Reposted by AkaSciESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 30/09/2026Inspector Smile is ready for science! 🫡 This is Smile’s first ultraviolet view showing an auroral substorm. With the ultraviolet camera now operational, Smile becomes the first spacecraft since 2008 to capture the full ring of northern lights around the north pole in ultraviolet light. 🔭 🧪 ☀️ 15860244
Reposted by AkaSciESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 23hA ‘Juice eye view’ of our home planet 🌍 On 28 September, our Juice mission completed a gravity assist flyby of Earth. As Juice flew just 8640 km above the Indian Ocean, it snapped a series of images with its onboard monitoring cameras, giving us these unique views 👇 youtu.be/zmW8hgV39IU 🔭 🧪youtu.beJuice's Earth flyby in stunning images | September 2026YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA 05516
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 14hThe real reason for the multiple Earth flybys of the (forgetful) ESA Juice spacecraft 😜. xkcd #3304: Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer @science.esa.int www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.p... #PlanetSci 051
Reposted by AkaSciBill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 23hThe economy has only added 496 thousand jobs over the last year. 1237
Reposted by AkaSciAkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I might add that Republicans are relentlessly brainwashed by the powers that be into thinking that that 99% people are doing something fraudulent with Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP. E.g., 262
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The bonds between Star Trek and NASA. 50 years ago, on Sept. 17, 1976, NASA rolled out its first space shuttle in Palmdale, CA. It was named Enterprise, thanks to a massive write-in campaign by Star Trek fans. Check out this thread for more - fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1172... 010
Reposted by AkaSciJonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am deeply honored to be awarded this year's Loftus Space Sustainability Award by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety. I'm looking forward to meeting colleagues in the space sustainability community at the IAASS meeting in Antibes next month. 71247
Reposted by AkaSciAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/09/2026"Republicans understand that people aren’t going to read the documents behind their conspiracy theories. The truth is hard to understand and often involves complexity and nuance. They’re able to win the narrative war that way, & it’s having real consequences on people’s lives." — @ninajankowicz.compublicnotice.coNina Jankowicz on the golden age of disinformation“Memory-holing is core to all of the narrative coups Republicans are achieving right now.” 531766547
Reposted by AkaSciGautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Here’s my op-ed on Chief Justice John Roberts whitewashed history of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Roberts adoration of Taft’s “restraint” conveniently omits Taft’s racism, refusal to condemn lynching, and embrace of Lost Causism. That’s no accident. share.inquirer.com/IcPlmxshare.inquirer.comWill the real William Howard Taft please stand up?Chief Justice John Roberts penned an incomplete, but revealing, tribute to former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. 23485179
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Wishing a Happy 49th Birthday to the mighty Voyager 1 mission. Boldly going where no spacecraft has gone before. Now 25.67 billion km (23.785 light hours) away. Sending science data back to humanity from the few instruments that still remain powered on. fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1172... #PlanetScifosstodon.orgAkaSci 🛰️ (@AkaSci@fosstodon.org)Attached: 1 image Wishing a Happy 49th Birthday to the mighty Voyager 1 mission. After another year filled with challenges, the NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft is still boldly going where no spacecraft ha... 1144
Reposted by AkaSciMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🚨 The NIH is moving to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in infectious-disease research projects to the DOD under a secret 10-year pact. Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comRevealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIHAn agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense. 26444377
Reposted by AkaSciAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026BREAKING: Boston Judge Indira Talwani has issued a PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION after yesterday's hearing BLOCKING Trump's USPS Mail Ballot Portal implementation. More soon... 1/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.comMemorandum & Order – #285 in League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-11549) – CourtListener.comJudge Indira Talwani: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTIONS FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Associated Cases: 1:26-cv-11549-IT, 1:26-cv-13917-IT (MAP) (Entered: 09/04/2026) 402751687
