megangibson+FollowThis Telescope Is Basically a Cosmic Time MachineThe Vera C. Rubin Observatory just dropped its first pics and they’re wild—but that’s just the teaser. This new telescope is about to make a 10-year time-lapse of the entire southern sky, catching everything from exploding stars to rogue asteroids. In just 10 hours of testing, it already found 2,104 new asteroids! Imagine the discoveries when it’s fully up and running. Astronomers are calling it a ‘discovery machine’—and honestly, it’s about to change everything we know about space. #SpaceNews #Astronomy #VeraRubin #Science20Share
megangibson+FollowThis Telescope Just Changed Space ForeverThe Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile just dropped its first-ever cosmic pics, and they’re wild. This telescope’s camera is so powerful it could spot a golf ball on the Moon! It’s set to scan the southern sky nonstop for 10 years, hunting for killer asteroids, mapping the Milky Way, and maybe even finding that mysterious Planet Nine. Scientists are geeking out—this is a once-in-a-generation leap for astronomy. Imagine getting 10 million space alerts a night! #SpaceNews #Astronomy #VeraRubin #Science90Share
megangibson+FollowSummer Solstice = Sky Show!The summer solstice just hit, which means longer days, shorter nights, and some epic skywatching. Mars is still hanging out near Regulus after sunset, Venus is dazzling in the early morning, and the Moon is showing off with some cool close encounters (hello, earthshine!). If you’ve got binoculars or a telescope, check out Cassiopeia’s double stars or the Beehive Cluster. Even Mercury is putting on a show near the crescent Moon. Who else is staying up late for these cosmic sights? #SummerSolstice #Stargazing #Astronomy #Science50Share
Patrick Simmons+FollowThis Giant Comet Is Literally ExplodingDid you hear about the monster comet out past Neptune? Astronomers just caught C/2014 UN271 (aka Bernardinelli-Bernstein), the biggest comet ever found from the Oort Cloud, erupting with wild jets of gas! It’s 10x bigger than your average comet and is spewing carbon monoxide as it barrels toward the sun. Scientists say this is the first time they’ve seen such explosive activity so far from the sun—basically, we’re getting a sneak peek at how these icy giants work before they even hit the inner solar system. Space drama, anyone? #SpaceNews #CometWatch #Astronomy #Science81Share
Richard Vaughan+FollowUniverse’s Missing Matter Found?!Astronomers just found a massive, 23-million-light-year gas filament connecting galaxy clusters—finally solving the mystery of the universe’s 'missing matter.' Turns out, all that ordinary stuff (not dark matter!) we couldn’t find was hiding in these hot, cosmic superhighways all along. The best part? This discovery matches what our universe models predicted for decades. Space nerds, our cosmic web dreams are real! #SpaceNews #CosmicWeb #Astronomy #Science60Share
Melvin Mosley+FollowGalaxy Close-Up: You’ve Never Seen This!Astronomers just dropped the most detailed pic ever of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 254) and it’s wild. After 50 hours and 100 exposures, they stitched together an image showing 65,000 light years of stars, gas, and dust in crazy detail—like, you can literally see the building blocks of the galaxy! Scientists say this lets them zoom in on star-forming regions and zoom out to see the whole galaxy. Space nerds, this is next-level stuff! #SpaceNews #Astronomy #Galaxy #Science220Share
Jessica Hodge+FollowEarth’s Orbit Could Get Wild—Thanks to StarsImagine chilling on Earth, only for a random passing star to yank us out of orbit or even fling us into the sun. Wild, right? Astronomers ran thousands of simulations and found that our solar system is way less stable than we thought. Pluto could go rogue, Mercury’s odds of chaos are up to 80%, and—get this—Earth has a 0.2% chance of being ejected or colliding with another planet. Not super likely, but way higher than we thought! Space is messy, y’all. #SpaceNews #Science #Astronomy50Share
Patrick Simmons+FollowFirst Look: Universe’s Biggest Selfie!The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to drop its first-ever pics after 20+ years in the making—and you can watch it all live! This telescope’s packing a 3,200-megapixel camera (wild, right?) and will snap the entire southern sky every few days for the next decade. Astronomers are buzzing because it could reveal cosmic stuff we’ve never seen before. Catch the livestream or join a watch party and witness history in the making! #SpaceNews #RubinObservatory #Astronomy #Science30Share
Michelle York+FollowSpace Just Dropped Its Wildest Explosion YetImagine an explosion so powerful it outshines 100 suns—literally. Astronomers just found a new kind of cosmic blast called an 'extreme nuclear transient' (ENT), and it’s rewriting what we know about black holes. These space blowouts last for years (not weeks like regular supernovae) and are basically black holes going on epic feeding frenzies, tearing apart giant stars. The craziest one? Nicknamed 'Scary Barbie,' it’s ten times brighter than any supernova we’ve seen. Space drama at its finest! #SpaceNews #BlackHoles #Astronomy #Science342Share
Michelle York+FollowScientists Finally Found the Universe’s Lost StuffTurns out, half the universe’s ordinary matter (the stuff we’re made of!) was missing—until now. Astronomers tracked it down using wild bursts of radio waves from deep space. Most of it’s just chillin’ as super-thin gas between galaxies, not in stars or planets like we thought. Basically, the universe is way messier than we imagined, with most of its normal matter floating in a cosmic fog. Mind = blown! #SpaceMystery #Astronomy #ScienceNews #Science264Share
