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Like a flooded river full of ice slabs, only they are rocks on Mars.
Processed cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 34mm
Sol: 732, RMC: 36.3294, LMST: 16:13:53
Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima…
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise
#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space
The history of Earth as the length of a human’s outstretched arm - representing 4.5 billion years of time.
At this scale, humans emerged so recently that we could be filed off from a microscopic slice at the very tip of a fingernail.
Infographic by Katie Scott from original article in Nautilus. Details at ncse.ngo/deep-time-really-real… #space #time #science #SharedPlanet
Deep time is, like, really, really deep, man | National Center for Science Education
Have you heard the joke about the museum guide who, when asncse.ngo
If we calculate how many grains are in a teaspoon of sand (an average) & multiply that by the amount of sand estimated on every beach & desert in the world, we get (roughly) seven quintillion, five hundred quadrillion grains of sand on Earth. npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012… #space #science
Meanwhile, there are ~70 thousand million, million, million stars in the observable universe - a figure vastly surpassing all of those grains of sand. The universe is immense, breathtaking & beyond imagination ✨
Happy that the first exoplanet discovered accidentally by Dale Frail and Aleksander Wolszczan in 1992 is included. They were not even mentioned when other #astronomers were awarded the Nobel prize for the discovery of exoplanets. And yet the discovery ended up showing exoplanets can show up in strange places.
As of March 2023, 72 #women have flown in #space.
Of these, 44 have worked on the International Space Station as long-duration expedition crewmembers, as visitors on space shuttle assembly flights, or as space flight participants on short-duration missions.
Learn more about these inspiring pioneers from around the world: nasa.gov/feature/womens-histor… #science #history #HistoryRemix
Women's History Month 2023: Celebrating Women Astronauts
As of March 2023, 72 women have flown in space. Of these, 44 have worked on the International Space Station as long-duration expedition crewmembers, as visitors on space shuttle assembly flights, or as space flight participants on short-duration miss…Kelli Mars (NASA)
In 1977, NASA began looking for women astronauts.
Sally Ride spotted an ad about it in the Stanford school newspaper & applied. She was one of six women chosen.
In 1983, Ride became the first American woman to travel into #space. Her role as a mission specialist was to work a robotic arm to move satellites.
Ride went on to teach at UC San Diego & worked to promote women & girls in STEM. She also wrote children’s books about exploring space. nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/… #HistoryRemix
Who Was Sally Ride?
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to go to space. Find out more about this space pioneer.NASA
“There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
— Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994 planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue… #science #space
#nola #neworleans #Louisiana #science #education #space #nasa #blackhistorymonth
NASA doesn’t usually allow animals in portraits.
But in 2009, astronaut Leland Melvin snuck his adorable rescue dogs, Jake & Scout, into Johnson #Space Center for his official picture.
In addition to going on 2 space missions, Melvin had been drafted into the NFL. He’s now an advocate for STEAM education & animal welfare. lelandmelvin.com
Sadly, Jake & Scout passed away, but when Melvin published his 2017 memoir Chasing Space, he chose this wonderful photo for the cover. #HistoryRemix
There’s more on losing the stars today from @sciencemagazine & the news isn’t encouraging:
“Light pollution is drowning the starry night sky faster than thought” science.org/content/article/li… #space #svience #nature /2
🚀 #Nasa has greatly expanded its #software package, which is #free for users to download and use. Over 800 programs are now available for free.
#science #space #opensource #openscience
In 1952, Katherine Johnson heard there were open positions at the all-Black West Area Computing section at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ (later NASA) Langley laboratory.
With far too many accomplishments to list, her work was fundamental to marking a turning point in the space race with the Soviet Union. nasa.gov/content/katherine-joh…
In 2015, President Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She passed away in 2020 at 101. #history #space #HistoryRemix
Katherine Johnson Biography
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
Over 80% of the world’s population & 99% of Americans & Europeans live under "sky glow," where light pollution affects wildlife, human health & our ability to observe celestial objects.
As we lose the chance to look up & peer back in time at once vivid stars, we risk forgetting our place as a single species in the magnificent symphony of life. education.nationalgeographic.o… #space #science #nature #SharedPlanet
Light Pollution | National Geographic Society
People all over the world are living under the nighttime glow of artificial light, and it is causing big problems for humans, wildlife, and the environment. There is a global movement to reduce light pollution, and everyone can help.education.nationalgeographic.org
My Asimov's Authors Blog entry regarding my Asimov's story, Venus Exegesis:
#space #NASA #venus #siblings #climatechange
fromearthtothestars.com/2022/0…
Your Truthful Sister
Christopher Mark Rose believes that humans should look more toward their nearest neighboring planet for inspiration and future exploration. His new story “Venus Exegesis” uncovered the …From Earth to the Stars
We're working on lots of new stuff in Orion's End, ready for an exciting new trailer reveal in January. There will be new planets, new minigames, new characters. We're pretty excited.
store.steampowered.com/app/208…
#indiedev #indiegame #videogames #syfy #space #scifi #lifesim #gamedev
Orion's End on Steam
Orion’s End is space trading life sim. Trading, smuggling, pirate hunting, or pirating. Be a hero or a rogue.store.steampowered.com
Is there an instance for #astrophotography on #Mastodon ?
I'm literally asking for a friend #space #photography
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The motif was originally a kind of idea sketch for a stage background. The whole thing has developed in a different direction and it disappeared into the depths of my hard drive (of such images there are plenty). The format bothered me from the start, didn't come into its own on any screen, but conveyed the idea with the paper planes well. Then #Procreate came along and it has 3D objects on board, e.g. a skateboard - that's when it clicked ;)
#MastoArt #fediart #space #moon #skateboard
1/2: Le Voyage dans la Lune
Info zum Bild/Video im Kommentarbereich // Info about the picture/Video in the comment section
Music in the video by: @MalteHollmann
#MastoArt #fediart #space #moon #scifi #fantasy #skateboard
#Reintroduction post, let's go!
🌳 I'm Sarah, I live on the edge of Epping Forest in London, UK with my partner & our cat Ditto.
📖 I'm interested in #writing & have had a few #scifi #fantasy & #horror short stories published recently.
📚 I love #comics (mostly #DC & indie) & occasionally do some colouring.
🎨 I like #painting #abstract #art & love seeing all your #mastoart!
🖖 I'm also interested in & sometimes toot / boost about #history #space #moss #trees #cptsd #trauma & #StarTrek
I still have more of these poster sets in stock.
Originally designed for my daughter, they are a large "Portrait of the Solar System" in a "world-focused" presentation.
The set of 5 19x27in (46x69cm) posters compose a 8ft (2m) wide mosaic, or can be framed separately.
$60/set or $15/single from:
books.anansi.space
#SolarSystem #Astronomy #PlanetaryScience #Educational #MastoArt #Space
Boosts appreciated. It'd be nice to sell these.
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"Now Witness the Firepower of this fully Armed and Operational Telescope." - Astronomer Palpatine. 🙂
"Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments."
blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/04/28…
#Telescopes #Astronomy #Space #JWST
I had no idea black hole visualizations with this level of fidelity went back so far. Brilliant! #space #RetroComputing
first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978.
NASA's Spitzer Spots a Perfectly Sideways Galaxy
Galaxy NGC 5866 lies 44 million light-years from Earth and has a diameter of roughly 60,000 light-years — a little more than half the diameter of our own Milky Way galaxy. From our viewpoint, NGC 5866 is oriented almost exactly edge-on, yielding most of its structural features invisible.
CREDIT
NASA/JPL-Caltech
##NASA #Spitzer #galaxy #space #NGC5866
Wow very neat! Amazing what we can extract from data sets like this. #astronomy #space #science
Excited to announce paper 3 in our Mapping Stellar Surfaces series, this time on Doppler imaging!Paper link: arxiv.org/abs/2110.06271
Github: github.com/rodluger/papar…
Code: github.com/rodluger/starry🧵 (1/10)