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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

June 16 is the anniversary of the first woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova, who orbited Earth in her Vostok spacecraft in 1963. Why does she continue to be vilified, over 60 years later? I turn my feminist lens on this question. 🧪 🔭 #WomenInSTEM

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Valentina Tereshkova and double standards in human spaceflight history

Every year on June 16, the anniversary of Dr Valentina Tereshkova's spaceflight, where she became the first women ever to leave Earth, I ge...

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NASA 🔴 Image of the Day (Unofficial) @nasa-daily.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Apr 21, 2025: Gas and dust ejected by a dying star shape the intricate patterns of NGC 1514, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. www.nasa.gov/image-article/fuzzy-rings-of-a-dying-star

$What looks like a single large, bright star (but is two) shines with bright purple diffraction spikes at the center of a large, diffuse cylinder of gas and dust that is tipped to the right. At the center is a bright pink clumpy cloud that takes up about 25% of the view. The pink region has some holes and diffuse areas. Beyond that are two large rings seen at a roughly 60-degree angle that appear joined at top left and bottom right. The edges are denser, and form shallow V-shapes that go inward. The rings appear orange at top left and bottom right, and are blue at bottom and center right. There is diffuse orange material around the body. The black background of space is speckled with tiny stars and galaxies mostly in blues and yellows. A bigger blue star with spikes is just below and to the left of the central stars, but it is slightly smaller. Areas Webb did not observe are along the top edges, a thin vertical near the nebula at top left, and at the bottom left and right corners. Credit: NASA; ESA; CSA; STScI; Michael Ressler (NASA-JPL); Dave Jones (IAC)$

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Oh FFS like America’s healthcare system was already in a bad enough place… this idiot seems intent on destroying it. 😢

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

❤️ I have spent a lot of time in the US... I love the place, and am incredibly sad at what is happening there.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/06/2025

Gnight, all. We ride at dawn. Let’s make tomorrow one for the history books.

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Wishing you folk all the best from Australia. Stay safe! ❤️

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Such a bloody brilliant Landsat photo of Egmont National Park in New Zealand! 🛰️❤️

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Exploring historic towns and city centers like this is one of my favorite things to do. 🙂❤️

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Hubble 🔴 Gallery @hubble-telescope.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Apr 23, 2025) Hubble's detailed view of NGC 5335 reveals a flocculent spiral galaxy with a striking bar structure that channels gas inward, promoting star formation. esahubble.org/images/heic2505j/

Annotated image of NGC 5335, a flocculent spiral galaxy with a bar structure. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI

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DSCOVR 🔴 EPIC (Unofficial) @dscovr-epic.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

5:40:22 PM on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, over the Bay of Campeche.

Earth from space, centered on the Bay of Campeche, captured on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 5:40:22 PM by NASA's DSCOVR EPIC camera.

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Astronomy 🔴 Gallery @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thomas Carpentier (@thocarp.bsky.social) on Flickr (Jun 5, 2025) The Rho Ophiuchi cloud, observed by JWST using NIRCam, showcases intricate structures associated with star formation. flic.kr/p/2r96wp9

Observation of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud by JWST using NIRCam. Credit and Copyright: NASA; ESA; CSA; T.Carpentier (Used with permission)

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Astronomy 🔴 Gallery @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Astronomy Picture of the Day (May 15, 2023) M16, the Eagle Nebula, showcases a stellar nursery with bright young stars emerging from a dark shell of dust and gas. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230515.html

M16: Eagle Nebula showing star formation within a dark dust shell. Credit and Copyright: Gianni Lacroce

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

If you add alt text, which has a very generous length limit, then the visually impaired can read it also.

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Hey Jasmine... do you have good friends who live nearby? Go spend time with them! That'll do far more for your emotional slump than the bleatings of strangers on social media 🙂❤️

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

And these people feel empowered by the current administration to express their hate. Just one reason why we need Pride Month. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Today's NASA Image of the Day is a stunner! ❤️🌌

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

No images we see from Hubble or Webb are "real colors", since these telescopes capture entirely (in the case of Webb) or largely (in the case of Hubble) wavelengths outside the visible spectrum.

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

More accurately, they map wavelengths that aren't visible to the human eye to visible wavelengths. Entirely normal and expected for images from telescopes like Webb and Hubble.

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Most images from space telescopes are technically "false color", because they don't capture RGB frequencies, so captured frames have to be mapped to the visible spectrum. This is entirely normal, and doesn't undermine anything.

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Not an astronomer... not even an American... and I'm devastated by the horror being done to science in the US... and the cuts to NASA are no small part of that. 😢😡

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

He's saying being queer is a mental illness. Which earnt a block from me.

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Yesterday's wonderful APOD choice... this stunning Hubble shot of UGC 1810, the large galaxy in the Arp 273 pair of galaxies 🙂...

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

APOD regularly provides us with some amazing space imagery. Here's today's...

