Hope is all well and good, but when it comes to fighting for Earth, one other motivation may be just as--or even more--powerful, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social told Science Quickly. Listen to the full episode here: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
Noise Pollution. 267,000 additional flights annually, 756 more planes over local communities every day, 42 extra aircraft every hour.
Heathrow expansion doesn't just mean more planes. It means more noise and more health risks.
More than 460 schools around Heathrow already experience aircraft noise levels known to impair children’s memory and learning. Expansion will worsen that problem.
Read that again.
#NoThirdRunway
How "green" is green fuel?
Greenpeace Unearthed reveals UK so-called sustainable aviation fuel may be linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.
Beef fat used in SAF comes from supply chains tied to rainforest loss, with no oversight.
Read the report👇
https://bit.ly/4mxqvfc
a screenshot of a google search for "nearest star" with a pop-up asking if you'd like to "see results closer to you?"
i don't think that'll make the result any more precise, but sure
Artemis II Return NASA's Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, along with Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), splashes down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, at 5:07 p.m. PDT, (8:07 p.m. EDT) on Friday, April 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight launched on Wednesday, April 1, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin its 10-day journey around the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. NASA’s Landing and Recovery team and the U.S. military are coordinating efforts to extract the Artemis II crew from the Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...
NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch seen smiling in their orange flight suits on the helicopter that picked them up from the Orion capsule.
The triumph of NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in a half-century is a reminder of what the moon really means for Earth—and why we’re going back: www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
Fuel shocks expose just how dependent our transport system still is on oil and gas. With most journeys still made by car, households are left vulnerable to sudden price rises.
This is a stark reminder: we must reduce our reliance or fossil-fuelled travel.
A single line in this piece just made my day:
“The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.”
Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
![[alt text from NASA] Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. Orientale basin is perched on the edge of the visible lunar surface. Hertzsprung Basin appears as two subtle concentric rings, which are interrupted by Vavilov, a younger crater superimposed over the older structure. The lines of indentations are secondary crater chains formed by ejecta from the massive impact that created Orientale. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:62gdkmpwa7xme36getyqnem3/bafkreihs3j4t6tdr676kxxsq2qkr4eyibwusmqtsjzjh3r4orycnjocaqm)
[alt text from NASA] Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. Orientale basin is perched on the edge of the visible lunar surface. Hertzsprung Basin appears as two subtle concentric rings, which are interrupted by Vavilov, a younger crater superimposed over the older structure. The lines of indentations are secondary crater chains formed by ejecta from the massive impact that created Orientale. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region.
Because the Moon is tidally locked to the Earth, if you build your habitat on some plot of near-side regolith you can put the little Earth anywhere in the sky you want & it’ll stay there, lazily meandering around just a little as the Moon wobbles in its orbit.
A view of Earthset from #Artemis II.
"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.”
The crew all shared a hug after.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...
This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥
The reaction of Dr Kelsey Young at the Science Desk was one of the best things in the feed but I'd also like to acknowledge the dude in the lower left corner of the control room view doing his own little dance of joy during Jeremy Hansen's discussion of his corona observations. #Artemis
The #Artemis II crew has just been given their upcoming distance of closest approach to the Moon as 4067 statute miles and they replied jokingly that they would prefer the number in kilometers and parsecs.
Astronauts... they're just like us [astronomers] ! 🥲
Christina Koch’s facial profile backlit by Earth in the background, through the spacecraft window
So, to sum up, a couple of days ago Christina Koch became the first woman to see Earth in its entirety, and today – right now, in fact – she is the first woman to see the Moon up close, and the first woman to see the far side. 🥹
Screenshot of Artemis II astronauts in Integrity (Orion spacecraft) doing a group hug
Group hug on Orion after the announcement of the astronauts suggestion to name a Moon crater in honor of Reid Wiseman's deceased wife. 😢
This morning's wake up call was a good reminder that sometimes we just need to enjoy the good things when they're happening :)
A mother and daughter standing at the edge of a strawberry field where they are working
"Rio" and her daughter "Izarra" harvest strawberries to support 3 young children. They're worried as rent is expensive and they're not sure if they will be able to cover the rent for their small trailer as they worked less hours because of the rainy weather last month. #WeFeedYou
Londoners don't want more planes in the sky. Only 11% of people surveyed said more aeroplanes should be allowed to fly over London.
The message from Londoners is simple: don’t add more flights.
Expanding airports not only ignores what people want, but will damage our health and our planet.
So, why are airport expansions still on the table?
A series of buttons for different levels. The bottom level is labeled "Earth" and the top level is called "Space"
At Kennedy Space Center astronauts have to take elevators to the top of launch pad towers in order to enter their space capsules before lift off. This is the elevator panel at Pad 39A.
A diagram showing the path of the Artemis II mission around Earth and then out around the moon and back. Below, text reads Artemis II's journey to the moon, day by day across 10 days
Highlights from the first half of the Artemis II mission include entering high Earth orbit on day 1, setting a trajectory toward the moon and back on day 2, practicing flyby procedures on days 3 and 4, and entering the moon's gravitational influence on day 5.
Highlights of the second half of the mission include traveling behind and photographing the moon on day 6, continuing experiments on days seven through 10, and reentry and splashdown on day 10.
NASA’s Artemis II mission is aiming to launch in less than three hours! If all goes smoothly, the astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft are in for a packed 10-day schedule as they journey around the moon’s far side.
Graphic by Amanda Montañez; Source: NASA (reference)
I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.
I think this is empirically true. In part because "critical thinking" has led to "distrust the experts," which is not the right message. It just allows people to trust kooky non-experts and validate their own biases, then pat themselves on the back for their advanced critical faculties.
Farm workers working in a vegetable field under a hot sun
The high today is Arvin CA reached 91°. Farm workers are out under the hot sun harvesting asian vegetables for our tables. "Cristina" shares, "This work is very difficult. It is very hot as we are directly under the sun with very little shade." #WeFeedYou
A farm worker resting of strawberry picking. Her pants are discolored with strawberry stains
The short peak season has begun in the strawberries on CA's Central Coast. In this 9 hour day, "Irma" managed to pick 90 flats or 1,020 of the plastic 1 pint boxes we buy at a supermarket. (A flat holds 12 plastic one pint baskets). She earns $2.20 a flat. #WeFeedYou
Spring is spring-ing on campus! 😍💐
Thanks to our Instagram follower artist.amaan for capturing the Beyer Building in all its glory!
Have great weekends!
At a Blackrock event, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says that people who don't want drilling and mining and development on protected federal lands " don't understand the financial impact." He says it would be better if people were more "financially literate."
Collage of women. Text reads: It's good to be first.
Long before anyone on social media uttered the word "girlboss", there were women breaking barriers and making history. 🧵⬇️ (1/6)
CMS is celebrating the vital contributions of women scientists across the collaboration!
Watch Zeina describe her journey into STEM in her mother tongue and share a message for all young women following in her footsteps ✨ #InternationalWomensDay
➡️ youtu.be/11Lm0yHxjH0
