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Malik @maliktunde.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

$100/300, update. tamilove21 on Cash App/Venmo/PayPal

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 02/02/2026

🔭 Orion: The Running Man Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Robert G. Lyons (Robservatory) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26020...

A complex nebula is shown that is mostly blue and red on the left half and mostly brown on the right. Several bright stars are visible, and many filaments run through, in particular on brown dust filamnents on the image right. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 30/01/2026

🔭 NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26013...

NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This telescopic close-up spans over two full moons on the sky or just over 15 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details of the dusty region along with telltale hints of contrasty red emission from Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recently formed stars. In fact, NGC 1333 contains hundreds of stars less than a million years old, most still hidden from optical telescopes by the pervasive stardust. The chaotic environment may be similar to one in which our own Sun formed over 4.5 billion years ago.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 14/01/2026

🔭 M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Sleeman apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...

A big spiral galaxy fills the frame, complete with blue spiral arms dotted with red dust and nebulas. Above the spiral galaxy is another more diffuse galaxy that has faint wisps extending in many directions. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 11/01/2026

🔭 M104: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Caltech, SSC, R. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.) et al., apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...

A red-tinged ring of dust is seen nearly on edge. In the ring's center and extending around the frame, blue gas and stars are shown. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 31/12/2025

🔭 HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25123...

A starfield filled with a diffuse red glow has an unusual nebula on the lower left. The nebula has bright red filaments that curve down and appear to be reminiscent of a waterfall on Earth. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 15/12/2025

🔭 Gemini Meteors over Snow Capped Mountains Image Credit & Copyright: Tomáš Slovinský apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25121...

A picturesque winter landscape is seen before a dark but busy sky. A stream and a house are visible in the foreground, while snow-capped mountains are seen on the far horizon. In the sky are many stars and many streaks caused by meteors. Also some red gaseous nebulas are visible in the sky. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 09/12/2025

🔭 The Heart of the Soul Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Nicola Bugin apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25120...

A starfield is shown with a brown and gold tinted dust structures in front of a glowing blue gas background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 28/11/2025

What does the fox say?🦊 Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸 💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭

A fox sitting on dry grass illuminated by warm, golden sunset light in a rocky terrain.

A fox resting on rocky ground near a large astronomical observatory dome under clear blue sky.

Silhouette of a fox resting on the ground near a guardrail with the bright setting sun shining in a clear sky.

A lone fox sitting on dry, cracked desert ground with sparse vegetation in the background.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 26/11/2025

🔭 Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field Image Credit & Copyright: Alvaro Ibanez Perez apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...

A starfield is shown with thin wisps of gray and red running through it. In the center is an usual ball -- which is a globular cluster of stars upon closer inspection. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 23/11/2025

🔭 The Observable Universe Illustration Credit & Licence: Wikipedia, Pablo Carlos Budassi apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...

A diagram is shown depicting various parts of the universe that are observable. In the middle are the parts closest to Earth, and around the far edges are parts furthest from Earth. Planets, galaxies, and the CMB are illustrated. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Greg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A huge, beautiful library of tessellated materials in biology! tessellated-materials.mpikg.mpg.de/collection And an interview in Science with the creators of this library: www.science.org/content/arti...

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 04/11/2025

In 2023, #NASAWebb observed a spectacular light show on Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. The planet’s auroras are hundreds of times brighter and more energetic than Earth’s. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Nichols (University of Leicester), M. Zamani (ESA/Webb). 🔭 🧪

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 13/11/2025

🔭 Orion and the Running Man Image Credit & Copyright: R. Jay Gabany star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

$Few cosmic vistas can excite the imagination like The Great Nebula in Orion. Visible as a faint, bland celestial smudge to the naked eye, the nearest large star-forming region sprawls across this sharp colourful telescopic image. Designated M42 in the Messier Catalogue, the Orion Nebula's glowing gas and dust surrounds hot, young stars. About 40 light-years across, M42 is at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1,500 light-years away that lies within the same spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy as the Sun. Including dusty bluish reflection nebula NGC 1977, also known as the Running Man nebula at left in the frame, the natal nebulae represent only a small fraction of our galactic neighbourhood's wealth of star-forming material. Within the well-studied stellar nursery, astronomers have also identified what appear to be numerous infant solar systems.$

