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In case anyone is curious how the US health system is going, I made a new patient primary care appointment in 2024 and it’s now been rescheduled twice. The earliest they can see me is August 2026.

mRNA technology, which powered life-saving COVID-19 vaccines and is now rocketing new cancer therapeutics forward, will soon undergo a scientific slowdown in the U.S.

Uranus has a new moon.

The Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowship supports innovative postdoc research in planetary science. This prestigious 3 year award includes up to $450,000 to cover salary, benefits, and research expenses. Applications are due Oct 3.

New analysis: NASA is awarding new grants at a significantly lower rate in 2025 than in prior years:

Magnitude : 6.1 Region: *Türkiye* Time: 2025-08-10 16:53:47 UTC Epicenter : 28.05°E 39.28°N Depth: 10 km *First posted at: 16:56 UTC* https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025ppbq/general ##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude

The M6.1 shallow #earthquake near Bigadic, Turkey, occurred on a normal fault system, possibly the Sindirgi-Sincanli Fault Zone. A similar event occurred near Simav in 2011 and generated significant damage around the epicenter. ⚒️🧪

Rest in peace James A. Lovell Jr., Commander of Apollo 13, Is Dead at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/s...

Will I ever remember the emojis...history indicates no 🔭🧪

Looking for a space sciences postdoc? The 51 Pegasi b fellowship applications are now open! www.hsfoundation.org/programs/sci... 51 Pegasi b Fellowship - Heising-Simons Foundation

Since 1950, 43 other earthquakes of magnitude 3+ have occurred within 250 km of today’s earthquake. In that time range, the M4.8 Tewksbury, New Jersey earthquake in 2024 was the largest. Today’s quake is too far away to be an aftershock of the 2024 earthquake.

M 4.2 - 6 km W of Muscoy, CA Did you feel it? Report it! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Per Tsunami.gov, the largest tsunami heights were: 5.7ft at Kahului, Maui 4.9ft at Hilo, HI 4.0’ at HALEIWA HI 3.7’ at Crescent City, CA. Complete list and wave periods are linked: www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/...

Footage of the #Kamchatka earthquake. Bricks falling off roofs is one of the reasons why you should not leave a building during an earthquake. Drop, cover, and hold on instead. www.earthquakecountry.org/step5/?fbcli...

A cursory USGS look-up reveals that this M8.8 tied for 6th largest quake ever recorded by instruments. Also, taxpayer-funded science and tech agencies save lives. www.usgs.gov/media/images...

The National Weather Service issued an upgraded tsunami warning for a 100-mile stretch of Northern California’s coastline between Cape Mendocino and the border with Oregon after a rare 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast.

A rule of thumb for tsunamis is that in open ocean, they move at similar speeds to commercial airliners. If you're ever curious how long it would take for a tsunami to get from one place to another, look up the duration of a similar-length flight.

⚠️ A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii and parts of Alaska. The west coast of the US and BC is under a tsunami watch. Here is important information about tsunami alerts and preparedness actions. www.weather.gov/safety/tsuna...

As of 8:25 PM EDT July 29, 2025: Please visit tsunami.gov for the latest updates on expanding watches, warnings and advisories across the Pacific and western U.S.

Just received a tsunami warning! HUGE earthquake in Kamchatka -- M8.7 -- has occurred and tsunami is expected to hit the California coast at .... Crescent City -- 11:55 pm Monterey -- 12:15 am Port San Luis (Central Coast) -- 12:35am Santa Barbara -- 12:50am LA -- 1:05 am La Jolla -- 1:15 am 📰🌊

Hawaii's situation has been updated. Full text: www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/... "A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY." Expected arrival time: 0717 PM HST TUE 29 JUL

This event has generated a tsunami - current size is not yet known. Please pay attention to all information and notices from your local officials. www.tsunami.gov

Updated to a M8.7

NASA may be the most beloved institution in the world. Wherever you go, you see people wearing NASA T-shirts and hats. Destroying it for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans is the opposite of making America 'great' - its destruction along with everything else is national fucking suicide

This just went out to everyone at #NASA from Acting Administrator Sean Duffy who thanks everyone who had to leave #NASA for having made "deeply personal and often difficult decisions." #EmbraceTheChallenge 2.0

The Arizona Geological Survey is hiring a part-time seismic technician. Come work in sunny (hot as hell🥵) Arizona! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

I was doing field work in a remote part of northwest Greenland. While waiting for a helicopter at an Air Force base, I ran into Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who was also visiting the base. This happened to be right before the final season of GoT. He had to squat down nearly a foot for the photo 😂

At first glance this is very, very good news for NASA and other agencies. I think that many missions zeroed out by the White House decree are reversed here. Still a long way to go but this is an excellent sign. I'm sure many others will chime in on this.

The topline numbers represent some welcome news for scientists, industry, and space enthusiasts who have been bracing for severe cuts requested by the Trump administration.

House's NASA Budget is also flat, but they move $1.3B from Science to Operations/Exploration (crewed missions). Hopefully reconciliation will correct these issues, and now is the time to contact your congresspeople (again).

Yeah, here's the graphical representation of how bad the ROSES consolidation of solar system programs is from research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~mikewong/bl...

Actual, Current, Real-World Cuts to NASA Planetary R&A research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~mikewong/bl... "ROSES 2025 Research and analysis proposal opportunities were just announced yesterday. I did a graphical deep dive into how bad the situation is for soft money researchers working on NASA science."

Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

NASA science friends, ROSES-25 just dropped. It's slim pickings. Here are *all* the program being solicited for the next seven months. Link: nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol...

ROSES 2025 is out: science.nasa.gov/researchers/... #roses25

Read this. And then call your Senator and tell them to save NASA science. www.planetary.org/articles/sci...

CALL 👏 YOUR 👏 REPRESENTATIVES 👏

LPL’s Dani DellaGiustina explains the impact of the proposed APEX cancellation.

The House Appropriations Committee won't take up the CJS spending bill (which includes NASA, NOAA, and NSF) next week as previously scheduled. "Due to scheduling changes, those proceedings will be rescheduled to a later date," TBD. appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...

I cannot articulate to you how damaging this will be to NASA science and to the scientific leadership of the United States generally. To say nothing of the precedence of the White House and NASA leadership simply ignoring Congress. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward. I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.

Audio from today's #NASA Town Hall: soundcloud.com/keith-cowing... Speakers - Janet Petro, Acting NASA Administrator - Brian Hughes, NASA Chief of Staff - Vanessa Wyche, Acting NASA Associate Administrator - Casey Swails, Deputy Associate Administrator

#exoplanets #jobs 📣 I'm advertising for a postdoc! Come work with me in sunny SoCal on the Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey Project Infrastructure Team. You'll help build the pipeline for Roman* occurrence rates. *Launches NEXT YEAR! Please RT & share with your networks! aas.org/jobregister/...

Article on what could become our LPL ghost fleet of spacecraft: www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

The University of Arizona ranked #4 in space sciences globally according to the latest report from US News and World report! This ranking includes both LPL and @stewardobservatory.bsky.social. Read more about this honor here: www.usnews.com/education/be...