Sue Moffitt
@mofsu.bsky.social
Currently 'follow' the grandkids ! Grew up in Kimberley cyclones & wildlife.
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The Minor Planet Center has designated 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), or informally "Comet ATLAS", a new interstellar comet that is currently about 4.5 AU from the Sun and screaming through the solar system at 58 km/s (130000 mph)
July 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Minor Planet Center has designated 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), or informally "Comet ATLAS", a new interstellar comet that is currently about 4.5 AU from the Sun and screaming through the solar system at 58 km/s (130000 mph)
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A mysterious object known as #A11pl3Z appears to be only the third interstellar interloper to be detected passing through our solar system. Don't panic: This object has no chance of hitting Earth. cosmiclog.com/2025/07/02/s...
Scientists suspect they’ve found a third interstellar object
Astronomers say they’ve spotted what appears to be only the third interstellar object to be detected flying through our solar system. The object, known as A11pl3Z, was discovered on July 1 by…
cosmiclog.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A mysterious object known as #A11pl3Z appears to be only the third interstellar interloper to be detected passing through our solar system. Don't panic: This object has no chance of hitting Earth. cosmiclog.com/2025/07/02/s...
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Any fans of my Science of the Solar System (extremely free) online class out there? Today I started the first update of the course in a decade. I hope to release it (on Coursera, extremely free) in the late Spring. It will include a mix of ~13 year old lectures and new ones and OMG (1/ )
December 31, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Any fans of my Science of the Solar System (extremely free) online class out there? Today I started the first update of the course in a decade. I hope to release it (on Coursera, extremely free) in the late Spring. It will include a mix of ~13 year old lectures and new ones and OMG (1/ )
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Happy #Solstice! The Nebra Sky Disc is considered to be the oldest known material representation of cosmic phenomena in the world, dating around 1600 BC.
On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle.
Further information: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky...
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On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle.
Further information: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky...
📷 me
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December 21, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Happy #Solstice! The Nebra Sky Disc is considered to be the oldest known material representation of cosmic phenomena in the world, dating around 1600 BC.
On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle.
Further information: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky...
📷 me
🏺
On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle.
Further information: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky...
📷 me
🏺
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We just saw a lovely frangipani tree on our walk.
Flowers a so vibrant and smell great.
Little mate approves.
Flowers a so vibrant and smell great.
Little mate approves.
January 5, 2024 at 9:17 PM
We just saw a lovely frangipani tree on our walk.
Flowers a so vibrant and smell great.
Little mate approves.
Flowers a so vibrant and smell great.
Little mate approves.
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To honour the new Bluesky logo here's a Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus, seen at Holme Stinted Pasture in Cumbria. 🦋 What other blue butterflies have people seen this year?
December 22, 2023 at 9:33 PM
To honour the new Bluesky logo here's a Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus, seen at Holme Stinted Pasture in Cumbria. 🦋 What other blue butterflies have people seen this year?
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Hurricane Otis took full advantage of a warm patch of ocean last night... passing over 31°C water on its approach to Acapulco. The extremely rapid intensification from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane took place over this tiny area.
October 25, 2023 at 12:53 PM
Hurricane Otis took full advantage of a warm patch of ocean last night... passing over 31°C water on its approach to Acapulco. The extremely rapid intensification from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane took place over this tiny area.
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Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico early this morning as a Category 5 hurricane. That's bad enough, but just 24 hours prior, it was a tropical storm and was forecast to make landfall as a tropical storm. Not even a hurricane warning a day in advance... [1/2]
October 25, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico early this morning as a Category 5 hurricane. That's bad enough, but just 24 hours prior, it was a tropical storm and was forecast to make landfall as a tropical storm. Not even a hurricane warning a day in advance... [1/2]
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This render u/HapNStance did in Space Engine is a pretty good representation I think. So many stars! www.reddit.com/r/spaceengin...
October 25, 2023 at 5:43 AM
This render u/HapNStance did in Space Engine is a pretty good representation I think. So many stars! www.reddit.com/r/spaceengin...
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Full sequence of the annular solar eclipse at Shiprock, New Mexico. This was a dream composition of mine. So much time, energy, and money went into making it happen. I'm forever grateful to the Navajo for letting me shoot it from sacred ground. An experience I'll never forget.
October 19, 2023 at 2:50 AM
Full sequence of the annular solar eclipse at Shiprock, New Mexico. This was a dream composition of mine. So much time, energy, and money went into making it happen. I'm forever grateful to the Navajo for letting me shoot it from sacred ground. An experience I'll never forget.
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Increased number of swift parrots found near NSW mine reinforces need for habitat protection, say conservationists #birdoftheyear www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Increased number of swift parrots found near NSW mine reinforces need for habitat protection, say co...
Plans for land clearing near a NSW mine where critically endangered swift parrots have been found point to a failure in Australia’s environmental laws, say advocates for the bird
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Increased number of swift parrots found near NSW mine reinforces need for habitat protection, say conservationists #birdoftheyear www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mind is still blown at this - found out from Mark McCaughrean that these were discovered in Australia!
This is shocked molecular gas expanding from the bottom of the image expected to be caused from merger of two massive stars.
And they're only ~500 years old and can be seen expanding annually!!
This is shocked molecular gas expanding from the bottom of the image expected to be caused from merger of two massive stars.
And they're only ~500 years old and can be seen expanding annually!!
I’m sorry … WOT?!
EXPLOSION FINGERS?!?!?!?
JWST’s new images from Orion Nebula are spectacular! Look at this structure 🥹🤩😱
Read more: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
📸 JWST / ESA / NASA / STScI / CSA / M. McCaughrean / S. Pearson
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EXPLOSION FINGERS?!?!?!?
JWST’s new images from Orion Nebula are spectacular! Look at this structure 🥹🤩😱
Read more: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
📸 JWST / ESA / NASA / STScI / CSA / M. McCaughrean / S. Pearson
🔭🧪
October 3, 2023 at 1:57 AM
Mind is still blown at this - found out from Mark McCaughrean that these were discovered in Australia!
This is shocked molecular gas expanding from the bottom of the image expected to be caused from merger of two massive stars.
And they're only ~500 years old and can be seen expanding annually!!
This is shocked molecular gas expanding from the bottom of the image expected to be caused from merger of two massive stars.
And they're only ~500 years old and can be seen expanding annually!!
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I’m sorry everyone, don’t mean to spam with this stuff, but I can’t believe what I am seeing in these JWST images.
Ran these through my image pipeline. The explosion fingers are beyond next level.
LOOK AT THIS DATA!
📸 JWST / ESA / NASA / CSA / M. McCaughrean / S. Pearson
🎛️ NIRCAM/F212N
🔭🧪
Ran these through my image pipeline. The explosion fingers are beyond next level.
LOOK AT THIS DATA!
📸 JWST / ESA / NASA / CSA / M. McCaughrean / S. Pearson
🎛️ NIRCAM/F212N
🔭🧪
October 3, 2023 at 9:48 AM
I’m sorry everyone, don’t mean to spam with this stuff, but I can’t believe what I am seeing in these JWST images.
Ran these through my image pipeline. The explosion fingers are beyond next level.
LOOK AT THIS DATA!
📸 JWST / ESA / NASA / CSA / M. McCaughrean / S. Pearson
🎛️ NIRCAM/F212N
🔭🧪
Ran these through my image pipeline. The explosion fingers are beyond next level.
LOOK AT THIS DATA!
📸 JWST / ESA / NASA / CSA / M. McCaughrean / S. Pearson
🎛️ NIRCAM/F212N
🔭🧪
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Along with that spectacular imagery, there's some fascinating science going on in the Orion Nebula.
Binary planet pairs, these ones < 7 x Jovian masses, just floating around in space not associated with any host star.
Like when otters hold hands & float. 🔭🧪
📸 Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2310.01231
Binary planet pairs, these ones < 7 x Jovian masses, just floating around in space not associated with any host star.
Like when otters hold hands & float. 🔭🧪
📸 Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2310.01231
October 3, 2023 at 3:35 AM
Along with that spectacular imagery, there's some fascinating science going on in the Orion Nebula.
Binary planet pairs, these ones < 7 x Jovian masses, just floating around in space not associated with any host star.
Like when otters hold hands & float. 🔭🧪
📸 Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2310.01231
Binary planet pairs, these ones < 7 x Jovian masses, just floating around in space not associated with any host star.
Like when otters hold hands & float. 🔭🧪
📸 Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2310.01231
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Just updated the Likes data for this list of science-related BlueSky feeds: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here’s the Top 30 most popular feeds 👇
Here’s the Top 30 most popular feeds 👇
September 25, 2023 at 7:49 PM
Just updated the Likes data for this list of science-related BlueSky feeds: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here’s the Top 30 most popular feeds 👇
Here’s the Top 30 most popular feeds 👇
Queen of the Night climbing cactus, flowers for a day in Spring.
October 2, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Queen of the Night climbing cactus, flowers for a day in Spring.
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It's time to bring the #rayverse here so here's a map of the United Kingdom illuminated by lighthouses.
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
September 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM
It's time to bring the #rayverse here so here's a map of the United Kingdom illuminated by lighthouses.
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
“ I spy a dragonfly” Eurasian coot and blue spotted hawker, Woorabinda, Stirling, Adelaide
September 20, 2023 at 3:38 AM
“ I spy a dragonfly” Eurasian coot and blue spotted hawker, Woorabinda, Stirling, Adelaide
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Well then, good day to announce I quit Xitter.
Congrats Bluesky team! And us, obviously.
Congrats Bluesky team! And us, obviously.
September 12, 2023 at 10:15 PM
Well then, good day to announce I quit Xitter.
Congrats Bluesky team! And us, obviously.
Congrats Bluesky team! And us, obviously.
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Reaching 1 Million Users
Today, we reached over one million users on Bluesky.
blueskyweb.xyz
September 12, 2023 at 10:45 PM