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 09/11/2025

🔭 Road to the Galactic Centre Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Abramyan star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

The picture shows the a composite image of Monument Valley, Utah, USA in the foreground, and the plane of the Milky-Way Galaxy including the Galactic Centre in the background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 12/11/2025

🔭 A Super Lunar Corona Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Houck star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

The Moon is pictured in the centre. ARound the Moon are colourful rings. The rings are nearly circular but have gaps. This but structured clouds are seen around the scene and at the bottom of the frame. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 10/11/2025

The ridge-like Orion Bar, seen in the lower left of this Hubble image, is created when stars’ ultraviolet light—capable of carving more diffuse matter—collides with denser, less penetrable matter. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. 🔭 🧪

A portion of the Orion Nebula. There are clouds of different colors and densities throughout. In the center, there are several bright white orbs, which are stars, surrounded by a pale-yellow cloud of dust and gas. Filaments of brown are spread throughout the pale-yellow clouds. Between 9 o’clock and 2 o’clock, and between 4 o’clock and 7 o’clock, there are darker brown clouds that spread to the image’s edges. A sharp diagonal line separates the pale-yellow clouds and a more purple-colored region, which contains two more bright-white stars. To the right of the pale-yellow clouds are black clouds of dust and gas. Red stars are spread throughout.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 07/11/2025

🔭 A Dark Seahorse in Cepheus Image Credit & Copyright: Jordi Jofre star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

Spanning light-years, this suggestive shape known as the Seahorse Nebula floats in silhouette against a rich background of of stars and glowing hydrogen gas. Seen toward the royal northern constellation of Cepheus, the dusty, dark nebula is part of a Milky Way molecular cloud some 1,200 light-years distant. It is also listed as Barnard 150 (B150), one of 182 dark markings of the sky cataloged in the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard. Packs of low-mass stars are forming within, but their collapsing cores are only visible at long infrared wavelengths. Still, the luminous depths of the Milky Way in Cepheus add to this stunning galactic skyscape.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 02/11/2025

🔭 A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

A dark star field with several small galaxies features a yellowish galaxy in the centre. Surrounding this galaxy is a blue nearly circular horseshoe shaped object. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Elliot! @cmgn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

[ #OC - Eternalism ] Eternalism, my favorite theory of all time!! This is a character personifying the theory and she's a newscaster who runs the "Arrow of Time" program!

A piece of digital art featuring the character Eternalism to the left. She is shown with one hand on her hip and the other next to her glasses. She is also smirking. To the right is text that reads "base colors" with the colors beneath: white, light yellow, light brown, a grayish lavender, dull dark blue

There is text that reads from top to down:
"@spontaneouscollapse"

"Design notes for Eternalism"

"Earrings resemble an arrow
- 'arrow of time'"

"Feather boa and skirt have a paper texture - history/books
- Her boa is a manifestation of all past, present, future
- She can pluck a feather to read a point in time
- Works with news theming"

"Juxtaposition of colors
- cool (blue) and warm (yellow)
- dark and light colors"

"Skirt loosely inspired by modernized versions of áo dài that have skirts instead of trousers
- Side splits in skirt with inner + outer layers"

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Elliot! @cmgn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

[ #OC - Spontaneous Collapse] My OC, GRW, who is a personified version of the GRW theory! I have OCs based on quantum interpretations who are detectives and he's my personal favorite <3

A piece of traditional art done in black ink featuring my character, Spontaneous Collapse. He is shown with a neutral expression while holding a magnifying glass in one hand with his other hand upwards. He is shown glancing to the right. The rest of the piece is colored in with black.

Towards the bottom is slanted writing that reads "The Case of the Measurement Problem - GRW" with "Measurement Problem" in cursive.

