Profile avatar
messier33.bsky.social
- Futurist - Botanist & Chemist - Amateur Astronomer - Citizen Scientist
95 posts 13 followers 10 following
Getting Started
Active Commenter
Posts 6 Comments 44

☄️ 🔭 The impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 has dropped from 2.8% to 0.16%. Thanks to new observations, Earth is now at the edge of our shrinking ‘uncertainty window.’ If this trend continues, the risk may soon reach 0%.

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

🌍🛰️ Almost 40% of glaciers in Central Europe were lost between 2000 and 2023. A new study, using data from various satellite observations -including our CryoSat mission- reveals alarming insights about the declining rate of glaciers. Read the full study🔗 esa.int/Applications...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 might impact Earth in 2032 has risen to 2.8%. This means that it has surpassed the chance of impact briefly held by the much larger asteroid Apophis back in 2004. @esaoperations.esa.int ☄️🔭

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Some of the most stunning images coming from the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope, a post shared by popular demand. Do let us know in the comments 👇 what else you'd like to see in here, regardless of ESA space mission. 🔭 #astronomy #space

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Solar Orbiter is getting ready for a close encounter with #Venus. Today’s flyby will be the first to significantly ‘tilt’ the spacecraft’s orbit and allow it to see the #Sun’s polar regions, which cannot be seen from Earth. Get the details 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup... 🔭

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

#Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very odd celestial couple. The pair consists of a hot star, more than 10 times larger than our Sun & a small compact white dwarf, with a mass similar to our star. Find out more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪 #extragalactic #highenergyastro

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments