What do you notice first? 👀
The Milky Way arcs overhead, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory stands below, and the reds and greens of airglow, well...glow.
This @noirlabastro.bsky.social #ImageOfTheWeek has it all! 🔭🧪
The Milky Way arcs overhead, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory stands below, and the reds and greens of airglow, well...glow.
This @noirlabastro.bsky.social #ImageOfTheWeek has it all! 🔭🧪
April 22, 2026 at 8:35 PM
What do you notice first? 👀
The Milky Way arcs overhead, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory stands below, and the reds and greens of airglow, well...glow.
This @noirlabastro.bsky.social #ImageOfTheWeek has it all! 🔭🧪
The Milky Way arcs overhead, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory stands below, and the reds and greens of airglow, well...glow.
This @noirlabastro.bsky.social #ImageOfTheWeek has it all! 🔭🧪
This beautiful #imageoftheweek was captured by Vanessa Francis and shows the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans (stained purple) in the airways #science #microscopy #health #research #mycology
June 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This beautiful #imageoftheweek was captured by Vanessa Francis and shows the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans (stained purple) in the airways #science #microscopy #health #research #mycology
We're throwing it back to Summer 2025!
This @noirlab.bsky.social #ImageoftheWeek shows NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s initial observations of the interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS☄️
Scientists expect that Rubin could detect dozens more visitors from other stars over the next decade 🔭
This @noirlab.bsky.social #ImageoftheWeek shows NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s initial observations of the interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS☄️
Scientists expect that Rubin could detect dozens more visitors from other stars over the next decade 🔭
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
We're throwing it back to Summer 2025!
This @noirlab.bsky.social #ImageoftheWeek shows NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s initial observations of the interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS☄️
Scientists expect that Rubin could detect dozens more visitors from other stars over the next decade 🔭
This @noirlab.bsky.social #ImageoftheWeek shows NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s initial observations of the interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS☄️
Scientists expect that Rubin could detect dozens more visitors from other stars over the next decade 🔭
Radio #ImageoftheWeek 📡
How can astronomers study incredibly distant radio sources that cannot be directly detected? 🤔 Gravitational lensing!
Gravitational lensing explained ⤵️🧵 THREAD
(1/4)
📸 Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF
#RadioAstronomt #Astronomy #GravitationalLensing
How can astronomers study incredibly distant radio sources that cannot be directly detected? 🤔 Gravitational lensing!
Gravitational lensing explained ⤵️🧵 THREAD
(1/4)
📸 Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF
#RadioAstronomt #Astronomy #GravitationalLensing
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Radio #ImageoftheWeek 📡
How can astronomers study incredibly distant radio sources that cannot be directly detected? 🤔 Gravitational lensing!
Gravitational lensing explained ⤵️🧵 THREAD
(1/4)
📸 Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF
#RadioAstronomt #Astronomy #GravitationalLensing
How can astronomers study incredibly distant radio sources that cannot be directly detected? 🤔 Gravitational lensing!
Gravitational lensing explained ⤵️🧵 THREAD
(1/4)
📸 Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF
#RadioAstronomt #Astronomy #GravitationalLensing
🍄🖋 #imageoftheweek ¦ A sketch of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, drawn using ink from the mushrooms themselves!
Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🍄🖋 #imageoftheweek ¦ A sketch of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, drawn using ink from the mushrooms themselves!
Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
Before a night of discovery begins, there's this 🌅
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory basks in the sunset glow in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek, captured in June 2025.
Rubin's site in Chile was chosen because of its exceptional observing conditions, but it's also not a bad office view!
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory basks in the sunset glow in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek, captured in June 2025.
Rubin's site in Chile was chosen because of its exceptional observing conditions, but it's also not a bad office view!
July 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Before a night of discovery begins, there's this 🌅
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory basks in the sunset glow in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek, captured in June 2025.
Rubin's site in Chile was chosen because of its exceptional observing conditions, but it's also not a bad office view!
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory basks in the sunset glow in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek, captured in June 2025.
Rubin's site in Chile was chosen because of its exceptional observing conditions, but it's also not a bad office view!
#imageoftheweek
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#imageoftheweek
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
A garden-like Candida albicans biofilm (green) formed from a population of Goliath cells (pink), captured in 3D by Dr Iana Kalinina.
#fungalinfection
#fungi
#immunology
#microscopy
#imageoftheweek
#fungalinfection
#fungi
#immunology
#microscopy
#imageoftheweek
July 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A garden-like Candida albicans biofilm (green) formed from a population of Goliath cells (pink), captured in 3D by Dr Iana Kalinina.
