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A wonderful tribute from @minouette.bsky.social to Nancy Grace Roman, whose contributions helped shape modern space astronomy.
Her legacy continues to inspire scientific discovery.
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minouette.bsky.social Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 5d
Day 12 #spacetober_challenge is Roman Space Telescope so I made a new portrait of its namesake #astronomer Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA’s 1st chief of astronomy throughout the 60s & 70s, who helped shape the space astronomy program. 👩🏼‍🔬🔭🎢🧪🐡 #histsci Nicknamed “mother of Hubble” for her role in
My linocut portrait of astronomer Nancy Grace Roman in a button down shirt, facing left at an angle to the plane of the image, holding a model of the AOSO satellite in her right hand and pointing at it with her left. She has short hair and glasses. Behind her is the night sky with Ursa Major above her head. Both the OAO satellite and Hubble Space Telescope are above her. Her shirt and black vertical stripes and is in a gradient of green to violet from right to left because its a stellar absorption spectrum.
October 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
aliamartin.bsky.social
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Before Mars: Patience Before the Leap
YouTube video by Future Civilization Realization
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October 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
skyandtelescope.bsky.social
NASA announced three new scientific payloads that will head to the Moon to better understand lunar hazards and resources.
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#astronomy #spacescience #lunarlander
NASA Initiative to Study the Moon's Environment
NASA announced three new scientific payloads that will head to the Moon to better understand lunar hazards and resources.
skyandtelescope.org
October 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM
sanjaymohindroo.bsky.social
A Question of Scale
Size tells only part of the story.
Does size always determine significance? #Astronomy
#Astronomy #SpaceScience
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October 14, 2026 at 9:11 AM
drnereide.bsky.social
A British-built magnetometer headed for a distant orbit could extend the usable warning time for the most severe solar storms.

www.ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Image Credits: ESA/Argotec

Licence: Attribution (CC BY 4.0)

🔭🧪⚛️ #SpaceWeather #ESA #SpaceScience #SolarStorm
Illustration of HENON’s Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO): the Sun is on the left, Earth near the centre, and an elliptical trajectory around Earth is marked with mission phases including launch, transfer to DRO, payload commissioning, and nominal operations. The sunward segment is labelled for near-real-time alert service, while the opposite segment is labelled for scientific measurements and data download.
October 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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🌙 Twelve Humans Have Walked on the Moon. None Since 1972.

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#Apollo #MoonLanding #SpaceHistory #NASA #SaturnV #Astronauts #Apollo11 #Apollo13 #Artemis #UKAstronomy #SpaceScience
October 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
newscubby.bsky.social
NASA outlines brain, crop and bacteria studies for the space station. Research plans, not results.
https://www.newscubby.com/go/p_861a4c18141b5b2e0e9e2e6768afac87
2015 file photo: NASA/public domain; AI layout.
#NASA #SpaceScience
October 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
skmohindroo.bsky.social
A Question of Scale
Size tells only part of the story.
Does size always determine significance? #Astronomy
#Astronomy #SpaceScience
sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know...
October 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
neyom.bsky.social
🚨 Mars soil is POISON.
It's salty, toxic (perchlorate) and kills most plants.
So scientists trained a tiny microbe to survive it… and turn it into plastic that could help build a home on Mars 🦠🏠
Full story 🔭🧪

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Mars soil is poison
October 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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SpaceX CRS-35: Final ISS Solar Arrays and Science Cargo Explained

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SpaceX CRS-35: Final ISS Solar Arrays and Science Cargo Explained
SpaceX CRS-35 sends a reused Dragon toward the ISS with 6,300+ pounds of cargo, the final iROSA solar arrays and major microgravity research.
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October 13, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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What happens to asteroid impact debris after it lands? ☄️

PSI's Kirby Runyon used a miniature catapult aboard a reduced-gravity airplane to find out!

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#PlanetaryScience #ImpactCraters #Moon #Mars #SpaceScience #WorldSpaceWeek
October 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Brain tissue, crop disease, superbugs—ISS research doubles as hospital ward and greenhouse. A handheld reader could catch infections #SpaceScience #AstronautHealth #Microgravity #NASA

https://freegardner.com/sci_scout/orbital-laboratory-doubles-as-hospital-ward-and-greenhouse.html
Orbital Laboratory Doubles as Hospital Ward and Greenhouse
Orbital Laboratory Doubles as Hospital Ward and Greenhouse
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October 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
slooh.bsky.social
Ready to go further? SSP members also get an exclusive discount on Slooh Advanced, so they can schedule their own telescope missions and work with FITS data and spectroscopy.

