Cat
@timesnewfishcat.bsky.social
a simple farmer in the void
animations, art, and space
animations, art, and space
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@timesnewfishcat.bsky.social
· Nov 11
been making a comic since the start of the year :3 it's a small town mystery
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#comic #webcomic
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#comic #webcomic
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From NASA: A new NASA study shows that the Sun has been waking up from a period of low activity. ☀️
Scientists track solar activity because it can affect spacecraft, astronaut safety, radio communications, GPS, and even power grids on Earth. go.nasa.gov/4gnZQyc
Scientists track solar activity because it can affect spacecraft, astronaut safety, radio communications, GPS, and even power grids on Earth. go.nasa.gov/4gnZQyc
NASA Analysis Shows Sun’s Activity Ramping Up
It looked like the Sun was heading toward a historic lull in activity. That trend flipped in 2008, according to new research.
go.nasa.gov
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
From NASA: A new NASA study shows that the Sun has been waking up from a period of low activity. ☀️
Scientists track solar activity because it can affect spacecraft, astronaut safety, radio communications, GPS, and even power grids on Earth. go.nasa.gov/4gnZQyc
Scientists track solar activity because it can affect spacecraft, astronaut safety, radio communications, GPS, and even power grids on Earth. go.nasa.gov/4gnZQyc
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I just want to see my study species, is that too much to ask😭
Happy Fishmas day 35!
Happy Fishmas day 35!
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I just want to see my study species, is that too much to ask😭
Happy Fishmas day 35!
Happy Fishmas day 35!
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Siphonophores are champions of community collaboration. 🤝🏆
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Siphonophores are champions of community collaboration. 🤝🏆
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
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Residents of an inshore Bridlington Bay shipwreck attend the BRUV for day 4 of #25DaysOfFishmas. A shoal of pouting investigate the bait cage, while tucked away in a triangular hole top left is a rarely filmed visitor in these waters - a shy conger eel awakes and surveys the melee outside! 🐟🧐🎅🦑
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Residents of an inshore Bridlington Bay shipwreck attend the BRUV for day 4 of #25DaysOfFishmas. A shoal of pouting investigate the bait cage, while tucked away in a triangular hole top left is a rarely filmed visitor in these waters - a shy conger eel awakes and surveys the melee outside! 🐟🧐🎅🦑
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The first image of #3IAtlas from ESA's JUICE mission is in!
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The first image of #3IAtlas from ESA's JUICE mission is in!
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
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Yardangs in East Candor Chasma, as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The area shown is about a kilometer across. (Worth embiggening.)
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yardangs in East Candor Chasma, as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The area shown is about a kilometer across. (Worth embiggening.)
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🌞🛰️Sun-watcher SOHO turns 30! 🎂
"SOHO has overcome nail-biting challenges to become one of the longest-operating space missions of all time" – Prof. @cmundell.esa.int , ESA Director of Science
👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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"SOHO has overcome nail-biting challenges to become one of the longest-operating space missions of all time" – Prof. @cmundell.esa.int , ESA Director of Science
👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌞🛰️Sun-watcher SOHO turns 30! 🎂
"SOHO has overcome nail-biting challenges to become one of the longest-operating space missions of all time" – Prof. @cmundell.esa.int , ESA Director of Science
👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
"SOHO has overcome nail-biting challenges to become one of the longest-operating space missions of all time" – Prof. @cmundell.esa.int , ESA Director of Science
👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
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it finally rained, so the yard is filled with funny guys again
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
it finally rained, so the yard is filled with funny guys again
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From NASA: Sugars and supernova dust found on asteroid. go.nasa.gov/48pazoA
Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA's Asteroid Bennu Samples - NASA
The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As
go.nasa.gov
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
From NASA: Sugars and supernova dust found on asteroid. go.nasa.gov/48pazoA
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NASA's Curiosity Rover found evidence of tides in the sediments of an ancient lake. Today's Martian moons aren't big enough to to do that.
