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Jasmine 🌌🔭
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🪐 utsa/swri physics phd student | ❄️ europa clipper grad affiliate | 🚀 nasa solar system ambassador

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · Nov 8
soooo introduction time!
i’m jasmine (or jaz), a first-year grad student in the utsa/swri space sciences program. i study europa and its habitability/composition.
i am a science communicator and space nerd who loves astrobio, empowering women in stem, and sharing my love for space with everyone 🌌
A picture of me smiling and holding an inflatable Europa ball with Jupiter and Europa Clipper in the backdrop behind me. I’m wearing a NASA bomber jacket, a space dress, and space converse. A picture of me taken from behind where I’m looking up at the Europa Clipper launch. I’m wearing a black NASA baseball cap.
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the universe is the most talented artist 🌌
A closeup of a small section of the Helix Nebula, an expanding shell of gas and dust. Thousands of orange and gold comet-like pillars stream upward from the bottom, like thin liquid blown up a sheet of glass. These pillars are around the circumference of the arced shell, which forms a partial orange semi-circle at the bottom. The pillars are more numerous and denser at the bottom, and darker red. They fade to orange and then yellow in the arc. In the top two-thirds, they are thinner and more golden, and it’s easier to see the black background of space. Several bright blue stars, some with diffraction spikes, are scattered throughout. A few larger stars are on the right side. "Webb" is labeled on the right in transclucent white. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) A cluster of stars inside a large nebula. The clouds of gas and dust are predominantly bright red in colour and wispy, akin to flames. They are clumped in the bottom-left corner. Other clouds, deeper in the cluster behind many of the stars, appear pale pink. The stars are concentrated in the top half of the image and are mostly small, bright white and six-pointed. They cast blue light over the nebula. Other stars with very long spikes surrounding them lie in the foreground. In what appears as a celestial dreamscape, a blue and black sky filled with brilliant stars covers about two thirds of the image. The stars are different sizes and shades of white, beige, yellow, and light orange. Across the bottom third of the scene is a craggy, mountain-like vista with spire-like peaks and deep, seemingly misty valleys. These so-called mountains appear in varying shades of orange, yellow, and brown. The soaring spires are going up, up, up, where a wispy, ethereal white cloud stretches horizontally across the scene. Steam appears to rise from the mountaintops and join with this cloud. At the top, right corner of the image, a swath of orange and brown structure cuts diagonally across the sky. A spiral galaxy seen close up and almost face on. It is filled with puffy, patchy clouds of hot gas and dust. Red, orange and yellow colours indicate light emitted by different particles. The brightest colours are in the centre and along the two spiral arms, which wind out from the centre. Star clusters hide in the gas along the arms. A few large, bright white stars are prominent in the foreground, near to us.
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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what is human existence? it turns out it’s pretty simple: we are dead stars, looking back up at the sky.” — dr. michelle thaller, nasa astronomer
My silhouette pointing up at a starry night sky with the Milky Way streaking through it.
February 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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it’s crazy that we’re sending humans back here soon
A photo of the moon taken through my telescope
January 31, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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the little yellow blob highlighted in this image is currently the FARTHEST galaxy we’ve ever seen.

this galaxy existed only 280 MILLION years after the big bang!!
A wide field of view showing deep space, dotted with many small galaxies and a few foreground stars that display six diffraction spikes. One galaxy is highlighted with a magnified image in a graphic pull-out box in the lower right corner. The galaxy is labeled MoM-z14 and appears as a blurry yellow blob with a small red area at its top.\n\nImage credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Rohan Naidu (MIT); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
January 30, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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HUGE EUROPA NEWS!!

OLD DATA HAS BEEN ANALYZED AND SHOWS THE PRESENCE OF AMONIA-BEARING COMPOUNDS ON EUROPA’S SURFACE!!!

THIS IS HUGE FOR THE SEARCH FOR LIFE!!
The relatively smooth, cracked surface of the moon Europa as photographed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Jupiter's moon Europa, with an inset that shows a magnified view of one part of its surface. The inset photo shows grooves and cracks on Europa's icy surface. Overlaid on the photo are areas marked in purple what show non-detections of ammonia, and four small areas marked in red that shod where ammonia was detected.
January 29, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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this would be an insane album cover
theplanetaryguy.bsky.social Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 4d
This image came down from the Curiosity rover on Mars a couple of days ago.
Cosmic horror.
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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i prefer my drinks without ice.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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this would be an insane album cover
theplanetaryguy.bsky.social Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 4d
This image came down from the Curiosity rover on Mars a couple of days ago.
Cosmic horror.
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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the sunset looks like a hand reaching out of the sky and i love it so much
Pink and orange clouds during the sunset looking like a hand with fingers in the sky.
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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the news in this country has been so shitty lately that i don’t even think people realize we’re sending humans back to the moon in less than 10 days
January 28, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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i prefer my drinks without ice.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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i’ve officially had nova for a year 🥹🌌🖤
A selfie of me with my black cat Nova.
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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may i offer you some space in this trying time?
Shining blue stars are sprinkled throughout glowing clouds of orange, pink and bluish gas, alongside dark clouds of dust. A particularly bright star shines against the inky dark dust of the lower right quadrant. Misty, bluish-white gas nearly fills this image. A few scattered stars shine through the gas. To the bottom left and just near a bright star, a dark cloud of dust interrupts the glowing, nebulous landscape. Within a field of glittering multicolored stars, bluish clouds of gas edged in glowing red cluster at the top of the image and in a bubble-shaped clump to the mid-right. A single shining star throws diffraction spikes across the upper left of the image. Narrow, knotted clouds of purple and green glowing gas are seen against a field of stars.
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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nova wants to remind everyone he REALLY hates ice
astrojaz.bsky.social Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 24d
nova has a message for everyone (he hates ice)
My black cat Nova in front of a sign that says “No human is illegal”
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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seeing the aurora in 2024 from my yard is still one of the most special and unbelievable experiences of my life
Bright red aurora shining in the night sky above the trees Pinkish aurora shining in the night sky. Pink/purple aurora shining in the night sky above the trees. Red/green aurora shining in the night sky above the trees.
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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this is a GALAXY millions of light-years away that i captured with just my phone.
A closeup of a starry night sky with the outline of the Andromeda galaxy visible.
January 21, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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this image shows the exact zoomed in region of the helix nebula that jwst observed.

the amount of detail is astonishing ✨
This image of the Helix Nebula from the ground-based Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (left) shows the full view of the planetary nebula, with a box highlighting Webb’s field of view (right). Image: ESO, VISTA, NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Emerson (ESO); Acknowledgment: CASU
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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WE HAVE A STUNNING NEW CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE HELIX NEBULA FROM WEBB!!! 🌌
A closeup of a small section of the Helix Nebula, an expanding shell of gas and dust. Thousands of orange and gold comet-like pillars stream upward from the bottom, like thin liquid blown up a sheet of glass. These pillars are around the circumference of the arced shell, which forms a partial orange semi-circle at the bottom. The pillars are more numerous and denser at the bottom, and darker red. They fade to orange and then yellow in the arc. In the top two-thirds, they are thinner and more golden, and it’s easier to see the black background of space. Several bright blue stars, some with diffraction spikes, are scattered throughout. A few larger stars are on the right side. "Webb" is labeled on the right in transclucent white. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
January 21, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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IF YOU SEE THE AURORA TONIGHT, SHOW ME PICTURES!!!!
January 20, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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the biggest solar storm in over 23 years is tonight and i live too far south to see any aurora 🙃
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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last night, i caught the milky way and andromeda in the same image and it was so special to me.

two galaxies, millions of light-years apart.
A starry night sky with the Milky Way streaking across it and the Andromeda galaxy to the left of it, appearing a bit fuzzy in the sky.
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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space nails ✨🌙
A close up of my hand showing my nails. They are almond shaped with the pointer and pinky being sparkly purple and the other fingers are pink and purple with stars and a moon on them. A close up of my hand showing my nails. They are almond shaped with the pointer and pinky being sparkly purple and the other fingers are pink and purple with stars and a moon on them.
January 18, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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doing what i love most 🥹🌌🔭
Me smiling with my scope.
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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MORE NEW HUBBLE IMAGES OF BABY STARS ✨
Shining blue stars are sprinkled throughout glowing clouds of orange, pink and bluish gas, alongside dark clouds of dust. A particularly bright star shines against the inky dark dust of the lower right quadrant. A small, bluish cloud edged in red gas is in the center of a field thick with multicolored stars. Within a field of glittering multicolored stars, bluish clouds of gas edged in glowing red cluster at the top of the image and in a bubble-shaped clump to the mid-right. A single shining star throws diffraction spikes across the upper left of the image. A bright, glowing cloud of orange gas is situated in the center of dark dust clouds and a field of stars.
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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A HUUUUGE WIN FOR SPACE SCIENCE!!!

CONGRESS HAS REJECTED THE PROPOSED CUTS TO NASA AND OTHER SCIENCE PROGRAMS!
A headline reading: “Congress passes $24.4 billion NASA budget, rejecting Trump’s deep cuts.”
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM