Bruh... (Gaia23bra b has been added to the NASA Exoplanet Archive!)

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way - NASA Science

For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to ripples in

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Anyone know what kind of watch that was that Pierce Brosnan had on? #HATM

I am SO excited about the new essay we're publishing this Friday (for free!). If you have Thoughts about The Bride!, and other versions of Frankenstein's bride, I think you're going to Be Intrigued...

Downplay a book or movie: Star Walk: The Irritation of Khan

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 6d ago

Downplay a book or movie: "Reasonable Expectations"

For years I thought it was called POPE YES and we didn't go there to eat because we weren't Catholic.

couldn't stop thinking about this so i had to make it and share it with you forgive me

Hi! Thanks for the shoutout! My sf collection Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories features Mexican/Mexican-American/Latino characters! www.starsandsabers.com/books/echoes...

Echoes and Embers – Stars and Sabers

Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories is a science fiction and fantasy short story collection by Bram Stoker Award winning author Pedro Iniguez

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I once read a sugar packet that said, "Before anything else, God created coffee; without it, he wouldn't have been able to do the rest of it." Anyhow, sugar might actually be older than stars and planets. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/s...

A Sweet Surprise: Scientists Find Sugar Deep in Our Galaxy

It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been detected in interstellar space. The discovery provides tantalizing new clues into how life may have arisen on Earth.

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As of this morning, he's taken his last pill (for the time being at least)!

Kevin Castro, MA@kevincastror.bsky.social · 2w ago

A certain someone was very good this morning and took all his meds.

Historian friend was reading a civil war era letter in an archive, the letter said “In this envelope I include my smallpox scabs” and sure enough there they were. Had to call CDC for a hazmat team.

Got an email from a Catholic parish announcing that they've partnered with an organization to provide free will-writing services for community members. Would've been funny if they announced it on Ash Wednesday.

Story time: In my PhD oral qualifying exam, one of my committee members asked me what the Shine Dalgarno sequence was. My answer, paraphrased, was: "It's a genetic recognition sequence. I don't remember whether it's for transcription or translation, so I'm not sure if it's on the DNA or RNA.

Mike Wiser@drmikewiser.bsky.social · 2w ago

Saying a version of "I don't know" and then outlining the steps you would take *to* know is a nearly-universal requirement for passing your qualifying exams as a PhD student. It was also a requirement for getting hired as a Supplemental Instructor when/where I was an undergrad.

A certain someone was very good this morning and took all his meds.

Apparently, something happened 57 years ago in, like, space or something? I think the best take on it is still probably that of Dinah Hall...

an idea's been rolling around in my head about how what we lose with assuming everyone wants "answers" & not search results is similar to what we lose when "route" is the only kind of map we encounter I won't get the academic terms right, but it's some version of skipping an essential abstraction

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am losing my mind. Chat isn’t a search engine. this isn’t normal. framing it as normative is slimy. Tone, vibes all bad.

Dusting my bookshelves for once, I found a sticky note that says, "contains primary sources (astronaut letters)." Problem is, it came unstuck from whichever book I'd posted it on.

If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a post saying Count Binface is the establishment, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened that much.

LEGO has revealed that its next space-themed Icons set will focus on the Hubble Space Telescope. Scheduled for release on Aug. 1, the $139.99 kit creates a detailed desktop model of the spacecraft in celebration of its 35 years of observations.

LEGO reveals Hubble Space Telescope Icons set coming August 1

The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the building blocks of the cosmos for more than 35 years. Now, it is its turn to be made up of toy bricks. The LEGO Icons Hubble Space Telescope is a 1,25...

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a) So. Cute. b) Brought to mind those videos of astronauts learning how to get around on the moon

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 4w ago

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Mathematician Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, known for her work in both fluid mechanics and abstract algebra, was born #OTD in 1905. She was the first woman to hold a full professorship in Mathematics in France. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 🧮 Image: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive

Check out these aerodynamics ✈️ Like a tiny missile. 😀 Howling wind today so this European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) would face into it and flatten itself to minimize resistance. Otherwise it had trouble staying on the fencepost. #BirdingHungary #Bee-eaters #birds #birding

Just finished "Against Technoableism" by @ashleyshoo.bsky.social. An amazing book that has made me totally rethink my perspective on disability and accessibility. Plus, the last chapter on disabled futures is going to completely change how I read & write sci-fi moving forward.

WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS will be in paperback on November 10th!! So excited to have another format to share the stories of these women. #paperbackwriter #egyptology

last day of Verso's 40% sale on their tech books (including mine!) www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...

Announcing: the Verso Books Tech Sale

Through the end of the month, take 40% off select titles on tech, AI, and automation. Ebooks site-wide are 60% off.

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The article doesn't explicitly mention climate change, but it's hard not to think of it when reading about how they had to stop and rent additional cooling units because the primary and redundant ones weren't keeping the telescope below 74°F during transport. spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/22/n...

I've been informed that I need to specify I'm particularly looking for those with expertise in antiquity! (lol silly me, I thought you science historians just learned every single drop of science history as a baseline)

*taps microphone* Is this thing on?? I AM LOOKING FOR SCIENCE HISTORIANS. IF THAT IS YOU PLEASE WAVE AT ME OR YELL LOUDLY IN MY DIRECTION! (It's for a wee little side project)

Danville had a tough 20th century of manufacturing loss. Dr. Miller has been practicing cardiology there since the 70s, and when I interviewed him a decade and change ago, his stance was that a heart-healthy city walks, and walking should be part of its recovery. Fantastic guy.

gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · last mo.

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

My version of this for how fast airplane technology developed? Orville Wright flew both the Wright Flyer and a Lockheed Constellation

The name Knowinnovation maybe doesn't send the message they intended when spoken aloud.