It is time for After Hours! Join @starstryder.space as she talks with author @alexwhite.bsky.social about they use science to improve world-building. Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

We're live and mapping lunar melt. Come check our sister citizen science projects (all programmed by our own @starstryder.space ) Map: mappers.psi.edu Watch: twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

We are still live, but now we're looking for scientifically interesting places to go explore. Map: Mappers.psi.edu Watch: Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

NEW IMAGES ALERT! With the gov't reopened, NASA can release their images they've captured of intersteller comet 3I/ATLAS (it's not aliens). Come watch with us! The stream is live and counting down. Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

Climate change has entered the chat! This week, we follow the water to see how warming temperatures can change our planet. This new EVSN is live & ad free for $1/month & up Patrons on Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX Join us Wed at 9pm for our YouTube Premier. #ClimateChange 🧪🔭

Moonfall is a 2022 sci fi disaster flick where the true victim is physics. Come learn what happens when attempts are made to combine conspiracy theories, technology, and plot, without adding a dash of "but here is how the science would work." https://youtube.com/live/LDtj9t-beuA?feature=share

We're super excited about today's After Hours (UTC+0 edition). We're going to be joined by Alex White to talk about leaning on science facts to build better fictions. Starts 2pm Eastern! https://youtube.com/live/Z427Ly_fOow?feature=share

Got Rocket? New Glenn is take flight for only the 2nd time after every possible abort / hold reason over the past couple days. Boat? ✅ Solar Storm? ✅ Weather? ✅✅✅ Come watch on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

Surprise! We're live with a watch party for the Blue Origin New Glenn 2 launch of ESCAPADE twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

This is a script writing/recording week for Escape Velocity Space News, & the pile of news waiting to be written had one hell of a moisture problem. Our world is a planet, planets are space science, and this makes Climate Change our beat. Are you ready to watch the world melt?

Must stream. Can't stop streaming. MUST CONTINUE THE STREAM. @starstryder.space is back with Jason Batt to participate in #ExtraLife. Join the CosmoQuest Team (#72692) or support us on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

It's time for a Watch Party! Today Blue Origin is going to attempt the second ever launch of their New Glenn rocket with the ESCAPADE mission to Mars on board. Come hang out with @starstryder.space on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

We're super pleased to share that we are now orbiting among the amazing creatives in the Patreon Creator Ambassadors program! If you haven't checked out our page lately, you're missing out on a ton of free content. Visit patreon.com/CosmoQuestX. Like what you see? Join as a patron as you are able.

We're getting ready to go live mapping the Moon (as one does). Watch Pamela and team scientist Kirby Runyon map Lunar Melt on twtich.tv/CosmoQuestX and then do your own mapping at mappers.psi.edu

We are ~20 minutes away from @inaneenglish.bsky.social & @starstryder.space going live to callout 9-1-1's bad space science. youtube.com/live/ON5WM4t...

Soon...

Spooky season is upon us! In tomorrow's CosmoQuest After Hours, we welcome on author & science communicator @mwatzke.bsky.social to talk about the Spooky Images telescopes capture of our actual skies. Tune in for paradolia, science, & more at 2pm E / 11am P / 4pm UTC youtube.com/live/nrieMNg...

We're live with Dr Kirby Runyon looking at our sister project World Mappers: Lunar Melt. Please come join: Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

Our director just wrote a thread on where we are financially & how you can help. We postponed our major fundraiser to December because of the gov't shutdown. We have plans to grow, but... we need money now to survive long enough to build that future. Make a 1x donation at cqx-fy26.org

This week's episode of 9-1-1 has science so bad we need to laugh with it, at it, and away from it. Join Pamela & Ally for hilarity youtube.com/live/HF862WJ...

Happy Podcast Day, everyone! Our latest episode of Escape Velocity Space News goes live tonight at 9pm Boston / 6pm Vancouver on YouTube and Twitch. (Patrons, you already have this show because you are awesome and joined our community at Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX ) youtu.be/JRagZaRsGhE

Starting in 1 hour - CosmoQuest After Hours (UTC-0000 edition) This week, we're talking about conning for science with guest Jenny Larson. youtube.com/live/8Y0pgti...

Tomorrow is a double feature! First up, Dr Jenny Larson to talk joins us to talk about using science fiction to teach science fact, then @starstryder.space & @inaneenglish.bsky.social are calling out 9-1-1 for its science that looks so bad it's not even wrong (because it's not even science).

Hey, we're live on twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX While looking up info on Starship 11, we came across this awesome paper model. Pamela and R.Instro will build this on air on Monday! Check it out axmpaperspacescalemodels.com/index.php/up...

It's stream time! Join Pamela for the Daily Grind: Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

All our planes to celebrate 100 Hours of Astronomy and International Observe the Moon night got delayed along with Pamela's Saturday afternoon plane. But the science must go on! Join us for this belated stream, and learn about our new Lunar Melt project.

Normally, we'd be madly prepping for our Oct Hangout-a-thon, but with a gov't shutdown looming, we know a lot of folks are about to be in pretty dire straits. Our HAT can wait thanks to the support of so many of you on our Patreon. Not following us on Patreon? Join free! Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX

We have ACTUAL GOOD NEWS in planetary science. Blue Origin has been selected to do mission planning for the launch and delivery of the VIPER Rover using New Glenn + Mk 1 rover. If all goes well, we'll see wheels on the ground late 2027. youtube.com/shorts/h64TM...

We're setting up on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX and YouTube to talk Xenomythology with Jason D Batt. Came join us! www.youtube.com/live/c_dcLtE...

Happy new podcast day, everyone! (Every time we say that, we think of @astrokimcartier.bsky.social ) Tonight's #EVSN is wall-to-wall wild science. From stars eating black holes to asteroids invading Earth's personal space. Catch it all at 9pm E / 6pm P youtu.be/wHTwl3w79Pc

Um... today's "Daily Grind" stream on twitch will happen... but it's going to take a bit to sort some electrical issues.

Pamela has been eaten by the grant submission monster, so no AstronomyCast today! AC will record on Wednesday, same bat time, same bat channel.

Thanks to your support, CosmoQuest has not only vanquished Fiscal Year 2025 but brought in enough to carry us through the first pay cycle of FY26! Thank you thank you THANK YOUUUU for helping us pay our bills doing what we love: bringing you awesome news and community science. <3

It is once again time to pit mineral vs mineral in #MinCup. Today's competition of Titanite vs Thortveitite has us mispronouncing all the geology / mineralogy terms and learning soooo many new words. Things that unite these rocks: Both are used in pigments, both vary in color, & both are rare. 🧵

We are LIVE: Join us on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX to first look at today's #mincup challenge, and to then continue our mission to Science the s*** out of #MtG #EdgeOfEternities

Ack! There are 27min left to vote! We almost missed the window! (There also may have been evidence of ancient life found on Mars, so... priorities.) Hold tight, we're covering this as fast as we can!

ok, so... @starstryder.space is frantically writing. She will record live on Twitch as soon as she can pound out words.

Due to amazing science timing beyond our control, our next EVSN episode 1) may be late, 2) may be titled "Perseverance Rover Found a Rock Containing Leopard Spots of Possible Life" @starstryder.space and @inaneenglish.bsky.social are about to strategize

Apparently our team get's to rewrite our next Episode of EVSN while @starstryder.space dreams of fossil hunting on Mars. This isn't exactly a new thing for her, but like... now we know Mars has what really looks like microbe fossils

Do to complete failure to timezone, we missed the presser live and are now looking for a youtube video

presser starts in 15min and I'll be streaming a watch party on twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

Oh my, today was a day for learning lots of (by which we mean 2) new geology words. Go us! In this battle of the shiny green #Kosmochlor vs. blue-favorite #azurite, what we learned makes all the difference in how we may vote. Full disclosure: We were always attracted to super-pretty Azurite. 🧵

The Daily Grind strikes again. @starstryder.space is going live on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX. Her mission, should she stick to the plan, is to fill us in on today's #mincup contestants and continue her quest to find #MtG cards based on Science! (Lightning Bolt anyone?), and then proxy science facts.

Ok Internet, we have a new round of giggle-worthy #scicomm headed your way. @starstryder.space, @msneonkitten.bsky.social, & @sciurusdrey.bsky.social will be at #MagicConAtlanta in 3wks talking about the science behind relevant #MtG cards. ("Relevant" is doing a whole lot of work there.) 🧵

The Daily Grind goes brrrrrr Only on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX (PS that means we're live now)

Ok folks, we are back with Round 8 of #mincup. In the top row of the ballot, we have #Pollucite, & in the bottom row we have #tugtupite, & in our brain we have no knowledge of either mineral. So lets go do some learning! 🧵

This morning we learned 2029 will be the International Year of the Asteroid. We are in! Where do we sign up? 2029 is the year the Asteroid Apophis will safely fly past Earth at a distance that could endanger some satellites. Pamela is looking for opportunities to go watch and all of us are excite.

It has been brought to our attention that we became lost in time and completely missed Match 7, which ended at 0000 UTC. Not gonna lie, all we would have done is squee about how #hematite helped prove that Mars used to have liquid on its surface. This amazing #mincup bracket winner has our ❤️ & 🔭.

In about 10 minutes, @starstryder.space is going live with the first Full Moon Science Discord, hosted on the Starfront Observatory Discord. Catch it all in 10...9...8... discord.gg/3ut6a7pfsY

It is the last month of our Fiscal year (which aligns with the US Federal Gov't. @starstryder.space is spending her Sunday drinking too much coffee & pouring over our big plans for FY26. Join us on Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX (free is fine) to get the details or make a donation at bit.ly/CQX-fy25.