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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 01/08/2026

It’s missing some info that’s important to add: GenAI has been trained on stolen data with no fair compensation to artists.

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 24/07/2026

Beautiful processing, well done

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ESO @eso.org · 22/07/2026

That's no moon. It's a...hang on, what should we call it? 🤔 Our VLT has revealed evidence for a moon-like object in the CD-35 2722 system. Yet this new ‘exomoon’ detection is challenging cosmic labels! 🔭 🧪 #exoplanets 1/4

The artist's impression features a small star (left) and two gaseous bodies (centre and right), set against the blackness of space. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser.

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 15/07/2026

Normal people don’t understand (or don’t know about) the concept of it had been trained. They simply assume it’s “artificial intelligence”, and AI bros make it cryptic enough to make it feel like that.

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 19/06/2026

What’s your take, do you think it’s a good or bad idea?

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 08/05/2026

Wonderful work on the video 👌

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BOARDS OF CANADA @boardsofcanada.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

INTROIT & PROPHECY AT 1420 MHZ OUT NOW. VIDEO BY ROBERT BEATTY. INFERNO. 29 MAY 2026. warp.net/introit-prop...

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 02/05/2026

Any plans to have them in Autograph that you could share?

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 28/04/2026

The 7 cities are on the post.

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 27/04/2026

Promising! No support for particles though? (Particular, Form, etc)

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ESO @eso.org · 20/04/2026

This isn't a scene from #StarWars. What you're looking at is the Tarantula Nebula. While those beams come from the lasers installed on the telescopes that comprise our VLTI. But why are we sending lasers into the sky? Find out: www.eso.org/public/images/potw2616a 🔭 🧪 📷 A. Berdeu/ESO

An astronomical image featuring the backdrop of the dark night sky with a faint grey-blue speckle at the centre. The nebulous cloud has the shape of a four-leaf flower. Four orange laser beams are pointing to it.

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 06/04/2026

#ARTEMIS II point of view for the next few hours as they go on their close by of the moon. Time in CEST (Europe/Berlin). Earth set at 00:40 and earth rise at 01:20 Sun eclipse at 02:30 (07.04.26) 🔭🧪

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 05/04/2026

#artemis II nearly there, slower now as the earth’s gravity keeps stubbornly holding them back. 🔭🚀🧪

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

There is a full universe behind that wonderful new Artemis II "Night Marble" view of Earth. Here's a breakdown of the stars (and one planet) in the field of view. Look at us! Just a planet hanging out in space. Annotation by Rodrigo González Peinado. 🧪🔭

Annotation of all the stars (and the planet Venus) visible in the background around the image of Earth in the new nighttime view of our planet from Artemis II.

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 03/04/2026

And the whole of Portugal…

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 03/04/2026

Reflection in the capsule glass, I’d say

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 02/04/2026

Great 3D realtime simulation of the Artemis II mission sankara.net/astro/lunar-... by Sankaranarayanan Viswanathan 🔭🚀

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Moon Mission Orbit Animations

Interactive 2D/3D lunar mission orbit visualizations by Sankar Viswanathan

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 02/04/2026

Thanks you for these simulations, they are great!

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 02/04/2026

Our European Service Module solar arrays in orbit🌞 With these solar wings extended, Europe is now powering Artemis II ⚡

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ESO @eso.org · 27/02/2026

Without them, the ELT simply would not function! We are talking about the ELT's giant Pre-Focal Stations. Currently undergoing final tests, they will guide the light collected by the telescope to the scientific instruments that will analyse it. More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWCB... 🔭 🧪

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The Extremely Large Telescope can't work without these key systems

YouTube video by European Southern Observatory (ESO)

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 18/02/2026

Sim, vinha dizer exatamente isso. Disse o troglodita do meio: “O senhor do meio acabou de dizer “hoje em dia não se pode chamar preto a um preto, cigano a um cigano; mas pode-se chamar mulher a um homem”

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ESO @eso.org · 20/01/2026

By pure chance, Stefan observed the Sun last Friday with a custom-made telescope. The active region seen here close to the edge of the Sun's disc have now rotated more towards us. A so-called coronal mass ejection coming from this region has caused the ongoing geomagnetic storm. 📹 S. Ströbele/ESO

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ESO @eso.org · 20/01/2026

#Aurora over Europe! We're currently experiencing a strong geomagnetic storm, which caused a stunning auroral display all over Europe last night. This time-lapse was captured by our colleague Stefan Ströbele over our headquarters in Garching near Munich. 🔭 🧪 📹 S. Ströbele/ESO

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 13/01/2026

RXJ0528+2838, a dead star creates a bow shock as it moves through space. Captured with MUSE on @eso.org VLT and alternates with an image from the DSS taken about 30 years ago. Credit: ESO/K. Iłkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al./DSS2. www.eso.org/public/news/... 🔭🧪

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 11/12/2025

In a few hours in some areas of the world, interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas is going to be occluded by the moon. Interesting unique (and challenging) shooting opportunity, astrophotographers out there? 🔭🧪

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 05/12/2025

I produced with my colleagues at @eso.org a new episode of our Chasing Starlight series about 3I/Atlas, where we interviewed comet specialist Cyrielle Opitom #astronomy 🔭 🧪

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 20/11/2025

Runs in VR too ;) We're pretty excited about it, we'll release more info later

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 20/11/2025

It's an app we're currently developing for virtually exploring the ELT. We're planning to release it for free to educators next year and also as a video game on gaming platforms, at a later stage

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 20/11/2025

Assistant for the day. Working on the ELT model in Unreal Engine @eso.org 🧪🔭

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 13/11/2025

Unique shape of star’s explosion revealed just a day after detection @eso.org. Some background info on how I produced the image and illustration using @jangafx.bsky.social Embergen luiscalcada.com/supernova-ex... 🔭🧪

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 12/11/2025

Whooooaaaa, this is extremely neat! And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙 In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material. 🔭🧪

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ESO @eso.org · 12/11/2025

For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface. Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520 🔭 🧪 ☄️

A digital illustration of a star going supernova, surrounded by a gaseous disc in orange and red tones. The star is seen exploding in an olive shape, directed above and below the star.

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Event Horizon Telescope @ehtelescope.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Groundbreaking new image! The EHT reveals the dynamic environment around black hole M87*. The 2021 image shows a distinct shift in polarization patterns, tracing changes in magnetic fields near the event horizon. eventhorizontelescope.org/new-eht-imag...

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 16/07/2025

Forged in fire. My cover for the latest @nature.com issue. www.eso.org/public/news/... ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al. 🔭 🧪 ☄️

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 03/07/2025

Double detonation: Zooming into Supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. New observations with @eso.org shows remains of star destroyed by pair of explosions. #astronomy 🔭 (ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger/VMC Survey/DSS2/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al.)

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ESO @eso.org · 03/07/2025

ICYMI, our VLT has imaged the remains of a star destroyed by a pair of explosive blasts! 😲 Learn all about this ‘double-detonation’ mechanism in our video summary 📽️ Full story: www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511 🔭 🧪

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 01/07/2025

What an embarrassment, NYT.

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Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 18/06/2025

Somehow the whole system smaller than the orbit of Mercury 😂

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