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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Beautiful launch, but still very disappointed that we never got off the wait list to attend the launch :(

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 30/08/2026

A new set of eyes is heading for the cosmos! 🚀🔭 Congrats to NASA, Space Telescope Science Institute (our sister org in AURA Astronomy), and all on the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! 🎉 NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory and Roman together will give us complementary views of the cosmos🌟

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Only 350 days left until the first Trojan asteroid flyby! Go Lucy! (btw I don't think those are shape, color, or composition predictions 😜) 🚀🛰️📡

A box of donuts in the shape of colorful letters that spell out Eurybates

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yeah that is a real bummer about Chandlers AND the radio bars. Those could not be beat. 😔

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#icanhazpdf Anyone have Barucci and Merlin, 2020, Surface Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects. In The Trans-Neptunian Solar System, Edited by Dina Prialnik, Maria Antoinetta Barucci, Leslie Young. ISBN: 9780128164907. Elsevier, 2020., p.109-126

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Got to see the famous mechanical goats of Poznan do their thing at noon. #ACM2026

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Look what I found in our #acm2026 Airbnb in Poland!!!

Record player with Queen greatest hits album.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yeah, wind blowing out and position players pitching meatballs. (And the Padres only kicked a field goal!) A fun day at Wrigley!

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/06/2026

Today, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope leaves NASA Goddard for the Port of Baltimore to begin its journey to the Kennedy Space Center. This August, Roman will launch into space, broadening our understanding of our solar system & universe. Excited to see it on the move!

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

That's my usual response to that question.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Yes, planning to be there. (Jet fuel supply pending....)

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This about sums it up. #history

Cartoon: Two people seated in a well-stocked library, person on right leafs through a book.
Person on left comments,
"Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it.
Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it."

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Incredible footage from a United Airlines flight of the Artemis II launch.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Yes, APO does public events, but I don't think they run APOLLO during those events. APOLLO requires a well-coordinated 'dance' with aircraft spotters, the FAA, etc. before firing the lasers at the Moon.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Apache Point Observatory (APO) runs their APOLLO program every lunation... bouncing lasers off the Apollo retroreflectors. Has been doing this for years (decades, probably)...

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 01/04/2026

Feeling a little sheepish 🐑🏗️ Shaun the Sheep sat in front of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building earlier today, where the Space Launch System, with Orion and its European Service Module on top, were stacked 🚀 Big rocket, big teamwork 🌍🤝

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 31/03/2026

Shaun the Sheep has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and is at the press site, ready to cheer on his fellow astronauts for #Artemis II 🚀🐑 From Mossy Bottom in Europe to the United States - he wouldn’t miss this for the world!

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Just happened to be on the list of events visible from our house on the night of the 28th. We observe all occultations feasible with a 40-cm aperture every night, weather-permitting (Automated observations, of course.) 🔭

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Positive stellar occultation by @spacemarschall.net asteroid (33937) Raphaelmarschall captured just yesterday morning!

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Agreed. Same can be said about other mission details.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Waiting out the rain in Australia before attempting to observe a stellar occultation there, whilst remote observing at a telescope in New Mexico in the US. As one does.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Unfortunately, clouds are a problem. And rain. 🌧️

Map of clouds across New South Wales, Australia

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

And we're on the road in search of clear skies. 🔭🇦🇨

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

All packed up for a road trip to catch the shadow of Jupiter's moon Kallichore for @science.esa.int JUICE mission. 🇦🇨🔭

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Just arrived in Victoria today for this event. Going out for practice tonight. 🔭 🇦🇺

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

More observers just found out that their data were harvested and analyzed without being contacted. They are not happy. Plans to get more data from upcoming events are now scrapped, due to the behavior of these authors.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Deepest condolences, Michele. Thinking of you and your family. 💔

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Quite unfortunate that the author(s) did not offer co-authorship to the observers who actually took the critical data for this paper.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Oh, already have someone selected but just have to 'advertise' the position so it's legal? Boo. ☹️

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Husband redid the office clock. IYKYK.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I am still not over 2003. Or 1984, for that matter.

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kwalsh4a.bsky.social @kwalsh4a.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Comet 3I Atlas in PUNCH WFI imagers. This is a stack of all images from all three WFI imagers on 3-October. The streaks are from a star removal process. Thanks to Simon Porter for building this.

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ToughSF @toughsf.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

New Horizons makes its mark on history as it speeds past Pluto, Charon and Arrokoth. Excellent #space #art by @gtgraphics.bsky.social www.artstation.com/artwork/Zl98PN

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

18 cheesecakes baked last night 🍻 🌭 🌽 🍰

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Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Heads up to attendees of #epscdps2025 - there will be a splinter session about Solar System planning for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) in the Ganymede Room TODAY (Weds) at 3 pm!

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Did you see Lucy in Prague? Heard she was there.... (the fossil, that is).... on loan from Ethiopia.

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Anne Verbiscer @verbiscer.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Clouds in Helsinki ☹️ at least where I tried to look

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