M1: The Crab Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25122... This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments

Records roasting over an open fire. Holiday heat check (Dec 22-28): - 2,135 record highs set - 2,610 record warm lows vs just 25 record lows and 30 record cool highs Not your classic December weather... /1

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

Sierra Nevada snowpack is back on track. ☃️

Hubble Witnesses an Asteroid Mysteriously Disintegrating - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/kLmBKL

Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Debbie Wiggins for a sunset view from downtown Chattanooga... Monday's HEP Heating #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay. Got #weatherpix to share? Go to wdef.com/photos

@wdefnews12 #PetOfTheWeek: Pupper Zeke has a lot of energy, passed all temperament tests, good for families with older kids and not entirely fond of cats. #AdoptDontShop -- Find out more at @heschatt and at www.wdef.com/pet-of-the-w...

Here is the NOAA SWPC CME model for the M4.2 event which may impact around New Years. They are a little less confident of impact than NASA. Only a glancing blow is expected. A G1/minor watch has been issued for Jan 1 for this CME and incoming coronal hole influences.

Congratulations to @WDEFNews12 viewer Elaine Rice from McDonald, winner of the most popular picture from last week's HEP Heating #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay selections.

NWS Peachtree City has issued a #FireWeatherWatch for Fannin & Gilmer Counties in N Georgia in the @WDEFNews12 viewing area in effect from Tuesday through evening. * Impacts... With elevated winds and low relative humidities, extremely dangerous fire weather conditions are possible.

Kevin Smith: "It costs nothing to encourage an artist." as presented by Gavin Aung Than's wonderful #webcomic #ZenPencils. www.tumblr.com/zenpencils/1...

Pacific Beach, San Diego, California #pacificbeach #dusk #sandiego #lowtide

Thanks Mother Nature, that was a good one 12-28-2025 #photography #clouds #colors #nature #sunset #December #Iphonephotography #EastCoastKin

"So you're my replacements..." "Doctor Who: The Three Doctors" episode 1 (1972). #DoctorWho

The 2025 #NorthernLights photographers of the year - 25 of the most extraordinary #aurora images captured around the world. #photography #AuroraBorealis #AuroraAustralis To see all 25 amazing aurora photos, here's the link: capturetheatlas.com/northern-lig...

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸

I noticed whenever a show/movie decides to have these quiet, introspective moments like in Eternals, The Acolyte, or even Andor, that’s when people decide to call it “slow” or poorly written. It’s like no, you’ve just conditioned yourself to see action moments as the only valid thing.

Anti-vaxxers have a lot to answer for. A lot.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather 1% Lists Scenic City @1-Percent-Lists-Scenic-City Dog Walking Forecast for Monday evening.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Monday #BlipCast: Much colder thanks to our latest storm system passing through. More mild weather heading into 2026. Details tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6, 7 & 11.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Night Planner Forecast

Well, damn. I met her many years ago doing science outreach in Oz, and we got along immediately. She was energetic and positively glowed when out on the water and talking about marine ecosystems. This is a big loss.

If you've never seen it or haven't in a long time and you think it's just Pollyannaish fluff, you should watch Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Will we see a CME impact around the New Year? NASA is forecasting the M4.2 CME may graze Earth around 12-31 22 UT (Wednesday night). Kp 4-6 (G0-G2) conditions may occur, but I don't have too much hope. We'll see what shows up at L1!

There is no situation in which I need a random recipe site to be allowed to send me notifications. None.

You know you're in the thick of winter when it's warmer at Penguin Rock at @tnaquarium.bsky.social than it is outside. tnaqua.org/livestream/p...

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather 1% Lists Scenic City @1-Percent-Lists-Scenic-City Dog Walking Forecast for Friday evening.

Beautiful Friday evening view from our sister CBS station KCTV-5 in Kansas City, MO, overlooking the Country Club Plaza and Brush Creek on a quiet winter night.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather BlipCast Friday: Final weekend of the year will be well above normal with temperatures. Colder weather lurking around the corner towards the final days of 2025. Details on your forecast tonight on @WDEFNews12.

Oh my word, 2 really young Graneledone!! Adorable big headed youngsters. @Schmidt Ocean 🌊 dive 887 #argentiniandeepseeps #CONICET #MarineLife

“The North American Church is at a critical juncture. The gospel of grace is being confused and compromised by silence, seduction, and outright subversion. Let ragamuffins everywhere gather as a confessing Church to cry out in protest." Brennan Manning, The #RagamuffinGospel

Sol 1723: Right Mastcam-Z Camera, taken at 11:12:47.121 (local mean solar time), image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

I say his gently, but… There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry. Not because its government doesn’t fix it — but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost. That’s the part that sits wrong.

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather Night Planner Forecast for Chattanooga and the Tennessee River Valley

@WDEFNews12 #TimeSaverTraffic - Interstate 75 Northbound in Hamilton - Multi-Vehicle Crash at MILE MARKER 10.8 Northbound Right Lane (of 4 Lanes) Blocked, Right Shoulder Blocked.

Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Elaine Rice from McDonald, TN for a view of a wind vane framed by a beautiful sunset... Wednesday's HEP Heating #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay. Got #weatherpix to share? Go to wdef.com/photos

"Christmas Eve, 1968. As their command module floated above the lunar surface, the #Apollo8 astronauts beamed back images of the moon and Earth and took turns reading from the book of Genesis, closing with a wish for everyone “on the good Earth.” www.nasa.gov/missions/apo...

“There was no room for them in the kataluma,” says Luke—and whether the word “kataluma” should be translated “inn” or “guest room,” really doesn’t matter. There was no room in that comfortable place for a woman in labor,or her tiny newborn baby—no room for God Himself." www.lhm.org/dailydevotio...

Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair." One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."

Religious leaders started getting together after Oct. 7, 2023, in the hope of preventing a repeat of Arab-Jewish violence that erupted after a previous conflict in Gaza two years earlier. n.pr/4jfRuKw

#WDEFWeather #News12Weather BlipCast Wednesday: Exceptionally mild temperatures for Christmas Eve which are expected to continue for the next several days. More on your holiday weather forecast tonight on @WDEFNews12 at 5:30, 6 and Prime News At 7.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured asteroids crashing into one another in a nearby planetary system around a star some 25 light-years away

WDEFWeather #News12Weather Night Planner Forecast

"Global warming is even coming for Rudolph, recent research shows. #Climatechange is threatening Christmas and winter traditions—and in some cases, holiday trends are fueling it. " insideclimatenews.org/news/1612202...

"Pelley has previously gone on air to publicly criticize CBS management under Weiss, saying that Paramount has been interfering in the editorial process."

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Inbound flights to San Francisco International Airport are delayed more than two hours due to wind, according to the FAA. A ground delay program is in effect until midnight for all Contiguous U.S. flights to SFO.

This was, surprisingly. the most popular letter I wrote this year "My firm belief was that sooner or later, whether folks were ready or not, actual reality would force them to see the crisis clearly, and embrace action. ... I was wrong." alexsteffen.substack.com/p/after-eart...

Yesterday, we had our last planning day with Curiosity for almost a month before she takes an extended holiday behind the sun science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi... #PlanetaryScience

“Here’s the 60 Minutes segment that CBS suddenly refused to air—after Trump criticized the show. Take a few minutes to watch what they didn’t want you to see. This story should be told.”