phone. Phones are distracting. Very distracting. If you have enough self-control, use your phone during that 15 minute break of yours. But don’t keep it beside you in those other 45 minutes. Use a wallpaper which says go study bitch or keep your phone down. If y’all are Gilmore Girls fans, just use Rory as your motivation. Here’s my wallpaper:

Now we’ll move on to guilt. Guilt is a main factor that motivates most people. I feel guilty for not studying when I read all those motivation quotes on Pinterest. Find your guilt factor. Push yourself towards success.

Feeling sleepy while studying? Stop studying. You might say that this is shit advice, but listen to me, it isn’t. Put on a timer for 20 minutes, and take a power nap. Sleep the hell outta yourself in those 20 minutes. You’ll be refreshed when you wake up. And if you don’t trust yourself to wake up or if you think that sleeping isn’t a good idea, hydrate. Hydrate, hydrate hydrate. I’m ready to type this a million times till y’all get it. HYDRATE.

Bonus: For those who have their exams in two/three months. Exams are in May? You don’t wanna study? Great. Just don’t have a zero day. Read a few pages of your textbook. Or reread your notes. Solve a few sums. Solve one sum. Why one you ask? Because one isn’t zero.

I hope these help! Toodles.