#fungalinfection
#fungi
#immunology
#microscopy
#imageoftheweek
#fungalinfection
#fungi
#immunology
#microscopy
#imageoftheweek
Oh, bee-have! 🐝
The Little Beehive Cluster (M41) dazzles above NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in this @noirlab.bsky.social #ImageoftheWeek. 🔭🧪
About 2300 light-years away, M41’s ~100 stars were born together — and Rubin will study clusters like this to reveal how stars form and evolve. 🌫️
The Little Beehive Cluster (M41) dazzles above NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in this @noirlab.bsky.social #ImageoftheWeek. 🔭🧪
About 2300 light-years away, M41’s ~100 stars were born together — and Rubin will study clusters like this to reveal how stars form and evolve. 🌫️
March 18, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Oh, bee-have! 🐝
The Little Beehive Cluster (M41) dazzles above NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in this @noirlab.bsky.social #ImageoftheWeek. 🔭🧪
About 2300 light-years away, M41’s ~100 stars were born together — and Rubin will study clusters like this to reveal how stars form and evolve. 🌫️
The Little Beehive Cluster (M41) dazzles above NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in this @noirlab.bsky.social #ImageoftheWeek. 🔭🧪
About 2300 light-years away, M41’s ~100 stars were born together — and Rubin will study clusters like this to reveal how stars form and evolve. 🌫️
During its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin is expected to capture about 10 million supernovae 💥
The Universe is about to get a lot more exciting 😎
This photo was this week's NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek
📷: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek
🔭🧪
The Universe is about to get a lot more exciting 😎
This photo was this week's NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek
📷: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek
🔭🧪
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
During its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin is expected to capture about 10 million supernovae 💥
The Universe is about to get a lot more exciting 😎
This photo was this week's NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek
📷: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek
🔭🧪
The Universe is about to get a lot more exciting 😎
This photo was this week's NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek
📷: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek
🔭🧪
🔬#ImageOfTheWeek | Powered by the #Bridges Lab
Unveiling the #Biofilm Journey. Biofilm cells (Magenta); Biofilm matrix components (Yellow).Thank you to
@bridgesbio.bsky.social & team at @cmu.edu
for capturing these images. Stay tuned for more! tinyurl.com/3yr5herp #TheV3Advantage #FluorescenceFriday
Unveiling the #Biofilm Journey. Biofilm cells (Magenta); Biofilm matrix components (Yellow).Thank you to
@bridgesbio.bsky.social & team at @cmu.edu
for capturing these images. Stay tuned for more! tinyurl.com/3yr5herp #TheV3Advantage #FluorescenceFriday
May 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM
🔬#ImageOfTheWeek | Powered by the #Bridges Lab
Unveiling the #Biofilm Journey. Biofilm cells (Magenta); Biofilm matrix components (Yellow).Thank you to
@bridgesbio.bsky.social & team at @cmu.edu
for capturing these images. Stay tuned for more! tinyurl.com/3yr5herp #TheV3Advantage #FluorescenceFriday
Unveiling the #Biofilm Journey. Biofilm cells (Magenta); Biofilm matrix components (Yellow).Thank you to
@bridgesbio.bsky.social & team at @cmu.edu
for capturing these images. Stay tuned for more! tinyurl.com/3yr5herp #TheV3Advantage #FluorescenceFriday
This image was a recent NOIRLab #ImageoftheWeek: noirlab.edu/public/image...
📷: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
📷: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
Rubin, the Moon, and the Milky Way
Rubin, the Moon, and the Milky Way
noirlab.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This image was a recent NOIRLab #ImageoftheWeek: noirlab.edu/public/image...
📷: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
📷: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
#ImageOfTheWeek ¦ The Fungal Superhighway 🧫
Cryptococcus neoformans (blue) moving through mouse nose tissue (pink). This image is the first time it’s been seen in this formation in the airways.
📸 Dr Vanessa Francis, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
#FungalInfection #Mycology #Science
Cryptococcus neoformans (blue) moving through mouse nose tissue (pink). This image is the first time it’s been seen in this formation in the airways.
📸 Dr Vanessa Francis, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
#FungalInfection #Mycology #Science
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#ImageOfTheWeek ¦ The Fungal Superhighway 🧫
Cryptococcus neoformans (blue) moving through mouse nose tissue (pink). This image is the first time it’s been seen in this formation in the airways.
📸 Dr Vanessa Francis, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
#FungalInfection #Mycology #Science
Cryptococcus neoformans (blue) moving through mouse nose tissue (pink). This image is the first time it’s been seen in this formation in the airways.
📸 Dr Vanessa Francis, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
#FungalInfection #Mycology #Science
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you! 🥞☀️
The setting Sun in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory looks flattened due to atmospheric refraction.
The atmosphere also filters out bluer wavelengths, leaving just the vibrant orange colors you see here 🌅
The setting Sun in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory looks flattened due to atmospheric refraction.
