Reposted by Dr. Cindyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Stars in Avalon. Photo taken at silly o'clock (😂) this morning on Glastonbury Tor. Lightened a bit for the screen. 24952115
Reposted by Dr. CindyCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 19/09/2026It's International Observe the Moon Night! First-quarter moon this evening, so if you have clear skies, go appreciate our celestial companion. Can use your eyes and phone cameras. But if you have a pair of binocs or a telescope, quarter moon is always awesome to look at cause the shadows!science.nasa.govInternational Observe the Moon Night - NASA ScienceYou're invited! Each International Observe the Moon Night, people around the world celebrate lunar observation, science, exploration, arts, and culture. 33810
Reposted by Dr. CindySarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wondering how Roman actually travels out to L2? Here is a cool animation which also includes JWST's orbit, from the NASA scientific visualization studio svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5673#media_g...svs.gsfc.nasa.govNASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Roman Telescope Launch and Orbit at L2A collection of visualizations showing the path the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2). 2287
Reposted by Dr. CindyCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 16/08/2026But did you know there is a Neutron Star Zoo?! That is, there are many categories into which astronomers classify neutron stars. Flick through this thread to learn a little bit about a few of them. Tune in tomorrow morning for a little bit about the history of Neutron Stars. #NeutronStarWeek 0266
Reposted by Dr. CindyMount Wilson Observatory @mtwilsonobs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Discover Mount Wilson Observatory with one of our expert volunteer docents! Weekend walking tours at 11:30 AM & 1 PM take you inside our historic telescopes and the discoveries that changed astronomy. Tickets available day-of at the Cosmic Café. Learn more: mtwilson.edu/weekend-docent-tours 043
Reposted by Dr. CindySpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 02/07/2026Flip between Hubble and #NASAWebb’s views of star system FS Tau. Hubble’s visible-light image reveals baby stars surrounded by dust, while in infrared-light, Webb sees past the dust to reveal the cosmic celebration taking place: news.stsci.edu/4xW7CI5 🔭 06925
Reposted by Dr. CindyAstronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 12/06/2026🔭 Venus and Jupiter: Conjunction from Avebury Image Credit & Copyright: Josh Dury ap260612 021160
Reposted by Dr. CindyTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 13/06/2026My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com 383028619
Reposted by Dr. CindyTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 11/06/2026#hotdesking My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com 9766182
Reposted by Dr. CindyScott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Jupiter (left) and Venus are putting on a great show in the evening sky. They will be even closer Monday and Tuesday. 🔭 24810
Reposted by Dr. CindyScience News @sciencenews.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Neptune’s moon Nereid may be the sole survivor of an ancient moonpocalypse. www.sciencenews.org/article/neptune…sciencenews.orgAn ancient moonpocalypse may explain Neptune’s odd moon NereidNeptune’s oddball moon Nereid may be the sole remnant of an earlier system, formed near the planet rather than being pulled in from afar. 1113
Reposted by Dr. CindyDaniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Psyche images Mars’ Huygens Crater Captured by the multispectral imager instrument, this is an enhanced-color view of the large double-ring crater Huygens and the surrounding heavily cratered southern highlands near 15° south latitude. science.nasa.gov/photojournal... #Psyche #Mars 🧪🔭 29229
Reposted by Dr. CindyNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 19/05/2026We need you to help classify shapes and features of galaxies detected by NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! 🔭🧪 Join Rubin scientists and the @galaxyzoo.org team on @zooniverse.bsky.social in the new citizen science project, Galaxy Zoo: Rubin 🌌 www.zooniverse.org/projects/zoo... 13212
Reposted by Dr. CindyRiding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Martian clouds glimpsed by NASA's Psyche spacecraft on May 15. Much more to come. go.nasa.gov/4tsCLPQ 0284
Reposted by Dr. CindyEthan Plaut @ethanplaut.bsky.social · 15/05/2026“…hallucinated references disproportionately assign credit to already prominent and male scholars, suggesting that LLM-generated errors may reinforce existing inequities in scientific recognition…” 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723arxiv.orgLLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citationsLarge language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p... 13429160
Reposted by Dr. Cindyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The turmoil within. Glastonbury Tor this morning at sunrise. Not sure I have seen a sky like that before, it was ever so strange. 1237570
Reposted by Dr. CindyDr. Ryan French @ryanjfrench.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Here’s a multi-wavelength view of tonight’s X2.5-class #SolarFlare. This is the strongest flare we’ve seen for 78 days. 1297
Reposted by Dr. CindySpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 22/04/2026Download and print your own mini poster featuring Saturn—captured by #NASAWebb! 🪐 The poster is available single- or double-sided. The double-sided version includes the image on the front and a description in both English and Spanish on the back: go.nasa.gov/3ODnc9z 15214
Reposted by Dr. CindyClaire Lamman @clairelamman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026DESI finished its originally planned survey last night!! ..and will keep going :) I made a cake to celebrate. 🌌🔭 @desisurvey.bsky.social 2175796
Reposted by Dr. CindyClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Science is good. We should fund it. 134125822516
Reposted by Dr. CindyCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 04/04/20262. Milky Way radio light reflected off the Moon captured by the MWA telescope (B. McKinley, Curtin University/ICRAR/ASTRO 3D) 920454
Dr. Cindy @newtomato.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Zoom in on those aurorae! 😍 Thank you, NASA and Artemis II www.nasa.gov/image-articl...nasa.govHello, World - NASANASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection 000
