The Sky Seeker

James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST

Dust Settling and Grain Evolution across the Nearby Population of Edge-on Protoplanetary Disks

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DATE: 2025-08-22
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We are less than a year a way now from ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’!

#starwars #TheMandalorian #ahsoka  #grogu #dindjarin #fennec #bobafett #bokatan #TheMandalorianAndGrogu

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#StarWars is a really odd franchise, it was story of the #LukeSkywalker - the "protagonist" (a kind of important detail) - the original trilogy wasn't about "Anakin", that was retroactively added and overly inflated with prequels and spin-offs... now Luke is a forgotten supporting character

The image is a highly enhanced color view of Saturn's rings, captured by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft on August 17, 1981, from a distance of 8.9 million kilometers. It shows a section of the planet's ring system with color variations, indicating possible differences in chemical composition between different parts of the rings. The rings are not uniform in color, but exhibit a range of hues from blue to orange to green to off-white to black to beige, etc. The background is the deep black of space, creating a sharp contrast, making the colors of the rings pop. The image does not show Saturn itself, focusing entirely on a portion of the rings that extends across the frame.

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This highly enhanced color view of Saturn’s rings was assembled from multiple images taken by Voyager 2 on 17 August 1981.

The enhanced colors are used to illustrate possible chemical variations in the ring material.

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Credit: NASA/JPL

🔭 🧪 #histsci #planetsci

A scene from Gattaca, 1997 American dystopian science fiction film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. It's about a future in which all humans are curated in-vitro to have perfect genes. Anyone who is born naturally is persecuted. This is the piano concert scene. A man plays a beautiful concerto that only he can play, because he was genetically engineered to have twelve fingers.

The piano scene from this episode of TNG. A child--who has been bred for this purpose--plays a piano concert for a listening audience of Moab IV residents. Troi watches from a table beside Aaron, Moab IV's leader.

"Mother, can we get Gattaca?"

"We have Gattaca at home."

We're on a planet this time! Our POV is up on a balcony overlooking a manicured garden. Walking through this garden is an away team of Riker, Geordi, and Troi. They are accompanied by a couple of human civilians in colorful suits. In blue text we see the episode title: "The Masterpiece Society."

Star Trek TNG, S5E13: Troi locks Picard in a turbolift so she can tell him about her one-night stand. Geordi uses his VISOR to yeet a star.

5/10 a half-baked morality tale about eugenics that inexplicably doesn't mention the Eugenics Wars

Yar, Troi, Riker, Worf, and Wesley stand outdoors, facing two Edo locals dressed in revealing clothing. The scene takes place in a garden with trees, grass, and a pond in the background.

Tasha Yar sits on a bench with two Edo locals, holding drinks. They are surrounded by plants.

Rewatching TNG S01E08 “Justice”

A small group from the Enterprise beams down for shore leave on a paradise-like world, where the inhabitants spend their days running, drinking, getting massages… and having lots of sex. Riker is far too excited about it.😅

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Game Boy Advance
Ubisoft Montreal, 2005

Hasbro Reveals New Marvel and Star Wars Figures at Fan Expo Canada 2025 - Canada News Beep It's been a busy week of new action figure announcements for Hasbro. Earlier this week, we gave you an exclusive first look at the Marvel Legends Maximum

Hasbro Reveals New Marvel and Star Wars Figures at Fan Expo Canada 2025

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It’s been a busy week of new action figure announcements for Hasbro. Earlier this week, we gave you…

Posting because it’s Star Wars
and it’s silly.

Post a random photo otherwise everything goes wrong in June

Deleted scene from the opening of #returnofthejedi 🎥🎬

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Post a random photo otherwise everything goes wrong in June

Krillin - Dragon Ball Z (Japanese)

Chiro - Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force GO!/SRMTHFG! (American/Japanese)

Deetz - Get Ed (American)

Sheldon Lee - My Life as a Teenage Robot (American)

Humans with a Robo Love Interest

Season 2, Episode 12: Raging Bender
#Futurama #S02E12 #Cartoon

Did anyone else watch Futurama? Mom's kids, anyone?

The ideal American Democracy, as brought to you by Futurama.

Star Trek The Original Series scene. A Gorn (a gorn!) is standing in the dessert trying to look menacing. I saw trying because it's a 1960's show with a small budget. Sort of looks like a teenage mutant ninja turtle from that movie in the 90s about adolescent mutant turtles but without the turtle shell and weapons and instead it's wearing a gold and ruby leotard. Face kind of looks like a komono dragon. Closed caption reads: [GRUNTS]

"Contact us if you were harmed by an alien." #startrek

The book cover for the Star Trek Strange New Worlds novel, “Toward the Night” by James Swallow. Pike is featured in the center, surrounded by (from left to right) Spock, Uhura, Una, and Erica Ortegas. The cover has lots blue, black, and purple colors with a brighter orange halo in the center to complement. Moons, planets, and stars are featured in the background.

Wow! #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds “Toward the Night” by James Swallow is one of my new favorite Trek books since the Kurtzman era shows started having tie-ins. It’s on the same level as Rogue Elements, Second Self, Dead Endless, and The Way to the Stars (all of which I found to be phenomenal).

Star Wars Ezra Bridger GIF Alt: Gif from the children's cartoon Star Wars Rebels showing four characters--Ezra, Sabine, Zeb, and Commander Sato--giving a salute.

Rewatching Andor repeatedly can't be great for my nervous system, so I'm back to Rebels.

Hating on Dave Filoni is in vogue, but this show is more radical than you'd think. This queer found family of child terrorists kill more stormtroopers in the first episodes than Cassian does in all of Andor.

Star Wars: The Sequel Trilogy Graphic Novel Collection
Releasing November 11, 2025
More Sequel trilogy content, years after the fact 👀

Another day of solid progress, and even managed it with getting D&D in as well! #Warhammer40k #Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #PaintingWarhammer #WIP

😂😂😂🖖
#StarTrek

‘Revenge of the Sith’ Turns 20: Looking Back at George Lucas’s Last Star Wars Movie - SciFiction Every saga has a beginning, so said the promotional material for 'The Phantom Menace' back in 1999, when, after a sixteen year absence, George Lucas returned to the Star Wars galaxy to make a new tril...

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#20thanniversary #GeorgeLucas #last #movies
#anakinskywalker #haydenchristensen #ewanmcgregor #obiwan #trend #virals #foryoupageシ

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Two pouter pigeons on Andor.

An illustration of an English Pouter standing tall, with its huge crop.

A few folks sent me messages about some unusual pigeons that appeared on the show Andor. Thank you! They are real pigeons and not CGI. They belong to the group of breeds called Pouters or Croppers. Here’s an illustration of an English Pouter from my book A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching.

Billie Lourde remembers late mother on Star Wars Day Billie Lourde remembers late mother on Star Wars Day Billie Lourd, daughter of the original Star Wars film trilogy actress Carrie Fisher, honoured her late mother with a touching tribute on Star Wars Day. On Sunday, May 4, the American Horror Story star took to her Instgaram to celebrate her beloved mother’s legacy with a heartwarming picture. She captured her four-year-old son Kingston Fisher and two-year-old daughter Jackson Joanne, watching their iconic grandmother in Star Wars: Return of Jedi (1983).

Billie Lourde remembers late mother on Star Wars Day

Billie Lourde remembers late mother on Star Wars Day Billie Lourd, daughter of the original Star Wars film trilogy actress Carrie Fisher, honoured her late mother with a touching tribute on Star Wars Day. On Sunday, May 4, the American Horror…