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Emily Carney @emilycarney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please share far and wide. Read my latest on Substack, “For the Love of God, Please Read the Woman’s Obituary” emilycarneyspace.substack.com/p/for-the-lo...

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For the Love of God, Read the Woman’s Obituary

On Margaret Hamilton, the historic record, and the need to make women smaller.

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hot off the presses and many years in the making- what we know about Selk crater now… Looking forward to rendering it obsolete journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... 🧪🔭

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 06/10/2026

🌙 Early risers got quite a show before dawn. The crescent moon passed directly in front of Jupiter, briefly hiding the giant planet — and its four brightest moons — from view. See the remarkable scene: www.capitalweather.com/photos-moon-... Photo by @rosssalawitch.bsky.social

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Photos: Moon hides Jupiter in a spectacular early-morning show

The moon briefly blocked Jupiter from view before dawn Tuesday, creating a striking celestial show for early risers.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 04/10/2026

I have written two apps for my toddler and probably a dozen for myself with AI coding assistants. I’d never have the time to do that otherwise. (I also don’t like the term vibe coding although I realize not everyone uses it with a negative connotation)

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 03/10/2026

🌙 Jupiter will vanish behind the moon on Oct. 6—and early risers can catch the show. 🔭 October also brings prime views of Saturn and a meteor shower courtesy of Halley’s Comet. ✨ Our guide to what to see in the night sky—and when to look 👇 www.capitalweather.com/octobers-sky...

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October’s sky puts on a show: The moon hides Jupiter, and Saturn shines

October’s longer nights offer a chance to watch the moon hide Jupiter, admire Saturn’s rings and catch meteors from Halley’s Comet.

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Flight Software Workshop @flightsoftware.org · 02/10/2026

Calling for abstracts for the 2027 FSW Workshop! Abstract submissions are due Dec 4, 2026. We look forward to your presentation, demo, or panel ideas.

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2027 Flight Software Workshop

20th Annual Workshop on Spacecraft Flight Software. Hosted by The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, March 22–25, 2027.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/09/2026

This is the Dragonfly spacecraft, ultimately destined for Titan, photographed in July during early construction at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The mission PI, Zibi Turtle, shared this image at the OPAG meeting today. Credit: NASA/JHU APL/Zibi Turtle

The Dragonfly spacecraft structure, showing the main chassis, the four struts to which the propellers will be attached, and various electrical and avionics boxes.

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Johns Hopkins APL @jhuapl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Forty years ago, APL's work on the Delta 180 program marked a milestone in missile defense. On Sept. 5, 1986, an APL-designed missile sensor package supported a successful intercept test. The following year, President Reagan awarded APL a Presidential Commendation. jhuapl.link/Delta180

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Legacy of Space-Based Interceptors at APL

On September 5, 1986, the experimental Delta 180 carrying an inventive APL-designed-and-built missile sensor package is launched from Cape Canaveral.

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I covered the launch of BepiColombo to Mercury eight years ago for @space.com and oh hey, it's time for an update! The mission passed a major milestone today en route to new science findings 🧪 🔭

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2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here's what BepiColombo can do

The tiny planet hides big mysteries that scientists can't wait to tackle.

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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s a busy month for video games, whether you’re a kid or an adult. Here's your guide to the family friendly video games coming this September www.crossplay.news/p/video-games-fo…

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Your Guide to September’s Family Friendly Video Games

It’s a busy month for video games, whether you’re a kid or an adult.

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Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her) @astraughnomer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

IT’S HAPPENING 🚀🚀🚀 The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches tomorrow, Aug 30, 7:26am EDT! Watch live on nasa.gov Go Roman!!

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've also got my first story in @wired.com, this one about the experimental coronagraph flying on Roman, which scientists hope will capture starlight reflected off a Jupiter-like planet for the first time ever. Here's how it works 🧪 🔭

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap

Astronomers will test equipment that, if it’s successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 28/08/2026

It’s a blurry lunar eclipse photo but it’s mine. There is a thin cloud layer here making it hard to focus. Much better view through binoculars.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 28/08/2026

Same here. Still some thin clouds here so it wasn't sharp, but you could definitely make it out. Made it really hard to take a photo too.

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Had a lovely chat with @hankgreen.bsky.social recently about Titan, Dragonfly, Life, The Universe and I guess everything? youtu.be/V6snQE8Po9Q?...

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I Don't Think Saturn is a Planet

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Thomas Ptacek @sockpuppet.org · 20/08/2026

I wrote a thingy. sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/08...

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Stop Making TUIs

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Flight Software Workshop @flightsoftware.org · 20/08/2026

Save the date! Announcing the 2027 Flight Software Workshop. Location: Ramo Auditorium, CalTech, Pasadena, CA Host: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dates: March 22, 2027 to March 25, 2027 flightsoftware.org

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 15/08/2026

This is not adjustable in Reminders' Settings the same way 'today' is, as far as I can tell.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 15/08/2026

I don't know where you might be taking feature requests, but I have a use case where I tell Siri, "remind me tonight to XYZ" which works well except it defaults "tonight" to 7pm. That's right when we're putting our daughter to bed, so I would love to be able to adjust what 'tonight' means.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 15/08/2026

Looks interesting, I have thought about trying to find a better Reminders app from time to time. I haven't listened to @atp.fm in a while, I guess it's time to bring it back into the podcast rotation.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.

A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 12/08/2026

Partial solar eclipse from Maryland!

The sun partially obscured by the Moon, seen through a solar filter

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 12/08/2026

4% here in Maryland... digging out my eclipse glasses anyway!

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Steve Lin @stevelin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Couple of shots before the doors opened to the public at California Extreme 2026 #cax #caextreme

Looking down a row of games with most of them on the left hand side. They are primarily Williams arcade games including Robotron, Moon Patrol, Stargate, Defender, and Joust. Narc is in the foreground. All told you can see about 30 arcade games as it curves inward towards the back of the row and behind it is another row where Atari System 1 cabinets like Indiana Jones, Road Runner, and Peter Pack Rat are visible. On the far left is a 3 player Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road

A curving row of pinball machines where the machines in the center are closest to the camera. There are about 30 machines in total with the two in front both the rare Capcom pinball game Kingpin. A couple notable games include Big Bang Bar, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Pulp Fiction, World Cup Soccer, Big Lebowski, Twilight Zone, and Funhouse.

A row of Nintendo arcade cabinets. From left to right: Dr. Mario, Punch-Out, Donkey Kong x2, Space Demon, Popeye, Mario Bros, Donkey Kong 3, and Donkey Kong Jr. There's the edge of a Gauntlet visible at the end.

The control panel for Beatmania with the two scratch pads and buttons. The segmented digital display above it says "BEATMANIA"

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Mike Tipul @tipul.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Superconductor carapace flushed with condensed superfluid helium. Quantum stasis system. One occupant. Permanent seal. House of the Dying Sun is 70% off this week! store.steampowered.com/app/283160/H...

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Nextlander @nextlander.com · 03/08/2026

There's no time like a Monday afternoon for a little Legend of Zelda. www.twitch.tv/nextlander youtube.com/live/TX0uMwk...

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Nextlander - Twitch

Come watch Vinny, Brad, and Alex play through the latest games, a slew of classics, and chat with you, the viewer!

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Eric the Heliophysicist @eric-helio.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission has just released its first set of public data: imap.princeton.edu/news/imap-re... We launched on 24 Sep 2025 and were on station at the Sun-Earth L1 point on 1 Feb 2026. I'm Deputy PI and the lead for the HIT instrument.⚛️🧪

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IMAP Releases First Set of Science Data

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe released its first set of science data today, July 29, 2026. After its successful launch on September 24, 2025, and arrival at L1, IMAP’s prime missi...

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 03/08/2026

Part of a SpaceX rocket weighing 8,800 pounds is about to crash into the moon at 5,400 mph, releasing an amount of energy equivalent to about 3 tons of TNT. WOW! And, the event might be visible from the East Coast by telescope early Wednesday. More details: www.capitalweather.com/part-of-a-sp...

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Don Davis @ddavisspaceart.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

51 years ago I painted a trio of Viking related works for NASA HQ including the widely reproduced one of the landing on Mars. I have reimagined the Landing portrayal in updated form using digital methods of visualization and painting. I chose the same angle but with reality replacing anticipation.

