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#ROSETTA INTERNATIONAL MISSION COMET #67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO 10 aug 2015 Distance 313 km OSINAC 8x Orange Green Blue rosetta-osiris.eu/image/NAC_20... ESA/Rosetta/OSIRIS/j. Roger

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 18h

Chris Moore was a giant of book cover art. Perhaps a bit less well known than the other Chris (Foss), Moore’s covers dominated the sci-fi section of bookshops while I was growing up in the 70s and 80’s

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TheProtagonists @theprotagonists.bsky.social · 17h

made a #pixelplanets for @ekvitki.art's collab here's the precursor world Infinitum in its twilight years, with most of its space infrastructure having decayed into a debris disc #pixelart #ドット絵

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 28/09/2026

👣 One geology step closer to the Moon. #PANGAEA, @esa.int's astronaut field course, celebrates 10 years of making extraordinary places on Earth into classrooms for space exploration. www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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As we prepare to return to the Moon, Europe’s leading geology training for astronauts PANGAEA celebrates its 10th anniversary turning extraordinary places on Earth into classrooms for space exploratio...

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Phobos over Ascraeus Mons - NASA 's Viking 2 1977 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2oRhn1S

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Mission: VIKING ORBITER2 - EXTENDED_MISSION
Distance from Phobos: 8000 km
Orbit: 304
Instrument: VISUAL_IMAGING_SUBSYSTEM_CAMERA_B
Time: 1977-06-23 T 11:17:04
Product ID: f304b88 (planetarydata.jpl.nasa.gov/img/data/viking/viking_orbiter...)

Notes from NASA: Viking 2 Orbiter image of Phobos orbiting over Ascraeus Mons on Mars. Phobos is about 8000 km below the spacecraft and 22 km across. Ascraeus Mons is 13,000 km away and about 300 km at its base, centered at 11 N, 104 W. North is at 11:30, and Phobos is moving from left to right relative to the surface.

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David S. F. Portree @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Periodically on my spaceflight advance planning history blog No Shortage of Dreams I post links to related posts in chronological order. Here is one such post containing links to posts on proposed Apollo-derived post-Apollo space programs, 1965-69. spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2020/07/chro...

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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 27/09/2026

This one is about 1 year old now, (where did the time go!). Eagles from Space 1999 flying over a lunar backdrop I extracted from "2001" Lightwave 11.6

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

fighting tooth and nail with myself to accept that an illustration is stronger now than it will be if i proceed to add a ton of rendered detail

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Avalassanor @avalassanor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My second planet for the #pixelplanets collab by @ekvitki.art Venana is a water world with cloud formations drifting above boundless ocean. I imagine it is full of aquatic life. It has two satellites, the grey rocky Kun and volcanically active reddish Tari. #pixelart #space #aseprite

Pixel art of a planet against a backdrop of starry space. The planet is a water world and it is blue and seagreen throughout. It has wisps of cloud formations and noticeable atmosphere. It has two moons. The larger one is grey and rocky, the smaller one is reddish. Stars twinkle in the background and streaks of dark blue maks nebulas and interstellar clouds in the background.

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Celestial Whale Studio @celestialwhale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Eridanus Constellation 🔭 ("The River") 🌌 D20: Meander #SciArtSeptember #sciart #astronomyart #digitalillustration

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David S. F. Portree @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This chronological listing of related posts on my blog No Shortage of Dreams follows naturally after the one I posted three days ago (below). I call it "Apollo-to-Shuttle Transition 2.0" Posts span 1968-1972. spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2019/03/chro...

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026

These are what the clouds on Jupiter look up close. The small patches of white are cloud tops, soaring above the main, colourful cloud layer. Image from NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 38th close approach to Jupiter on 29 November 2021, processed by Kevin Gill (@kevinmgill.bsky.social)

A complex, swirling pattern of lighter and darker clouds. One large system, angled to the upper left in this scene, is a tawny brown colour and is elongate. Another, more circular storm system is at lower centre, and is a grey–greenish colour. The background swirls are various shades of grey to blue; small, white features dot the scene.

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ESO @eso.org · 28/09/2026

Dark clouds and a starry night sky ☁️ ✨ The gleaming Trifid and Lagoon nebulae can be seen between our New Technology Telescope (left) and the ESO 3.6-meter telescope (right) at La Silla. But where does their red colour come from? Find out: www.eso.org/public/images/potw2639a 🔭 🧪

Two white telescopes, on two hills on the bottom left and right of the frame. In the background, the night sky features a lot of stars, and, in the centre of it, a dark cloud, in tones of black and brown, that goes from top to bottom. In the bottom of this cloud, spots shining in red and pink, and some blue, appear. Image by J. Rodrigues/ESO.

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cassiopeia A, always getting her picture taken, stunning in green and orange or purple and gold #sciart

Tea set featuring Cassiopeia A, JWST's MIRI image on the teapot and the Hubble image on the mug. Two cats with helmets float on the teapot.

