With my recent car mess and move (now resolved), it’s been a long time since I posted current small original arts for sale! All shown priced by descending size: $250, $140, $110, $70, $25. US Shipping $10, CAN/MEX $30, EUR $50. Message me if interested! 😊 #ArtForSale#FediGiftShop #MastoArt #space#scifi #geometricart #abstractart #smallart #handmade #painting #halo #reclaimer @Curator

With my recent car mess and move (now resolved), it’s been a long time since I posted current small original arts for sale! All shown priced by descending size: $250, $140, $110, $70, $25. US Shipping $10, CAN/MEX $30, EUR $50. Message me if interested! 😊 #ArtForSale#FediGiftShop #MastoArt #space#scifi #geometricart #abstractart #smallart #handmade #painting #halo #reclaimer @Curator

New studies of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS show that it's a lot smaller than indicated by early estimates, which were really upper limits. Our interstellar visitor is no more than 5.6 km (3.5 miles) wide, probably less.

Which makes sense--small objects are a lot more common than big ones.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02934 #space #science #nature

New studies of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS show that it's a lot smaller than indicated by early estimates, which were really upper limits. Our interstellar visitor is no more than 5.6 km (3.5 miles) wide, probably less.

Which makes sense--small objects are a lot more common than big ones.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02934 #space #science #nature

Unbelievable. Trump has ordered the destruction of satellites monitoring climate change. White House demands NASA destroy vital satellites.

#ClimateChange #Trump #Environment #America #NASA #Space

NASA wants to hook up with commercial ventures that are working on vehicles that can transfer spacecraft to what are typically hard-to-reach orbits ... and #BlueOrigin says its #BlueRing could be just the thing. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-orbital-transfer-vehicles-nasa/ #space

A #Seattle #space startup called #Interlune has struck a deal to send a helium-hunting camera to the #moon aboard Astrolab's FLIP rover, which is due for launch as soon as this year. It'll be the first off-Earth step in Interlune's plan to deliver lunar #helium3 to paying customers. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/interlune-astrolab-camera-moon-helium-3/

#space #science

#space #science

Unbelievable. Trump has ordered the destruction of satellites monitoring climate change. White House demands NASA destroy vital satellites.

#ClimateChange #Trump #Environment #America #NASA #Space

The 1942 book “Victory Through Air Power” changed modern warfare by contending that air warfare needed to do more than support other theaters.

Now, the same needs to be true for #space worldwide military leaders speaking at the Chief of the Air Staff’s Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference 2025, held in London on July 16, said space should be considered on the same footing as air, land, sea and cyber.

https://spacenews.com/military-leaders-say-integrated-space-power-crucial-for-national-defense/

The 1942 book “Victory Through Air Power” changed modern warfare by contending that air warfare needed to do more than support other theaters.

Now, the same needs to be true for #space worldwide military leaders speaking at the Chief of the Air Staff’s Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference 2025, held in London on July 16, said space should be considered on the same footing as air, land, sea and cyber.

https://spacenews.com/military-leaders-say-integrated-space-power-crucial-for-national-defense/

#planetaryscience #space #science

#planetaryscience #space #science

The Air Self-Defense Force has taken part in a multinational tabletop space defense exercise in Australia aimed at enhancing cooperation among like-minded countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/japan/japan-joined-multinational-space-defense-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #space #defense #sdf #asdf

Four years after bidding $28 million to take a suborbital ride on a #BlueOrigin#NewShepard rocket ship, #crypto billionaire #JustinSun finally takes what he calls his first step to #space. "We will have more," he says. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/crypto-justin-sun-28m-blue-origin-space/

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, 55, arrived at the International Space Station on a U.S. Crew Dragon spacecraft Saturday to join compatriot Takuya Onishi, who has been aboard the ISS since March. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/japan/astronaut-yui-arrives-iss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kimiyayui #iss #space

https://www.universomagico.net/2025/08/un-pulsar-emisor-de-rayos-gamma.html

This fascinating field of view harbors an incredible mystery, invisible to the human eye. It was captured using the OGM spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii. Within this nebulous region, gamma-ray emission is present. PSR J2030+4415 is an extremely dense object left behind by the death of a.....
#astronomy #space #astrophysics #astrophotography

Will the #GoldenDome be a golden opportunity for commercial #space ventures? Seattle-area entrepreneurs weigh in on the prospects for #defense projects on the final frontier. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/space-defense-future-funding-frontier/#SpaceForce#SeattleTechWeek