Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Hey, look, I'm a Verstappen hater but him being out of F1 would make races less interesting. I watch TO WATCH HIM LOSE. I just hope everyone else has a good time.

opine on matters of theology? Asshole, he's the pope!

"As we all know, the natural habitat for the Earth is actually water."

Steamed Hams full transcript Well, Seymour, I made it- despite your directions. Ah. Superintendent Chalmers. Welcome. - I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable luncheon. - Yeah. Oh, egads! My roast is ruined. But what if I were to purchase fast food and disguise it as my own cooking? Delightfully devilish, Seymour. Ah- Skinner with his crazy explanations The superintendent's gonna need his medication When he hears Skinner's lame exaggerations There'll be trouble in town tonight Seymour! Superintendent, I was just- uh, just stretching my calves on the windowsill. Isometric exercise. Care to join me? Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour? Uh- Oh. That isn't smoke. It's steam. Steam from the steamed clams we're having. Mmm. Steamed clams. Whew. Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouthwatering hamburgers. I thought we were having steamed clams. D'oh, no. I said steamed hams. That's what I call hamburgers. You call hamburgers steamed hams? Yes. It's a regional dialect. - Uh-huh. Uh, what region? - Uh, upstate New York. Really. Well, I'm from Utica, and I've never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams. " Oh, not in Utica. No. It's an Albany expression. I see. You know, these hamburgers are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger. Oh, no. Patented Skinner burgers. Old family recipe. - For steamed hams. - Yes. Yes. And you call them steamed hams despite the fact that they are obviously grilled. Ye- You know, the- One thing I should- - Excuse me for one second. - Of course. Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all. I'm pooped. Yes. I should be- Good Lord! What is happening in there? - Aurora borealis. - Uh- Aurora borealis at this time of year at this time of day in this part of the country localized entirely within your kitchen? - Yes. - May I see it? No. Seymour. ! The house is on fire. ! No, Mother. It's just the northern lights. Well, Seymour, you are an odd fellow but I must say you steam a good ham.

Today is officially the 30th anniversary of Steamed Hams. On April 14, 1996, "22 Short Films About Springfield" aired for the first time!

Overview of Hayabusa2 extended mission's flyby of Near-Earth Asteroid (98943) Torifune Masatoshi Hirabayashi et al. The Hayabusa2 extended mission, nicknamed Hayabusa2# (# is pronounced SHARP, which stands for the Small Hazardous Asteroid Reconnaissance Probe), is JAXA's small body explorer to conduct science and engineering investigations in space. After the successful return to the Earth with the samples from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu on December 6, 2020, Hayabusa2 diverted away from Earth to start its decade-long extended mission. The major scope includes engineering demonstration of long-term maintenance strategies for spacecraft and operation systems and scientific investigations during various mission phases. Major scientific investigations include spacecraft-based telescopic observations of exoplanets and zodiacal dust observations during the cruise phase, flyby observations of the near-Earth asteroid (98943) Torifune in July 2026, and rendezvous observations of near-Earth asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031. This study overviews Hayabusa2#'s flyby and the physical properties of Torifune. Although the flyby operation planning is still ongoing, the mission will attempt to fly by the target at a distance (from the asteroid's center) of ~1-10 km. The flyby speed is planned to be 5.25 km/s, while the encounter location is 0.81 au from the sun. The mission plans to fix the spacecraft's orientation during the flyby, only allowing for a very limited pointing change to attain higher resolution imaging. The mission will attempt to obtain science and engineering returns during the flyby. The planned investigations will offer stronger insights into material transport mechanisms in the inner solar system and a demonstration of planetary defense technologies. PSJ, in press

Every time I see the name of this near-Earth asteroid, I think "wow, there's a mission to Toshiro Mifune??".

arxiv.org/abs/2604.08832

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98943_T...

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

When you've been to Sky Harbor enough times:

I should not be having to explain the Avignon papacy on Bluesky!

In Candy Hansen's passing we lost a giant in planetary science. She was one of those driving forces, always open to every one, pushing everything in the right direction. I dedicate my recent work push for the planetarypy package to her memory. She'd be happy that one now can do this:

Looking good, but I have a worry. What will Donnie do if Orban loses?

"I'm not fired! I quit!" energy

All of my prettiest shots from Cassini were using pre-arranged times but we didn’t get those times for pretty shots I just noticed that the wac would have an interesting background

See this is why I didn’t get my PhD. Enough responsibility to be involved on cool missions, but not so much that I can’t say fuck online.

If we get out of here, then we’ll have to talk to that asshole again… so we’ll just stay in here thanks. We have snacks.

Exciting is fine for movies. Nominal and boring is great for real life. Welcome home, Artemis II. So glad everything is nominal!

phew.

He was nothing but kind to me back then, living and working on my own for the first and then the second time in my life, after I came back to Arizona after finishing up HS.

I see a lot of the work I do as the successor of his Galileo work and I wish I had the chance to talk to him about it.

Found out about this yesterday but this still stings. Paul Geissler passed away on March 23. He had spent the last 20+ years working on Mars HiRISE from Flagstaff, but I knew him best from when I was just starting out here at Arizona as a high school student.

www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

I keep wondering when the Brotherhood of Steel show up.

I regularly confuse this show and the Fallout 3 DLC.

Meme of Bart Simpson saying "What an odd thing to say"

if France tried to impose their will on the Avignon popes, then it was a tail wagging the dog situation most of the time.

The French Crown, or well, the French crown's brother TRIED to "use military force to impose their will" once and failed.

Then again, I still think Louis of Orleans was a complete idiot so that might have had something to do with it. A lack of brain cells in his narcissistic head...

Okay, excellent analysis of the present situation. Terrible medieval history (not sure who did it though, the article's author or the US official)

Besides I don't trust Trump to build a "Palace of the Popes" of West Palm Beach that isn't gaudy.

I like the current pope. He's cool. so no.

The pope's bedroom at the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France. This is a brick walled room that looks like it is under construction, with wooden floors only closer to the viewer. Much of the floor and walls look unfinished or uncovered and have areas of plaster. A more modern sculpture made of interlocking, shiny, silver cubes fills part of the room.

the bedroom looks quite uncomfortable

huh, I actually went to Avignon last year to visit the papal palace there...

I think we are in that this is an issue that needs to be resolved and I think the IAU is moving the right direction.

I’m was being a bit facetious by blaming Venus when this is really a sexism problem with people in the IAU who had segregated women and female-coded first names to Venus.

23 were men or male-coded first names, while 18 were women or female-coded first names. There is still an imbalance but this could be due to the amount of historic Chinese scientists were honored, of which none were women.