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Daniel Pomarède
@pomarede.bsky.social
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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 ▶️ https://vimeo.com/pomarede
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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
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 9h
#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day

50 Light-years to 51 Pegasi

Credit: José Rodrigues joserodrigues.space

www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭
Observatoire de Haute-Provence under a starry sky. The Andromeda and Pegasus constellations are delineated. 51 Pegasi, Messier 31, Messier 33, and Saturn are pinpointed.
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 3h
Dreamy Sunset at KPNO

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld

noirlab.edu/public/image... 🔭
The sun sets at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory behind the domes of the NSF Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, UArizona 0.9-meter Spacewatch Telescope, UArizona 1.8-meter Spacewatch Telescope, UArizona Bok 2.3-meter Telescope, and UArizona SuperLotis Telescope.
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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 4h
The "Pillars of Creation" lie deep in the heart of the Eagle Nebula. According to a 2025 paper, these pillars have a hue of red that is off from what we'd expect, hinting that the dust inside is anything but ordinary.

Image credit: my tiny telescope (8.5 hrs of observing).

#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾‍🔬
A spectacular red nebula spans the image with red, diffuse wings of dust and a bright core. An abstract cosmic painting of an eagle. A crop of the heart of the Eagle Nebula seen in the previous image. Dark red pillars can can be seen against a bright background.
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Aurélien Genin @astroaure.bsky.social · 7h
🔭 Bricolage de ces derniers jours : PANOPTES 🤩 C'est un petit télescope automatisé pour détecter des étoiles variables. On le fabrique à Callista à l'EPFL 🇨🇭 mais c'est un projet international pour sensibiliser des élèves des pays du Sud Global aux sciences en leur faisant fabriquer et opérer 🧪
Télescope PANOPTES quasiment terminé sur sa monture. Il ressemble à Wall-E avec ses deux gros yeux Intérieur de PANOPTES avec une caméra et l'electronique Boîte de PANOPTES juste après la découpe
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 9h
#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day

50 Light-years to 51 Pegasi

Credit: José Rodrigues joserodrigues.space

www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭
Observatoire de Haute-Provence under a starry sky. The Andromeda and Pegasus constellations are delineated. 51 Pegasi, Messier 31, Messier 33, and Saturn are pinpointed.
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Astropierre @astropierre.com · 10h
Pendant ce temps, sur Mars, le rover #Perseverance continue son exploration des flancs du cratère Jezero, où il a atterri en 2021.

1647 sols (jours martiens) plus tard, il a déjà parcouru 37.3 km et continue son exploration martienne.
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 1d
Perseverance Sol 1647, going uphill on the slopes of the rim of Jezero Crater

📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams... @areoinfo.bsky.social
🗺️ science.nasa.gov/mission/mars...

#Mars 🧪🔭
A Martian landscape with rover tracks. A Martian landscape with rover tracks. A map of the rim of Jezero Crater and environs, showing the path followed by the rover and its current position.
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Del - Martian Observer @martian-observer.art · 10h
The green turtle has been rescued from the brink of extinction in what scientists are calling a major conservation victory
Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'
Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 12h
Océans martiens : les plaines du Nord de Mars livrent de nouveaux indices

☑️ www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/oc...
☑️ www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Océans martiens : les plaines du Nord de Mars livrent de nouveaux indices
Le passé de la planète Mars continue de captiver la communauté scientifique. Une question, en particulier, reste en suspens : des océans ont-ils un jour recouvert la surface de la planète rouge ? Réce...
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Katrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 23h
three cheers for slow science, each Nobel representing decades of inquiry that paved the way for the technology, treatments, & toys of tomorrow:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
www.nytimes.com
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US National Gemini Office @usngo.bsky.social · 1d
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: In this long-exposure photo of Gemini North (½ of the International Gemini Observatory), the streaks of light to the left are satellites crossing the sky, identifiable by the breaks in the star trails. #astronomy

Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Pollard
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Emily Lakdawalla, Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 1d
ESA's Plato exoplanet-hunting spacecraft is fully assembled, ready to begin a year of testing in the runup to its December 2026 launch: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests
By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets. Plato is on track for the final ke...
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Emily Lakdawalla, Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 1d
Oh neat! Both Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express observed comet 3I/ATLAS. (Or at least attempted to; Mars Express' max exposure duration was too short for it to be visible. Still, a null result is a result!) Amazing that Mars Express is still doing science. www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS
Between 1 and 7 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express spacecraft turned their eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as it passed close to Mars. 
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Lloyd Chéry @lloydchery.bsky.social · 1d
Un beau numéro arrive avec Naoki Urasawa, John McTiernan et Shintaro Kago en guest stars. Sortie le 19 novembre !
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David S. F. Portree @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social · 5d
I have restarted work on the GE NEP crewed Mars mission post. After all the turmoil this past month, it's like meeting with an old friend.

My goal is to finish the post by Halloween.
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 1d
Perseverance Sol 1647, going uphill on the slopes of the rim of Jezero Crater

📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams... @areoinfo.bsky.social
🗺️ science.nasa.gov/mission/mars...

#Mars 🧪🔭
A Martian landscape with rover tracks. A Martian landscape with rover tracks. A map of the rim of Jezero Crater and environs, showing the path followed by the rover and its current position.
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 1d
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Katrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 1d
has your scientific work been cut? @nytimes.com wants to hear from you.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 1d
Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next chapter.
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Palomar's First Woman Director Leads Historic Observatory to New Era in Transient Astronomy
Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next chapter.
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 1d
#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day

The Jenga Moon

Credit: Mike Carroll

www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭
A telephoto snapshot of the almost full moon rising above a conspicuous skyscraper in New York city, taken on October 5, 2025. The 56 Leonard Street skyscraper, is also known as the Jenga Tower, as it indeed is reminiscent of a pile of stacked blocks of a Jenga game.
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Cat O'Connell-Cooper @mars-cat.bsky.social · 1d
MSL Curiosity sol_4680 - Mastcam mosaic of the drive direction, looking across the boxworks unit.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
(thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
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Cat O'Connell-Cooper @mars-cat.bsky.social · 1d
MSL Curiosity_sol 4680: mastcam workspace, rover stats and maps, plus navcam mosaic of the landscape around us, and a mastcam mosaic of the road ahead in the drive direction (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
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ESO @eso.org · 1d
Meet NGC 1232!

This galaxy lies some 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Its central areas contain older, reddish stars, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions 🔭 

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9845d/

📷 ESO
A face-on spiral galaxy set against a dark star field. A bright golden core radiates at the centre, while blue spiral arms sparkle with stars and patches of white light, forming a pinwheel shape.
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Julia richard - auteurice @juliarichard.bsky.social · 1d
📆📌 Retrouvez-moi du vendredi 10 au dimanche 12 octobre en dédicaces à la Fête du livre de Saint-Etienne... avec une ✨avant-première✨ de ma novella de science-fiction (DÉS)INCARNATIONS, à paraître le 30 octobre chez les éditions Timelapse !
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 2d
For #spacetober_challenge day 8 prompt propulsion, my portrait of #mathematician, aeronautical #engineer, philanthropist & Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 🧪🐡🧮🔭👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci
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Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the
Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 1d
Une astrophysicienne de l'Irfu reçoit le prix 2025 Jeunes Talents L'Oréal-Unesco pour les Femmes et la Science

irfu.cea.fr/Phocea/Vie_d... 🧪🔭
Une astrophysicienne de l'Irfu reçoit le prix 2025 Jeunes Talents L'Oréal-Unesco pour les Femmes et la Science
La Fondation L’Oréal, en partenariat avec la Commission nationale française pour l’UNESCO et l’Académie des sciences, récompense chaque année 35 femmes scientifiques talentueuses au niveau doctorat et...
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