Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing through the Solar System! ESA’s Planetary Defenders are observing the object, provisionally known as #A11pl3Z, right now using telescopes around the world.

I truly can’t believe I have to ask this question, but… How many children have to die at the alter of unvaccinated ignorance before people with a cult-like mentality finally decide it’s not ok to sacrifice our kids that way? Is there a number, or doesn’t it matter? www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...

This may be the most beautiful sign I have seen at one of these (even though the subject matter is so ugly). The artist who painted it said she started it feeling angry and it was therapeutic. Especially love the bling. #HandsOffLA

I normally wouldn't repost something like this but the best thing I can say about Strom Thurmon is that he can't fight against civil rights any more.

Mr Deeds Goes to Town

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hardly new info, but BSky should know: Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply. Thank you, little guardian molluscs. 🧪🌏🚰

[1/2] The collapse of Kilauea caldera. SAR images taken by Sentinel-1 between February and August of 2018.

🧪 If I were Canadian PM I would immediately: 1. Create a new $15B science fund 2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada 3. Immediate permanent residency 4. Citizenship after 2 years Overnight a science superpower

A little good news. Three weeks later. The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Fully Contained www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

hey question, is this bad?

It wasn't DEI, it was DOGE.

"but you don't LOOK depressed" yeah sorry i didn't bring a cartoon rain cloud to hover over my head

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad. GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE. youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...

This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak. Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

Musk speaking to the far right German party, the AfD, today. Best picture angle, ever! 😂

A reminder that humans are capable of great acts of wonder when we work together & embrace knowledge. An international team of astronomers has discovered swarms of cold comets circling 74 nearby stars -- and got clear pictures of these "exocomet belts." 🧪🔭 www.iac.es/en/outreach/...

Wow

"Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight, NS-29, will simulate the Moon’s gravity and fly 30 payloads, all but one of which is focused on testing lunar-related technologies. The launch window opens on Tuesday, Jan 28, at 1600 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas." www.blueorigin.com/news/new-she...

Brilliant.

Several attempts were made to melt the ice, but these efforts were not successful, according to a new report.

Remix pitch: APT to the tune of Gaudete

the double edged sword of everyone being incredibly stupid all the time which brings me laughter but the problem is these people run the entire world

Ystrday was the 20th anniv of Cassini's 1st major flyby of Saturn's yin/yang moon Iapetus. Here's the story of Iapetus: its discovery, what Voyager saw in the early 1980s & how we on Cassini solved its 350yr old mystery. 🧪🔭🛰️🚀📰🪐 carolynporco.substack.com/p/rememberin... Happy New Year to you all!

A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.

Okayyyyyyy... www.bbc.com/news/article...

god she rules so much. what the fuck am i reading

oh she's hot but it's Sykes-Picot

did you hear Brian Thompson is going to testify at his own murder trial? they're going to use a Luigi board

Starship ready for testing ahead of Flight 7

(Bostonian accent) thank you pig

I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.

When I say Bluesky is a bizarre and exciting experiment, this is both /not at all/ and /exactly/ what I mean.

a tensor is something that transforms as a tensor

"That's a deepfake. It has to be a deepfake": The South Korean opposition leader tells CNN about the moment he saw the president's late-night martial law decree.

I had the opportunity to visit Stoke Space in Kent and learn about their apprenticeship program, which trains individuals into a specific skillset for the space industry. As a key industry in our region, I truly appreciate their sustainable approach to advancing the aerospace sector.

Today's (2nd) Poem by Brian Bilson:

What Banksy says…

the mayor of what?

Thanks to Sentinel-2B's pass over the Space Coast today we have our first view of land clearing underway for the northern expansion of SpaceX's Roberts Road facility. This expansion should support Starship related work. Image captured 2024-12-03 16:05:39 UTC.

I have news…that place where you got food poisoning is probably not where you got the food poisoning. Time between exposure and symptoms: Campylobacter: 2-6 days E. coli: 2-5 days Salmonella: 6 hrs-6 days Norovirus: 12-48 hrs Shigella: 1-3 days Staph aureus: fast Listeria: 9-48 hrs

happy Loony Yoon's Day to all who celebrate

This magnificent high altitude cloud was photographed by the NASA Perseverance rover 30 minutes before sunrise on Sol 738 (March 18, 2023). 🔭 The image was processed from calibrated PDS data and is a stack of 8 exposures to reduce the noise on the ground.

Where are my testicles, Summer?

South Korea was able to restore democracy and undo the martial law order because people reacted quickly and decisively. That’s how you protect democracy.

Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.

Planetary defense follow-up: that small asteroid did indeed impact Earth's atmosphere just as predicted, causing a visible fireball - score one for Team Science