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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

THE EARTH AND MOON TODAY SEEN BY JUICE ON ITS FLYBY!!

Earth seen from space, bright blue and white against the blackness, with swirling cloud systems and part of the JUICE spacecraft visible in shadow along the left side of the frame.

A thin crescent Moon illuminated along its left side, revealing craters and rugged surface detail while the rest fades into darkness against a black background.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The bitter oranges outside Millennium Manor. I don't know why they're called bitter oranges. "Really sour" is a much better description.

Oranges outside Millennium Manor between Maryville and Knoxville, Tennessee

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Daniel Machacek @danielmachacek.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mars from the Hope probe (EMM/Emirates Mars Mission) ~one year ago (September 2025). The first image shows giant volcanoes with a dust storm near Noctis Labyrinthus, and the second shows foggy Hellas Planitia with seasonal CO2/water frost. Credit: Emirates Mars Mission (EMM)/EXI/D. Machacek.

Martian crescent from the EXI camera on board the EMM probe.
Color composite of three images taken through RGB filters on September 9, 2025 at ~21:17 UTC.
The image shows giant Martian volcanoes with a prominent dust storm near the valleys and canyons of Noctis Labyrinthus.

Mars from the EXI camera on board the EMM probe.
Color composite of three images taken through RGB filters on September 25, 2025 at ~14:43 UTC.
The image shows most of the Martian disk with Hellas Planitia, partially covered by seasonal frost, at the bottom, darker Terra Sabaea in the middle with prominent Huygens crater near the center of the image, brighter Arabia Terra region above, and similarly bright Isidis Planitia on the right.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Who did this? Brice Turang's name was changed to "Expensive" for a little while in the MLB app #cubs #brewers #mlb #cubsbrewers #brewerscubs

In the MLB app play by play of the Brewers Cubs game tonight, Brice Turang's name was briefly replaced with the word "Expensive"

The full view of what it was showing when Brice Turang's name was changed to expensive

If you clicked on him, you got his actual name, as seen here.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As a Cubs fan, I've wondered if the rain delay after the disastrous 9th inning in game 7 is when we departed into the alternate hell timeline.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There were a lot more clouds here than it looks like. The ones you can see are just the low ones. I was lucky to catch the moon at all, which peeked out briefly. There was something poetic about the red moon over the bridge, lit up for Dolly Parton over the Tennessee River in Knoxville.

A better version of the eclipsed moon over the Henley Steet Bridge and the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tennessee, lit up in honor of Dolly Parton.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The eclipsed moon with the Henley Street Bridge in Knoxville, Tennessee, which crosses the Tennessee River. It is lit up in honor of Dolly Parton and her coat of many colors.

The bridge lit up in rainbow over the Tennessee River

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Jason Perry @volcanopele.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Ontario Lacus is a hydrocarbon lake near the south pole of Saturn’s moon Titan. Measuring 235 kilometers long by 75 kilometers across, Ontario Lacus is slightly smaller than its terrestrial counterpart, Lake Ontario. Lakes on Titan are named after lakes on Earth that are roughly the same size.

RADAR SAR image of Ontario Lacus. Ontario is a dark, footprint-shaped feature in the middle of the frame. Hills surround Ontario Lacus to the north, marked by bright, rough terrain in this SAR image.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The solar eclipse of 2017 was 9 years ago. I was involved in organizing the event at my home institution, where we watched the eclipse. In my lifetime, this will never happen again

The total solar eclipse of 2017, seen from Roane State Community College

A wide-angle view of the eclipse above Harriman.

My my family getting ready to watch totality

The almost totality eclipsed sun over Knoxville with the Sunsphere. It was close enough that the corona could briefly be seen there. This is from a camera that I left in the bushes to remotely take picture. The quality was far worse than I expected.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Well, at least this clown looks the part.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today in 1976, 50 years ago, the Viking 1 lander touched down on Chryse Planitia, Mars, and became humanity's first long term outpost on another world (the Venera Venus landers lasted an hour or two, Viking 1 lasted over 6 years).

A view from Viking 1 in 1976, showing Martian dunes and the boulder "Big Joe."

