@moonrocks.bsky.social
Not much of a talker, I’m here for learning and exploring ideas and art. In no particular order I like tech, science, reading, writing and art.
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15.8 billion miles away from earth. 😳
Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.
Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.
Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means | CNN
Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth.
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
15.8 billion miles away from earth. 😳
Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.
Next up, a meeting with the Epsilon Eridani aliens in, checks watch, a million years.
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Circling a martian butterfly www.youtube.com/watch?v=tibW... www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
ESA’s Mars Express takes us on a dizzying flight around a butterfly crater on Mars.
ESA’s Mars Express takes us on a dizzying flight around a butterfly crater on Mars.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Circling a martian butterfly www.youtube.com/watch?v=tibW... www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
ESA’s Mars Express takes us on a dizzying flight around a butterfly crater on Mars.
ESA’s Mars Express takes us on a dizzying flight around a butterfly crater on Mars.
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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The last few days Uranus has been at its brightest. Barely naked eye from a dark sky site. Possible to see its bluishness using Binoculars. Close to the Pleiades each night. 🔭 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The last few days Uranus has been at its brightest. Barely naked eye from a dark sky site. Possible to see its bluishness using Binoculars. Close to the Pleiades each night. 🔭 🧪
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Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!
NASA's pix of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are now up science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!
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Poetry Comics Month, Day 14
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Poetry Comics Month, Day 14
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Hi, it's me again
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hi, it's me again
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.
Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them
Get one at Squidfacts.net!
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The peak of the Leonid meteor shower continues today. 🔭 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The peak of the Leonid meteor shower continues today. 🔭 🧪
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The average impact velocity at the Moon is somewhere between 16 and 20 kilometres per second.
This is the result of even a modest space rock hitting the lunar surface at that speed.
This is the result of even a modest space rock hitting the lunar surface at that speed.
Vous assistez, quasiment en direct à la formation d'un cratère sur la Lune, avec un impact filmé ce matin !
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The average impact velocity at the Moon is somewhere between 16 and 20 kilometres per second.
This is the result of even a modest space rock hitting the lunar surface at that speed.
This is the result of even a modest space rock hitting the lunar surface at that speed.
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Recently had a conversation with a friend who doesn’t really follow the space biz and had no idea that we were on the cusp of launching a mission to send people back to the Moon. Gonna be a lot of surprised people in Feb/March. Even more so to learn this is a NASA thing, not a billionaire thing.
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Recently had a conversation with a friend who doesn’t really follow the space biz and had no idea that we were on the cusp of launching a mission to send people back to the Moon. Gonna be a lot of surprised people in Feb/March. Even more so to learn this is a NASA thing, not a billionaire thing.
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Light and gravity travel at the same speed, but don’t arrive together
Yes, light waves and gravitational waves travel at exactly the same speed.
But when cosmic events create both at the same time, they don't arrive together.
Here's why.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#astro #space #gravity #light
Yes, light waves and gravitational waves travel at exactly the same speed.
But when cosmic events create both at the same time, they don't arrive together.
Here's why.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#astro #space #gravity #light
Light and gravity travel at the same speed, but don't arrive together
In 2017, a kilonova sent light and gravitational waves across the Universe. Here on Earth, there was a 1.7 second signal arrival delay. Why?
bigthink.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Light and gravity travel at the same speed, but don’t arrive together
Yes, light waves and gravitational waves travel at exactly the same speed.
But when cosmic events create both at the same time, they don't arrive together.
Here's why.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#astro #space #gravity #light
Yes, light waves and gravitational waves travel at exactly the same speed.
But when cosmic events create both at the same time, they don't arrive together.
Here's why.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#astro #space #gravity #light
A month late but just noticed the NASA photo of the day site is no longer being updated due to budget cuts.
Sad times
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Sad times
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Astronomy Picture of the Day
A different astronomy and space science
related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
apod.nasa.gov
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A month late but just noticed the NASA photo of the day site is no longer being updated due to budget cuts.
Sad times
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Sad times
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
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Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 26th. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
Apply to Write for Astrobites 2025!
Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 26th.
astrobites.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 26th. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
What a photo red sprite flare taken from the space station! Not a new story but I just stumbled upon it now and was amazed
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
Mysterious 'Red Sprite' Appears in NASA Astronaut Photo From the Space Station. What Is This Strange Electrical Flare?
Red sprites are among a class of enigmatic weather phenomena that appear over thunderstorms, known as Transient Luminous Events
www.smithsonianmag.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
What a photo red sprite flare taken from the space station! Not a new story but I just stumbled upon it now and was amazed
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
This is a really nice visualisation of just how far space is and what we’d see along the way
#space #spaceelevator
neal.fun/space-elevat...
#space #spaceelevator
neal.fun/space-elevat...
Space Elevator
Take a trip to space!
neal.fun
October 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is a really nice visualisation of just how far space is and what we’d see along the way
#space #spaceelevator
neal.fun/space-elevat...
#space #spaceelevator
neal.fun/space-elevat...
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If you like astronomy posts, then you'll probably really like the astronomy feeds!
If you didn't know, Bluesky gives you direct control over your social algorithm. Instead of doomscrolling, look at space instead:
If you didn't know, Bluesky gives you direct control over your social algorithm. Instead of doomscrolling, look at space instead:
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If you like astronomy posts, then you'll probably really like the astronomy feeds!
If you didn't know, Bluesky gives you direct control over your social algorithm. Instead of doomscrolling, look at space instead:
If you didn't know, Bluesky gives you direct control over your social algorithm. Instead of doomscrolling, look at space instead:
Interesting discussion on In Our Time looking at some of the history and composition of the moon by Melvyn Bragg and guests. This is an archived episode but first time hearing it for me.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Moon (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the moon.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Interesting discussion on In Our Time looking at some of the history and composition of the moon by Melvyn Bragg and guests. This is an archived episode but first time hearing it for me.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...