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Gene J. Mikulka

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Founded the Talking Space Podcast in 2009. Immersed in spaceflight since the Apollo days, Space Advocate and lovebird Dad. All Opinions are mine alone and don't reflect the position of the podcast. https://www.talkingspaceonline.com

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · Feb 17

For the final time with both of the girls, Maxine 🦅(who flew into eternity today 2/16/2025) and Emerald 🦜wish all peace. Fly high, my little bald eagle, fly high. #TheDailyLovebird (Video recorded 22 November, 2018)

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 3h

Emerald Lucille Lovebird 🦜 wishes all, peace 🕊️ #TheDailyLovebird

A peach-faced pied lovebird sitting on her perch.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 11h

This new catalogue of dust devils gives us a much clearer picture of the Red Planet’s weather and climate.

But besides pure science, it will also be useful for planning future missions, like dealing with the irksome dust that settles on the solar panels of our robotic rovers.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 8h

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2029UT 8 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

The Moon at waning gibbous phase on a dark background.

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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 9h

Moonlight illuminates Typhoon Halong while the infrared band reveals the inner structure of the storm, captured yesterday by NOAA-20.

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 8h

If you have SiriusXM listen to POTUS Channel 124. They do it constantly. PS CBS News has been calling this out on a regular basis as well. Follow @macfarlanenews.bsky.social

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO @thenrao.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: Cosmic Tug-of-War: Gravity Reshapes Magnetic Fields in Star Clusters

A record-breaking ALMA survey delivers the first statistical evidence that collapsing gas clouds realign their magnetic fields, tipping the cosmic balance in favor of gravity.

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #ALMA

Cosmic Tug-of-War: Gravity Reshapes Magnetic Fields in Star Clusters - National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how massive stars are born, revealing a dramatic interplay between gravity...

public.nrao.edu

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 10h

Emerald sends her thanks!

Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 10h

This is so much my Emerald!

A peach-faced pied lovebird looks up. Her beak is wide open.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social · 12h

Golden hour hits different above 2600 meters. ✨🌅

NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory basks in that sunset ✨glow✨ at its site on Cerro Pachón. And with over 300 clear nights on average per year here, that's a lot of sunset basking we get to do! 🔭🧪

Large boot-shaped observatory with a massive telescope dome reflecting orange and golden sunset light atop its rocky mountain site.

Large boot-shaped observatory with a massive telescope dome atop its rocky mountain site, with the golden glow of sunset over the rolling peaks in the distance.

Large boot-shaped observatory on a rocky mountain peak during a vibrant sunset with layered mountain ranges in the background.

Drone shot of a massive teal telescope within an observatory's dome with a vertical opening, surrounded by winding mountain roads and dry terrain.

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US National Gemini Office @usngo.bsky.social · 14h

This stunning cloud of gas and dust forms part of the Carina Nebula. noirlab.edu/public/image... #astronomy

📷: Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Hartigan (Rice University). Proc: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University), Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin

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SpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.social · 11h

Space Force taps Muon’s wildfire monitoring satellites for weather imaging

Muon Space won a $44.6 million contract to demonstrate dual-use environmental monitoring constellation

Space Force taps Muon’s wildfire monitoring satellites for weather imaging

Muon Space won a $44.6 million contract to demonstrate dual-use environmental monitoring constellation

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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 6d

In her last interview before she died, Jane Goodall issued an urgent call to safeguard the Earth, warning that "humans are not exempt from extinction.”

In Her Final Interview, Jane Goodall Issues Urgent Call to Protect the Planet

e360.yale.edu

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 11h

🆕Researchers combed through images from ESA's #MarsExpress & #ExoMars spacecraft to find 1039 swirling dust devils 🌪️

Using these dust devils to track raging winds on Mars, their findings include that the strongest winds blow much faster than we thought!

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🧪 ☄️

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AAS Press Office @press.aas.org · 11h

Carnegie Mellon University: X-Ray Study Reveals New Details About Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...

X-Ray Study Reveals New Details About Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have detected that the red supergiant Betelgeuse may have a companion star, Betelbuddy.

www.cmu.edu

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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 12h

The Senate just again defeated the Republican CR, having previously defeated the Democratic alternative. Shutdown continues at least another day.

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14h

Updated stats based on Blue Origin release: NS-36 took off at 1340:36 UTC and landed at 1350:48 UTC for a flight time of 10m12s, and reached an apogee of 106.81 km above mean sea level

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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 14h

The Senate may not have voted on the CR yesterday, but they did approve en bloc more than 100 presidential nominations including that of Neil Jacobs to be NOAA Administrator. He was Acting NOAA Admin in 1st Trump Admin during the "Sharpiegate" incident.

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 14h

Via #BlueOrigin - Press Release: Blue Origin Completes 36th New Shepard Flight to Space www.blueorigin.com/news/new-she...

Blue Origin Completes 36th New Shepard Flight to Space | Blue Origin

Blue Origin successfully completed the 36th flight for the New Shepard program. New Shepard has now flown 86 humans (80 individuals) into space.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 19h

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Some really interesting ideas here (pre-print) from Michael Kramer and Simon Johnston (SJ works with us!).

Unlike the conventional concept of radio emissions in millisecond pulsars coming from polar caps, could they also be coming from regions where gamma-rays are emitted?!

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Radio emission from beyond the light cylinder in millisecond pulsars

A striking aspect of the radio profiles of many millisecond pulsars (MSPs) is that they consist of components separated from each other by regions lacking in emission. We devise a technique for determ...

arxiv.org

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 17h

Here's why to know about "metal-organic frameworks," which are...cooler than they sound, let's go with. And now Nobel-winning! 🧪

Josh Fischman @jfischman.bsky.social · 17h

Finally! After decades of also-runs, amazing molecular cages-which can do everything from trapping greenhouse gases to delivering and releasing drugs at specific parts of the body- won the Chemistry Nobel. Read @megha.bsky.social 's story, here, and watch for updates today.

2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment

Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 16h

#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day

NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula

Credit: Nevenka Blagovic Horvat & Miroslav Horvat

www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭

Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula, featured here, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer. The active star-forming region spans 100 about light years, making it appear larger than the angular extent of the Moon. The Wizard Nebula can be located with a small telescope toward the constellation of the King of Aethiopia (Cepheus). Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.

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William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.social · 14h

Leaving the Kennedy Space Center today, got a nice view of a New Glenn first stage heading to the pad…

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Lukas C. H. @gewoonlukas.bsky.social · 17h

Blue Origin is rolling out their second "Glenn Stage 1" booster nicknamed "Never Tell Me The Odds"! The booster is on its way to LC-36, where it is planned to be hotfired later this month in preparation for launch of NASA's EscaPADE mission a few weeks later in early-November.

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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 1d

Dark Energy Might Be Emerging from the Hearts of Black Holes

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery

www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-d...

Are Black Holes Creating Dark Energy?

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery

www.scientificamerican.com

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