This mind-bending relativity illusion has never been seen—until now. Using ultrafast lasers and a 300-picosecond camera, researchers at the University of Vienna and Vienna University of Technology visualized the rotating Terrell-Penrose effect, an effect of special relativity.

If anyone is having a bad time, just remember that the fish doorbell is coming online on Monday

The Hubble Space Telescope is spiraling.

Welcome 🌸Please Follow🌸 I had a dream of how to create this I can’t wait to try again with more saturated colors but I think I’m on to something. Every layer is lined in gold exactly as I had hoped. #gold #alcoholink #alcoholinkflower #flower #abstract

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

Not sure how many #Tucson followers I have here, but this Friday evening is a free art show called The Art of Planetary Science at University of Arizona. Come say hi if you see me! I’ll give you a sticker 😄

My favourite colours and my favourite sky object. 🤭 What do we think to this one?! I wasnt sure if it was too simple, but I've come to adore it in its simplicity. I love the texture on the Moon and how dreamy she looks floating in the sky.🥰 🎨🖌🔭🧪🐡📷

Baradur in charcoal from 2019

For anybody interested: I am starting a free sun science newsletter (on Substack) titled "Sunny Sci'd Up". With the first post coming soon, the newsletter will contain monthly updates on solar flare activity, solar cycle progression, relevant mission updates, and more. (Link below)

One of those moments from the slopes of Beinn a' Chearcaill, what a magical place this is.

5 years ago today! Can anyone send me to the next century, please? Landing on Mars - NASA Persevererance Full size image: flic.kr/p/2oA8d1p 🔭🧪 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß/AndreaLuck A colourised version of the amazing mosaic processed by @stim3on.bsky.social (flic.kr/p/2ozrqnk)

Little floating heart astronaut reaching out for... someone? something? You can find it at xxyxxy.com. Last one, until I do another round in a month or so. #ceramic #heart #astronaut #necklace

My hobby is lifting weights to improve my posture among other things but immediately sitting like a shrimp after a set

This is proooobably a long shot, but do I know anyone (or know someone who knows someone) working on machine learning for weather forecasting or adjacent research? 🧪

#Astronomy Job Alert! 🤓 Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has commenced the search for the next Bolton Research Scientist. Open to Aussie / NZ residents + overseas folks who can get the visa. Applications close 22 March. Job description here: jobs.csiro.au/job/Sydney%2... 🔭

I love making tiny crochet flowers so much

QRPing with tags for the #sciart feed too! 🐡

Some of my latest #Artemis artworks ! #Nasa #Space #Art

We have PhD positions open in my group at Macquarie for radial velocity exoplanet projects!

I *need* to start putting it in my diary to check in on the National Literacy Trust’s Annual Literacy Survey. Just catching up on the Future of Literacy project, the first paper of which includes a section dedicated to comics, with some encouraging takeaways: literacytrust.org.uk/information/...

All I have to say in my defense is that I had a vision and I followed it

I made this animation a few years ago but wasn't able to share it back then because gifs weren't supported. Now I can! 🐡

And last year's one! 🐡🔭

This week’s Space Frog mystery painting was “NEBULA” Livestreams every Friday afternoon. Thank you to everyone who dropped by!

Can I paint cardboard & construction paper? Stay tuned! Am I currently experimenting with like 5 different painting styles & themes? Yes. Shhhh it’s all space art, enjoy! 🐡

A delightful mini-documentary from our @uofgravity.bsky.social colleagues to celebrating the first decade of #GravitationalWave astronomy and the path ahead youtu.be/SqhFtkQ4f2c #GW10Years 🔭🧪⚛️🎢

Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! The women of ASP are focused on building inclusive futures for women and girls by bringing astronomy and space education to all.💫🪐🌠 #womeninSTEM #girlsinSTEM #STEMEducation #womensrights #astronomy

I refuse to accept that it's been TEN YEARS since I sat in that room 😭

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OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a highly skilled Cloud Software Engineer II with expertise in Python programming and building ETL data processing pipelines for large-scale scientific datasets: https://bit.ly/3M2xe31

Don't forget that tomorrow is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Let's celebrate all of the amazing female scientists across the world and the girls aspiring to become scientists themselves. #IDWGS2026 👩‍🔬 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢

I've been working on an illustration for work and autocorrect corrected "inspiral" to "I spiral". Didn't expect that kind of judgement from my iPad

Because I was going to print some for myself I was curious and I looked it up, and there are still people selling stolen copies of some of my LIGO t-shirt designs online. This is so depressing (FYI I'm not currently selling anything! If you see my designs for sale, it's not me!)

Southwest Airlines spent tens of millions on a Superbowl ad just to say, "we now have assigned seating like every other airline"

I'll use this as an opportunity to re-share my space artists starter pack. Several of them take commissions and have worked on images for scientific press releases before. Astronomer colleagues, I encourage you to work with real artists for press releases for important results! go.bsky.app/T9Xcq1M

This was a big difference for me when I started studying physics in the UK as well! My classmates had mostly learned what they referred to as "tricks" to solve maths problems in high school, while my classes in France had focused more on proofs and logical reasoning.

I have a sudden bee in my bonnet about learning to use a drawing tablet. We've got an old Wacom tablet lying around somewhere and it's currently going to waste. Can anyone recommend any good resources? I haven't drawn anything since I was in highschool and I know that learning will be slowwww.

Do you like shiny things, astronomy, and art created by humans? Celestial Crystal prints are now available for a limited time! ⭐️🌙 #SpaceArt stellerarts.com/pages/celest...

Just a little guy looking for some lunch at work today

In Sept. of 2023, I witnessed what was in my eyes the perfect storm. This intricately-structured, highly-electric supercell danced under a sky full of stars, looming over the landscape like the Mind Flayer while producing multiple funnels, bursts of sprites, and a barrage of lightning. #Photography

Oooh, this one's fun because my education has been quite the journey haha! Five classes I took in college: -Introduction to Drama -Hong Kong Cinema -Cosmology -Quantum Chemistry -Solid State Physics

Restock previews are up! Amyraehill.com

Few things bring me more joy than birds sitting (especially pigeons)

Had a true California moment today because between having to park far away and the rush hour traffic when trying to get out of the car park, it took me longer to get back home from work than if I'd walked there

It is finally done!! A geometrical construction - an analog calculation - of a symmetrical ellipsoid rolling on an invariable plane. This concept is used to visualized the motion of a force-free spinning top, to which this abstract ellipsoid is "attached". #MathArt #SciArt #Physics

I just thought everyone should see this

Windswept

Do you like seeing the amazing science from JWST and Hubble 🔭? Are you a seasoned leader of Science Communication who wants to see more of this? Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach is seeking a Division Head! Apply here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Cualquier recorte es una delicia, las capacidades del #JWST se hacen extraordinariamente evidentes. James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST Imaging dust knots in a planetary nebula TARG: #NGC7293 #Helix Nebula 2024-10-24 PI: Garcia Marin, Macarena NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger