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Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is 'truly unacceptable' Pope Leo XIV says that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization is “truly unacceptable” and that any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law.

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NASA Releases Photos of Far Side of the Moon From Artemis II Astronauts (Gift Article) See the photos taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their moon flyby.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Super cool new article by my friend & colleague Beatrice Stewart! --Far from junk: the clock in our DNA and its discoverer – aeon.co/essays/far-f... via @aeonmag

RIP D'Angelo :'(

JPL Workforce Decimated - Eos NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 11% of its staff today, including many people working on an active Mars rover mission. “There’s no whitewashing the ‘doomsday-eve’ feeling that's looming over all our heads,” wrote one JPL’er. eos.org/research-and...

NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a research and development lab funded by NASA — the federal space agency — and managed by the Caltech.

NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure

New Paper on Long Period Seismology on Titan by Andrea Bryant | StemJazz We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Andrea Bryant, a 2024 postdoctoral fellow in the department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, has just released a new paper titled “Long Period Seismol...

www.stemjazz.com/post/new-pap... -- honored :D I'm a little late to the party

Empowering voices and building bridges across the space community with Black In Astro - Nature Astronomy Black In Astro is a grassroots organization that offers support and networking for Black people working in or studying astronomy and space-related fields across the globe. Now five years old, it is es...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🖤

NASA begins push to slash workforce with more staff buyouts, early retirements as budget cuts loom NASA employees have until July 25 to decide if they'll stay or go.

NASA Goddard is pushing through a 48% staff reduction!!! This could impact the upcoming Roman Space Telescope and many other future Astro missions. News coverage seems not sensational enough. Are we really going to let NASA (as we know it) die quietly? www.space.com/space-explor...

Steve Carell Dance Break During Northwestern University Commencement Address YouTube video by C-SPAN

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qb3...
some joy in a midst of lots of bad news and doomscrolling all the time <3

If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.

We will hold this administration accountable.

Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question.

Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)

The Trump regime is out of control.

Sadly Halle Berry did not attend

USRA says the abstracts considered DEI were "removed" in the sense of being not discoverable, but they are more than not discoverable, they are no longer accessible at all. www.usra.edu/posts/fact-s...

Come hear me talk about seismometers on the Moon! 🌖

First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar YouTube video by 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive

I am speechless...
>> First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar
m.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...

‘Orwellian’: planetary scientists outraged over deletion of research records Researchers say that a NASA-funded institute is over-interpreting Trump’s anti-DEI order.

Researchers say that a NASA-funded institute is over-interpreting Trump’s anti-DEI order

https://go.nature.com/3YD039e

Pope Leo XIII - Wikipedia

Note: the previous Pope Leo reestablished the Vatican Observatory “so that everyone might see clearly that the Church & her Pastors are not opposed to true & solid science… but that they embrace it, encourage it, & promote it with the fullest possible devotion.” 🧪 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Le...

Chicago Pope!! He’s from Hyde Park, Chicago my old grad school neighborhood and my home town!

Happy Cinco de Mayo! 🇲🇽

darth vader is dancing in front of stormtroopers and saying `` may the fourth be with you ! '' ALT: darth vader is dancing in front of stormtroopers and saying `` may the fourth be with you ! ''

It’s May 4th💚🫡

Met a young Dragonfly enthusiast while working in the “Listening Room” a space curated by the Rebuild Foundation. Also I was bestowed the honor of taking one of these masterpieces home with me— can’t wait to frame it 😊

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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the government’s premiere report on the effects of climate change in the U.S.

Asking for a friend, are there any JPLers at this year's APS March meeting?

2 NASA astronauts return to Earth after an unexpectedly long mission in space NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were on the International Space Station more than nine months, despite launching into space in June for what was expected to be an eight-day mission.

Welcome home astronauts!! www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...

Brown University professor deported to Lebanon without explanation, despite U.S. visa A doctor from Lebanon who arrived at the Boston airport was deported over the weekend without explanation, despite having a U.S. visa and a job teaching at Brown University.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol.... This is awful — also Happy St. Patrick’s Day (sigh) ☘️🥺

The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump (Gift Article) Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

these words are disappearing in the new Trump administration:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...