Daniel Pomarède
@pomarede.bsky.social
Cosmographer at Univ. Paris-Saclay | mapping the Universe | co-discoverer of Laniakea (our home supercluster of galaxies), Hoʻoleilana, and some other (very) large scale structures
📖 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2038-0488
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Daniel Pomarède
@pomarede.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Martian robot spinning her turret!
A video sequence captured by the Perseverance rover using her Right Mastcam-Z science Camera on Jan. 27, 2024 (Sol 1044). The full sequence, accelerated here, actually took 3 minutes.
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
A video sequence captured by the Perseverance rover using her Right Mastcam-Z science Camera on Jan. 27, 2024 (Sol 1044). The full sequence, accelerated here, actually took 3 minutes.
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies, by Antonio Ciccolella
☑️ research note of the AAS doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU
🧪 #Cosmology
☑️ research note of the AAS doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU
🧪 #Cosmology
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies, by Antonio Ciccolella
☑️ research note of the AAS doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU
🧪 #Cosmology
☑️ research note of the AAS doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU
🧪 #Cosmology
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more! #scifi 📚🪐
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more! #scifi 📚🪐
Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179 [Publishing, Starship Sloane, Sloane, Justin T. O'Conor, Garnier, Jean-Paul L., Pomarède, Daniel, Silverberg, Robert, Pérez, Juan Manuel, Pennington, Bruce, Plumridge, Marianne, Bergmann, F. J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
www.amazon.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more! #scifi 📚🪐
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more! #scifi 📚🪐
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
The New York Times article about the Escapade missions includes a beautiful visualization by the SVS's AJ Christensen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The New York Times article about the Escapade missions includes a beautiful visualization by the SVS's AJ Christensen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
A solar prominence hovers over the Sun
Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark 'prominence' sticking out from the side of the Sun.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB); Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪🔭
Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark 'prominence' sticking out from the side of the Sun.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB); Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪🔭
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A solar prominence hovers over the Sun
Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark 'prominence' sticking out from the side of the Sun.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB); Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪🔭
Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark 'prominence' sticking out from the side of the Sun.
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB); Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🧪🔭
Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more! #scifi 📚🪐
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more! #scifi 📚🪐
Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179 [Publishing, Starship Sloane, Sloane, Justin T. O'Conor, Garnier, Jean-Paul L., Pomarède, Daniel, Silverberg, Robert, Pérez, Juan Manuel, Pennington, Bruce, Plumridge, Marianne, Bergmann, F. J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
www.amazon.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more! #scifi 📚🪐
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more! #scifi 📚🪐
A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies, by Antonio Ciccolella
☑️ research note of the AAS doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU
🧪 #Cosmology
☑️ research note of the AAS doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU
🧪 #Cosmology
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies, by Antonio Ciccolella
☑️ research note of the AAS doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU
🧪 #Cosmology
☑️ research note of the AAS doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU
🧪 #Cosmology
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Si c'est votre anniversaire aujourd'hui, vous le partagez avec Marion Créhange, pionnière française de l'informatique
(Et bon anniversaire !)
(Et bon anniversaire !)
Marion Créhange, la première personne à obtenir un doctorat en informatique en France
l.sciencesetavenir.fr
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Si c'est votre anniversaire aujourd'hui, vous le partagez avec Marion Créhange, pionnière française de l'informatique
(Et bon anniversaire !)
(Et bon anniversaire !)
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Perseverance Encounters a Possible Meteorite
The suspicious rock, named "Phippsaksla" by the mission team, was targetted by the SuperCam instrument, revealing that it is high in iron and nickel, suggesting it formed elsewhere in the solar system.
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-stran...
#Mars 🧪🔭
The suspicious rock, named "Phippsaksla" by the mission team, was targetted by the SuperCam instrument, revealing that it is high in iron and nickel, suggesting it formed elsewhere in the solar system.
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-stran...
#Mars 🧪🔭
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Perseverance Encounters a Possible Meteorite
The suspicious rock, named "Phippsaksla" by the mission team, was targetted by the SuperCam instrument, revealing that it is high in iron and nickel, suggesting it formed elsewhere in the solar system.
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-stran...
#Mars 🧪🔭
The suspicious rock, named "Phippsaksla" by the mission team, was targetted by the SuperCam instrument, revealing that it is high in iron and nickel, suggesting it formed elsewhere in the solar system.
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-stran...
#Mars 🧪🔭
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
I may be doing an illustrated version of CALL OF CTHULHU and DAGON by HPL…The drawing is the concept but the painting will be included!
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I may be doing an illustrated version of CALL OF CTHULHU and DAGON by HPL…The drawing is the concept but the painting will be included!
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Moby Dick vs The Sea Serpent, I did this in 2011, still like it lots! Sort of a fantasy take off on what this great white whale battled!
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Moby Dick vs The Sea Serpent, I did this in 2011, still like it lots! Sort of a fantasy take off on what this great white whale battled!
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
The Subaru Telescope, awaiting the start of observations
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Subaru Telescope, awaiting the start of observations
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Researchers Submit Record Number of Ambitious Proposals for Webb's Fifth Year of Science
www.stsci.edu/contents/new...
#JWSTCycle5 🔭🧪
www.stsci.edu/contents/new...
#JWSTCycle5 🔭🧪
Researchers Submit Record Number of Ambitious Proposals for Webb's Fifth Year of Science
www.stsci.edu
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Researchers Submit Record Number of Ambitious Proposals for Webb's Fifth Year of Science
www.stsci.edu/contents/new...