The atmosphere also filters out bluer wavelengths, leaving just the vibrant orange colors you see here 🌅
August 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you! 🥞☀️
The setting Sun in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory looks flattened due to atmospheric refraction.
The atmosphere also filters out bluer wavelengths, leaving just the vibrant orange colors you see here 🌅
The setting Sun in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory looks flattened due to atmospheric refraction.
The atmosphere also filters out bluer wavelengths, leaving just the vibrant orange colors you see here 🌅
Radio #ImageoftheWeek
Meet 'Double Boomerang' Galaxy PKS 2014-55, located 800 million light years from Earth.
Two powerful jets of radio waves (🔵blue) originate from a massive black hole at the center of the galaxy.
📸 Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello & W. Cotton; SARAO; DES
#RadioAstronomy
Meet 'Double Boomerang' Galaxy PKS 2014-55, located 800 million light years from Earth.
Two powerful jets of radio waves (🔵blue) originate from a massive black hole at the center of the galaxy.
📸 Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello & W. Cotton; SARAO; DES
#RadioAstronomy
February 27, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Radio #ImageoftheWeek
Meet 'Double Boomerang' Galaxy PKS 2014-55, located 800 million light years from Earth.
Two powerful jets of radio waves (🔵blue) originate from a massive black hole at the center of the galaxy.
📸 Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello & W. Cotton; SARAO; DES
#RadioAstronomy
Meet 'Double Boomerang' Galaxy PKS 2014-55, located 800 million light years from Earth.
Two powerful jets of radio waves (🔵blue) originate from a massive black hole at the center of the galaxy.
📸 Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello & W. Cotton; SARAO; DES
#RadioAstronomy
🔬 #imageoftheweek: Aspergillus fumigatus is a common mould found in soil, compost & indoors. Most people breathe it in daily & for those with weakened immune systems, it can cause serious illness. Drug-resistant strains are an emerging threat.
📸 Kevin Mackenzie, Mark Stappers, Tina Bedekovic
📸 Kevin Mackenzie, Mark Stappers, Tina Bedekovic
August 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🔬 #imageoftheweek: Aspergillus fumigatus is a common mould found in soil, compost & indoors. Most people breathe it in daily & for those with weakened immune systems, it can cause serious illness. Drug-resistant strains are an emerging threat.
📸 Kevin Mackenzie, Mark Stappers, Tina Bedekovic
📸 Kevin Mackenzie, Mark Stappers, Tina Bedekovic
Most large telescopes are tall & spindly. This one? Short & squat.
Meet NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek! With a unique three-mirror design & low center of gravity, this 350-ton machine moves & maps the night sky quickly. 🔭🧪
Meet NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek! With a unique three-mirror design & low center of gravity, this 350-ton machine moves & maps the night sky quickly. 🔭🧪
June 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Most large telescopes are tall & spindly. This one? Short & squat.
Meet NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek! With a unique three-mirror design & low center of gravity, this 350-ton machine moves & maps the night sky quickly. 🔭🧪
Meet NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope in this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek! With a unique three-mirror design & low center of gravity, this 350-ton machine moves & maps the night sky quickly. 🔭🧪
Some #ClassicalReception for today's #imageoftheweek! Xu Zhen's "European Thousand-Arms Classical Sculpture" (2014) consists of a line of Greek and Roman statues, which resembles the Bodhisattva Guanyin when viewed from the front. #ClassicsSky #AncientBluesky
📸 by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra.
📸 by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra.
January 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Some #ClassicalReception for today's #imageoftheweek! Xu Zhen's "European Thousand-Arms Classical Sculpture" (2014) consists of a line of Greek and Roman statues, which resembles the Bodhisattva Guanyin when viewed from the front. #ClassicsSky #AncientBluesky
📸 by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra.
📸 by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra.
Solar System reviews: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
☄️Comet 3I/ATLAS: "Nice place. Just passing through."
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory captured this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek on 19 Dec 2025. Rubin is expected to reveal more interstellar objects, helping scientists compare our Solar System with other systems.
☄️Comet 3I/ATLAS: "Nice place. Just passing through."
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory captured this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek on 19 Dec 2025. Rubin is expected to reveal more interstellar objects, helping scientists compare our Solar System with other systems.
July 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Solar System reviews: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
☄️Comet 3I/ATLAS: "Nice place. Just passing through."
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory captured this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek on 19 Dec 2025. Rubin is expected to reveal more interstellar objects, helping scientists compare our Solar System with other systems.
☄️Comet 3I/ATLAS: "Nice place. Just passing through."
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory captured this NOIRLab #ImageOfTheWeek on 19 Dec 2025. Rubin is expected to reveal more interstellar objects, helping scientists compare our Solar System with other systems.
