The Trinity bomb test left behind a unique form of matter, and now, scientists have discovered a new chemical structure inside it

Stunning Mother's Day sunset seen Sunday night in northwest Arkansas! Thanks to Joel Haskins for sharing this picture from Gravette. #ARwx

"Former Vice President Al Gore speaks at climate reality conference, emphasizes youth education, engagement" by Margaret White for the #UTDailyBeacon utdailybeacon.com/212042/news/...

Seismic attenuation imaging beneath southern Taiwan reveals features of a complex convergence zone and provides lithological insights, helping update seismic hazard forecasts for the region. eos.org/research-spo...

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JPSS satellites have kept watch on the changing water levels of Lake Powell on the border of Utah and Arizona since 2012. These images are from a clear day near May 1st for each year.

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NASA's Artemis 3 rocket is taking shape for 2027 launch to test lunar landers (photo) www.space.com/space-explor...

Even the clouds slowed down for this evening in Värmland. Calm water, soft light, and silence stretching far beyond the shoreline. #Värmland #Sweden #NaturePhotography #Photography #Fujifilm #FujifilmNordic

Have you ever seen the thin-spined porcupine? This nocturnal rodent, also known as the bristle-spined rat, is found only in parts of northern and central Brazil. Unlike many other porcupines, this one's quills are more like bristles than spines! ultimosrefugios, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNautralist

🚀 NASA volunteers just doubled the known population of brown dwarfs! Using data from the WISE mission, citizen scientists discovered over 4,000 of these "failed stars," helping us map the mysterious objects lurking in our solar neighborhood. ✨ #NASA #SpaceDiscovery #CitizenScience 1/4

NEWS 🚨: Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around a tiny object beyond Pluto for the first time The object is just 300 miles wide and sits in the Kuiper Belt

"2024 global temperature record is consistent with model-predicted warming" | Our new article in @pnas.org (open access): www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

"2024 global temperature record is consistent with model predictions" | Piece by @brianmchugh.bsky.social about our new #PNAS article: climatewithbrian.com/2026/05/11/2...

#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to see the #Plato spacecraft in the cleanroom, and meet ESA experts. 🧪🔭 🗓️ 20 May 2026 📍 ESTEC, Noordwijk 🇳🇱 Registration 👇 esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Media_invitation_Final_chance_to_see_Europe_s_planet-hunting_satellite_Plato_in_cleanroom

Happy #EuropeDay from orbit! 🇪🇺 On 9 May, Europe Day reminds us of something our astronauts witness every day from 400 km above: a continent of remarkable diversity, bound together by shared skies 🧪🌍

The northernmost city in the U.S., Utqiagvik, Alaska is now experiencing non-stop daylight until August. GOES-18 observed the Earth's terminator that divides day and night pass to the south of Utqiagvik, beginning the phenomenon known as "midnight sun".

We are hiring a Supervisory International Trade Specialist in the Trade and Commerce Division. The position will also serve as Chief of the Trade and Commerce Policy Branch in Silver Spring, Maryland. Applications due by 5/13/26. For more info and how to apply: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

If everyone who lives (and works) in the ocean was honest on LinkedIn: it’s Reality vs. LinkedIn, Fisheries edition 🐟 #RealityVsLinkedIn

These pictures might look pretty similar, but a lot has changed in the last few decades! The mid-20th century was a boom time for fishing around the world.

Scattered large hail (some 2+ inches) and numerous severe/damaging wind gusts (isolated 75+ mph) are expected this afternoon/evening across parts of west-central to central Texas. A couple of tornadoes also appear possible across parts of west-central Texas along/near a front. weather.gov for more.

Isolated severe thunderstorms with locally damaging wind gusts and hail are possible Monday across parts of the Southeast U.S. Elevated to critical fire weather including gusty winds and low relative humidity is forecast Monday over much of the northern Great Plains.

Summerlike heat will expand from the Desert Southwest to the Central and Southern Plains this week. High temperatures will soar well into the 80s/90s to near 100, while heat indices climb into the 90s and low to mid 100s. For heat safety tips visit weather.gov/safety/heat

What was once shaping up to be a fairly productive stretch of rainfall across western North Carolina has once again fallen short. Meanwhile another very warm and mostly dry stretch looming by this weekend. #asheville open.substack.com/pub/timothyb...

Impressive for May 11: Point Lay, Alaska at 730am AKDT Monday: +9F (-13C), northeast winds sustained 35 mph and very low visibility in blowing snow. This is a straight-up ground (near) blizzard: there's no falling snow and it's basically sunny. Image courtesy FAA. #akwx @climatologist49.bsky.social

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Sunday. Cold for the season on the North Slope, Southcentral and most of southwest Alaska. Cooler than recent days in Southeast. Still mild in the Tanana Valley. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

A very active aurora display over a spruce boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska, in early February. Prints and wall art in my aurora gallery: photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Al... #alaska #aurora #northernlights #winter #auroraborealis

Texas Monthly writer Aaron Parsley deservedly won a Pulitzer Prize last week for his work describing the horror his family experienced in the July 4th TX flash floods. His words should stir a recommitment to improving flash flood and other wx warnings - and their communication. tinyurl.com/mu6bhvmj

Join @ClimateCentral.org on Thursday, May 14, for its monthly review of global climate trends for April 2026, an update on this year’s “super” El Niño, and anticipated summer impacts. buff.ly/ZpSNJcZ

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)... • about 420,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 840,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,300,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,660,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

This Hubble image of a microlensing event, OGLE-2013-BLG-0341, shows how astronomers can use Hubble to distinguish lensing objects from background stars, allowing them to interpret future events that will be seen by #NASARoman: https://news.stsci.edu/42TpwwF

See Artemis 2's amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop www.space.com/space-explor...

A large coronal hole is now visible on the Earth-facing disk. It is rotating into view and will send fast wind our way with impacts likely starting around May 14. Minor-moderate geomagnetic storming (G1-G2 / Kp 5-6) is possible with mid-latitude auroral displays.

📊 The May 2026 edition of the #CopernicusClimate multi-system seasonal forecast is now available. 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/seasonal-for...

Train of thought: On the first Antarctic expedition led by Richard Byrd (of the disputed North Pole flight), the chief scientist was Laurence Gould, who later ended up at Carleton College, across town from where my dad was growing up. Gould mentored Robert Ruhe, who got his PhD at Iowa 1/3

Around the time the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. ERA5 reanalysis, 10 m winds, mean sea level pressure, and shading for temperature.

​Búho real (Bubo bubo) ​📸 IG @ernestopfoto #Animals #Nature #Wildlife

Keep your eyes on me!! トランポリンの凄技をお見せしますっ☆

John Oliver aired this story last night. Good watch. Our Supreme Court being just a rubber stamp for the Executive Branch rather than a check on its power is not something our founders had in mind. youtu.be/qKeq4CEZtm8?...

Nuanced take on China and the Xinjiang province youtu.be/x--iH9bB-1Q?...

Daily training is important. 日々の鍛錬は大事ですっ☆

New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal how massive star clusters can reshape galaxies www.space.com/astronomy/ja...

Quite a bit of spatial variability in the pattern of temperature anomalies across #Antarctica in April 2026, though the warmth around the peninsula has been a pretty persistent feature lately. Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

Will we be a witness to El Niño history? It’s very possible! Every new model run exceeds our expectation for the “potential” strength of this upcoming El Niño event. The vast majority of models say a “Super” El Niño is coming. This video focuses on the huge impact on Galapagos life (penguins) 1/

🌍 Job hunting in #geoscience? AGI’s new and improved Geoscience Job Center has fresh listings daily! 💼 Academia, gov, private + more! 👉 www.americangeosciences.org/jobs/ #AmericanGeosciences #GeoJobs #employment #GeoscienceCareers #HiringNow #Science

Wish you could best those multi-coloured Pac Man ghosts in the flesh? Now you can. A life-sized Pac Man arena in Singapore is turning a classic arcade game into a real world experience. 👻👻👻 Run! #games #arcade #pacman

The Wolves are fun!