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Libby Jackson

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Head of Space, Science Museum.

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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 15/04/2026
If you are missing the #MoonJoy in your life, do come visit the #ScienceMuseum. We've got the Apollo 10 capsule (which clung onto the all-time crewed speed record by around 130mph) and a Moon rock amongst many other lunar delights. All free to visit too.
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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 02/04/2026
We hear from the teams here in the @esa.int's Eagle room that the European Service Module thrusters are working flawlessly. The reaction control thrusters are having a great performance and allowing for precise manoeuvres during the proximity operations.
European Service Module teams working on console at the Mission Evaluation Room in the Netherlands during the Artemis II mission.
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Goonhilly @goonhilly.org · 02/04/2026
Big smiles from Jenny and Dan last night as our Mission Operations team started successfully tracking 'Integrity' – the Artemis II Orion capsule! Our first data has been delivered to NASA and we're excited to provide lots more in the coming days. 🌖 🚀 📡
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 02/04/2026
An early start ahead of #BBCBreakfast. NASA are reporting the Prox Ops Demo went well - this is where the crew put Orion through its paces, testing out rendezvous manoeuvres with the upper stage of SLS. And the toilet is fixed! www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
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Artemis II Flight Update: Crew and Ground Teams Successfully Troubleshoot Orion’s Toilet - NASA
The Artemis II crew, working closely with mission control in Houston, were able to restore the Orion spacecraft’s toilet to normal operations following the
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Jeff Foust @jfoust.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Good: getting some external images from Orion. Bad: the crew is troubleshooting the toilet.
External view showing part of Orion and the Earth.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 01/04/2026
Morning! It's #ArtemisII launch day and the countdown is continuing towards a planned launch at 23.24BST (22.24UTC). Weather looks good but there is still lots to do. Watch out for the poll for tanking, at L-10h50m and then the progress of thr fuel filling after that. www.nasa.gov/general/nasa...
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NASA Releases Artemis II Moon Mission Launch Countdown - NASA
Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on their Artemis II
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International Astronomical Youth Camp @iayc.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
✨ Applications for the 2026 International Astronomical Youth Camp are now open! ✨🚀 Join us in Spain for the 60th lAYC celebration and experience an unforgettable total solar eclipse! 🌘 Head to our First Info page via the link in our bio to apply! Clear skies 🌌 🔭🎢 #EduSky #scicomm #astroedu
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Now that really is an unfair handicap…
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 21/02/2026
Looks like an #ArtemisII March launch is definitely off the cards now. Issacman confirmed on X rollback is going to happen spacenews.com/nasa-prepari...
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NASA preparing for Artemis 2 rollback to fix upper stage problem
Just 24 hours after setting a March 6 launch date for the Artemis 2 mission, NASA announced Feb. 21 that a problem with the rocket will delay the launch.
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Victoria Gill @bbcvic.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
On Radio 4 now - tech billionaires on the Moon, making the brain less selfish and navigating our way from fish discos to spinal injury breakthroughs. Joined by the excellent @libbyjackson.com and @carolinesteel.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?
What would it really take to build a city on the moon?
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 21/02/2026
Just when we had a launch date. NASA now troubleshooting a helium issue and considering a roll back to the VAB. That would rule out any attempts in the March window. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
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NASA Troubleshooting Artemis II Rocket Upper Stage Issue, Preparing to Roll Back - NASA
Editor’s note: NASA has updated an earlier version of this blog to provide additional details.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 09/01/2026
Wishing the crewmember concerned the very best. It's good to see that they aren't using an emergency return scenario. spacenews.com/medical-issu...
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Medical issue prompts early return of Crew-11 from ISS
NASA has decided to bring home early four members of the International Space Station crew because of a medical issue with one of them, a first for NASA.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 14/12/2025
We've had a fabulous day at the @sciencemuseum.org.uk today, celebrating 10 years since Tim Peake launched at the start of his six month #Principia Misson on the International Space Station. It was so much fun I failed to take photos, so this will have to do for today.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 27/11/2025
Still waiting... hopefully it will start soon #CM25
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 26/11/2025
The ministers responsible for space in ESA's Member States, Associate Members and Cooperating States at the Ministerial Council #CM25 in Bremen, Germany, November 2025.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 26/11/2025
Not only is today Budget day, but it's also the start of the two day ESA Council of Ministers. This event, which happens every 3 years, sees the 23 minsters from ESA Member States who are responsible for space meet, and armed with authorisations from their treasuries, decide on ESA's budgets.
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Why space needs explaining, by my colleague @libbyjackson.com blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/why-space-ne...
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Why Space Needs Explaining - Science Museum Blog
Rockets grab attention, but satellites keep Britain running. Libby Jackson, Head of Space, agrees with the conclusions of a new House of Lords report: understanding space is not a luxury — it’s critic...
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 19/09/2025
It’s been a busy couple of weeks at @sciencemuseum.org.uk as we’ve been putting the finishing touches to our wonderful new Space gallery. It opens on Saturday, and we’re celebrating with a weekend full of free space themed activities.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 25/08/2025
Where are all the birds?? It's very disconcerting how quiet everything is 😢
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 14/08/2025
The @sciencemuseum.org.uk Autumn IMAX schedule is on sale and Out of This World... The best space film ever, Apollo 13, showing on the film's 30th anniversary (so excited!) And then 70mm Interstellar, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/a...
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Apollo 13 (PG) | Science Museum
Join us for the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13, the gripping, true story of NASA’s most dramatic mission presented in breathtaking detail on one of the biggest screens in the UK.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 20/08/2025
Waking up to news this morning, that the UK Space Agency is being absorbed by DSIT. I'm pleased to see the line that it will be "staffed by experts and retain the UK Space Agency name" BBC News - UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs www.bbc.com/news/article...
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UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs
Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result
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Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk · 13/08/2025
🕹️Our much-loved adults-only Power Up evening sessions are back. Whether your friends are pro-gamers, or nostalgic button bashers, play your way through 50 years of gaming history. Book now: bit.ly/41A9bNa
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Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk · 13/08/2025
Take your seat in front of Europe’s biggest screens and dive back into some of Nolan’s greatest movies– from award-winning Oppenheimer to the Dark Knight Trilogy, watch them in stunning IMAX 70mm as they were intended. Book now: bit.ly/45erz0q
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 14/08/2025
The @sciencemuseum.org.uk Autumn IMAX schedule is on sale and Out of This World... The best space film ever, Apollo 13, showing on the film's 30th anniversary (so excited!) And then 70mm Interstellar, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/a...
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Apollo 13 (PG) | Science Museum
Join us for the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13, the gripping, true story of NASA’s most dramatic mission presented in breathtaking detail on one of the biggest screens in the UK.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 12/08/2025
Stephanie Shirley is perhaps one of the lesser known tech pioneers, but she shouldn't be. Back in the 60s she saw the potential for women in tech, setting up a company for them to code from home, going by the name Steve because it was a man's world. RIP Dame Shirley www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91
She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which almost exclusively hired women, and in later life donated almost £70m of her fortune.
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
RIP Jim Lovell, photographed here in front of Apollo 10 on his visit to the Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk in 2013. You can read more about that visit here: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/apollo-13s-j...
Jim Lovell standing in front of the Apollo 10 Command Module at the Science Museum in London.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 08/08/2025
Sad, sad news today. Another Apollo legend, Jim Lovell, joins the stars. Gemini 7 and 12, Apollo 8 and 13, each one full of iconic moments. BBC News - Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97
Commander of Apollo 13, who rescued his men from a near certain death in space, has died aged 97.
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SpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
White House to withdraw Isaacman nomination to lead NASA The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be administrator of NASA, throwing an agency already reeling from proposed massive budget cuts into further disarray.
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White House to withdraw Isaacman nomination to lead NASA
The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be administrator of NASA, throwing an agency already reeling from proposed massive budget cuts into further disarray.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/05/2025
Breaking News: President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, who was on track to be the next NASA administrator.
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Trump to Withdraw Musk’s Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 17/04/2025
BBC News - Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet. Exciting stuff, tantalising.. Looking forward to more data. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Public service announcement. They are not Dire Wolves. They have 20 single letter changes in their entire genomes. I’ve done shits with more mutations. Every time journalists write up a Colossus press release, They are making people stupider. Client journalism by a ridiculous company.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 08/04/2025
Worth reading if your eye gets drawn by any Game of Thrones type headlines from the company claiming to have brought back an extinct wolf. (Spoiler alert - they haven't).
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 20/03/2025
Thurday's good pass in the UK is 19.14. Happy spotting!
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 18/03/2025
Today's reminder that this not a rescue mission, this is a long planned handover, the response to the Starliner issues last summer and has been planned like this for 6 months. The crew had an extended stay, yes, but they've not been abandoned or forgotten about.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 17/03/2025
The UK is getting back into a run of evening sightings of the ISS, and (whisper it) maybe clear skies. Tonight's good pass is 20:01 in Swindon, but you can look up your times at spotthestation.nasa.gov. Look West at the right time, look out for a really bright, moving dot, and give the Crew a wave.
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Spot The Station
See the International Space Station! As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up.
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
See my brilliant new @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social colleague @libbyjackson.com discuss the return of the stranded astronauts on @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social (1.30) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Breakfast - 16/03/2025
The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 15/03/2025
What a view- a solar eclipse on the Moon, as seen by the Blue Ghost lander. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 13/03/2025
Morning. There's lot of press about the Crew 10 launch this morning. Just so we are clear - this IS NOT the capsule being launched to 'get' the Butch, Suni, Nick and Aleksandr. Their ride home is safely docked to ISS and has been for the last 6 months....
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 06/03/2025
I am absolutely delighted to tell you that I am joining the amazing team at the @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social as their new Head of Space. The Museum, and especially the Space Gallery, have always been very special to me. I still can't quite believe it's going to be my new professional home.
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Leading Expert In Human Spaceflight Joins Science Museum As Head Of Space | Science Museum
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Blue Ghost has landed! www.cnn.com/science/live...
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Live updates: Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander aims for touchdown | CNN
A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based Firefly is set to attempt a soft landing on the moon. If successful, it will become only the second private-sector company ever to complete such a feat.
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Victoria Gill @bbcvic.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We’re talking scandal, asteroids & bio-threats today. The brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social @proftimob.bsky.social @ellahubber.bsky.social & @libbyjackson.com cut through the headline-induced anxiety & bring us the fascinating facts. Inside Science on Radio 4 at 1630 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Biotech Risks and Asteroid Anxiety
An asteroid is heading in our direction. Will hit us in 2032?
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 14/02/2025
I am thrilled to see #JohnMcFall be fully certified to fly to the ISS - continuing to open up space, but more importantly, challenges perspectives and assumptions. "Assume capability" as John says. Now @esa.int just need to assign him a mission... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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British Paralympian is first person with physical disability cleared for space mission
Sprinter and surgeon John McFall given medical certification for mission lasting up to six months
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Andrew Parsonson @andrewparsonson.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The UK Government has invested £20 million into Orbex to support the first flight of Prime and boost the company’s European Launcher Challenge bid. europeanspaceflight.com/uk-space-age...
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UK Space Agency Launch Director Hints at Major Support for Orbex
UKSA Director of Launch hints at major support for Orbex in the European Launcher Challenge, as the company shifts focus to its new medium-class rocket.
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 29/01/2025
Butch and Suni have never been stranded, have always had a way home (and since the concerns with Starliner, it's been on a SpaceX Dragon). They will be back on Earth at the end of their planned mission. Crew rotations are carefully planned. Musk knows all this.
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CNN @cnn.com · 16/01/2025
SpaceX is attempting to launch a "new generation" Starship spacecraft on its seventh test flight. Follow live updates.
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Live updates: SpaceX to launch 7th Starship test flight | CNN
A “new generation” Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, is set to lift off on its most ambitious test flight yet. Follow for the latest news.
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 16/01/2025
In 2028, we will embark on one of our most ambitious missions, to find signs of life on Mars with #ExoMars Rosalind Franklin. While the spacecraft won’t take the fastest route, the timing is crucial for the rover’s science mission and survival at the Red Planet. www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Infographic detailing the two approaching strategies from Earth to Mars for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission.

ExoMars’s two possible launch windows will be in September and December 2028, followed by a two-year journey to Mars.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
👇😱More space junk falling from the skies😱👇 With BlueOrigin now seriously getting into the space launch game, building Amazon’s Project Kuiper 3000+ satellite constellation to rival Space-X's Starlink, space junk is a problem that is only going to get worse 😬🧪🔭 🗞️: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The risks of ‘space junk’ are clear: what goes up, might well come back down on top of you | Patrick Schröder
As commercial space activity ramps up, detritus from launches poses a risk to those of us down on Earth, says Patrick Schröder of Chatham House
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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 12/01/2025
Launch delayed until tomorrow. Blue Origin aren't always as headline grabbing as their black and white counterparts, but don't let that fool you, this is still something to watch. The three hour launch window starts at 0600 GMT / 0100 EST.
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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
High resolution image of a heavy star. 🔭 🧪
The luminous, hot star Wolf-Rayet 124 (WR 124) is prominent at the centre of the James Webb Space Telescope’s composite image combining near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths of light. The star displays the characteristic diffraction spikes of Webb’s Near-infrared Camera (NIRCam), caused by the physical structure of the telescope itself. NIRCam effectively balances the brightness of the star with the fainter gas and dust surrounding it, while Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nebula’s structure.

Background stars and galaxies populate the field of view and peek through the nebula of gas and dust that has been ejected from the ageing massive star. A history of the star’s past episodes of mass loss can be read in the nebula’s structure. Rather than smooth shells, the nebula is formed from random, asymmetric ejections. Bright clumps of gas and dust appear like tadpoles swimming toward the star, their tails streaming out behind them, blown back by the stellar wind.
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 09/01/2025
Hello @bsky.app, here's to looking into more #bluesky and beyond... 😉
Image of the Moon, on a background of the blackness of space, and foreground at right of Earth's atmosphere in shades of blue, taken by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the ISS in 2012.
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