My heart of hearts will have to bring up one objection.

Since this figure is communicating categories and not a gradient, a qualitative instead of a quantitative color scheme is probably easier to read. So e.g. in matplotlib dark2 instead of viridis. Sorry for the random nit-pick.

Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA “This would decimate American leadership in space.”…

Massive (68%) cut to NASA astrophysics proposed in WH budget. If this stands, it's the end of American pre-eminence in space science. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Mission accomplished for Integral, ESA’s gamma-ray telescope

After 22 years and 2000+ orbits (!) the @esa.int gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL is being retired. It was a critical asset in understanding the high-energy Universe, and I salute the team that made it happen.

www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

Would be nice to have somewhat more explicit description of the tasks it enables. Because I, as an astro PhD student, have yet to find a great usecase for these tools.

The image looks very much AI generated (hands, eyes, texture,...). Would be cool to communicate this, e.g. via the alt-text.

No, it is not! PLEASE just remove this AI nonsense. There are enough genuinely amazing images of the Helix nebula out there. No need to share this kind of slop.

Cite/credit your sources or be blocked!

Please! Provide a reference and best even a short explanation for these images.

Please give credit to the digital artist behind that image!
(or the AI used to generate this rendition)

Interesting that for a story about joy, they chose a title image that shows BlueSky already being invaded by pseudo scientific AI slop.
(The nebula in the background is fake)