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Award-Winning Science Journalist | Volcanology PhD | Stories in NYT, SciAm, NatGeo, MIT Tech Review, Quanta etc | Author: SUPER VOLCANOES š and HOW TO KILL AN ASTEROID šāļøš„ā ļø | (20635) Robinandrews
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialReposted by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNEW: On Oct 20, Japan will launch its most audacious space mission. Itās hoping to fly to Mars, land twice (!) on Phobos (āfearā), steal pieces of that alien moon, and bring āem home.
Thatās right: to pull of this heist, Japan must confront fear itself. @science.org
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialWife and Wolf adventure appreciation post, just because. :)
@boron110.bsky.socialReposted by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialThis week on the @science.org podcast, Japan's mission to a martian moon w/ @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialThatās lovely to hear! And thank you so much for all the help. Please do stay in touch: Iāll be covering the missionās many milestones for sure.
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@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialWoah. Thatās a pretty big single chunk of rock!
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNEW: On Oct 20, Japan will launch its most audacious space mission. Itās hoping to fly to Mars, land twice (!) on Phobos (āfearā), steal pieces of that alien moon, and bring āem home.
Thatās right: to pull of this heist, Japan must confront fear itself. @science.org
@leebillings.bsky.socialReposted by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNow on @sciam.bsky.social: NASAās Artemis II lunar mission may be more than half-year in the rearview, but itās still got more to show us. The space agency has just released more than 800 gigabytes of sights and sounds from the crewās close encounter with the Moon. By @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social.
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNEW: Yesterday, a Russian drone struck Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. For @nytimes.com, I looked into the institution, and found out that it was (is) a powerhouse of researchāyes, in military terms, but also in astronomy, nuclear physics and health.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialScotland makes it easy!
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialScotlandās gorgeous, by the way.
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNEW: So, the US military has (weirdly casually) mentioned that itās got space weapons in orbit around Earth.
For NatGeo, I dig into the deets: a short history of space weapons, what the new weapon may be, and (!) where it might be found.
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNo no, Iām pretty sure the Moon is a living, breathing menace with a soul torn straight from Cocytus itself and it is, factually, trying to kill everyone, all the time, without remorse.
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNEW: In Spring 2024, an asteroid perhaps as small as 30 feet across slammed into the Moon with the force of an atomic bomb, carving out a Coliseum-sized pit and scattering debris over 60 miles away.
Moon bases, beware. The Moonās trying to kill you.
@andreatweather.bsky.socialReposted by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialThe videos of this (click through) are tremendous. š§Ŗ
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNEW: This summer, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory became fully operational. And it's already seeing far-flung collapsing stars, diamantine galaxies and effervescing comets.
Thereās also a chance that, one day, Rubin will save the world. www.supercluster.com/editorial/th...
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialItās the wonderfully named Meerkat system operated by ESA. The NASA version for imminent impactors is called Scout. Same vibe, but ESA has the cuter version.
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialQuite enjoy getting this sort of alert. An asteroid has just been discovered before itāll hit Earth! Itāll enter the atmosphere just northwest of Australia. (Donāt worry: itās ~1m long, so itāll just make a cool, brief fireball. We arenāt all about to die.)
@squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialNEW: Soādid we just catch a glimpse of a dark matter particle? Are we about to find out what invisible glue holds the universe together?
Maybe! For NatGeo, I looked into the super cool finding, and the amazing experiment designed to hunt for answers. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
@dryad.technologyReposted by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.socialThis is the single biggest physics discovery of my entire lifetime. Or something's wrong with one of the cables. One of the two
