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Gayoung Lee

@gayoung.bsky.social

Science reporter, @gizmodo.com Fully hand-animated https://gayoung-lee.carrd.co

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European Space Agency@esa.int · 2w ago

Pokémon is heading to space with ESA. 🚀⚡ For #WorldSpaceWeek2026, Pokémon and ESA are teaming up to inspire the next generation of explorers. A special Pikachu plush has even travelled to the International Space Station with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot! (Credits: ESA/NASA S. Adenot)

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Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · last mo.

Breaking: We have lift off! NASA’s Roman Telescope is on its way to deep space, embarking on a mission that could solve some of the universe’s greatest and most enduring mysteries and discover new, alien worlds.

NASA’s Roman Telescope lifts off, starting a mission to explore the universe’s biggest mysteries

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will probe dark matter and dark energy, discover exoplanets and study stars

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is a pleasing factoid: the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is the same size and weight as a T-Rex! Countdown: 15 days to launch! 🚀 AUG 30, 2026 11:26 UTC ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/mission/roma...

A sketch of a T-Rex dinosaur (big feet, tiny hands) next to a sketch of the Roman telescope.
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Space projects running ahead of schedule? This is rare! Huge celebratory high-5's all round to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team, due for early launch this August 🥳 This beast will discover >100,000 planets orbiting distant stars and so so much more 🤩🧪🔭🛰️ ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/...

Two tiny people in clean-room gear (top to toe in white) look up at a huge piece of kit with solar panels on the side. This is the Nancy Grace Roman telescope.
Rose Pastore@rosepastore.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Gizmodo reporter Gayoung Lee spoke to physicist Paul Davies about his new book, "Quantum 2.0: The Weird Physics Driving a New Revolution in Technology." Read the interview for some neat physics history and how it led to the current AI boom:

From Quantum Spam to Quantum Minds: Why the 'Best' Revolution in Physics Is Only Getting Started

Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.

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Mindy Weisberger@laminda.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Burly, flightless Kākāpōs are Kings and Queens of Chonk, which makes the tininess of this newly hatched chick even more endearingly ridiculous

Andrew Digby@digs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots

Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees@mcnees.bsky.social · 12mo ago

VAR! In the early morning hours #OTD in 1923, Edwin Hubble took a photo plate of M31 that showed a Cepheid variable star. Using Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s distance-luminosity relationship, Hubble concluded that M31 is another galaxy outside the Milky Way. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ Image: Carnegie Observatories

Photo plate of Hubble's famous "VAR!" discovery. This is a photonegative plate of an image of the Andromeda Galaxy, with several small annotations made in grease pencil. One of them was previously marked "N" for "nova," but the N has been crossed out and replaced with an excited "VAR!" to indicate a Cepheid Variable.
Dr. Jessie Christiansen@aussiastronomer.bsky.social · last yr.

This week (!) is the 30th anniversary of the announcement of 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet found orbiting a star like our Sun - since then, we've found over 6,000! To celebrate, @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com collected some astronomers' favourite planets: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

These alien planets are astronomers’ favourites: here’s why

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits.

nature.com

Lee Billings@leebillings.bsky.social · last yr.

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: NASA’s next-gen Habitable Worlds Observatory may be our best chance to find alien life. But can a nation busy ripping itself apart unite to launch a mission to solve life’s cosmic mysteries? By @nadiadrake.bsky.social (and me). www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...

NASA’s First-Ever Alien-Hunting Space Telescope Could Enlighten Our New Dark Age

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground

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Gizmodo@gizmodo.com · last yr.

Gizmodo just had a Glow Up!✨ The new site is bold, modern, faster, cleaner, and built for connection with sleeker layouts, quicker load times, and a smoother mobile experience. Every detail was designed to make it easier than ever to read, engage, discover, and share. Explore the new www.gizmodo.com

Ed Cara@edcara.bsky.social · last yr.

It's that most wonderful time of the year for us at Gizmodo's science desk: The Gizmodo Science Fair! Every year, we get the chance to highlight research projects and achievements on the cusp of changing lives or shaking up their scientific fields—or that already have! gizmodo.com/the-winners-...

The Winners of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair

An experiment that transformed lead into gold, a satellite designed to manufacture drugs in space, and many other fascinating projects all took home trophies at this year’s Science Fair.

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Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really. Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are. This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make

The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme

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