If you take an incredibly capable space telescope and point it at newborn stars, you get this stunning disco view of the Universe. These are protostars in the young FS Tau star system, shining like diamonds.

If you take an incredibly capable space telescope and point it at newborn stars, you get this stunning disco view of the Universe. These are protostars in the young FS Tau star system, shining like diamonds.

An ocean of stars. This is one of the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's ten-year-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time! The image covers a region of space about 3°, six times the width of a full Moon—only a tiny portion of the gigantic survey Rubin has embarked upon. Open it up!

An ocean of stars. This is one of the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's ten-year-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time! The image covers a region of space about 3°, six times the width of a full Moon—only a tiny portion of the gigantic survey Rubin has embarked upon. Open it up!

Today is #AsteroidDay! So here's a photo of the surface of an asteroid.

This is beautiful.

Today is #AsteroidDay! So here's a photo of the surface of an asteroid.

This country was one person's vote away this morning from putting any birthright citizen in danger of being deported tomorrow. We are so much closer to the abyss than we think. Man oh man.

Four Supreme Court justices held that Constitutional amendments don't matter. Impeach them. Pack the Court. Make sure this fucking lunacy can never happen again.

The full Strawberry Moon rises behind the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City, Monday evening #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #moon #strawberrymoon #fullmoon

Kīlauea's doing its thing again. Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz5t...

Reid Wiseman just dropped this photo on his Instagram page. It's our homeworld, looking at the nightside, taken from inside the Artemis II Orion spacecraft through one of the windows. There's something so casual about it, about the reflections in the window, but outside IS A WHOLE PLANET HOLY SHIT

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

1) Open this image up 2) Find the small, blue feature in the very middle Congratulations, you've spotted the Perseverance rover on Mars, photographed from orbit! 3) Trace the rover tracks as they wend their way across the surface

Reid Wiseman just dropped this photo on his Instagram page. It's our homeworld, looking at the nightside, taken from inside the Artemis II Orion spacecraft through one of the windows. There's something so casual about it, about the reflections in the window, but outside IS A WHOLE PLANET HOLY SHIT

Türkiye is up 2-1 in its match against the US. Time to cut to a livestream of B-2 bombers arriving over Istanbul

1) Open this image up 2) Find the small, blue feature in the very middle Congratulations, you've spotted the Perseverance rover on Mars, photographed from orbit! 3) Trace the rover tracks as they wend their way across the surface

This is the most detailed view of the centre of the Milky Way ever acquired—taken by ESA's Euclid space telescope on 23 March 2025. There's about 60 million stars in this view. On *average*, there's about one exoplanet per star. So there's about 60 million planets in this view.

There have been two enormous earthquakes in Venezuela, likely causing catastrophic damage and loss of life. The first of the doublet was Mw 7.2, 24 km ENE of the city of San Felipe. The second, at Mw 7.5 almost three times stronger than the first, struck 39 s later 23 km SE of the town of Yumare.

This is the most detailed view of the centre of the Milky Way ever acquired—taken by ESA's Euclid space telescope on 23 March 2025. There's about 60 million stars in this view. On *average*, there's about one exoplanet per star. So there's about 60 million planets in this view.

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

The M82 Cigar Galaxy, imaged by JWST. The bright central part is the main disk of the galaxy; jets of gas emanate at 90 degrees to the disk. This version is 4,000 px across. You can access the full 155 mpx image in the next post.

The M82 Cigar Galaxy, imaged by JWST. The bright central part is the main disk of the galaxy; jets of gas emanate at 90 degrees to the disk. This version is 4,000 px across. You can access the full 155 mpx image in the next post.

I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.

A stunning photo of the crescent Moon. And above it, a point of light. The only other large rocky world we will ever visit: Venus. Image credit and copyright: Debra Ceravolo

Fog passing through midtown Manhattan at sunset in New York City, seen from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, Monday evening #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #sunset

A stunning photo of the crescent Moon. And above it, a point of light. The only other large rocky world we will ever visit: Venus. Image credit and copyright: Debra Ceravolo

Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting

Seven Prime Ministers within ten years. A deeply unserious country.

Here in Earth's northern hemisphere, today is the Summer Solstice. It's the longest day of the year, with the shortest night, and it's also the start of astronomical summer. But from now on, the days get ever so slightly shorter, the nights ever so slightly longer. Because Winter is coming.

Left: Earth through a spacecraft window (Apollo 12, 1969) Right: Earth through a spacecraft window (Artemis II, 2026)

Left: Earth through a spacecraft window (Apollo 12, 1969) Right: Earth through a spacecraft window (Artemis II, 2026)

Left: the Moon backlit by the Sun, from the Artemis II mission (2026) Right: Pluto backlit by the Sun, from the New Horizons mission (2015)

Left: the Moon backlit by the Sun, from the Artemis II mission (2026) Right: Pluto backlit by the Sun, from the New Horizons mission (2015)

Your reminder that, while everyone is rightly focused on the Moon these days, Venus is the only other Earth-sized world we will ever visit. And if we truly want to understand why our own planet is habitable, we must explore the one that isn't.

This is what a jet of dust and gas on a comet looks like up close.

Your reminder that, while everyone is rightly focused on the Moon these days, Venus is the only other Earth-sized world we will ever visit. And if we truly want to understand why our own planet is habitable, we must explore the one that isn't.

"You'll be remembered as a warning to children." I fucking hope so. Bezos might not be an overt Nazi, but fuck him for what he's doing—and not doing—to this country, too.

This is what a jet of dust and gas on a comet looks like up close.

This is his legacy. This is what he's done to our country.

This is his legacy. This is what he's done to our country.

An incredible view of the surface of Mars, taken two days ago. You can almost feel like you're standing there—the sand shifting underfoot, the absolute silence, the unreal sensation of walking on a surface never before visited by a living creature. (Also your suit is leaking, you'll die here)

An incredible view of the surface of Mars, taken two days ago. You can almost feel like you're standing there—the sand shifting underfoot, the absolute silence, the unreal sensation of walking on a surface never before visited by a living creature. (Also your suit is leaking, you'll die here)

Meanwhile at the White Trash White House last night the main event wasn’t even in the ring. Fights were breaking out on the lawn everywhere under the light of fireworks. Not since the White House burned down in 1814 have we seen so many battles. Sign! 🤡

This is what it looked like when we punched an asteroid back in 2018. For science. For the dinosaurs.

New paper alert! tl;dr: parts of what we thought were the oldest rocks on Venus might in fact be among the youngest. This story involves the "tessera" on Venus, which is some of the weirdest stuff in the Solar System. A thread:

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is fresh and minty again.

New paper alert! tl;dr: parts of what we thought were the oldest rocks on Venus might in fact be among the youngest. This story involves the "tessera" on Venus, which is some of the weirdest stuff in the Solar System. A thread: