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Happy interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS closest approach day to those who celebrate! 🧪🔭☄️ www.space.com/news/live/in...

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Our remote workers may not be able to join the #picket, but they have things to say too! "I would love to believe that the @society4science.bsky.social believes in us. Instead, I am in disbelief at how little they offer those who pour so much of themselves into its mission." @nikkogasa.bsky.social

I'm so proud of my @sn-media-guild.bsky.social colleagues, who have been picketing in front of the schmancy new @society4science.bsky.social building ALL DAY LONG. They are so cool and smart and funny and have so much freaking stamina 🥹

Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet? Help archives help you! (Help archives keep funding!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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12 hours until the workers of the Science News Media Guild will conduct a 24-hour #strike. This comes after our members voted to reject the @society4science.bsky.social's latest contract proposal. Rally with us for a fair contract on 11/5, from 8 AM to 8 PM at 1776 Massachusetts Ave, NW.

Here we go ✊

@kakape.bsky.social KSJ '24, shares actionable tips for journalists seeking to reduce the harm of misinformation. ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/10...

See my recent feature on nuclear weapons testing for explanations www.sciencenews.org/article/nucl...

Annotating Trump's statement on nuclear weapons. (My comments in []): Trump: The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. [No it doesn’t.]This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. [No it wasn’t.]

I wrote a love letter to my husband, and also Pluto. www.narratively.com/p/pluto-tran...

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

Duffy says today's announcement is consistent with "the president's vision and mission of continuing science to support human exploration beyond Earth." Fact check: this administration has proposed canceling Mars sample return.

To sum up: we have 🪨 A cool rock from #Mars that may or may not hold evidence of ancient life 🛰️ An internal fight over whether NASA should spend its money on science or human exploration, and on what planet 🤔 A totally uncertain future for this amazing rock 🧪

There are many layers going on in this NASA press conference. Notably, the head of science Nicky Fox just gave a hard sell for NASA science missions, in the presence of the acting administrator who has not said a lot about science to-date.

There's a NASA presser happening now in which acting admin Duffy said "This very well could be the clearest sign of life that we’ve ever found on Mars." That doesn't mean it is a sign of life. We covered this cool rock in 2024, paper in Nature is out today: 🧪🔭 www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa...

This story began with a JPL press release in July 2024, soon after the #Mars rock was discovered. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p... Today is the publication of the peer-reviewed paper describing what's in it. That @nature.com paper is here www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

An important part of this story (which I am not expecting the NASA live stream to mention) is that the sample return mission that could potentially answer the question of life on Mars is being threatened by budget cuts from the Trump administration www.newscientist.com/article/2495...

I looked forward to seeing @vrubinobs.bsky.social's telescope in action for years. But when I arrived in Chile for a visit this spring, the structure was lying motionless, aimed at the horizon. Here's how the crew solved a mystery and got the camera back up 🔭🧪 www.sciencenews.org/article/vera...

THESE ROBOTS ARE SO CUTE I LOVE THEM 🧪🔭🤖 thanks @castelvecchi.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

You've heard of glam rock, you've heard of dad rock, now it's time for...

I always love a weird Mars rock

The first nuclear explosion, called the Trinity test, was set off 80 years ago today in New Mexico. Since then, more than 2,000 nuclear explosions have rattled the globe, and a renewed interested has stirred dismay among scientists.

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"Astronomers eager to use the Rubin Observatory frequently talk about the value of just looking at the universe. Basic research is a public good...that can provide new insight into our history while improving our shared future." @rboyle31.bsky.social 🔭🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/bloc...

The Planetary Society will provide a NASA budget briefing on Thursday, June 12, at 12pm ET! We'll answer the top-rated scientific community questions, share everything we know, and give you our expert perspective on what's going on. Register for free here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share. These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.

🧪Source request: Are you a father in academia trying your best to be an equal partner in parenting? Do you want to tell me about why you think that is important? If so, please reach out! I'll only be able to speak to 1 source (it's a short piece), but tell me about your situation & it could be you!

So my family is relocating to Minnesota this summer. Luckily, I can keep my amazing job at @sciencenews.bsky.social - I've been a remote worker here for 8 years. My colleagues who happen to live in DC should have the same freedom to move cities if they need or want to. It bugs me that they don't.

I've been waiting for @adambecker.bsky.social's book "More Everything Forever" to come out for YEARS. Unfortunately its release has the best/worst possible timing. Go read it, be horrified, get motivated. www.sciencenews.org/article/more...

Nice write-up of the exoplanet biosignature news this week from @astrolisa.bsky.social. A 3-sigma result is basically the scientific equivalent of an invitation to take a closer look www.sciencenews.org/article/alie...

If you want to understand the headlines this week about “possible signs of life” on an exoplanet, I ask you to trust the astronomy journalists. Read @astrolisa.bsky.social with this great explainer www.sciencenews.org/article/alie...

There may not ever be a moment when scientists definitively declare they’ve found alien life. Detections will probably trickle out like this one has... There will probably always be room for doubt. 🧪🔭 www.sciencenews.org/article/alie...

Thoughts_vfinal7_smh_thisone I will always be extra skeptical of sulfur bearing species. There has been substantially less lab work done on them for a variety of reasons. They are sticky and corrosive so you often needed dedicated setups. And the precursors are toxic.

Ok one more thing. If it is DMS that’s really neat. We have a bunch of unanswered questions about DMS on Earth and being able to study it in another atmosphere might help us learn more about our own planet. There. Write that story. No sensationalism needed.

If you are looking for life ONLY with chemical signatures, you need to have an incredible understanding of the abiotic background. An understanding that we do not even have for deep time on Earth even with all of the access and laboratory tools we current have.

A few weeks ago I was at Carnegie for an excellent workshop on the “abiotic background”. Chemistry is happening everywhere, all over the universe. It makes all different kinds of molecules. This is good. This led to life eventually. It’s also bad. It makes looking for life hard.

Fun details in this thread 🧪🔭

Meanwhile on Mars, another story of surprising spectra: 🧪🔭 www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa...

2/2 ...let's re-visit my @undark.org feature from a few years ago, on how and why #astronomy / #space stories so often lead us into the hype-o-sphere: undark.org/2021/01/18/a... #science

I have A Lot Of Thoughts about this K2 18b signs of life thing (and about the way that claim was communicated to the press and the public) but it looks like I already said many of them, five years ago, after another outsized claim about this same dang planet 🧪🔭 www.sciencenews.org/article/why-...

Feeling v conflicted about this launch🧪 Inner scientist: space shouldn't be the playground of the rich & famous ☹️ Inner kid: 🥳 Inner geek: An 11min journey 100km up does not make you an astronaut 😠 Inner feminist: powerful successful women showing the bravery and riches usually associated with men 🙆‍♀️