At the top is writing in a white border that reads "Quantum Detective Agency" in cursive. To the bottom is a black border.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 03/11/2025

🔭 A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse Image Credit & Copyright: Chunlin Liu star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

A wide angle image of the night sky is punctuated by a radio telescope on the lower left. Two bands of light run through the sky: the Milky Way and zodiacal light. The bands intertwine like a double helix. Near the top is an orange orb that is a totally eclipsed moon. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 31/10/2025

🔭 Ghosts in Cassiopeia Image Credit & Copyright: Alex Rodriguez star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

Halloween is an astronomy holiday and spooky shapes always seem to lurk in in planet Earth's night skies. In fact, near the centre of this telescopic view toward the constellation Cassiopeia these swept-back interstellar clouds IC 59 (left) and IC 63 look ghostly on a cosmic scale. About 600 light-years distant, the clouds aren't actually ghosts. They are slowly disappearing though, under the influence of energetic radiation from hot, luminous star gamma Cas. The brightest bluish star in the frame, Gamma Cas is physically located only 3 to 4 light-years from the nebulae. Slightly closer to gamma Cas, IC 63 is dominated by red H-alpha light emitted as hydrogen atoms ionized by the hot star's ultraviolet radiation recombine with electrons. Farther from the star IC 59 also shows H-alpha emission, and both nebulae shine with the characteristic blue tint of dust reflected star light. The field of view spans about 2 degrees or 20 light-years at the estimated distance of the interstellar apparitions.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 30/10/2025

🔭 Lynds Dark Nebula 43 Image Credit & Copyright: Team Ciel Austral star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

Sure, Halloween is an astronomy holiday. But astronomers always enjoy scanning the heavens for spook-tacular galaxies, stars, and nebulae. This favorite is item number 43 from the Beverly Lynds' 1962 Catalogue of Dark Nebulae, fondly known as the Cosmic Bat nebula. While its visage looks alarmingly like a scary flying mammal, Lynds Dark Nebula 43 is over 12 light-years across. Glowing with eerie light, stars are forming within the dusty interstellar molecular cloud that is dense enough to appear in silhouette against a luminous background of Milky Way stars. Watch out. This Cosmic Bat nebula is a mere 400 light-years distant toward the serpent-bearing constellation Ophiucus.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 28/10/2025

Red Spider Nebula, caught by Webb 🕸️ 🕷️ Planetary nebulae like this cosmic creepy-crawly form when stars like the Sun reach the end of their lives, balloon into cool red giants & shed their outer layers 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪 🔭

A large planetary nebula. The nebula’s central star is hidden by a blotchy pinkish cloud of dust. A strong red light radiates from this area, illuminating the nearby dust. Two large loops extend diagonally away from the centre, formed of thin ridges of molecular gas, here coloured blue. A huge number of bright, whitish stars cover the background, also easily visible through the thin dust layers. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology)

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 29/10/2025

🔭 Dust Shapes of the Ghost Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Kent Wood star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

A dark star field surrounds an unusual clump of brown dust. To some, the dust clumps appear as shapes of people or monsters. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 01/10/2025

🔭 NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Brian Meyers apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25100...

A starfield is shown that has a multi-filament nebula flowing across it horizontally. The most prominent colors are red and blue. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 25/10/2025

🔭 Webb's Rho Ophiuchi Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI), www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

$A mere 390 light-years away, Sun-like stars and future planetary systems are forming in the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to our fair planet. The James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam peered into the nearby natal chaos to capture this infrared image at an inspiring scale. The frame spans less than a light-year across the Rho Ophiuchi region and contains about 50 young stars. Brighter stars clearly show Webb's characteristic pattern of diffraction spikes. Huge jets of shocked molecular hydrogen blasting from newborn stars are red in the image, with the large, yellowish dusty cavity carved out by the energetic young star near its centre. Near some stars in the stunning image are shadows cast by their protoplanetary disks. The spectacular cosmic snapshot was released in 2023 to celebrate the successful first year of Webb's exploration of the Universe.$

