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Finally made it onto the lab website petersen.mit.edu/lab-personnel

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Big move by Perseverance today on her way to "Broom Point". Robot now stands at the westernmost point reached during this Martian Odyssey. New adventures and discoveries await! #Mars 🧪🔭

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Agencies given two weeks to plan ~50% layoffs plus simultaneous relocations while in the middle of current layoffs. Even if you think the govt should be a lot smaller this guarantees it'll be done in a non strategic, poorly coordinated way

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A short 🧵 - Via @nasawatch.bsky.social on "X": #NASA sources report that NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails has sent out a memo that is making its way through the agency - about the OPM mass email that everyone got on Saturday..." 1/

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Adama: What do you hear? Starbuck: Nothing but the rain.

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NIH indirects case update: Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges. Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides: (I'm paraphrasing here)

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Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Parks Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has blinked. via @jackdolan.bsky.social

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Noctilucent clouds on Mars, as human eyes have never seen them before. Amazing. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

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Walking in to NASA’s JPL today as a woman in science leadership felt almost like a protest. They can take us off the webpages and the walls, but we will still be here, absolutely crushing it, and supporting our community while we do it. Happy International Day of Women in Science, everyone.

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Intermittent reminder that 'AI' is a broad name for a huge range of technologies, some of which are really useful and have no negative effects, some of which are pretty useless and/or based on plagiarism. The existence of one doesn't negate the existence of the other.

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This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.

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North Carolina reporting tuberculosis on the rise for the first time in decades, as an outbreak in Kansas continues to surge. North Carolina was one of the first States to institute a mask ban. A respirator doesn’t just guard against covid, it protects against TB too

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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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Crew 9: Her comments came amid efforts by NASA to finalize plans to bring Williams, Wilmore, Crew-9 commander Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov back to Earth after a weeklong handover with their Crew 10 replacements. Story available here: www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-as...

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NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel's annual report is out. www.nasa.gov/news-release...

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Day 3 of NASA Human Research Program (HRP) Investigators’ Workshop! #IWS2025 👩‍🔬🧪 Heard from Dr. Michael Barratt about his recent spaceflight experience on expedition 71+ and then presented on our artificial gravity work (gene expression changes in the bone)! 🚀🦴🩺

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Fantastic day 2 of NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) Investigators’ Workshop (IWS)! Loved the session on neural stressors - so many cool brain organoid projects happening, we’re enabling the future of human health in space! ☺️✨ #IWS2025 🧪👩‍🔬🧠

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Yesterday was day 1 of the NASA Human Research Program (HRP) Investigators’ Workshop (IWS)! 🚀 #IWS2025 Can’t wait to check out some of today’s sessions on neuro / bone / cardiovascular health in space, and more! 👩‍🔬🧪🦴🧠🫀

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Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH. I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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And so it begins…. 😔

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Next on the pad: A dedicated Electron launch for Kinéis We're targeting no earlier than Feb 4th NZT for lift-off from Launch Complex 1. Mission info: bit.ly/3Cs3uHK

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Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Huygens landing on Saturn's moon Titan, humanity's only landing on the outer solar system. To the left is what it saw. To the right is the upper portion of the image with vertical exaggeration to show the topography on the horizon.

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Is anybody else having this problem where it says “invalid handle” on your profile?? My username @imastroanna.bsky.social still shows up in individual tweets, so I can’t figure out what to fix!

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From now on I will only be paying with these

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Via NASA JPL Center Director, Laurie Leshin: #NASAJPL is untouched by fire due to the brave dedication of our first responders. 150 JPLers who have lost their homes and many more displaced. Please consider offering support here: caltech.imodules.com/controls/ema...

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Blue Origin has postponed the debut of its New Glenn rocket due to rough seas in the booster recovery zone. Now targeting Jan. 13 for the liftoff from Cape Canaveral during 3-hr window that opens at 1 am EST (0600 UTC). Watch live pad views: youtube.com/live/E1uVzfQ...

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I've got a new book coming out next month - all about how prehistoric plants changed the world - and I'd love for it to bloom wildly when it comes out. Pre-orders make a massive difference, so please consider ordering a physical, ebook, or audio copy, and asking for it from your favorite library 🌱

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These Maxar satellite images captured yesterday give a clear view of the devastation unfolding in LA. Thousands of buildings destroyed by the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire:

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Hear me out: we go stick googly eyes on asteroids. For science.

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For those who wish to listen in to the Mars Sample Return Media Teleconference at 1:00 PM EST Today ( 7 January) here's the audio link via the #NASA YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6-h...

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Via #TheHill - Trump is pondering a shake-up of #NASA and its programs thehill.com/opinion/tech...

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First lego build of 2025: Star Wars Millenium Falcon, though not the ultimate collector series version (one day….hopefully!!)

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@coleadamdavis.bsky.social Would you like to be added to the Space Med starter pack I just created? 🧑‍🚀 Trying to collate a list of us, though I know we’re few and far between!

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Tom Vice is out as CEO of Sierra Space, as the $5 billion company works to debut its long-delayed Dream Chaser spaceplane later this year: www.cnbc.com/2025/01/06/s...

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NASA will share the new plan for Mars Sample Return on Tues. Starship IFT-7 may launch on Friday. New Glenn might finally launch this week, or not. What’s Happening in Space Policy January 5-12, 2025 spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-h...

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The next giant of spaceflight is ready to break its chains. New Glenn Flight One | 1/8/25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVsB...

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