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Will the Earth be destroyed Saturday? Hint: No. syfy.com/syfywire/will-…
Yup. Thread. A much shorter read than my #DBaD video (which is here: youtube.com/watch?v=FrFRbG…). twitter.com/DrNerdLove/sta…
Shoveled out the poop and foul-smelling bedding, replaced it with lovely new, fresh stuff. Goat shed, or hopeful m… ift.tt/2xcJSE8
This is a cute short video about astrobiology put together by @europlanetmedia: youtube.com/watch?v=SOzZnV…
14 features on Pluto’s surface now have official names! Still no love for Cthulhu though. syfy.com/syfywire/pluto…
Good morning.
Here's the call list. Don't let them get a moment to breathe until Trumpcare is dead again.
Retweeted by Phil Plait I believe we have some coyotes nearby, somewhere in the night. ift.tt/2heoxjq
Pretty striking anticrepuscular rays tonight. Some wildfire smoke to the right. ift.tt/2yagn2D
Sweet schadenfreude: Daily Mail forced to acknowledge a ruling that they're full of climate science denial BS. syfy.com/syfywire/uk-me…
Very old crescent Moon and Venus above it. Has it really been almost a whole synodic lunar month since the eclipse? ift.tt/2xJNo9L
Moving my office I found this old gem: My PhD research published in the print version of the Astrophysical Journal. ift.tt/2vZf71r
To the best of my knowledge, this is the last image Cassini ever took. Wide angle view of Saturn and its rings, ta… ift.tt/2x1hSDq
My thoughts on Cassini, the spacecraft that truly gave us Saturn.
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I suspect this is the last picture of Enceladus Cassini took. In the next frame it’s completely gone behind Saturn. saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/raw_images/426…
One of the very last images of Enceladus, partially lit by the Sun, partially by Saturn, setting behind the planet.
I posted that and instantly realized something was wrong. It's summer in the northern hemisphere. It's upside down! Here it is right side up
Retweeted by Phil Plait The last images of Saturn are coming in now. This was taken yesterday. saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/raw-…
Here’s where to watch online as our mission comes to an end: go.nasa.gov/2y1q6Im #GrandFinale
Retweeted by Phil Plait A galaxy at the edge of the Universe pushes Hubble beyond its limits. *Well* beyond. syfy.com/syfywire/a-dis…
FYI: Kohlrabi leaves are a popular snack if you're an ungulate. #goats ift.tt/2y1ijtX
On Friday the Cassini mission will end meteorically. Here are a few of my favorite images from this amazing machine. syfy.com/syfywire/comme…
Look out past the stars in our galaxy and there are intergalactic treasures to be found… syfy.com/syfywire/galac…
After a final encounter, the gravity of Saturn's giant moon Titan has sent our spacecraft on its way one last time go.nasa.gov/2vQuyc5
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