David Rankin
@asteroiddave.bsky.social
Comet & Asteroid Hunter, Rockhound, Photographer / Storm Chaser, Flood Guru, Atheist.
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Trump is Black Friday at Walmart.
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trump is Black Friday at Walmart.
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That’s just a regular leaf blower
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
That’s just a regular leaf blower
Cutoff low moving across southern AZ today, bringing very moist air (200% of normal for time of year). Storms through midnight will produce heavy rain and hail in some areas. Isolated flash flooding possible. #azwx
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Cutoff low moving across southern AZ today, bringing very moist air (200% of normal for time of year). Storms through midnight will produce heavy rain and hail in some areas. Isolated flash flooding possible. #azwx
"Housing Shortage"
A new study shows corporations now own 8.9% of residential parcels in 500 U.S. counties—roughly 1 in 11 homes.
In St. Louis, Harrisonburg, and Franklin County, OH, that share tops 20%.
In St. Louis, Harrisonburg, and Franklin County, OH, that share tops 20%.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"Housing Shortage"
Not every day you get to watch an active stratovolcano possibly on the verge of a major eruption live. Semeru Volcano, Java Indonesia.
🔴 Live Now: 24/7 Erupting Semeru Volcano in Java, Indonesia in 4K Ultra HD (CAM A)
YouTube video by afarTV
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November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Not every day you get to watch an active stratovolcano possibly on the verge of a major eruption live. Semeru Volcano, Java Indonesia.
New paper on the major earthquake swarm around Santorini. 🧪
New! We study the disruptive 2025 earthquake unrest near #Santorini using machine-learning derived seismicity as virtual stress meters at depth. We show the unrest was due to a magma dike intrusion, imaging in detail a complex, rebounding process of dike propagation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The 2025 Santorini unrest unveiled: Rebounding magmatic dike intrusion with triggered seismicity
Magmatic intrusion in Earth’s crust can lead to hazardous volcanic eruptions, but the physical processes involved remain largely hidden from direct observation. We used machine learning–derived seismi...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
New paper on the major earthquake swarm around Santorini. 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Professor Dave strikes with a gripping part 2 on grifting astronomers. 3I/Atlas is an exocomet, not aliens.
Avi Loeb is a Fraud Part 2: 3I/ATLAS Shrugged
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Professor Dave strikes with a gripping part 2 on grifting astronomers. 3I/Atlas is an exocomet, not aliens.
Picked up my 15th spaceberg last shift, C/2025 V2 (Rankin). This one has precoveries back to Nov 2024, indicating it was active at 8+AU out. Very hypothetical light curve assuming m1=8. Hopefully puts on a decent show in 2027. #cometwatch #comet
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Picked up my 15th spaceberg last shift, C/2025 V2 (Rankin). This one has precoveries back to Nov 2024, indicating it was active at 8+AU out. Very hypothetical light curve assuming m1=8. Hopefully puts on a decent show in 2027. #cometwatch #comet
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Had a lot of fun hanging out with Cleo Abram for her new Huge If True episode on planetary defense. Check it out! 🔭
Humanity’s Real Plan to Stop This Asteroid (Feat. Mark Rober)
YouTube video by Cleo Abram
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November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Had a lot of fun hanging out with Cleo Abram for her new Huge If True episode on planetary defense. Check it out! 🔭
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
One thing I take for granted on #BlueSky is running a search for something I need and not seeing 50 million related ads. Keep it classy BlueSky.
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
One thing I take for granted on #BlueSky is running a search for something I need and not seeing 50 million related ads. Keep it classy BlueSky.
Aurora popping off even from Southern AZ tonight. Shot from Mount Lemmon Observatory looking north.
#Aurora #Photography 📷
#Aurora #Photography 📷
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Aurora popping off even from Southern AZ tonight. Shot from Mount Lemmon Observatory looking north.
#Aurora #Photography 📷
#Aurora #Photography 📷
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post.
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft. He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post.
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Picked up my 30th Potentially Hazardous Asteroid last shift. This one is interesting. In a retrograde comet-like orbit with a period around 26yrs but showing no activity at ~1 AU from the sun. Likely 1km + in size with Earth MOID = 0.0275 AU. Now published as 2025 VP.
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Picked up my 30th Potentially Hazardous Asteroid last shift. This one is interesting. In a retrograde comet-like orbit with a period around 26yrs but showing no activity at ~1 AU from the sun. Likely 1km + in size with Earth MOID = 0.0275 AU. Now published as 2025 VP.
New morphology in the tail of comet 3I/Atlas will inevitably be spun by the quack Avi Loeb as some evidence of alien activity. This is nothing new, we've seen similar behavior in other comes including 17P, C/2016 R2, and C/1961 R1, and others. It's ionized carbon monoxide. #3I #3I/Atlas #Comet 🔭
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I think the whole "Trump sucks but dems are worse off" narrative just fell apart.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I think the whole "Trump sucks but dems are worse off" narrative just fell apart.
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Fox News is really fun to watch tonight. All the hosts and guests have this queasy look, like they ate shrimp that had been sitting out for 2 weeks.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Fox News is really fun to watch tonight. All the hosts and guests have this queasy look, like they ate shrimp that had been sitting out for 2 weeks.
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Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Obama: It is not as if we didn't see some of this coming. I will admit it is worse than even I expected, but I did warn you all. I did. You can run the tape.
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This documentary debuted today. PBS NOVA...I am one of the featured scientists throughout.
Hope you check it out on PBS, streaming, etc.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
Hope you check it out on PBS, streaming, etc.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
Superfloods
Find out why deadly flash floods are on the rise and how we can protect ourselves from them.
www.pbs.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This documentary debuted today. PBS NOVA...I am one of the featured scientists throughout.
Hope you check it out on PBS, streaming, etc.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
Hope you check it out on PBS, streaming, etc.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...