James Tuttle Keane
@jtuttlekeane.bsky.social
planetary scientist 🪐 science illustrator 🎨 trekkie 🖖 dog dad 🐶 Pasadena 🌹 views are my own 🏳️🌈 he/him
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Space artists: don’t forget to submit your work to The Art of Planetary Science exhibition by December 31st! The event is held in Tucson. Anyone can submit—all levels & types of human-made art. I’ll be submitting and attending again. 🐡🔭🧪
More details here: lpl.arizona.edu/art
More details here: lpl.arizona.edu/art
lpl.arizona.edu
December 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Space artists: don’t forget to submit your work to The Art of Planetary Science exhibition by December 31st! The event is held in Tucson. Anyone can submit—all levels & types of human-made art. I’ll be submitting and attending again. 🐡🔭🧪
More details here: lpl.arizona.edu/art
More details here: lpl.arizona.edu/art
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Attn space artists, there’s still time to submit!*
*I had grand plans to finish a piece in time to enter but, yaknow, it’s the 30th and I haven’t even unwrapped the cradled board I bought so prolly not submitting this year. 😑
*I had grand plans to finish a piece in time to enter but, yaknow, it’s the 30th and I haven’t even unwrapped the cradled board I bought so prolly not submitting this year. 😑
Space artists: don’t forget to submit your work to The Art of Planetary Science exhibition by December 31st! The event is held in Tucson. Anyone can submit—all levels & types of human-made art. I’ll be submitting and attending again. 🐡🔭🧪
More details here: lpl.arizona.edu/art
More details here: lpl.arizona.edu/art
lpl.arizona.edu
December 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Attn space artists, there’s still time to submit!*
*I had grand plans to finish a piece in time to enter but, yaknow, it’s the 30th and I haven’t even unwrapped the cradled board I bought so prolly not submitting this year. 😑
*I had grand plans to finish a piece in time to enter but, yaknow, it’s the 30th and I haven’t even unwrapped the cradled board I bought so prolly not submitting this year. 😑
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I have been neglecting Uranus system for a long time now.
So I decided to change that. Here's Uranus and Miranda visible above the canyons of Ariel.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem #Uranus
So I decided to change that. Here's Uranus and Miranda visible above the canyons of Ariel.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem #Uranus
December 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I have been neglecting Uranus system for a long time now.
So I decided to change that. Here's Uranus and Miranda visible above the canyons of Ariel.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem #Uranus
So I decided to change that. Here's Uranus and Miranda visible above the canyons of Ariel.
#SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem #Uranus
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Today in 1989, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft, the first orbiter and entry probe at a giant planet. When I watch it recede from the shuttle, I can't help but want to scream to open the antenna first (it never opened). They were still able to salvage an amazing mission.
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Today in 1989, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft, the first orbiter and entry probe at a giant planet. When I watch it recede from the shuttle, I can't help but want to scream to open the antenna first (it never opened). They were still able to salvage an amazing mission.
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I zoomed in, added a bit of contrast, and went back and forth over the first few seconds to show how the ground around the vents bulges outward before the lava breaks through and blasts it apart. Remarkable stuff. Nature is neat. #Kilauea
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I zoomed in, added a bit of contrast, and went back and forth over the first few seconds to show how the ground around the vents bulges outward before the lava breaks through and blasts it apart. Remarkable stuff. Nature is neat. #Kilauea
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It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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More evidence that Mars has a colorful history. In the past, the Red Planet probably had rings at certain times, and a larger moon (or moons) at others.
In the future, Mars will probably have rings again. 🧪🔭
eos.org/articles/sed...
In the future, Mars will probably have rings again. 🧪🔭
eos.org/articles/sed...
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
More evidence that Mars has a colorful history. In the past, the Red Planet probably had rings at certain times, and a larger moon (or moons) at others.
In the future, Mars will probably have rings again. 🧪🔭
eos.org/articles/sed...
In the future, Mars will probably have rings again. 🧪🔭
eos.org/articles/sed...
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Reminder! My fantastic Department is hiring an Instructional Faculty position in Earth Surface Processes!!!
⚒️🧪🔭
⚒️🧪🔭
🚨 We are Hiring!!! 🚨
UF Geology is searching for a Teaching Faculty (Lecturer or Senior Lecturer) in Earth Surface Processes.
Lecturer positions at UF are faculty positions with promotion potential, the ability to advise students, & apply for funding if desired.
Apply by Jan. 5th! Link Below ⚒️🧪
UF Geology is searching for a Teaching Faculty (Lecturer or Senior Lecturer) in Earth Surface Processes.
Lecturer positions at UF are faculty positions with promotion potential, the ability to advise students, & apply for funding if desired.
Apply by Jan. 5th! Link Below ⚒️🧪
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reminder! My fantastic Department is hiring an Instructional Faculty position in Earth Surface Processes!!!
