Jupiter Hansen (Cheng)
@jupforjupiter.bsky.social
Structural Planetary Geologist | Postdoc researcher | Asteroid 32027 | Playing too much video 🎮 | She/her/Dr. | 🇭🇰 | 🐈⬛🐈
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Reorientation and despinning of 4 Vesta formed the Divalia Fossae
The Divalia Fossae are formed by tectonic stresses from reorientation and despinning of Vesta caused by large impacts.
www.science.org
Check out our new paper in Science Advances!
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We show that Vesta’s giant equatorial troughs—Divalia Fossae—likely formed from spin axis reorientation and despinning as a long-term consequence of the two massive impacts near the south poles. 🪨⚒️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We show that Vesta’s giant equatorial troughs—Divalia Fossae—likely formed from spin axis reorientation and despinning as a long-term consequence of the two massive impacts near the south poles. 🪨⚒️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
Nature - A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
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Most fieldwork posts show smiling people, beautiful landscapes, and/or interesting things. For a view of the other side, I give you fieldwork in Nepal with endless rain (thanks cyclone Montha), mud everywhere, and leeches. One of my more difficult trips in recent years...
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Most fieldwork posts show smiling people, beautiful landscapes, and/or interesting things. For a view of the other side, I give you fieldwork in Nepal with endless rain (thanks cyclone Montha), mud everywhere, and leeches. One of my more difficult trips in recent years...
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It’s such a relief to see her happy and comfortable again. Y’all I am so codependent with this stupid cat
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It’s such a relief to see her happy and comfortable again. Y’all I am so codependent with this stupid cat
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Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
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BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
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Mars - Arabia Terra and Meridiani Planum - Hope Mission - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mWqiUk
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mars - Arabia Terra and Meridiani Planum - Hope Mission - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mWqiUk
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This is the surface of Saturn's giant icy moon Titan, photographed by the Huygens probe on 14 January 2005.
It is the farthest place from Earth where we have so far landed.
It is the farthest place from Earth where we have so far landed.
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is the surface of Saturn's giant icy moon Titan, photographed by the Huygens probe on 14 January 2005.
It is the farthest place from Earth where we have so far landed.
It is the farthest place from Earth where we have so far landed.
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Whenever I get Chinese food, I always make sure to get a second fortune cookie for my dog. I opened his up and read his to him: "You are adored by many." So true, he is.
I then open mine and...there was no fortune. The cookie was empty. Too real.
I then open mine and...there was no fortune. The cookie was empty. Too real.
November 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Whenever I get Chinese food, I always make sure to get a second fortune cookie for my dog. I opened his up and read his to him: "You are adored by many." So true, he is.
I then open mine and...there was no fortune. The cookie was empty. Too real.
I then open mine and...there was no fortune. The cookie was empty. Too real.
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Pluto - Infrared
Enhanced RGB (Blue, Red and NIR filters) / Extract / Crop
New Horizons spacecraft
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (New Horizons – MVIC); calibrated FITS via NASA PDS Small Bodies Node/Thomas Thomopoulos
Enhanced RGB (Blue, Red and NIR filters) / Extract / Crop
New Horizons spacecraft
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (New Horizons – MVIC); calibrated FITS via NASA PDS Small Bodies Node/Thomas Thomopoulos
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Pluto - Infrared
Enhanced RGB (Blue, Red and NIR filters) / Extract / Crop
New Horizons spacecraft
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (New Horizons – MVIC); calibrated FITS via NASA PDS Small Bodies Node/Thomas Thomopoulos
Enhanced RGB (Blue, Red and NIR filters) / Extract / Crop
New Horizons spacecraft
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (New Horizons – MVIC); calibrated FITS via NASA PDS Small Bodies Node/Thomas Thomopoulos
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I've been a professor for a decade and my parents still ask me "how was school?" whenever we talk lmao
October 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I've been a professor for a decade and my parents still ask me "how was school?" whenever we talk lmao
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Ganymede.
The biggest moon in the Solar System.
Bigger than Mercury, and with a rocky interior under NINE HUNDRED KILOMETRES of ice and water.
The biggest moon in the Solar System.
Bigger than Mercury, and with a rocky interior under NINE HUNDRED KILOMETRES of ice and water.
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ganymede.
The biggest moon in the Solar System.
Bigger than Mercury, and with a rocky interior under NINE HUNDRED KILOMETRES of ice and water.
The biggest moon in the Solar System.
Bigger than Mercury, and with a rocky interior under NINE HUNDRED KILOMETRES of ice and water.
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Big shoutout to @geosociety.bsky.social for upping the ribbons game at the GSA meeting with an impressive variety of geonerd-themed ribbons available for attaching to our badges. 🧪🪨⚒️🤣
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Big shoutout to @geosociety.bsky.social for upping the ribbons game at the GSA meeting with an impressive variety of geonerd-themed ribbons available for attaching to our badges. 🧪🪨⚒️🤣
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At the empty USGS booth at GSA. More out of view on both sides
October 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
At the empty USGS booth at GSA. More out of view on both sides
October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Layoff notices at JPL are going out today.
About 11% of the Lab, or 550 people, are being let go.
I'm thinking of my friends and colleagues there, some of whom will still be employed after today and some of whom won't.
I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.
About 11% of the Lab, or 550 people, are being let go.
I'm thinking of my friends and colleagues there, some of whom will still be employed after today and some of whom won't.
I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.
October 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Layoff notices at JPL are going out today.
About 11% of the Lab, or 550 people, are being let go.
I'm thinking of my friends and colleagues there, some of whom will still be employed after today and some of whom won't.
I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.
About 11% of the Lab, or 550 people, are being let go.
I'm thinking of my friends and colleagues there, some of whom will still be employed after today and some of whom won't.
I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.
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Before laser pointers we had to just point at the wall with a stick. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
October 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Before laser pointers we had to just point at the wall with a stick. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
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A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.
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It's been months since I've been out in the backyard. Here is a little bit of Saturn from tonight in Whittier, CA.
#astronomy #astrophotography #saturn #LAAS
#astronomy #astrophotography #saturn #LAAS
October 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
It's been months since I've been out in the backyard. Here is a little bit of Saturn from tonight in Whittier, CA.
#astronomy #astrophotography #saturn #LAAS
#astronomy #astrophotography #saturn #LAAS
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HiPOD: Small Channels and a Rocky Patch in the Cydonia Region
This section of our observation is dominated by both a series of craters and the remnants of channels that may be from a past fluvial system.
More: uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_03...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
This section of our observation is dominated by both a series of craters and the remnants of channels that may be from a past fluvial system.
More: uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_03...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
October 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
HiPOD: Small Channels and a Rocky Patch in the Cydonia Region
This section of our observation is dominated by both a series of craters and the remnants of channels that may be from a past fluvial system.
More: uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_03...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
This section of our observation is dominated by both a series of craters and the remnants of channels that may be from a past fluvial system.
More: uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_03...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
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Mighty Odysseus - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/287mecr
October 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Mighty Odysseus - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/287mecr
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Phobos - MSL Sol 3728 - MastCam - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2ofg7rk
October 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Phobos - MSL Sol 3728 - MastCam - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2ofg7rk
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Jupiter in 1973 and 2000 - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/8whcy3
October 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Jupiter in 1973 and 2000 - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/8whcy3
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🌊With the Fall semester upon us, it's time to start thinking about recruiting/applying to grad school for 2026.
If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! (1/2)
If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! (1/2)
Oceanography MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2026
This is an effort to collect the **contact information of potential advisors** for MS/PhD students in Oceanography.
Please note that if you answer **you are agreeing to have your contact information...
docs.google.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🌊With the Fall semester upon us, it's time to start thinking about recruiting/applying to grad school for 2026.
If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! (1/2)
If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! (1/2)
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Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!
US Astronomy Graduate Admissions, AY 2025-2026
docs.google.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!