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'Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine' is one of my favourite, 300 pages fly by pretty quick 📖 #gailhoneyman
pameladormanbooks.bsky.social Pamela Dorman Books @pameladormanbooks.bsky.social · Nov 22
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April 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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distantworlds.space
𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.

Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).

🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet
Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b. Credit: A. Smith, University of Cambridge.
April 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
the space images ever (according to no one in particular except me)
A thin structure of dark gas clouds spreads across the image. The pillar is darker and broader at the base, thin toward the middle, and broadens out again at the top, with spikes, fingers, and wisps of gas protruding in all directions from its head. Some parts of the pillar are illuminated, but most are dark and silhouetted at the edges and lit from behind. A wall of colorful gas lies behind the pillar, bluish at the top and redder toward the bottom, with several blue and gold stars scattered across it. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which, have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view. A filamentary orange veil covers a bright region of star formation. The background is dark, stippled with stars and galaxies ranging from small bright dots to starry shapes. The foreground veil spans from upper left to the bottom right and resembles a seahorse. Bright stars light up the ‘eye’ and ‘chest’ regions of the seahorse with purple light. Within the tail, three bright spots sit in a traffic-light like formation. This image of the Ring Nebula, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, appears as a distorted doughnut. The nebula’s inner cavity hosts shades of blue and green, while the detailed ring transitions through shades of orange in the inner regions and pink in the outer region. The ring’s inner region has distinct filament elements. Stars litter the scene, with a particularly prominent star with 8 long spikes in the top right corner.
April 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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brewflection.bsky.social
The struggle is real!
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Coffee's calling me,
But gym waits, a cruel tradeoff,
Beans before the squats!

#fitfuel #CoffeeLovers #gymtime #coffee #fitnesslife #fitness #struggleisreal #haiku #poem #poetry
April 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
georgepsych520.bsky.social
This mashup never fails to make me smile 😅 #frasier #elderscrolls
April 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
georgepsych520.bsky.social
I have this same look prior to my morning coffee 😅 ☕
April 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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A giant blob of plasma was ejected off of the Sun last night following the M4.4 solar flare off the southeast limb. Here the planet Earth is inserted for an approximate size reference. Feeling small yet? Imagery by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
April 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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astronomy.bsky.social
Barnard 68: A cosmic 'hole' only 7 light-months across, but a stellar nursery 500 light-years away in Ophiuchus. This cold, dense cloud is likely in the very early stages of collapse, hinting at how stars are born.

Credit: ESO
Barnard 68: A cosmic 'hole' only 7 light-months across, but a stellar nursery 500 light-years away in Ophiuchus. This cold, dense cloud is likely in the very early stages of collapse, hinting at how stars are born. Credit: ESO
April 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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jonathanslater.bsky.social
Ravens are my favorite bird.
April 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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sagan.bsky.social
Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
April 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM