We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

From. The. Rooftops. You're not going to find a magic money-printing machine that will give you these types of reliable returns year-after-year. NOAA and NWS don't just keep us safe - they create immense value for the American taxpayer.

Here’s a great starter pack list of women in space, astronomy and scicomm!

Back in the 1990s I worked on a unique educational project called The World Timecapsule, which was inspired by the Voyager Golden Records. I now had the chance to write a remembrance of the project for @Supercluster and it feels like a great wrap up for my career www.supercluster.com/editorial/re...

What the heck, my Threads account was suspended! Have no idea why

I wrote an article back in 2007 about how engineering experts in Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) thought it might not be possible to land a human mission on Mars. I checked in with Rob Manning from JPL for an update, and the outlook has changed considerably.www.universetoday.com/169697/the-n...

Some personal news: I'm retiring from my career as a space & science journalist! I've been thinking about it for a while and have a milestone birthday coming up next year so decided to go for it. I chose today to retire, as it is a culmination of round numbers: 1/8

Need to see something beautiful and calming? These breathtaking images from the New Zealand astrophotography competition will do the trick! www.universetoday.com/169293/our-b...

Not fun to report on this .... Another round of layoffs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, lab Director Laurie Leshin said in a memo to staff, “This is a message I had hoped not to have to write." www.universetoday.com/169291/nasas...

I live-tweeted an evacuation of the astronauts from the International Space Station when a piece of debris was possibly going to hit the ISS. I knew NASA had a new livestream of various com loops between the ISS & the ground & obviously not many people knew about it. My # of followers tripled

Dang…

Here's a fun way to use astronomy! An astronomer used 19th-century maps to discover the exact location of a famous Vincent van Gogh painting, and then used astronomical calculations to determine which date the Sun would be in the exact position as the painting.www.universetoday.com/169086/astro...

Lovely #aurora tonight in Central Minnesota

The 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners have been announced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and like every year the photos are STUNNING! Take a look!! www.universetoday.com/168457/and-t...

NASA has announced three science instruments and their plans for planetary science during the Artemis III mission, currently planned for 2026. www.universetoday.com/166321/nasa-...

ECLIPSE GLASSES! Have yours yet for the April 8 total solar #Eclipse2024 ? Support @astro4equity an awesome org that uses astronomy & space to improve lives and communities for the most marginalized communities. Order/find out more here: astro4equity.org/product/sola...

So cool: music, cosmology, astronomy, particle physics and more, all together in one piece. "Composer expresses the origins of the universe using string instruments," from @npr one.npr.org/?sharedMedia...

What message would YOU send to an alien civilization? You might have a chance to do so with a next-generation "Voyager Golden Record"-type project called "Message in a Bottle," www.supercluster.com/editorial/a-...

Thinking of purchasing a telescope this holiday season? I review the Unistellar eQuinox 2 and new solar filter on Universe Today. Lots of upsides for beginners and even seasoned observers! www.universetoday.com/164740/revie...

About to commence the annual swear-fest that is printing out the address labels for my holiday cards. Anyone else have this happen year?

The crazy contact binary moon that was discovered around asteroid Dinkinesh by NASA's Lucy mission just got its own name: Selam. And those three names (Dinkinesh, Selam and Lucy) are all connected www.universetoday.com/164566/the-n...

Amazon has steep discounts on books right now, including my books at less than half of list price. "Eight Years to the Moon" is under $16 www.amazon.com/Eight-Years-...

A new paper says that the Chinese Long March rocket booster that struck the Moon last year (yes, it really was theirs) must have had an additional undisclosed payload on board because the impact created two craters. www.universetoday.com/164379/a-chi...

The Sun today, just a few moments ago as seen by the Unistellar Equinox2 with a solar filter. A sunspot group can be seen near the right limb; the Sun's granulation —or the bubble-like features due to convection currents in the solar interior— are also visible across the entire surface.