#JWSTCycle5 🔭🧪
www.stsci.edu/contents/new...
#JWSTCycle5 🔭🧪
The Subaru Telescope, awaiting the start of observations
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Subaru Telescope, awaiting the start of observations
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind
#Mars #ESCAPADE 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
#Mars #ESCAPADE 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind - NASA
A pair of NASA spacecraft ultimately destined for Mars will study how its magnetic environment is impacted by the Sun. The mission also will help the agency
www.nasa.gov
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind
#Mars #ESCAPADE 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
#Mars #ESCAPADE 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks - NASA Science
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
science.nasa.gov
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
#3IATLAS update: we've just pinpointed the comet's path with 10 times more accuracy, using data from our #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft. 😎🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#3IATLAS update: we've just pinpointed the comet's path with 10 times more accuracy, using data from our #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft. 😎🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
NASA Goddard Building Closures Draw Scrutiny
Sudden moves to shutter multiple buildings at the Greenbelt campus have alarmed the top Democrat on the House Science Committee. 🧪🔭
www.aip.org/fyi/nasa-god...
Sudden moves to shutter multiple buildings at the Greenbelt campus have alarmed the top Democrat on the House Science Committee. 🧪🔭
www.aip.org/fyi/nasa-god...
NASA Goddard Building Closures Draw Scrutiny
Sudden moves to shutter multiple buildings at the Greenbelt campus have alarmed the top Democrat on the House Science Committee.
www.aip.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
NASA Goddard Building Closures Draw Scrutiny
Sudden moves to shutter multiple buildings at the Greenbelt campus have alarmed the top Democrat on the House Science Committee. 🧪🔭
www.aip.org/fyi/nasa-god...
Sudden moves to shutter multiple buildings at the Greenbelt campus have alarmed the top Democrat on the House Science Committee. 🧪🔭
www.aip.org/fyi/nasa-god...
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Félicitations à Wendy Freedman pour ce prix bien mérité 👍
Prof. Wendy Freedman recognized with 2026 Franklin Institute Award in Physics
Pioneering cosmologist honored for landmark measurements of the Hubble Constant. 🧪 #Cosmology
news.uchicago.edu/story/prof-w...
Pioneering cosmologist honored for landmark measurements of the Hubble Constant. 🧪 #Cosmology
news.uchicago.edu/story/prof-w...
Prof. Wendy Freedman recognized with 2026 Franklin Institute Award in Physics
Pioneering cosmologist honored for landmark measurements of the Hubble Constant
news.uchicago.edu
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Félicitations à Wendy Freedman pour ce prix bien mérité 👍
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Did you know you can search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database for meteorites found on Mars (i.e., *not* martian meteorites, but meteorites found by rovers on the surface of Mars)? For the Moon, too. Here's the link for Mars:
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Did you know you can search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database for meteorites found on Mars (i.e., *not* martian meteorites, but meteorites found by rovers on the surface of Mars)? For the Moon, too. Here's the link for Mars:
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
🥳 Huge congrats to @sherwoodobs.bsky.social! Their hugely successful creation of the Sherwood Observatory and Planetarium has been recognised with a King's Award for Voluntary Service! If you're in the Nottingham/Derby/Sheffield area, they are well worth a visit! 🔭
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sherwood Observatory volunteers celebrate King's Award
The award goes to a group of volunteers who have helped others experience the wonders of space.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🥳 Huge congrats to @sherwoodobs.bsky.social! Their hugely successful creation of the Sherwood Observatory and Planetarium has been recognised with a King's Award for Voluntary Service! If you're in the Nottingham/Derby/Sheffield area, they are well worth a visit! 🔭
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Daniel Pomarède
Now freed from purgatory following the end of the shutdown: I got to write about Curiosity celebrating seven Mars years of exploring Gale Crater, highlighting the occasionally overlooked accomplishments of our environmental science team.
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4682-4688: Seven Mars Years - NASA Science
Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto
science.nasa.gov
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Now freed from purgatory following the end of the shutdown: I got to write about Curiosity celebrating seven Mars years of exploring Gale Crater, highlighting the occasionally overlooked accomplishments of our environmental science team.
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Perseverance Encounters a Possible Meteorite
The suspicious rock, named "Phippsaksla" by the mission team, was targetted by the SuperCam instrument, revealing that it is high in iron and nickel, suggesting it formed elsewhere in the solar system.
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-stran...
#Mars 🧪🔭
The suspicious rock, named "Phippsaksla" by the mission team, was targetted by the SuperCam instrument, revealing that it is high in iron and nickel, suggesting it formed elsewhere in the solar system.
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-stran...
#Mars 🧪🔭
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Perseverance Encounters a Possible Meteorite
The suspicious rock, named "Phippsaksla" by the mission team, was targetted by the SuperCam instrument, revealing that it is high in iron and nickel, suggesting it formed elsewhere in the solar system.
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-stran...
#Mars 🧪🔭
The suspicious rock, named "Phippsaksla" by the mission team, was targetted by the SuperCam instrument, revealing that it is high in iron and nickel, suggesting it formed elsewhere in the solar system.
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-stran...
#Mars 🧪🔭
NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind
#Mars #ESCAPADE 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
#Mars #ESCAPADE 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind - NASA
A pair of NASA spacecraft ultimately destined for Mars will study how its magnetic environment is impacted by the Sun. The mission also will help the agency
www.nasa.gov
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind
#Mars #ESCAPADE 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
#Mars #ESCAPADE 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/news-release...