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[Latest in space @latestinspace]

Standing directly under an aurora, taken yesterday above Canada.

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Space fact:

The Sun is large enough that approximately 1.3 million Earths could fit inside (if squashed in) or if the Earths retained their spherical shape then 960,000 would fit. But can you visualise that number of Earths? https://t.co/k4B5l4eyjI

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Today is #WorldOvershootDay - the day when we've used up the world's resources for 2021.
On national levels this date varies a lot. In my country Sweden it occurs on April 6th. We're not just stealing the future - we're also stealing the present from other parts of the world.

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

Within five years atmospheric CO2 will pass 427 parts per million, which was the probable peak of the mid-Pliocene warming period 3.3m years ago, when temperatures were 3C to 4C hotter and sea levels were 20 metres higher than today.
https://t.co/TE1up3rP4D

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

The net worth of @JeffBezos is about $200-billion. A stack of that many dollar bills would reach twice as high as his Blue Origins Rocket launch.

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

After Nats Park shooting in DC, an 8 year old girl tells reporter “it was my second shooting so I was kind of prepared.”

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Meanwhile the people in power call themselves "climate leaders" as they open up new oilfields, pipelines and coal power plants - granting new oil licenses exploring future oil drilling sites.
This is the world they are leaving for us.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Former close aide to Pope Francis among 10 people ordered to stand trial by Vatican judge https://t.co/dpPfFDC3Ox

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

So let me get this straight: Elon Musk can smoke a joint on Joe Rogan's podcast and SpaceX gets millions in federal contracts, but Sha'Carri Richardson tests positive for THC and she's disqualified from the Olympics?

[Jackie Fielder @JackieFielder_]

500 water protectors put in jail for fighting the Line 3 pipeline. Many of them will spend this whole weekend in the box until Tuesday.

How much you wanna bet no one will be put into jail for this? @POTUS

[Universal Curiosity @UniverCurious]

The sound of lava breaking through the surface is amazing to hear.

Credit @BSteinbekk

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A cloudy evening sky on the planet Mars captured by Curiosity Rover.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

[Lionel Page @page_eco]

Excellent: The visual effect of this perspective on juggling.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Gorgonocephalus are marine basket stars found in coldwater environments. The scientific name comes from the Greek, gorgós meaning "dreaded" and -cephalus meaning "head", and refers to the Gorgon's head from Greek myth with its coiled serpents for hair https://t.co/VXfEmH7wTa

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

One cold night in January 2 years ago I captured 50,000 images of our sky to create an 81 megapixel image of our moon. This image completely changed my life and made me rethink how I approached astrophotography. #astrophotography #space #opteam

[saltyscience @sciencevsman]

Amazon employee dies at Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse, site of unionization drive - CNBC #america #magaidiots https://t.co/eMuwzedGFJ