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🤔 Pensando la ciencia 💫 Jorge A. Vázquez, artista de los planetarios desde 1996. Investigo comunicación e historia de la ciencia en UV. Yo también renuncié a dirigir un máster en UNIR, en mi caso el de astrofísica. Socio de AEC2 y SEO Birdlife.

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Astronomía + Ciencia @elsegundoluz.com · Dec 11

NGC4258 es una galaxia muy importante para medir el ritmo de expansión del universo, porque se han podido medir en ella los brillos de varios tipos de estrellas, tanto con el telescopio espacial Hubble como con el James Webb.
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Tres imágenes de la galaxia referida en el post. Es una espiral vista de forma oblicua, con un bulbo central brillante, un poco rojizo, rodeado por los brazos azulados, bastante apretados. Bandas oscuras de polvo oscurecen la imagen, sobre todo alrededor del bulbo central, sirviendo de transición con la zona de los brazos. La de la izquierda la muestra completa, tal como se podría ver con el ojo humano. La segunda también muestra lo que se llama "el visible". Se centra en la zona más interior y deja ver grandes girones de nebulosas oscuras y rojizas, brotadas de formación estelar, que siguen el camino espiral de los brazos. La tercera imagen, a la derecha, muestra la misma zona ampliada de la segunda foto, pero tal como la ve el telescopio James Webb. Se aprecia un brillante halo azulado envolviendo la parte del bulbo central y los girones nebulosos más rojos, destacando más aún con respecto al fondo azulado del bulbo.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 5h

Physics Insight

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Comic. PERSON: Sure, when *Einstein* suggests using the Lorentz transform to explain the connection between velocity and time, people call him a genius. But when *I* suggest it, it’s “basic physics” and “undergraduate stuff.” PERSON 2 with white hat: Such a double standard!

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 5h

Space Force satellite catalog is now at object 65973, expected to pass the 66000 mark by tomorrow.

Object 00001 was the rocket upper stage from Sputnik 1.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 6h

WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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The Traveler | Galaxy Pixels @ekvitki.bsky.social · 6h

#pixelart #art #space #blue #vgen #kofi

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Jorge Ginés 🇪🇺 🌍🛰️ 🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻 @lithospheric.jorgegines.com · 1d

Es un desastre.

Eos @eos.org · 1d

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 11% of its staff today, including many people working on an active Mars rover mission. “There’s no whitewashing the ‘doomsday-eve’ feeling that's looming over all our heads,” wrote one JPL’er. eos.org/research-and...

JPL Workforce Decimated - Eos

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.

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Max Telford @maxjtelford.bsky.social · 16h

It is publication day of my book in Spanish. 'El árbol de la vida!'

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⭐ ᗰᗩᖇᛕ ᗩ. ǤᗩᖇᒪIᑕᛕ ⭐ @markgarlick.com · 16h

Greetings, and happy #PortfolioDay! My name is Mark A Garlick. I've been space illustration for 30 years and animation for around 15.

#SciArt #spaceart #Blender

Illustration of an asteroid repurposed as a space colony. The interior is a hollow cylinder.

Illustration of the interior of a space colony called a Stanford torus

Illustration of a rocket launching from Mars.

Illustration of an orbital ring. It encircles the entire earth. Structures can be build on it, of hung from it (e.g. space elevators)

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蓮猫 Lotuscat @lotuscat.bsky.social · 16h

Gustave Klimt “Birth Forest” 1903
グスタヴ・クリムト「白樺の森」1903年

Forest of birch trees with white bark and black splotches. The part close to the ground is green moss or lichen. The leaves are green. The ground is covered in orange-brown leaves. There is blue flower plant in lower righthand side.

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Nisecomo @chiribeje.bsky.social · 2d

Esto de la IA es muy preocupante.

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Chop Shop Studio 🇺🇸+🇺🇦 @chopshopstore.bsky.social · 23h

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 14 - Spacecraft

Shour out to @esa.int. Eighth one goes to #Rosetta #Philae. I think this is the best design of the series. | #spaceArt #sciArt

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Chop Shop Studio 🇺🇸+🇺🇦 @chopshopstore.bsky.social · 1d

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 14 - Spacecraft

Yup. Seventh one is for #Galileo | #spaceArt #sciArt

poster illustrated with the Galileo spacecraft at Jupiter. the moon Europa can be seen just behind the spacecraft. The title reads Galileo but also titles the atmospheric probe which was never named.

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Chop Shop Studio 🇺🇸+🇺🇦 @chopshopstore.bsky.social · 16h

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 14 - Spacecraft

Still into Day 15, Tenth one up #Pioneer | #spaceArt #sciArt

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Chop Shop Studio 🇺🇸+🇺🇦 @chopshopstore.bsky.social · 15h

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 14 - Spacecraft

Spill over into Day 15, eleventh one up #Juno and the swirling clouds of #Jupiter | #spaceArt #sciArt

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Chop Shop Studio 🇺🇸+🇺🇦 @chopshopstore.bsky.social · 15h

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 14 - Spacecraft

Spill over into Day 15, twelfth one up #Viking and the first look at the surface of #Mars | #spaceArt #sciArt

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Comiciencia @comiciencia.bsky.social · 19h

A veces se representa a los científicos como seres andrajosos, desaliñados y trastornados. Aunque la imagen es exagerada, si tenemos en cuenta la precariedad, la inestabilidad laboral, la escasa remuneración y la explotación laboral que sufren, tampoco sería de extrañar que así fuera… #inktober2025

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The Traveler | Galaxy Pixels @ekvitki.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #portfolioday ! I'm Nate and I make some pretty alright pixelart!

Check out my stores, portfolio, commissions and sites: linktr.ee/ekvitki

#pixelart #space #vgen #commission #kofi

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Lorena Pérez Hernández @lorenaph.bsky.social · 19h

30 años de consultoría lingüística en #branding #naming me han permitido contemplar la evolución de las modas, intereses y prioridades de occidente...Del predominio farmacéutico en los 90, al software, el ocio, móviles y RRSS, la IA y, ahora, la GUERRA. Inventar nombres para drones y misiles no mola

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François Levrier @francoislevrier.bsky.social · 19h

Asaph Hall was born #OTD in 1829. An American astronomer, he discovered the two satellites of Mars over the course of a single week : Deimos on August 12, 1877 and Phobos just six days later.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaph_H...

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 19h

Y que nadie hable de calidad, ni de competir, por favor... Estamos hablando de que en Oviedo se implantará un grado de Medicina con el centro educativo con los peores resultados históricos en el examen MIR. La Universidad pública @universidadoviedo.bsky.social tiene el cuarto mejor.

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Carlos 🐾 @carlosgarsan2.bsky.social · 1d

📷 Collalba gris (Oenanthe oenanthe)

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Eos @eos.org · 1d

The search for life's building blocks on Enceladus just got more complicated. Experiments show that radiation can also produce organics from ingredients found on the icy moon. 🔭 🧪 eos.org/articles/spa...

Space Radiation Can Produce Some Organic Molecules Detected on Icy Moons - Eos

As missions prepare to visit ocean worlds like Enceladus and Europa, new findings show scientists must first learn to distinguish between radiation-made organics and those born in a subsurface sea.

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Panagiotis Xipteras @xipteras.org · 1d

The Moon meets Jupiter in Gemini constellation, 14.10.2025 #planets #stars

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

RIP the legendary Drew Struzan (1947-2025) 😩

Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.

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Federico Kukso @fedkukso.bsky.social · 1d

x Tom Gauld

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Danielle Rose Baker 🚀 @planetaryartist.com · 1d

Huzzah, it’s #PortfolioDay !

I’m Danielle and I paint and illustrate spacecraft, planets, and interesting landscapes in watercolor and ink. Fond of ink textures and pointillism. No AI here, just space and rocks/geology. 🪐🪨🚀

Prints and originals available at planetaryartist.com

Thanks for looking!

DUST OF OSIRIS by Danielle Rose Baker. A painting of the top-down view of the opened sample return capsule from the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu. Circular sections and hexagonal bolts are seen among the rocky material in the middle ring, framed by lotus flower motifs and patterned circles with geometric ink designs drawn in an ancient Egyptian style with gold accents. A ring of painted turquoise, lapis and carnelian rectangles accented with gold surrounds the inkwork. Inspired by the decorative motifs of Tutankhamen’s treasures, and the Art Deco-tinged Egyptian Revival movement that arose from the discovery of said treasures.

DIANA PIERCES THE AZURE SKY by Danielle Rose Baker. An ink illustration of a Saturn V rocket and launch tower during the launch of Apollo IV. The top two-thirds is a roiling sky of clouds rendered in blue, dark teal and navy inks, some with shimmering effects. Outlined against this, the launch tower is seen in shades of brown-orange. The rocket is bathed in warm light and yellow-tinged exhaust expands below, with dark shapes outlining the base of the launch pad.

HUES OF VENUS by Danielle Rose Baker. A pearlescent false-color watercolor painting on black paper of the cloudy atmosphere of Venus as seen by the JAXA Atatsuki spacecraft in 2020. In this view, the clouds are seen in swirls and ribbons of gold and dark blue, combining to blue-grays.

UBEHEBE CRATER by Danielle Rose Baker. A watercolor painting of Ubehebe Crater at Death Valley National Park. An explosive volcanic crater dusted with snow against an overcast sky. The crater wall has many layers, in shades of brown, tan and orange. The foreground is darker brown, with lighter splotches of snow.

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