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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#PPOD: ESA’s Smile mission has captured its first ultraviolet image of Earth’s northern aurora, revealing the glowing oval during an auroral substorm. Smile’s Ultraviolet Imager captured the image, observing ultraviolet light produced when energetic particles... 🧪 🔭

A square blue image, with a little over half of Earth taking up most of the image. Earth looks like how we see the Moon when it is waxing or waning at just over a half-Moon. Because this is an ultraviolet image, Earth does not appear in its usual colours, but is light blue with a white ring. This ring is about a third of the size of the face of Earth that we see, and is quite swirly, like clouds or dye being mixed with water. The background of the image is dark blue, with some tiny white dots: these are stars.

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Eos @eos.org · 27/09/2026

“Everyone around the world … has a story about salt.” That’s why we’re voting for #halite in this #Mincup26 quarterfinal, and why we love Motoi Yamamoto’s incredible, ephemeral installations. youtu.be/4g-YY5LnSJw?...

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The story behind Motoi Yamamoto's salt art | Documentary

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026

'We missed the 1.5c target so that means it's too late to stop climate change' Ah, we missed the 'zero road deaths' target this year. What a shame. Time to take the hummer out, squeeze my eyes shut and smash the accelerator in a pedestrian zone. Come on people, let's make some sense here

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

the hague, september 2026. iphone 15 pro max camera on various lens settings.

A dark green staircase railing with gold leaf detailing wraps around the white walls, with a long abstract chandelier hanging in the center. On one wall, an enormous replica MC Escher painting is displayed.

A beach that is nearly empty, four people walk along the edge of the tide in the sand while golden sunlight scatters through the dark grey clouds. On the far left, a pier extends into the sea hosting a Ferris wheel and outlook tower.

A fluffy cat with orange and white marbled fur sits on a stone path framed by bright pink and red flowers. The cat is facing away from the camera and down a tunnel of green vines further along the path.

Two umbrellas connected by a soft orange string of lights sit before a row of red and white stone buildings, framed against dark grey and peach clouds in a light blue sky.

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap

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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Incredibly, despite their different paths and development times, #ESAJuice and #EuropaClipper will both fly by Europa within 4 hours of each other in 2032… a first for studying the potential ocean world, with synergistic opportunities being developed by an international team. #EPSC2026

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

the gloss paper was a bit tricky! might replace it with a better version later, next time I have a break between sessions

A two layer interior model of the planet Mercury, with a planetary dipole field traced in red and interplanetary magnetic field in blue.

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

waiting next to someone at a conference pretending like I’m not actually waiting, just casually nearby in case they are free to talk

A person looking over their shoulder carefully with hopeful eyes.

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Planetary Research Jobs @jobs.planetary-research.org · 08/09/2026

Job Announcement Category: Other Call for Europlanet Early Careers (EPEC) Co-Chair. EuroPlanet jobs.planetary-research.org/2cd7-98…

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

joining the early career organizing committee solely to make and distribute planetary science memes as conference badge stickies

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Benjammins: It Ain't Much, But It's Honest Work

ALT: Benjammins: It Ain't Much, But It's Honest Work

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

valència, july 2026, sony a7iii (various lenses).

A historic stone church is framed against a light blue sky with wispy white clouds at the edges of the photo.

A trimmed hedge garden sits at the edge of a river framed by trees, with Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in the background against a light blue sky with a single pale peach trail of clouds.

A historic red and white stone building is flanked by two modern grey concrete buildings. People on bikes zip by on the street and the sky is a clear light blue.

A dark grey box is graffitied with a colorful swirl and white text that says "Life is sweet!" on a shady street lined with trees. Colorful buildings reflect sunlight from above.

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I remember thinking I was so lucky to explore so many countries in my 20s, but compared to how my 30s are unfolding just 2 months in, I truly don’t understand how this happened sometimes

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

first impression of the hague: everyone is a vegetarian who smokes a pack a day and bikes everywhere

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 03/09/2026

ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL CONFIRMED! 🎉🛰️ #BepiColombo telemetry shows the Mercury Transfer Module has successfully separated from the spacecraft stack! ✅ First step of Mercury arrival phase - complete! 👏 Next stop: Mercury orbit insertion for MPO and Mio in November! @esa.int #JAXA #Mercury

First signal after seperation from BepiColombo

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

working on my EPSC talks early (!!!), and I am awash with meme ideas. this is why I should procrastinate slides until the last minute, otherwise the temptation to become a planetary-themed standup comedian is truly too much to bear

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It’s important to have an accurate account of our changing material reality and what to do about it

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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Join scientists, meteorologists, and concerned citizens urging leaders to protect public safety, incl. Adam McKay, Dr. Peter Kalmus, Mandy Moore, Woody Harrelson, Bill McKibben, Hannah Einbinder, Mark Ruffalo, Jane Fonda, Chelsea Handler, Joaquin Phoenix and more. Send a letter at elninowarning.com

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El Niño Warning Letter | Public officials: Stop ignoring, start preparing.

This El Niño is a public safety emergency. Join the open letter from scientists, meteorologists, and concerned citizens.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This editorial is indeed blunt, in your face, sweary, and absolutely 100% correct. I'm happy Science published it. It needs to be spread far and wide, because it strips away all the usual mealy-mouthed crap when it comes to discussing Trump and makes it clear who he is and what he's doing.

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

oh holy smokes i missed this nuance IF YOU FOLKS WANT A SCIENCE ADVISOR ON THE ASTEROIDS MOVIE YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

sometimes it feels like the sky is holding the whole world while I'm walking home

A street in Stockholm framed by green plants, with sun shining through puffs of clouds in a bracing blue sky.

A crossroads in Umeå where a grey building is backlit by pale yellow sunbeams peeking through a mottled ceiling of grey and white clouds.

A narrow street in Umeå lined by colorful yellow and red houses is split by a large puddle of water that reflects the yellow tinted clouds in the pale blue sky.

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

oh hai We talk about our February 2026 observations of erstwhile potential lunar impactor 2024 YR4 and our analysis here! 🧪🔭

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oh no @ili.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

happy michael collins drinking bad coffee alone in moon orbit day

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disgruntled lesbian of Minneapolis @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it

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Nowcowan @nowcowan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Please make a comment against in the next 14 days It’s like destroying the acropolis or any other great historical archaeological site Link in thread

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I love all my rocks equally, I say, hiding a 365 nm UV flashlight behind my back

A collection of rocks on a white shelf, some sealed in archival jars with foam, some resting on plastic display mounts, some in glass jars.

A subset of rocks from the first image fluorescing under 365 nm UV light.

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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 12/07/2026

Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

People who don’t want to be spoken ill of when dead, shouldn’t work so hard to make the living hate them so much.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 11/07/2026

Today, the federal government finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to remove vital habitat protections for endangered species.

Closeup of a snowy plover sitting in the sand

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/07/2026

Asteroid Threat xkcd.com/3265/

Comic. [Two images of Earth, one centered on Africa, with a dotted line behind, and the other in the foreground with a target marked in the Indian Ocean.] [caption] Dire news: An asteroid is on course to hit the Earth exactly *opposite* the Yucatán Peninsula, bringing *back* the dinosaurs.

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Every missing grant should have gone to someone. Last week @science.org reported that the NSF cut research by 20-30%. That's maybe why only ~12% of 2025's grant total had been awarded by June 15 2026 (~70% through the fiscal year). Funding can be restored. Lost scientists? Not so much. More 👇

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Is the NSF slashing research to fund a tech initiative?

Also: SciAm sold, two Max Planck papers retracted, a big study links AI to skill atrophy in schoolkids, and more from last week

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julia 🌋 @hypv.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

i'm at the death of american journalism. i'm at the death of american science. i'm at the combination deaths of american journalism and science.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 27/06/2026

Here is where everyone should file a comment against what is effectively an OMB power grab. Wildly distorts the balance of powers. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

$14 million is anywhere from 7 to ~100 National Science Foundation grants in geosciences. At $2 million, a grant would support deployment of geophysical instruments + ~2 grad students + postdoc to work on it for 2-3 years. At $250,000 a grant would support a grad student or postdoc for 2-3 years.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

A treaty at Versailles, huh? … I just. I don’t believe no one in the admin knows the history, they just don’t think it applies to them. No symbols but the ones they acknowledge. The hubris is breathtaking.

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Drew Scanlon Blinking Meme

Alt: Man blinking in disbelief. Drew Scanlon Blinking Meme

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 16/06/2026

The end of a journey, the start of arrival 🛰️🌑☀️ After 8 years of solar electric propulsion, @esa.int’s BepiColombo switches off SEP as it enters its Mercury arrival phase! What’s next? MTM separation, orbit insertion and a bold new chapter around the innermost planet! 🎉

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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Air to Ground Message: HOWDY ANY UPDATES ON KNICKS SCORE WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED Area: New York City, NY, USA Type: Bombardier CRJ900 A: #a783ff324ba F: #f41bd84cb8e

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Since the first human eyes saw the Moon up close in the 1960s, we've learnt to regard it as grey, 'barren' (how I hate that term), dead, passively pock-marked by craters. But it isn't any of those things. We just haven't learnt to see the Moon on its own terms. 🧪 #PlanetSci

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

#PPOD: This mosaic of images taken on Oct. 6, 2008, by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows an impact crater on Mercury named Hokusai. The crater has an impressive system of rays that extends more than about 1,000 kilometers across the planet. 🧪 🔭

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dany @gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

it is so deeply heart-rendingly painful to get everything younger me wanted, in exchange for upending my own life and watching my friend's lives be similarly derailed and held hostage, 4000 miles away

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Dr. Roberta Dollinger @robertadolling1.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“Science said the forbidden partners could even include foreign students working in the U.S. and scientists who left the country after the research.” So like…every fifth grad student?

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 18/05/2026

Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2, monitored by ESA's Planetary Defence team, makes a notably close approach to Earth this evening (but with zero chance of impact!)

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