⚒️🧪🔭
⚒️🧪🔭
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Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
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Overseas guest? What you need is the children’s menu at the JAXA cafeteria that is served on a space shuttle dinner tray!
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Overseas guest? What you need is the children’s menu at the JAXA cafeteria that is served on a space shuttle dinner tray!
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
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Hi #planetaryScience folks, we have an open position for a *Professor in Planetary Sciences* at the Space Research & Planetary Sciences Division of the @unibe.ch.
Application deadline: *Jan 31, 2026*
Full ad: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Reach out to me if you have any questions!
🧵 1/5
Application deadline: *Jan 31, 2026*
Full ad: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Reach out to me if you have any questions!
🧵 1/5
Uni Bern: Professor in Planetary Sciences
The Division of Space Research and Planetary Sciences of the Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland, invites applications for a full-time position as a Professor in Planetary Sciences.
ohws.prospective.ch
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hi #planetaryScience folks, we have an open position for a *Professor in Planetary Sciences* at the Space Research & Planetary Sciences Division of the @unibe.ch.
Application deadline: *Jan 31, 2026*
Full ad: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Reach out to me if you have any questions!
🧵 1/5
Application deadline: *Jan 31, 2026*
Full ad: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Reach out to me if you have any questions!
🧵 1/5
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I have a theory that the loss of color TV during Apollo 12 helped to kill Apollo. We wouldn't see new TV of astronauts on the Moon until Apollo 14 (31 January-9 February 1971), by which time crucial decisions about NASA's future had been taken.
The view from from the windows of the Apollo 12 Lunar Module just after landing 56 years ago. Apollo 12 was a great mission although the loss of the color TV camera at the beginning of the first EVA was a blow to live network coverage. In due time we saw the color and B&W photos the crew returned.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I have a theory that the loss of color TV during Apollo 12 helped to kill Apollo. We wouldn't see new TV of astronauts on the Moon until Apollo 14 (31 January-9 February 1971), by which time crucial decisions about NASA's future had been taken.
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'Light Fantastic'
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
ISS - Light Fantastic
YouTube video by Seán Doran
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
'Light Fantastic'
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
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The organisers of the world's biggest planetary science conference are outlawing any DEI-related submissions because their lawyers are afraid they'll lose federal support.
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The organisers of the world's biggest planetary science conference are outlawing any DEI-related submissions because their lawyers are afraid they'll lose federal support.
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Nope nope nope 🚫
Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nope nope nope 🚫
Tonight!
Beer, Fossils, and the Moon!
I’ll be one of the speakers at the next “Science & Suds” on Monday, November 17th, 7pm at Los Angeles Ale Works in Culver City 🍻⚒️🌔
www.scienceandsuds.com
I’ll be one of the speakers at the next “Science & Suds” on Monday, November 17th, 7pm at Los Angeles Ale Works in Culver City 🍻⚒️🌔
www.scienceandsuds.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Tonight!
Beer, Fossils, and the Moon!
I’ll be one of the speakers at the next “Science & Suds” on Monday, November 17th, 7pm at Los Angeles Ale Works in Culver City 🍻⚒️🌔
www.scienceandsuds.com
I’ll be one of the speakers at the next “Science & Suds” on Monday, November 17th, 7pm at Los Angeles Ale Works in Culver City 🍻⚒️🌔
www.scienceandsuds.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Beer, Fossils, and the Moon!
I’ll be one of the speakers at the next “Science & Suds” on Monday, November 17th, 7pm at Los Angeles Ale Works in Culver City 🍻⚒️🌔
www.scienceandsuds.com
I’ll be one of the speakers at the next “Science & Suds” on Monday, November 17th, 7pm at Los Angeles Ale Works in Culver City 🍻⚒️🌔
www.scienceandsuds.com
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Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
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This is particularly sad as Lowell has long been a centre for Solar System planetary astronomy, a rare field internationally 🔭
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This is particularly sad as Lowell has long been a centre for Solar System planetary astronomy, a rare field internationally 🔭
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Also, queer representation is down right now, in a culture that’s increasingly hostile to us. So we need more stories beyond the pattern of “assimilated queer couple, likely where one dies”. We deserve a wider range of queer lives on screen.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Also, queer representation is down right now, in a culture that’s increasingly hostile to us. So we need more stories beyond the pattern of “assimilated queer couple, likely where one dies”. We deserve a wider range of queer lives on screen.
LEGO trying to bankrupt me.
NEW — LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
#StarTrek #Lego
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/lego...
#StarTrek #Lego
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/lego...
LEGO Unveils New 3600-Piece STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D Brick Set
LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability Shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
blog.trekcore.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
LEGO trying to bankrupt me.
Hey planetary scientists! I don’t know about y’all, but ADS makes my life so much easier.
Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
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November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hey planetary scientists! I don’t know about y’all, but ADS makes my life so much easier.