Reposted by saurabh w jhaGary Hershorn @garyhershorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A 93 percent illuminated waning gibbous moon rises behind the EdgeNYC observation deck at Hudson Yards two days after the full Harvest Moon in New York City, Monday evening #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #moon 2236
Reposted by saurabh w jhaLauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My students! My team! Their smiling faces! 2285
Reposted by saurabh w jhaSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 15/09/2026#NASARoman activated the Wide Field Instrument—a 300-megapixel infrared camera that will allow it to explore wide swaths of the cosmos quickly. This test image captures the very first photons of starlight to reach the instrument—taken as an initial performance assessment: go.nasa.gov/4rg4qEc 8327109
Reposted by saurabh w jhaBrett Morris @brettmorr.is · 14/09/2026NASA’s proven track record of exceeding its requirements continues apace. 🔭🧪 Invest in American space sciences, and vote. science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/...science.nasa.govFuel Savings Double Potential Lifetime for NASA’s Roman Mission - NASA ScienceThe results are in: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s very accurate first mid-course correction, along with other fuel savings, are expected to more 0267
Reposted by saurabh w jhaMarkus Pössel @mpoessel.de · 14/09/2026Tonight‘s aim: another image of Supernova 2026aaiv, which is currently happening in NGC 7331. 🔭🧪 1579
Reposted by saurabh w jhaMatthias Steinmetz @galacticrave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A new supernova in NGC7331 (SN2026aaiv), again after SN2025rbs last year. bit.ly/4wyBeu3 🔭#Astrophotography🔭📷 0126
Reposted by saurabh w jhaBill Keel @ngc3314.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Almost 1st thing done in Live Astronomy during @dragoncon.org last Friday night - from SARA 1m Kapteyn telescope at La Palma, series of 30s exposures of Nancy Grace Roman space telescope transiting the faint galaxy KOS 222659.3-215011 in Aquarius. (Range 636,000 km) 04710
saurabh w jha @sublunar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Here you go... what's especially exciting is that a recent image of this galaxy NGC 7331 will also show the new supernova 2026aaiv, a "sibling" type Ia supernova! www.wis-tns.org/object/2026a... 120
Reposted by saurabh w jhaMatthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Quick thoughts on LZ's dark matter result. Because I know that's what everyone is waiting for. Usual caveat that I'm a theorist and I don't build experiments, which is good for me and for the experiments. I do write papers on dark matter direct detection, though some of those gears are a bit rusty. 22410
Reposted by saurabh w jhaEamonn Kerins @eamonnkerins.bsky.social · 01/09/2026More good news on the continuing Roman deployment: high gain antenna and sunshade both activated successfully. It's also crossed the Moon's orbit and continues towards L2. science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/...science.nasa.govNASA Roman Space Telescope’s Antenna, ‘Visor’ Deployed - NASA ScienceRoman’s antenna and visor-like sunshade have successfully deployed. 021
Reposted by saurabh w jhaSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 01/09/2026Early on the morning of Sunday, August 30, 2026, #NASARoman was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STScI is the science operations center for the telescope. This mission will revolutionize our understanding of dark energy, extra-solar planets, and astrophysics. 🔭 Credit: STScI. 14813
Reposted by saurabh w jhaHuei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I am so excited to see this 'Photonics Focus' article on GRB 221009A live !!! ft. comments from me, Eric Burns, Lauren Rhodes, + Brendan O'Connor (& featuring a Wen-fai Fong mention!) a very fun read about a very fun object !!!!!! ⛵ 🧪🔭☄️👩🔬 spie.org/news/photoni... 071
Reposted by saurabh w jhaOri Fox @orifox.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ok, here’s my version of #RomanLaunch. Different angle taken from OSB II facility. 051
Reposted by saurabh w jhaSarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A stunning launch for @nancyromansci.bsky.social today, so grateful to have witnessed it. Congrats to the entire team at @stsci.edu and beyond. 1635
Reposted by saurabh w jhaTod Lauer @todlauer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The launch of the Roman Space Telescope 316825
Reposted by saurabh w jhaBrett Morris @brettmorr.is · 30/08/2026I’ve been working at @stsci.edu to give everyone access to data from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Our treasure chest is open for anyone, anywhere, anytime. And today, the telescope is IN SPACE. 🧪🔭🚀 #astrocode 110118
saurabh w jha @sublunar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Orion rising over the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in a few hours. Go Roman! 020
saurabh w jha @sublunar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on the launch pad! Go Roman!! 4246
Reposted by saurabh w jhalastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Top-tip: if anyone wants to give you the kind of "mentorship" that you being unionised would prevent, get a new mentor fast. 14613124
Reposted by saurabh w jhaMelina Thévenot🏳️⚧️ @melina-iras07572.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#JWST MIRI image of the remnant of Kepler's Supernova, which was observed in the year 1604. The supernova was a type Ia, in other words an exploding white dwarf. 🔭🧪 #supernova #Kepler Not perfect, but here is my result after working on it for 3 hours. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SN... 49323
Reposted by saurabh w jhaBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026(3/3) Dolly called and asked if there was any way to help with this tragedy. Abumrad replied she was on a vaccine research team but it was expensive and they were still seeking grants. When Dolly heard this she replied "Well I have money" and donated $1m. Abumrad's team produced the Moderna vaccine. 204029570
Reposted by saurabh w jhaTod Lauer @todlauer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Roman Space Telescope is due to launch this coming Sunday. In this wonderful graphic, Chris Hirata has captured the complex and tortured 26 years of history that it took to get to this mission. My part was to PI the Dark Energy Space Telescope (Destiny) study, and to serve on random committees. 0104
Reposted by saurabh w jhaSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 24/08/2026The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been enclosed inside the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket’s fairing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida: go.nasa.gov/4xZRgNM #NASARoman 🔭 🧪 415548
