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Brandon Specktor

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Space and Physics editor at Live Science Pitches welcome at brandon[dot]specktor[at]futurenet[dot]com www.livescience.com/author/brandon-…

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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The earliest written account of a total solar #eclipse comes from the Greek poet Archilochus. His very reasonable reaction: "If Zeus can just turn midday into night, we shouldn't be surprised if dolphins start living in the mountains." (h/t Live Science) www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
Hereafter all things become credible, they are to be expected,

There is no longer any reason for amazement, even if you see

The wild beasts changing places with dolphins,

making the oceans their pasture, and taking joy

in the sonorous murmur of the sounding sea,

while the dolphins, for their part, think better of the wooded

mountain.
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 24/06/2026
James Webb Space Telescope captures the OMC-2 star-forming region in the Orion constellation, 1,280 light-years away. By using infrared vision to pierce thick gas and dust, astronomers reveal protostars launching energetic jets, detailing how gravity and energy shape stellar birth.
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James Webb telescope finds a colorful surprise buried in the Sword of Orion - Live Science
A new James Webb telescope snap shows off the glowing gas, sculpted jets and newborn stars lurking within the giant cosmic cloud OMC-2, located in the Sword of Orion.
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Whoa! Simultaneous papers announcing the discovery of a new directly imaged planet - beta Pictoris d!!! arxiv.org/pdf/2606.23801 arxiv.org/pdf/2606.23789 It's just so BIG. I can't believe it's just so ROUND, it's like OUT THERE. 🪐 (Courtesy of my kids who have just discovered Sir Mix-A-Lot)
VLT image of a star with a debris disk and a glowing orange dot in the disk with a white arrow. GUYS WE FOUND ANOTHER ARROW IN SPACE.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Scientific American is 180 years old. The most eminent science magazine for the general public. And today, sold off as scrap to stop the staff from unionizing. Many top editors I've worked with for a decade on several articles have been fired. What a disgrace @sciam.bsky.social
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Tell me you write about space without telling me you write about space 🌌
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Good news! They found a way to make restaurant menus worse. 🔬
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Attn: Freelancers Live Science is looking for writers with a passion for 🌌 Space ⚛️ Physics 🟰 Mathematics ⚗️ and Chemistry To pitch, check our submission guide below - and feel free to email me directly (link in bio) 📎💰 #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig www.livescience.com/how-to-pitch...
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Submission guidelines: How to pitch to Live Science
Live Science welcomes news, analysis, explainer and feature pitches from freelancers. Here's everything you need to know about submitting a story idea to Live Science.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 31/05/2025
Inspired by @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social and @ohdearz.bsky.social, here's what the White House proposed budget cuts to NASA would do to the entirety of the agency's Science Mission Directorate. Bloodbath is right.
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David Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"The Spanish expeditions in Florida were really the first opportunities for domestic cats to reach what is today the U.S."
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Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
The 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study finds.
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Black holes don't hold the monopoly on darkness. 'Dark nebulae', like the nearby Circinus molecular cloud, are regions of space so dense with gas & dust that light rarely escapes them. NSF's Dark Energy Camera just took one of the best-ever images of one. www.livescience.com/space/astron...
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Scientists spot a 'dark nebula' being torn apart by rowdy infant stars — offering clues about our own solar system's past
The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus West molecular cloud, a region of space that's so dense with gas that light...
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Congrats to the Mars HiRISE team (@uahirise.bsky.social) for having the best 404 error message on the internet
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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 16/12/2024
🔭 A Kilometer High Cliff on Comet Churyumov - Gerasimenko Image Credit & Licence (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO): ESA, Rosetta spacecraft, NAVCAM; Additional Processing: Stuart Atkinson apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24121...
A black and white image shows, from the side, the wall of a high jagged cliff. At the bottom of the cliff is a smooth landing dotted with rocks. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The James Webb telescope may have just smashed its own record -- again. New observations reveal 5 candidate galaxies dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang -- possibly some of the earliest to ever exist. Ben Turner has the story for Live Science: www.livescience.com/space/cosmol...
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James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted five galaxy candidates dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang, making them the earliest ever detected. And there could be many more.
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Photons are like snowflakes. Each one has unique characteristics, determined by an endless interplay of environmental factors. Now, one team has managed to simplify that glut of uncertainty to bring us this: The first image of an individual photon ever taken ❄️ www.livescience.com/physics-math...
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The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever
Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers have unveiled the first detailed image of a photon — a single particle of light — ever taken.
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Hi, BlueSky, I'm Brandon -- I edit the Space and Physics sections of LiveScience.com. I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond. Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨
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