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Andy | photographer @poorxphoto.com · 01/06/2025

Always carry a camera. Who knows what you might see. The natural world has a way of surprising you! #stunday #blueskyartshow #sunset #seascape #ocean #clouds #bayareaphotographer #photography

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Tango! @pikeshorse.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Happy Pride, friends 🙂

Star trek’s Enterprise firing rainbow phasers

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James Webb 🔴 Gallery @webb-telescope.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Flickr (Dec 18, 2024) NGC 602, a star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, showcases a cosmic wreath symbolizing the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. flic.kr/p/2qAEi2x

A star cluster surrounded by a nebula of colorful gas and dust, with dark ridges and peaks, illuminated by young massive stars. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC; Infrared: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeilder, E. Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Aw... Sunday nights are wonderful! That last bit of freedom before the week starts should be enjoyed to the max 🙂

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

How they kept the secret: didn't involve anyone from the Trump administration in the planning. 😉

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Astronomy 🔴 Gallery @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Thomas Carpentier (@thocarp.bsky.social) on Flickr (Apr 25, 2025) Observation of the Sickle region in the Galactic Centre by JWST, utilizing the MIRI instrument. flic.kr/p/2qZFSpD

An observation of the Sickle region in the Galactic Centre captured by JWST's MIRI instrument. Credit and Copyright: NASA; ESA; CSA; T.Carpentier (Used with permission)

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride! I’m proud to stand with our LGBTQ+ fam in TX-30 and beyond. In the face of attacks, y’all keep showing up. Loud, proud, and unshakable. Your rights, your joy, and your lives matter. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 01/06/2025

No matter who you are or who you love, you are welcome here. Happy Pride Month, Minnesota!

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Quirky Tees Store @quirky-tees.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🌈 Some New Pride Designs Just Dropped! Celebrate Pride Month in style with our fresh 2025 tees — from cosmic hexagons to ally pride, now in trans and rainbow colorways. Limited run, all love. 🛒 Shop now → quirkytees.shop/pride2025 #pride2025 #LGBTQPride #transpride #prideapparel

Two young adults sit at a skate park wearing black T-shirts with James Webb Space Telescope-inspired hexagon patterns. The person on the left wears a shirt featuring the JWST hexagonal mirror design in the colors of the transgender pride flag (light blue, pink, and white). The person on the right has the same hexagonal layout in a rainbow gradient. Above them, bold text reads “CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH – JUNE 2025".

Two young adults stand beside a blue vintage van, each wearing black T-shirts with stylized "A" symbols. The person on the left has a rainbow-striped "A," and the person on the right has one in the colors of the transgender pride flag. They both look confident and casual, showing support for Pride Month.

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DSCOVR 🔴 EPIC (Unofficial) @dscovr-epic.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Proudly Earth (3:38:49 PM on Friday, May 30, 2025, over the North Atlantic Ocean). Happy #PrideMonth everyone! 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride2025 #EPIC

Earth from space, centered on the North Atlantic Ocean, captured on Friday, May 30, 2025 at 3:38:49 PM by NASA's DSCOVR EPIC camera, overlaid with the vivid rainbow stripes of the Pride flag to celebrate Pride Month.

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Getting myself prepared for all the "bUt wHaT AbOuT StRaIgHt pRiDe mOnTh??!??" idiots 🙄

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Important news... if you're a US citizen, please do all you can to help save NASA science!

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James Webb 🔴 Gallery @webb-telescope.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Flickr (Jul 11, 2024) Explore Rho Ophiuchi, a nearby star-forming region, through this stunning composite from Chandra and Webb. flic.kr/p/2q3wShm

A composite image of Rho Ophiuchi showing gas and stars with X-ray and infrared data. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/C. Canizares; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/K. Pontoppidan; Image Processing: NASA/ESA/STScI/Alyssa Pagan, NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and J. Major

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Important news... if you're a US citizen, please do all you can to help save NASA science!

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

It's so disappointing when people post AI generated images as real, credit them to NASA, then turn off commenting (and quote posting) and hide all comments that point out the image is AI generated.

Screenshot from Hive Moderation showing that an apparent satellite-style view of South America, with a dramatic, continuous line of clouds stretching from the northwest to the southeast over the continent, has a 90.5% likelihood of being AI-generated or deepfake content according.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Browsing through some old photos of mine, came across this one... my first attempt at tilt shift 🙂 #urbangaze #cityscape #urbanphotography #tiltshift #londonarchitecture #fromabove

View from above St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, showing its twin bell towers in the foreground and a curved city street lined with historic buildings and red double-decker buses. Image uses a tilt-shift effect that blurs the edges and sharpens the center.

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Chloe Ashbourne 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chloeashbourne.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The University of Arizona High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provides some stunning images of Mars! Some of them pop up on @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social, and they also have their own account at @uahirise.bsky.social 🙂... check them out!

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Astronomy 🔴 Gallery @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Astronomy Picture of the Day (May 25, 2025) Juno's observations unveil Jupiter's intricate weather patterns and a surprisingly large core, seen from below in this 2017 image. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250525.html

A view of Jupiter's swirling patterns and white oval clouds taken from Juno spacecraft. Credit and Copyright: NASA, Juno, SwRI, MSSS; Processing & License: Gerald Eichstädt & Seán Doran

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Astronomy 🔴 Gallery @astronomy-gallery.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Astronomy Picture of the Day (May 26, 2025) Discover the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, featuring a bright center and prominent spiral arms, 76 million light years away. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250526.html

$Infrared image of spiral galaxy NGC 2566, showing its bright center and spiral arms with diffraction spikes. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy$

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