TangledUpInBlue

I like making music and cooking, hunting, fishing, shooting, reloading, gaming, space exploration, physics, Earth sciences, engineering. I tend to follow back.

[Anil Menon @astro_anil]

Daily routine: preparing for an EVA. Okay, it’s not that routine :)

[Geology Page @GeologyPage]

Trapiche Emerald : What is a Trapiche Emerald? How Does a Trapiche Emerald Form?

Trapiche emeralds were first described by Émile Bertrand in 1879. They are generally only (and rarely) found in the western part of the ....

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[Geology Page @GeologyPage]

A massive 11,000-carat ruby has been unearthed in Myanmar’s war-scarred gemstone heartland

The ruby, measuring 11,000 carats (2.2 kilograms, or 4.8 pounds), was unearthed near the town of Mogok, ...

Read More: https://t.co/JmoYzBAjlO

[The SETI Institute @SETIInstitute]

#PPOD: Solar Eclipse and Sunflowers 🌻

This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.

Credit: @NASA / Bill Ingalls

Did you enjoy the eclipse photos this week? Share yours in the replies!

#planetaryscience

[Pink Floyd 💎 @Just_pinkfloyd]

Where were you when I was burned and broken?
While the days slipped by from my window watching
And where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless?
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me

While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted

Outside, the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime

I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life

I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
And headed straight... into the shining sun

[Aleksey Shipilëv @shipilev]

Finally spent enough local compute to process the partial recording of partial solar eclipse last week. This eclipse is too close to horizon, so you get all the clouds you (don't) want. But you can still pull things out! Full + specs: https://t.co/tMQ1ibklVw

[Paradox Adventure Photography @PdxAdvPhoto]

SpaceX launched the Globalstar 2-R mission, and it created another incredible nebula effect from the boostback burn tonight!

[HUBBLE @HUBBLE_space]

Our #HubbleTopImage features a moth-like marvel! 🦋

This is the planetary nebula NGC 2899, which lies approximately 4,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Vela. Its diagonal outflow of gas is propelled by radiation and stellar winds from a nearly 22,000 degree Celsius white dwarf at the centre! 1/2

[NASA Universe @NASAUniverse]

Give your classroom, locker, or dorm room a cosmic makeover!

AstroPix, from NASA's Universe of Learning project, offers access to the public image galleries of @NASA telescopes and other ground- and space-based observatories. Start your search here: https://t.co/joLvTKuv5L

[NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb]

It's the circle of life…

Webb's look at the Lion Nebula, the remains of a dying lower-mass star, is in both the mid and near-infrared. Though massive stars undergo supernova explosions at the end of their lives, lower-mass stars shed their outer layers.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

A work in progress from the big scope- this is a galaxy near the Big Dipper.

You can see what’s left of the core of another galaxy it “consumed”

[Anil Menon @astro_anil]

Current space weather report: Aurora with chance of meatballs. (KP 3.0 / iPhone photo / mostly watched it in awe with crew-12 @ 11:50 UTC)

[NASA Solar System @NASASolarSystem]

When the Lucy spacecraft starts flying by Trojan asteroids next year, it’ll snap photos, detect chemical “fingerprints” of materials on the asteroids’ surfaces, and more. Scientists are already calibrating the camera settings with test images like these. https://t.co/pc2wfLjh5U

[DARPA @DARPA]

Listen to the full episode: https://t.co/ooWf8xayg5

[TangledUpInBlue @tangled_PDX]

@NASAJPL Keep at it! I was honored to help JPL with the motor control logic for Sojourner, the first rover on Mars. Robotics have come a long way since then.

[TangledUpInBlue @tangled_PDX]

@RonWyden Do clarify, because from Oregon it looks like you represent New York, where you live and vote.

[TangledUpInBlue @tangled_PDX]

@jeff_foust Nice tux @Jason_Lil_Kim and congrats! Doing good work at @FireflySpace . Looking forward to Blue Ghost 2.

[BluesAlive @KeepTheBluesAli]

Stevie Ray Vaughan ~
Texas Flood
https://t.co/AY2HctEcVJ

[Joel C. Sercel, PhD @JoelSercel]

This is a really big deal. This is real, solid science. I hear they are also working on de-aging the liver. Kidneys have to be on the list, but what about brains and connective tissues?

[TangledUpInBlue @tangled_PDX]

@NRO @jimgeraghty They don't want to 'help us with drones', they want us to manufacture drones for them, for free. Why are you deliberately mischaracterizing the nature of the proposed agreement? You shouldn't try to mislead your readers.
FYI; This 'article' is behind a paywall...