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@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-10-15 15:02:15

👽 Finding organics on Mars means absolutely nothing for life
#space

Finding organics on Mars means absolutely nothing for life
The red planet, Mars, may once have been teeming with life, just as Earth is today. Finding "organics" on Mars, however, doesn't mean life.

@jonpainterphoto@lawfedi.blue
2025-12-07 14:07:16

I’d never heard of the “commander’s lock” on the space shuttle program…
#NASA #Space

What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?
“If you guys don’t give me a chance to repair my instrument, I’m not going back.”…

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2026-01-04 08:27:12

Does your local newspaper have a space news column? I wish mine did...
#news #localnews #spacenews
mastodon.scot/@fionaorkneynews
fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot - Space Notes January 2026
In a month when the heavyweight players in space have been relatively quiet, this is a good moment to take note of two important spacecraft which are no longer with us.
theorkneynews.scot/2026/01/04/

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-11-23 19:20:20

Extreme environmental tolerance and space #survivability of the moss, Physcomitrium patens: #moss survived 9 months directly exposed to the elements of #space: eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 -> This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth: space.com/space-exploration/in

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-12-03 19:43:10

🪢 Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space
#space

Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space
Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur, at The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, developed a creative and efficient energy-saving method to morph 2D structures into curved 3D structures while in space.

@outer@mas.to
2025-11-09 17:00:31

2027 is the planned manned moon landing.
Extende moon stays may require large, energized "shower rooms". For extravehicular personnel equipment. No demonstrations of dust-repellant clothes and tools have been done.
It will be a serious problem BEFORE it's fixed.
#Space #SpaceTechnology

Today I learned (@todayilearned@noc.social)
TIL moon dust is toxic. Astronauts have reported watery eyes, throat irritation, and coughing after accumulating dust on suits. Moon dust particles are not weathered and are ultrafine, sharp, and reactive. [PDF] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-022-00244-1.pdf #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1orj8d4/til_moon_dust_is_toxic_astronauts_have_reported/

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2025-12-15 10:04:52

Internet based on massive constellations of satellites you say?
What could possibly go wrong?
theverge@c.im - Starlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week #Science #SpaceX #Space #News

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-12-04 01:33:23

🤮 The ups and downs of space research
#space

The ups and downs of space research
Microgravity experienced during spaceflight poses potential health risks to astronauts' cardiovascular systems. Determining how to mitigate these health risks is challenging, as countermeasures are tested in Earth's gravity. But what if there was a way to perform research in microgravity, without leaving the atmosphere?

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2025-12-05 12:47:16

I had not been following the news out of the Bennu asteroid but this is some very interesting stuff!
#space

@n8foo@macaw.social
2026-01-04 00:23:20

Hey! Go look at the moon. To the right is a bright dot, that is the planet #jupiter, a giant ball of gas 484,578,623.31 miles away. #lookup #space

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-12-12 10:47:27

🪱 Bioinspired Drilling for Extraterrestrial Applications
#space #planets

Four stages of a biomimetic drilling process are laid out side-to-side, the drill is long and vertically oriented, split into two halves along its length and has circular ribs around it. (1) neutral position (2) left bit penetrates, right bit retracts, both swing left (3) neutral position, (4) right bit penetrates, left bit retracts, both swing right
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-10-22 00:59:17

A fragment of a Chinese rocket stage - 2024-173L - 'landed' in Western Australia on 18 October: #SpaceJunk

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-08 00:45:11

The #Lazuli #Space #Observatory is a project of #Schmidt #Sciences

Focus Area – Astrophysics - Schmidt Sciences

@deepthoughts10@infosec.exchange
2025-12-28 16:02:56

Saw this #LEGO set at my local Target store. Hard not to buy it. #SpaceShuttle #NASA

LEGO set of the Space Shuttle piggybacking on its carrier aircraft
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-01-11 03:26:04

A small #SpaceTelescope and two really small ones should launch 10 hours from now from Vandenberg, including the #exoplanet observer #Pandora: see skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/01/ for many links including papers describing the three satellites and spaceflightnow.com/2026/01/10/ and space.com/space-exploration/la for more and some of the three dozen other payloads, too.

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2025-10-26 19:30:49

European Space Agency, not an agency known to be alarmist is ringing everything right now. There's far too much #SpaceJunk.
dr.dk/nyheder/viden/teknologi/

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-10-26 22:43:57

🌱 Could we really turn Mars green?
#mars #space

Could we really turn Mars green?
Terraforming is the theoretical process of transforming a planet or moon to make it habitable for humans and other Earth-like life. The concept involves altering an alien world's atmosphere, temperature, and surface conditions to resemble Earth's environment, such as adding oxygen to the air, creating liquid water on the surface, and establishing a stable climate.

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-11-24 16:41:48

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq
Space Raiders:
🎵 Song for Dot
#SpaceRaiders
open.spotify.com/track/4E56cwB