It passed the spelling check.

Bill Grueskin, a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, said Hegseth’s latest attacks on the press revealed a misunderstanding of the role of the media in the U.S. “It’s no surprise that a Fox News host who has done so little actual reporting in his career would fail to understand how journalists do their jobs,” Grueskin said. “But Hegseth gives it away when he says, ‘Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what side some of you are actually on.’” “Ideally, reporters are on the side of the truth and see their role as providing the most accurate, complete and transparent account of what’s happening on the ground,” added Grueskin, a former senior editor at the Miami Herald, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News. “That is especially difficult given that Hegseth himself has limited journalists’ access at the Pentagon and that it’s almost impossible for U.S. reporters to work inside Iran’s borders.”

yes, that's an accurate quote www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

We learned a lot from the Moon rock samples brought back by Apollo astronauts. They did not have the technology to extract samples of solid rock in the 1960’s. The astronauts also deployed seismometers on the Moon that provided deep structure information. Today we have robots that are capable.

The latest eruption at Kilauea appears to be starting! We should see large lava fountains soon. Tune in live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...

This Artemis dashboard has more information than the official NASA dashboard. It was created by a Canadian space enthusiast (@chad@mstdn.ca) artemis.cdnspace.ca

The view from Orion includes part of the far side of the Moon that you can never see from Earth.

Black text on white background “Happy Easter, New York!  Today, millions of New Yorkers celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the victory of hope over despair and faith over fear.  As the air warms and cherry blossoms begin to bloom, this holy day is a sacred time to pause and reflect on a season of rebirth. Whether you spend this day singing in pews, parading on Fifth Avenue, joining a processional guided by the bamboo trumpets of Haitian Rara music, or hunting for painted eggs amidst the spring grass, I wish every New Yorker celebrating a joyous day.  Let us all embrace this holiday's spirit of hope and renewal as we build the City — and the world — that we deserve.”

Globally, March 2026 was the 4th warmest on record. About 6% of the Earth their warmest March, and 0.5% had their coolest March.

The Moon! At right is a portion of the surface not visible to us on Earth because the Moon is tidally locked (i.e., it shows the same face to us all the time).

The Artemis II crew is now getting a good look at the Moon—including parts we can't see from Earth!

At the right of the Moon in this view is the Mare Orientale multiring basin, only a portion of which is visible to us normally.

In this photo, the Moon's south pole is to the top.

In the last five years, huge utility-scale battery storage facilities have been added to the California grid. These are owned by companies that sell the power to the grid and have largely replaced the natural gas peaker generators. I don’t know details of the electricity cost.

The total battery power to the California grid last week reached 12 GW on one day, just after sunset. Spreading out the solar energy in time is key.

An image of the entire Earth, with Northern Africa and the North Pole visible at the lower left. It looks like daytime but it is actually illuminated by moonlight. There’s a bright arc along the lower right where the sun is coming through from behind. There’s a bright dot on the lower right (Venus) and a glow (zodiacal light). A few stars can be seen in the dark beyond the Earth.

An image of the entire Earth, with Northern Africa and the North Pole visible at the lower left. It is dark with muted colors. There’s a very bright arc along the lower right where the sun is coming through from behind. There’s a small dot on the lower right (Venus). The background is dark with a few faint stars visible.

The whole-Earth-at-night photo from the #Artemis II mission was brighter than many expected. That was mostly due to camera settings; here’s another pic taken just before with diff settings. Digital photography is always subjective—even before processing! (HT @swapnakrishna.com @jasonc0.bsky.social)

Yes, the WaPo editorial and opinions page is now at the same part of the political spectrum as the WSJ. The WSJ now has better news reporting.

Graphic with the text "Action Alert: AAS urges advocacy against proposed cuts to science in President's Budget Request"

The President's Budget Request proposes a 47% cut to NASA Science, a 55% cut to NSF, and a 13% cut to the DOE Office of Science. AAS President Dr. Dara Norman sent a call to action to AAS members via email today. Urge your members of Congress to reject these cuts now! aas.org/reject-2027-...

Ok I missed that the bright “star”
At the bottom right is Venus the first nine billion times I saw this picture.

Someone take away my PhD.

But also Earth and Venus in the same shot! 😮

trump regime: "we're not gonna give up the moon because we're ultra alpha males who want to own space"

*immediately proposes to cut budget to levels not seen since before we first funded apollo*

Never believe a word these dipshits say

It is true that NASA signed contracts with SpaceX and Blue Origin for them to provide spacecraft to land NASA astronauts on the Moon. They are supposed to be ready to land in 2028. Artemis IV and V would launch astronauts to near Moon and dock with the landers, then bring them back to Earth.

The NASA Artemis II launch had nothing to do with Elon or SpaceX.

But they will make the lines shorter.

A screengrab of Ski Santa Fe's website stating that it will be closing three to four weeks earlier than normal this year.

While our fav little ski place at the southern end of the Rockies has had its ups and downs, I've never, ever seen it close this early any time in the last 20 years. 😰

Then there's the massive early season dumps at Banff and late-season snow in the Northeast.

This truly is 'global weirding'

To be fair, I have not listened to CBS radio news in years. I only listen to NPR news on the radio.

The closure ends nearly 100 years of radio programming from CBS. The closure ends nearly 100 years of radio programming from CBS.

Wow. Just announced-- Bari Weiss and co. are shutting down CBS News Radio.

deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-...

A time sequence of three panels side by side. From left to right, the panels are labeled November 8, 2025; November 9, 2025; and November 10, 2025. This series of images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the fragmenting comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), or K1 for short, was taken over the course of three consecutive days. The sequence shows the progressive disintegration of the comet over this brief period. Each panel features several bright, fuzzy, blue, streaking lights in a diagonal line from the upper left to the lower right of a black background. In the first panel, four comet-like objects appear. The largest is the second from the upper left. In the second panel, the largest object has broken into two pieces. In the third panel, the pieces appear to be moving away from each other along the invisible diagonal line.

Hubble just witnessed a comet in the act of breaking apart! Scientists didn’t know C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) was fragmenting until they viewed the images the day after Hubble took them. (1/6) 🧵 ☄️ 🔭

Formerly maligned, I would say. President Kennedy was the end of the discrimination against Irish Americans.

It was over 90 F in Pasadena, California today. Your weather may vary.

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Hey! Come work with me at NExScI!!! #jobs #exoplanets

JPL is hiring a new NExScI Executive Director to replace Chas, who will work with the Deputy Director (David Ciardi) and Chief Scientist (that's me!) in leading NExScI and our suite of impactful exoplanet programs.

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Oil Begins Flowing Through California Pipeline Under Trump Order

Corrupt Trump admin does the bidding of Sable corporation and reopens a pipeline that burst in Santa Barbara a decade ago. You have to wonder who in the administration is getting kickbacks for this. Oh and they are running it through a state park, illegally.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

Unfortunately, the interstellar comet has methanol and not ethanol. The aliens onboard may have different biology from us.

But think about the oil companies! They deserve some profits after all those donations to the President

Zodiacal light with a reflection in Upper Lake Mary near Flagstaff, Arizona.

Zodiacal light -- as in the previous image -- but with all the satellite tracks still present.

Zodiacal light from March 2014 -- before the Starlink era.

Zodiacal light was easy to see over N AZ last night.

The 2nd image is before all the satellite tracks were removed in software.

The 3rd image is the zodiacal light in March 2014--before Starlink. There are no satellite tracks that needed to be removed in that older image.

#astrophotography