Reposted by saurabh w jhaRyan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 20/08/2026There is actually only one true spreadsheet person. The rest of us are just posers. www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/12/tats...thisiscolossal.comMeet Tatsuo Horiuchi, the 77-Year-Old Artist Who 'Paints' Japanese Landscapes With ExcelFor over 15 years, Japanese artist Tatsuo Horiuchi has rendered the subtle details of mountains, cherry blossoms, and dense forests with the most unlikely tool: Microsoft Excel. The 77-year-old illust... 9735157
Reposted by saurabh w jhaDanny Milisavljevic @danmil.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New paper! We report JWST pre-explosion imaging of a dusty AGB-like source at the site of a rare, nearby Type Ia-CSM supernova, SN 2026sqf, in NGC 3310. Likely a carbon-rich companion feeding an exploding white dwarf. A first for Webb. We may be wrong, but I doubt it! arxiv.org/abs/2608.13321 1303
saurabh w jha @sublunar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026this sounds great but we shouldn’t be satisfied until the number of rats complaining is down to zero 120
Reposted by saurabh w jhaSam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.youtube.comThe pundits have completely lost the plotYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 7729231017
Reposted by saurabh w jhaKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/10/2023🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse 🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse 🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse 7454631755
Reposted by saurabh w jhaNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 31/07/2026Rubin will repeatedly image COSMOS over the next decade, complementing earlier observations from other telescopes and helping scientists better study how the sky changes over time.🔭🧪 13110
Reposted by saurabh w jhaTube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I love capturing those moments where London Underground trains line up perfectly with station posters. With a little patience and a bit of luck, you can end up with some wonderfully amusing and unexpected shots. 151616398
Reposted by saurabh w jhaSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 28/07/2026The Molten Ring galaxy is a gravitationally lensed galaxy 9.4 billion light-years away. A galaxy cluster 4 billion light-years away magnifies the light of the galaxy by a factor of 20, helping astronomers use Hubble to study its properties in more detail: bit.ly/49MnaDV 05017
Reposted by saurabh w jhaIvan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Today is a good day to (re-)read Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Go on. It isn't that long. 4446136
Reposted by saurabh w jhaProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This is the best of who we are and what we represent. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comIn the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team (Gift Article)At block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries. 282025547
Reposted by saurabh w jhaJonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 03/07/2026LAUNCH at 0836 UTC Jul 3 of the LINK spacecraft aboard a Pegasus rocket on the SWIFT Reboost Mission. Stargazer took off from Kwajalein at about 0739 UTC and dropped the Pegasus near 166.W 7.5N. science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/...science.nasa.govMission To Boost NASA's Swift Launches From Marshall Islands - NASA ScienceA mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Swift observatory has reached orbit. 6849
Reposted by saurabh w jhaAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026At today's UKRI board meeting, the fate of UK particle physics and astronomy will likely be decided. Have we done enough to convince the powers-that-be to halt the proposed funding cuts? 🤞 Read Prof. Hiranya Peiris in Nature today eloquently explaining why these cuts are wrong.🧪🔭⚛️ 📖: rdcu.be/friwM 520375
Reposted by saurabh w jhaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2026New in PN: A vote away from undoing the civil war "The only role for a functional SCOTUS would have been to deny a cert request by saying, 'Did the lower court stutter?' Instead, we came within one vote of letting the worst people in the country run roughshod over one of America's sacred compacts."publicnotice.coA vote away from undoing the civil warThe birthright citizenship ruling was a wake-up call, not a victory. 582669796
Reposted by saurabh w jhaNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 30/06/2026The 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-... 3294138
Reposted by saurabh w jhaElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A big bang showdown in the early salooniverse 13861128
Reposted by saurabh w jhaNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 17/06/2026Why? Because the Universe isn't static, and some of the most important cosmic events happen when nobody is expecting them! By returning to each patch of sky hundreds of times over ten years, we'll build the most complete picture yet of what's out there, and how it changes.🔭🧪 181
Reposted by saurabh w jhaJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Jalen Brunson: “You’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario. But you gotta go out there and do something about it.” A good mantra for fighting fascism too. 2767591325
saurabh w jha @sublunar.bsky.social · 07/06/2026The long-term time-domain legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope is amazingly rich and especially now, as it connects to JWST and soon, Roman. Love to see our dynamic Universe! @stsci.edu 010
saurabh w jha @sublunar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Anything written by @joshuasokol.bsky.social is a must read. I also take solace that there are infinite wonders out there in the Universe that no AI has ever seen or could adequately describe. For now, and I think still for a long time to come, humans apprehend the Universe and give it meaning. 020
Reposted by saurabh w jhaMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I have often been critical of the leadership @aaas.org but they just took action on the new OMB rules that will politicize science, speaking out and notifying members. I hope all take the time to follow their advice, contact Congress, and most important, post a comment www.aaas.org/news/aaas-st... 0228122
Reposted by saurabh w jhaDr. Craig DeForest ☀️ @craig.deforest.org · 20/05/2026Holy cow! Feast your eyes a while, on this gorgeous solar spectrum by the Sol'Ex instrument (assembled by Váradi Nagy Pál). It extends to UV and IR as well as the visible band. Marvel at the F lines, the fine structure, the IR doublets and repeating lines, and the molecular bands. Wonderful! ☀️🧪⚛️🔭 611839
Reposted by saurabh w jhaElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds. 190111153610
Reposted by saurabh w jhaSenator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/05/2026What I witnessed and experienced today was shameful. Delaney Hall is a failure; it’s this administration’s failure. The only way to make this right for our communities is to shut it down and make sure the failures we’ve seen never happen again. 4/4 11466901301