Reposted by AkaSciDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026Having already fucked up wind and solar, Trump is now fucking up batteries.utilitydive.comTrump grid order likely to cause energy storage delays, cancellations: BloombergNEFThe Aug. 26 executive order, previous executive actions and the Treasury Department’s foreign entity of concern guidance are likely to hit battery and inverter supply chains particularly hard, an indu... 818676
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ahmakiq Undae is the IAU-approved name for the large dune field on Titan where NASA's Dragonfly rotocraft will land. "In the Mayan tradition, people appealed to the spirit Ahmakiq (pronounced “ah-mahk-eek”) to stop strong winds from damaging their crops." fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1172... #PlanetScifosstodon.orgAkaSci 🛰️ (@AkaSci@fosstodon.org)Attached: 1 image Ahmakiq Undae - that's the IAU-approved name given to the large dune field on Titan where the NASA Dragonfly rotocraft will land and explore. "In the Mayan tradition, people appeal... 1102
Reposted by AkaSciESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 03/09/2026ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL CONFIRMED! 🎉🛰️ #BepiColombo telemetry shows the Mercury Transfer Module has successfully separated from the spacecraft stack! ✅ First step of Mercury arrival phase - complete! 👏 Next stop: Mercury orbit insertion for MPO and Mio in November! @esa.int #JAXA #Mercury 528075
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The NASA New Horizons spacecraft will shut down heliophysics instruments next month for a lack of $2 million per year funding for its staff. Let's sign the petition at www.change.org/p/heliophysi... #Astronomy #Sciencechange.orgSign the PetitionHeliophysics Community Support for Continued Measurements by NASA’s New Horizons Mission 076
Reposted by AkaSciLZ Dark Matter @lzdarkmatter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What are the backgrounds for our event of interest LZ230616, and why can't they currently explain it? 🤔 A thread: 🧵 [Images from the TeVPA talk, available on our website lz.lbl.gov] #darkmatter #LZ230616 277
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Some links to sources for the possible detection of the WIMP dark matter particle by the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/01/l... lz.lbl.gov/wp-content/u... lz.lbl.gov/wp-content/u... lz.lbl.gov www.astronomy.com/science/how-... #Astronomynewscenter.lbl.govLZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark MatterFor the better part of a century, people have been trying to understand dark matter. This invisible substance makes up roughly 85% of the mass in the universe but has never been directly detected. Determining exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about our world. 162
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026NASA Roman Space Telescope update: High-gain antenna and aperture cover (sunshade) - deployed. Coronagraph - powered on. At 22:12 UTC today Sept 1, ~2.5 days after launch, it had traveled past the orbit of the Moon, 384,400 km from Earth. More at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1171... #Astronomy #Spacefosstodon.orgAkaSci 🛰️ (@AkaSci@fosstodon.org)Attached: 1 image At 22:12 UTC today Sept 1, about two and a half days after launch, the NASA Roman Space Telescope has traveled past the orbit of the Moon, 384,400 km from Earth. 🙌 🔭 https://eyes.n... 0123
Reposted by AkaSciCara Giovanetti @idontevencara.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Hopefully today you caught wind of the exciting possible dark matter detection at the LZ experiment. But what’s dark matter again? What’s LZ? What does all of this mean??? 1/10 ⚛️🧪 18926
Reposted by AkaSciChina Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I’m hearing reports that the Chang’e-7 launch will be postponed by at least one day due to a typhoon off the coast of Hainan Island. 0153
Reposted by AkaSciChina Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A POV video aboard the reusable Zhuque-3 rocket captures the milestone journey of China's first successful rocket first-stage recovery on land on August 19. From liftoff to landing, enjoy the ride! #Zhuque3 #LandSpace #RocketLanding 24713
Reposted by AkaSciESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 05/08/2026Hosted by Dame Dr Maggie Aderin, the broadcast features our Director of Science Professor @cmundell.esa.int , ESA scientists, and Javier Cenarro, the director of Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre, our location for the day 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 ☀️ #EuropeanSolarEclipse 2/2esa.intTotal solar eclipse: how to watch live from homeA total solar eclipse is coming to Europe. The European Space Agency (ESA) will broadcast live from 19:30 CEST on 12 August, allowing you to experience this rare event from anywhere in the world. Quic... 0238
Reposted by AkaSciMax Planck Institute for Solar System Research @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Current observations from ESA’s #SolarOrbiter help #PredictiveScienceInc predict what the #corona will look like during the upcoming #SolarEclipse2026. Input is data from the instrument SO/PHI designed and built at #mpsgoettingen. www.mps.mpg.de/solar-orbite... @science.esa.int #SolarEclipse 0208
