astronomommy.bsky.social
Editor and writer at EarthSky.org, author of nine books, @Astronomommy on that other site
👤 Joined on 20 September 2023
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@astronomommy.bsky.socialDid you see a weird cloud from the U.S. East Coast yesterday morning? ☁️ It was a #SpaceX #Falcon resupply mission to the #spacestation, which created a gorgeous plume of light called a jellyfish. 🪼 🚀 See more pics! buff.ly/uBpXlUy 📸 Greg Diesel Walck.
Show PostPhobos (including Saturn and Deimos) in the latest release of @esa.int Mars Express Can you spot Saturn? Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2sFoFaS 🔭🧪 Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY ESA Mars Express Release September 15, 2026 Note: Saturn has been enlarged by 300%
Show PostAftershocks provide a pretty good idea of what the fault that ruptured today in the magnitude 7.7 Mw Panama Earthquake looks like. Oriented striking sightly off of east-west, they're a good match for the 288 degree nodal plane in the USGS's moment tensor for the event.
Show PostIf @science.org is covering it, I guess I should share something here- we have for the first time definitively detected radio emission from a planet around another star! 🔭🧪🎢 What does this mean? Details in thread! (But TL;DR- still not aliens) 🧵 www.sciencenews.org/article/exop...
Show PostThe devastating events in Nepal & Tibet originated from a glacier collapsing on the N side of Langtang-Lirung mountain. @gunjan87.bsky.social recent paper on Langtang glaciers shows that they are rapidly warming, and that the rate of recession is accelerating. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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