Well that's damn cool. Sentinel-2B caught SLS on it's way to 39B today at 16:05:09 UTC.

It gets much, much better! Airbus' Pleiades NEO 3 satellite captured 30cm resolution imagery of SLS rolling out to the pad today at 16:24:26 UTC. Incredible imagery! I've uploaded the full capture to @soaratlas.bsky.social: soaratlas.com/maps/140457

Artemis II is at the pad! This is a huge, huge milestone for this mission, this team, and the Agency that I'm proud and privileged to be a part of. While you're enjoying looking at the rocket I’m here to make you a SCIENCE thread! 🧪🔭⚒️🛰️🌔🪐🪨🩸 #planetsci 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

If you wanna watch a really big rocket roll very slowly out to the launch pad in Florida, live, go here now m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVn... It’s the Artemis II mission, aiming to launch in the coming weeks to send humans to the Moon for the first time in over half a century 🧪

neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now

NASA press conf with Artemis II crew and Isaacman at the Countdown Clock at KSC should start in a minute or so. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTs7...

Giant THANK YOUs to everyone who helped our science community through your advocacy to Congress and your networks. YOU changed the narrative. WE ALL win. 🧪🔭🛰️🌎🪐⚒️🔬

All fun and games until Björk mobilizes Icelandic elves to protect Greenland

A year ago Trump ordered that federal funds be cut off to states that don't assist in immigration enforcement, and last spring DOT tried to cut off transportation funds to sanctuary states. Twenty states sued and won a permanent injunction, and the Trump administration just dropped its appeal.

"A.i." is not inevitable. We do not have to "learn how to live with it." It's a faulty, destructive, disinformation-pushing, environmentally destructive product pushed on us by right wing billionaires, and we can ALWAYS say HELL NO. gregpak.net/2025/12/19/i...

Oh it gets better: Much of the "landmass" is actually below sea level and isn't really land (until it isostatically rebounds in 20,000 years). www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-gre...

I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

"Roddenberry believed in an idea he termed as IDIC, or "infinite diversity in infinite combinations." The fundamental belief behind IDIC is a celebration of the diversity the universe has to offer." www.space.com/star-trek-di...

youtu.be/E4Ts-t6vOjs?... “We believe that people in this world have a right to live their lives in peace and lives of freedom and happiness in their own country,” he said. “For all the ordinary people in this world, we wish upon you an ordinary world.”

The fascists don't have the culture. And THIS absolutely enrages them.

Hooray for #Pandora!! This is a mission led by Elisa Quintana of #NASA-GSFC, one of the most brilliant scientific leaders I know. This small satellite will study nearby #exoplanets at a level of detail we can't do with #JWST because of the high demands for time on JWST.🪐🔭🧪

Pandora’s orbit is at 600 km altitude, so it was in the second batch of deployments over two hours after launch. We were actually one of the last ones, which means we got a *fantastic* view of separation.

(1/n): Summary of today's Twilight mission payloads: - three astronomy satellites: Pandora, led by NASA-Goddard, to study exoplanets with optical transit photometry and NIR spectroscopy; SPARCS, from Arizona State U, with a UV telescope to study the radiation environment of low-mass stars

This reflects only the appropriation levels. The damage done to processes and personnel within the science agencies is considerable.

We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...

‼️ We call ALL who are tired of the violence and lies to gather 12-2 p.m. Sunday, Jan 11, at the corner of Little Patuxent and Broken Land Parkways, Columbia, to get ICE OUT FOR GOOD! Wear all black in memory of victims. Registration (optional but appreciated) 🍃 www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Today, we show up for our neighbors, our families, and our communities. Join the peaceful weekend of action happening NOW and take a stand against ICE’s fatal abuse of power. Find an event near you:

Some really disturbing videos making the rounds, so it’s a good idea to make sure videos aren’t playing automatically if you don’t want to see them. Go Settings > Content & Media, and make sure Autoplay is turned off.

You don’t have to watch that video either. You know what happened. You know why it happened. That is enough.

FYI you yelling YOU MUST WATCH to any form of murder video or any violence to total strangers is a sign of your mental health deteriorating. We do not have to subject ourselves to trauma porn. Watching innocent people die on repeat will give you PTSD. Log off and call your therapist.

Finger nail growth should be a standard unit of measure. Along with the Moon moving away from us, it’s also about the speed at which plate tectonics drift. Next time you cut your nails think about the Moon moving away from the Earth or the plate you’re sitting on drifting by about as much! 💅

Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era, @kcg.bsky.social ‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.

My first editorial in @science.org was published today: what to do (and, importantly, what NOT to do) when your grants are suddenly cut or research funding is uncertain. Please read and share! #AcademicSky #Science #Astronomy www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hey y'all ACA subsidies are NOT saved, the Senate still needs to vote on the latest version of the bill; just want to note that the House vote happened at 5:13p and the Senate adjourned at 4:29p. The Senate vote I see some people referencing regards a prior bill. Please do call your senator!

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

The Trump Admin ripped union rights away from more than 1 million federal workers. Join us in DC on Jan 14 for the Protect America’s Workforce Act, a bipartisan bill that would restore union protections for federal workers and force the Trump Admin to honor CBAs. #PassPAWA #PAWAToThePeople

There’s a special kind of grief many of us are feeling tonight. Because it didn’t have to be like this.

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Thread 🧵 on Artemis 🌘 science updates if you missed us at #LEAG2026 🔭🧪🪐⚒️ #planetsci

#LEAG - Barbara Cohen next for Artemis IV. Everything here is the initial science planning; nothing is set in stone. Will be starting big time after Artemis II, focused on community-driven goals, pleased to have the deployed instruments on board. Had a landing site workshop.

Did you know the Artemis II astronauts could view parts of the Moon never before seen by human eyes on their lunar flyby? Great new explainer from the Goddard vis team:

Instead of an LPSC abstract, a few of us posted our concerns about the censorship of the conference at blog.planetary-research.org/2026/01/06/a..., with some suggestions for other conferences you can attend to discuss planetary science. (Definitely shorter than 2 pages 10 pt font, too!)

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

Advocacy works! Keep fighting, keep shining. www.theledger.com/story/news/2...

"LRO is almost old enough to vote" ~ Brent Garry #LRO #Moon

“Not sure why nobody’s submitting abstracts,” says organization that deleted scientist’s abstracts after said abstracts were selected and the talks were given.

Five years ago.

Rememberary rememberary

Endorsed

Artemis I was our first step. Artemis II will be our second. It's a big step for sure. But it's right there in the name.

Artemis II, Revenant Body Art, Santa Clarita, California. Artist, JP

Artemis II could take flight to the Moon as early as next month, giving ham radio operators an extra incentive to follow this mission. Three of the four crew members are licensed hams—and you might even have Glover or Wiseman in your log from the ISS!

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints