Elizabeth Tasker
@elizabethtasker.bsky.social
UK astrophysicist and science communicator working at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Author of 'The Planet Factory' and editor of ‘Planetary Diversity’. Very into space, virtual reality, computer graphics and rescue cats.
Pinned
For nearly a decade, the JAXA Akatsuki mission has been investigating the bonkers climate of our neighbouring world 🛰️. But contact has been lost, and our last presence at Venus—the only other Earth-sized world we can visit—has now ended. My latest for Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪🔗: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/our-last-pre...
I have honestly been wondering this all week.
Why exactly have the political media just noticed that massive racist Nigel Farage is a massive racist?
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have honestly been wondering this all week.
Overseas guest? What you need is the children’s menu at the JAXA cafeteria that is served on a space shuttle dinner tray!
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Overseas guest? What you need is the children’s menu at the JAXA cafeteria that is served on a space shuttle dinner tray!
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
(He did in fact agree that this was exactly what was required 😂)
Summer is over. Underground, water freezes and the terrain above begins to crack. The resulting periglacial features indicate hidden ice on the Earth, but could such patterns also point to an accessible source of water on Mars? 🛰️ My latest for #JAXA Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/digging-in-m...
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Summer is over. Underground, water freezes and the terrain above begins to crack. The resulting periglacial features indicate hidden ice on the Earth, but could such patterns also point to an accessible source of water on Mars? 🛰️ My latest for #JAXA Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/digging-in-m...
Winter mikans! (Japanese mandarins)
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Winter mikans! (Japanese mandarins)
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
#Haya2NOW
🌏地球から
はやぶさ2 1億7950万km(⏱️599s)
トリフネ 4674万km(⏱️156s)
1998 KY₂₆ 2億5883万km(⏱️863s)
#はやぶさ２ #Hayabusa2 https://haya2now.jp/
🌏地球から
はやぶさ2 1億7950万km(⏱️599s)
トリフネ 4674万km(⏱️156s)
1998 KY₂₆ 2億5883万km(⏱️863s)
#はやぶさ２ #Hayabusa2 https://haya2now.jp/
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
#Haya2NOW
🌏地球から
はやぶさ2 1億7950万km(⏱️599s)
トリフネ 4674万km(⏱️156s)
1998 KY₂₆ 2億5883万km(⏱️863s)
#はやぶさ２ #Hayabusa2 https://haya2now.jp/
🌏地球から
はやぶさ2 1億7950万km(⏱️599s)
トリフネ 4674万km(⏱️156s)
1998 KY₂₆ 2億5883万km(⏱️863s)
#はやぶさ２ #Hayabusa2 https://haya2now.jp/
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We have a PhD opportunity at the University of Reading focused on analysing Jupiter and Saturn auroral observations!
Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres
Supervisor: me!
Full description/application portal:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres
Supervisor: me!
Full description/application portal:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Crocus DLA
crocus-dla.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We have a PhD opportunity at the University of Reading focused on analysing Jupiter and Saturn auroral observations!
Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres
Supervisor: me!
Full description/application portal:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres
Supervisor: me!
Full description/application portal:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Messages sent this morning:
Mars is ready to be cloned.
Mars is ready to be cloned.
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Messages sent this morning:
Mars is ready to be cloned.
Mars is ready to be cloned.
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
If you live in France, a new documentary about 'Oumuamua comes out Thursday evening, starting at 9pm on the France 5. Replays on france.tv after
I was scientific advisor (and I show up in several places), which was a great pleasure.
www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...
I was scientific advisor (and I show up in several places), which was a great pleasure.
www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...
France TV - Replay et Direct tv des chaînes France Télévisions (ex Pluzz)
Retrouvez toutes les vidéos, articles et podcasts des programmes des chaînes de France Télévisions.
france.tv
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If you live in France, a new documentary about 'Oumuamua comes out Thursday evening, starting at 9pm on the France 5. Replays on france.tv after
I was scientific advisor (and I show up in several places), which was a great pleasure.
www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...
I was scientific advisor (and I show up in several places), which was a great pleasure.
www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...
I really like asteroids. They are full of secrets.
a man says that 's why her hair is so big
Alt: A scene from the movie "mean girls" with the quote "that's why her hair is so big. It's full of secrets".
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I really like asteroids. They are full of secrets.
(After checking correct phrase with copilot)
Copilot: Would you like help to express frustration politely?
Copilot: Would you like help to express frustration politely?
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM
(After checking correct phrase with copilot)
Copilot: Would you like help to express frustration politely?
Copilot: Would you like help to express frustration politely?
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
#ESAEnvision will address several key questions about Venus:
🌋 How geologically active is the planet today?
☁️ How are its thick clouds sustained?
🥵 How does Venus lose its heat?
💦 Where did its water go?
🪨 How does the planet’s surface change over time?
2/ #CM25 🔭
🌋 How geologically active is the planet today?
☁️ How are its thick clouds sustained?
🥵 How does Venus lose its heat?
💦 Where did its water go?
🪨 How does the planet’s surface change over time?
2/ #CM25 🔭
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#ESAEnvision will address several key questions about Venus:
🌋 How geologically active is the planet today?
☁️ How are its thick clouds sustained?
🥵 How does Venus lose its heat?
💦 Where did its water go?
🪨 How does the planet’s surface change over time?
2/ #CM25 🔭
🌋 How geologically active is the planet today?
☁️ How are its thick clouds sustained?
🥵 How does Venus lose its heat?
💦 Where did its water go?
🪨 How does the planet’s surface change over time?
2/ #CM25 🔭
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
Cat Prints: www.djamilaknopf.com/store
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Cat Prints: www.djamilaknopf.com/store
I have just sent a request to Purra the Kanganaut at the Australian Space Agency for a message to be included in a new campaign by the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission.
I did include Purra's name in the list cleared with the mission team, but truthfully they may have missed this 😅
I did include Purra's name in the list cleared with the mission team, but truthfully they may have missed this 😅
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I have just sent a request to Purra the Kanganaut at the Australian Space Agency for a message to be included in a new campaign by the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission.
I did include Purra's name in the list cleared with the mission team, but truthfully they may have missed this 😅
I did include Purra's name in the list cleared with the mission team, but truthfully they may have missed this 😅
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
I was eating a sandwich on a bench when a random older dude came up and tried to talk to me. When I ignored him, he stood right in front of me, thrust his face at mine and said "konnichiwa".
He got a death glare. When that failed, I left.
It was NOT COOL. And yet... somehow I feel guilty.
He got a death glare. When that failed, I left.
It was NOT COOL. And yet... somehow I feel guilty.
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I was eating a sandwich on a bench when a random older dude came up and tried to talk to me. When I ignored him, he stood right in front of me, thrust his face at mine and said "konnichiwa".
He got a death glare. When that failed, I left.
It was NOT COOL. And yet... somehow I feel guilty.
He got a death glare. When that failed, I left.
It was NOT COOL. And yet... somehow I feel guilty.
There is still good in the world.
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
There is still good in the world.
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
Have you ever tracked, in photos, the retrograde movement of a planet? 🔭
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Have you ever tracked, in photos, the retrograde movement of a planet? 🔭
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
These large bottles of hot milk tea are the best winter vending machine drink!
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
These large bottles of hot milk tea are the best winter vending machine drink!
A luxuriating morning with #NorahNeko
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
A luxuriating morning with #NorahNeko
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.
Reposted by Elizabeth Tasker
#ClimateChange is already harming our health BUT we can fight back! Here are 5 proven interventions that could save nearly 2 million lives every year. #COP30
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#ClimateChange is already harming our health BUT we can fight back! Here are 5 proven interventions that could save nearly 2 million lives every year. #COP30
In 1957, Vance and Pockriss released the song,
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for rainy day
But if you caught a meteor before it hits the Earth, you should use a ziplock bag and get it to a curation facility. Waiting for a rainy day would be the worst action. THE WORST.
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for rainy day
But if you caught a meteor before it hits the Earth, you should use a ziplock bag and get it to a curation facility. Waiting for a rainy day would be the worst action. THE WORST.
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In 1957, Vance and Pockriss released the song,
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for rainy day
But if you caught a meteor before it hits the Earth, you should use a ziplock bag and get it to a curation facility. Waiting for a rainy day would be the worst action. THE WORST.
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for rainy day
But if you caught a meteor before it hits the Earth, you should use a ziplock bag and get it to a curation facility. Waiting for a rainy day would be the worst action. THE WORST.
Spiced pumpkin cheesecake for Halloween 🎃 courtesy of #Nokucheese in Mizonokuchi (and the spooky mind of @jason.jagaimo.com 👻).
Great to eat as the rain is absolutely hammering down tonight.
Great to eat as the rain is absolutely hammering down tonight.
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Spiced pumpkin cheesecake for Halloween 🎃 courtesy of #Nokucheese in Mizonokuchi (and the spooky mind of @jason.jagaimo.com 👻).
Great to eat as the rain is absolutely hammering down tonight.
Great to eat as the rain is absolutely hammering down tonight.
MWHAHAHAHAHA 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
MWHAHAHAHAHA 🎃