Reposted by AkaSciDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/08/2026🎉WIN: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger restored voting rights for over 66k people with past felony convictions. “These Virginians deserve the right to use their vote, make their voices heard, and be recognized as contributing citizens to our Commonwealth and country," she said.democracydocket.comVirginia Gov. Spanberger has restored voting rights for 66,000 people with past felony convictionsThe volume presents a dramatic reversal of prior Gov. Glenn Youngkin's tenure, when he restored less than 10,000 voter's rights during his entire four-year term. 336778
Reposted by AkaSciDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026On August 5, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is predicted to crash onto the Moon. What has crashed on the Moon before? The very first human object to touch the Moon - Luna 2 in 1959. A probe, 3 bombs, and a rocket body! 🧪 🔭m.youtube.com1959: Luna 2 (USSR)YouTube video by International Astronautical Federation 1021680
Reposted by AkaSciWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The smell of death surrounds you, Donald Trump Deportees slain in Guatemala. A Haitian woman abandoned at a PGH bus stop. The bomb striking a family in Iran. Detainees in the ICE gulag. Lorenzo Salgado. Renee Good. USAID Dehumanization, then death. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...inquirer.comThe smell of death surrounds Donald Trump’s regime from Guatemala to Pittsburgh | Will BunchIn just a year and a half, Donald Trump’s warped agenda is killing innocent people at home and around the world. 19788325
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Some not-so-good news from the NASA Swift Boost Mission. The Katalyst LINK servicing spacecraft is having issues with 2 of its 3 reaction wheels and with the cold gas thruster system. Spacecraft spinning. Comms. sporadic. science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/... fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1170... #Spacescience.nasa.govCommissioning Update for Spacecraft to Boost NASA’s Swift - NASA ScienceOver the weekend, Katalyst’s LINK servicing spacecraft experienced issues with attitude control. 011
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 27/07/2026New FCC application from Amazon Leo for a 5,105 satellite LEO constellation for D2D services to mobile devices. Altitude: 510 - 580 km Spectrum: L and S band, acquired in merger with Globalstar. First deployment: 2028 @planet4589.bsky.social fccprod.servicenowservices.com/icfs?id=ibfs...fccprod.servicenowservices.comICFS Application Summary - ICFS Portal 000
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The NASA DSN site in Madrid, Spain remains offline as wildfires have threatened the site and its equipment over the past few days. Evacuation order remains in place. "No significant structural damage observed to antennas or buildings." More at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1169... #Space #NASAfosstodon.orgAkaSci 🛰️ (@AkaSci@fosstodon.org)Attached: 1 image The NASA DSN site in Madrid, Spain remains offline as wildfires have threatened the site and its equipment over the past few days. Personnel have been evacuated. It appears that th... 011
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Happy Birthday to Vera Rubin (July 23, 1928 – Dec 25, 2016), pioneering astronomer and passionate advocate for women in science. Her research on galaxy rotation rates provided strong evidence for the existence of dark matter. She deserved the Nobel Prize. fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1169... #Astronomy 1276
Reposted by AkaSciAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 21/07/202613 Americans w/o Ebola exposure put in detention when returning from Africa. “Staff even created a map for Bhattacharya that showed the vast distance from Kinshasa to Ituri province, to highlight the low risk. He ordered them to be detained anyway.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comTrump's CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A 'Wild Misuse' of PowerThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is needlessly detaining Americans as part of a chaotic Ebola response led by Jay Bhattacharya. 17314151
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 22/07/2026July 21, 2011, 5:57 a.m. ET: Space shuttle Atlantis landed for the final time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the STS-135 mission, marking the end of the Space Shuttle era. More at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1169... #Space #NASA 010
Reposted by AkaSciThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...newyorker.comThe Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused. 621526899
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The FCC approves the deployment of the first Reflect Orbital satellite, which will provide sunlight-on-demand to customers, dismissing objections from over 1,600 public comments on potential harm to astronomy and the environment. www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-app... #Astronomypcmag.comFCC Approves Reflect Orbital's Space Mirror Satellite That Astronomers HateThe FCC says the most controversial aspect of Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 satellite, the giant mirror, falls out of its authority since the regulator mainly focuses on radio spectrum. 4614276