This oil painting portrays the Viking 1 landing on Mars, which appeared in countless publications. The story of this work is relayed in an earlier post and is shown here for comparison with the new portrayal of this very view, showing the event as it would have appeared.
This 1975 anticipatory painting was done with oils on a gesso smoothed 16 X 20 canvas panel, using traditional art methods including a tracing paper guide featured earlier.
This work shows in retrospect my ideal of the 'spirit of space art', showing something of a summary of what is known of the subject while conveying what it is about the subject's known or theorized attributes that I find visually compelling. The new digital painting updates that visual impression with one based on our current knowledge. The new digital work was also done at the same size as this one was for possible printing purposes, 16 by 20 inches at 300 DPI.
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In 1976 the pair of Viking spacecraft orbiter/lander combos were sent to Mars. Before Viking, Mars was still largely a place of our imaginations, an unknown that we wrote stories about then studied from Earth and space. The dominance of cratered terrain on the portions of Mars photographed by Mariners 4, 6 and 7 gave an initially Lunar impression of that world, which changed during the development of the Viking lander after Mariner 9 revealed the planet.
The first landing was aimed for a flat flood plain, judged as a decent place to search for life. The landing date was July 4, however the intended site appeared too rough for comfort in the high quality orbiter photos, causing the landing to wisely be delayed. A smoother site further 'down stream' was found using photo and radar data.
The landing proceeded quite nominally, a magnificent achievement that apparently accounted for what it had to and made it the first time.

The first photo from the surface was a look at a footpad to see how solid the 'footing' appeared. Then a moderate resolution panorama of the surroundings was obtained, first showing the rocks, hills, dunes-and bright sky. The latter was my biggest surprise as a space artist.

The adjustments to the color balance of the later photos were gradually narrowed down. The ubiquitous dust is planet wide, suspended in the air and coloring the sky a luminous tan ochre.

This digital painting shows the view a meter above the surface seeing the lander briefly kicking up dust less than a second before touchdown with the footpads 1.4 meters high. The landing rockets were designed with many nozzles to disturb the surroundings as little as possible. The nearby disturbed dust resembles in color that of the sky. We are 6 meters away from the center of the lander. field of view is 60 degrees, we are looking Northwest with the Sun and Earth off the frame to the left.

This is a digital art update of the pre mission oil painting I did for NASA HQ 1n 1975.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 03/08/2026

ASBC had a modded version of Starcraft (the original) used in the AOC exercise towards the end. I think I was on the targeting team.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 03/08/2026

Ah ASBC, good times. When I went I was, unfortunately, familiar with Maxwell because I went to OTS. May-Aug then back in Nov. And then to Keesler in Jan-Feb. Great tour of the USAF. (I can't complain though because my first assignment was... Ramstein)

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 01/08/2026

August is one of the best months of the year to look up. 🌌 The Milky Way shines brightly, the Perseid meteor shower peaks under dark skies, and we'll be treated to two eclipses. Here's your guide to the month's celestial highlights: www.capitalweather.com/augusts-nigh...

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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

An attempt to look at the evolution of the cirrus mesovortices above Super Typhoon Dolphin's eye. Neat!

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Ph(Dana) the Musicologess @musicologess.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Saw a great talk on museum collecting of video games and there's a survey for Alysha's PhD research you all can take as gamers, fans, curators, researchers, game developers, and practitioners. She said she's looking for more North American respondents! researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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Dr. Alison Duck @astroalison.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to discover ~100,000 planets through the transit method! My talk on charactering the stars Roman will observe to search for planets for the 2026 Sagan Summer Workshop is now on YouTube! youtu.be/W8JQO21Cq8Y?...

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Characterizing Transit Host Stars - Alison Duck (JPL)

YouTube video by Sagan Summer Workshop

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Worse On Purpose @worseonpurpose.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

One PE firm owns Pyrex, Corelle, CorningWare, Instant Pot, Anchor Hocking, and Oneida. The pastel Instagram pans lose their nonstick between cooking cycle 30 and 60. A pan measured in months, priced like it's forever. Who owns your kitchen, and what's still worth buying 👇 tinyurl.com/2s3xc53m

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Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose

One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying.

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James Curbo @curbo.org · 22/07/2026

Two of my favorite things together. I've run a Subsonic server for years (currently gonic, airsonic before, and OG Subsonic before that). They already have an app you can stream from so I assume this is just a new frontend to their existing backend. I'm using it with Amperfy and it works great.

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 20/07/2026

🌕 Today marks the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. If you have a small telescope, head outside tonight. By a remarkable coincidence, the Moon is almost exactly the same phase it was when the Eagle landed. We'll show you how to find Tranquility Base at capitalweather.com

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

www.youtube.com/live/nQeXWoP...

Screen shot of a FB post from NASA solar system exploration advertising Eye on Dragonfly Live

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a dense atmosphere, and the only world besides Earth known to have rivers, lakes and seas on its surface.
NASA's Dragonfly mission will investigate this extraordinary environment to help scientists better understand the chemistry that may have led to the origins of life.
Join us July 16 for a live look at the mission and hear how the spacecraft is preparing for launch.
https://www.youtube.com/live/nQeXWoPfUBY

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