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Highly fascinating that for the @esa.int gravitational wave observatory #LISA (launch ~2035), #spaceweather effects need to be studied. Kind of logical, due to the superhigh sensitivity of the observations. 2035 is the max of solar cycle 26, and we might know its strength in the early 2030s. paper👇

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This is a new tool to look at @science.esa.int #SolarOrbiter imaging data (or data from other missions) and the field of views of different instruments. hpa.esa.int/hpa/#/home

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This morning we drove to Bozeman Pride for @zoandbehold.bsky.social to speak, then went down to Yellowstone and saw incredible sights. Then, on the drive back to Missoula at 1AM, the heavens erupted. Naked eye visible aurora. The northern lights told us Happy Pride :)

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Unprocessed Level 0 data from @punch-mission.bsky.social are now available at: punch.space.swri.edu/punch_scienc... code tools: github.com/punch-missio... documentation: punchbowl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

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The @egu.eu General Assembly week in #Vienna 🇦🇹 May 3-8 2026 may overlap with the @eurovision.tv Song Contest 2026 week! Could be more likely though that the #ESC happens one week later, with the final on Saturday May 16. If the #ESC goes to #Graz, visitors @aswogeosphere.bsky.social are welcome! 😀

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Theoretically the special theory of relativity was invented in Switzerland 🇨🇭 😆 - when at an @issibern.ch teams meeting, pay a visit to the Einstein Haus in downtown Bern, where he lived in 1905 when he invented special relativity!

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Tomorrow is the anniversary of the 10-11 May 2024 geomagnetic superstorm! Our paper in @agu.org Space Weather led by Eva Weiler demonstrates the solar source of 5 interacting #solarstorms and the possibility to better predict such events with sub-L1 monitors in the future. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1029/2024...

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The University of Helsinki has put this introductory course on "Sustainable Space" online, covering topics such as #spacedebris, #spaceweather, #solarwind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere, atmosphere, as well as basics of satellites, orbits, and launchers. courses.mooc.fi/org/uh-physi...

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At #EGU2025 I talked today about our catalogs for #solastorm observations and how they are used for enhancing #spaceweather forecasting. Plus gave a quick outlook of how data of the new PUNCH @punch-mission.bsky.social mission can be used in connection with many other spacecraft in the heliosphere!

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Annual #EGU25 arrival picture and Christina Cohen kicks off the open session with recent Parker Solar Probe highlights!

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Say 👋 and meet our team at #EGU25!

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Sarah’s rules of looking for life with only chemical signatures: 1) the smaller the molecule(s) the more likely they can also be produced by abiotic processes 2) one molecule, if it can be produced by any abiotic process, will never be enough to definitively claim detection of life

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Impressions from Yuri's Night on April 12 at the Natural History Museum in Vienna @nhmwien.bsky.social, where I was invited to talk about the effects of #spaceweather on humankind, with representatives from the Austrian space industry and ESA (reserve) astronaut Carmen Possnig! Credit: Anira Ivo

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If the Sun has an eruption while the Artemis crew is on their way to the Moon, they'll need to rig a 'pillow fort' of radiation protection & snuggle together until it passes. Astronaut reality beyond Earth's protective magnetic field. spacenews.com/a-little-pil...

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At the #SolarOrbiter eruptive events working group meeting yesterday, we had a great talk by Sarah Gibson on the amazing #PUNCH mission to observe the corona and solar wind with polarized brightness images! First light is coming soon, check out updates at punch.space.swri.edu.

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We have published an update to our #solarstorm catalog today, now with 1901 in situ observed events. Solar ☀️ activity in 2024 was really strong, adding another 192 events measured at @esa.int Solar Orbiter, NASA Parker Solar Probe and other missions, with 50 events at 🌍. helioforecast.space/icmecat

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🚨Our new paper is out now! We caught Jupiter’s upper atmosphere reacting dramatically to a bursts of solar wind, which triggered a planet-wide wave of heat to flow from the auroras. This changes how we think about the Sun’s influence at the outer planets. www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Re...

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This is a cool citizen science effort to go along with the Fram2 human space mission to be launched early April 1. #Aurora photographs will be taken from space and on the ground. Currently though, the solar wind is relatively quiet and no #solarstorms are en route to Earth. www.solarmaxmission.com

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Beautiful!

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We have updated spacecraft mission trajectory movies for @esa.int Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo and NASA Parker Solar Probe, for the whole decade 2020 to 2030. There are extra movies for 2025-2030 for the just launched #PUNCH mission, for context where the other spacecraft are. doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

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As a long-time Neptunophile, anticipation of these images was one of the key reasons I became a JWST 🔭 Interdisciplinary Scientist. Kudos to the team for realizing my dream! webbtelescope.org/contents/new...

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I am featured in a new episode of the german podcast "Rätsel der Wissenschaft" by @derstandard.at, talking about #solarstorm effects on Earth. I was not aware early explanations for #aurora included earthquakes, volcanoes and reflection of sunlight from icebergs 🤭 podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/r...

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PUNCH is orbiting and all four spacecraft are Sun-pointed. I can sleep now. ☀️🛰️🔭🚀

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#PUNCH spacecraft separating!

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Go #PUNCH!!!

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Weather looks much better today for a launch, at least to my untrained eye. Can't wait to hear the internal briefing later today. Let's get this party started! (SPHEREx/PUNCH launch) 🔭☀️🛰️🚀

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Bad weather yesterday at the launch site (Vandenberg AFB in California), this means another day, another chance for a launch of #PUNCH 😁. In Central European Time: Wednesday March 12, 4:10 am 🦉 plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi...

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This is a really fascinating study on how rising greenhouse gas levels cool the upper atmosphere, and thus reduce drag on satellites. This exacerbates the problem of getting rid of older satellites, in particular in low Earth orbit. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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There is a new announcement for the #PUNCH launch: Monday March 10 23:10 Eastern Daylight Time, which corresponds to Tuesday March 11 04:10 am Central European Time. blogs.nasa.gov/punch/2025/0...

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Via #NASA - Looks like another scrub for SPHEREx and PUNCH "The additional time will allow teams to continue rocket checkouts ahead of liftoff. A new launch date will be announced once confirmed on the range. " blogs.nasa.gov/spherex/2025...

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Next try for the #PUNCH launch 🚀 in Central European time 04:09 am on Sunday March 9. ☀️

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Tonight (knock on wood) PUNCH and SPHEREx will take a short truck ride from the Payload Processing Facility at Astrotech Space Operations, a couple of miles to the SLC-4 pad area for integration to a Falcon 9. Pretty exciting! I'm heading in to the base now to witness the rollout. ☀️🛰️

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This is the first image from the first commercial spacecraft to fully successfully land on the Moon. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has successfully touched down on the Moon!

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New #PUNCH launchtime 04:09 Central European Time, Wednesday March 5.

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The launch of #PUNCH, the first mission with polarized heliospheric imagers, is now planned for 04:09 Central European time early on Monday March 3.

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Great new review by Nada Al-Haddad and Noé Lugaz on a more realistic view on how magnetic field ropes inside solar storms look like, synthesizing many different studies of the past decades. More deformation, less twist, but still a lot to learn! ☀️ open access 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/a...

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Lovely to have SDO/AIA data back online, super important for real time solar storm source region assessment! Waiting for HMI. (you don‘t know what you got till it’s gone) sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/l...

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