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Planetary Science Institute @psi.edu · 05/06/2026

Happy Friday! 🌌 🎨 This week's #SciArt features a painting from our art collection. This piece, Coronagraph from the Moon, was painted by PSI cofounder William K. Hartmann in 2025. A coronagraph is a device that blocks out direct light from the Sun so the corona can be studied.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

"If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint." (Edward Hopper) (Edward Hopper, Room by the Sea, 1951)

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The Total Solar Eclipse from Artemis II This image sequence was captured by a modified GoPro on the solar array of the Orion spacecraft while the Artemis II mission flew around the farside of the moon. Credit: NASA/Simeon Schmauß 🔭🧪 #Artemis

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Western Space @westernuspace.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Our next #CountdowntoArtemisII expert: #WesternU planetary geo PhD candidate, Jack Hostrawser! His research on impact cratering, remote field training and his work with astronauts provides unique insight into what the #ArtemisII crew will see on their historic journey. 1/2

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Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 @westernuntp.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The CSSL/NTP assisted the US National Weather Service (NWS) with their upgrading of the official rating of the June 2025 Enderlin, ND tornado from EF3 to EF5. Announced by the NWS today, it’s the first EF5-rated tornado in the US since 2013. Details here: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202... Image B. Emfinger

Drone photo courtesy Brian Emfinger and used with permission.

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Jack Hostrawser @wabalaba1.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It's always sad to come back from the field, largely because we have to say goodbye to awesome people. I'm grateful to have been able to support the #Kamestastin2025 #Artemis geology training. Now, time to let the blackfly bites heal...

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Western Space @westernuspace.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

On June 20th, some of the Skylark CubeSat team visited the Gr. 6 students at the Eva Circe-Cote French Immersion Public School in St. Thomas! The students got to learn all about cubesats designed & built at Western University. Thank you to the ECC FIPS School for hosting them! @westernu.ca

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Jack Hostrawser @wabalaba1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It took a million years or so, but I have finally published my first science paper, on an underappreciated ancient impact basin near the Moon's south pole. Thanks to my friends, family, and supervisor @drcrater.bsky.social for support along the way! doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

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Gordon "Oz" Osinski @drcrater.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

It was amazing to be there to witness the opening of the Science Evaluation Room where our #ArtemisIII science team will support the astronauts during the first human mission to the #Moon in my lifetime 😀 #ToTheMoon www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

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NASA’s Artemis Science Team Inaugurates Flight Control Room - NASA

In early June, NASA’s Artemis II lunar science team ran a mission simulation for the first time in the newly completed Science Evaluation Room (SER) at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Th...

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Jack Hostrawser @wabalaba1.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

First identification of preserved dinosaur footprints in South Africa, by UWO's Dr. Guy Plint. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... I had the privilege of doing fieldwork with Dr. Plint in northern B.C. in '22 and seeing dino prints there was a vivid window through time I'll never forget.

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Ben Feist @benfeist.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Great new film by NASA featuring some of the wonderfully talented people that I get to work with every day. We're working hard to prepare for our return to the Moon. This film shows just one aspect of those preparations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoJO...

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Preparing for Artemis: NASA's Geology Training for Lunar Exploration

YouTube video by NASA Johnson

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Jack Hostrawser @wabalaba1.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Slowly making the shift over from the other site, where I have the same handle (@wabalaba1).

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