🛰🔴 Dernière ligne droite pour la mission MMX ! 🇯🇵 La sonde est arrivée au Japon pour ses ultimes préparatifs avant son lancement vers Mars et ses lunes prévu en octobre 2026. Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus, on fait le point sur Cnes.fr : cnes.fr/actualites/m... @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social

I just found out that Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones are making a movie called MARS EXPRESS, based on the true story of some of the people behind ESA's mission of the same name. I feel like some kind of inter-dimensional rift has opened just to deliver a gift to me, personally.

A proposed mission to Kuiper Belt object 2002 XV₉₃ • Launch: 2034 • Jupiter gravity assist • Uranus plane-change maneuver • Flyby in 2043 Trajectory found by @adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHV4... 2002 XV₉₃ is in the news because it may possess a thin atmosphere.

🧑‍🚀This week I learned that Alexei Leonov, the first person who did a spacewalk, was also an artist! Nick has shared some of the cosmonaut's works these last days #spaceart

JWST data hint at a Neptune MOONPOCALYPSE!!! ICE GIANT SYSTEMS FTW! ❤️🔵

Mars as seen from the Psyche spacecraft on its way to the metallic asteroid of the same name.

THIS IS BULLSHIT “Fundamentally, we are bottlenecked by the availability of human talent, right?” - Sam Rodriguez, Future House founder, CEO; creator of an “AI scientist” WRONG YOU SOLVE THAT BOTTLENECK BY PAYING PEOPLE YOU DON’T NEED TO MAKE SOME UNTESTED AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The VLA is the most iconic radio observatory (Contact to Pluribus). Here's its successor: a next-gen prototype antenna just started scanning the radio sky. If its funding survives (far from certain, sadly), the ngVLA will be 10x as sensitive and 10x as sharp. 🧪🔭 public.nrao.edu/news/nsf-nra...

Sound on

The longer you look at this, the worse it gets

terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info

With its new AI-based "search," Google is literally killing the infrastructure that its entire business is built on. Instead of linking people to the web, it will lock users into an "interactive" mode that slorps up data what is rapidly becoming the now-neglected and unvisited web. (1/3)

From NASA The initial reports are in: #MissionToPsyche aced its Mars flyby. ☑️ With the Red Planet in the rearview mirror, the spacecraft will resume using its solar-electric propulsion system to make a beeline to the main asteroid belt and rendezvous with the asteroid Psyche go.nasa.gov/4dn30CI

#Hubble observation of #Jupiter's UV #aurora, 2025-11-19 (17408; PI @jnic.bsky.social). www.planetarylightshow.com/jupiter/prop...

New article by me for @skyandtelescope.bsky.social : How Ganymede got its core (a lot later than previously assumed) skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

This brought me joy.

Good night

Very proud of this artist. By @drawnforests.bsky.social

Some gorgeousness in the Riding with Robots Flickr pool right now: www.flickr.com/groups/ridin...

This is a composite of the Moon, Mars, and Earth I made. The Moon and Earth are from Artemis II, and Mars is from the Psyche mission. Each image was taken *in the last six weeks*

Ya empiezan a llegar imágenes del terreno en varios filtros, aquí un primer triplete #Psyche mission #Mars May 15, 2026 Multispectral Imager Camera A Infrared Green Blue filters solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche_image... NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/j. Roger

The work week begins and

Two worlds: Earth, taken by the Artemis II crew and Mars, taken by the Psyche probe... I wonder when human eyes will see Mars as a crescent like this... Earth image: NASA Mars image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Additional processing: S Atkinson

From the National Air & Space Museum: At only 16, MiMi Aung immigrated alone to the U.S. in pursuit of education. She went on to become the lead engineer on Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which was delivered to the surface of the Red Planet by Mars rover Perseverance in 2021. #AAPIHeritageMonth

NASA's Psyche spacecraft captured this stunning view of Mars on Friday, while approaching the planet from the night side for a flyby. #Psyche 🔭🧪 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß flic.kr/p/2sdBDyw

Martian clouds glimpsed by NASA's Psyche spacecraft on May 15. Much more to come. go.nasa.gov/4tsCLPQ

The next James Bond should be Gary Oldman in his Jackson Lamb persona.

The #Psyche spacecraft acquired these 12 #Mars images using its Multispectral Imager Camera B and the Clear filter (515) solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche_image... NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/j. Roger

vimeo.com/1192785015 Animation crossfading between a canal map of Mars, and a modern CGI map, so you can see how the "canals" line up with real features. By me. 2 views, above North and South poles of Mars.

At this moment, Psyche is approaching its closest approach to Mars, at a speed of about 12,000 mph, 20,000 km/hr eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-s...

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, visiting the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, looking at the Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-...

Surveying its domain. Curiosity in Gale Crater yesterday. science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-...

My son’s final piece in the #Artemis series. Acrylic on canvas. #art #painting

A small crop from the full-size Mastcam-Z image captured on sol 1855 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/Martian-Observer

The Internet is disappearing before our very eyes and it’s why we should all support that absolutely critical work of @archive.org

There was a flash in the sky three hours ago, somewhere between Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. If anyone saw #ST26E86 on the way in: cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/#/obje...

This is obviously an amazing capture...but also, is the bear casting a SPELL on the bird feeder?

Psyche is making glorious contributions to my collection of beautiful misfit space imagery www.planetary.org/articles/thr...

New art genre just dropped! Modern astronomy in 19th century style. By @asleepywanderer.bsky.social I badly want to see some planetary stuff like this.

A full view of Mars' night side captured by NASA's Psyche spacecraft taken just a few hours ago. 🔭🧪 #Psyche The North polar cap is approximately at the 2 o'clock position. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

Today in neighborhood bumper stickers #bugsky #insectthursday

Four a.m. this morning on Sunset Pass Road in Hansel Valley, Utah. This is the proposed site of the world-infamous Stratos hyperscale data center, which its builders estimate will require about double the energy currently used by the entire state of Utah. 1/2

I like how this new raw image from Psyche today makes Mars look like it's zooming through space. I mean, it is, but

From NASA An internship can be a launchpad to an exciting career!🚀 Don't wait until the final countdown to apply. We're accepting applications for Fall 2026 NASA internships now! Find the opportunity that's right for you & apply. Details in this week's EXPRESS: conta.cc/4eF8F84

Surveying its domain. Curiosity in Gale Crater yesterday. science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-...

From NASA This is not an eclipse, but an even more rare sight: a crescent Mars as seen by NASA’s #MissionToPsyche spacecraft. The unprocessed image — taken by Psyche today — shows the night side of Mars as the spacecraft approaches the Red Planet for a flyby on May 15. 1/2

"We’re delighted to announce the first Galaxy Zoo workflow to include images from the [...] Vera C Rubin Observatory, using galaxies drawn from its first Data Preview": blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/05/12/a... - "[t]he new workflow went live on the site just now, but [...] it won’t stick around for long".

Huge news for the exoplanet community! From @obviousplant.bsky.social www.instagram.com/obviousplant/

The aurora australis streams serenely above the Indian Ocean Credit: ESA/Sophie Adenot flic.kr/p/2scSXXP 🔭 @esa.int