Reposted by Reni KupkeNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 23/06/2025A new view of two old friends 🤩 Feast your eyes upon NSF–DOE Rubin's view of the Trifid & Lagoon Nebulae! This image shows what makes Rubin unique: its wide field of view, & speed that allows it to take lots of big images quickly. 🔭🧪 rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look/trifid-lagoon 311943
Reni Kupke @artichokeheaven.bsky.social · 17/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...nytimes.comAstronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable. 020
Reposted by Reni KupkeJwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Hubble's 31st anniversary image of AG Carinae. Credit: NASA, ESA and STScI esahubble.org/images/heic2... 876989
Reni Kupke @artichokeheaven.bsky.social · 03/03/2025A collection of prisms to be used in the infrared, calcium fluoride, germanium and silicon! 🌈 010
Reposted by Reni KupkeAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 27/02/2025Hubble Deep Space Field Constellation Fornax Distance. The farthest galaxies are roughly 13.4 billion light years away. Photo show's over 10,000 galaxies Exposure time 11 days 7 hrs They aimed Hubble at the darkest area of the sky, and looked back to nearly the beginning of time. 1277487
Reposted by Reni KupkeJwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 24/02/2025JWST observed NGC 3147 yesterday. This data was processed by @yuvharpaz.bsky.social nerdculture.de/@yuvharpaz/1... 552142
Reposted by Reni KupkeAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/02/2025The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThere’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are DoingHow regime change happens in America 15149891910
Reni Kupke @artichokeheaven.bsky.social · 03/02/2025wessiler.substack.com/p/wyoming-se...wessiler.substack.comWyoming Senators “Demand” Right To Sell Grand Teton National Park, Other Public LandsWith the exception of Yellowstone, Wyoming wants to take over, sell off all its public lands 011
Reposted by Reni KupkeKat La Ronde @katlaronde.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Everyone in LA is sharing this story on insta, and I just want to make sure non-Angelenos know about this bear that crawled under a house during the fires. He had to be lured out with rotisserie chickens. Read it. You deserve a little treat.people.com525-Lb. Bear Discovered Under Evacuated Altadena Home Too Fat to Tranquilize: 'Not an Option'An Altadena, Calif., man was shocked to discover he couldn't return to his home — which he evacuated due to the Eaton fire — because a 525-lb. bear had nested in the crawl space under his house. It to... 16963981659
Reni Kupke @artichokeheaven.bsky.social · 24/01/2025www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comThe Cystic-Fibrosis Breakthrough That Changed EverythingThe disease once guaranteed an early death—but a new treatment has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now? 000
Reni Kupke @artichokeheaven.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The instrument I’m working on uses optics made entirely from aluminum, machined by a technique called single point diamond turning. Here are some of our optics after baking in an oven. 000
Reposted by Reni KupkeRob Mayeda NBC Bay Area @robmayeda.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Updated to 1261.5 est. acres on the #PalisadesFire as of 3pm, note the spotting into neighborhoods including down to the coast, gusty wind and larger WUI (wildland urban interface) embers, map imagery via @watchdutyapp 1/7/2025 #CAwx 0156
Reposted by Reni KupkeJoe Minock @joeminock.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Concerned for our family and friends in the hills around LA today… The Santa Ana Winds are no joke and they’re already feeding the explosive growth of a fire in Pacific Palisades. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...nytimes.comCalifornia Wildfires Live Updates: Thousands Ordered to Evacuate Pacific PalisadesRapidly spreading flames, fanned by gusts that could reach up to 100 m.p.h., threatened homes along the coastline. 021
Reni Kupke @artichokeheaven.bsky.social · 14/12/2024www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/s...nytimes.comAn Artist Who Has Something in Common With Her SubjectsRachel Handlin is possibly the first person with Down syndrome to receive an M.F.A., and one of just a few to hold a bachelor’s. Her first solo show features her portraits of others like her. 100
Reposted by Reni KupkeCalifornia Council on Science and Technology (CCST) @ccst.us · 02/12/2024📢 NOW OPEN: Apply for the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship 🚀 From PhD to policy, join us in California and kickstart your career in impactful policy positions. Salary + paid-time off + health benefits + alumni network 🔗 ccst.us/ccst-science... #SciPol #SciPolJobs #SciComm #PhD #CAleg 11812
Reni Kupke @artichokeheaven.bsky.social · 11/12/2024The Grizzly Peak Lookout Alert California camera shows some fantastic lenticular development over Shasta in the timelapse with this latest storm arriving 000
Reposted by Reni KupkeDr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 06/12/2024🧪⚒️ A M7.0 earthquake struck offshore northern California today. Very strong shaking was recorded along the coast, and weak shaking reached >1,000 km away. All kinds of excitement: a ShakeAlert early warning, a tsunami warning, and a bunch of aftershocks. So, what's up with the geology here?earthquakeinsights.substack.comMagnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes offshore Cape Mendocino, CaliforniaReports of shaking >1,000 km away. 710933
Reni Kupke @artichokeheaven.bsky.social · 01/12/2024 Visited the Sierra, look at this little snow dome! 040
Reposted by Reni KupkeSpace @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 18/11/2024NASA’s new rendering of the Christmas Tree Nebula 295355382821
Reposted by Reni KupkeScripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 15/11/2024👑 🌊 #KingTides have returned to the California coast. This cosmic phenomenon brings the highest tides of the year, caused by the gravitational forces of the moon and sun. Learn more in this FAQ by California Sea Grant: bit.ly/48ser75 06714
Reposted by Reni KupkeJwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Most distant object known to humanity. Found by JWST, JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant galaxy ever discovered. It's located 13.6 billion light years from us, and since it takes time for light to travel, we see it as it was only 290 million years after the Big Bang. 🔭 🧪 18714286805