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Jeffrey Bryant
Wolfram|Alpha, LLC
LOCATION: Champaign, IL
WEBSITE: http://members.wolfram.com/jeffb/
INTERESTS IN JOBS & NETWORKING: Not indicated
ABOUT ME:
Obtained my masters degree in physics from Ball State University. Specialized in astronomy, specifically cataclysmic variable stars. Interested in all things visualization, including nature and wildlife photography. I work at Wolfram|Alpha, am a Demonstrations author and write for Wolfram Blog. More information at my home page.
STAFF PICKS:
- A new interstellar object: comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), (a.k.a. 3I/ATLAS and A11pl3Z)
- Is Planet-9 still viable? A new trans-Neptunian object challenges the orbital bias behind the theory
- Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields): an active volcanic caldera west of Naples and Mount Vesuvius
- Partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025: visible in parts of the northern hemisphere
- Coronal holes on the Sun indicate upcoming acceleration in solar wind speed
- Venus inferior conjunction March 2025: phases & solar alignment dynamics
- Total lunar eclipse of March 13-14, 2025: detailed phases timeline and Earth's shadow impact
- Unveiling the Europa Clipper's Unusual Route to Jupiter's Moon: documentary tech notes
- Is asteroid 2024 YR4 going to hit Earth in 2032?
- Annular solar eclipse of Oct 2, 2024
- Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could be visible to the naked-eye
- Incoming coronal mass ejection, ETA no later than August 11, 2024
- How far was Neil Armstrong from his birthplace when he stepped on the Moon?
- Counting in the D'ni numbering system
- Parade of planets: celestial maps for when & where to see rare planetary alignment early June 2024
- Exploring the most active sunspot group of this solar cycle
- Solar system mandalas: create intricate emergent patterns from the positions of planets & asteroids
- Sympathetic solar flare and geoeffective coronal mass ejection
- T Coronae Borealis - about to go nova....again
- New volcano discovered on Mars hidden in plain sight
- A bright comet during the 2024 total solar eclipse
- Exotic terranes of the United States east coast
- Exploring Solar Imagery
- LagrangePointData: compute properties for the Lagrange points of two orbiting astronomical bodies
- Solar eclipses on other planets
- Mapping Total Solar Eclipse on March 20 2015
- Great Halloween Solar Storms of 2003
- The Western U.S. to Witness Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2023
- New comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura: a rare amateur discovery beating automated surveys scanning the skies
- India's Chandrayaan-3 Landed on the Moon! The first historic spacecraft near Moon's south pole.
- Exploring the origins of space weather
- The Geologic Assembly of the United States
- A very active Sun and powerful solar flare in May 2023
- Meteor Explosion Over North Central Indiana - 4/21/2023
- Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter during the last week of February 2023
- Exploring Relief Maps on Ancient Earth
- Possible Naked-Eye Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
- [R&DL] Wolfram R&D LIVE: Computational Geology
- Bedrock geology of North and Central America
- The geologic time scale - structure and quantification with trees
- Stars orbiting Sagittarius A*: evidence for a black hole
- Re-creating views of a supervolcano in New Mexico
- When continents rip themselves apart
- The closest in 397 years: Jupiter-Saturn conjunction on Dec 21, 2020
- Possible Satellite Collision on 10/16/2020 UTC
- Catch comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) which is putting on quite a show
- 3D modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the Wolfram Language
- Visualizing the Unified Geologic Map of the Moon from the USGS
- Exploring the Yellowstone Calderas with GeoGraphics and USGS Data
- Age and Rank of North American Coal Deposits
- Mountain building and orogenies using GeoGraphics
- Get Ready for the 2019 Mercury Transit of the Sun
- Visualizing the Effects of the Tsar Bomba Nuclear Bomb
- Visualizing the Lunar Mass Anomaly found in the South Pole - Aitken Basin
- Decorating Easter Eggs with the Planets
- Pleistocene-Holocene Sea Level 500K Years Change UK/European Coastlines
- Analyzing Data from the Cuba Meteorite Fall of Feb 1, 2019
- Visualizing the Chang'E 4 Landing Site with GeoGraphics
- New Horizons Flyby of "Ultima Thule"
- Visualizing the InSight Landing Site on Mars
- Saturn Flyby: Detailed Simulation
- Exploring Lunar Geography with GeoElevationData
- The Reason Northern Lights Were Visible from Champaign, IL
- Mandala of the TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanet System
- Get Ready for the Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight
- Re-creating Galileo's Observations of Jupiter's 4 Large Moons
- Gravity wave visualization: celebrating LIGO first direct detection of gravitational waves