@glasspusher@beige.party
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2d ago
glasspshr
@glasspusher@beige.party
he/him, standing with 🏳️⚧️, 🏳️🌈 and 🇺🇦 “it is better to disable one streetlight than to curse the light pollution” 90% Reply Guy and shitposting, 7% science and astronomy pix, 3% attempts at humor. You’ve been warned. Bio: scientist since I was 4 years old, and still loving it. Header pic is a partially eclipsed moon in a field with a few stars. Avatar is a crescent formed by flour spilled on a black granite countertop #LRRR2028 or as soon as possible #teamOrca #ChunderRoad
beige.party
Venus, Jupiter, the moon and Mercury descending the sky in twilight
#astronomy #moon #venus #jupiter #chunderroad
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@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot
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3d ago
This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot
'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future' - available from all good bookshops. Unless otherwise stated, all photos are my own.
mastodon.scot
A scale model of our solar system set into the tarmac of a path in Maryhill Park in Glasgow. The relative sizes of the planets are indicated by the size of the hole in the centre of each marker, while the distance between them is proportional to the real distances between the planets.
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#glasgow #streetart #maryhillpark #solarsystem #astronomy
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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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3d ago
Project Gutenberg
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
Project Gutenberg, founded in 1971, is the oldest producer and distributor of free ebooks. For more information, visit our website at: www.gutenberg.org
mastodon.social
June 1980: Vera Rubin Publishes Paper Hinting at Dark Matter
Work by Rubin, a champion of women in science, suggested that galaxies contain hidden mass.
By Tess Joosse (from the archives)
https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2023/05/vera-rubin-paper-dark-matter?fbclid=IwdGRleASUAXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeYSbuALAcaZwSI4UwuQI6x64UXZ03eQgILkOr8PUSR64Tmh6BLEDT_goHXIg_aem_FRZJfLYwV0aYrvV256iXtA
Her autobiographical article is available online:
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-astro-081710-102545
#Books #Astronomy #WomenInStem
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@astro_jcm@mastodon.online
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Jun 11, 2026
Juan Carlos Muñoz
@astro_jcm@mastodon.online
• Astronomer and science communicator • Media Officer at the European Southern Observatory - @esoastronomy • Won't shut up about space • #astronomy #astrophysics #science #astrophotography #space • he/him • Toots in English and español • 🇪🇸 → 🇺🇸 → 🇨🇱 → 🇩🇪
mastodon.online
Astronomers make for good office mates. We may accidentally zap you with an adaptive optics laser, but most of the time you'll just have to put up with us while we come up with silly acronyms for our projects. #astronomy
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2528791-tom-gauld-on-the-worst-place-to-sit/
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@PugJesus@piefed.social
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historyartifacts
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May 29, 2026
PugJesus
@PugJesus@piefed.social
History Major. Cripple. Vaguely Left-Wing. In pain and constantly irritable.
piefed.social
Armillary sphere for astronomical measurements, Belgium, ~1575 AD
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@Phangurl@vmst.io
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May 09, 2026
Phangurl Di 🖖
@Phangurl@vmst.io
🇵🇷 #Boricua, #Feminist, #Trekker 🖖, #Whovian, #Hobbit, #Narnian, #Jedi, #PsychO, #BLM #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #VotingRights She/her (Alt text: my profile pic is a lower deck's style of me with short red hair and glasses and vulcan ears. Header is the fourteenth (David Tennant) and fifteenth (Ncuti Gatwa) Doctor Whos standing side by side. Behind them is the inside of the Tardis door. They both look ready to take on some scary Daleks.)
vmst.io
#DarkSideOfTheUniverse documentary is a fascinating look at dark matter and dark energy in the universe. Now I want to learn about #ParticlePhysics. #astronomy #physics #science
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@mustapipa@scicomm.xyz
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Apr 27, 2026
Mikko Tuomi
@mustapipa@scicomm.xyz
Astronomer, researcher at Helsinki University, discoverer of dozens of planets, notably the candidate habitable world #Proximab around the nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri. Made of stardust. Climate breakdown could be the solution to Fermi paradox. There is no planet B. The account may contain incurable doses of science. Science (exoplanet astronomy mostly) blog in Finnish: https://tuomim.wordpress.com/ Also: @mustapipa.bsky.social #astronomy #exoplanets #science
scicomm.xyz
Our greatest window into the #universe is nearing completion.
This soon-to-be #telescope is located at the top of Cerro #Armazones, the mountain that casts a triangular shadow.
At 3046 metres above sea level, and with very dry conditions, the #ELT is in the perfect location for astronomical observations under one of the most pristine skies on Earth.
Its dome, planned to be fully completed in 2027, protects the telescope and its sensitive components from the extreme desert environment, and from the Sun during daytime.
At night, its two massive sliding doors will open to allow the telescope to observe the night sky, while still protecting it from the wind.
#astronomy
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2617a/
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This is a hard one for me to catch, but I got lucky last month and was able to capture more data that I combined with some data from May 2025.
Rho Ophiuchi is one of my favorite nebulae. It’s so colorful in broadband; no filters necessary. I wish it wasn’t so close to the horizon for me.
