I love it when astronomy gets in your face in your day to day life. ☄️ 🤩 www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/scie...

Reports of an explosion heard around Boston are believed to be a significant bolide/meteor entering the atmosphere, a very large flash was detected by GOES-19 satellite that does not correlate with active thunderstorms. https://t.co/MSDGX6ZnMA

“What was that boom in Boston” bsky solidifies my belief that the last post on this site will be “hey did anyone else hear that?”

🌠 BOOM! Bright meteor over Boston today — flash caught by NOAA GOES lightning sensor, boom recorded by Raspberry Shake! GOES shows stunning white-blue flash w/ purple halo over New England. Waveform from AM.R199D spikes at ~18:11 UTC. #Meteor #Boston

NPR is shrinking its newsroom through layoffs and buyouts and is reducing staff dedicated to covering both climate and science. "The climate desk no longer exists separately but has been folded into the National Desk," writes Neela Banerjee, who headed the climate desk but was just laid off.

Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded today. This will set Artemis III back. Also fuck these private companies. I hate that NASA does business with Bezos and Musk.

Hey party people!...and by party people I mean book & science nerds. 😉 We are entering the era of discounts and deals for the @astrosociety.org #ASPLibrary sale - so if there's anything you've had your eye on, now is the time to nab it! #BookSky 📚💙

So omnipotent is art

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A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words

If humans could fly, I think some of us would. But it probably takes the same amount of energy as running. So realistically, I think most of us would end up like pigeons & loiter outside of convenience stores instead of flying across the country.

Alien: And how did you run out of water? Earthling: Machines drank it. Alien: Machines. Earthling: We had to feed machines the water. Aliens: So the machines were holding your planet hostage for water. Earthling: No, we made the thirsty machines. They worked for us. Alien: End communication.

Really good read once you get into the heart of this piece! "The issue is not that AI is evil or immoral so much that it is endlessly validating." www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-news...

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TODAY: Americans are walking out of school and work to wield our power as workers, consumers, and students. Join us for the nationwide day of economic disruption: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i... Find one of the more than 3,000 events planned for May Day: www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?... #MayDay

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The Enterprise-D bridge didn’t just return… it was reborn. “Star Trek: Picard — Rebuilding the Bridge” by Art Director Liz Kloczkowski reveals the full story behind one of Star Trek’s most iconic set reconstructions. Pre-order now (ships September 2026) 🚀

@astroprofhoff.bsky.social would it be possible to have a chat sometime about your time at the Grand Canyon?

This sounds amazing. The weirder the better.

The only right answer is to go look at Halley's Comet.

a recent New Yorker reject that kinda sums up the general state of things.

Jacinda Ardern, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand: “No matter where you are in the world, there is always something you can do. Keep leaning in. Don’t retreat. Lean hard!” #wd2026 @womendeliver.bsky.social

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I had the absolute pleasure of spending an evening among hundreds of nesting roseate spoonbills. Here, three baby spoonbills (AKA teaspoons) are impatiently waiting in their nest at golden hour for their mother to return. #Birds #Photography

Another moth eclosed, so we took graduation pictures

Please repost: My department at USC is hiring for a teaching-track faculty position. We are looking for someone principally to teach statistics for biologists, but there will be opportunities for other courses in statistics & algorithms applied to biology usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

www.science.org/content/arti... House budget is out. 17% cut to NASA science 😭 🧪 🪐

One of the most clarifying passages I've ever read on what "polarization" actually means in the U.S."

Cannot stress enough that what's happening now and will accelerate over next few weeks is a big spike in fuel costs paid for by every American that will flow *directly* into insane, unprecedented profits for American oil companies. They're going to be the big winners of this.

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The cool thing about making Pluto a planet or not is that it changes nothing, means nothing, nothing matters, never did, never will. Walk into the forest, remove your clothes, commune with the planet on which your corporeal manifestation persists

I was just contacted by a reporter asking for comment about the whole Pluto planet thing. Hanging on by a thread over here.

Might be the first time in my life that anyone has ever accused me of doing a "good job of remaining cool and chill" 😅

Now I can hold, squeeze, and love my #MoonJoy to my heart's content! nasaexchange.com/products/ris... (from the website: "All proceeds go back to NASA to support morale, welfare, and recreation of NASA employees.")

I’ve lost count of the list of “you shouldn’t be able to do that” things that have utterly destroyed the scientific infrastructure. Not enough people realize how this is generational damage

The National Science Foundation is the main source of funding for basic sciences in the US. For decades, they have supported a scientific R&D ecosystem in the US that has been an engine of economic growth and competitive advantage. Destroying the agency is no less than an act of sabotage.

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🚨🚨🚨Alarming dismantling of support for fundamental science in the US🚨🚨🚨

Heyyyyy. Just posted on Patreon. I post weekly art/life updates. It’s free to join but if you sub I use the money for art supplies and to feed my feral cat and dog fam. Art doesn’t pay much so your support is appreciated. My goal is to be able to afford to rescue another dog. Ty!!

Finally, some good news: workers at Hachette are unionizing, and you can sign an open letter of support. This is the way! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📣 There are now signed copies of THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME with free shipping (within the US) available at my local indie bookstore! So if you missed the tour or it didn't come near you, you can still get one. Also, some of them have special messages in them! 📚💙 waterstreetbooks.com/book/9780593...

Back in 2020-2021 I wrote a book about how you can make it through the worst shit that life can throw at you — by telling stories and escaping into your imagination. For a short time, my Hugo-winning book Never Say You Can't Survive is just $2.99 in all e-book formats! bookshop.org/p/books/neve...

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205. Could Fiji have a space agency? #TabClosed2026

Ooohhhh, new #supernova alert! ⭐💥 Get your telescopes out and pointed towards this edge-on galaxy! EvenSeeStar S50 is capable of imaging it (second pic) SN SN 2026kid in NGC 5907 www.wis-tns.org/object/2026kid 🔭 #Astrophotography 📸 R. Sears / Ballico

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

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SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...