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Watching England-Argentina, not sure what England's coach was thinking. Messi and Argentina are going to score late in the game. Every time. Focusing on defense instead of scoring was not bright. In football, there is something called prevent defense, which doesn't work. This is is soccer's version.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 15/07/2026

Left: Venus, 1 March 1982 Centre: Titan, 14 January 2005 Right: Boston, 15 July 2026

Left: Venus. Centre: Titan. Right: Earth.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today in 2020, I photographed Comet Neowise from downtown Knoxville. With the pandemic raging, it was fascinating to see people all take pictures of it from around where they live instead of traveling to exotic locations.

Comet Neowise against the Knoxville skyline with the Sunsphere on the left.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This keeps happening. I'm actually in Alaska right now. It's also happening back home. Other than a flight layover in 2025, I haven't been to Texas in many years. I want to know what is wrong with Bluesky's location system, and why it is that the Texas legislature feels like it can bother people.

Blue sky erroneously saying I'm in Texas

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

First proposal submitted where I am a Co PI. This is quite a challenge. I've been involved in proposals and projects where I am in charge and not in charge. Being in charge but with others is probably my weakest area, but this is a project that isn't going to work another way. Details if selected.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 15/06/2026

Where Spain?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Joe Rogan wants One Million Dollars.....seriously, he's turning into Dr. Evil.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Pete is right. Don't be stupid.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Company, shmumpany. The oligarch Musk has the power.

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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Surveyor 1 spacecraft touched down on the Moon #OTD in 1966. It was the first soft landing by a US spacecraft on an extraterrestrial body, an important early step towards future crewed missions to the Moon. 🧪 🔭 🚀 Images: NASA/JPL

Black and white photo of the surface of the moon showing the shadow of the Surveyor 1 lander.

A black and white photo of the lunar surface. A few small rocks and outcroppings cast shadows on the surface.

A black and white photo of the lunar surface. A large rock in the lower left corner casts a prominent shadow and there are optical artifacts that resemble "bokeh" in modern photography.

A black and white photo of the lunar surface seen during the lander's descent. A distant outcropping casts a large shadow and the curvature of the horizon is visible. There are significant optical artifacts at the top of the frame that resemble "bokeh" in modern photography.

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Cloudy Mars: Olympus and Tharsis, ESA Mars Express HRSC Massive 220MP image on Flickr ➡️ flic.kr/p/2seL8ss 🔭🧪 Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 2025-08-02 North is down HR242_0000 ND3+GR3+BL3 Notes: Cool cloud formation over the North Pole and a dust storm-like feature over Olympus Mons!

View of Mars from orbit. Colours are rusty red and pale white from cloud cover and atmospheric haze. Bright white polar ice caps swirl near the top, while thin cloudy streaks drift across the surface. Four large circular volcanoes are arranged in a broad triangle across the planet’s face. The scene feels dry, vast and softly hazy. Notably, a very cool spiral-like cloud formation appears over the North Pole, along with a dust storm-like feature near Olympus Mons.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Psyche Mars flyby images remind me of Triton. I think it's because Mars and Triton are the only two worlds we've visited with thin, normal altitude atmospheres that are still able to produce clearly visible features such as clouds blowing downwind (even if Triton's may all come from geysers).

Mars from Psyche (2026) and Triton from Voyager 2 (1989)

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 18/05/2026

This is a composite of the Moon, Mars, and Earth I made. The Moon and Earth are from Artemis II, and Mars is from the Psyche mission. Each image was taken *in the last six weeks*

Three crescents. Top: the Moon. Midde: Mars. Bottom: Earth. Background: the infinite black of space.

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Here is a mosaic from the close approach images. flic.kr/p/2sdCjqp For location reference I marked the area in MUTED (a nice Mars map website) muted.uni-muenster.de?x=76.063&y=6...

several images have been mosaiced in a diagonal line.
The terrain in the top left is lighter in color, then it gets darker where Syrtis mayor starts. This area is pockmarked with many craters and several of them have wind blown tails in the martian dust.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This is a weird moment in my career. I am intentionally being vague on details, but a grant to interlink our humanities program with a core course, including curricular and extracurricular things, was my main project until February, when I was warned to not do anything else until further notice.

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Mars - Clouds over Terra Cimmeria - ESA Mars Express HRSC Full size 5k image: flic.kr/p/2sdpsHP 🔭🧪 Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 2025-07-24 South is up HR211_0000 ND3+GR3+BL3

A close view of Mars from orbit, showing a dusty reddish surface covered in impact craters, with thin whitish high altitude clouds stretching along the upper limb of the planet against black space.

