Emily Olsen
@emilyolsen.bsky.social
🚀 Cataloguer, Science at Sotheby’s
💫1/2 of the Art Astra Podcast
Nerd about space, art, and pop culture.
Opinions my own.
💫1/2 of the Art Astra Podcast
Nerd about space, art, and pop culture.
Opinions my own.
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Oh this is fantastic art using actual images from space missions. Jupiter and Io, Earth, and Mars.
Impossible Portrait: Jupiter and Io (Cassini), Earth (Rosetta) and Mars (Hope Mission) - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mRNEX8
February 10, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Oh this is fantastic art using actual images from space missions. Jupiter and Io, Earth, and Mars.
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Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. It’s eminently logical — not “extreme” — for athletes who’ve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. It’s eminently logical — not “extreme” — for athletes who’ve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition
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If you time things just right, you can catch the bus
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
If you time things just right, you can catch the bus
It was an honor and a delight to speak with Dr. Elizabeth Tasker (@elizabethtasker.bsky.social) about her career trajectory, Hayabusa2, the upcoming MMX mission, and The Planet Factory. The episode and transcript are available on our website, and streamable wherever you get your podcasts! 🚀🚀🚀
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
It was an honor and a delight to speak with Dr. Elizabeth Tasker (@elizabethtasker.bsky.social) about her career trajectory, Hayabusa2, the upcoming MMX mission, and The Planet Factory. The episode and transcript are available on our website, and streamable wherever you get your podcasts! 🚀🚀🚀
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This piece is at the top spot of the movies section 👀
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This piece is at the top spot of the movies section 👀
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What's this I see before me?
I'm running an online course on the Bronte Juvenilia for the Bronte Parsonage!
Come join me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
I'm running an online course on the Bronte Juvenilia for the Bronte Parsonage!
Come join me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
Brontë Juvenilia: An online five-week course | The Brontë Parsonage Museum
This 5 week course takes us on a deep dive into the world of the Brontë Juvenilia, exploring the fantastical worlds they created, full of intrigue, adventu
www.bronte.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM
What's this I see before me?
I'm running an online course on the Bronte Juvenilia for the Bronte Parsonage!
Come join me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
I'm running an online course on the Bronte Juvenilia for the Bronte Parsonage!
Come join me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
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📢 #CFP: Space could be otherwise: imagining (new)space futures and their democratic alternative(s).
Come and join us at @easst.bsky.social in Krakow (8–11 Sept) to discuss imaginaries of outer space and democratisation.
#STS #SSOS
DL: 9 March
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
Come and join us at @easst.bsky.social in Krakow (8–11 Sept) to discuss imaginaries of outer space and democratisation.
#STS #SSOS
DL: 9 March
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
P028: Space could be otherwise: imagining (new)space futures and their democratic alternative(s)?
Since the founding of SpaceX, there has been a shift in space exploration operations and focus on who gets to produce the future. This panel will interrogate
nomadit.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
📢 #CFP: Space could be otherwise: imagining (new)space futures and their democratic alternative(s).
Come and join us at @easst.bsky.social in Krakow (8–11 Sept) to discuss imaginaries of outer space and democratisation.
#STS #SSOS
DL: 9 March
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
Come and join us at @easst.bsky.social in Krakow (8–11 Sept) to discuss imaginaries of outer space and democratisation.
#STS #SSOS
DL: 9 March
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
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Paul Dirac's paper on quantum emission and absorption of radiation was submitted to the Royal Society #OTD in 1927.
It advanced the first quantum mechanical theory of electrodynamics and is generally considered the birth of ✨Quantum Field Theory✨ 🧪 ⚛️ (1/n)
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspa/article...
It advanced the first quantum mechanical theory of electrodynamics and is generally considered the birth of ✨Quantum Field Theory✨ 🧪 ⚛️ (1/n)
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspa/article...
February 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Paul Dirac's paper on quantum emission and absorption of radiation was submitted to the Royal Society #OTD in 1927.
It advanced the first quantum mechanical theory of electrodynamics and is generally considered the birth of ✨Quantum Field Theory✨ 🧪 ⚛️ (1/n)
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspa/article...
It advanced the first quantum mechanical theory of electrodynamics and is generally considered the birth of ✨Quantum Field Theory✨ 🧪 ⚛️ (1/n)
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspa/article...
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Via #NASA - Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal: ‘Go’ for Tanking. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal: ‘Go’ for Tanking - NASA
At approximately 11:25 a.m. EST, the Artemis launch director, in coordination with the mission management team chair, gave the “go” to begin loading cryogenic
www.nasa.gov
February 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Via #NASA - Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal: ‘Go’ for Tanking. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
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BLADE RUNNER design by Syd Mead.
February 1, 2026 at 10:12 PM
BLADE RUNNER design by Syd Mead.
Currently in Amtrak train purgatory so I figured I’d share two things that made me smile recently: a corporate mug floating around my parents’ kitchen from my dad’s office, and my Esselunga (Italian grocery store chain) generic notebook I’ve been using to keep track of my projects lately.
February 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Currently in Amtrak train purgatory so I figured I’d share two things that made me smile recently: a corporate mug floating around my parents’ kitchen from my dad’s office, and my Esselunga (Italian grocery store chain) generic notebook I’ve been using to keep track of my projects lately.
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I didn't watch Schitt's Creek when it aired. Instead, I inhaled the whole series at the height of the pandemic, and Moira added so much light and levity to those dark and lonely days.
Best of Moira | Schitt’s Creek | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
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January 31, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I didn't watch Schitt's Creek when it aired. Instead, I inhaled the whole series at the height of the pandemic, and Moira added so much light and levity to those dark and lonely days.
If you need a spot of joy on your timeline: last weekend before the storm hit New York, some friends and I hit the Rex’s Dino Store art installation at the Grand Army Plaza subway station and it was a DELIGHT.
January 31, 2026 at 1:10 AM
If you need a spot of joy on your timeline: last weekend before the storm hit New York, some friends and I hit the Rex’s Dino Store art installation at the Grand Army Plaza subway station and it was a DELIGHT.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college.
History of Science Fiction in American Cinema; The Cold War and the Spy Novel; the Graphic Novel; Oceanography; Fencing
History of Science Fiction in American Cinema; The Cold War and the Spy Novel; the Graphic Novel; Oceanography; Fencing
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college
LA Detective Fiction
Baseball in America
Structural Engineering
Marine Biology
Fashion Drawing
LA Detective Fiction
Baseball in America
Structural Engineering
Marine Biology
Fashion Drawing
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Philosophy of Law
Women in Literature: Flannery O'Connor
International Relations theory
Accounting
African History 1500-present (1990)
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
Philosophy of Law
Women in Literature: Flannery O'Connor
International Relations theory
Accounting
African History 1500-present (1990)
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college.
History of Science Fiction in American Cinema; The Cold War and the Spy Novel; the Graphic Novel; Oceanography; Fencing
History of Science Fiction in American Cinema; The Cold War and the Spy Novel; the Graphic Novel; Oceanography; Fencing
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Last chance to take advantage of the Unwinnable year-end special subscription offer: sign up for $5, get all 24 issues from 2025. Ends tonight!
Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
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Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
@unwinnable.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Last chance to take advantage of the Unwinnable year-end special subscription offer: sign up for $5, get all 24 issues from 2025. Ends tonight!
Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
@unwinnable.com
Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
@unwinnable.com
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Didn't realize this was still open, check it out, NYC!
History of Science & Medicine friends: the Museum of Art and Design in NYC has an exhibition on “Designing Motherhood,” on view through March 15th. madmuseum.org/exhibition/d...
Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births
madmuseum.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Didn't realize this was still open, check it out, NYC!
I’ve got some very exciting news for both February and March & I cannot wait to share when everything is finalized. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I’ve got some very exciting news for both February and March & I cannot wait to share when everything is finalized. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
Another exhibition I’m excited to see is Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture, also at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC through March 15th. 🤩
madmuseum.org/exhibition/d...
Highlights include costumes from Black Panther, but all of it looks incredibly cool.
madmuseum.org/exhibition/d...
Highlights include costumes from Black Panther, but all of it looks incredibly cool.
Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture
madmuseum.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Another exhibition I’m excited to see is Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture, also at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC through March 15th. 🤩
madmuseum.org/exhibition/d...
Highlights include costumes from Black Panther, but all of it looks incredibly cool.
madmuseum.org/exhibition/d...
Highlights include costumes from Black Panther, but all of it looks incredibly cool.
History of Science & Medicine friends: the Museum of Art and Design in NYC has an exhibition on “Designing Motherhood,” on view through March 15th. madmuseum.org/exhibition/d...
Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births
madmuseum.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
History of Science & Medicine friends: the Museum of Art and Design in NYC has an exhibition on “Designing Motherhood,” on view through March 15th. madmuseum.org/exhibition/d...
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Chart of the Hand.⠀
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One of the many fantastic illustrations to be found in Dr Alesha Sivartha's enigmatic 1898 work titled The Book of Life: The Spiritual and Physical Constitution of Man.
More here: https://buff.ly/3a5TVea
Prints to buy here: https://buff.ly/2QtNo5q
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One of the many fantastic illustrations to be found in Dr Alesha Sivartha's enigmatic 1898 work titled The Book of Life: The Spiritual and Physical Constitution of Man.
More here: https://buff.ly/3a5TVea
Prints to buy here: https://buff.ly/2QtNo5q
January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Chart of the Hand.⠀
⠀
One of the many fantastic illustrations to be found in Dr Alesha Sivartha's enigmatic 1898 work titled The Book of Life: The Spiritual and Physical Constitution of Man.
More here: https://buff.ly/3a5TVea
Prints to buy here: https://buff.ly/2QtNo5q
⠀
One of the many fantastic illustrations to be found in Dr Alesha Sivartha's enigmatic 1898 work titled The Book of Life: The Spiritual and Physical Constitution of Man.
More here: https://buff.ly/3a5TVea
Prints to buy here: https://buff.ly/2QtNo5q
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We're not anti-tech, we're anti-theft. If the future of “innovation” depends on stealing creators’ work without asking or paying, that’s not progress - it's stealing, and we shouldn’t accept it. #StealingIsntInnovation www.stealingisntinnovation.com/
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 AM
We're not anti-tech, we're anti-theft. If the future of “innovation” depends on stealing creators’ work without asking or paying, that’s not progress - it's stealing, and we shouldn’t accept it. #StealingIsntInnovation www.stealingisntinnovation.com/
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📸 This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope image reveals the intricacies of the Helix Nebula in stunning detail! 🧬
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/01/Webb_reveals_Helix_Nebula_in_glistening_detail
@science.esa.int @stsci.edu
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/01/Webb_reveals_Helix_Nebula_in_glistening_detail
@science.esa.int @stsci.edu
January 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
📸 This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope image reveals the intricacies of the Helix Nebula in stunning detail! 🧬
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/01/Webb_reveals_Helix_Nebula_in_glistening_detail
@science.esa.int @stsci.edu
🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/01/Webb_reveals_Helix_Nebula_in_glistening_detail
@science.esa.int @stsci.edu