Sarah Kendrew

In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.

A white, glowing egg-shaped object lies in the centre of the black-and-white image, on a dark, starry background. Glowing streaks spread upwards from the object. In the top left, a yellow arrow marked ‘Sun’ points straight down, and a blue arrow marked ‘Velocity’ points towards the 7 o’clock direction. In the bottom left, an inset shows the same object on a lighter grey starry background, filled with ragged-edged, concentric egg shapes gradiented black-to-white.

Our first glimpse of comet 3I/ATLAS from Juice's science camera 😍☄️

The precious data from the mission's November observations of the interstellar comet arrived on Earth last week. Teams are now digging in to discover what they reveal.

Stay tuned for updates!

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Music of Earth and Space Since Pythagoras, we have imagined the universe as a vast, resonant instrument—a cosmic harmony waiting to be heard. From Holst’s orchestral visions of the planets to Tuvan throat singing echoing the ...

I cannot recommend more strongly what should be an amazing @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture this evening from m’colleague @miltonline.bsky.social : Music and Space. 6pm GMT. Online via www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/mus...

On the reading list for when I get back from vacation - great work and thanks for sharing.

As promised yesterday: a new alternative model for Little Red Dots. Maybe they're not stars powered by black hole accretion ... maybe they're globular clusters in formation! That's the suggestion in a new paper led by John Chisholm, anyway. It sounds impossible, but hear me out: 🧪🔭☄️

Yes that is great! Daens for me is a good Belgian contender (hard to find these days). Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Indochine, Cinema Paradiso, Y tu mama tambien, City of God, Parasite are the ones that come to mind, but so many more.

SO MANY I'd have no idea how to pick one.

Official Team GB Paralympic photo, with the the crests and everything, and a professional headshot, but it's for "Pickle, A Very Good Girl", who is a black labrador, with a hi-viz harness and a red collar.

Some of you like dogs, in which case you may appreciate that guide dogs of Team GB for the Paralympics get official photos

If any #AWP26 attendees are still in Baltimore on Sunday March 8, you might enjoy our "Frederick Douglass’ Fell’s Point: Stories of Liberation in Black Maritime Baltimore" walking tour that evening...

ESA Space Safety Fleet ESA Space Safety Fleet

At ESA’s 2025 Ministerial Conference, the Space Safety Programme received significant support for its mission to predict, detect and mitigate space hazards, and to build towards a sustainable future in orbit. This is what we’re working on 👇

www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

A glowing nebula with swirling clouds of pink, red, and white gas and dust, filled with numerous stars scattered across a dark background

This richly detailed image of the Lagoon Nebula was captured by the VST at our Paranal Observatory.

A giant cloud of gas and dust, this nebula is creating bright young stars, and is home to young stellar clusters.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1403a/

🔭 #flashback

I'll try to word this responsibly.

My understanding is constellations so far launched do not irretrievably compromise searches for Potentially Hazardous Asteroids.

Eventually, a big enough constellation would do so. I don't think anyone has simulated the effect of this many satellites. 🔭🧪

U.S. Women's Hockey Team declines Trump's invitation to the State of the Union President Donald Trump invited the men's and women's hockey teams after both won gold medals in overtime games against Canada.

"The U.S. Women's Hockey Team said it is declining President Donald Trump's invitation to attend his State of the Union address, a day after the president jokingly told the U.S. men's hockey team that he would be impeached if he didn't also invite the women's team."

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
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Renowned scientist who studied distant planets fatally shot at his home near LA Authorities suspect Carl Grillmair was shot by man arrested for carjacking, as friends mourn him as ‘irreplaceable’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

So supporting the arts has economic benefits? Groundbreaking.

In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?

Look who's on her way 👀

Our next Vega-C passenger, @science.esa.int's Smile mission, is making its way from Europe to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Can't wait to welcome her with an open fairing 🤗

Just for fun, see where she's at: www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/detai...

Frederick Douglass died #otd in 1895, at his home in Washington DC.

Just a few hours earlier, he attended the meeting of the National Council of Women - another reminder that he remained broadly committed to equal rights, until literally his dying day.

More than just McSteamy: Eric Dane was masterful in Grey’s Anatomy – the real man of everyone’s dreams | Anna Spargo-Ryan Dane was initially only contracted to appear in one episode of series. He starred in a further 138, revolutionising the show along the way

For my fellow millennial Grey's Anatomy fans, a great tribute to Eric Dane: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Gearing up for the first launch of #Celeste! 🛰️ 🌎

ESA’s Celeste mission is set to lift off no earlier than 24 March aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from New Zealand.

Lab Notes: Why buying a star name is nonsense - ABC listen A quick online search reveals multiple paid services for naming stars as commemorative gifts. You'll be provided with a certificate and a map for finding your star in the sky. But these names are not ...

Selling stars is big business. If you missed my written rant about it last week, you can listen to me rant about it on the ABC instead 😆
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🔭🧪

“Losing My Religion”was released 35 years ago today. The lead single from Out Of Time earned multiple GRAMMY Awards, topped charts worldwide, and helped redefine what alternative rock could sound like on mainstream radio.

More here: i.craftrecordings.com/rem-outoftime

Streeter: Baltimore is Black history. You’re driving by it right now. COLUMN | A local historian and explorer has created a vibrant Instagram page that he hopes helps Baltimoreans feel the importance of this often-maligned but very special place.

Wrote about hidden Black History in Baltimore with a local historian about how much more you are connected with a story if you can breathe the air where it happened. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Quite the dystopian headline. How do we need a judge to rule on this?! And in case you think it's just the headline: no, no it is not. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Business Operations Division Head to lead our Business Resource Center which supports functions critical to the organization’s business infrastructure: https://bit.ly/4s3md0H

Awesome! Happy birthday 🎉🥂

#openscience !!

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"There’s something outrageous about the stripping away of the politics of Wuthering Heights...most students understand that the novel is not really a love story...revenge, class struggle, power, whiteness" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...