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ESA has awarded contracts for a pair of parallel studies to develop lunar habitat concepts that could support future operations on the Moon. europeanspaceflight.com/esa-awards-c...

New Jersey has proposed the F.U.C.K.I.C.E Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...

Voyager 1 is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth and getting 17km farther every second and hilariously it is not as out of touch with New Zealand as our Prime Minister

Help us out if you can. 🚀❤️ actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

‼️ ALERT ‼️ The White House aka OMB aka Russ Vought is trying to forestall #NASA #Science funds AGAIN even though #Congress passed the minibus in Jan AND Trump signed it into law subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026... nasawatch.com/uncategorize... @roguenasa.altgov.info @nasawatch.bsky.social

Losing the historical, irreplaceable documents of the Goddard Space Library would be detrimental to space science. You can help save the library by visiting this link below! tinyurl.com/ycxc83yd (1/4🧵)

The Trump admin and FCC don’t want you to watch this Stephen Colbert interview with Texas Rep. James Talarico, who is running for Senate. That means you should probably go watch it. Texans - early voting starts today! youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social

This is how you shift your schedule to land humans on the Mars and beat whoever the Big Bad is in this new space race with the Moon nuke or whatever we’re doing now If you want the Moon nuke in 4 years, why do this? I’m ambivalent wrt the Moon nuke - there are pros & cons. This is just dumb tho

A good summary of today's Minibus Package from #Congress #Appropriations (both sides) includes for #NASA. I have not had time to parse the Minibus myself as of yet, but will provide additional detail, particularly in terms of #heliophysics impacts, in a follow up post. spacenews.com/minibus-prov...

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly (@captmarkkelly.bsky.social) and Jon Stewart dissect Pete Hegseth's "sedition" accusation against the retired Navy captain and how it speaks to the fragile egos of the Trump administration

On @thedailyshow.com with tonight - @captmarkkelly.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥!!!! Great job CDR!! 😉 🚀🚀🚀

📣 Scientists using Hubble have uncovered a new type of astronomical object!  This starless, dark-matter-dominated cloud is a relic from the early Universe, a failed galaxy. Read more 👉 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble 🔭 🧪

Elon is GLEEFULLY enabling the exploitation of children and the harassment and abuse of women. It's clear that Musk is behind the constant push to make Grok an increasingly disgusting vector for this kind of behavior. If elected leaders won't hold him accountable, we will. #TeslaTakedown

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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

Funding cuts to critical research, staff reductions at agencies, political interference & disinformation are eroding public trust in decades of peer-reviewed science. How can we respond to this challenging moment? Here's some inspiration by Allie Cashel from @protectdemocracy.org.

Looking for Public Policy and Advocacy actions? ‼️ STAND UP FOR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social ‼️ The @agu.org has simple action items you can take to show your support and make a difference. #SaveScience Please share this widely. If you've got weather, you should care. agu.quorum.us/home/

Check out our #nasa Citizen Science programs!! 🚀 Help NASA with dozens of projects - from spotting asteroids to searching for planets beyond our solar system, and more, there are projects for everyone! Do you already participate? Tell us about it! 🔭🧪📡🛰️ science.nasa.gov/citizen-scie...

‼️HEADS UP‼️ Especially to friends at #NASA #Goddard Among other looming closures at #gsfc, the Goddard gym is closing on Dec. 31st -- even though it is in the charter that y'all must have health and fitness centers. @roguenasa.altgov.info @altnasa.bsky.social

This article is an extremely well presented discussion about the current funding challenges for science and medicine in the US. Highly recommend. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @nytimes.com #FundScience #publicpolicy @altnih4science.bsky.social @roguenasa.altgov.info @roguenoaa.altgov.info

Thank you, @lofgren.house.gov , for your continued support of #NASA and NASA science!!! @roguenasa.altgov.info

It's been a rough year for #federalworkers. But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝 In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻

📢Another bit of news for #NASA #Goddard folks. Multiple contacts report that #GSFC library is closing down, keeping only ~10% of the books and artifacts. No plan for the other 90%? Originally scheduled to shutdown on Dec 9 -- now delayed (new date unknown) @roguenasa.altgov.info #SaveLibraries

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They had no reason to be deployed to DC.

Can confirm. Keep getting pretty great papers. All hail the Global Tetrahedron! 🫡 🧅

🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI. "Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements" Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.

Hello Percy, what are you looking at? Selfie captured 8 hours ago. #Mars Nov. 28, 2025 - Sol 1697 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭

any system that showers hundreds of billions on this person for building zero sustainably profitable businesses is a bad system

As a seasoned emergency manager who's overseen some of FEMA's biggest response and recovery plans, I can assure you this is nonsense. Reducing the 75/25 cost share and assuming states not ending in -orida have the capacity to manage major public assistance projects is naive and dangerous policy.

Voyager 1 wide-angle Jupiter mosaic (March 4, 1979) - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/2et7QZW

There is no administrator of DOGE? There is no administrator of DOGE? There is no administrator of DOGE? There is no administrator of DOGE? There is no administrator of DOGE? There is no administrator of DOGE? There is no administrator of DOGE? THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE?????? #WITAOD

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Bruh……..

The struggle is real.

Do you feel a sudden sense of fear & uncertainty, as if your life is upended? That you might lose your health insurance & have to update your resume & apply for jobs in a terrible market? Did you think your job was secure only to find out it’s not? Oh no. Anyway www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...

SO DO YOU THINK I SHOULD WAIT TWO DAYS BEFORE I TEXT OR IS IT OKAY TO TEXT HIM TODAY

This week the Trump CDC attacked science — and our health, and our kids’ health — by twisting the truth on the CDC website. There’s things to say about the playbook they used, and that’s helped by a little explanation about scientific truth in practice. New vid explainer from me: 🧪 part 1/

"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."

Meet George Deutsch, appointed by Bush 2.0! He instructed a NASA website designer to add the word "theory" after every occurrence of the phrase Big Bang. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...

Captain Kelly was also Commander (CDR) of the Space Shuttle on STS-124 and STS-134. STS-134 was the 2nd to last flight of the Space Shuttle before it was retired.

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Yes, they are Zinda, his eyes red!