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Zax

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I have fallen victim to the Endfield gacha.... I just want Laevatain.......

February 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM

Zax

@zaxman.ca

👀👀👀👀
we are so back

NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 12h

Artemis II: Preliminary information points to a second WDR (Wet Dress Rehearsal) target of next Friday.
Interestingly, there's talk of a NET launch date of March 3 (not previously in the windows), which could result in a daylight launch T-0.
All subject to change of course, and hydrogen behaving.

February 6, 2026 at 10:53 PM

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐

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🔭 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (University of Gent)

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Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives. Collapsing from vast cosmic clouds, their nuclear furnaces ignite and create heavy elements in their cores. After only a few million years for the most massive stars, the enriched material is blasted back into interstellar space where star formation can begin anew. The expanding debris cloud known as Cassiopeia A is an example of this final phase of the stellar life cycle. Light from the supernova explosion that created this remnant would have been first seen in planet Earth's sky about 350 years ago, although it took that light 11,000 years to reach us. This sharp NIRCam image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the still-hot filaments and knots in the supernova remnant. The whitish, smoke-like outer shell of the expanding blast wave is about 20 light-years across. A series of light echoes from the massive star's cataclysmic explosion are also identified in Webb's detailed images of the surrounding interstellar medium.

February 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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woodgraves

@woodgraves.net

happy #BandcampFriday it's also black history month so buy a tune or two from a nigga 🚬🤝

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woodgraves

breakcore. jungle. techno. trance. https://woodgraves.net

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February 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM

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ESO

@eso.org

A feast for the eyes 🤩

This gorgeous starscape is a vista of the Lagoon Nebula. See the dark patches scattered all over it? They're huge, collapsing clouds of gas and dust that will soon give birth to clusters of young stars.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0936/
🔭

📷 ESO

A wide-field astronomical image showing a glowing pink and red nebula surrounded by countless stars against a dark sky. The nebula has a bright core and clouds of gas and dust spreading outward.

February 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM

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Justin the Dark

@justinthedark.bsky.social

I took another shot at the Orion Nebula for the 2026 season, but this time I brought out my full astro rig rather than a smart scope. You can read more including my processing sets at my blog. Let me know how you'd improve this image!

#astrophotography #astronomy #space
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A wide, detailed view of the Orion Nebula showing swirling clouds of glowing gas and dust in soft blues, golds, purples, and reddish browns. At the center, a bright, misty core surrounds a cluster of young stars, while darker dust lanes cut through the luminous nebula. Scattered white stars dot the black background of space, giving depth and scale to the scene.

February 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM

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Nereide

@drnereide.bsky.social

🧵
What is that tiny white dot, just above and to the right of the pic center?

It's about the planet Venus, imaged by the wide-angle camera from the Cassini spacecraft on 10 Nov 2012. 🔭 🧪

➡️ photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA1...

Image by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

#planetsci #histsci #science

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Up close, Cassini caught Saturn’s rings glowing gold from behind, the Sun lighting them in that eerie backlight with sharp dark shadows slicing through. Right near the top-center sits this little white spark—Venus, not some distant star. Shot November 10, 2012.
From Earth Venus blazes like the brightest “star” in the sky, yet out there it’s just a faint dot. Saturn’s average distance—1.4 billion km—really hits you then. We feel so small.

February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM

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khloe

@khlokat.bsky.social

The Function x PURR
Risorah & Solace BDAY Edition 🎉

Tomorrow // Feb. 6th // 10pm EST
2 Venues // 1 Party

♡ See you there ♡
Group (1): vrc.group/THEFUN.6691
Group (2): vrc.group/PURR.0016

Promo: @khlokat.bsky.social // @kenzi.bsky.social 🎨

Lineup Below ⬇️

February 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐

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🔭 NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster

Image Credit & Copyright: Michal Wierzbinski, Hellas-Sky

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Active galaxy NGC 1275 is the central, dominant member of the large and relatively nearby Perseus Cluster of Galaxies. Wild-looking at visible wavelengths, the active galaxy is also a prodigious source of x-rays and radio emission. NGC 1275 accretes matter as entire galaxies fall into it, ultimately feeding a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core. Narrowband image data used in this sharp telescopic image highlights the resulting galactic debris and filaments of glowing gas, some up to 20,000 light-years long. The filaments persist in NGC 1275, even though the turmoil of galactic collisions should destroy them. What keeps the filaments together? Observations indicate that the structures, pushed out from the galaxy's center by the black hole's activity, are held together by magnetic fields. Also known as Perseus A, NGC 1275 itself spans over 100,000 light years and lies about 230 million light years away.

February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐

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🔭 Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: Wide Field

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern

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A spiral galaxy is shown that seems to have rings in place of spiral arms. The outer ring is blue and filled with stars, while the inner ring is more red. The center has a vertical bar. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

February 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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crys 🌘

@crysvr.bsky.social

🌙TECHNO ABYSS 024

FEATURING: JIQQLER. RIC0 (VJ: THECOOLKIWI). KALM4H. WOODGRAVES.

DOORS: 02.07.2026 08:45 PM CST // 02:45 AM UTC // <t:1770518700:F>

February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐

@apod.shinyakato.dev

🔭 Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb

Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (RIT)

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A dense starfield surrounds a blue and red nebula that stretches from the lower left to the upper right. The outer parts of the nebula are blue and filamentary, while the innermost part is red and bright. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

February 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM

Zax

@zaxman.ca

gotta wait until March to be annoying now :(

Zax @zaxman.ca · 4d

your local space nerd is going to be so annoying about Artemis II and I am not sorry about it

humans are returning to the moon for the first time in over 50 years and not enough people are talking about it

February 3, 2026 at 7:30 AM

Zax

@zaxman.ca

your local space nerd is going to be so annoying about Artemis II and I am not sorry about it

humans are returning to the moon for the first time in over 50 years and not enough people are talking about it

February 3, 2026 at 5:35 AM