Chris Schaller

to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes

A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet Recently reported methane signatures detected by the James Webb Space Telescope could be a hint to it potentially harboring life, but University of Arizona researcher Sukrit Ranjan urges caution.

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists, including LPL Assistant Professor Sukrit Ranjan. news.arizona.edu/news/new-loo...

The first image of #3IAtlas from ESA's JUICE mission is in!

I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.

Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß

so minnesotan

This Space Telescope Will Search For Life On Distant Planets The Pandora Space Telescope will study 20 promising worlds that could host life

We're doing it! Go NASA Pandora team!

time.com/7335787/pand...

OMG YES.

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

We asked the least authentic instrument in the cosmos to gauge authenticity, and we think you'll be pretty pleased by the results.

Fun fact, a lot of wonderful scientific illustrations you see in the 19th century natural science publications, were done by women, usually spouses of the researchers as uncredited free labour. The famous finches, came from John Gould, his wife, Elizabeth, illustrated his ornithology books.

(Among other grievances.)

I will never forgive the Python community for making me spell Jupiter with a goddamned Y.

I like the large closet that appears to be installed in the ground on its back in the lower right.

This thread fills me with joy.

This thread fills me with joy.

a really important thread.

Ya but astrology AND LLM advice? It’s a Reese’s peanut butter cup of charlatany.

The beauty of timecube is you get four episodes of golden girls simultaneously every day.

Ah hah that’s good to know, thanks!

A colorful berry pie. The crust is painted to look like Kitt Peak National Observatory, scattered with small white telescopes and framed by colorful pie-crust stars.

Happy Thanksgiving :)
@desisurvey.bsky.social

Wait, what?!

I know, I know. I just reposted cool UA bio research AND a review of a Norwegian hot dog. I know. I contain multitudes.

Hot dog on norwegian lefse

Leaving Oslo today and I was finally able to find a hot dog on lefse (potato flatbread) with shrimp salad and crispy onions for breakfast at the airport.

Verdict: delicious

Our paper describing our antimicrobial, which can kill MRSA within mature biofilms, was just accepted. I look forward to sharing it with you.

An illustration of a lake surface surrounded by hills and trees during the night. The moon in the sky contains a formline illustration of a bear, and the reflection on the lake contains a formline bear cradling a cub.

🌓 Ursa Major/Minor 🌗 (2025 Remake)

#telekitneticart #formline #indigenousart

But Phoenix?

Cassis tho.

Have you BEEN to Phoenix?

Ugh.

The spacecraft’s StowCam imager shows the OSIRIS-APEX instrument deck in the foreground while providing a view of Earth as the spacecraft flies over the Atlantic Ocean. South America can be seen on the left side of the frame. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin

On Sept. 23, NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Apophis Explorer) spacecraft flew within 2,136 miles (3,438 kilometers) of Earth. Video and details: go.nasa.gov/4ofmdIw (Let's hope they don't cancel this mission.)

There were also some excellent Earth as an exoplanet observations conducted. Stay tuned for those.