Just in from Aurorasaurus.org! 🎆🌌

Here’s hoping! 🤞

Finally some X class flares!

Beautiful!

Sharing for people in Oakland!

The last 10 days of CME activity - what a show! Now, let's keep this same energy on the Earth-facing disk! AR 4246, AR 4248, and maybe some other fiesty active regions will be rotating into our view within the next few days.

#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet. www.space.com/space-explor...

16 days of coronal mass ejections - most of them far sided - some of them very fast and very large. We'll see if the Sun continues like this…

DC folks, if you want to support furloughed/fired federal workers, consider: www.capitalareafoodbank.org

Shielding Chart xkcd.com/3158/

Are you an undergrad or grad student nearing graduation? Find your next gig! Announcing: the AAS/SPD grad student & postdoc opportunity fair, Wed. 5-Nov. Hear about opportunities across the nation, meet potential advisors, & learn about your next career step. 🧪🔭☀️🎢⚛️ spd.aas.org/graduate-stu...

Come join us at a fantastic physics department in the great PNW! The Oregon State University Department of Physics is looking to hire a tenure-track faculty in theoretical/computational condensed matter physics. Full consideration deadline: November 5th, 2025. jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/173...

#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day An Unusual Globule in IC 1396 Credit: Joachim Korb www.astro-joko.de www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

Look what just came! It looks amazing.

Our amazing #NASA #Goddard representatives speaking to #Congress on the @planetarysociety Day of Action! Keep fighting for NASA funding, everyone!

Hello, everyone! In case you have not completed our survey on space weather forecasting, please do so by the end of the week. bit.ly/aurora-chase... #heliophysics

Very nice to see ngGONG move forward! GONG is a decades-old global instrument on which the Sun never sets, to observe the Sun around the clock. It provides very important continuous monitoring of space weather and allows us to image the interior of the star itself. ☀️

After six days of fundraising, I am now 91% to my goal of supporting the website through 2028. Thanks to the 376 amazing people who have made a donation. If you too would like to support my work, please visit the link. Thanks for your support. solarham.com/donate.htm

Artemis II is launching in early 2026. You coming with? Now you can. Submissions are open to fly your name around the Moon. Your name will be recorded on a memory card that will be stowed inside the Orion spacecraft. Sign up here: https://go.nasa.gov/artemisnames

5500 light years from us, new stars are being born ✨ This stunning new #jwst image showcases 2 of the brightest & most massive stars known - weighing in at over 60x the mass of our Sun! Data like this are helping us understand how stars are born. Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and ultraviolet light of nearby, massive, infant stars. What else did #NASAWebb find in Pismis 24? https://bit.ly/4mr3cmt

FYI folks, the Big Holidays coming up are: Rosh Hashanah is Mon 22 Sep-24 Sep Yom Kippur is Wed 1 Oct - 2 Oct And also? You don't have to KNOW who's Jewish to not schedule meetings these days. Just do it. (AND DON'T BE ALL "WE HAVE TO MOVE IT BECAUSE [PERSON] IS JEWISH" THAT'S TACKY & GROSS)

And by most important, it is the equivalent of putting a training on Christmas. And something like this happens *every year*. I once lost a friend over something scheduled on Yom Kippur that she was annoyed I suggested we had to move.

Note that models will be re-run as more data come in from this CME. Models will have different arrival times, and some agencies may disagree on the forecasted geomagnetic storm strength. Here is an updated NASA M2M model. The arrival time remains at around 19 UT on September 1.

Wow, nice preliminary model run of the M2.7 CME… healthy impact at Earth! Estimated impact time is for Sep 1 at 19 UT +/- 7 hr. Potential for G2-G3 geomagnetic storming just from an eye test. Will have more updates tonight as I am on a plane right now with bad WiFi.

As soon as sunspots directly face Earth: 😴 Technically, AR 4197 has a 15% chance of X-flares, but you wouldn't believe me based on how quiet it's been...

Absolutely beautiful day in Greenbelt MD, home of #goddardspaceflightcenter. #NASAneedshelp is spreading the word!

Come visit us at the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival today! We’ll be at an info table talking about how everyone can help NASA’s future.

Today’s EO is without a doubt heinous. NASA’s (and other agencies like @uspto.bsky.social and National Weather Service) collective bargaining rights and general unionization abilities have been taken away. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Here is a nice webinar about the Space Weather Follow-on L1 (SWFO-L1)Mission which will be launching on September 23, 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxNo... . This will be the world's first space-weather dedicated spacecraft at L1. #heliophysics

Our grassroots awareness team handed out over 200 mini-flyers yesterday at @airandspacemuseum! The flyers had facts on how to support NASA. Seeing as everyone in line was interested in learning about aeronautics and space, they were predominantly receptive to our message. #nasa #nasaneedshelp

Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

This week has been tough. We've had to say bye to many colleagues To them: You were fantastic! Your dedication and service to our research community and our country have been valuable and valued. You are, and will always be, part of the amazing history of NASA. open.substack.com/pub/plasmane...

First comprehensive fact check of the DOE ‘critical review’ of climate science.. Multiple pinocchios! interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

Sara Seager, PhD, is an astronomer and planetary scientist. Her research is focused on the discovery and analysis of exoplanets, leading NASA to dub her “an astronomical Indiana Jones." buff.ly/ZQweX6Z #WomenInSTEM @saraseager.bsky.social @kavliprize.bsky.social

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Do you consider yourself as a modeler/developer, forecaster, or end-user of space weather? Are you interested in helping advance the O2R cycle in space weather? If so, please consider submitting a response to our survey! Find the survey here: bit.ly/O2RSurvey Deadline: August 18th, 23:59pm ET.

I’m tired and no longer capable of being measured when speaking to reporters… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Happening this afternoon in DC!

A look at the Eagles’ new Super Bowl bling 💍

Tell Congress to push back on the 2025 Presidential Budget Request that cuts NASA Science by 47% and NASA's full budget by 25%! And while you're at it, tell them you want STEM education saved, too.

sites.google.com/view/nasanee... Protest in D.C. this Sunday, July 20, 2025, 2-6 pm. Location TBD, check the website for updates on Wednesday. Please share to get the word out. We're fighting for science, engineering, and exploration.

WAKE UP NERDS, the first #NASAHWO social media posts are here!!!!!! Check NASAuniverse on IG/X or watch the video at the YouTube link below!! youtu.be/XJwDlLiQpS4

Join us this Thursday, July 17th, for our next installment of Astronomy on Tap Baltimore!

Finally!

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB Scripts here: 5calls.org

NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward. I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."