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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 1d

I concur - it's my absolute favourite feel-good movie too www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

‘Supremely satisfying’: why Strictly Ballroom is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers explaining their favourite comfort watches is a recommendation of Baz Luhrmann’s irresistible audience hit

www.theguardian.com

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 1d

A team of heliophysicists and machine learning experts in academia and industry has come together to develop Surya, the first foundation model for heliophysics, representing a new approach to studying and predicting solar activity. 🧪 🔭

Learn more: www.seti.org/news/surya-a...

Surya: A Foundation Model for Understanding Our Sun

www.seti.org

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible that we can spot such a tiny asteroid (1-3 meters!) as it whizzes past us. 🔭🚀

ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 2d

Asteroid 2025 TF flew over Antarctica at 00:47:26 UTC ± 18 s on 1 October, coming as close as 428 ± 7 km to Earth’s surface.

This is a similar altitude to the orbit of the International Space Station, and one of the closest approaches ever recorded.

www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

ESA spots asteroid that made very close approach to Earth

www.esa.int

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 2d

Thankful to science for vaccines 🧪👏

(on repeat today as I drag myself through the day feeling rubbish and unable to lift my arm).

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 7d

2 space agencies,
2 epic missions,
1 in-coming asteroid, and
1 sweet logo!

A joint launch for the ESA Ramses and JAXA DESTINY+ missions onboard the JAXA H3 is under consideration 🚀🛰️🛰️ Both missions will observe asteroid Apophis which will NOT HIT THE EARTH but make a close approach in 2029.

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, Jane Goodall.

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 6d

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 6d

This is called the pistachio tide and can confirm the rotten egg smell is very strong right now! aqua.org/stories/2023... #baltimore

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 6d

Little Red Dots have made it into the @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/473N9Wa #JWST

Black hole stars challenge our idea of the universe

A potentially new cosmic object raises the question of which came first: black holes, or stars and galaxies?

on.ft.com

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 6d

a headline straight from The Onion

The Aspen Times @theaspentimes.bsky.social · 6d

The popular travel magazine Travel + Leisure published an article Monday claiming the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport is the most stressful in the U.S.

Major publication claims Aspen airport is ‘most stressful’, but data is unreliable

www.aspentimes.com

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 7d

Now you're just reminding me that I still can't do a pull-up either 😞

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 7d

my research is just me writing cute 200-line python scripts creating 75 new plots almost daily for 6 months and still being nowhere near the science 😪

Are We Getting Close Stan Marsh GIF

ALT: Are We Getting Close Stan Marsh GIF

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

When an interstellar object passes close by, all eyes are on it!

#esa is making its solar system mission look at the #comet 3I/ATLAS: first #exomars TGO and #marsexpress when the comet passes close to Mars and then the #juice, currently on its way to […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

Infographic showing the path of comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object to enter our Solar System. It displays the orbits of Earth, Mars and the Juice spacecraft around the Sun, along with key dates and events as comet 3I/ATLAS travels through the inner Solar System in 2025. Coloured and numbered dots mark important observation points by telescopes and spacecraft.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 7d

The American right has picked, or more accurately invented, enemies on the left: blue-haired baristas, “Antifa,” Soros. In the interest of equity, I’m declaring war on suburban Golf Guys, electricians with four poorly paid employees, and MAHA moms. That’s fair, I think.

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 8d

Astronomers have long been blessed by the existence of #ADS - excited for the new @scixcommunity.bsky.social platform, expanding to other disciplines - developed via NASA #openscience funding. Look forward to trying it out! 🔭🧪

Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 8d

#SciX is created by the #ADS team & operates out of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under a NASA Cooperative Agreement. Created and developed by scientists, for scientists, SciX builds on decades of open research infrastructure and collaboration: https://bit.ly/CfASciXNews

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 8d

🇳🇦 VIDEO: Massive fire burns a third of Namibia's Etosha National Park

Fire has burnt a third of the vast Etosha National Park in Namibia--home to 114 species of mammals, notably the critically endangered black rhinoceros, and a major tourist attraction.

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Jason Spyromilio Ιάσων Σπυρομίλιος @apolitosb.bsky.social · 8d

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University of Leicester, Physics & Astronomy @physicsuol.bsky.social · 8d

Learn more about our research on gamma-ray bursts and other cosmic explosions here 💥 le.ac.uk/physics/rese...

Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics

Transient Astrophysics | Astrophysics | University of Leicester

At Leicester we study explosive transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts, the sources of gravitational waves and activity connected to galactic nuclei.

le.ac.uk

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Full Story Baltimore @fullstorybaltimore.tours · 8d

Faux Civil War recruiting poster, with text in a variety of vintage fonts, reading:
RALLY, NEIGHBORS,
FOR THE UNION
The walking tour
“Baltimore’s Confederate Shadows:
Mount Vernon to Midtown”
SOON TO TAKE THE STREETS!
Knowledge is power!
Let the rebels take warning!
NO SKEDADDLERS WANTED! FALL IN, FOLKS!
The Union MUST and SHALL BE preserved! The Rag of Treason must no longer define us!
On Saturday, October 4th, 7pm to 8:45pm
And Wednesday, October 15th, 7pm to 8:45pm
☞ Purchase tickets at https://fullstorybaltimore.tours/
Returning for two nights only
Do not miss this unique chance

Another faux Civil War recruiting poster, with text in a variety of vintage fonts, reading:
NOTICE!
RALLY, NEIGHBORS, FOR THE UNION
AWAKE! THE ENEMY ARE UPON US!
AND JOIN US ON THE WALKING TOUR
“Baltimore’s Confederate Shadows:
Mount Vernon to Midtown”
SOON TO TAKE THE STREETS!
Knowledge is power!
The Union MUST and SHALL BE preserved! The Rag of Treason must no longer define us!
On Saturday, October 4th, 7pm to 8:45pm
And Wednesday, October 15th, 7pm to 8:45pm
☞ Purchase tickets at https://fullstorybaltimore.tours/
Returning for two nights only
Do not miss this unique chance

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Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her) @astraughnomer.bsky.social · 8d

This #jwst story is full of weirdness: 1) auroras were found on a rogue planet (a planet w/o a star) 2) BILLIONS - TRILLIONS of rogue planets could exist in our Milky Way 🤯 3) this planet is 20 light-years away & ~12.7x the mass of Jupiter (pic is illustration) www.universetoday.com/articles/jam...

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 8d

STScI has put out a message for #JWST proposers in the case of a US Government shutdown this week. If your ability to complete & submit a proposal would be affected by a shutdown, please read carefully 🔭--> www.stsci.edu/contents/new...

JWST Cycle 5 Deadline Extension in Case of Government Shutdown

www.stsci.edu

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 9d

Berkeley Lab: Honoring the Legacy of George Smoot

elements.lbl.gov/news/honorin... 🧪 #Cosmology

A portrait of Nobel Prize cosmologist George Smoot.

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 9d

😲 should be good!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9d

Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show next year.

Latin superstar Bad Bunny will headline the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show

Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show next year. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that the Grammy winner will perform at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 8.

bit.ly

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9d

Effect of tariffs I've seen

— Higher clothing prices overall
— Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer
— US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty
— Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers

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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 9d

Today on the arXiv:

Ye et al. 2025, "Small Near-Earth Objects in the Taurid Resonant Swarm" - arxiv.org/abs/2509.22602

And

@astrokiwi.bsky.social et al. 2025, "The Origins & Reservoirs of Exocomets" - arxiv.org/abs/2509.22541

Small Near-Earth Objects in the Taurid Resonant Swarm

The Taurid Resonant Swarm (TRS) within the Taurid Complex hosts dynamically-concentrated debris in a 7:2 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. Fireball observations have confirmed that the TRS is rich i...

arxiv.org

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 9d

Respect to swimmers everywhere. Swimming is hard!!

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 10d

Smalltimore's most compelling asset SHOULD be its walkability and bike-ability. Instead: "...so far in 2025, 339 people have been killed on Maryland roadways as of Wednesday, including 67 pedestrians. In Baltimore, 24 people have died, including five pedestrians."

Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 10d

A small diy traffic tracking device, being used in Baltimore, neat >> www.thebanner.com/community/tr...

Baltimore neighborhoods are using these devices to source their own traffic data

Telraam devices are all over Europe. Now they’re helping Baltimore neighborhoods track traffic.

www.thebanner.com

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