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some guy working on some telescope. views are my own and not those of my employer or the government or anyone else.

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why don’t we throw shoes anymore

25.02.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some SMD Activities Paused Pending OMB Guidance the following memo "Guidance to Limit Commitments in Advance of SMD Apportionment" was sent out yesterday to NASA center CFOs

Russ Vought's attacks on NASA earth science continue

11.02.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

thanks for covering this!!

23.01.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hubble peers at Cloud-9, a nearby dark matter cloud from the ancient universe No stars were seen in it, showing it really is a relic of the dawn of the cosmos

Hubble took a long look at a nearby cloud of gas suspected to be hiding billions β€”Β BILLIONS β€”Β of times the Sun's mass worth of dark matter, and found out… yup. It's a dark-matter dominated cloud that failed to make a galaxy when the Universe was young.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/hubble-pee...

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22.01.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5

it’s incredibly important to note that on the new footage that came out from the ICE agent himself, halfway through the video he switches his phone between his hands, opening up to grab his gun way before renee good even starts driving

09.01.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 5828 πŸ” 1077 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 24

The new Congressional NASA budget does look way better, but we need to acknowledge that even if NASA "gets its budget back," it will not undo the massive amount of damage done across the country. It won't bring back the many scientists and engineers who've lost their jobs and had to move on!

09.01.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if for the original Switch, I recommend something like the hori split pad pro in handheld mode

09.01.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We actually didn’t name it! It was the ninth gas cloud discovered by Chinese astronomers around the galaxy Messier 94, so pretty much just a coincidence.

07.01.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, fair point! But I don’t really think the name matters at the end of the day.

07.01.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
 
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.

07.01.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 13372 πŸ” 3846 πŸ’¬ 707 πŸ“Œ 392

there is a dark matter halo with neutral hydrogen gas, but not massive enough to collapse and form stars. And no dust, because you need stars to make dust.

07.01.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

man this sucks

07.01.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Astronomers are on "Cloud 9" with a new, starless gas cloud Astronomers have found starless gas clouds before, but Cloud 9 might be the most pristine one of all, with big lessons for cosmic history.

Astronomers are on β€œCloud 9” with a new, starless gas cloud

Just 16 million light-years away is a massive cloud of gas, weighing in at around 1.4 million solar masses.

And yet, there are no stars inside at all. Here's what that means.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #stars #astronomy #astro

06.01.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

This is an awesome write up, thank you!

07.01.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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NASA's Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object - NASA Science A team using Hubble uncovered a new type of astronomical object β€” a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud, a remnant of early galaxy formation.

Really proud of this work from our small team on the discovery of the first starless galaxy

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science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

06.01.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 373 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

I see 6x10^5 in McQuinn+15 (which is where we pulled from), though McQuinn+24 has it at about half that now!

06.01.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

we get into that possibility in the discussion section of the paper, but such a configuration would be really short lived (~10 million years) compared to the age of the universe, so we think it’s pretty unlikely.

06.01.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)

the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible β€œyes” votes for the deal.

09.11.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 493 πŸ” 365 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 49

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.

It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.

09.11.2025 21:04 πŸ‘ 5048 πŸ” 2006 πŸ’¬ 242 πŸ“Œ 252

Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.

Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!

Find them here: reps.fyi

09.11.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 1924 πŸ” 953 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 64

The mistake that the Senate Dems are making is that they think they are playing a game that will be repeated in the future-in which case, the optimal course of action is compromise. But the Trump regime is doing all it can to ensure this is the last cycle under the Constitutional order.

07.11.2025 23:14 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They're tearing Goddard apart for scraps and I'm supposed to write as many proposals as I can to scramble for a fraction of the money NASA has left? Depressing, degrading, and dehumanizing in a time when the future of planetary science can be measured in the number of people it leaves behind.

06.11.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.

Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

05.11.2025 02:50 πŸ‘ 7231 πŸ” 1559 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 159

A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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31.10.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7

if you are at all interested in the status of the local value of the Hubble constant/tension, I would very much recommend reading this new paper!

the local results are very robust, and point to a sizable and significant tension with measurements inferred from data from the early Universe

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29.10.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
This is Figure 1 of the paper, a conceptual overview of the Local Distance Network, a many routes approach, featuring what looks like a metro map with routes converging on H0.

This is Figure 1 of the paper, a conceptual overview of the Local Distance Network, a many routes approach, featuring what looks like a metro map with routes converging on H0.

#Cosmology

The Local Distance Network: a community consensus report on the measurement of the Hubble constant at 1% precision

The baseline result is H0=73.50+/-0.81 km/s/Mpc.

by the H0DN Collaboration: Stefano Casertano, et al (incl. @styrofoamplates.bsky.social)
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29.10.2025 13:35 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

can’t even make this shit up anymore

24.10.2025 02:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

someone get the FBI to investigate OKC this shit is unwatchable

24.10.2025 02:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely curious: can Dems physically get close enough to use this as a backdrop? Political malpractice not to if you can.

21.10.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 630 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 7

The NBA is back tonight! Follow #NBAsky and convince your friends that Shams still posting on twitter is not a good reason to stay.

21.10.2025 16:59 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0