Dr. Sarah Milkovich
@milkysa.bsky.social
Planetary Wanderer: public speaker, spacecraft engineer, scientist, artist, maker, mom. https://www.sarahmilkovich.com/
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Wow, hello new people! An intro: I spent many years at NASA JPL researching polar ice on Mars; doing spacecraft science operations for Cassini, Phoenix, MRO, & Curiosity; inventing science ops for Perseverance; & working w/ Earth disaster response folks. I am currently a public speaker + artist.
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If we can magically find $12B for an agriculture bailout caused because of made up tariffs, we can find funding for trains, libraries, & clean energy. Btw the annual budget of the EPA is $9B. The whole thing! About the same with the National Science Foundation. Cut bad stuff, triple good stuff.
Not only can the country absolutely afford to do a lot more good things that help people– in housing, healthcare, infrastructure, and environment– there is no reason not to do it. Pretty simple: We should do big things that help people and not do things that hurt people. bsky.app/profile/cost...
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If we can magically find $12B for an agriculture bailout caused because of made up tariffs, we can find funding for trains, libraries, & clean energy. Btw the annual budget of the EPA is $9B. The whole thing! About the same with the National Science Foundation. Cut bad stuff, triple good stuff.
I shoulda mentioned this BEFORE the stream, but I just got done have a wonderful conversation with @starstryder.space on @cosmoquest.org as part of their Hangout-a-thon! You can rewatch it here, and then see what else CosmoQuest is up to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgpr...
VR trips to Mars
YouTube video by CosmoQuest
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December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I shoulda mentioned this BEFORE the stream, but I just got done have a wonderful conversation with @starstryder.space on @cosmoquest.org as part of their Hangout-a-thon! You can rewatch it here, and then see what else CosmoQuest is up to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgpr...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
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A surprise about the early history of the Moon.
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-c...
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-c...
Scientists Cracked Open a Lunar Rock And Found a Huge Surprise
A tiny sample of the Moon locked away for more than 50 years turns out to have been hiding an astronomical secret.
www.sciencealert.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A surprise about the early history of the Moon.
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-c...
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-c...
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Is there lightning on Mars?
The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms.
☑️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
☑️ rdcu.be/eR5lp
#Mars ⚡🔭🧪
The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms.
☑️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
☑️ rdcu.be/eR5lp
#Mars ⚡🔭🧪
Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars
Nature - The SuperCam microphone aboard the Perseverance rover captured 55 triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars over two Martian years, providing implications for examining the...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Is there lightning on Mars?
The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms.
☑️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
☑️ rdcu.be/eR5lp
#Mars ⚡🔭🧪
The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms.
☑️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
☑️ rdcu.be/eR5lp
#Mars ⚡🔭🧪
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Thank you for your past service, Senator Kelly - and for your service today, by standing up to the authoritarians.
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thank you for your past service, Senator Kelly - and for your service today, by standing up to the authoritarians.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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Here’s an annotated version of our comet image.
We also want to thank our downlink and uplink teams who spent a huge amount of time working on this. Our camera was not designed to image interstellar objects 19 million miles away, but their hard work and planning paid off.
We also want to thank our downlink and uplink teams who spent a huge amount of time working on this. Our camera was not designed to image interstellar objects 19 million miles away, but their hard work and planning paid off.
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Here’s an annotated version of our comet image.
We also want to thank our downlink and uplink teams who spent a huge amount of time working on this. Our camera was not designed to image interstellar objects 19 million miles away, but their hard work and planning paid off.
We also want to thank our downlink and uplink teams who spent a huge amount of time working on this. Our camera was not designed to image interstellar objects 19 million miles away, but their hard work and planning paid off.
Congrats to HiRISE and MRO for doing it again!
This is an OUTRAGEOUS image because it involves taking a spacecraft designed to roll 20˚ side-to-side but mostly point down, and having it pop a wheelie to point the camera away from the planet... (🧵) #PlanetSci 🧪
This is an OUTRAGEOUS image because it involves taking a spacecraft designed to roll 20˚ side-to-side but mostly point down, and having it pop a wheelie to point the camera away from the planet... (🧵) #PlanetSci 🧪
NASA's pix of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are now up science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Congrats to HiRISE and MRO for doing it again!
This is an OUTRAGEOUS image because it involves taking a spacecraft designed to roll 20˚ side-to-side but mostly point down, and having it pop a wheelie to point the camera away from the planet... (🧵) #PlanetSci 🧪
This is an OUTRAGEOUS image because it involves taking a spacecraft designed to roll 20˚ side-to-side but mostly point down, and having it pop a wheelie to point the camera away from the planet... (🧵) #PlanetSci 🧪
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November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight.
* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight.
* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
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The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
DAILY MEMO: Over 50 Arrested in Record Raids: Baby, Pregnant Mom, Gardeners, Sons, Elderly, Vendors, Unhoused In Last Two Days
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
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An Amazon climate summit built on contradiction, creating unease for California delegates - LA Times www.latimes.com/politics/sto... #COP30
An Amazon climate summit built on contradiction, creating unease for California delegates
As COP30 brings cruise ships to the rainforest, the tensions between climate ideals and political realities echo far beyond Brazil.
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
An Amazon climate summit built on contradiction, creating unease for California delegates - LA Times www.latimes.com/politics/sto... #COP30
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Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
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Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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The woman who discovered the first black hole
Betty Webster is a name to remember. Also: more rogue binary jovians
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
🔭 🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
🔭 🧪
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Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.
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Now that the US gov is open, 3I/ATLAS images from the Mars-orbiting HiRISE camera will soon be out. My money is on them looking just like regular cometary images. If that disappoints you, scan the HiRISE catalog for spectacular Mars images like this one uahirise.org/catalog/
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Now that the US gov is open, 3I/ATLAS images from the Mars-orbiting HiRISE camera will soon be out. My money is on them looking just like regular cometary images. If that disappoints you, scan the HiRISE catalog for spectacular Mars images like this one uahirise.org/catalog/
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After days of careful consideration in which all the evidence was weighed and the witnesses heard, they made their decision:
Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After days of careful consideration in which all the evidence was weighed and the witnesses heard, they made their decision:
Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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naturally Krauss is in the email dump today, where he decides that because Feynman was a known sexual predator, he could be one too
“I have decided that Feynman would have done what I did.. and I am therefore content.. no matter what..:)“
— Lawrence Krauss
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— Lawrence Krauss
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November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
naturally Krauss is in the email dump today, where he decides that because Feynman was a known sexual predator, he could be one too