Chicago area friends, I'll be part of a fun 'all about the MOON' event this coming Sunday, November 12 at 5 pm: Beth Mund's Casual Space Podcast LIVE at the amazing (and aptly named) Moonlight Theatre in St. Charles, IL. Find out more: www.bethmund.com/events

Today is Carl Sagan's birthday. Like many of my colleagues and friends, Sagan had a profound influence on me. Several years ago I asked @universetoday readers to share their favorite Sagan quotes, and it still is a great read: www.universetoday.com/90823/carl-s...

Job opening alert for space/science journos, The Planetary Society is hiring a science editor, find out more: www.planetary.org/careers/scie...

About to go live with @starstryder and the @cosmoquestx Hangout-A-Thon, talking about second careers in space science, or in my case, space journalism/outreach. Even tho I've been doing this a while, I didn't ALWAYS do this ! Watch: Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX or www.youtube.com/c/CosmoQuest

Earlier today, the Sun as seen with the Unistellar Equinox2 and their new solar filter. Sunspot group visible on the lower right and one just coming into view on the left.

Two scientists write in a new paper that they expect the upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory could possibly find as many as 70 interstellar objects every year passing through our solar system. My article on @universetoday www.universetoday.com/163984/vera-...

This paper and graph blows my mind, but the interview with Charley Lineweaver was one of most fun I've done. Everything in the Universe Fits in This One Graph. Even the Impossible Stuff" www.universetoday.com/163927/every...

lol, I love this headline. I have the best boss. "What a Mess. When the Milky Way and Andromeda Merge, it'll Look Like This" www.universetoday.com/163913/what-...

DART and JWST have both been amazing projects, it’s a privilege to talk about our recent paper combining them both! 🧪🔭

After DART Smashed Into Dimorphos, What Happened to the Larger Asteroid Didymos? @asrivkin.bsky.social tells me about new observations using JWST to see how the parent asteroid is doing, post-DART impact. www.universetoday.com/163895/after...

Why doesn’t Mars have a magnetic field? There might be a new explanation based on data from the InSight lander, and its quite compelling. www.universetoday.com/163903/mars-...

Great article!

Guess what? The Moon is reeeallly an OG, 40 million years older than we thought. www.universetoday.com/163859/the-m...

There's a new cosmic atlas available that contains the distance, location, and chemical profile of 380,000 galaxies in our neighborhood! Amateur astronomers will love this! Find out more about the Siena Galaxy Atlas in my @universetoday article here: www.universetoday.com/163807/astro...

Okay, fellow science writers. Let’s populate this thing. #sciwri23

Arrokoth is Covered in Bizarre Mounds www.universetoday.com/163509/arrok...

Incredible New Images of the Orion Nebula From JWST include some mind-boggling enigmas! www.universetoday.com/163479/incre...

We Don't Know Enough About the Biomedical Challenges of Deep Space Exploration to fly the Artemis missions safely. My article on Universe Today www.universetoday.com/163469/we-do...

Want to Safely Watch the Sun With a Large Group? Get a Disco Ball. www.universetoday.com/163414/want-... This one caught my eye:

I was holding out hope, but its now official. No More Astronomy at Arecibo www.universetoday.com/163385/its-o...

Finally! Astronomers are Starting to See the First Galaxies Coming Together With JWST www.universetoday.com/163357/final...

Curiosity Has Spent Three Years Trying to Reach This Spot on Mars www.universetoday.com/163294/curio... Image here from @stim3on.bsky.social

My preview of the @OSIRISREx asteroid sample return this Sunday 9/24/23, for Supercluster www.supercluster.com/editorial/pr... Cool artwork by Hyunjim Kim

Stunning New Images from the 2023 ‘Astronomy Photographer of the Year’ Competition www.universetoday.com/163197/stunn...

Crew-7 Reaches the International Space Station www.universetoday.com/162936/crew-...

India's Chandrayaan-3 lands successfully on the lunar south pole www.universetoday.com/162884/chand...