This is, to my knowledge, the first ever photo of an explosion on the surface of Mars. That plume in the distance is the exploding Skycrane, having just delivered the Perseverance rover on 18 February 2021. Immediately after delivery, Skycrane separated and flew to a safe distance to crash.

10 hidden spots in Spain to see the rare sunset total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 www.space.com/stargazing/s...

A moment that changed me: I saw my first total solar eclipse – and its beauty shook me to my core www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A new US military wargame series began by simulating a nuclear weapon in orbit arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past theconversation.com/stardust-tra...

Ich schließe mich den Glückwünschen an Manuel Hagel gern an. Aber habe ich die Glückwünsche an Cem Özdemir von der CDU Deutschlands übersehen @CDU ?

Modeling and in situ observations show that the 2025 ice losses are unprecedented in Central Asia 🧊📈 2% of total ice volume has gone in a single year! 😲 May become the new normal in the future! 🔥 See these two papers: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

DNA matches identify four more sailors from Franklin expedition uwaterloo.ca/news/media/d...

Neuer BW-Innenminister mit Schmiss www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/prof...

Largest-ever survey of physicists puts Standard Model of cosmology under scrutiny phys.org/news/2026-05... uwaterloo.ca/news/science...

President Trump's firing of the National Science Board seems to follow a familiar strategy:"if you don’t like the message conveyed by an advisory group, remove or replace that entire group of experts."

The eclipse had the distinction of being the first total solar eclipse for which predictive maps were published. It may also be the first sighting of the flash spectrum of the Sun, noted as a red streak just prior to totality. At the time, this was attributed to the lunar atmosphere.

Stung by Iran war, Trump heads to China in need of wins www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Artificial light a 'pollutant' to humans, nature and astronomy www.ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

"Rivers of Babylon" is a traditional Rastafarian song and reggae classic originally recorded by The Melodians in 1970 Boney M. was a Euro-Caribbean vocal group created by German record producer Frank Farian. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_...

Stunning coffee-stain views of Mars seen by the approaching Psyche spacecraft on May 9th and 10th. Colorized using Infrared, Green, and Blue filtered images. flic.kr/p/2scmp1J flic.kr/p/2scr2xn Psyche raw images: solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche-raw-i...

'April Flow' 3,408 frames of Himawari-9 satellite data spanning 11-18 April 2026 are repaired, remastered, resized & retimed usinf frame interpolation to create this 16m20s 4k motion portrait with music by Stellardrone. Credit: Himawari / JAXA / JMA / NOAA / Seán Doran

NEW: Astronomy crashes into earthly politics. As Trump prepares to meet Xi, the US-China rivalry unfolds in the stars. Argentina quietly halts a radio telescope project with China after US pressure. US officials also pushed Chile on a similar telescope. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/w...

#Artemis II - Exploration Mission-2 Date taken: 2026.04.07 ~00:34:18 GMT NIKON D5 eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Artemis II Crew / NASA JSC / ESRS / j. Roger

Here's a great old silent flick, of the 1914 total solar eclipse that crossed over neutral Sweden and war-torn Europe: www.filmarkivet.se/movies/solfo...

The moon's largest impact crater scattered something priceless—and Artemis may be heading straight into it phys.org/news/2026-05...

Non-Rotating Early Galaxy Is a Surprise to Astronomers www.ucdavis.edu/news/non-rot...

Das war heute die 3. #Prüf-Kundgebung in #Stuttgart. Wieviele wird es noch brauchen, bis der Bundesrat endlich einen Antrag auf Überprüfung der rechtsextremen Parteien stellt? Wir sehen uns auf jeden Fall wieder am 13. Juni. Same time - same station.

Congressional Record Senate July 30, 1981 www.bigear.org/CSMO/HTML/CS...

Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.): "It is hard enough to find intelligent life right here in Washington"

Not much intelligent life in Washington. Outer space is another story www.yahoo.com/news/not-muc...

Finding intelligent life in TheWhiteHouse would be headline news

Hovering objects and flashing lights: what we learned from UFO documents released by the Pentagon www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today's big data dump from the federal government's #UFO files includes a "bogey" seen by astronaut Frank Borman during the Gemini 7 mission in 1965. Actually, UFO sleuths explained that bogey decades ago. cosmiclog.com/2026/05/08/p... #UAP #PURSUE #Space

This unassuming little crescent is actually something cool: It's a crescent Mars, seen by NASA's Psyche spacecraft as it approaches the Red Planet for a gravity assist flyby next week. Details: go.nasa.gov/4tsCLPQ

Microplastics on top of Mont Blanc (4,806 m asl)! 🏔❄️🚮 Discover the full report here: hal.science/hal-05426589...

Streetlights trigger bizarre 'death spirals' in thousands of isopods, scientists find phys.org/news/2026-05...

NASA astronaut from Western Pa. returns to Pittsburgh for 1st time since suffering unprecedented medical event in space www.post-gazette.com/news/science...

Earth eclipses the Sun as seen by Artemis II on Orion. Satellites showing off as usual...

Eclipses have that sort of impact on a person: theconversation.com/seeing-an-ec...

Trump’s war has destroyed the illusion of US military supremacy www.msn.com/en-ie/news/o...

US-Präsident Donald Trump: "Revanche und Rache" www.kontextwochenzeitung.de/ueberm-kesse...

15 Stunning Images From the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year petapixel.com/2026/05/04/1...

Kīlauea is currently erupting! www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...

More great photos, from an amazing mission - petapixel.com/2026/05/04/n...

The Role of Chemistry Across Disciplines From Humanities to Life Sciences in Understanding Complexity and Emergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... -> How Life Could Arise from Molecules: aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/how-...

Stunning new detail from the #Artemis eclipse photographs. With 12,000 new images to go through, I've combined two superb shots from a series taken during the eclipse, then processed the output (non-AI) to produce this absolute beauty.

The exposed dirt following the removal of the Atacama rock over the last week. Taken with MastCam by the Mars Curiosity Rover on Sol 4886 (yestersol). The exposed area is a little over two feet wide. flic.kr/p/2sbjqDn

On the 65th anniversary of the first American in space. LOOK CLOSELY - Alan Shepard is strapped into 'Freedom 7' atop his Redstone rocket, waiting to make history. His heart rate quickened as the hatch was closed and bolted shut. (From the book, Gemini & Mercury Remastered)

«Der Weltraum ist wie der Wilde Westen.» Ein Gespräch mit dem Raumfahrtexperten Olivier de Weck www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft...

First Portable Eclipse Calculator Invented by Minoans Nearly 4,000 Years Ago greekreporter.com/2026/05/04/f...

The raw photos release from Artemis II have provided a great opportunity to explore the images in their variety and variations. As a Solar eclipse was photographed, the radiating coronal streamers extended from the hidden Sun. I brought out their details by sharpening combined different exposures.

NASA released over 12,000 Artemis II images today. Here's one I processed purely to look cool, not to be scientifically accurate or worthy!

All Four Sentinel-1 Satellites Are Now Live — and Europe’s Earth Watch Just Got Stronger orbitaltoday.com/2026/05/03/a...

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)