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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 27/09/2026

The roofs are closed at the moment, but I’m ready to take remote observing to a new personal height.

Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 26/09/2026

I’m unexpectedly taking off on a long long journey. Part of me knew this was coming, but I thought it was coming later. Can I get a “Fuck Cancer?” (I’m as healthy as I normal.)

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 25/09/2026

I'm obviously biased because I study Mimas (and Herschel specifically), but this little moon really is incredibly interesting and unique. There's a lot we can learn from its cratering record about whether it may actually be a "stealth" ocean world (one whose ocean seems missing at first glance).

Cassini's two highest-resolution views from its 13 February 2010 flyby of Mimas caught the southern half of the crater Herschel and an area to its east. This view is composed of two clear-filter images taken from the raw JPEG website. They were rotated to put north up and their levels adjusted to make the coloration fairly continuous. The interior of Herschel is covered in what appears to be post-formation modification. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / mosaic by Emily Lakdawalla

Another Cassini image, this one from farther away in 2005. Herschel lies on the terminator of Mimas in this image, keeping the entire crater floor in shadow with the exception of the central peak. The overall effect is mildly menacing.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎶 Heard about Fred 🎶 He’s unemployed 🎶Threw him away like a useless toy 🎶 Went down the drain after 20 long years 🎶 No warning 🎶 No pension 🎶 Nobody’s tears

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 25/09/2026

I voted. And wow our courthouse is decorated to celebrate.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 25/09/2026

Like our show? Financially ok? It's time to join the Patreon! (And can you give the quoted post a share?)

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth on Sept. 19, 2026. Hubble has traveled more than 5 billion miles around Earth over its 36-year lifetime, exceeding 1.7 million total observations. science.nasa.gov/missions/hub... #Hubble 🔭🧪

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NASA's Hubble Seeks Lensed Supernova, Marks 200,000 Orbits - NASA Science

Hubble has traveled more than 5 billion miles around Earth over its 36-year lifetime, exceeding 1.7 million total observations. An observation completed on

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This will lead to people writing grants using ChatGPT. So that humans are now completely out of the process.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 24/09/2026

I sub a variety of newsletters to try & keep up with space related science & aerospace news. Imma unsub from SkyTuned because they may be unverified AI. New Glenn is absolutely not launching today & I have no idea why they would say this. The story isn't at the top of their website skytuned.com

a screen capture of SkyTuned spae news comprehensive Daily News letter. It says: "Thursday, September 24, 2026 · Issue #90

🌌 Today's Lead
Blue Origin's New Glenn Returns to Flight Tonight — The Comeback Launch That Changes Everything
Blue Origin is targeting liftoff tonight from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for New Glenn's return-to-flight mission — the company's comeback after the launchpad explosion earlier in 2026 that set its program back months. The 322-foot rocket and its seven BE-4 engines will generate 3.85 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, making this one of 2026's most anticipated launches. A successful mission restores Blue Origin's heavy-lift credibility and its standing as a serious launch competitor — arriving just four days before SpaceX attempts Starship Flight 14's historic first orbital insertion on September 28. Tonight, all eyes are on the Cape."

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 23/09/2026

I’m at Walgreens to get my flu and Covid vaccines, and I’m deeply regretting the fist full of garlic Triscuits I ate right before I put this mask on. #maskon #vaccinein #vampiresaway

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 23/09/2026

What if instead of being in the golden age, we’re in the golden hour…?

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just emailed 26,000 people about snail facts advent calendars. This better result in 500 snail sales. Snales. Wait that just sounds like snails. Is that a good omen?? Get a calendar here: SquidFacts.net

An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail

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CosmoQuest @cosmoquest.org · 21/09/2026

Help! We no longer have ads! That is a mixed message we know, but ... We dropped the ads. We're turning up the content. For this to financially work, we need your help. Subscribe: www.patreon.com/cw/CosmoQues... One time contribution: planetaryscienceinstitute-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=142...

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 20/09/2026

Roofs are remarkably scary…

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 18/09/2026

Timeline Cleanse Turtle TV has a particularly good episode on today, but Stella is making it hard to watch with all her nose prints.

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MashedBex | trying to kick cancer's ass @bexmashaba.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

if you have 50c please send it. it will add up. i’ve been trying to raise enough for the scan for almost 3 months now- every single time i make progress, another living expense comes up and i am forced to choose anything, literally anything helps atp 🙏🏽

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MashedBex | trying to kick cancer's ass @bexmashaba.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

hello friends, could everyone please make an effort to repost and /or contribute? they’re saying i’ll be discharged tomorrow and i basically don’t have anywhere stable to go please? i’m taking painkillers every few hours, i physically can’t focus long enough to post/repost etc

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 17/09/2026

Smart monitors are cheaper for reasons. Do you not like; do not want anymore.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 17/09/2026

I'm kind of obsessed with this picture I took this evening of the Milky Way while observing M22. These are the dark skies over starfront.space

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Astronomy Cast @astronomycast.com · 17/09/2026

7 away... @starstryder.space here with a gift of M22 as I watching exposures in one window and Patreon in another.

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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 17/09/2026

As an academic I feel like that I'm living in that scene in The Big Short where they see all the empty houses and know it's a bubble, but for me it's hearing about all the innovation and growth in higher education, then teaching a class where only 8/250 students show up weekly

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Astronomy Cast @astronomycast.com · 17/09/2026

We are now 10 people away...

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Astronomy Cast @astronomycast.com · 16/09/2026

For our No-Ads Future to work, we need to grow our Patreon audiences. For are so grateful for the 149 of you who have become patrons. But this is not enough to fill in the financial gap created by turning off ads. Mind the gap, and join patreon.astronomycast.com

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 16/09/2026

Instead of advancing prev glasses, can we advance light weight glasses to replace my monitor cave? This would be a major step in universal design. Imagine waking (as I did) with serious neck pain & being able to recline all day with a bluetooth keyboard/mouse & full-size workspace.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 16/09/2026

Learn about a pair of small UV Scopes preparing to fly. Erika Hamden discusses the Eos and Aspera missions. shielddrivecenter.com/shield-webin...

shielddrivecenter.com

SHIELD Webinars - heliosphere

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 15/09/2026

I just got spam for an AI agent to help me communicate astronomy plainly. It’s offer? “That reading part is the part I can take.” It wants to read through everything that’s happening in the world find the cool stories. That is the part of my day I love most. Why would I give it to an AI agent?

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 15/09/2026

Over the years, I've done everything I can to keep @cosmoquest.org & @astronomycast.com funded. This year I'm doing something new - I'm saying no to money. Both programs are going ad-free under the same creative commons license. How? Patreon! patreon.astronomycast.com patreon.cosmoquest.org

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 13/09/2026

My problem is I both want to change the world and grow a basil plant ... and these desires are incompatible.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 12/09/2026

I look at images like this and sometimes wonder if this volcano would connect Java and Sumatra if it didn’t explode periodically. I’m sure a geologist somewhere knows, but I have not yet found the right geologist.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

respect to Google Gemini for getting me a 2020 Hugo nom for a story that doesn't exist published in a magazine I've never sold to

Award-Nominated Short Stories"And Now His Lordship Is Laughing" (2019): Published in Strange Horizons, this powerful historical fantasy story was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. It is set in Bengal during World War II under British rule and deals with art, rebellion, and grief."The Inaccessibility of Castles" (2020): Published in Clarkesworld Magazine, this story was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2021.

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David Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fun conversation with @starstryder.space on @cosmoquest.org about searching for life on Mars and elsewhere and the legacy, and fond memories, of the Viking missions. youtu.be/dKrgLRCe9H8?...

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Viking: Chasing Astrobiology then and now with David Grinspoon

YouTube video by CosmoQuest

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 12/09/2026

The hustle is real. The hustle must be put on hold so I clean the turtle tank, however. The ratio of paid vs unpaid labor in academia is making my house super messy...

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 12/09/2026

This 👇👇👇 🎨

💚 Your artist and designer friends probably aren't as full of themselves as you think.

Please remember: they share their work and accomplishments all the time as a matter of survival. No one else will be their hype man.

That grant? It's the only thing keeping them going during these slow months.

This flashy opportunity? They have been trying to make it happen for a year with only hope to keep them going and it's finally happening!

That exhibit? It's the only one they got into out of the 15 they submitted for.

That new painting they posted? They kinda need it to sell so they can pay the rent next month.

So be kind in your thoughts. Imagine if your job required social media presence on four platforms to make sure ends meet.

And if you see your friends or acquaintances post art that you like, please share it! It can make all the difference sometimes.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 12/09/2026

Dear @arcanefibreworks.bsky.social - please make this image into a color way.

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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 12/09/2026

Talerico needs an anger translator. Next time he is asked the "trans question," he should say, "Trans rights are human rights, now I will let my associate Janine, mother of a trans child, clarify." Janine: "Why the fuck are you so obsessed with my child's genitals! Fuck off our private business!"

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 11/09/2026

Somebody appears to have had fun

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 11/09/2026

I have a new “wtf, reviewer 2” comment to share. In identifying what data set id use, I said LRO LROC NAC data. My major weaknesses? I identified a camera and not a data set. (They also hated I plan to use GitHub)

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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 10/09/2026

#Girlboss lifehack: live in a hut in the middle of the forest that constantly shifts locations because the hut walks around on chicken legs.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 10/09/2026

A little over one week later, I'm finally back at my desk after a broken upstairs AC system caused me to flee to the first floor. My Carpal Tunnel just sighed with relief, and both dogs would like me to know, the lack of ability to snuggle is unacceptable.

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Markus Pössel @mpoessel.de · 10/09/2026

When we do outreach or education, astronomers frequently claim that public and student interest in astronomy is greater than in other sciences, making it an ideal entry way for science. My article analyzing Wikipedia page views which (somewhat) supports this claim is out in the CAP Journal. 🔭⚛️🧪🎢

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English-speaking Wikipedia users’ interest in astronomy

Wikipedia users’ interest in astronomy is examined using data available for pageviews over the period 2016–2025. Interest, as measured by the level of engagement, is gauged by examining the top 30 ast...

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 10/09/2026

I really hate that Googling so many Messier objects brings up guns instead of astronomy. There is no reason Google image search of M29 should be dominated by weapons, especially when everything in my history indicates I'm going to want stars no bullets.

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 09/09/2026

This thread. This one right here. Read this thread.

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Liz @stayathomecommie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

this fucking rules

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