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how i used to feel when i’d see people on vine in each others’ vines

Perfect site for a bonfire! If you could figure out to light one on Mars…

Looks amazing! Enjoy! 👏

A Hole in the Ice, a Hard Stop and a Hard Truth At Thwaites Glacier, scientists reach the ocean below—only to watch their biggest hope freeze out of reach

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Thanks, Miles! Loved following the mission through your posts. Really well done. 👏

Check out this linear band of clouds that stretched from SOUTH AMERICA TO AFRICA on Sunday!!! 🌍 ☁️

Miles O’Brien @milesobrien.com is accompanying this expedition and has been posting some great updates on Instagram, too.

iPhone photo of the full moon rising at sunset behind trees against a purple and pink sky.

iPhone photo of the full moon rising at sunset behind trees.

iPhone pics of the full moon rising at sunset yesterday. Taken from Ottawa, Canada with an iPhone 17 Pro Max. 🌕📱

To be fair, it never said WHERE it had to go…

everything must go mindy

Photo of tomato sauce on a shelf labeled “Stefano Primavera.”

Stefano Primavera was always my favourite soap opera villain. #LikeSauceThroughTheHourglass

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Nooooooooo 😔

Earth from space, centered on Bolivia, captured on Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 5:12:06 PM by NASA's DSCOVR EPIC camera.

5:12:06 PM on Sunday, January 25, 2026, over Bolivia.

WORD FACT

Contronyms are words with two contradictory meanings. For example,

Left — departed or remaining

Buckle — to fasten or to collapse

Dust — to remove dust or to add dust

Sanction — to approve or to impose a penalty

Bound — heading to a place or being tied to a place

Earth from space, centered on Botswana, captured on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 11:19:57 AM by NASA's DSCOVR EPIC camera.

11:19:57 AM on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, over Botswana.

This thread gave me a boost of hope I really needed this week

Photo of the NASA SLS rocket beginning its rollout to the launch pad.

I’m watching a rocket roll out to the launchpad to prepare for a trip to the moon! 🚀 www.youtube.com/live/nrVnsO_...

iPhone photo of a very thin crescent moon against a golden coloured sky at sunrise.

Super thin crescent moon this morning. Taken from Ottawa with an iPhone 17 Pro Max. 🌘📱

Screenshot of CNN website from April, 2001 showing “space” as a unique news section.

Kids today don’t know that CNN used to have a dedicated “Space” section on its website. 🚀 #RealOnesRemember

Full moon auroras in Fairbanks, Alaska

Earth from space, centered on the Indian Ocean, captured on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 9:13:14 AM by NASA's DSCOVR EPIC camera.

9:13:14 AM on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, over the Indian Ocean.

loved roy robins as mrs dingleflower

iPhone photo of the full moon rising near a pine tree in a blue sky with clouds.

Tonight’s full moon rising just before sunset. Taken from Ottawa, Canada with an iPhone 17 Pro Max. 🌕📱

Wow! 👏

Telescopic photo of Jupiter showing the shadow transit of moon Io.

Telescopic photo of the first quarter moon.

Tried my iPhone 17 Pro Max with my 8” telescope last night and it didn’t disappoint! 🌓🔭📱#astronomy

VERY important.

A wide view of the planet Mars fills the frame, shown as a curved, rust-colored world against black space. The bottom edge fades into darkness, marking the planet’s night side, while the upper portion is brightly lit by sunlight. Near the right side are three large, round volcanic mountains of the Tharsis region, each with a wide circular base and a darker central caldera, resembling shallow craters pressed into the surface. North of these volcanoes, stretching almost vertically across the upper right half of the planet, lies Noctis Labyrinthus and Valles Marineris: an immense system of deep canyons and fractured terrain that appears as pale, branching scars and cracks, partly softened by hazy, cloud-like atmospheric features. Near the center of the image, positioned between the volcanoes and the canyon system, a small dark oval appears against Mars’s surface. This is Phobos, one of Mars’s satellites. Its tiny size stands out sharply against the vast scale of the planet below.

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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express

This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris

Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭

The scientific equivalent of this

Earth from space, centered on Australia, captured on Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 2:47:50 AM by NASA's DSCOVR EPIC camera.

2:47:50 AM on Sunday, December 14, 2025, over Australia.