Tea set featuring Cassiopeia A, JWST's MIRI image on the teapot and the Hubble image on the mug. Two cats with helmets float on the teapot. Top of teapot.

Tea set featuring Cassiopeia A, JWST's MIRI image on the teapot and the Hubble image on the mug. Two cats with helmets float on the teapot. Mug detail.

Tea set featuring Cassiopeia A, JWST's MIRI image on the teapot and the Hubble image on the mug. Two cats with helmets float on the teapot. Cat detail.

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Christopher Doll @blackbirdcd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In this week’s newsletter, we talk about secondary rights and get spacy tackling the origin of a pair of album covers for Jonn Serrie. Plus an exclusive digital wallpaper of ARMENIA for our paid subscribers… theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/city-in-th...

A woman in flowing robes stands on a ridge of rock looking out at the night sky pierced by the blurry dots of stars. The woman holds a hand to her chest as she stares at a gleaming city in the sky hovering just beyond the ridge. A wormhole swirls the dark sky as it forms. On the panel left, a glass vessel half filled with water stands on three metal legs. A solitary flame burns inside.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 27/09/2026

Sunday space art #sciart Home of Giants 86×96.5cm 34x38in Oil on canvas 2026 Based on a JWST Nircam image of a stellar nursery & the home of the massive stars Pismis 24-1 & 2 which are 74 & 66 times the size of our sun. earthskyart.ca/product/home...

Large impressionist painting of a swirling orange yellow and red nebula at the bottom and upper right , some white clouds above

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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

China’s Tiangong Space Station crosses in front of Jupiter in this remarkable astrophotography shot. Just hundreds of kilometres above Earth, Tiangong appears in front of Jupiter, a world hundreds of millions of kilometres away. Captured by 沈老思347

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p.s @p-s-v.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Neptune from a backyard 9.25" telescope Credit: ◀️: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team. ▶️: Aiken Ji app.astrobin.com/u/aikenji?i=... www.instagram.com/p/DdOg91hIK_O/

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The Traveler [COMMS OPEN] @ekvitki.art · 25/09/2026

Commission for Fufu! www.twitch.tv/fufu #pixelart #art #ドット絵 #ピクセルアート #vgen #vgencomms

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Christopher Doll @blackbirdcd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Red Space - Distance 8” x 16” acrylic on canvas Essentially this is a red shifted star cluster, similar to The Pleiades. Friday’s livestream painting, and part of a new series

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 26/09/2026

Perfect for a cozy rained-in weekend, we recently restocked heat-changing mugs from Brooklyn-based Unemployed Philosophers Guild 🤓 My favorite is the Apollo Moon missions with a little bootprint at the bottom 🌖 shop.startorialist.com/products/moo...

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Moon Apollo Missions Heat-Changing Mug

Fuel up for lunar exploration with a hot beverage, and the details of the Apollo missions will reveal themselves to you - literally! Mug design features images of the near and far sides of the Moon, a...

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 26/09/2026

Good morning from the pale gray skies of NYC! Our Equinox Sale is on this week - Buy One, Get One 50% Off almost everything in the shop until Sunday! Shop.STARtorialist.com

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Virgopunk @virgopunk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't think O'Neil was ever more 'off the chain' than in that series. Agree with Chris W., it needs a black and white reprint.

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kateko @katekoteko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My submission for #pixelplanets collab by @ekvitki.art ✨ The planet Nekora is inhabited by a race of intelligent upright-walking cats

pixel art of a cat-shaped pink planet with a ring

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GrahamTG @grahamtg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

TachikomTachikoma from GITS, model by @nick-stevens.com Man, this one nearly beat me. Not the model (which is fun and easy to work with), but the damn wall panel, which simply wouldn't behave. #Lightwave3d #Scifi #ScifiArt

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 26/09/2026

🔭 Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) ap260926

See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.

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Melody 🎃✨ @meloteaart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Star light, star bright. First star I see tonight 👁️ #art #gouache

Gouache painting of an owl like dragon creature with eyes and constellations along its body. Gold accents of sparkles surround the creature.

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Element115Art @element115.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tongren space station, my design for a joint US-Chinese lunar orbiting station, roughly based on Hexagram 13 of the I Ching. (Renders made with Blender)

A cylindrical space station with moon behind it.

A three module space station with a Mengzhou and Orion attached to it.

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ESO @eso.org · 25/09/2026

In Munich on 3 October? Come and visit us! We’re opening our doors for the Open House Day of the Garching Research Campus. Chats with astronomers, kids activities, live connections with telescope operators at our observatories in Chile...there’s plenty in store for you! 🔭 #TagDerOffenenTür

Image announcing the ESO and ESO Supernova Open House Day on 3 October, from 10:00 to 17:00 in Garching near Munich. The background shows a busy interior space filled with visitors. Large orange text highlights “OPEN HOUSE DAY”, with the hashtag #TagDerOffenenTür at the bottom.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow!

