Astronomer and photographer at LCO (@LCO_Global). Helping save world from Space Rocks. DART Team member. BBQs in remaining spare time. Asteroid 33933. (he/his)
Congrats to Dr. Jane Rigby and Dr. Ellen Ochoa, who were selected by the @WhiteHouse to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom today!
Dr. Rigby and Dr. Ochoa will be honored for their trailblazing achievements in a ceremony this afternoon: go.nasa.gov/3UK97aD
ALT Jane Rigby smiles with her arms crossed in front of a backdrop featuring a Webb image. Jane has short, blond hair and is wearing a black blazer over a red shirt. She has glasses with black rims along the top and is wearing a red bracelet, a red and black necklace, and a NASA meatball logo pin on her lapel. CREDIT: NASA/Jay Friedlander
ALT Ellen Ochoa sits in the Flight Control Room 1 viewing area in the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford and Allison Bills
Very interesting weather and climate office hours by Weather West today focusing on the extreme rain event in Dubai/UAE rather than the normal #CAwxyoutube.com/live/o5FtbLoYsc8… via @YouTube
Introducing the Amtrak Emotional Baggage car.
Tag a friend who needs a lift—we can handle it.
ALT Close up of the Baggage Car. The locomotive is silver with a red stripe, white stripe and blue stripe stacked in the center and running down the length of the car. The words 'emotional baggage' are written on the red and white lines.
ALT A view of the International Space Station. A cat in a space suit floats outside. An astronaut within the station looks out of a window and says "In? But I just let you out."
1/ The 4MOST instrument, led by @AIP_Potsdam , will be installed at ESO's VISTA telescope, where it will collect spectra 🌈 of millions of objects over several years.
And one of its key components is about to start its journey from Europe to Chile! ⛴️
📷 AIP
@ztfsurvey passed 1 million survey science exposures during UTC 2023-11-12! The full archive, managed by @caltechipac contains over 1.24 million exposures! Since the beginning of full science operations on 2018-03-17, ZTF has observed 1,583 nights.
Harvard astronomer’s “alien spherules” are industrial pollutants
Those "alien spherules" that Avi Loeb collected from the bottom of the ocean?
That's not alien technology; it's human-made pollution (coal ash) from industrial activity.
bigthink.com/starts-with-a-b…
NASA's new streaming website NASA is launching a new series about JWST, starting with "Other Worlds" - this first episode centers on my extended program: using JWST to explore the Solar System! Enjoy! plus.nasa.gov/video/other-wo…