Marc Kuchner | Author
@marckuchner.bsky.social
Dad. Author of the Cosmic Collisions books. Astrophysicist and Citizen Science fanatic @nasa. www.marckuchner.com
FEB 11 6:30 PM ET Join the webinar "Cosmic Pioneers: Discovering Distant Galaxies Together"!
Meet the scientist behind NASA's Dark Energy Explorers, a project you can join as an amateur scientist to help make largest map of the universe yet!
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Meet the scientist behind NASA's Dark Energy Explorers, a project you can join as an amateur scientist to help make largest map of the universe yet!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #astrophotography #news
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Cosmic Pioneers: Discovering Distant Galaxies Together. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join a live Zoom event and take part in the Dark Energy Explorers project alongside others. No prior experience needed. The project scientist will guide the session as participants explore real astron...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:44 AM
FEB 11 6:30 PM ET Join the webinar "Cosmic Pioneers: Discovering Distant Galaxies Together"!
Meet the scientist behind NASA's Dark Energy Explorers, a project you can join as an amateur scientist to help make largest map of the universe yet!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #astrophotography #news
Meet the scientist behind NASA's Dark Energy Explorers, a project you can join as an amateur scientist to help make largest map of the universe yet!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #astrophotography #news
The 1st planet candidate w/Earth-like radius & orbit transiting a Sun-like star bright enough for serious follow-up. Congrats to citizen scientists Alexander Venner, Hans Martin Schwengeler, Martti H. Kristiansen, Mark Omohundro & Ivan A. Terentev! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... #news #astronomy
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February 3, 2026 at 12:33 AM
The 1st planet candidate w/Earth-like radius & orbit transiting a Sun-like star bright enough for serious follow-up. Congrats to citizen scientists Alexander Venner, Hans Martin Schwengeler, Martti H. Kristiansen, Mark Omohundro & Ivan A. Terentev! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... #news #astronomy
February 2, 2026 at 12:48 AM
New map of the closest pair of colliding ultraluminous spiral galaxies shows powerful winds shaped by magnetic fields
arxiv.org/abs/2510.26570 #astronomy #news #cosmiccollisions
arxiv.org/abs/2510.26570 #astronomy #news #cosmiccollisions
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
New map of the closest pair of colliding ultraluminous spiral galaxies shows powerful winds shaped by magnetic fields
arxiv.org/abs/2510.26570 #astronomy #news #cosmiccollisions
arxiv.org/abs/2510.26570 #astronomy #news #cosmiccollisions
More than 650 amateur scientists have now become coauthors of published, refereed scientific papers through their work on NASA citizen science. science.nasa.gov/citizen-scie... #astrophotography #space #news
January 27, 2026 at 12:29 AM
More than 650 amateur scientists have now become coauthors of published, refereed scientific papers through their work on NASA citizen science. science.nasa.gov/citizen-scie... #astrophotography #space #news
A spectacular gallery of dusty disks around nearby stars from the ALMA radio telescope. www.aanda.org/articles/aa/... #astronomy #news
January 24, 2026 at 12:13 AM
A spectacular gallery of dusty disks around nearby stars from the ALMA radio telescope. www.aanda.org/articles/aa/... #astronomy #news
Happy Birthday, MLK Jr.! (On the 15th). We sure need you again today! My favorite quote: “Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
January 19, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Happy Birthday, MLK Jr.! (On the 15th). We sure need you again today! My favorite quote: “Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
Thanks to @cephalopernicus.bsky.social for this correction!
January 18, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Thanks to @cephalopernicus.bsky.social for this correction!
The spinniest asteroid! Goes around once every 1.9 seconds. #astronomy #news
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The spinniest asteroid! Goes around once every 1.9 seconds. #astronomy #news
Behold! The infinity galaxy! #astronomy
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Behold! The infinity galaxy! #astronomy
Cool new results from the Webb telescope on colliding dwarf galaxies! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... #astronomy #cosmiccollisions #news
January 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Cool new results from the Webb telescope on colliding dwarf galaxies! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... #astronomy #cosmiccollisions #news
New NASA citizen science project alert! www.zooniverse.org/projects/vic... #astrophotography #space #science #news #scienceathome
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
New NASA citizen science project alert! www.zooniverse.org/projects/vic... #astrophotography #space #science #news #scienceathome
January 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Seen in a Florida restaurant…what’s wrong with this picture?
January 4, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Seen in a Florida restaurant…what’s wrong with this picture?
Thanks to all the Cosmic Collisions fans who have sent me cards!! See they’re on my wall. a.co/d/5SOFhZw #writingcommunity #booksky #booktok #kidlit
January 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Thanks to all the Cosmic Collisions fans who have sent me cards!! See they’re on my wall. a.co/d/5SOFhZw #writingcommunity #booksky #booktok #kidlit
This 'runway' blackhole moving at 2.2 million miles per hour may be the result of a #cosmiccollision arxiv.org/abs/2512.04166 #astronomy #news #space
December 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This 'runway' blackhole moving at 2.2 million miles per hour may be the result of a #cosmiccollision arxiv.org/abs/2512.04166 #astronomy #news #space
Gorgeous colliding spiral galaxies for your holiday pleasure! #cosmiccollisions images from JWST and Chandra. #astrophotography #space
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Gorgeous colliding spiral galaxies for your holiday pleasure! #cosmiccollisions images from JWST and Chandra. #astrophotography #space
Hear Chaim the Chanukah Snowman on Amazon Music! music.amazon.com/artists/B000... #hanukkah #song #funny #texas
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December 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hear Chaim the Chanukah Snowman on Amazon Music! music.amazon.com/artists/B000... #hanukkah #song #funny #texas
The Penguin and the Egg. I love this Hubble image of colliding galaxies! No, the telescope does not travel to the galaxies to take the picture. #astrophotography #space
December 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Penguin and the Egg. I love this Hubble image of colliding galaxies! No, the telescope does not travel to the galaxies to take the picture. #astrophotography #space
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Introducing: Chaim the Chanukah Snowman! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ytW.... Thanks to Joe Buchanan for the lead vocals! Chaim is also a picture book manuscript and a one-act play. Available on iTunes, Apple Music etc. #Hanukkah #writingcommunity #Jewish #kidlit
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December 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Introducing: Chaim the Chanukah Snowman! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ytW.... Thanks to Joe Buchanan for the lead vocals! Chaim is also a picture book manuscript and a one-act play. Available on iTunes, Apple Music etc. #Hanukkah #writingcommunity #Jewish #kidlit
NASA volunteers have been monitoring 274 lakes around the world! A new paper shows their impact. science.nasa.gov/get-involved... #science #news
December 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
NASA volunteers have been monitoring 274 lakes around the world! A new paper shows their impact. science.nasa.gov/get-involved... #science #news