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This unassuming little crescent is actually something cool: It's a crescent Mars, seen by NASA's Psyche spacecraft as it approaches the Red Planet for a gravity assist flyby next week. Details: go.nasa.gov/4tsCLPQ

Against the darkness of space, a small, glowing crescent.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is am amazing. Now if they could just get it close to Amalthea! Does anyone connected to Juno know if this might happen?

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cosmos4u.bsky.social @cosmos4u.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto: www.nature.com/articles/s41... -> Outer Solar System Object Has an Atmosphere But Shouldn’t: www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/scie... -> A small object past Pluto may have a thin atmosphere: www.sciencenews.org/article/atmo...

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Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto

Nature Astronomy - A stellar occultation campaign reveals a thin atmosphere around the plutino 2002 XV93, showing that even a modest-sized trans-Neptunian object can host an atmosphere, perhaps...

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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

HiPOD: A Mysterious Fractured Depression on Mars While we have learned so much about Mars after over 50 years of exploration with spacecraft, there are some features that continue to be mysteries. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_071541_2200 NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #Mars #NASA

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DSCOVR 🔴 EPIC (Unofficial) @dscovr-epic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

6:32:06 PM on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, over the North Pacific Ocean.

Earth from space, centered on the North Pacific Ocean, captured on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 6:32:06 PM by NASA's DSCOVR EPIC camera.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 24/04/2026

Well, isn’t this a sight for sore eyes! 😍 Our beloved Hubble appears in this amazing image from one of Vantor's WorldView Legion satellites. It was 36 years ago today that Hubble was launched in the bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: Vantor.

A detailed image of the Hubble Space Telescope floating in space, showing its solar panels and cylindrical body in space.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Strange seeing the eclipse photos from a few years ago (2024) pop up in my memories just after seeing the Artemis II eclipse. We watched from Paducah, Kentucky.

The last bit of the photosphere going behind the eclipsed sun

The sun just going into totality with a little bit still visible on the lower left.

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

One is Pluto's moon Charon. One is Earth's moon, the Moon (aka Luna) A little shift in perspective, and even the most familiar objects in space look surprising and new. 🧪🔭

This one us Charon. Did you recognize it?

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Oh this is a fun view. The Orientale basin on the limb of the Moon as seen through an Orion capsule window. You can see, especially at around 7:00, lines of impact craters marking the giant splat of ejecta that was thrown out of the crater during the impact. www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"There are people out there."

My son Chase looking through the telescope.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This Artemis II eclipse is giving me Clementine 1994 vibes with Venus in the background.

The moon in earthshine, the solar corona, and the planet Venus towards the top from the Clementine spacecraft in 1994.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If I was on Artemis II now, I would get on the radio in a choked voice as they come out from behind the Earth & whisper "lost pressure, everyone else is dead, goodbye." I'd let it go silent for a while, then I'd start laughing. I would then return to Earth & get fired, but it would all be worth it.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Coming up on loss of signal as #ArtemisII goes behind the Moon. For the next 40 minutes humanity is divided into two - all of us, and four of them.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Okay, going to my pictures of the moon during the Artemis flyby, this one, just before I lost it, is my favorite because of the foreground trees on the lower right. It gives perspective.

The moon on April 6th, 2026, with trees in the foreground visible on the right.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Strange looking up from my front yard at the moon through wispy clouds and knowing that there are people out there, right now, looking at it from nearby. Artemis II goes around the moon today!

The Moon on the morning of April 6th using my phone and a 10-inch (0.25m) reflector.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This went really well. Suzuki signed my son's ball.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

While we will see the Orientale basin from Artemis II, it's not the first time that humans have seen it from the vicinity of the Moon. It was viewed in earthshine from Apollo 17 in 1972. That said, the sunlit views from high above that we are about to receive promise to be spectacular.

A photomosaic of the rim of Mare Orientale from Apollo 17. The illumination is from reflected light from earth.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

About to head down to the Knoxville Smokies (Cubs AA affiliate) home opener. Seiya Suzuki, one of our favorite Cubs, is here for a rehab assignment, so that's going to be a big bonus. Baseball time is here again...

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

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