Reposted by Riding With RobotsGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 16hHuh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c... 10635231
Reposted by Riding With RobotsRosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 5hI had no idea this was an option. 724346
Reposted by Riding With RobotsDr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 3hI did show my students the spoopy sun today 1171
Reposted by Riding With RobotsSimeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 4hI hinted that there would be more images from the Juice flyby, so here is the timelapse of the full event! It's always amazing to get these views of our fragile Blue Marble from the spacecraft we send out to explore the solar system! 🔭🧪 #planetsci 710136
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 18hHappy New Years from Mars. It's the first day of the new Martian year, which lasts 687 Earth days. According to the internationally adopted timekeeping system, this is Mars year 39. The Curiosity rover sent down this view from Gale Crater today. 15721
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 19hFrom NASA: How do you get a probe ready for the heat of Venus? Put it in a furnace.🔥 From Aug. 28 to Sept. 10, a model of our DAVINCI probe went through six cycles to 869°F (465°C), each matched to its planned hour-long descent. It came out unscathed: go.nasa.gov/3VYwVKR 46925
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 19hFrom NASA: 2026 has been a busy season for tropical cyclones in the northeastern and central Pacific basins. This image from NASA’s EPIC camera on the DSCOVR satellite shows four named storms churning on Sept. 27: Nolo, Odalys, Polo, and Rachel. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... 040
Reposted by Riding With RobotsRiding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One year ago. Deep Space Station 15, one of the 34-meter antennas at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. It was first built to support Voyager 2's Uranus flyby. The rain stopped just long enough reveal the antenna and the setting Moon www.nasa.gov/communicating-with-missions/dsn/ 2317
Reposted by Riding With RobotsTyler Nordgren @spaceart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m working on a design for Hawaii Volcanoes incorporating all the ways the park is special at night - both below the horizon and above. #art #astronomy www.SpaceArtTravelBureau.com 2505
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Rosetta's dispatches from Comet 67P were a source of daily wonder. Forever thankful for the teams that made this happen. 0222
Reposted by Riding With Robotsmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At least McCarthy could say he was targetting members of a communist conspiracy against the United States, the targeting of Jack Smith is just like "he's a democrat so fuck him haha" 61399
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One year ago. Deep Space Station 15, one of the 34-meter antennas at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. It was first built to support Voyager 2's Uranus flyby. The rain stopped just long enough reveal the antenna and the setting Moon www.nasa.gov/communicating-with-missions/dsn/ 2317
Reposted by Riding With RobotsBryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Even Kafka would have marveled at the surrealism of this deliberate cruelty. 084
Reposted by Riding With RobotsHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5541051110
Reposted by Riding With RobotsNight of the Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sure, agents struggle to accomplish even the most basic tasks and Facebook recently got caught pretending they built agents by outsourcing tasks to poorly-paid contractors but what if they were cute? What now, skeptics? 412427
Reposted by Riding With RobotsMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The tweet that immediately came to mind: 221746400
Reposted by Riding With RobotsVincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here it comes... the large coronal hole is almost directly facing Earth now, which means fast solar wind is 3-4 days away. In fact, NOAA SWPC has just issued a G1/minor storm watch for Oct 2. This means there are chances for mid-latitude auroral displays Thu and Fri nights. #heliophysics 12450159
Reposted by Riding With RobotsHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10131513661
Reposted by Riding With RobotsMark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026St. Cooper of Capistrano 🪶 27210
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From NASA: Watching for Color in the Wasatch Back science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/watching-for-color-in-the-wasatch-back-152068/ The canyon in the upper left is one of my favorite places to Watch leaves, and the canyon in the lower right is a great place to watch the night sky. 050
Reposted by Riding With RobotsKimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My latest for @eos.org dives into a recent investigative report on a hidden but crucial part of NASA's budget: the research and analysis that underpins most of its science goals and missions. 🧪 0155
Reposted by Riding With RobotsYvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We made the NY Times!!! 🤩 🔭🧪🎢 3509
Reposted by Riding With RobotsLiz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How to talk to someone who is considering suicide. September is Suicide Prevention Month. Call 988 if you or someone who know needs help. talkawaythedark.afsp.org/thinkingabou...talkawaythedark.afsp.orgIf Someone Is Thinking About Suicide #RealConvo Guide | AFSPIf you’re having an open, honest conversation with someone about mental health, you may feel a lot of pressure. Here's some advice and tips on how to help them. 088
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Curiosity has discovered many rock gardens on Mars, but the one it's tending to right now might be my favorite so far. 15110
Reposted by Riding With RobotsElizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today 531483220
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NASA's Europa Clipper mission will perform a similar gravity assist maneuver in December. science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/mission-timeline 1182
Reposted by Riding With RobotsDavid Dickinson @astrodave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why we need a dedicated mission to Saturn's moon Enceladus - www.404media.co/alien-life-c... via @404media.co404media.coAlien Life Can Survive on This Tiny Moon—We Just Need to Go Find ItScientists have discovered that Earth-like microbes could potentially survive conditions inside Enceladus’s subsurface ocean, and that detecting signs of life on the moon may be easier than expected, ... 1134
