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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The Ring Nebula from Webb. Image Copyright: Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST; Processing: Zi Yang Kong.🔭

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

M1: The Crab Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Alan Chen.🔭

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula Image Copyright: Mike Selby.🔭

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IamSami @iamsammi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

How we got here, says more about who brought us here than the why. #Trump4GITMO

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Recent rains have finally brought the woods to life! 🍄

A nine-image collage of various mushrooms/fungi I have found in the last couple days in the woods near where I live.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

You’re not in control of your decisions. This Nobel Prize winner spent 37+ years proving it. He exposed a psychological flaw in human decision-making. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And you'll question every decision you've ever made.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The Leo Trio.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Rabeea Alkuwari

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It's so sad to see that people around me have lost the ability to think rationally.

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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Naturally 1 out of every 6400 hydrogen atoms in water is a deuterium atom. It forms a "heavy water" molecule with a slightly sweet taste and is safe in low amounts, but you will die if more than 50% of your body's H2O is replaced by D2O.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

NGC 300: A Galaxy of Stars.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

TODAY’S NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF GALAXY NGC 4536 WHICH IS 50 MILLION LIGHT-YEARS AWAY!!! 🌌

A spiral galaxy with one especially large sweeping, curving arm in view to the left. The galaxy's core glows golden. Pink clumps of ionized hydrogen and blue clusters of stars, along with dark dust lanes, are visible in the arms. Some of the galaxy is cut off to the right.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 27/02/2025

What if the inside of black holes are a roiling sea of space and time stretching and compressing in multiple directions? Physicist Sean Hartnoll is applying new mathematical tools to explore a decades-old question. buff.ly/4kaLDWZ

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Einstein Ring Surrounds Nearby Galaxy Center.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: ESA, NASA, Euclid Consortium; Processing: J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li

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Zaid Mir @zaidmir.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The Milky Way Beyond Earth's Horizon.🔭 International Space Station

This celestial image captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit using a camera with low light and long duration settings pointed out a window on the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft shows the Milky Way beyond Earth's horizon crowned by an atmospheric glow. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are also distinguishable as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The man who sacrificed himself for science.

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Vicent J. Martínez @vicentjm.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

425 yeras ago, on 17 February 1600, Giordado Bruno was burned at the stake in Rome. We start Section 3.1 of "The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance" with this terrible fact that opened the 17th century. He was charged by the Inquisition for religious heresy. ⚛️🧪🔭

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 18/02/2025

Biologists are discovering a world of beings tinier than viruses that appear to be everywhere – even living inside us. We have no idea what most of them are doing, but they raise profound questions about what life is and how it got started. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

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A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life

The surprising discovery of entities smaller than viruses raises profound questions about what life is and how it got started

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I am not sure if humans are the most intelligent species in the universe, but I am quite sure we are the most violent.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Reflections on VdB 31.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Marinoni

Reflections on VdB 31 captured by Roberto Marinoni.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles .🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Goh

Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles captured by Michael Goh.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Today I read and completed the first chapter of Cosmos by Carl Sagan.The best book I have ever read.I was amazed at how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth .I also feel sad about the loss of the greatest library, the Library of Alexandria that once existed on the Earth.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact. ~ Carl Sagan

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

My YouTube comments only appear in the newest section.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand Fenyes

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

this ICONIC photo was taken exactly 41 years ago

Bruce McCandless II floating untethered in space above the Earth.

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Zaid Mir @zaidmir.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We are the way for the cosmos to know itself. ~ Carl Sagan

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

"Be the change you wish to see in the world". ~Mahatma Gandhi

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The Variable Nebula NGC 2261.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy Lease (Denver Astronomical Society)

The Variable Nebula NGC 2261 captured by Tommy Lease

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Zaid Mir @zaidmir.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The Cartwheel Galaxy from Webb.🔭 Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI, Webb ERO Production Team

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I'd rather have the uncomfortable truth than a comforting lie.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

84 percent of the world's population hasn't reached maturity yet .

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Zaid Mir @zaidmir.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Saturn at Night.🔭 Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Mindaugas Macijauskas Cassini-Huygens

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

We just had a class discussion about fairy tales.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hydrogen Clouds of M33.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Pea Mauro

Hydrogen clouds of the galaxy M33,captured by Pea Mauro.

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Zaid Mir @zaidmir.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A Vortex Aurora over Iceland.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Christophe Suarez

A bright vortex shaped green aurora fills the night sky, creating wavy curtains of light that arch over a snowy landscape. Below, mountains appear dark against the sky, and a white car sits on snowy ground. Snow covers most of the ground, with some dark rocks and earth showing through.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Chandra Sees the Peacock's Galaxy.🔭 Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt, L. Frattare, and J. Major,Chandra.

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Zaid Mir @zaidmir.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Pleiades over Half Dome.🔭 Image Credit & Copyright: Dheera Venkatram

A towering rock formation dominates the foreground, with its rugged surface marked by deep grooves and sheer vertical faces. The dark silhouette of the rock contrasts sharply against the night sky, which is filled with countless stars.

In the upper right portion of the sky, a bright blue star cluster stands out prominently. This cluster, known as the Pleiades, consists of several luminous stars enveloped in a faint, hazy glow. The blue color of the stars contrasts beautifully with the surrounding star field, adding a striking visual element to the composition.

The scene captures a balance between the solid, imposing presence of the rock formation and the vast, infinite expanse of the star-filled sky. The interplay of light and shadow enhances the texture of the rock, while the celestial background evokes a sense of wonder and grandeur.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

2024 was the hottest year on record. Ever. In a few years you may remember it nostalgically as the coolest you've experienced since. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/2024-the-h... 🧪