Mars may once have had a much larger moon, which then shattered (perhaps repeatedly), creating the smaller moons of today. 🧪🔭
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Mars may once have had a much larger moon, which then shattered (perhaps repeatedly), creating the smaller moons of today. 🧪🔭
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NASA's Curiosity Rover found evidence of tides in the sediments of an ancient lake. Today's Martian moons aren't big enough to to do that.
Mars may once have had a much larger moon, which then shattered (perhaps repeatedly), creating the smaller moons of today. 🧪🔭
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Mars may once have had a much larger moon, which then shattered (perhaps repeatedly), creating the smaller moons of today. 🧪🔭
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
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Spotted Gars think they’re salmon swimming upstream😂
Most gars do in fact migrate to spawn, typically from rivers & lakes into adjacent floodplains.
Some gars, however, swim upstream to spawn. Unlike salmon, gars don’t die after spawning, but often return to the same spawning areas👍
🎥 D.McDonald
Most gars do in fact migrate to spawn, typically from rivers & lakes into adjacent floodplains.
Some gars, however, swim upstream to spawn. Unlike salmon, gars don’t die after spawning, but often return to the same spawning areas👍
🎥 D.McDonald
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Spotted Gars think they’re salmon swimming upstream😂
Most gars do in fact migrate to spawn, typically from rivers & lakes into adjacent floodplains.
Some gars, however, swim upstream to spawn. Unlike salmon, gars don’t die after spawning, but often return to the same spawning areas👍
🎥 D.McDonald
Most gars do in fact migrate to spawn, typically from rivers & lakes into adjacent floodplains.
Some gars, however, swim upstream to spawn. Unlike salmon, gars don’t die after spawning, but often return to the same spawning areas👍
🎥 D.McDonald
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I’m here to remind folks that we live next to a star — a huge nuclear fusion factory of plasma and radiation — and proximity gives us an opportunity to study a star!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
Physics in action: a truly mesmerising #SolarFlare on the Sun last night, from the same region that produced strong flares and triggered widespread aurora back in mid-November. The flare gives a hypnotic example of how plasma and magnetic fields interact in the Sun’s atmosphere.
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m here to remind folks that we live next to a star — a huge nuclear fusion factory of plasma and radiation — and proximity gives us an opportunity to study a star!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
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The Christmas darter isn't the only darter in the holiday spirit! Other seasonally-appropriate darter species include the candy darter (Etheostoma osburni), lollipop darter (E. neopterum), Halloween darter (Percina crypta), and, of course, the holiday darter (E. brevirostrum) #25DaysofFishmas
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Christmas darter isn't the only darter in the holiday spirit! Other seasonally-appropriate darter species include the candy darter (Etheostoma osburni), lollipop darter (E. neopterum), Halloween darter (Percina crypta), and, of course, the holiday darter (E. brevirostrum) #25DaysofFishmas
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![Comic. [Two people in front of projected satellite image. A small portion of the image is pixelated squares.] PERSON 1: Wait, when was this imagery taken? Is this censorship the work of the contractor? One of our people? *Foreign actors!?* PERSON 2 with ponytail: Do we know who’s operating a facility at that location? PERSON 1: We can’t find *anything*. [caption] My hobby: Setting up big colored panels in the middle of nowhere as a prank on remote sensing people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib6md2yc7x32taznh2u4feo27rltazabjco4fer3c6mni3soe5tfa@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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On the 1st day of #Fishmas, we present the noble Copper Redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi), an endangered fish found only in the St Lawrence & Richelieu rivers in southern Quebec. It's known in Quebec as "le chevalier cuivré" ("the copper knight") b/c its large scales are like chain mail. #25DaysofFishmas
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
On the 1st day of #Fishmas, we present the noble Copper Redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi), an endangered fish found only in the St Lawrence & Richelieu rivers in southern Quebec. It's known in Quebec as "le chevalier cuivré" ("the copper knight") b/c its large scales are like chain mail. #25DaysofFishmas
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From NASA, help find baby solar systems: Planets are born in dusty disks around stars, and you can help find them.
Uncover clues to how planetary systems form, evolve, and end with the Disk Detective Citizen Science project. 🔗: go.nasa.gov/3XOEuBx
Uncover clues to how planetary systems form, evolve, and end with the Disk Detective Citizen Science project. 🔗: go.nasa.gov/3XOEuBx
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
From NASA, help find baby solar systems: Planets are born in dusty disks around stars, and you can help find them.
Uncover clues to how planetary systems form, evolve, and end with the Disk Detective Citizen Science project. 🔗: go.nasa.gov/3XOEuBx
Uncover clues to how planetary systems form, evolve, and end with the Disk Detective Citizen Science project. 🔗: go.nasa.gov/3XOEuBx
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The southeastern US is a global hotspot of freshwater fish biodiversity, supporting almost 2/3 of the country’s fish species! The region is also a hotspot of darter diversity - Georgia alone is home to ~45 species including the Christmas darter #25DaysofFishmas
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The southeastern US is a global hotspot of freshwater fish biodiversity, supporting almost 2/3 of the country’s fish species! The region is also a hotspot of darter diversity - Georgia alone is home to ~45 species including the Christmas darter #25DaysofFishmas
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Anatomy of a Mars exploration spacecraft (ESCAPADE Gold)
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Anatomy of a Mars exploration spacecraft (ESCAPADE Gold)
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Ok everyone let's get in formation 💃
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s image of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae captures several dazzling open star clusters. 🌌💫 These clusters are young, loosely bound families of stars that will eventually drift apart over millions of years. 🔭🧪
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s image of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae captures several dazzling open star clusters. 🌌💫 These clusters are young, loosely bound families of stars that will eventually drift apart over millions of years. 🔭🧪
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December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Ok everyone let's get in formation 💃
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s image of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae captures several dazzling open star clusters. 🌌💫 These clusters are young, loosely bound families of stars that will eventually drift apart over millions of years. 🔭🧪
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s image of the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae captures several dazzling open star clusters. 🌌💫 These clusters are young, loosely bound families of stars that will eventually drift apart over millions of years. 🔭🧪
🧵
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bryologists please keep your eyes out for the legendary American Moss Shrimp, probably about 1 mm long and looking something like this
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
bryologists please keep your eyes out for the legendary American Moss Shrimp, probably about 1 mm long and looking something like this
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Orangie Robin.
🤤🤲🍊
#robin #bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #originalart #birdwatching #animalart
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#robin #bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #originalart #birdwatching #animalart
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Orangie Robin.
🤤🤲🍊
#robin #bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #originalart #birdwatching #animalart
🤤🤲🍊
#robin #bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #originalart #birdwatching #animalart
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3/3
Time to update the Gas Giant Portrait I created, now including the new versions of Saturn and Uranus I recently processed.
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2oUkYSY 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
Jupiter is next on the list to be updated :)
Time to update the Gas Giant Portrait I created, now including the new versions of Saturn and Uranus I recently processed.
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2oUkYSY 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
Jupiter is next on the list to be updated :)
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
3/3
Time to update the Gas Giant Portrait I created, now including the new versions of Saturn and Uranus I recently processed.
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2oUkYSY 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
Jupiter is next on the list to be updated :)
Time to update the Gas Giant Portrait I created, now including the new versions of Saturn and Uranus I recently processed.
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2oUkYSY 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
Jupiter is next on the list to be updated :)
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What does the fox say?🦊
Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸
💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭
Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸
💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What does the fox say?🦊
Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸
💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭
Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸
💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭
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Travel from the comfort of your own home this #25DaysofFishmas as we explore fishes from all across the US each day in December. Best part? No sleeping on air mattresses in guest rooms!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Travel from the comfort of your own home this #25DaysofFishmas as we explore fishes from all across the US each day in December. Best part? No sleeping on air mattresses in guest rooms!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!
The road trip kicks off with fishes from the southeastern US on Monday Dec. 1!