Reposted by Riding With RobotsVincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A heart-shaped coronal hole has rotated onto the Earth-facing disk. It is pouring fast solar wind into space and will face Earth in the coming days. Fast solar wind will likely move over Earth around Oct 3-4 and cause ehnahced geomagnetic activity. 1277
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026From NASA astronaut Jessica Meir: Hues of Africa. This week as I floated into the space station cupola and came upon this Northern Africa landscape, I reflected back on the first time I saw this scene from space. I was simply in awe of its colors, patterns and textures… 1192
Reposted by Riding With RobotsCarl Ballard @carlballard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One thing is you don't need to do like a whole monologue about why harrassment is bad. You can just say "really?" in a disappointed voice or "come on, man." 428291
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe this speaks to the week I’ve had: For a full five seconds after I got this note during a phone meeting I thought it said, “Live bear inside.” Bear is a cat. 1150
Reposted by Riding With RobotsESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 28/09/2026A successful Earth flyby improves Juice’s course to Jupiter Earlier today, Juice flew just 8640 km above the Indian Ocean and snapped these images with its onboard monitoring cameras. 1️⃣Africa, by Juice monitoring camera 2️⃣Madagascar, by Juice NavCam 3️⃣Moon, by Juice NavCam 🔭 🧪 #planetsci 7347102
Reposted by Riding With RobotsAang23 @aang23.satdump.org · 28/09/2026JUICE (ESA) images from JMC again. Received by @amsat-dl.org in Bochum :-) 2269
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026From NASA: Together, NASA's telescopes wear many hats – capturing different wavelengths of light and cosmic happenings. This group image of the Sombrero Galaxy shows how. 1526
Reposted by Riding With RobotsPaul Voosen @voosen.me · 28/09/2026New Horizons is now *three days away* from shutting off its two heliophysics instruments, simply because NASA has not provided the $2M in funding it had promised to the mission last year or this year. There is no science basis for shutting these off. Our earlier coverage:science.orgNASA’s New Horizons mission may shut down two instruments over lack of fundingDecision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say 16655403
Reposted by Riding With Robotss2a systems @s2a-systems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A short clip of ESA's JUICE Earth flyby, recorded about 38 minutes before closest approach. 02615
Reposted by Riding With RobotsChase Million @millionconcepts.com · 28/09/2026From Mark Sykes: "On the basis of documents received on September 23, 2026, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, it is now clear that the costs incurred against those budgets in FY2025, as of June 30, 2026, were more than 50% lower than the amounts budgeted in the aggregate."blog.planetary-research.orgALERT: FY2025 NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Funding Cut by More than 50%A recent investigative report on 15 years of NASA Planetary Research and Analysis (R&A) program funding showed relatively flat funding profile that conflicted with recommendations by NRC Planetary Decadal Surveys an by Congress. On the basis of documents received on September 23, 2026, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, it is now... 046
Reposted by Riding With RobotsOwl Daily @owldaily.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Wings of wonder. 📸 amycomp123 #Nature #Owl #Birds 854754395
Reposted by Riding With RobotsCynthia Phillips, PhD @planetcynthia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Interviewed about the upcoming Earth flyby by the @esa.int European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft, which will fly past Earth tomorrow on its way out to the Jupiter system! NASA's Europa Clipper Mission will follow with an Earth flyby coming up on December 3. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...washingtonpost.comWhy a spacecraft exploring moons where life may thrive is zipping by EarthSent to determine what conditions hypothetical life would face deep in the solar system, “Juice” must first make two more passes of everyone’s favorite inhabited world. 1245
Reposted by Riding With RobotsChristopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 11/08/2026NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has left Mars behind. On May 15, it passed within 2,864 miles of the planet. It is now traveling toward the metal rich asteroid Psyche, where it will arrive in 2029. Portrait of PI Lindy Elkins-Tanton. More: explorers.com/lindy-elkins... @nationalacademies.org 1357
Reposted by Riding With RobotsChristopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 01/09/2026Happy 91st birthday to the extraordinary Sylvia Earle. Six decades exploring the ocean, descending into places few humans have ever seen, and fighting like hell for the living planet she loves. What a privilege to make her portrait. More: explorers.com/sylvia-earle @nationalacademies.org 1193
Reposted by Riding With RobotsChristopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 26/09/2026John Grotzinger helped lead Curiosity’s search for ancient habitability on Mars. He showed up for our Caltech portrait session on a homemade bicycle carrying a model rover wheel. Perfect. Portrait + story: explorers.com/john-grotzin... 0234
Reposted by Riding With RobotsChristopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 26/09/2026Dave Gallagher was weeks from retiring after 36 years at JPL when he was asked to become its 11th director, in one of the lab’s hardest periods. In Dave’s office hangs a photo of his father, a Navy pilot. Different kind of service. Same instinct. 1123
Reposted by Riding With RobotsSimeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Coming up tomorrow, ESA's Juice spacecraft will fly past Earth for another gravity assist! I had the fantastic opportunity to help planning the JMC shots this time around. We're trying a bunch of new things with this camera, so I'm really excited to see how they'll turn out. 🔭🧪 #planetsci 49227
Reposted by Riding With RobotsMarko Rummelsburg @markorummelsburg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's raining plasma on the Sun's western limb. 1416
Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just going through and liking all the replies. 080