Very nice article about the Harvest Moon and lunar orbital dynamics. I can pass this around to everyone I know who thinks these moon names are just random. 😂

Capital Weather@capitalweather.com · 5d ago

🌕 The Harvest Moon arrives Saturday — and it’s not just another full moon. Around this time of year, the Moon rises at unusually similar times on successive evenings — a quirk of astronomy that once gave farmers extra evening light. Why it happens: www.capitalweather.com/the-harvest-...

Finally a very detailed article describing the destruction and chaos at NASA Goddard. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...

NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions

NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.

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Wow big storm on campus. Trees uprooted everywhere. Branches down.

Read about LPL-led Snow4Flow, which seeks to measure and model how far and fast glaciers are retreating in the far north. science.nasa.gov/earth/new-na...

New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights   - NASA Science

The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.

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Mu cat trying to watch the fireworks. He's a bit short so not sure if he's seeing them. Happy fourth everyone.

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NASA's Lunar Radar Becomes First Test Subject for U of A's Giant Vacuum Chamber

YouTube video by U of A Research & Partnerships

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Our lunar orbital radar prototype was the first instrument tested in the huge University of Arizona thermal vac chamber! Hopefully we will have an opportunity to send it to the moon. research.arizona.edu/news/prototy...

Prototype NASA lunar radar instrument makes history as the first test subject for U of A’s giant thermal vacuum chamber

The TVAC’s inaugural test subject, SESAR-LITE, marks the university's entry into an exclusive testing arena, positioning the Space Institute alongside established government and commercial testing fac...

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Planetary Research Jobs: A new job announcements platform for planetary science https://blog.planetary-research.org/2026/06/08/planetary-research-jobs-a-new-job-announcements-platform-for-planetary-science/

Planetary Research Jobs: A new job announcements platform for planetary science

A new job announcements platform for planetary science Planetary Research Jobs is a new online platform that centralizes job announcements in the field of planetary science. Any person can browse the website for free, and any person with an ORCID iD (which is almost everyone) can post an announcement at no cost. Job announcements can [...]

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Interested in helping the University of Arizona College of Science navigate the current national research environment and grow the enterprise, helping units find new ways to work together? If so you should apply to the Associate Dean for Research position now open. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Baby owls 2026. There are 2 and they are growing fast.

A research team at LPL demonstrated that ground-penetrating radar mounted on drones can map the thickness of rocky debris covering glaciers on Earth. These results could help future astronauts locate accessible water locked in buried ice on Mars. news.arizona.edu/news/drone-r...

Drone radar reveals buried glaciers on Earth, guiding the search for water on Mars

U of A researchers launched drones equipped with ground-penetrating radar over debris-covered glaciers in Alaska and Wyoming that resemble buried ice deposits found on Mars.

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🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions. 📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146... #sciencepolicy #saveNASA

[BREAKING] The Planetary Society and 14 partner organizations released a joint letter calling for explicit NASA science protections in Congress's stopgap spending bill. Read it here: www.planetary.org/press-releas...

Coalition of science, education, and space organizations urges…

A coalition of science, education, labor, and space advocacy organizations today sent a joint letter to congressional appropriations leaders urging them…

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Venus is a Solar System enigma. Although Venus is similar in size and distance from the Sun to Earth, it has evolved very differently from our planet. Our #Envision mission will aim to solve some of the puzzle by thoroughly studying our closest neighbour. www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭

Top five Venus mysteries Envision will solve

Venus is a Solar System enigma. Similar in size to Earth and orbiting the Sun at a similar distance, it is remarkable how the two planets evolved so differently. While conditions on Earth allowed life...

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Wow the banquet at #epscdps.

Wow the Venus talks are in a room with an organ! They should have told people in advance so they could plan more dramatic talks! #epscdps

Every conference facility has its quirks. In this case I was at Saturn (room) and need to head back toward the Sun (room) but am not sure how. Maybe I need help from a dynamicist! #epscdps2025

I'm sorry this looks extremely dangerous.

Please join us in congratulating Samantha Moruzzi, who today successfully defended her Ph.D. Dissertation, Geophysical Evolution of Sputnik Basin on Pluto. Congratulations, Samantha! 📸: Samantha is pictured with her advisor, Dr. Jeff Andrews-Hanna.

The REASON Ice Penetrating Radar produced good test data when we flew by Mars! All looking good for seeing inside #Europa in a few years. www.nasa.gov/missions/eur...

NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars - NASA

The agency’s largest interplanetary probe tested its radar during a Mars flyby. The results include a detailed image and bode well for the mission at

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It's time to mark your calendars! The 2025 LPL Evening Lecture Series features "Space on Earth." You can attend any lecture in-person or virtually. We hope to see you there! lpl.arizona.edu/calendar/eve...

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The first photos from the Vera Rubin Observatory are stunning — thanks in part to the University of Arizona, which helped build its mirror. Proud to see Arizona leading the way in space science.

New Triassic pterosaur: "the creature would have been small enough to comfortably perch on a person’s shoulder..." wapo.st/4krp5QG

North America’s oldest pterosaur, a winged reptile, discovered in Arizona

The 209-million-year-old fossil offers clues to the evolution of the reptiles, which have more than 150 named species including the well-known pterodactyl.

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Today, *every* living prior leader of NASA's science directorate have released a joint letter condemning the proposed cuts to NASA science. These individuals every administration from Reagan to Biden, and all believe these cuts are insanely destructive: www.planetary.org/press-releas...

Every living NASA science chief unites in opposition to unprecedented…

The entire past leadership of NASA’s science activities have released a joint statement condemning the proposed 47% cuts proposed to the agency’s science…

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The Senate reconciliation bill passed yesterday is separate from the annual appropriations process, which determines funding for our federal science agencies. Learn more about the differences here: aas.org/posts/news/2...

Another interstellar asteroid friend is traveling through the neighborhood! ☄️

What is the impact of the proposed mission terminations and cancellations on Arizona (U of A + ASU) Universities? These charts flag the missions with AZ participation and those impacted.

I really wish there were fewer mistakes in Arizona governance. Please everyone come to work and try to make sure you do your job correctly. Maybe double check the letters, just for example.

Jen Fifield@jenafifield.bsky.social · last yr.

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