Bob Trembley
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Bob Trembley: Podcast host and Factotum for the Vatican Observatory Foundation, Volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, President of Michigan's Warren Astronomical Society. My posts are my own.
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Superb video included in today's JPL update for #PerseveranceRover (www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...). With synthetic frames and obviously, the rover doesn't move that fast, but the final result is impressive.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Superb video included in today's JPL update for #PerseveranceRover (www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...). With synthetic frames and obviously, the rover doesn't move that fast, but the final result is impressive.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Updates from the Square Kilometre Array 🔭:
15,000 antennas on the ground, four stations have undergone commissioning testing using the Sun to calibrate the antenna responses.
They’ve rediscovered 56 pulsars and created their first image - each point is a bright radio galaxy go baby SKA! #SALFXI
15,000 antennas on the ground, four stations have undergone commissioning testing using the Sun to calibrate the antenna responses.
They’ve rediscovered 56 pulsars and created their first image - each point is a bright radio galaxy go baby SKA! #SALFXI
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Updates from the Square Kilometre Array 🔭:
15,000 antennas on the ground, four stations have undergone commissioning testing using the Sun to calibrate the antenna responses.
They’ve rediscovered 56 pulsars and created their first image - each point is a bright radio galaxy go baby SKA! #SALFXI
15,000 antennas on the ground, four stations have undergone commissioning testing using the Sun to calibrate the antenna responses.
They’ve rediscovered 56 pulsars and created their first image - each point is a bright radio galaxy go baby SKA! #SALFXI
What was Pluto classified as again? A dwarf PLANET, or not-a planet?
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What was Pluto classified as again? A dwarf PLANET, or not-a planet?
Madis - Plains of Elysium (Live Performance in Silesian Planetarium)
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the planetarium dome behind him as he plays.
youtu.be/VW43Ja66raY
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the planetarium dome behind him as he plays.
youtu.be/VW43Ja66raY
Madis - Plains of Elysium (Live Performance in Silesian Planetarium)
YouTube video by Madis
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December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Madis - Plains of Elysium (Live Performance in Silesian Planetarium)
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the planetarium dome behind him as he plays.
youtu.be/VW43Ja66raY
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the planetarium dome behind him as he plays.
youtu.be/VW43Ja66raY
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NEW: Despite being disqualified from serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Trump loyalist Alina Habba and the DOJ are still claiming she’s the top federal prosecutor in the state. And she isn’t the first Trump appointee to do so.
Despite Disqualifications, Trump Appointees Still Claim to Be Top Federal Prosecutors
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
NEW: Despite being disqualified from serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Trump loyalist Alina Habba and the DOJ are still claiming she’s the top federal prosecutor in the state. And she isn’t the first Trump appointee to do so.
Brown Dwarf candidate BEBOP-4 AB b - an exoplanet orbiting a binary pair added to SpaceEngine.
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Brown Dwarf candidate BEBOP-4 AB b - an exoplanet orbiting a binary pair added to SpaceEngine.
The last starfighter (1984) - Starcar from out of this world
YouTube video by Aaron Clause
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November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Kitten Space Agency has now been downloaded over 50,000 times!
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November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Kitten Space Agency has now been downloaded over 50,000 times!
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#kittenspaceagency #RocketWerkz
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#kittenspaceagency #RocketWerkz
NASA News page says "Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website."
Source NASA Page:https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-confirms-evidence-that-liquid-water-flows-on-todays-mars/
Source NASA Page:https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-confirms-evidence-that-liquid-water-flows-on-todays-mars/
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NASA News page says "Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website."
Source NASA Page:https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-confirms-evidence-that-liquid-water-flows-on-todays-mars/
Source NASA Page:https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-confirms-evidence-that-liquid-water-flows-on-todays-mars/
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You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Brother Guy will be the guest for COSMIC PERSPECTIVE RADIO, hosted by Andy Poniros. Thursday, Nov. 13th, 6:00pm-7:00pm ET.
WPKN 89.5 fm & live streaming at wpkn.org/listen-live/
WPKN 89.5 fm & live streaming at wpkn.org/listen-live/
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Brother Guy will be the guest for COSMIC PERSPECTIVE RADIO, hosted by Andy Poniros. Thursday, Nov. 13th, 6:00pm-7:00pm ET.
WPKN 89.5 fm & live streaming at wpkn.org/listen-live/
WPKN 89.5 fm & live streaming at wpkn.org/listen-live/
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November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Editors: if you let me write a story that’s essentially called “It’s a fucking comet, people. It’s just a comet” about 3I/ATLAS, with exactly that tone, I will basically write it for free.
October 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Editors: if you let me write a story that’s essentially called “It’s a fucking comet, people. It’s just a comet” about 3I/ATLAS, with exactly that tone, I will basically write it for free.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
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An ultra-high-energy neutrino spotted by a detector in the Mediterranean Sea could be the result of an exploding black hole.
This is a highly speculative interpretation--but exactly the kind of far-out exploration made possible by new neutrino experiments. 🧪🔭
news.mit.edu/2025/could-p...
This is a highly speculative interpretation--but exactly the kind of far-out exploration made possible by new neutrino experiments. 🧪🔭
news.mit.edu/2025/could-p...
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
An ultra-high-energy neutrino spotted by a detector in the Mediterranean Sea could be the result of an exploding black hole.
This is a highly speculative interpretation--but exactly the kind of far-out exploration made possible by new neutrino experiments. 🧪🔭
news.mit.edu/2025/could-p...
This is a highly speculative interpretation--but exactly the kind of far-out exploration made possible by new neutrino experiments. 🧪🔭
news.mit.edu/2025/could-p...
Registration purchased, room booked. We're GOING!
We are honored to welcome Larry Niven to Windycon 51: Rise of the Machines!
Author of the legendary Ringworld and winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Larry’s visionary storytelling has helped shape the landscape of modern science fiction.
Author of the legendary Ringworld and winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Larry’s visionary storytelling has helped shape the landscape of modern science fiction.
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Registration purchased, room booked. We're GOING!
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We are honored to welcome Larry Niven to Windycon 51: Rise of the Machines!
Author of the legendary Ringworld and winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Larry’s visionary storytelling has helped shape the landscape of modern science fiction.
Author of the legendary Ringworld and winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Larry’s visionary storytelling has helped shape the landscape of modern science fiction.
October 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We are honored to welcome Larry Niven to Windycon 51: Rise of the Machines!
Author of the legendary Ringworld and winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Larry’s visionary storytelling has helped shape the landscape of modern science fiction.
Author of the legendary Ringworld and winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Larry’s visionary storytelling has helped shape the landscape of modern science fiction.
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1/2 Here's an image from this morning 11 October 2025 of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). It's an eight-minute exposure with a Celestron Origin telescope. 🔭
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
1/2 Here's an image from this morning 11 October 2025 of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). It's an eight-minute exposure with a Celestron Origin telescope. 🔭
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October 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
If you're horrified by this, complete the survey.
cc @niais.bsky.social
Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
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Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
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