Today's stunning #imageoftheweek is by Research Fellow Tina Bedekovic showing Candida albicans hyphae (blue), mitochondria (green) and vacuoles (red) captured during invasive growth. #science #mycology #research #health #microscopy
June 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today's stunning #imageoftheweek is by Research Fellow Tina Bedekovic showing Candida albicans hyphae (blue), mitochondria (green) and vacuoles (red) captured during invasive growth. #science #mycology #research #health #microscopy
Today's #imageoftheweek is this delightful sculpture of Odysseus escaping from the cyclops Polyphemus' cave under one of his rams! Either that's a very small Odysseus or a very, very big sheep. #ClassicsSky #AncientBluesky
Roman, 1st or 2nd century CE, now in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj.
Roman, 1st or 2nd century CE, now in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj.
February 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today's #imageoftheweek is this delightful sculpture of Odysseus escaping from the cyclops Polyphemus' cave under one of his rams! Either that's a very small Odysseus or a very, very big sheep. #ClassicsSky #AncientBluesky
Roman, 1st or 2nd century CE, now in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj.
Roman, 1st or 2nd century CE, now in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj.
💜 This #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek, we're celebrating the postdoctoral researchers at MRC CMM.
From basic science to global health research, their work is helping advance our understanding of fungal diseases and improve patient outcomes worldwide.
#NPAW2026 #Postdoc #ImageOfTheWeek
From basic science to global health research, their work is helping advance our understanding of fungal diseases and improve patient outcomes worldwide.
#NPAW2026 #Postdoc #ImageOfTheWeek
September 25, 2026 at 10:30 AM
💜 This #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek, we're celebrating the postdoctoral researchers at MRC CMM.
From basic science to global health research, their work is helping advance our understanding of fungal diseases and improve patient outcomes worldwide.
#NPAW2026 #Postdoc #ImageOfTheWeek
From basic science to global health research, their work is helping advance our understanding of fungal diseases and improve patient outcomes worldwide.
#NPAW2026 #Postdoc #ImageOfTheWeek
🧫 Today's #ImageOfTheWeek is a dual species biofilm featuring Candida glabrata (pink) & Staphylococcus aureus (gold). These dense biofilms are resistant to antifungal drugs, making treatment extremely challenging.
📸 @orlandorosss.bsky.social & @seanaduggan.bsky.social
#AMR #fungi #research
📸 @orlandorosss.bsky.social & @seanaduggan.bsky.social
#AMR #fungi #research
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🧫 Today's #ImageOfTheWeek is a dual species biofilm featuring Candida glabrata (pink) & Staphylococcus aureus (gold). These dense biofilms are resistant to antifungal drugs, making treatment extremely challenging.
📸 @orlandorosss.bsky.social & @seanaduggan.bsky.social
#AMR #fungi #research
📸 @orlandorosss.bsky.social & @seanaduggan.bsky.social
#AMR #fungi #research
🔬 #imageoftheweek ¦ Bud scars (circular spots) on the surface of Candida albicans mother cells, mark the site where a daughter cell has emerged and separated from a mother cell.
📸 Tina Bedekovic
#microscopy #candida #fungi #mycology #research #health #science
📸 Tina Bedekovic
#microscopy #candida #fungi #mycology #research #health #science
September 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🔬 #imageoftheweek ¦ Bud scars (circular spots) on the surface of Candida albicans mother cells, mark the site where a daughter cell has emerged and separated from a mother cell.
📸 Tina Bedekovic
#microscopy #candida #fungi #mycology #research #health #science
📸 Tina Bedekovic
#microscopy #candida #fungi #mycology #research #health #science
🔬 #ImageOfTheWeek powered by the #PelletierLab
Stunning imaging from recent work of Philip et al. (2025) in #EMBOJournal: tinyurl.com/3p44bh9y
Thanks to the team at Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute @sinaihealth.bsky.social, #Nikon CoE & NBCC Imaging Facility
#FluorescenceFriday #V3UpgradeToSIM
Stunning imaging from recent work of Philip et al. (2025) in #EMBOJournal: tinyurl.com/3p44bh9y
Thanks to the team at Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute @sinaihealth.bsky.social, #Nikon CoE & NBCC Imaging Facility
#FluorescenceFriday #V3UpgradeToSIM
April 17, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🔬 #ImageOfTheWeek powered by the #PelletierLab
Stunning imaging from recent work of Philip et al. (2025) in #EMBOJournal: tinyurl.com/3p44bh9y
Thanks to the team at Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute @sinaihealth.bsky.social, #Nikon CoE & NBCC Imaging Facility
#FluorescenceFriday #V3UpgradeToSIM
Stunning imaging from recent work of Philip et al. (2025) in #EMBOJournal: tinyurl.com/3p44bh9y
Thanks to the team at Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute @sinaihealth.bsky.social, #Nikon CoE & NBCC Imaging Facility
#FluorescenceFriday #V3UpgradeToSIM