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#asteroid #Apophis, at naked-eye brightness (mag 3.1) races across Barcelona's night sky on the evening of Friday, April 13, 2029 as it comes closer to Earth than our geosynchronous satellites.

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“Do you know of any challenge in the history of humankind that was successfully overcome that began with pessimism and defeatism? There isn’t. So optimism is a choice.” — Christiana Figueres, who knows what it looks like to tackle seemingly impossible challenge – and succeed!

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The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the engulfment of a planet by its star – thought to be the first observation of its kind! Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/plane... 🔭 🧪

submitted 79 days ago • 5 comments

Magnifiques aurores filmées depuis l'ISS par l'astronaute Don Pettit

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w... I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

submitted 113 days ago • 88 comments

Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week. "...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"

submitted 115 days ago • 33 comments

#TourESO 📹🔴 Only 5 minutes left until we embark on a virtual tour of ESO's La Silla Observatory! Are you joining us? 🙂 Streamed here https://buff.ly/3EYIpFH 📷 Y. Beletsky/ESO

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I've told this story about my early education on fascism before but not on Bluesky. I vividly recall doing a project in school about history. Maybe I wanted to do the Korean War because I was a big MASH fan. That I don't recall. My physics teacher arranged for me to do a live interview... 🧵

submitted 132 days ago • 3 comments

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

submitted 139 days ago • 535 comments

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

submitted 139 days ago • 896 comments

Star Trek did say the 2020s were gonna be a little rough

submitted 140 days ago • 282 comments

Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.

submitted 147 days ago • 635 comments

remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you will do something about it

submitted 156 days ago • 197 comments

A nice piece on PRI and the Museum of the Earth by a current Cornell student who has been touched by PRI's work. See related link in the first comment. cornellsun.com/2025/01/20/g...

submitted 158 days ago • 1 comment

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King

submitted 159 days ago • 464 comments

My gingerbread for this year. Merry Christmas and happy Voyages to all!!

submitted 185 days ago • 126 comments

I thought this art was excellent... even better that it's from an @rittigers.bsky.social artist! Fantastic work, @dirtmossart.bsky.social ! #agu24

submitted 197 days ago • 2 comments

I presented my #AGU24 talk this morning and wanted to summarize my take homes. 20 yrs ago I created the Alaska Peatland Experiment (APEX) to experimentally push hydrology into wetter and drier modes. CO2 emissions are remarkable stable while CH4 is very high with flooding. 1/

submitted 200 days ago • 4 comments

I return to this poem often, and have posted it around my neighborhood when the times call for it. Today is as good as any day to return to it.

submitted 200 days ago • 16 comments

Some of the nice things about #AGU24 being local are that I don't have to book a hotel, can still see family, etc. They're also the most challenging things. 75% of what I want to see is first thing in the morning, while I'm still getting my family going for the day and riding the Metro downtown.

submitted 200 days ago • 1 comment

Permafrost contains 50% of all the soil carbon found on Earth (upper 3 meters). We need to keep that carbon in the ground. Fast permafrost facts to kick off the Permafrost Carbon Network meeting.

submitted 202 days ago • 2 comments

Patiently awaiting the launch of Sentinel-1C... Sentinel-1A is getting lonely up there! #sentinel1

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For the scientists and researchers out there: the call to put science aboard our IIAS research spaceflight with Virgin Galactic is now open - check it out! 🚀✨️ astronauticsinstitute.org/wp-content/u... We are also holding a community Q&A Dec 18 @ 0900 PST - sign up here: forms.gle/Uh7tSqCzaSXK...

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Oh, this? Just sunlight reflecting off a lake. A lake of liquid methane. On an icy world 1.4 billion kilometres away.

submitted 215 days ago • 9 comments

Time for a fresh start.

submitted 216 days ago • 0 comments