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Sisters Jordan and Kit (@kitirving) cohost this #podcast featuring #astronomy & ret-cons(tellations) of #mythology. Season 3: Into the Wild is afoot!

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The Air & Space Museum we visited really crushed the captions!

Back in Season 2, we did episodes on both:

🔭 the #astronomy in the #constellation Cassiopeia where this supernova remnant is located […]

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January 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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Super busy today, but just have to quickly share that this morning, I woke up at a friend's house, under a skylight, and was delighted to see stars above me for nearly the first time this whole BC trip (lots of clouds here)!

And literally 10 seconds later, I saw a fucking Starlink train! […]
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January 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Also seen at the air and space museum visit -- GIANT SPIDER CRAB! 🦀

This, of course, reminded me of our episode on the #zodiac #constellation Cancer where Jordan taught me about how evolution keeps producing #crabs (or more formally carcinisation) 🦀 🦀 🦀 […]

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January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Spotted this spread of #StarTrek memorabilia while adventuring at an air and space museum w Jordan... I'm fully in love with this calendar with a STAR DATE!

#scifi #startrek #Space
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Today for #mythologymonday -- that time Odysseus introduced himself as "Nobody" before blinding the cyclops Polyphemus thereby allowing his escape as Polyphemus claimed "Nobody" had blinded him!

#mythology #greekmythology #greekmyth #odysseus #odyssey

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January 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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In #JapaneseFolklore there is a #yokai known as tenome, which means 'eyes on hands.' It is believed that they may be the vengeful ghosts of blind men who were robbed and murdered. Tenome take the form of an old man whose face has no eyes but who has an eye on each of his palms.
#MythologyMonday
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January 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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I have not updated my Starlink numbers in a while, and great flying fuckballs, is it ever bad. We are now up to 9,422 Starlink satellites in orbit, out of 14,046 total active satellites.

1,446 Starlinks have reentered and added their 500-1500kg of computers, batteries, solar panels, and […]
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January 5, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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Full moon rising - two views from the mountains of southern New Mexico.

Which do you like better, and why?

#moon #newmexico #photography #astrophotography #telephoto #fullmoon #moonrise
January 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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The Silver Sliver or Outer Limits Galaxy, NGC 891, about 30 million light years away. This is what our galaxy would look like from edge on.
#astrophotography #seestar #ngc891
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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A bit more #astrophotography with the #dwarf3

8h on the Andromeda galaxy and 3h on the Triangulum galaxy
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Arp 281: The Whale Galaxy NGC 4631 with its dwarf companion NGC 4627 above it. About 30 million light years away.
#astrophotography #seestar #ngc4631
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Doing some research for a future episode & came across this epic sculpture of Echidna!

Whose is she??

She Viper.

Flesh Eater.

Solo cave-dweller.

Partner of Typhon.

Mother of Monsters!

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January 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Happy new year, Myth Lovers! Our first theme of 2026 is BLINDNESS & VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. Tell us a myth that features blind characters, visual impairment, or blinding, and use the hashtag #mythologymonday for boosts. If joining from #bluesky: follow @ap.brid […]

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January 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
a periodic reminder in loving memory of Tycho Brahe -- it's always worth it to leave the party to pee!

Relatedly -- mind your nose whenever dueling!

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January 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
shine on!

This is AG Carinae aka HD 94910 a Luminous Blue Variable star that will one day become a become Wolf-Rayet star.

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw1439a/

#hubble #esa #astrophotography #astronomy #Astrodon #Space #Science #nasa
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Welcome to 2026! This is N44F -- a 35-LY diameter emission nebula shaped by stellar winds!

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/heic0413a/

#astrophotography #Astrodon #astronomy #hubble #esa #nasa #Space #Science #newyear
January 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
time for my favorite #NYE tradition -- Star Trek #TNG w BoP!

I hope y'all get to celebrate in the way you most enjoy 🎆 🥂 🥳

#nye #newyearseve #nye2025 #newyearseve2025 #startrek #startrektng #tng
January 1, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Bright moon, but I'm not letting it stop me enjoying one of the few clear nights this month.

I've got the dwarf3 out looking at Andromeda - M31.

#astrophotography
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Before we end this year - this is my #astrophotography wrapped for 2025 🤩

https://adfr.io/wrapped/2025/

#astrophoto #Astrodon #wrapped2025
Wrapped 2025
My year in astrophotography - 2025
adfr.io
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here we have the "Champagne Cluster," which is two galaxy clusters in the process of merging

Is it giving you #nye vibes???

📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/champagne/

#astrophotography #Space #champagne #galaxies #Astrodon #astronomy #chandra #xray #nasa
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Posted by Science and #astronomy Full Moon of 2026
December 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Sh2-155 – The Cave Nebula

An active star-forming region in Cepheus, about 2,400 light-years away. Dense foreground dust carves a “cave” into glowing hydrogen gas, shaped by intense UV radiation from young, massive stars. A faint but deeply structured object […]

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December 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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The Rosette Nebula as seen from my driveway. From a few years ago.

#astrophotography
December 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM