🔭Rosa🔬
@rosa-sci.bsky.social
Science writer, editor & team lead at EJR-Quartz for European Space Agency & German Aerospace Center | #SciComm | MSc History & Philosophy of Science | BSc Astrophysics
"Nature always finds a way—to be an anteater"
Myrmecophagous - shalln't say it - is a new word to me meaning ant- and termite-eating mammals. Anteaters are so weird and one of my all time faves and it seems evolution's, too ...
Lovely read 🐜➡️ bit.ly/3UAEp2N
©️Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian National Zoo
Myrmecophagous - shalln't say it - is a new word to me meaning ant- and termite-eating mammals. Anteaters are so weird and one of my all time faves and it seems evolution's, too ...
Lovely read 🐜➡️ bit.ly/3UAEp2N
©️Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian National Zoo
July 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Nature always finds a way—to be an anteater"
Myrmecophagous - shalln't say it - is a new word to me meaning ant- and termite-eating mammals. Anteaters are so weird and one of my all time faves and it seems evolution's, too ...
Lovely read 🐜➡️ bit.ly/3UAEp2N
©️Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian National Zoo
Myrmecophagous - shalln't say it - is a new word to me meaning ant- and termite-eating mammals. Anteaters are so weird and one of my all time faves and it seems evolution's, too ...
Lovely read 🐜➡️ bit.ly/3UAEp2N
©️Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian National Zoo
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A stunning view of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae!
The Trifid Nebula features colourful clouds and dark lanes shaped by newborn stars. To the right, the Lagoon Nebula is another active star-forming region, sculpted by young stars
(Video by Universal-Sci/Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)
The Trifid Nebula features colourful clouds and dark lanes shaped by newborn stars. To the right, the Lagoon Nebula is another active star-forming region, sculpted by young stars
(Video by Universal-Sci/Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)
July 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A stunning view of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae!
The Trifid Nebula features colourful clouds and dark lanes shaped by newborn stars. To the right, the Lagoon Nebula is another active star-forming region, sculpted by young stars
(Video by Universal-Sci/Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)
The Trifid Nebula features colourful clouds and dark lanes shaped by newborn stars. To the right, the Lagoon Nebula is another active star-forming region, sculpted by young stars
(Video by Universal-Sci/Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)
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Today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18, 2100 UTC / 2 PM PDT, maximum illumination. Filesize around 14.5 megs. Received and processed with Nooelec ground station here in Vancouver.
July 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18, 2100 UTC / 2 PM PDT, maximum illumination. Filesize around 14.5 megs. Received and processed with Nooelec ground station here in Vancouver.
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Our home. Viewed from 5.7 million km away.
This photograph of Earth and the Moon was taken by #ESAJuice on 9 September 2024, on its journey to Jupiter.
Discover more at esa.int/juice 🔭
This photograph of Earth and the Moon was taken by #ESAJuice on 9 September 2024, on its journey to Jupiter.
Discover more at esa.int/juice 🔭
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our home. Viewed from 5.7 million km away.
This photograph of Earth and the Moon was taken by #ESAJuice on 9 September 2024, on its journey to Jupiter.
Discover more at esa.int/juice 🔭
This photograph of Earth and the Moon was taken by #ESAJuice on 9 September 2024, on its journey to Jupiter.
Discover more at esa.int/juice 🔭
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There’s no such thing as being TOO close to a hummingbird…
Ever 📷🪶
Ever 📷🪶
May 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There’s no such thing as being TOO close to a hummingbird…
Ever 📷🪶
Ever 📷🪶
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Carl Sagan on sensible military spending and climate change.
May 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Carl Sagan on sensible military spending and climate change.
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Happy 35th birthday to the Hubble space telescope! 🎉
Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has beamed thousands of images back to Earth, revolutionising our view of the cosmos. 🔭 🌌
Check out the Top 100 images taken by Hubble here. 👉 esahubble.org/images/archi...
Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has beamed thousands of images back to Earth, revolutionising our view of the cosmos. 🔭 🌌
Check out the Top 100 images taken by Hubble here. 👉 esahubble.org/images/archi...
April 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy 35th birthday to the Hubble space telescope! 🎉
Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has beamed thousands of images back to Earth, revolutionising our view of the cosmos. 🔭 🌌
Check out the Top 100 images taken by Hubble here. 👉 esahubble.org/images/archi...
Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has beamed thousands of images back to Earth, revolutionising our view of the cosmos. 🔭 🌌
Check out the Top 100 images taken by Hubble here. 👉 esahubble.org/images/archi...
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Back Gardens, Castle Hedingham by Eric Ravilious 1935
April 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Back Gardens, Castle Hedingham by Eric Ravilious 1935
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Absolutely amazing that a 10-year-old wrote this!!
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Different, not less: my life as a 10-year-old with autism
People judge me for being different, but autism helps me achieve amazing things – including publishing books and writing articles
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Absolutely amazing that a 10-year-old wrote this!!
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
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I wrote a little love letter to the @esa.int Gaia spacecraft after it was retired last week. I'll miss you Gaia! 🥺🔭🧪
theconversation.com/the-best-spa...
theconversation.com/the-best-spa...
The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
An astronomer says goodbye to Gaia, the satellite that mapped the galaxy.
theconversation.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I wrote a little love letter to the @esa.int Gaia spacecraft after it was retired last week. I'll miss you Gaia! 🥺🔭🧪
theconversation.com/the-best-spa...
theconversation.com/the-best-spa...
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✏️🔭 We're hiring a science writer/editor! #SciComm #SciCommJobs
Have an engineering background & a knack for engaging content? Join us in crafting English-language communications for DLR (German Aerospace Center).
📅 Apply by: 31 March
📍 Leiden, NL
🔗 www.ejr-quartz.com/vacancy-tech...
Have an engineering background & a knack for engaging content? Join us in crafting English-language communications for DLR (German Aerospace Center).
📅 Apply by: 31 March
📍 Leiden, NL
🔗 www.ejr-quartz.com/vacancy-tech...
Vacancy: Technical editor
Are you that one-of-a-kind engineer with a flair for writing and editing? Do you have a passion for figuring out linguistic intricacies and an engineering or science degree? Then we are looking for…
www.ejr-quartz.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
✏️🔭 We're hiring a science writer/editor! #SciComm #SciCommJobs
Have an engineering background & a knack for engaging content? Join us in crafting English-language communications for DLR (German Aerospace Center).
📅 Apply by: 31 March
📍 Leiden, NL
🔗 www.ejr-quartz.com/vacancy-tech...
Have an engineering background & a knack for engaging content? Join us in crafting English-language communications for DLR (German Aerospace Center).
📅 Apply by: 31 March
📍 Leiden, NL
🔗 www.ejr-quartz.com/vacancy-tech...
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And a time lapse to complete the 🔭 observations! It's a little wobbly as we set up on a picnic table.
March 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And a time lapse to complete the 🔭 observations! It's a little wobbly as we set up on a picnic table.
Happy (partial) Eclipse Day 🌞🌘
March 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Happy (partial) Eclipse Day 🌞🌘
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Dorianne Laux
⸻ from Poets Against the War (2003)
⸻ from Poets Against the War (2003)
March 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Dorianne Laux
⸻ from Poets Against the War (2003)
⸻ from Poets Against the War (2003)
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😵 Be ready to be amazed!
The NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope brings you the "Cosmic Tornado" 🌪️
Webb observations have also revealed the identity of the fuzzy object at the tip of this object also known as Herbig-Haro 49/50.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
The NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope brings you the "Cosmic Tornado" 🌪️
Webb observations have also revealed the identity of the fuzzy object at the tip of this object also known as Herbig-Haro 49/50.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
😵 Be ready to be amazed!
The NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope brings you the "Cosmic Tornado" 🌪️
Webb observations have also revealed the identity of the fuzzy object at the tip of this object also known as Herbig-Haro 49/50.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
The NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope brings you the "Cosmic Tornado" 🌪️
Webb observations have also revealed the identity of the fuzzy object at the tip of this object also known as Herbig-Haro 49/50.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
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Happy Saturn ring plane crossing day to all who celebrate.
It's #Saturn ring-plane crossing day! A once in a 13-15 yr event when Saturn's rings are edge on, as viewed from Earth, making them appear to disappear! I'm so infuriated that the Sun is in the way meaning no-one will see it! 😡 We'll just have to imagine it 😞
👇The last time it was seen in 1995. 🔭🧪
👇The last time it was seen in 1995. 🔭🧪
March 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Happy Saturn ring plane crossing day to all who celebrate.
✏️🔭 We're hiring a science writer/editor! #SciComm #SciCommJobs
Have an engineering background & a knack for engaging content? Join us in crafting English-language communications for DLR (German Aerospace Center).
📅 Apply by: 31 March
📍 Leiden, NL
🔗 www.ejr-quartz.com/vacancy-tech...
Have an engineering background & a knack for engaging content? Join us in crafting English-language communications for DLR (German Aerospace Center).
📅 Apply by: 31 March
📍 Leiden, NL
🔗 www.ejr-quartz.com/vacancy-tech...
Vacancy: Technical editor
Are you that one-of-a-kind engineer with a flair for writing and editing? Do you have a passion for figuring out linguistic intricacies and an engineering or science degree? Then we are looking for…
www.ejr-quartz.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
✏️🔭 We're hiring a science writer/editor! #SciComm #SciCommJobs
Have an engineering background & a knack for engaging content? Join us in crafting English-language communications for DLR (German Aerospace Center).
📅 Apply by: 31 March
📍 Leiden, NL
🔗 www.ejr-quartz.com/vacancy-tech...
Have an engineering background & a knack for engaging content? Join us in crafting English-language communications for DLR (German Aerospace Center).
📅 Apply by: 31 March
📍 Leiden, NL
🔗 www.ejr-quartz.com/vacancy-tech...
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Last night I used 4 cameras to capture the ultimate HDR view of the lunar eclipse
This 300GB/440 megapixel image shows the lunar surface in extreme detail, while revealing all rich color that was projected onto the surface
Get a print for a short time, linked in my bio.
This 300GB/440 megapixel image shows the lunar surface in extreme detail, while revealing all rich color that was projected onto the surface
Get a print for a short time, linked in my bio.
March 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Last night I used 4 cameras to capture the ultimate HDR view of the lunar eclipse
This 300GB/440 megapixel image shows the lunar surface in extreme detail, while revealing all rich color that was projected onto the surface
Get a print for a short time, linked in my bio.
This 300GB/440 megapixel image shows the lunar surface in extreme detail, while revealing all rich color that was projected onto the surface
Get a print for a short time, linked in my bio.
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Well, now I’m just sobbing. Thank you Laura Gilpin. You are missed.
March 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Well, now I’m just sobbing. Thank you Laura Gilpin. You are missed.
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If you’re about this evening, it is the peak of the alignment of the planets! Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all visible tonight spanning the length of the sky. More info here: www.theguardian.com/science/2025... 🔭
Planetary parade: Mercury falls into line for rare seven-planet alignment
The seven will appear to form a straight line in the night sky in display that won’t be seen again until 2040
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If you’re about this evening, it is the peak of the alignment of the planets! Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all visible tonight spanning the length of the sky. More info here: www.theguardian.com/science/2025... 🔭
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A new study led by DLR shows that #Mars ’s northern ice cap is much younger than thought, forming just 2 to 12 million years ago. 🧊🔴 The 3km-thick ice sheet is slowly bending the rocky crust beneath, showing that the Red Planet's mantle is far stiffer than Earth’s. @natureportfolio.nature.com 🔭
February 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A new study led by DLR shows that #Mars ’s northern ice cap is much younger than thought, forming just 2 to 12 million years ago. 🧊🔴 The 3km-thick ice sheet is slowly bending the rocky crust beneath, showing that the Red Planet's mantle is far stiffer than Earth’s. @natureportfolio.nature.com 🔭
The planets have been conspiring! A very rare line-up has been forming, for our eyes only...
From Friday, a New Moon and (in England) clear skies, collaborate to show Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn & Neptune, all in a neat row.
⬅️(Earth view🫢)➡️(God view🥱)
Credit: theplanetstoday.com
From Friday, a New Moon and (in England) clear skies, collaborate to show Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn & Neptune, all in a neat row.
⬅️(Earth view🫢)➡️(God view🥱)
Credit: theplanetstoday.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The planets have been conspiring! A very rare line-up has been forming, for our eyes only...
From Friday, a New Moon and (in England) clear skies, collaborate to show Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn & Neptune, all in a neat row.
⬅️(Earth view🫢)➡️(God view🥱)
Credit: theplanetstoday.com
From Friday, a New Moon and (in England) clear skies, collaborate to show Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn & Neptune, all in a neat row.
⬅️(Earth view🫢)➡️(God view🥱)
Credit: theplanetstoday.com
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Visionary maps of time, space, and thought by Emma Willard, America's first female cartographer and information designer, born on this day in 1787
Visionary Maps of Time, Space, and Thought by America’s First Female Cartographer and Information Visualization Designer
Revolutions in design and education technology, underpinned by the conviction that women “are an essential part of the body politic, whose corruption or improvement must affect the whole.R…
www.themarginalian.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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