Marc Kuchner | Author
@marckuchner.bsky.social
Dad. Author of the Cosmic Collisions books. Astrophysicist and Citizen Science fanatic @nasa. www.marckuchner.com
Janet Jackson fans take note! NASA just launched a mission called ESCAPADE that will help us understand how Mars lost its water and its atmosphere. #space #astronomy #news
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Janet Jackson fans take note! NASA just launched a mission called ESCAPADE that will help us understand how Mars lost its water and its atmosphere. #space #astronomy #news
NASA scientists need your help! Join the fun, meet new people, and make a lasting impact at science.NASA.gov/citizenscience #space #nature #retirement #scienceathome #astrophotography #teacher #librarian
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NASA scientists need your help! Join the fun, meet new people, and make a lasting impact at science.NASA.gov/citizenscience #space #nature #retirement #scienceathome #astrophotography #teacher #librarian
The aurora, from my street here in Barrington, Rhode Island! If you see the northern lights, be sure to report it to aurorasaurus.org! #astrophotography #nature #photography #citizenscience
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The aurora, from my street here in Barrington, Rhode Island! If you see the northern lights, be sure to report it to aurorasaurus.org! #astrophotography #nature #photography #citizenscience
The aurora, from my street here in Barrington, Rhode Island! If you see the northern lights, be sure to report it to aurorasaurus.org! #astrophotography #nature #photography #citizenscience
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The aurora, from my street here in Barrington, Rhode Island! If you see the northern lights, be sure to report it to aurorasaurus.org! #astrophotography #nature #photography #citizenscience
Remember the “Tunguska Blast” in Ghostbusters? That’s a real thing. #astronomy #ghosts #paranormal #history
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Remember the “Tunguska Blast” in Ghostbusters? That’s a real thing. #astronomy #ghosts #paranormal #history
Asteroid vs. Comet. Which one will survive this cosmic collision? a.co/d/anQPTNd #astronomy #kids #kidlit #writingcommunity #booksky #space
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Asteroid vs. Comet. Which one will survive this cosmic collision? a.co/d/anQPTNd #astronomy #kids #kidlit #writingcommunity #booksky #space
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Into crystals and gems? There’s a new kind of tektite for you to collect! The discovery points to an 11 million year old crater that might be hidden somewhere in Australia. #astronomy #space #geology #news
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Into crystals and gems? There’s a new kind of tektite for you to collect! The discovery points to an 11 million year old crater that might be hidden somewhere in Australia. #astronomy #space #geology #news
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Librarians, teachers: Interested in a Zoom visit?
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Librarians, teachers: Interested in a Zoom visit?
Do interstellar comets seed planet formation? meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025... #astronomy #space #nature
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Do interstellar comets seed planet formation? meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025... #astronomy #space #nature
Congrats to Siddharth Patel, a 12 year old Canadian who found two candidate asteroids with NASA’s IASC project! Teachers, sign up your classroom at iasc.cosmosearch.org #space #stem #astronomy #education #citizenscience
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Congrats to Siddharth Patel, a 12 year old Canadian who found two candidate asteroids with NASA’s IASC project! Teachers, sign up your classroom at iasc.cosmosearch.org #space #stem #astronomy #education #citizenscience
Have you heard "Kiss Like A Zombie"? www.marckuchnermusic.com/song/8
It's a Dance-Pop Halloween banger. Play it now!
It's a Dance-Pop Halloween banger. Play it now!
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Have you heard "Kiss Like A Zombie"? www.marckuchnermusic.com/song/8
It's a Dance-Pop Halloween banger. Play it now!
It's a Dance-Pop Halloween banger. Play it now!
Citizen Science combined with Artificial Intelligence found invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar! New paper from the Mosquito Habitat Mapper team. www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #news #nature #climate
USF study: AI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar
Researchers from the University of South Florida have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi — an invasive and de...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Citizen Science combined with Artificial Intelligence found invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar! New paper from the Mosquito Habitat Mapper team. www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #news #nature #climate
Rocking my new backyardworlds.org shirt today! Thanks, Peter Jalowiczor! #citizenscience #astronomy #astrophotography #space
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Rocking my new backyardworlds.org shirt today! Thanks, Peter Jalowiczor! #citizenscience #astronomy #astrophotography #space
Congrats to NASA Citizen Scientist @melina-iras07572.bsky.social! In 2019, Melina discovered the oldest white dwarf with a debris disk. Now this white dwarf is in the news again. @astroerika.bsky.social et al. suggest it may have recently engulfed a rocky planet. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Congrats to NASA Citizen Scientist @melina-iras07572.bsky.social! In 2019, Melina discovered the oldest white dwarf with a debris disk. Now this white dwarf is in the news again. @astroerika.bsky.social et al. suggest it may have recently engulfed a rocky planet. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
NASA Citizen Scientist Michiharu Hyogo is featured in this article about authors of Zooniverse publications. He's a citizen scientist on the Disk Detective and Backyard Worlds projects, & he wrote a first-author paper. #astronomy @royalastrosoc.bsky.social academic.oup.com/astrogeo/art...
People power in action
Zooniverse is a platform enabling citizen scientists to contribute to research, and it may just form the foundations of a new scientific community
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October 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NASA Citizen Scientist Michiharu Hyogo is featured in this article about authors of Zooniverse publications. He's a citizen scientist on the Disk Detective and Backyard Worlds projects, & he wrote a first-author paper. #astronomy @royalastrosoc.bsky.social academic.oup.com/astrogeo/art...
So the Earth has quasi-moons! What is the difference between a moon and a quasi moon? (And which one should I howl at?) #astronomy #news #nature #astrophotography
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So the Earth has quasi-moons! What is the difference between a moon and a quasi moon? (And which one should I howl at?) #astronomy #news #nature #astrophotography
Geophysicist Stefan Burns reported that a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun is heading right for interstellar comet 3/ATLAS. Collision expected on October 29. #astronomy #space #news #astrophotography #nature
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Geophysicist Stefan Burns reported that a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun is heading right for interstellar comet 3/ATLAS. Collision expected on October 29. #astronomy #space #news #astrophotography #nature
Meet Earth’s second moon! Well, really it’s a quasi-moon, asteroid 2025 PN 7. #astronomy #news #astrophotography #nature #space
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Meet Earth’s second moon! Well, really it’s a quasi-moon, asteroid 2025 PN 7. #astronomy #news #astrophotography #nature #space
Witness the largest explosions in the universe and help scientists figure out what’s causing them! www.zooniverse.org/projects/amy... #astronomy #citizenscience #astrophotography
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Witness the largest explosions in the universe and help scientists figure out what’s causing them! www.zooniverse.org/projects/amy... #astronomy #citizenscience #astrophotography
This Monday night is the best night to catch 2 comets in the sky at once! Several articles have pointed out that one of them was discovered by an amateur astronomer/citizen scientist. (Of course, most comets are discovered by citizen scientists!) #astrophotography #news
October 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This Monday night is the best night to catch 2 comets in the sky at once! Several articles have pointed out that one of them was discovered by an amateur astronomer/citizen scientist. (Of course, most comets are discovered by citizen scientists!) #astrophotography #news
Want to go to Mars one day? Try your hand at spotting Martian clouds! www.zooniverse.org/projects/mar... #scienceathome #citizenscience #space #astronomy
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Want to go to Mars one day? Try your hand at spotting Martian clouds! www.zooniverse.org/projects/mar... #scienceathome #citizenscience #space #astronomy
Never seen Halley’s Comet? Don’t worry. You’ll be able to watch pieces of it hit Earth on October 21! #astrophotography #astronomy #news
October 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Never seen Halley’s Comet? Don’t worry. You’ll be able to watch pieces of it hit Earth on October 21! #astrophotography #astronomy #news