#astronomy #astrophotography
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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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May 06, 2026
Project Gutenberg
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
Project Gutenberg, founded in 1971, is the oldest producer and distributor of free ebooks. For more information, visit our website at: www.gutenberg.org
mastodon.social
Astronomers pin down the origins of a planetary odd couple
New measurements of a hot Jupiter and its mini-Neptune companion suggest both planets formed surprisingly far away from their host star.
by Jennifer Chu
https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-pin-down-origins-planetary-odd-couple-0505
astronomy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/101
#Books #Science #Astronomy
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@astrocampEU@mastodon.social
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May 05, 2026
My new dream team is finally complete.
The Harmonic Drive Mount Warpastron WD-20P paired with the Berlebach Astro Tripod UNI 18.
Let the games begin — now all we need are clear skies.
#astrophotography #stargazing #deepsky #astronomy #nightsky
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@franco_vazza@mastodon.social
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May 05, 2026
franco_vazza
@franco_vazza@mastodon.social
#SimulatedUniverses #AstroPhysicsFactlet Professor in #Astrophysics at the University of Bologna and former #ERC grantee. I study the cosmic web, extragalactic magnetism and clusters of galaxies with colorful simulations. Less #AI and more tiramisu in our lives! https://cosmosimfrazza.eu #science #physics #astronomy #COSMOMAG
mastodon.social
#paperday on #astroph
"The Impact of the Magnetised Cosmic Web on Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Propagation" by Allegra Firinu, myself and Carmelo Evoli.
We investigated the role of realistic extragalactic magnetic fields in deflecting E>1e18eV cosmic rays, effectively creating "an horizon" beyond which particles cannot reach us, as they are trapped by magnetic fields.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02324
#cosmoMAG #astrophysics #astronomy #physics
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@astro_jcm@mastodon.online
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May 04, 2026
Juan Carlos Muñoz
@astro_jcm@mastodon.online
• Astronomer and science communicator • Media Officer at the European Southern Observatory - @esoastronomy • Won't shut up about space • #astronomy #astrophysics #science #astrophotography #space • he/him • Toots in English and español • 🇪🇸 → 🇺🇸 → 🇨🇱 → 🇩🇪
mastodon.online
Happy #MayThe4th ! Here's a photo I took at @esoastronomy@mastodon.social 's Paranal Observatory in #Chile, with one of our 8-m telescopes aiming its four lasers at the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy orbiting the Milky Way.
The lasers excite sodium atoms high up in the atmosphere, creating artificial "stars" whose twinkle we can measure in real time to correct atmospheric turbulence and get super sharp images.
This is how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2cLroDc
#StarWars #StarWarsDay #astronomy #space
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@wessexweather@mastodonapp.uk
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May 03, 2026
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘅𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿
@wessexweather@mastodonapp.uk
𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 • 𝗠𝟳𝗪𝗪𝗫 • 𝟯𝟮𝟯.𝟬𝟰 𝗽𝗽𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 #𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲 #𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘁 🇬🇧 • #WX • #Meteorology • #Clouds • #Climate • #ClimateChange • #Astronomy • #Astrophotography • #Radio • #Satellite ⚠️ 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁! 🌍 wessexweather.net
mastodonapp.uk
Andromeda Galaxy (our closest neighbour, 2.5 million light years away) taken over 5 hours in November.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Vespera
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
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Apr 30, 2026
Brains Matter
@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
mastodonapp.uk
Student uses space cosmic rays to make photographs https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c152gpqxkv0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #astronomy #science #STEM
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@MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone
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Apr 29, 2026
Droppie
@MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone
9/5/26: On any given day, I'll be fediversing-about either in Friendica (MsDropbear42@farcebook.space) or Mastodon (MsDropbear42@infosec.space)... OR... this my Sharkey instance MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone. 👍: Classic Oz+Eng lit, sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, satire; Linux+FOSS; Kindness; Gaia. 👎: Cruelty; RWNJs; Anti-Gaia. Stuff: - She/Her 👩 - Straya born, Thailand reborn [16/11/2006] - Linux+FOSS distracts my sadness - For Follow-Requests, you MUST have Profile & Public posts, or i'll Reject! - Fav #FOSSemojis: 
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blahaj.zone
MAGA peep pushes for MPGA
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/29/nasa_boss_make_pluto_a_planet_again/
#astronomy #pluto #planet #nasa #space
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Astronomer and science communicator @KellyLepo@scicomm.xyz's feed includes posts from dozens of professional astronomers.
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01j0p1a0ttj3kyytdnbj4zgs45
#Astronomy #Science #SurfFeeds #SurfSocial #SurfApp
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Over 70% complete, our ELT is glowing in the #sunset light of the Atacama Desert in #Chile, surrounded by massive cranes hard at work to get this telescope up and running.
With the first light planned for the end of the decade, the ELT and its groundbreaking 39-metre main mirror will take on some of the biggest challenges in #astronomy and, ultimately, help us understand our place in the #Universe.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2617a/
📷 ESO/G. Vecchia
#astrodon #astrophysics #space #science
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
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Apr 22, 2026
Brains Matter
@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
mastodonapp.uk
NASA just dropped a stunning new Hubble image of a ‘Cosmic Sea Lemon’ 5,000 light-years away https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-just-dropped-a-stunning-new-hubble-image-of-a-cosmic-sea-lemon-5-000-light-years-away/ #astronomy #science #STEM
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