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Lucas Brown @lucasb413.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My first solo piece for @aasnova.org as a new AAS Media Fellow! As someone who has worked on pulsar timing in the past, I found this study really interesting—the authors used stellar *pulsation* timing to infer the existence of companions around massive A-type stars, including a possible exoplanet!
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UkeeTube @ukeetube.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's the full video; youtu.be/xL7lQNwWG-M
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Golden Hour at A Small Rocky Island near Ucluelet, Vancouver Island - 1 hour - No Music - No Talk
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Quarantegan @quarantegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Absolutely brilliant piece by @abiawomosu.bsky.social. The depth of analysis, deconstruction of BS, organization of facts/dates, recognition of the under-appreciated work of @timnitgebru.blacksky.app & others -- all make this one worth reading at least twice. abiawomosu.substack.com/p/the-machin...
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The Machine Alibi: Unpacking the Myth of Superintelligence
No, the agents didn’t go rogue — and superintelligence is only ‘super’ to those who coined the term.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fantastic work! Olivia was an undergraduate researcher in my Cometwatchers group at USF. So exciting to see her leading this research.
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NSF is touting a dozen new solicitations announced this week as evidence that basic research still rules. But that's not what's really going on. www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Is NSF’s new call for research proposals good news? Scientists and staffers have doubts
The long-delayed 12 solicitations only cover some disciplines—and promise to give them much less money
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hooray! We have a home backing to water, again! Can’t wait to take the canoe/kayaks out for a spin.
Walking path of stones past a gold canoe, green and blue kayaks on a stand. View of water with trees in the background and grasses in the foreground.
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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Last week, a team of scientists (including NSF NCAR, the National Solar Observatory & Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research) discovered Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, which might be a key reason magnetic energy builds up on the Sun, fueling solar flares and eruptions that can affect Earth.
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Scientists announce discovery of a hidden solar process | NCAR & UCAR News
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I see @xkcd.com got ahold of my to do list: xkcd.com/3278 (Adding to my status as 'Most Distracted Astronomer', I'm actually working on a surprising number of these) 🔭
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Vera Rubin Observatory
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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 24/07/2026
Large scale human collaboration is as beautiful as the cosmos itself (Galaxy Zoo is a citizen science astronomy project where people classify galaxies, started in 2007 and still going!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_... #astrosky
I can honestly say that Galaxy Zoo is the best thing I’ve ever done. . . . I don’t know quite what it is, but Galaxy Zoo does something to people. The contributions, both creative and academic, that people have made to the forum are as stunning as the sight of any spiral, and never fail to move me.  —Alice Sheppard, volunteer Galaxy Zoo moderator
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
White House science policy captured headlines this week, with the announcement of awards for its flagship AI program, Congressional hearings, and a Vannevar Bush-esque report "Science: A New Golden Age." We fashioned the news into one big story—incl. key updates at NSF. Reported w/ Kaia Glickman:
nature.com
White House rolls out AI funding — and signals a new era for US science
Chief US science adviser calls for a shakeup in funding while handing out grants to accelerate research with AI.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We paddled the last segment of the Occoquan Reservoir and river today, finally completing the trail. In all our years of canoeing I have found the great blue herons to be the most tolerant and least likely to take flight as we pass by.
View of a great blue heron standing with his neck gruff out near the water’s edge against a murky backdrop surrounded by greenery.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
nature.com
NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative
A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Many openings - I love this job!Look under Scientific / Technical Staff and see if your area of expertise is there (it probably is).
