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A few pictures when in Washington DC volunteering and participating in the Planetary Society's Day of Action on Monday April 20th.

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Listening to an old Planetary Society podcast episode and @georgetakei pops in to support them, thanks for make that ad for them George :)

#PlanetarySociety #GeorgeTakei

Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? – Consider This from NPR – NPR

Consider This from NPR

Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future?

December 23, 20254:27 PM ET, 11-Minute Listen Transcript

2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. PR’s Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists and officials who worry that those cuts could cause the United States to lose its competitive edge as a global hub for research and innovation, and steer future generations away from careers in science.

For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or atplus.npr.org. Email us at [email protected]. This episode was produced by Michael Levitt, with audio engineering by Zo vanGinhoven. It was edited by Sarah Handel, Scott Hensley and Amina Khan. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.

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Mysteries from the Ice Giants.

Planetary Radio Podcast:
https://youtu.be/BxFNaqvwgbM

#IceGiant #Uranus #Neptune #OuterWorld #Planet #Atmosphere #PlanetarySociety #SolarSystem #Astronomy #PlanetaryScience #SpaceExploration #Space #Science

My favorite t-shirt right now.

#Science lobbying is important.

#planetary #radio #PlanetarySociety

If you are concerned about the proposed 50% cut to #NASA's science budget, then write your representative in congress. The #PlanetarySociety provides on online form that will only take 2 minutes of your time:

https://www.planetary.org/advocacy-action-center#/50

The #PlanetarySociety will also be holding three training sessions for learning skills to effectively advocate for space science.

https://www.planetary.org/space-policy-advocacy
https://forms.gle/szJvyvKaaAoXjB5x9

Jared #isaacman background piece from the Planetary Society. #nasa #Jared #Planetarysociety

Who is Jared Isaacman, Trump’s...

@Chrislintott and if you're not convinced yet, then listen to the Planetary Society podcast interview with Chris here

https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2024-accidental-astronomy

#PlanetarySociety

Experience the Total Solar Eclipse
April 8, 2024 - https://www.planetary.org/eclipse #TotalSolarEclipse #TotalEclipse2024 #PlanetarySociety #Eclipse2024 #SolarEclipse2024 #BillNye #EclipseGlasses #EclipseORama

Join the #PlanetarySociety! There is a big #TotalEclipse coming up April 8. There won't be another in the USA for 4 decades! The Planetary Society works to support and advocate for science and exploration. They will have great programs around the #eclipse www.planetary.org https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/

What is Venus' quasi-moon Zoozve?

Venus and Mercury are the only planets in the Solar System without moons, but that’s not the whole story.

✍️ by Kate Howells for The Planetary Society
https://www.planetary.org/articles/venus-quasi-moon-zoozve

#zoozve #moon #quasimoon #satellite #quasisatellite #venus #solarsystem #planet #planets #orbit #orbits #planetary #science #planetaryscience #astronomy #astrodon #reseacr #STEM #KateHowells #publiceducation #planetary #society #PlanetarySociety

@dragonarchitect not at atmosphere pressure, but I recently learned about crazy stuff in ice giant planets, where it could not only rain diamonds but also a lake of fluid diamonds would be so high density that the rained down diamonds could float like icebergs in it. Absolutely bizarre. It was in a recent episode of #planetarysociety podcast.

For y’all who wanna watch the solar eclipse on the 14th. The Planetary Society has a great collection of resources.

This includes a really slick interactive map created by The Eclipse Company. It’s designed well and functions in a meaningful way.

https://www.planetary.org/eclipse

#SolarEclipse #Eclipse #Astronomy #Space #PlanetarySociety #Design #Development

Yesterday, the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx landed back on Earth after a 7-year mission. OSIRIS is the first U.S. mission to bring us astroid samples.

Ambre Rose Trujillo explains the magnitude of these samples from astroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx FAQ:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/osiris-rex-faq

More from Ambre:
https://www.instagram.com/ambre_rosario/

More from Planetary Society:
https://www.instagram.com/planetarysociety/

#OSIRIS-REx #OSIRISREx #NASA #Asteroid #Astronomy #Bennu #AmbreTrujillo #Space #PlanetarySociety

#PlanetarySociety : #NASA spent $49.9 billion 💰💰💰💰💰 on #SLS and #Orion between 📆 2006 and their first test launch in 2022. Due to “poorly defined requirements, poor contractor performance, and increased material #cost”...

• SLS cost 42.5% 📈 more 💸 than originally projected
• Orion cost is 37.4% 📈 higher 💸
• The EGS program has cost 40% 📈 more 💸 than originally expected

https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/cost-of-sls-and-orion

Picture : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Money_-_Flickr_-_AMagill.jpg

@greengaybles
Sorry if you're being bombarded with suggestions and I'm adding to it but I'd love to shoutout the #PlanetaryRadio #podcast run by the #PlanetarySociety

There's a lot of negativity in news media nowadays so listening to positive science news about space and astronomy gives some hope and happiness.

Searching for planetary radio or the planetary society in most podcast players should give the feed! Cheers
https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio

10 challenges identified for the future of the #PlanetarySociety at #ERIM2023
Ideas welcome !

Participating in #PlanetarySociety’s Community sessions this weekend.. just had an awesome discussion on JWST

The Planetary Society's #LightSail2 spacecraft reentered the atmosphere ending a nearly 3.5 year mission to demonstrate the viability of using a solar sail

Funded by members of the non-profit and run by the #PlanetarySociety the mission started operations twice as far out as the International Space Station, used the #SolarSail for propulsion and made 8,000 orbits

https://www.planetary.org/articles/lightsail-2-completes-mission?utm_campaign=lightsail22&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reentry&s_src=lightsail22&s_subsrc=reentry

It also took lots of pictures of our #PaleBlueDot

https://www.planetary.org/space-images?imgkeywords=lightsail-2-image-from-space

#space