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In Awe of Stars (Niñas que miran las estrellas) - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark

Two Colombian girls defy barriers to chase astronomy dreams. NASA-bound, they prove education can transform lives. Your support will inspire others to dream big, pursue science, and believe in their a...

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How could they not have accepted this one? #SpellingBee

The Europa Clipper team is in Boulder! lasp.colorado.edu/2026/06/08/c...

CU Boulder hosts science team meeting for NASA mission enroute to icy moon of Jupiter

More than 200 scientists, engineers, and mission specialists from across the U.S. and around the world are gathering this week at the University of Colorado Boulder to discuss NASA’s Europa Clipper mi...

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Hey #AbSciCon #AbSciCon2026! Look for me or @planetcynthia.bsky.social at the conference this week for a variety of rainbow swoosh pin styles, for your wearing pleasure.

“Dude. No. Way.” #Earthset #Artemis

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Oh my. Earthset, from the Artemis II Crew. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

2026 space odyssey

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

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WTF is this and why didn't they want all the top talent they've been firing from NASA centers for the last couple of years www.nasa.gov/news-release...

NASA, OPM Launch NASA Force to Recruit Top Talent for US Space Program - NASA

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and NASA announced NASA Force on Wednesday, a dedicated talent track within the US Tech Force initiative

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Wow.

RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.

Mining of the Galileo infrared data suggests ammonia compounds at Europa! Nitrogen is a critical element for life as we know it. This provides additional fodder for the Europa Clipper mission, making the first of 49 Europa flybys on March 7, 2031! science.nasa.gov/blogs/scienc...

NASA’s Galileo Mission Points to Ammonia at Europa, Recent Study Shows - NASA Science

New analysis of decades-old data has turned up a significant result: the first discovery of ammonia-bearing compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.

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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship. No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.

Dear sweet Jesus, these photos from after they drag her away are even worse. (h/t @mprnews.org, doing the Lord's work). www.instagram.com/reel/DTdrPvZ...

MPR News on Instagram: "On Tuesday, Jan. 13, a woman in south Minneapolis was stopped by ICE, pulled from her car and carried by agents into their vehicle. As she was being carried the woman told agen...

3,476 likes, 207 comments - mprnews on January 13, 2026: "On Tuesday, Jan. 13, a woman in south Minneapolis was stopped by ICE, pulled from her car and carried by agents into their vehicle. As she was...

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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

Just like the Nazi Gestapo, they went door to door looking for Jews! #arrestice #minnesota

Planetary friends! Don't want to go to Houston in March, or support an institute that's bending the knee? Then join us for the very first Planetary Science Community Workshop in Louisville, KY on April 14–16, 2026. It's our community. Fight for it! Details at the link: planetaryworkshop.org

PSCW 2026

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Nothing so perfectly proves the concept of whiteness as a social construct than the reality that white people who stand up for minorities forfeit some of the protections that whiteness afforded them.

Happy "Not Submitting an LPSC Abstract Today" to those who celebrate.

A career in a file drawer, succinct and color-coded. An office move, 21st Century reality and Mabel’s urging combined to convince me to retain just several hardcopies of each publication (with placeholders for many not yet printed). An adjacent empty drawer awaits Europa Clipper’s scientific bounty.

🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨 We're putting together a Planetary Science Community Meeting at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville, KY on April 14–16 2026. This is a grass-roots meeting for planetary scientists to gather, discuss, and organize to address pressing issues our community faces. (1/2)

Happy Holidays from Europa Clipper!

OUR CLIPPER PRESS RELEASE FOR COMET 3I/ATLAS IS OUT 🥹 i can’t even begin to describe what it feels like to be looking at new and exciting data with europa clipper. it’s a dream come true 😭 www.swri.org/newsroom/pre...

Europa Clipper instrument uniquely observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS | Southwest Research Institute

SwRI-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph viewed 3I/ATLAS both when and where most other assets could not

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Europa Clipper has observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with its ultraviolet spectrograph instrument! News here: www.swri.org/newsroom/pre...

Chris Glein delivers an informative and inspiring Sagan Lecture on ocean worlds as potential abodes of life at #agu25.

The ESA Juice mission observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS! www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Comet 3I/ATLAS shows activity in Juice navigation camera teaser

Comet 3I/ATLAS shows activity in Juice navigation camera teaser

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Might the surface of Europa hint at subsurface brines? www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-stu...

UCF Study Explores Formation of Spider-Like Features on Jupiter’s Moon Europa and Potential for Life

UCF Physics Professor Lauren McKeown and colleagues are studying a spider-like formation on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to understand how it formed and what it reveals about subsurface brine pools and p...

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Goodnight Moon. #dtla #moonset

it’s SO exciting to see images from a spacecraft you work on, even if they’re just test images 🥹 this is a starfield image from europa clipper, including the planet uranus! it was taken to test clipper’s star-tracking cameras!!

WOW! An incredible discovery. The first ever image of a baby exoplanet embedded in the dust rings from which planets are forming around a star. Confirms the developing view of planet formation that we’ve never before seen in action. 🧪🔭 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...