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#ClarkVision: Milky Way Rises Over Mesa Arch, Canyonlands Nat'l Park

The Milky Way's center & the constellation Sagittarius are on the right side of the arch, & the Constellation Cygnus is above the left side of the arch, with the red North America Nebula. By PSI's Roger Clark.

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We never know where PSI scientists will be next. For David Grinspoon, the answer was London for SWSX where he talked with Dune's production designer building worlds at the junction of science and fiction. Learn more in this @THR article.

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#JunoCam: The many textures of Jupiter. Swipe through. This never gets old!

Interested in processing your own JunoCam images? Visit: https://t.co/GIDuqOpEZK

📸: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Navaneeth Krishnan / Emma Wälimäki / Björn Jónsson / Tracy Prell

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Her research focuses on how the surfaces of rocky planets, asteroids & moons in our Solar System evolve, specifically focusing on several themes including resurfacing on rubble pile asteroids, Martian polar surface variability & explosive volcanism on the Moon & Mercury.

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Learn more about the award and how you can support this work inspired by Betty: https://t.co/WRsMMoMyYJ

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Happy Friday! 🪐 🐾

This week’s #PlanetaryPet is the award-winning 10-year-old Jax, a Belgian Malinois who cleared the field in ONE weekend to win all of these awards in Estes Park, CO. Jax lives with PSI Senior Scientist Robert Tokar.

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Tomorrow, the Moon's motion & our calendar align! We get a 2nd full Moon in May at 4:10am PDT & the Moon is farthest from Earth (looks smaller) at 10:33am PDT. Put together, this makes a *Blue Micromoon*.

Which is cool excuse to get you to think about the Moon. You're welcome.

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The Pierazzo International Student Travel Award was begun by PSI in memory of Senior Scientist Betty Pierazzo to support and encourage graduate students to build international collaborations and relationships in planetary science.
Interested in supporting? https://t.co/pNL91gA20s

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Stewart, a University of Edinburgh graduate student, presented a talk titled “Amino Acid-Clay Interactions on Mars-Relevant Minerals: Insights from Molecular Simulations.”

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#JunoCam: Four Jupiters, created by a citizen scientists with the username Klotz-41

Interested in processing your own JunoCam images and even making some #SciArt? Visit: https://t.co/4WcUAFuMUq

📸: NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Klotz-41

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That was the first time that I remember thinking that I could study the sky for a living—I felt like there were so many exciting things out there and so much that we still had to learn.

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"I remember one specific night when (my parents) pulled my brother and me out of bed to go for a walk, so that we could watch for meteors from the nearest open space. It was cold, and I was tired, but I was fascinated by staring up into the sky waiting to see streaks of light...

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Happy Friday! Today's #SciArt features more art than science! PSI is headquartered in Tucson, AZ, known for its spectacular sunsets. This photo by PSI laboratory technician Neil Pearson captures our iconic saguaros in stark relief against a copper-tinted sky.

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#JunoCam: Jupiter's bouquet

This is a false-color image of Jupiter's northern circumpolar cyclones.

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📸: NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Navaneeth Krishnan

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Save the date!

If you haven't already stopped by to see the Hartmann Collection, you'll have another chance!

When: May 30, 11am-3pm
Where: 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd. Tucson, AZ 85719 (Just west of Campbell)

Learn more: https://t.co/MEUAQLBP2J

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What do you enjoy when you're not working?
...I am currently taking line dancing classes with my husband Shawn, and am the co-host of a podcast called “Popcorn Science.” I bike to work and take yoga classes to keep active.

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The latest episode of the @exploreplanets's Planetary Radio podcast features PSI Research Scientist Kirby Runyon talking about the great science he's part of thanks to NASA funding.

Make this part of your weekend playlist! https://t.co/NCnZnumrJd

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Happy Friday! 🪐 🐾

This week’s #PlanetaryPet is 15-year-old Motorboat, the feline research assistant of Angela Zalucha. Angela rescued the kitty (just 8 weeks old) from a shelter. Angela says that the name was selected because of the kitty’s loud, long-lasting purring.