CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@scientific_american "641 unknown objects"?Must be the aliens then i guess....

A bit of Pluto #pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

Next year will be the 50th anniversary of Voyager 1 and 2 starting their journey across the solar system and into interstellar space. Made this design to celebrate their grand tour. https://danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/voyager-1-2#WeeklyTshirt #space #science #stem #history

@coreyspowell "Apophis, you say?"

@Nonilex Anything but the Epstein Files. I swear to god that this motherfucker would release the launch codes before the Epstein Files.

A bit of Pluto #pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

A bit of Pluto #pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

A bit of Pluto #pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

@chad If Earth were the size of a basketball, the breathable atmosphere would be the thickness of a coat of paint.

A bit of Pluto #pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

By chance, the object 2002 XV93 passed in front of a faint star. The star dimmed gradually rather than abruptly, indicating the presence of an atmosphere. One key set of observations came from an amateur astronomer with an 8" telescope!Full paper:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02243 #space #science #nature #tech

The story of computing begins here. #DrakeAwards ticket holders gain free access to the Computer History Museum exhibit on May 14th during the reception. Register today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awards-2026-tickets-1984512295698?aff=oddtdtcreator #science #space #seti #bayarea

#PPOD: Composed of 18 images, this natural-color mosaic shows a boulder field on "Mount Washburn" (named after a mountain in Wyoming) in Mars' Jezero Crater. The Perseverance science team nicknamed the light-toned boulder with dark speckles near the center of the mosaic "Atoko Point" (after a feature in the eastern Grand Canyon). The images were acquired by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on May 27, 2024, the 1,162nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS#space

#OTD May 5 1961, the flight of Freedom 7, with the first American man in space#space i was in grade 7 at John G Althouse school in Etobicoke, and they put the radio coverage of the flight on the PA systempretty big deal for young impressionable me

@brouhaha @coreyspowell You, sir, have strangled the Internet. You have moved into a parallel reality, a precursor to our own and smashed all the butterflies you found there. You have taken not just comfort, but life itself. You are not just a destroyer of worlds. You are the antithesis of all that is not only good, but merely possible.

PPOD: Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 April 2026, this image shows a double bloom in the Netherlands: an array of vibrant colors in the tulip fields and the blue-greenish swirls of phytoplankton in the North Sea. Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2026), processed by ESA #planetaryscience #space #science

In this week's #SETILive, we discussed Little Red Dots (possibly distant proto-galaxies) and how they may be the birthplaces of prebiotic chemistry. Watch the full interview: https://youtube.com/live/XhgfNxY7aow #space #science

Looking at a galaxy 50 million light-years away through your telescope, every human worry shrinks to nothing. Deep-sky imaging doesn't just capture beauty; it confronts you with an universe utterly indifferent to your ambitions. #astrophotography #cosmicperspective #space

Our instruments have improved, but wishful thinking remains a fixture of human behavior. That's why scientists tend to take every claim about "new evidence of alien life" with a massive dose of skepticism.

#PPOD: First Photo from the Surface of the Moon Close-up image of the Oceanus Procellarum region of the Moon from the Soviet Luna 9 lander in February 1966.Luna 9 made the first survivable landing on the moon and snapped the first photos from its surface. Credit: National Space Science Data Center #planetaryscience #space #science