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Luke Dones @lukemeister.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Wake up babe, new exoplanet classification system just dropped
Figure 3 from Hasegawa et al. 2026. Canonical and refined classification schemes of exoplanets. Key planet properties and relevant physical processes are summarized. In the canonical classification scheme, four types (super-Mercuries, super/sub-Earths, sub-giants and gas giants) are recovered as often used in the literature (Section 2.6). The refined classification scheme expands these types to eight in total due to evolution processes (Section 4.2): super-Mercuries, bare cores, collisionally sculpted cores, photoevaporated cores, collisionally sculpted sub-giants, photoevaporated sub-giants, vapor-rich sub-giants, and gas giants. Among them, massive bare cores, collisionally sculpted cores, photoevaporated cores, collisionally sculpted sub-giants, photoevaporated sub-giants, and vapor-rich sub-giants are potentially water-rich.
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 30/06/2026
The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here… On June 29, 2026, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory officially began the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)! 🔭🧪☄️🌌 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/action-...
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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Tonight's strawberry moon over Devereaux Beach in Marblehead, MA 😍 #ECK #photography #marbleheadma
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 26/06/2026
🔭 AAS has partnered with @apsphysics.aps.org and other organizations to develop a tool to help you submit unique, personalized comments on harmful proposed changes to federal grants. Please submit a comment by 13 July! www.aps.org/initiatives/...
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Brandon Moore, PhD @rando.insalubrio.us · 25/06/2026
This sealed Herculaneum scroll could not be opened without being destroyed. Instead, it was virtually unwrapped using high-resolution scanning, surface reconstruction, and ink detection revealing that it contained a philosophical treatise on ethics! 🧪 scrollprize.org/pdf/main.pdf
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Jason Enos @lousyphotos.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I was also interviewed on @wtopnews.bsky.social yesterday. Yogi was unavailable for comment. #Wildlife #Bears #Maryland wtop.com/montgomery-c...
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‘There’s a bear on the deck’: What DC-area homeowners should know about black bears - WTOP News
Black bears can show up in the D.C. area, even if you’re close to the city. Here’s advice on what to do if one ends up on your property.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please speak up. Record your objection. This is crucially important.
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Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We're now at two independent lines of evidence for this being an ancient comet: our earlier chemodynamic work, and these lovely isotope studies. Very powerful ☄️
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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
In a new study, measurements taken by research aircraft helped NSF NCAR scientists get a better view of how much carbon is taken up (or released) in various parts of the world. Notably, they found that forests in the tropics take up less carbon than Earth system models typically predict.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Jaxon helped us get through the power outage last night #Caturday
A brown tabby cat sticky sits to the right of a crescent moon lamp in otherwise dark room.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Would have big implications for exoplanets
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 09/06/2026
Planetary Science xkcd.com/3255/
Comic. [Article titled “Evidence for liquid water on the surface of a terrestrial planet in the habitable zone,” with unreadable text but including pictures of a beach and of people playing on a beach.] [caption] Planetary science journals have asked astronomers to please stop submitting their vacation photos.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Happy #Caturday! Jaxon is ready for his next rover ride exploration of the neighborhood
Tabby cat sits up in an open buggy inside a house looking out a window toward the great outdoors
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New paper! In AAS's The Planetary Science Journal - a case study of Centaur 450P using the JWST. Lots of CO2 & crystalline water-ice in larger dust grains in the coma. We combined the JWST data w/Gemini Obs optical imaging data to constrain a thermal model of 450P's interior. Read more at the link
curved line showing dips (water-ice absorption) and a large spike (carbon dioxide) in the infrared.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I used to be the POC for this when at NSF. I esp recommend the introductory remarks that last an hour or so.
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Dr Robin George Andrews @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
NEW: Sometimes stories are about major scientific breakthroughs, about the origin of life, the end of worlds—dramatic epiphanies about the cosmos. And sometimes a flaming asteroid photobombs an erupting volcano. Me @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/s...
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A Fiery Visitor From Space Photo-Bombs an Erupting Volcano
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thank you, @science.org!
science.org
Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat
Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“This work highlights JWST’s potential as a tool for planetary defense. The February 2026 observations … represent the faintest-ever detection of a near-Earth object … JWST can detect objects far fainter than ground-based telescopes”
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Astronomers find interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hiding in images taken by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory before its official discovery. 🧪 🔭
space.com
Astronomers find interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hiding in images taken before its official discovery
If the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory had begun its science validation phase a few weeks earlier, it might have been up and running in time to discover 3I/ATLAS first.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Exciting result from Estela Fernández-Valenzuela et al. In ApJLetters
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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
More fast asteroid rotators found arxiv.org/abs/2605.04784 and iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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Accessible does not mean exploitable: HiPERCAM reveals the ultra-fast rotation of 2022 OB$_5$
2022 OB$_5$ is a sub-10-metre Apollo-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbital configuration placed it among the most dynamically accessible small bodies in near-Earth space, motivating its selection as ...
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
OK, so I was at the first court hearing over the NCAR lawsuit this morning in Denver. I, uh, am not a legal reporter so bear with me as I try to recap a few things. You can view all the court documents here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research v. National Science Foundation, 1:26-cv-01061 - CourtListener.com
Docket for University Corporation for Atmospheric Research v. National Science Foundation, 1:26-cv-01061 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open lega...
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New paper alert! Colin Chandler et al. in ApJLetters presents photometry, astrometry, and morphology of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory obtained 10 days before the comet's discovery. So much to see here! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1), Chandler, Colin Orion, Bernardinelli, Pedro H., Jurić, Mario, Singh, Devanshi, Hsieh, Henry H., Sullivan, Ian, Jones, R. Lynne, Kurlander, Jacob A., Vavilov, Dmitrii, Eggl, Siegfried, Holman, Matthew, Spoto, Federica, Schwamb, Megan E., MacArthur, Lauren A., Makadia, Rahil, Micheli, Marco, Heinze, Aren, Christensen, Eric J., Beebe, Wilson, Roodman, Aaron, Lim, Kian-Tat, Jenness, Tim, Bosch, James, Smart, Brianna M., Bellm, Eric, MacBride, Sean, Rawls, Meredith L., Greenstreet, Sarah, Slater, Colin, Ivezić, Željko, Blum, Robert D., Connolly, Andrew, Daues, Gregory, Gower, Michelle, Kalmbach, J. Bryce, Bannister, Michele T., Dones, Luke, Dorsey, Rosemary C., Farnocchia, Davide, Fraser, Wesley C., Forbes, John C., Fuentes, Cesar, Holt, Carrie E., Inno, Laura, Jones, Geraint H., Knight, Matthew M., Lintott, Chris J., Lister, Tim, Lupton, Robert, Magbanua, Mark Jesus M., Malhotra, Renu, Mueller, Beatrice E. A., Murtagh, Joseph, Pandey, Nitya, Reach, William T., Samarasinha, Nalin H., Seligman, Darryl Z., Snodgrass, Colin, Solontoi, Michael, Szabó, Gyula M., Vereš, Peter, White, Ellie, Womack, Maria, Young, Leslie A., Allbery, Russ, Anand, Shreya, Armellin, Roberto, Aubourg, Éric, Avdellidou, Chrysa, Azfar, Farrukh, Bauer, James, Bechtol, Keith, Becker, Valerie, Belyakov, Matthew, Benecchi, Susan D., Bertini, Ivano, Bodewits, Dennis, Boeshaar, Patricia, Bolin, Bryce T., Bose, Maitrayee, Boucaud, Alexandre, Boufleur, Rodrigo C., Boutigny, Dominique, Bradshaw, Andrew, Braga-Ribas, Felipe, Bregeon, Johan, Buchanan, Laura E., Calabrese, Daniel, Camargo, J. I. B., Caplar, Neven, Carlin, Jeffrey L., Carry, Benoit, Carvajal, Juan Pablo, Ceballo, Ross, Chiang, Hsin-Fang, Choi, Yumi, Combet, Céline, da Costa, Luiz, Cowan, Preeti, Crenshaw, John Franklin, Croft, Steve, Ćuk, Matija, Daly, Philip N., D’Ammando, Filippo, Daruich, Felipe, Daubard, Guillaume, Davenport, James R. A., Daylan, Tansu, Delgado, Jennifer, Devillepoix, Hadrien A. R., Doherty, Peter E., Donaldson, Abbie, Drass, Holger, Deppe, Stephanie J. H., Dubois-Felsmann, Gregory P., Ferguson, Peter S., Economou, Frossie, Eduardo, Marielle R., Sotuela Elorriaga, Ioana, Englert, Anthony, Karavakis, Edward, Fanning, Kevin, Frissell, Maxwell K., Fedorets, Grigori, Fernandes, Maryann Benny, Ferté, Agnès, Fisher-Levine, Merlin, Freytag, Mark L, Fulle, Marco, Gandhi, Poshak, Gates, John, Gerdes, David W., Gibbs, Alex R., Gillan, A. 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Garrett, Li, Zhuofu (Chester), Liang, Shuang, Licandro, Javier, Lin, Hsing Wen, Lisse, Carey, Lust, Nate B., Lyttle, Ryan R., Mahabal, Ashish A., Mahlke, Max, Mainetti, Gabriele, Mandelbaum, Rachel, Margheim, Steven J., Margoti, Giuliano, Marshall, Phil, Plazas Malagón, Andrés A., Marčeta, Dušan, Melita, Mario D., Menanteau, Felipe, Meyers, Joshua, Mills, Dave, Moniez, Marc, Morales Marín, C.A.L., Morato, Naomi, More, Surhud, Morrison, Christopher B., Mortensen, Kris, Moulane, Youssef, Mrakovčić, Karlo, Mueller, Fritz, Muñoz-Gutiérrez, Marco A., Neal, Homer, Newcomer, F. M., Nourbakhsh, Erfan, O’Connor, Paul, Oldag, Drew, Oldroyd, William J., O’Mullane, William, Opitom, Cyrielle, Oszkiewicz, Dagmara, Page, Gary L., Patterson, Jack, Patterson, Maria T, Payne, Matthew J., Pedersen, Eske M., Peloton, Julien, Pereira, Chrystian Luciano, Peterson, John R., Pietrowicz, Stephen R., Podlewska-Gaca, Edyta, Polen, Rebekah, Polin, Daniel, Pollek, Hannah Mary Margaret, Qiu, Yongqiang, Quint, Bruno, Rabus, Markus, Ragozzine, Darin, Rajagopal, Jayadev, Ranabhat, Arianna, Reil, Kevin, Ribeiro, Tiago, Rice, Malena, Ridgway, Stephen T., Ritz, Steven M., Rivkin, Andrew S., Robinson, James E., Rożek, Agata, Rykoff, Eli, Salazar Manzano, Luis E., Salnikov, Andrei, Sánchez, Bruno O., Sanmartim, David, Sarid, Gal, Schambeau, Charles A., Schindler, Rafe H., Schmidt, Samuel J., Schumacher, German, Schutt, Theo, Scolnic, Daniel, Seaman, Robert, Sebag, Jacques, Sedaghat, Nima, Seron, Jacqueline, Shaw, Richard A., Shugart, Alysha, Sick, Jonathan, Singhal, Jaladh, Siraj, Amir, Sitarz, Michael C., Snyder, Adam, Sobhani, Shahram, Soldahl, Christine, Spencer, Dallin, Stalder, Brian, Stetzler, Steven, Strauss, Alan, Stubbs, Christopher W., Suberlak, Krzysztof L., Swinbank, John D., Szigeti, László, Taranu, Dan S., Tauraso, Michael, Thayer, John Gregg, Thomas, Sandrine, Thornton, Adam, Tonietti, Luca, Toribio San Cipriano, Laura, Trilling, David E., Trujillo, Chadwick A., Tsai, Te-Wei, Tucker, Douglas L., Turri, Max, Tyson, Tony, Urbach, Elana K., van Reeven, Wouter, Villarreal, Antonia Sierra, Voutsinas, Stelios, Walter, Christopher W., Wang, Yuankun (David), Ward, Charlotte, Warner, Michael, West, Maxine, Whittaker, Emerson, Wong, Ian, Wood-Vasey, W. M., Yang, Bin, Ye, Quanzhi, Yoachim, Peter, Zanmar Sanchez, R., Zhang, Jinshuo, Zhou, Conghao
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James Davenport @jradavenport.com · 28/04/2026
I feel like we’re willing to make Pluto a planet again, at least provisionally, if they’re willing to fund astrophysics. I’d say $100 billion/year is reasonable But if you keep cutting our budgets, I swear we’ll keep eliminating them. Hope you like a three planet solar system!
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Federal News Network @federalnewsnetwork.com · 29/04/2026
GAO report on DOGE payments access ‘just the tip of the iceberg’
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GAO report on DOGE payments access ‘just the tip of the iceberg’
GAO's latest report found Treasury didn't follow basic security protocol in granting a DOGE staffer access to sensitive payments information last year.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026
More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.
insidehighered.com
Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future
The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
My story on the NSB terminations:
nature.com
Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.
democrats-science.house.gov
Ranking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is the most important thing you will read today – and probably the whole year, honestly. We cannot let the AMOC collapse. For one thing it will make Iceland uninhabitable, and I would really like my children and grandchildren not to become refugees. But the effects will be almost everywhere.
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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
From the ocean to the exosphere, we’re dedicated to advancing Earth system science for the betterment of society– not just on #EarthDay but every day! 🌎 Our experts harness observations, models, instruments, HPC & other resources to ensure NSF NCAR supports cutting-edge research.
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Super view of Toronto from the hotel room!
Skyline of Toronto showing many skyscrapers including one that pokes through some low-lying clouds with a glint of sunlight off one corner
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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Just released: "Mission Aborted: How NASA Illegally Implemented the President's Budget Request Without Congressional Approval" - Minority Staff Report Prepared for Members of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, US House of Representatives democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
"Mission Aborted: How NASA Illegally Implemented the President's Budget Request Without Congressional Approval" - Minority Staff Report Prepared for Members of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, US House of Representatives - April 2026
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 14/04/2026
It's Day 2 of our #WeekofAction to #SaveScience, and we are calling our members of Congress! Use the "Phone" tab on our form and you'll get a phone call connecting you to each of your congressional offices: aas.org/reject-2027-... 🔭
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Event Horizon Telescope @ehtelescope.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Unexpected EHT intern alert! This bird had gotten lost in the fog and appeared at the IRAM 30-m control room door- more than 1,500 meters above its usual habitat. After a brief "internship," it was safely released back into nature the next morning. #M87MOVIE
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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I'm delighted to point you to a new paper we just got published in Ap J Letters: "Carbonaceous Chondrite-like Compositions for Proposed Captured Trans-Neptunian Objects Justitia and Pompeja" Enjoy! 🔭🧪
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Carbonaceous Chondrite-like Compositions for Proposed Captured Trans-Neptunian Objects Justitia and Pompeja
Carbonaceous Chondrite-like Compositions for Proposed Captured Trans-Neptunian Objects Justitia and Pompeja, Rivkin, Andrew S., Cartwright, Richard J., Emery, Joshua P., Thomas, Cristina A.
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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I am so thrilled to share this guide to the observations that the #ArtemisII crew will be making during their closest approach to the Moon!! I hope you'll follow along! science.nasa.gov/resource/art...
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Artemis II Lunar Targeting Plan - NASA Science
A guide to the Artemis II Lunar Targeting Plan (the astronauts' Moon observing assignment).
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Starzanplanets @starzanplanets.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Hot off the press: “Reversal of Spin: Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak” by David Jewitt in The Astronomical Journal
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