SSP International Members: claim your access on your member portal!

#Slooh #SummerScienceProgram #Astronomy #SpaceScience
October 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
forensicaix.bsky.social
China's planned #Tianwen3 mission is intended to return samples from Mars to Earth. Laboratory analysis could reveal details about the planet's geology, chemical history and potential evidence of past life that robotic instruments alone may not resolve. #SpaceScience
October 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
yassinebentaleb.bsky.social
Woman in a Ph.D. programme in aerospace or space sciences? Zonta's Amelia Earhart Fellowship pays US$12,000 per fellow. Deadline 15 Nov 2026.
https://bahiyat.com/en/amelia-earhart-fellowship-2027/
#SpaceScience #bahiyat
Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2027: US$12,000 for Women Ph.D. Students in Aerospace
Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2027 by Zonta International: US$12,000 for women Ph.D. students in aerospace. Apply by 15 November 2026.
bahiyat.com
October 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
uclmaps.bsky.social
#WorldSpaceWeek: talking to Prof Sarah Matthews about unexpected career turns and unanswered scientific questions ✨ www.youtube.com/shorts/FQ9ko...

Sarah Matthews is the Prof of #SolarPhysics at UCL’s Mullard #SpaceScience Lab, as well as the Course Lead for MSc Space Science and #Engineering.
#WorldSpaceWeek: talking Professor Sarah Matthews of UCL’s Mullard #SpaceScience Lab 🛰️
YouTube video by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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October 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
science.social
NASA’s IXPE mission offers new insights into the blazar Markarian 421. By measuring X-ray polarization, researchers found a helical magnetic field fueling particle acceleration within its jet. #NASA #Astrophysics #BlackHole #IXPE #SpaceScience #SpaceExploration
October 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
roybooks.bsky.social
Webb's NIRCam view of the "Cosmic Cliffs" in the Carina Nebula — towering gas ridges about 7 light-years tall, sculpted by radiation from newborn stars. Star birth, caught in the act, 7,600 light-years away. #JWST #Astronomy #SpaceScience
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October 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
structures-hd.bsky.social
Read about the fascinating possibilities that emerge when the communities from Symplectic Geometry and Astrodynamics come together in our new blog post by Arthur Limoge: structures.uni-heidelberg.de/blog/posts/2.... Enjoy.

#Geometry #SpaceScience #Mathematics
October 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Could NASA and ESA put a gravitational-wave observatory in space together? The LISA mission is advancing, but NASA’s funding commitment remains unsettled. #NASA #ESA #SpaceScience www.cryovex.com/nasa-esa-col...
October 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
welshcountry.bsky.social
#aberystwythuniversity #aberuniversity #aberuni #EuropeanSolarTelescope #SolarPhysics #SpaceWeather #SolarResearch #EuropeanResearch #Astronomy #SpaceScience #SolarAtmosphere
Scientists Welcome European Solar Telescope Milestone
Scientists at Aberystwyth University have welcomed the news that the European Solar Telescope (EST) has been granted Landmark status.
www.welshcountry.co.uk
October 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
klytron.bsky.social
The universe is silent because intelligence is a rare spark in an indifferent void. No circumstance, just physics. Learn more at klytron.com.

#FermiParadox #SpaceScience #Cosmos #Rationalism #Klytron
October 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
laronskigeek.bsky.social
🚀 James Webb found the farthest Fast Radio Burst ever — from a galaxy 11 billion light-years away! It’s like hearing a supernova echo from the early universe. 🌌 What if this burst is a cosmic signal from a magnetar? 🌑 #SpaceScience https://tinyurl.com/29lfwtyx
October 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
aliamartin.bsky.social
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Earth orbit offers what Mars never can — the ability to fail safely. Before Mars argues for rotating orbital cities first, so patience makes the dream survivable.
#CriticalThinking #BeforeMars #Education #AI #mars #spacescience #lifeinspace #spaceexploration #space
Before Mars: Fail Safely in Orbit First
YouTube video by Future Civilization Realization
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October 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
astrobiologyou.bsky.social
Today we celebrated the unveiling of a Beagle 2 commemorative plaque at The Open University and the launch of OU Space.

#OUSpace #Beagle2 #Astrobiology #SpaceScience
Group photo of speakers and guests at The Open University's Beagle 2 plaque unveiling and OU Space launch event.
October 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM