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readbeanicecream<p>When planets form, lots of water is created</p><p><a href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/when-planets-form-lots-of-water-is-created/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">astronomy.com/science/when-pla</span><span class="invisible">nets-form-lots-of-water-is-created/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a></p>
SETI Institute<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PPOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPOD</span></a>: A beautiful picture of Jupiter taken by JunoCam onboard NASA's Juno spacecraft and processed by a citizen scientist. Numerous swirling storms are visible among the cloud tops, appearing in shades of white, tan, and blue. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Giulio Macrì </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p>This particular brown dwarf’s mass, however, is just at the threshold between being a Jupiter-like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> and a brown dwarf. It has thus also been called a free-floating, or rogue, planet, not bound to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/star" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>star</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ps11072501.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2025/11/ps11072501.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>Planetary Science Decadal Survey (Planetary science 🪐)</p><p>The Planetary Science Decadal Survey is a serial publication of the United States National Research Council produced for NASA and other United States Government Agencies such as the National Science Foundation. The documents identify key questions facing planetary science and outlines recommendations fo...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Science_Decadal_Survey" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetar</span><span class="invisible">y_Science_Decadal_Survey</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryScienceDecadalSurvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScienceDecadalSurvey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DecadalScienceSurveys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecadalScienceSurveys</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p>As <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telescopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telescopes</span></a> have become more powerful, it’s turned out our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> system is not the only game in town: There are millions of other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planets</span></a> out there in the galaxy. <br>But we’re still teasing out clues about what they are actually like. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ps11052501.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2025/11/ps11052501.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p>
Jennifer Lynn Bartlett<p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Astronomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomers</span></a><br>Let <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ADSabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADSabs</span></a> know how they are doing </p><p>They value your feedback. However, they are making most improvements to <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SciX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciX</span></a> so let them know if you have tried that as well </p><p>ADS User Survey<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW-QnDYEZhpe4dYZcUHvnund1edrHXFZvp_c2BGaj2BmWJVA/viewform" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLSeW-QnDYEZhpe4dYZcUHvnund1edrHXFZvp_c2BGaj2BmWJVA/viewform</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> @SciXCommunity <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/heliophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heliophysics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a></p>
purescience_news<p>A Mars rock analysis tool proved its mettle on a chance find from Arizona <a href="https://beta.argyle.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://beta.argyle.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://beta.argyle.social/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://beta.argyle.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://beta.argyle.social/tags/SpaceTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTechnology</span></a><br><a href="https://purescience.news/article?id=951783" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">purescience.news/article?id=95</span><span class="invisible">1783</span></a></p>
SETI Institute<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PPOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPOD</span></a>: This global view of Jupiter's moon, Io, was obtained during the tenth orbit of Jupiter by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Io, which is slightly larger than Earth's moon, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. In this enhanced color composite, deposits of sulfur dioxide frost appear in white and grey hues, while yellowish and brownish hues are probably due to other sulfurous materials. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a></p>
SETI Institute<p>Dr. Matija Ćuk specializes in the orbital and rotational dynamics of the Solar System bodies and has worked on the origin and dynamics of binary asteroids, the Earth-Moon system, and Saturn's moons and rings. </p><p>Dr. Ćuk’s current research involves determining where and when the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, formed, as well as whether Saturn's large moon Titan formed in a merger of two smaller moons.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SETI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NotJustAliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotJustAliens</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spacetober_challenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacetober_challenge</span></a> day 31 prompt future: “Take the Europa Express, your passport to the Galilean Moons!” 🧪🐡 My linocut is a space travel poster for a future where we all share the citizenship of Earth and can take rapid transport to Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, known as the Galilean Moons (named after Galileo, who first observed them with a telescope). 🧵1/2</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spaceArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jupiter</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europa</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/planetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/travelPoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travelPoster</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse<p><strong>Taiwan Space Science Union</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.directory/taiwan-space-science-union/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.dir</span><span class="invisible">ectory/taiwan-space-science-union/</span></a></p>
Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse<p><strong>The Planetary Research Co-operative</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.directory/the-planetary-research-co-operative/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.dir</span><span class="invisible">ectory/the-planetary-research-co-operative/</span></a></p>
Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse<p><strong>OpenPlanetary</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.directory/openplanetary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.dir</span><span class="invisible">ectory/openplanetary/</span></a></p>
Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse<p><strong>Lightcurve Films</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.directory/lightcurve-films/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.dir</span><span class="invisible">ectory/lightcurve-films/</span></a></p>
Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse<p><strong>International Space Science Institute</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.directory/international-space-science-institute/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.dir</span><span class="invisible">ectory/international-space-science-institute/</span></a></p>
Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse<p><strong>Geo X</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.directory/geo-x/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.dir</span><span class="invisible">ectory/geo-x/</span></a></p>
Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse<p><strong>Europlanet</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.directory/europlanet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.dir</span><span class="invisible">ectory/europlanet/</span></a></p>
SETI Institute<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PPOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPOD</span></a>: Saturn is captured here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini orbited the gas giant for thirteen years before ending its mission by plunging into the planet's atmosphere on September 15, 2017. This image is a mosaic compiled from frames recorded by Cassini two days before its final dive. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, CICLOPS, Mindaugas Macijauskas </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a></p>
SETI Institute<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PPOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPOD</span></a>: The High Resolution Stereo Imaging camera onboard ESA’s Mars Express captured this frosty scene in the Ultimi Scopuli region near the south pole of Mars on 19 May 2022. At this time, it was southern hemisphere spring, and ice was starting to retreat. Dark dunes began to peak through the frost, and the elevated terrain appears ice-free. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Spacetober_challenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spacetober_challenge</span></a> prompt habitat, my speculative little painting of a future where tourists can visit Venus. (I’m swapping day 26 and 27). With 90 times Earth’s atmospheric pressure and a surface temperature which can reach 460°C and melt lead, high altitude balloons have been proposed as perhaps the only likely human habitat on Venus. 🧵1/2<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SpaceArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/planetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/travelPoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travelPoster</span></a></p>
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