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A coalition of environmental and scientific orgs, represented by Earthjustice, petitioned the FCC for a comprehensive review of the environmental risks, impacts, and costs of satellite-based data center and pause granting licenses for them. earthjustice.org/press/2026/c... #FCC #Satellitesearthjustice.orgCoalition Calls for Rigorous Federal Review of Space-Based Data Center ProposalsAs companies make plans to launch more than a million data centers into space, FCC must provide oversight and conduct a thorough review of the risks and impacts of these projects to ensure they are no... 033
Reposted by AkaSciESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 02/07/2026"Day 139, orbit 2155 — 🤩 Watching this glowing green ribbon shimmer and dance, it's easy to lose yourself completely in the magic of the moment. Turn the sound on for the full experience 💚", says @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. #εpsilon 🎥 ESA/NASA 424279
Reposted by AkaSciAlly Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warningjamanetwork.comPrenatal Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Use and Autism and/or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderThis population-based cohort study assesses the association between prenatal paracetamol exposure and risk of autism spectrum or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder using a sibling-matched design... 0159
Reposted by AkaSciAndy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Miklós Horthy did it. Benito Mussolini did it. Adolf Hitler did it. Francisco Franco did it. Augusto Pinochet did it. Jorge Rafael Videla did it. Now Donald Trump does it. Did what? Used the threat of Communism to justify a dictatorship. 27497226
Reposted by AkaSciNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/07/2026“DOGE was sold to the American people as a war on waste. Instead, it became an engine of it, costing $1,028 per U.S. taxpayer by our analysis. In a single year, the Trump Administration forced out more than 300,000 career civil servants…” ourpublicservice.org/know-the-fac... 15434
AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Successful launch of the NASA Swift Boost Mission! The Katalyst Space LINK robotic servicing spacecraft was launched into orbit today on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket, from an L-1011 aircraft at 40,000 feet. Next: Signal acquisition science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/... #Spacescience.nasa.govMission To Boost NASA's Swift Launches From Marshall Islands - NASA ScienceA mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Swift observatory has reached orbit. 021
Reposted by AkaSciDutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026Aircraft is RTB, now we all F5 the only NASA blog post page to see if there are updates.... 5175
Reposted by AkaSciMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Not true. There are two people. I can see them right there, on camera. 129213
Reposted by AkaSciJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Update to my Sunday story on the strange retraction of two 1940s papers by Max Planck: arstechnica.com/science/2026... Springer Nature has supplied Ars Technica with an official statement from Tim Kersjes, head of research integrity, resolutions, as follows: [1/3]arstechnica.comWhy did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck? [UPDATED]Clicking on the links now reveals blank pages and empty PDFs. "Intellectually, it’s not acceptable.”... 23814
Reposted by AkaSciESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · 30/06/2026One of the best competitions ever: get your drawing printed on the top of the Ariane 6 rocket that will launch Plato – and see it ascend to space 🚀 (Under 12s only) www.esa.int/kids/en/thin... 0233
Reposted by AkaSciESA Earth Observation @esaearth.esa.int · 02/07/2026Hey, @transport.esa.int: package inbound! The @esa.int FLEX satellite is on its way to Kourou by boat, together with Copernicus Sentinel-3C. After traveling together, the two spacecraft will also fly to space later this summer aboard a Vega-C rocket: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 📸Thales Alenia Space 0379
Reposted by AkaSciMarc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Mary-Dell Chilton, NC biochemist who revolutionized agriculture, dies at 87 www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #PlantScience #PlantBiotech 🧪newsobserver.comMary-Dell Chilton, NC biochemist who revolutionized agriculture, dies at 87The late biochemist from Southern Pines transformed agriculture by creating the first genetically modified plants. 14429
Reposted by AkaSciKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g... 4426571469
Reposted by AkaSciJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 01/07/20261/2 I've posted a revised version of my paper on unitary executive theory and democratic accountability, now with a discussion of Slaughter and Cook at pp. 5-6. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comOf Multiplicity and Accountability<div> Unitary executive theory has, since <i>Myers v. United States</i>, been premised on a conception of democratic accountability. On this view, the presiden 615939
Reposted by AkaSciESO @eso.org · 01/07/2026🚨 Beyond the limit 🚨 New ESO study finds that current proposals to launch 1.7+ million satellites into orbit would have devastating consequences for astronomy. The most extreme proposals come from SpaceX & Reflect Orbital 🔭 🧪 ☄️ #DarkSkies #SatelliteConstellations 1/4 5186106