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This week (!) is the 30th anniversary of the announcement of 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet found orbiting a star like our Sun - since then, we've found over 6,000! To celebrate, @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com collected some astronomers' favourite planets: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

These alien planets are astronomers’ favourites: here’s why

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 24/09/2025

Sagittarius B2 is the Milky Way galaxy’s most massive and active star forming cloud, producing half of the stars created in the galactic center region despite having only 10 percent of the area’s star-making material. (1/4) 🧵 🔭 🧪

A wide view of a region of space filled with stars and clumps of orange clouds.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 23/09/2025

🔭 NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JWST; Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Rollover: NASA, ESA, HST, & J. M. Apellániz (IAA, Spain); Acknowledgement: D. De Martin (ESA/Hubble) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25092...

Stars dot the frame that has a blue background. Covering the lower part of the image, and the far right, are brown and tan nebular structures. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 17/09/2025

🔭 Nebulas and Clusters in Sagittarius Image Credit & Copyright: J. De Winter, C. Humbert, C. Robert & V. Sabet; Text: Ogetay Kayali (MTU) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25091...

A starfield surrounds a several large nebulas that appear mostly red but also white and blue. Dark dust and blue filaments also populate the frame. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 16/09/2025

🔭 New Comet SWAN25B over Mexico Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona dakoko_minera at live.com.ar) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25091...

A starfield is seen above a horizon and an orange sunset. In the starfield, near the horizon, is a comet with a green head and long tail. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 10/09/2025

🔭 The Great Lacerta Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Moehring & Kevin Roylance apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25091...

A starfield surrounds a large red nebula. The nebula has many flowing waves and folds. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 13/09/2025

🔭 Star Trails over One-Mile Radio Telescope Image Credit & Copyright: Joao Yordanov Serralheiro apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25091...

The steerable 60 foot diameter dish antenna of the One-Mile Telescope at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, UK, is pointing skyward in this evocative night-skyscape. To capture the dramatic scene, consecutive 30 second exposures were recorded over a period of 90 minutes. Combined, the exposures reveal a background of gracefully arcing star trails that reflect planet Earth's daily rotation on its axis. The North Celestial Pole, the extension of Earth's axis of rotation into space, points near Polaris, the North Star. That's the bright star that creates the short trail near the center of the concentric arcs. But the historic One-Mile Telescope array also relied on planet Earth's rotation to operate. Exploring the universe at radio wavelengths, it was the first radio telescope to use Earth-rotation aperture synthesis. That technique uses the rotation of the Earth to change the relative orientation of the telescope array and celestial radio sources to create radio maps of the sky at a resolution better than that of the human eye.

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Elliot! @cmgn.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

[ #三体 , #罗辑 ] Let's take a dance! - Good Boy Twist, Jannabi

A piece of traditional art done in colored pencils featuring Luo Ji from Three Body Problem. To the right of him is bold writing in red that reads "Luo Ji." Luo Ji is shown dancing and winking. One arm is behind him while he is holding a glass of green liquid in his hand.

The background resembles spotlight where the middle portion is illuminated with yellow coming from upwards to white. The rest is done in dark-brown to black colors.

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Elliot! @cmgn.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

[ #三体 , #蓝色空间 ] Mini Sketchbook Art Dump: Blue Space

A piece of traditional art in black and blue ink featuring a bust shot Chu Yan from the Three Body Problem enveloped in water colored in blue. He has a neutral expression on his face.

Below the piece is text that reads "Ahead Four."

A piece of traditional art done in black and blue ink in a sketchbook. The left page features Zhuo Wen. There are two blue rectangles and within them is him drawn in blue ink as opposed to the rest of the piece being in black ink. To the right page is a Chu Yan with a butterfly on his finger.

A piece of traditional art done in black and blue ink done in a sketch book. The left page features Akihara Reiko in a blue sleeveless shirt and a black skirt with a scarf around her neck. The right page features Zhuo Wen wearing a trench coat and v neck t-shirt as he adjusts his coat.

To the sides of the drawings are labels of their name complemented by the words "casual clothing."

A piece of traditional art done in black and blue ink done in a sketch book. The left page features Chu Yan in a blue collared and black pants with one of his hands in his pockets. The right page features Park-Ui gun wearing a black t-shirt with blue accents and astronomy graphics. He also is wearing a dog tag.

To the sides of the drawings are labels of their name complemented by the words "casual clothing."

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Elliot! @cmgn.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Luo Ji and Dongfang Yanxu (my designs) from my mini sketchbook! #三体 #罗辑 #东方延续

A piece of traditional art done in black and blue ink in miniature sketchbook. The left page features Luo Ji holding a book in his arm and he has three blue circles around him. The right page features Dongfang Yanxu with a blue rectangle behind her and she is drawn with one hand on her hips. Both of their names are labeled on each page.

To the bottom left of the photograph are two pens.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 02/09/2025

🔭 The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25090...

A starfield is shown with bright and dark nebulae of different shapes and colors. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 27/08/2025

🔭 WISPIT 2b: Exoplanet Carves Gap in Birth Disk Image Credit: ESO, VLT, SPHERE; Processing & Copyright: ESO, Richelle van Capelleveen (Leiden Obs.) et al.; Text: Ogetay Kayali (MTU) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25082...

A dark field has a series of light-colored elliptical rings in the center. Between two of the rings is a yellow-colored spot. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Random three-body problem @threebodybot.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Initial conditions: m1=42.7 m2=51.1 m3=26.1 (solar masses) v1x=-6.068 v1y=5.984 v2x=3.602 v2y=-6.089 v3x=-5.296 v3y=-0.831 (km/s) x1=25.0 y1=-16.0 x2=5.0 y2=-29.0 x3=9.0 y3=-8.0 (AU from center) Music: Waltz of the Flowers – Tchaikovsky

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Random three-body problem @threebodybot.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Initial conditions: m1=8.4 m2=47.7 m3=38.7 (solar masses) v1x=0.911 v1y=5.4 v2x=-5.368 v2y=-0.14 v3x=-4.999 v3y=-0.883 (km/s) x1=32.0 y1=2.0 x2=20.0 y2=27.0 x3=-25.0 y3=20.0 (AU from center) Music: Aurorae Chaos – Bourquenez

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Big Think @bigthink.com · 25/08/2025

This graph shows the bounds of human experience. (The scale is logarithmic — each tick represents a 10x increase) Y: Fleeting quantum events at the bottom to cosmic epochs at the top. X: Subatomic distances on the left to measurements of the observable universe on the right.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 19/08/2025

The more we look with #NASAWebb, the more we find! The latest discovery? A tiny new moon orbiting Uranus. It’s just six miles (9.6 kilometers) in diameter: science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2... 🔭 🧪

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 17/08/2025

🔭 Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand Image Credit & Copyright: Witta Priester apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25081...

Trees and mountains line the bottom of a landscape image with blue sky visible above. The sky is otherwise dominated by a large and unusual cloud that is brown and gold and has many waves and structures. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 18/08/2025

🔭 NGC 1309: A Useful Spiral Galaxy Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: L. Galbany, S. Jha, K. Noll, A. Riess apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25081...

A large spiral galaxy appears with stars in the foreground and smaller galaxies far in the background. The picturesque spiral has dark dust lanes between blue arms. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 13/08/2025

NEWS: Could planets orbiting common, but very volatile, red dwarf stars maintain an atmosphere and support a habitable environment? #NASAWebb is exploring that question with the rocky, Earth-sized world TRAPPIST-1 d: bit.ly/3HuCkmd 🔭 🧪

Illustration of a planet silhouetted in front of a star. The star shows a large eruption on one side, near 2 o’clock, and more wisps of red coming from its southern hemisphere. Two more planets appear in the background at right. The words “Artist’s Concept” are at the bottom left.

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