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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 25/09/2026

I think the cel shaded Tachikoma is done. Download the files here: drive.google.com/file/d/1VoOt... It needs modern Lightwave, made in v2026. Elements can be animated or swapped out, wheels & feet versions included. I'm not asserting copyright, use it as you please. Show me what you do with it!

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⭐ ᗰᗩᖇᛕ ᗩ. ǤᗩᖇᒪIᑕᛕ ⭐ @markgarlick.com · 25/09/2026

Interior render of my space hotel scene, created in #Blender. All my own work except the character. #sciart #scicom #scifi

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Typical Friday walking the dog on the Cosmic Cliffs ✨

Yarn bowl featuring the Cosmic Cliffs of the Carina Nebula with a small dog walking along the lower section as if it's a landscape. His leash leads to the yarn feed.

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Element115Art @element115.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fluidic Lens Telescope: my design for a near future astronomical station based on the symbol for Earth, showing off some of the cool reflective geometry. The lens would be, as the name suggests, formed from a liquid. (Renders made with Blender)

A reflective telescope with trusses extending out of it and reflecting back on the lens.

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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 24/09/2026

Taken 62 years ago today on September 24, 1964, a KH-7 spy satellite photograph showing early signs of the first soviet N-1 launch pad under construction at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The nearby rocket assembly building is visible under construction. spacefromspace.com/declassified...

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ESO @eso.org · 24/09/2026

Cloudy with a chance of dust ☁️ This cloud-strewn image shows RCW 36, an emission nebula within a larger complex, the Vela Molecular Ridge. RCW 36 is one of the closest sites to our Solar System where certain objects are forming. Read more: www.eso.org/public/images/potw1949a 🔭

Colourful view of a nebula, filled with clouds of red, orange, blue and dark gas and dust. Bright stars shine through the clouds.

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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 24/09/2026

Right! I tried pointing the camera at a Hosek-Wilkie light, and changed the light angle to make a sunset. All light settings at the defaults. Here's the Lightwave 2026 scene file, if you want to play. drive.google.com/file/d/1y0sb... It's not too bad - the limb darkening looks about right.

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Vicky Paints Space @vickypaintsspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Five years ago I bought my first oil paint. That tube is still with me today, I've finished the white up though. 🤭 It feels like yesterday, yet I've achieved SO much!! I'm incredibly lucky to have found such an amazing space family. I also think I've improved a little bit since then, no?😂 🐡🧪🔭

A free flowing, made up nebula painting in blue.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 22/09/2026

All the spaceships from For All Mankind and Star City in one article! That's a lot of spaceships from an alternative universe, and concept art, and cool stuff. 🖖 This is just a (very long) overview, but expect to dive deep into the creation of these designs in the coming weeks and months.

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All the spaceships from For All Mankind & Star City | The Spaceshipper

As a reminder, For All Mankind has been renewed for a sixth and final season, set to air in 2027. Filming wrapped up in August 2026. And we'

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My Etsy shop is open again! I make gemstone and wire jewelry and art inspired by space. Every piece is one-of-a-kind and handmade by me. I'm busily restocking the shop; and I'm happy to make custom pieces. Check it out at elakdawalla.etsy.com

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elakdawalla - Etsy

Shop Emily's Space Craft by elakdawalla located in Los Angeles, California.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 23/09/2026

🔭 A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Intuitive Machines Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) ap260923

Two images. The before image shows a lunar surface sprinkled with small craters. The after image shows the same location but taken over by a large dark impression surrounding by a ridge that slopes down to the surface.

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Dr. Lisa Locke 🇨🇦 @janskygirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's so nice at Goldstone when its not the heat of summer. Pleasant to walk around and smell the sagey goodness, reminds me of the Owen's Valley. And the antennas! Omg. So beautiful. Nice day working on DSS23 @ 24. Thank you JPL and NASA.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 23/09/2026

A couple years ago I won awards for my paintings at a space art show! 2nd place in fine art & 3rd place for the Mars category. Last year I didn’t win anything. This year I’m going for 1st place 😤🤞

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 22/09/2026

Got notified an artist was located, hired, and paid for work through HireHumanArtists.com and I couldn't be more thrilled Pls hire more artists through here!!! Support human made! #hha

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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 23/09/2026

vimeo.com/1229427709?s... Tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell. Help from @grahamtg.bsky.social with the surfaces. I plan to do more with this.

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Tachikoma! from the Ghost in the Shell Anime

Built and rendered in Lightwave 3d. Model and render by me, help from Graham Gazzard on the surfacing.

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GrahamTG @grahamtg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Sunseeker" HelioGyro by @nick-stevens.com. Conversion to #Lightwave3d 2026 underway. Spent some time on the solar sails and gold cladding-which I'm not 100% happy with. Work, as they say, continues 😊

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