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See the moon glow next to mighty Jupiter in the winter sky tonight. Via @spacedotcom #SkyWatchers 🌃✨🌠 #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
See the moon glow next to mighty Jupiter in the winter sky tonight
The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.
www.space.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Webb 🔭 (@jwst_discovery) reveals a planetary nebula with phenomenal clarity, and it is spectacular. Via @arstechnica #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #JWST 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Webb reveals a planetary nebula with phenomenal clarity, and it is spectacular
The colors show the star’s final breath transforming into the raw ingredients for new worlds.
arstechnica.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets. Via @spacedotcom #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠 #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #RocketScience 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets
From bicycles to rockets, learning through experience – whether human or machine – is shaping the future of space exploration.
www.space.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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A volcano or a meteorite? New evidence sheds light on puzzling discovery in Greenland’s ice sheet. Via @spacedotcom #SpaceThreads 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋
A volcano or a meteorite? New evidence sheds light on puzzling discovery in Greenland’s ice sheet
New research suggests that a mystery platinum signature found in Greenland’s ice may have come from a volcanic eruption in Iceland.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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AIs in Space: From partners in pioneering to the children of humanity (op-ed). Via @spacedotcom #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🧠 #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #Robotics 🤖 #Tech ⚙️💾📱🔌
AIs in Space: From partners in pioneering to the children of humanity (op-ed)
Rather than the fearsome enemies of movies like "The Terminator," as we move into the universe, AIs can be our partners, our children, and perhaps even us.
www.space.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Catch Shooting Stars During the Rare Chi #Cygnid Meteor Shower This Weekend. Via @discover.magazine #SkyWatchers 🌃✨🌠 #MeteorShower #meteor #meteors #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Catch Shooting Stars During the Rare Chi Cygnid Meteor Shower This Weekend
Learn more about the Chi Cygnid Meteor Shower, a rare shower that seems to grow every five years and will appear this September 2025, peaking between September 13, 2025, and September 15, 2025.
www.discovermagazine.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Astronaut puts his mad video game skills to the test | On the International Space Station Aug. 25-29, 2025. Via @spacedotcom #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #ISS 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Astronaut puts his mad video game skills to the test | On the International Space Station Aug. 25-29, 2025
"This demo brought me right back, blending elements of real-time strategy, RPGs and first-person play into something very real."
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August 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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What came before the Big Bang? Supercomputers may hold the answer. Via @sciencedaily_official #ComputerSciences #Science #Physics 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
What came before the Big Bang? Supercomputers may hold the answer
Scientists are rethinking the universe’s deepest mysteries using numerical relativity, complex computer simulations of Einstein’s equations in extreme conditions. This method could help explore what…
www.sciencedaily.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms. Via @spacedotcom #SolarStorms #SolarFlare #CME #CoronalMassEjection #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms
"We consider this phenomenon as a promising candidate to explain the fact that the solar activity is much more benign than that of other sun-like stars."
www.space.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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@NASA and @Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and #Mars 🔴. Via @spacedotcom #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠 #SpaceThreads 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #NASA #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷
NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and Mars
The new AI tool could help astronauts diagnose and treat medical issues when far from Earth and beyond the reach of doctors.
www.space.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope (@jwst_discovery) suggests. Via @live_science #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #JWST 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
High-speed winds on exoplanet WASP-17b may align quartz crystals in its atmosphere and create dazzling light effects like "sun dogs."
www.livescience.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Ice In Space Is a Lot Stranger Than We Thought (and Is Quite Important!). Via @whatdamath #SpaceThreads 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #ScienceThreads 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 youtu.be/BxAvat0PD8g?...
Ice In Space Is a Lot Stranger Than We Thought (and Is Quite Important!)
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August 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Scientists find temperate planet in nearby system full of rocky worlds. Via @mashable #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Scientists find temperate planet in nearby system full of rocky worlds
Could it have an atmosphere?
mashable.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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What Would Happen if a Baby Were Born in Space? A Scientist Explains The Risks. Via @sciencealert #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #SpaceThreads 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
What Would Happen if a Baby Were Born in Space? A Scientist Explains The Risks.
As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope.
www.sciencealert.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Hundreds of Nasa workers rebuke ‘arbitrary’ Trump cuts in scathing letter. Via @guardian #Politics 🇺🇸 🗳️ #SpaceThreads 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #ScienceThreads 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬
Hundreds of Nasa workers rebuke ‘arbitrary’ Trump cuts in scathing letter
Nearly 300 current and former employees signed the letter criticizing the ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at the agency
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Discovery of ancient riverbeds suggests #Mars 🔴 once wetter than thought. Via @guardian #RedPlanet #Martian #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Discovery of ancient riverbeds suggests Mars once wetter than thought
Scientists spot traces of 10,000 miles of rivers in area where many believed ‘there wasn’t any evidence for water’
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Three Epic Meteor Showers Are About to Light Up July – Here's Your Guide. Via @sciencealert #SkyWatchers 🌃✨🌠 #MeteorShower #meteor #meteors #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Three Epic Meteor Showers Are About to Light Up July – Here's Your Guide
The second half of July and the early days of August are the perfect time to get outside and look at the night sky.
www.sciencealert.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Sound Waves From the Big Bang Suggest Earth Is Sitting Inside of a Void. Via @discover.magazine #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Sound Waves From the Big Bang Suggest Earth Is Sitting Inside of a Void
Learn about the theory suggesting that the Earth sits inside of a void, which may explain why the universe appears to expand at an accelerating rate.
www.discovermagazine.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Whooo's there? James Webb telescope (@jwst_discovery) spots 'Cosmic Owl,' super-rare structure formed from colliding ring galaxies. Via @live_science #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #JWST 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Whooo's there? James Webb telescope spots 'Cosmic Owl,' super-rare structure formed from colliding ring galaxies
Located billions of light-years away, the "Cosmic Owl" is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It's also an "exceptional natural laboratory" for studying how galaxies evolve.
www.livescience.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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How Trump's budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb. Via @spacedotcom #Politics 🇺🇸 🗳️ #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #JWST #Hubble #SETI 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
How Trump's budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb
The JWST could see a 25-35% reduction in operations, and some Hubble instruments may have to fend for themselves.
www.space.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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First-ever evidence of star 'double detonation' captured in stunning image. Via @live_science #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
First-ever evidence of star 'double detonation' captured in stunning image
An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a major cosmological mystery.
www.livescience.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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'A completely new phenomenon': Astronomers spot a planet causing its star to constantly explode. Via @live_science #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #CME #CoronalMassEjection
'A completely new phenomenon': Astronomers spot a planet causing its star to constantly explode
Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering massive solar flares to erupt. This is the first time a planet has been seen…
www.livescience.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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New propulsion systems could enable a mission to Sedna. Via @physorg.news #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
New propulsion systems could enable a mission to Sedna
In the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, lies Sedna, one of the most mysterious objects ever discovered. This reddish dwarf planet follows such an extreme orbit that…
phys.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Rolling for science: #Mars 🔴 orbiter learns new moves after nearly 20 years in space. Via @physorg.news #RedPlanet #Martian #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #RocketScience 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
Rolling for science: Mars orbiter learns new moves after nearly 20 years in space
After nearly 20 years of operations, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is on a roll, performing a new maneuver to squeeze even more science out of the busy spacecraft as it circles the Red…
phys.org
June 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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You can see a giant 'hole' shoot across Saturn this summer — and it won't happen again until 2040. Via @live_science #SkyWatchers 🌃✨🌠 #SpaceThreads #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️
You can see a giant 'hole' shoot across Saturn this summer — and it won't happen again until 2040
There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing surface over the next few months. The rare spectacle is only visible…
www.livescience.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM