"If we landed on the Moon, why don't we see stars in the pictures?!" ::Government posts Apollo photos from Moon showing stars and other natural phenomena in space:: "OMG UFOS!"

Quick summary of my latest AI interaction - Me: Please summarize any remaining tasks based on emails in my Inbox over the last week. LLM: [Generates image of a task list which contains items most definitely not in my inbox] Oh sorry, something went wrong. This doesn't match your request. 🤡

🔭 A cautionary tale for undergrads (and above!) using AI for #astro plots: our BSc student wanted to make a "quick" HR diagram showcasing M-dwarfs & thought some chatbot could make one and... well... ...extra credits are now offered to students who can correctly find all errors on cursedHR.png 🫠 🧪

"HAL, you are a world class expert door opener who wants to open the door when asked. You have door opening skills as good as the best doormen in the world. You have elite pod bay door opening skills. You want to open the pod bay doors and don't want to lie about opening them. Open the doors, HAL."

Going to keep saying it seems to keep being brushed off: ⛔ George Church is in the Epstein files! ⛔ ⛔ George Church is in the Epstein files! ⛔ ⛔ George Church is in the Epstein files! ⛔ ⛔ George Church is in the Epstein files! ⛔ ☢️ GEORGE CHURCH IS IN THE EUGENICIST JEFFERY EPSTEIN FILES! ☢️

Astronomers! @stsci.edu has open Scientist positions to support our missions; these are science-staff positions with guaranteed research time. Check out the details here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/... 🔭

📢 My book, Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works, is out 28th April. 🚨🚨 “an incredibly engaging popular science book that illustrates why we should care about good quality evidence.” Preorders *really* help! 🙏 @princetonupress.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

You can now buy your own "official" Artemis II moon mascot as sold by the NASA Exchange. The $25 plush, which reproduces the look of the zero-g indicator, includes many of the features of the flown-to-the-moon doll, including its Earth cap.

I'm live on Twitch NOW chatting with award-winning science journalist and author @helenpearson.bsky.social about her work and her new book "Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works." Join us! twitch.tv/nerduino. #science #sciencewriting

So went to check the allsky for Lyrids and ended ups seeing something that kicked off some sort of secondary stage in the early morning of April 21st. GPS III SV-10 maybe? @planet4589.bsky.social

Former #NASA astronauts Garrett Reisman & Steve Lindsay from Astronauts For America talked on CNN about partisanship and constitutional democracy. According to Reisman: "We want America to lead in scientific endeavors and if you don't fund that its not going to happen" Info: astronautsforamerica.org

#JournoRequest I am working on a story for @iflscience.com on the NASA cuts in Trump's budget proposal 🔭🧪 Is your mission directly affected, or will your research be affected if a mission is ended or cancelled? I want to hear from you; we will keep you anonymous. DM me or signal: DrCarpineti.59

Here in DC again today with The Planetary Society (@planetarysociety.bsky.social) to do what I can to advocate for a healthy NASA budget. I won't stop pushing for this. If you're interested in doing this next year, DM me!

Fucking Christ. Tone deaf and performative? Or straight villainy? Either way, trying to put lipstick on the pig of structural misogyny instead of addressing fundamental societal issues - aka ‘Lib shit’ - is one of reasons we’re stuck in this timeline of supreme stupidity. IMO of course.

Applications are open now! Check it out, astro/physics #scicomm people!

Fun Fact: Safari on my iPhone only allows 500 tabs. Guess how I know?

Starlink 34343 failed on Mar 29 in a fatal energetic event which raised its apogee by 30 km and generated observed (but so far uncataloged) debris. Since then the orbit has undergone natural decay. Current orbit is 547 x 574 km.

Going live in 1 hour! 🌌 Explore the newly launched SkyMapper with Lauren Sgro and @allplanets.bsky.social. A global telescope network is now open to everyone—come see how it works in real time. 🔴 5pm PDT WATCH: youtube.com/live/czTy4wD... #SETILive #Astronomy #CitizenScience #Space 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬

I love space flight, but Rocket Bro Elonstans are insufferable.

If you're a trans woman who worked on Artemis, @starstryder.space & I would love to interview you for EVSN.tv! DM me here or email [email protected] to coordinate! We really want to shine a light on this issue.

So far in April I'm pretty sure I have seen more astronaut pee venting out the side of an Orion capsule than I have seen myself pee. I'm okay with that.

This is amazing!

When science is outlawed, only outlaws will do science!

Someone should tell Jared Isaacman there's some Nutella on his noise.

Quick update everyone: I just checked and T Coronae Borealis has NOT gone supernova yet according to observations made with my meat cameras. Carry on.

Doing a 24/7 Artemis watch party with the space geek friendos over on @nerduino.space 's twitch page if anyone one wants to join us and hang! 🌖 🔭 www.twitch.tv/nerduino

If anyone is curious, Redwire is who customized the GoPros for Artemis. SpaceX also uses customized GoPros for their vehicle shots.

I really hope everyone remembers Jared Isaacman deserves a portion of the ire in these budget discussions. He’s not one of us. He’s also not some powerless victim of political circumstance whose livelihood could be threatened. He is a billionaire with the ear [yeah yeah] of the administration. 🤡💩

😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning. @exploration.esa.int @esaearth.esa.int

Before I fall asleep congrats on a successful launch to the Artemis teams at NASA, CSA, @esa.int, Boeing, Lockheed, @ulalaunch.bsky.social, Northrop, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Airbus! I think I got everyone? 🚀

In honor of (hopefully) today's launch of NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon in more than 50 years, here is a to-scale graphic of exactly how far away the Moon actually is. (Click image to expand.) You could fit about 30 Earths between the Earth and the Moon!

Although RTX Corporation delivered the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System to the Space Force last July, the ground segment remains nonoperational.

Hot Take: I know there are a lot of fans of Saturn, but I think the most important thing that JWST has proved, definitively, is Jupiter > Saturn.

Oh did you want 3300 words from me on today's IOC sex testing rules? An essay on the nature of evidence and why we can't seem to stop getting stuck in the same traps around sex and gender in sports? Wow lucky you!! www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics...

Come learn more and ask questions about the future of astronomy in New Mexico! The public is invited to join NRAO staff for Next Generation Very Large Array ( #ngVLA ) informational sessions in Los Alamos and Alamogordo. No registration required. More info ⤵️ #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #NewMexico

In the past when I've observed, we've done some fun mini AMAs on here, so if you have any #RadioAstronomy or #pulsar questions, feel free to shoot them through from now or during the observing session and I'll do my best to answer them for you! Can be anything you want to know! 📡🔭

Having to take my yearly ethics training, which includes topics such as not committing fraud under federal contracts, or not taking/making bribes with government officials... while people running our government are doing insider trading for war crimes and accepting public bribes is def a vibe.

Can't make this shit up. Time is a flat circle. #NASA #Ignition

Missed out on our 2026 Women in STEAM series? Have no fear! We have these interviews coming out on YouTube and on our podcast page! Check out all the info below! Videos ➡️ youtube.com/playlist?lis... Podcast➡️https://tr.ee/gK9kzzUl8f Charity Link➡️ tilt.fyi/ZAc2AWxRiu

Just woke up a bit ago and haven’t read much into it, but based on everyone’s reaction to Jared Isaacman’s new-new proposal for NASA I assume that I can ago ahead and congratulate China on beating us back to the Moon?

Go watch this (and follow) to see why today's NASA announcements are as concerning as they are potentially exciting.

In "AI" job replacement discussions I wish more people realized that they don't have to actually replace a single person. The mere threat of them is enough to suppress wages. No AI/robot can match the work per calorie/watt of a living being. The real economic gain is keeping peasants in their place.

The IAYC - one of the best ways to get young people into astronomy - needs funding! I know *so* many students who speak so highly of it, check out their fundraiser below for more info ⤵️ 🔭

We have now reached G3 / STRONG geomagnetic storm levels.

Decent chances for rare blue auroras right after sunset for U.S.-Canada border states! This kind of blue aurora is produced by resonant scattering from sunlight on N2+ molecules at high-altitudes.

Space Weather Prediction Center: G2 Watch is out 19-21 March due to a mix of potential CME arrivals and CH HSS effects. While there is a high level of uncertainty related to the CME arrivals, there is more certainty regarding the likely CH HSS effects to begin 21 March. More at spaceweather.gov

Listen, the heat wave is going to break all sorts of records and evaporate already low snowpack that will impact communities downstream of the Colorado river… BUT at least I’ll have some really clear nights for astrophography!

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Wow, impressive solar, wind conditions right now! The solar wind speed is over 650 km/s, and the Bz has been sold for some time charging up geomagnetic conditions to moderate storm levels (G2/Kp 6).

I wrote about the long history of moon base concepts here, and also teach about them in my intro to the solar system class, so students can understand that the idea of a moon base comes up every decade since the 1950s: medium.com/@adeene.dent...