Elizabeth Tasker
@elizabethtasker.bsky.social
UK astrophysicist and science communicator working at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Author of 'The Planet Factory' and editor of ‘Planetary Diversity’. Very into space, virtual reality, computer graphics and rescue cats.
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It's the Year of the Fire Horse, a zodiac sign associated with thunderous momentum 🐎 Here are 4 BIG MISSION EVENTS to watch for at #JAXA ISAS! 🛰️🔭 (Asteroids, MOWR ASTEROIDS, moons that could be asteroids, and an airless a̷s̷t̷e̷r̷o̷i̷d̷ planet.) My latest for Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/thunderous-m...
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January 2026 was the hottest January in Altadena in *118* years of record keeping.
If February is only as hot as January, this will similarly have been the hottest winter in 118 years of record keeping.
If February is only as hot as January, this will similarly have been the hottest winter in 118 years of record keeping.
We were just talking about this last night! This winter in Seattle is HOT AS SHIT. yesterday the high around is was Fifty Seven Degrees. in January. We have been here a decade. It's an incredible and horrifying deviation from the norm.
A fun case study since there have been 72 million articles on the cold in the east and 4 on the warmth in the west
February 2, 2026 at 2:58 AM
January 2026 was the hottest January in Altadena in *118* years of record keeping.
If February is only as hot as January, this will similarly have been the hottest winter in 118 years of record keeping.
If February is only as hot as January, this will similarly have been the hottest winter in 118 years of record keeping.
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
We were just talking about this last night! This winter in Seattle is HOT AS SHIT. yesterday the high around is was Fifty Seven Degrees. in January. We have been here a decade. It's an incredible and horrifying deviation from the norm.
A fun case study since there have been 72 million articles on the cold in the east and 4 on the warmth in the west
January 2026 temperature rankings compared to all Januarys since 1895.
February 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
We were just talking about this last night! This winter in Seattle is HOT AS SHIT. yesterday the high around is was Fifty Seven Degrees. in January. We have been here a decade. It's an incredible and horrifying deviation from the norm.
My new apartment complex has elected me (through lottery appointment) the building officer.
I went down to the management office to explain… and demonstrate… why actually nobody wanted this 😐
They concluded our conversation by asking that I sent an email, so I feel they understood the issue 🤣
I went down to the management office to explain… and demonstrate… why actually nobody wanted this 😐
They concluded our conversation by asking that I sent an email, so I feel they understood the issue 🤣
February 1, 2026 at 12:59 PM
My new apartment complex has elected me (through lottery appointment) the building officer.
I went down to the management office to explain… and demonstrate… why actually nobody wanted this 😐
They concluded our conversation by asking that I sent an email, so I feel they understood the issue 🤣
I went down to the management office to explain… and demonstrate… why actually nobody wanted this 😐
They concluded our conversation by asking that I sent an email, so I feel they understood the issue 🤣
This is true. It was an abomination. I could only be pacified by these giant chocolate cookies.
February 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
This is true. It was an abomination. I could only be pacified by these giant chocolate cookies.
Winter by the Tama river.
January 31, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Winter by the Tama river.
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"Long COVID affects around 6 in every 100 people who get COVID-19, and that people of any age and health status can develop Long COVID" - World Health Organization (European Region)
#LongCOVID
#LongCOVID
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 AM
"Long COVID affects around 6 in every 100 people who get COVID-19, and that people of any age and health status can develop Long COVID" - World Health Organization (European Region)
#LongCOVID
#LongCOVID
Tell me 5 classes you took in college:
Solid state physics
Particle physics
Electromagnetism
Nuclear physics
Maths A
…because that’s a physics major in the UK, you VERY STRANGE AMERICANS.
(I would have enjoyed exploring random interests, but I also loved the thoroughness of my program. So, eh!)
Solid state physics
Particle physics
Electromagnetism
Nuclear physics
Maths A
…because that’s a physics major in the UK, you VERY STRANGE AMERICANS.
(I would have enjoyed exploring random interests, but I also loved the thoroughness of my program. So, eh!)
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Human biology and behavior
Philosophy of quantum mechanics
Arthurian romances
Advanced functional analysis
History of jazz
I was a physics major
Human biology and behavior
Philosophy of quantum mechanics
Arthurian romances
Advanced functional analysis
History of jazz
I was a physics major
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Cold War US Foreign Policy
Four Modern Revolutions
The Cryosphere
Antarctic Marine Geology
History of 20th Century Science
Cold War US Foreign Policy
Four Modern Revolutions
The Cryosphere
Antarctic Marine Geology
History of 20th Century Science
January 31, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Tell me 5 classes you took in college:
Solid state physics
Particle physics
Electromagnetism
Nuclear physics
Maths A
…because that’s a physics major in the UK, you VERY STRANGE AMERICANS.
(I would have enjoyed exploring random interests, but I also loved the thoroughness of my program. So, eh!)
Solid state physics
Particle physics
Electromagnetism
Nuclear physics
Maths A
…because that’s a physics major in the UK, you VERY STRANGE AMERICANS.
(I would have enjoyed exploring random interests, but I also loved the thoroughness of my program. So, eh!)
Signature Lawson karaage-kun (fried chicken nuggets) 🐔 for the snack of choice on this chilly winter day! Not remotely healthy, somewhat luke warm, but still tasty! 🍗
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Signature Lawson karaage-kun (fried chicken nuggets) 🐔 for the snack of choice on this chilly winter day! Not remotely healthy, somewhat luke warm, but still tasty! 🍗
Cool quiz on the Instagram account for the #MMX rover, IDEFIX 🐶! WHAT IS YOUR BET PEOPLE? (Link: www.instagram.com/p/DUIO2COiCC...)
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Cool quiz on the Instagram account for the #MMX rover, IDEFIX 🐶! WHAT IS YOUR BET PEOPLE? (Link: www.instagram.com/p/DUIO2COiCC...)
On an exercise bike in my little Japanese apartment, having put my heated blanket in the wash after one of my rescue cats urinated on it. What an end to a week.
It must be time to pedal through an exilerating (and oddly calming) canyon train track! (In #VR with holofit 🚴)
It must be time to pedal through an exilerating (and oddly calming) canyon train track! (In #VR with holofit 🚴)
January 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
On an exercise bike in my little Japanese apartment, having put my heated blanket in the wash after one of my rescue cats urinated on it. What an end to a week.
It must be time to pedal through an exilerating (and oddly calming) canyon train track! (In #VR with holofit 🚴)
It must be time to pedal through an exilerating (and oddly calming) canyon train track! (In #VR with holofit 🚴)
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Check out the excellent video about the moons of Mars, from JAXA! #PlanetSci 🧪
Ahem.
Allow me
to provide
the block buster version of this controversy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Hd...
Allow me
to provide
the block buster version of this controversy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Hd...
How did the moons of Mars form?
YouTube video by JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Check out the excellent video about the moons of Mars, from JAXA! #PlanetSci 🧪
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Happy Friday from #Tokyo!
An Onigiri shop in the area around JR #Itabashi Station, photographed last night on the way back from work. 🍙
#photography #streetphotography #oldshops #japan #スナップ写真 #東京カメラ部 #UrbanGaze #scape #ArtYear @bskyphotos.bsky.social
An Onigiri shop in the area around JR #Itabashi Station, photographed last night on the way back from work. 🍙
#photography #streetphotography #oldshops #japan #スナップ写真 #東京カメラ部 #UrbanGaze #scape #ArtYear @bskyphotos.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Happy Friday from #Tokyo!
An Onigiri shop in the area around JR #Itabashi Station, photographed last night on the way back from work. 🍙
#photography #streetphotography #oldshops #japan #スナップ写真 #東京カメラ部 #UrbanGaze #scape #ArtYear @bskyphotos.bsky.social
An Onigiri shop in the area around JR #Itabashi Station, photographed last night on the way back from work. 🍙
#photography #streetphotography #oldshops #japan #スナップ写真 #東京カメラ部 #UrbanGaze #scape #ArtYear @bskyphotos.bsky.social
It’s pretty cold this week in Tokyo, and our teacher (Japanese), myself (British) and one of my classmates (Ethiopian) turned up to class wearing chunky sweaters.
Then the Canadian arrived in a tee-shirt 😂
Then the Canadian arrived in a tee-shirt 😂
January 29, 2026 at 12:18 PM
It’s pretty cold this week in Tokyo, and our teacher (Japanese), myself (British) and one of my classmates (Ethiopian) turned up to class wearing chunky sweaters.
Then the Canadian arrived in a tee-shirt 😂
Then the Canadian arrived in a tee-shirt 😂
What is this line drawing going to be? Wrong answers only.
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
What is this line drawing going to be? Wrong answers only.
It's the Year of the Fire Horse, a zodiac sign associated with thunderous momentum 🐎 Here are 4 BIG MISSION EVENTS to watch for at #JAXA ISAS! 🛰️🔭 (Asteroids, MOWR ASTEROIDS, moons that could be asteroids, and an airless a̷s̷t̷e̷r̷o̷i̷d̷ planet.) My latest for Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/thunderous-m...
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 AM
It's the Year of the Fire Horse, a zodiac sign associated with thunderous momentum 🐎 Here are 4 BIG MISSION EVENTS to watch for at #JAXA ISAS! 🛰️🔭 (Asteroids, MOWR ASTEROIDS, moons that could be asteroids, and an airless a̷s̷t̷e̷r̷o̷i̷d̷ planet.) My latest for Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/thunderous-m...
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We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:58 AM
We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.
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An important document was sent to my new apartment. But we’re renovating, so no one is there.
I called the postoffice to redeliver to my current address.
Postman didn’t press the doorbell properly and I missed the delivery.
I rescheduled online.
They delivered it to the new apartment 🤦🏼♀️
I called the postoffice to redeliver to my current address.
Postman didn’t press the doorbell properly and I missed the delivery.
I rescheduled online.
They delivered it to the new apartment 🤦🏼♀️
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 AM
An important document was sent to my new apartment. But we’re renovating, so no one is there.
I called the postoffice to redeliver to my current address.
Postman didn’t press the doorbell properly and I missed the delivery.
I rescheduled online.
They delivered it to the new apartment 🤦🏼♀️
I called the postoffice to redeliver to my current address.
Postman didn’t press the doorbell properly and I missed the delivery.
I rescheduled online.
They delivered it to the new apartment 🤦🏼♀️
January 28, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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NEW: An Oxford study finds nearly half the world could face extreme heat by 2050 if warming hits 2.0°C - a scenario scientists say is increasingly likely.
Researchers call it 'a wake-up call.'
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Researchers call it 'a wake-up call.'
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January 27, 2026 at 11:26 AM
NEW: An Oxford study finds nearly half the world could face extreme heat by 2050 if warming hits 2.0°C - a scenario scientists say is increasingly likely.
Researchers call it 'a wake-up call.'
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Researchers call it 'a wake-up call.'
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*fully restores your HP as you scroll past*
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 AM
*fully restores your HP as you scroll past*
I left #CasperCat with a treat puzzle board last night. #NorahNeko’s calico brains dissemble it in hard mode within moments, but I set it on easy (treats just covered with flaps) for Casper 😅 However, he did admirably!
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I left #CasperCat with a treat puzzle board last night. #NorahNeko’s calico brains dissemble it in hard mode within moments, but I set it on easy (treats just covered with flaps) for Casper 😅 However, he did admirably!
I spent the day designing a graphic and animating it to accompany an article we’ll post later this week.
I’m not convinced that was THE best use of my day, but by the time I had enough data to assess this, we were waaaay past the stage where I was prepared to give up.
I’m not convinced that was THE best use of my day, but by the time I had enough data to assess this, we were waaaay past the stage where I was prepared to give up.
a woman in a yellow jacket is saying i wasn 't raised to fold
Alt: A woman in a yellow jacket is saying “I wasn’t raised to fold”.
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I spent the day designing a graphic and animating it to accompany an article we’ll post later this week.
I’m not convinced that was THE best use of my day, but by the time I had enough data to assess this, we were waaaay past the stage where I was prepared to give up.
I’m not convinced that was THE best use of my day, but by the time I had enough data to assess this, we were waaaay past the stage where I was prepared to give up.
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
British Interplanetary Society, the oldest space advocacy society in the world (founded in 1933) is now on BlueSky!
We are expanding our social media and welcome anyone with an interest (pro or enthusiast) in space exploration to join us in creating a space-faring future.
bis-space.com/join-bis
We are expanding our social media and welcome anyone with an interest (pro or enthusiast) in space exploration to join us in creating a space-faring future.
bis-space.com/join-bis
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 AM
British Interplanetary Society, the oldest space advocacy society in the world (founded in 1933) is now on BlueSky!
We are expanding our social media and welcome anyone with an interest (pro or enthusiast) in space exploration to join us in creating a space-faring future.
bis-space.com/join-bis
We are expanding our social media and welcome anyone with an interest (pro or enthusiast) in space exploration to join us in creating a space-faring future.
bis-space.com/join-bis