Reposted by Dr. CindyAlexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The #ArtemisII crew has launched on their way to the Moon. Read what they'll do next and what is up with NASA's Moon base plans: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪🔭nature.comLift off! Artemis II mission sends humans to the Moon — opening a new era of explorationThe astronauts will fly by the far side of the Moon in the coming days, taking in views never seen by the human eye. 113837
Reposted by Dr. CindyNational Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO @thenrao.bsky.social · 01/04/2026#AprilFools Still the best prank our summer students have ever pulled. 😅 This photo is not edited - the students physically placed an "L" and "G" on the NRAO building! #Astronomy #Astrology #NRAO #RadioAstro 110131
Reposted by Dr. CindyPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 25/03/2026This new #JWST image of Saturn is AWESOME 428675
Reposted by Dr. CindyNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 20/03/2026Happy March equinox! ☀️ At NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in Chile, this day marks the beginning of autumn. From here on out, daylight hours in the southern hemisphere will shrink until the June solstice, meaning longer nights and more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪 16317
Reposted by Dr. CindyDr. Ryan French @ryanjfrench.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Fun fact: people googling ‘Solar Flare’ is a great measure of the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle! 2233
Reposted by Dr. CindyAva Polzin @avapolzin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy International Women's Day! Perfect time for me to (re)share our white paper on increasing the retention of women in professional astrophysics (really full of suggestions that broaden participation in academic science in general). arxiv.org/abs/2512.24465 🧪🔭☄️👩🔬 318470
Dr. Cindy @newtomato.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Ahhhh, this video is so great! ☀️ particles going through the Earth! (And I’m excited to see @thephysicsgirl.bsky.social talking about this!) youtu.be/B3m3AMRlYfc?...youtu.beMy first science video in 3 years!YouTube video by Physics Girl 000
Reposted by Dr. CindyTasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social · 01/03/2026How to Eat like Nikola Tesla 321231
Reposted by Dr. CindyMichael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 26/02/2026How have we failed to find aliens so far, and what have we learned from our mistakes? Words by my @carnegiescience.bsky.social intern Em Dobberfuhl for @sequencermag.bsky.social!sequencermag.comAre we alone in the universe? Five times we thought we found extraterrestrial lifeThough scientists failed to confirm the presence of extraterrestrial life in these instances, these misconceptions provide valuable lessons for future searches. 052
Reposted by Dr. CindyRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Chemist and physicist Ida Tacke Noddack was born #OTD in 1896. She was co-discoverer of the element Rhenium in 1925, and in 1934 she suggested that the results of an experiment by Fermi might be explained by nuclear fission. (1/n) 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬 Image: KU Leuven University Archives 25823
Dr. Cindy @newtomato.bsky.social · 24/02/2026That headline! 👩🍳😘 🔭 www.extremetech.com/science/jame...extremetech.comJames Webb Telescope Takes a First Peek Inside UranusThe planet's upper atmosphere has been mapped for the first time, revealing one of the solar system's most enigmatic members. 030
Reposted by Dr. Cindyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Orion looking pretty tonight sitting majestically over Glastonbury Tor. A reminder that there is so much beauty and power in the world around us. Moon sitting top right so it's not me on a ladder with a spotlight. 😂 1330439
Reposted by Dr. CindyPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 21/02/2026New pic of Uranus just dropped 920927
Reposted by Dr. CindyAstro Attorney ⚖️🪐⭐️🔭 @astroattorney.com · 14/02/2026Had some clear skies this past week so got about 2 hours on M81 with the Quattro 250p, Starizona Nexus reducer/corrector and QHY Minicam8 585m. 04510
Reposted by Dr. CindyKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/02/2026Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."academic.oup.comScientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to BlueskySynopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For 9667912210
Reposted by Dr. CindyRiding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 06/02/2026The giant 70-meter antenna at NASA's Deep Space Communication Complex at Goldstone, California. Single-exposure photograph, September 2025 Ink and watercolor, April 2018 www.nasa.gov/communicating-with-missions/dsn/ 0126
Reposted by Dr. CindyAdel Faure ⏚🍉 @adelfaure.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Full Moon #textmode #1bit #pixelart 6383123
Reposted by Dr. CindyThe Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Astronomer Paris Pişmiş was born 115 years ago today. Born in Turkey, she spent most of her career in Mexico where she was a central figure in building up the Mexican astronomy program, serving for a half century at UNAM and establishing the Tonantzintla Observatory. #WomenInSTEM #AstroSky 🧪🔭 0197
Reposted by Dr. CindyDr. Amber Straughn (she/her) @astraughnomer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026The planetary nebula Abell 7 via APOD ✨ It's ~1800 light-years away & ~8 light-years wide. A planetary nebula is a brief final phase in a "normal" star's life - our own Sun will go through this in ~5 billion years as it sheds its outer layers. 📸: Martin Pugh apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26012... 0123
Dr. Cindy @newtomato.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Keep zooming in on these images 🤯 🔭 www.space.com/astronomy/ga...space.com'Eye of God' nebula looks like a cosmic lava lamp in new James Webb Space Telescope imageIt may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before. 010
Reposted by Dr. CindyVincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Wow, we are nearing S4 / SEVERE radiation storm levels before predicted impact of the CME. This is getting intense! It has been over 22 years since we have reached these levels of proton flux enhancement. Quite impressive. 2338