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  1. RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1

    @nasaadmin has delivered wins for an administration that has been swamped by a series of self-owns, including a deeply unpopular war in Iran, inflation, multiple scandals, and other setbacks. #Trump is trying to take credit for providing “all that money” for #NASA when the fiscal year 2026 budget proposal even sought to cancel the #Roman #SpaceTelescope

  2. Roman is on its way! Just separated from the Falcon Heavy 2nd stage, and is on its way to the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 2.

    It will take ~30 days to get into its halo orbit around L2, with commissioning work along the way. IIRC we can expect the first pictures/science around the turn of the year.

    Woot!

    #NancyGraceRoman #SpaceTelescope

  3. The next space telescope is launching in ~40 minutes. It's the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Gr ).
    
    There are several places to watch the launch:
    
    NASASpaceflight (third-party channel): youtube.com/watch?v=-8yDQhVgypw
    NASA official stream: on YouTube ( youtube.com/watch?v=9wq3VHsL_bE ), or on Twitch ( twitch.tv/nasa )
    Everyday Astronaut: youtube.com/watch?v=J6Ww6kQN4Qw

    #NancyGraceRoman #SpaceTelescope #SpaceLaunch #Astronomy

  4. On 📆 Sunday, Aug. 30, #NASA is planning to launch the Nancy Grace Roman #SpaceTelescope 🔭 at 7:26 a.m. EDT on a SpaceX #FalconHeavy, bound for the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (or L2) roughly 1 million miles from Earth astronomy.com/whats-launching-

    #Astronomy

  5. Things in the Universe that make you go Hmmmm!

    Astronomers spot a new object. It appears to be a star as big as our solar system emitting 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce?

    Is this a "black hole star" MIT astronomers are asking .... Scientists indicate the most likely explanation for this strange new red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star. phys.org/news/2026-08-black-ho
    #Astrophysics #MIT #Astronomy #Universe #Stars #BlackHoles #BlackHoleStar #NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #SpaceTelescope #Astronomers

  6. NASA is gearing up to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on August 30 sending the spacecraft 1 million miles from Earth to unlock the mysteries of the universe.

    Roman will investigate and answer questions about dark matter, dark energy, cosmology, exoplanets and astrophysics, by capture panoramic images about 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope. upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/07/14 #NASA #Astronomy #Space #SpaceTelescope #RomanSpaceTelescope #OuterSpace #Research #Universe #Astrophysics #DarkMatter #Exoplanets #Hubble #Cosmology #SpaceExploration

  7. What is new in the Universe, is actually very old!

    The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found.

    Two of these galaxy cores EUCL J172902.75+641018.1 and EUCL J125308.55+705432.3 are powered by gargantuan black holes, and are the earliest quasars yet observed in cosmic history.

    Both lie just over 13 billion light-years away, and emerged during the Universe’s first 670 million years – just 5% of its current age. esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp #EU #Euclid #SpaceTelescope #Space #Universe #Astronomy #Quasars #BlackHoles #Galaxy #CosmicHistory

  8. #ESA:
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    Euclid discovers the most ancient quasar in the Universe
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    "The .. Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found. Two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores, powered by gargantuan black holes, are the earliest quasars yet observed in cosmic history. .."

    esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp

    6.7.2026

    #Astronomie #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Euclid #EuclidWideSurvey #Quasar #Redshift #Rotverschiebung #SpaceTelescope #Universe #Universum #Weltraumteleskop

  9. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's ‘Spy Mirror’ Could Transform How We Map The Universe
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    discovermagazine.com/nasa-s-na <-- shared technical article
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    mos.org/article/ready-roman-na <-- shared technical article
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    space.com/space-exploration/th <-- shared technical article
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    youtu.be/TcjuucVEB5g?si=I93Bja <-- shared NASA Goddard technical overview video
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    youtu.be/lBAuc057pVA?si=IghhCW <-- shared media video
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    “… Roman is set to launch on August 30, 2026, and will help us gain a wider view of the universe and collect data faster than its predecessors, such as the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope will do so thanks to the incredible equipment and instruments built into it.
    These instruments include the primary mirror, which was gifted to NASA by a U.S. intelligence agency, the Wide Field Instrument, and an advanced coronograph. Altogether, these instruments could help us map out more of the universe than we ever imagined.
    “It is an incredible feat of precision engineering. It's quite possibly the most complex scientific instrument that NASA has ever built,” Dominic Benford, …program scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope…”
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    “Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, the ‘mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,’ the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble's, potentially measuring light from a billion galaxies in its lifetime. This observatory will also be able to block starlight to directly see exoplanets and planet-forming disks, complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics…”
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    The Roman Space Telescope is engineered to investigate the biggest mysteries in astrophysics:
    • Dark Energy & Dark Matter: By surveying billions of galaxies and mapping their distribution, Roman will explore why the universe's expansion is accelerating and trace cosmic history.
    • Exoplanets: It will utilize gravitational microlensing to complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, aiming to find thousands of exoplanets, including elusive rogue planets.
    • Infrared Astrophysics: The telescope's deep, crisp infrared vision will help astronomers measure light from up to a billion galaxies over its lifetime.
    #coronograph #astronomy #mapping #exoplanets #universe #telescope #spacetelescope #darkenergy #darkmatter #NancyGrace #NASA #Roman #astrophysics #cosmic #infrared #launch #WideFieldInstrument #instumentation #exploration extraterrestrial observatory #space #remotesensing #galacticbulge #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #supernova
    @nasa @nasa Goddard @Discover Magazine

  10. CW: Long List of Space-related Hashtags & Handles

    Space

    Physical Sciences
    #Astronomy #AstroPhysics #Cosmology

    General
    #AsteroidMining #Asteroids #AsteroidThreat #Astrodon #Astronomers #AstronomyMastodon #AstroPhotography #AstroTuesday #BlackHole #BlackHoles #CelestialBodyLanding #ClearSkies #Comet #Comets #DarkEnergy #DarkMatter #DeepSky #DSOC (Deep Space Optical Communications) #Exoplanets #Galaxy #Galaxies #Gravity #GravitationalWaves #HallEffectThruster #HumanSpaceflight #HumanSpaceflightBasics #HumanSpaceflightHealth #HumanSpaceflightSecurity #ISRU (in situ resource utilization) #LaunchCost #Lunar3dPrinting #MoonMining #NightSky #Observatory #Planetarium #PlanetsryScience #PrivateSpaceflight #Pulsars #Quasars #ReusableLaunchVehicle #RocketEngine #RocketScience #SatelliteImprovement #SatelliteInternetAccess #Satellites #SBSP (Space-based Solar Power) #SmallSat #SolarPhysics #Space #SpaceAgency #SpaceCommunication #SpaceCompany #SpaceCraft #SpaceColonization #SpacecraftComparison #SpacecraftPropulsion #SpaceDebris #Spacedon #SpaceEnergy #SpaceEvent #SpaceExploration #SpaceFood #SpaceForce #SpaceHabitat #SpaceHistory #SpaceHotel #SpaceIndustry #SpaceInfrastructure #SpaceLogistics #SpaceMaintenance #SpaceMastodon #SpaceMining #SpaceNavigation #SpacePhotography #SpacePlants #SpacePolitics #SpacePort #SpaceRegulation #SpaceRobot #SpaceScience #SpaceSciFi #SpaceShip #SpaceScience #SpaceStation #SpaceSuit #SpaceTelescope #SpaceTourism #SpaceWelding #SpaceX #StarGazing @starrytimepod #TimeToOrbit #Universe

    Organisations
    Canadian Space Agency (CSA) 🇨🇦
    #EuropeanSpaceAgency (#ESA) 🇪🇺
    European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) 🇪🇺
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (#JAXA) 🇯🇵
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory (#JPL) 🇺🇸
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (#NASA) 🇺🇸
    Space Telescope Science Institute (STSciI) 🇪🇺

    Missions
    #Artemis (#NASAArtemis) #BepiColombo #Cassini COBE #Euclid #EuclidMission #EuropaClipper #Hayabusa2 #InternationalSpaceStation (#ISS) JupiterIcyMoonExplorer (#Juice) #JuiceMission #Juno #Gaia #MMX #Magellan #Voyager1 #Voyager2

    Space Telescopes
    #SpaceTelescope #Telescope

    #ChandraXRay (#Chandra) #ESAEuclid #EventHorizonTelescope #Hubble #HubbleSpaceTelescope (#HST) #IXPE #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST (#Webb) #Kepler #MIRI #NIRcam #NIRISS #NIRSpec #Spitzer

    Earth Observatories
    #Arecibo 🇵🇷 #AtacamaLargeMillimeterArray (#ALMA) 🇨🇱 #CerroTololo 🇨🇱 #EuropeanSouthernObservatory (#ESO) 🇩🇪 #Haleakala 🇺🇸 #Herschel (#WHT) 🇮🇨 #Keck 🇺🇸 #KittPeak 🇺🇸 #LIGO 🇺🇸 #MaunaKea 🇺🇸 #Paranal 🇨🇱 #Parkes 🇦🇺 #RoqueDeLosMuchachos 🇪🇸 #SquareKilometreArrayObservatory (#SKAO) 🇦🇺 #VeryLargeTelescope (#VLT) 🇨🇱

    Mastodon Observatories
    Abbey Ridge Observatory 🇨🇦 @abbeyridgeobs
    Burke-Gaffney Observatory 🇨🇦 @BGO
    Hamburg Observatory 🇩🇪 @HambObs
    Las Cumbres Observatory 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🇮🇨 🇨🇱 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇨🇳 @lco
    Mount Burnett Observatory 🇦🇺 @mbo
    Rubin Observatory 🇨🇱 @VRubinObs
    Stella-Luna Observatory 🇺🇸 @StellaLunaObs
    Westport Observatory 🇺🇸 @WestportObservatory

    Astrophotography
    Andrea Luck @andrealuck
    Astronomy Picture of the Day @APoD
    Cathie LeBlank @cathieleblanc
    Craig Kolb @cek
    Dan Kagelmacher @[email protected]
    David Blanchflower @DavidBflower
    DGMc @Astrobum
    Frank Adler @adfr
    jdsoubeyran @jdsoubeyran
    Kreegan99 @kreegan99
    Landru79 @Landru79
    Loran Hughes @WestwoodAstro
    Mollenberg Observatory @MollenbergSky
    Naztronomy @naz
    Noom @noom
    Philo @philo
    Roger Sliva @[email protected]
    Simeon Schmauß @stim3on
    UniversoMagico @UniversoMagico

    Solar System
    #Sun #SolarCorona
    #KuiperBelt

    Planets
    #Mercury
    #Venus
    #Earth
    #Moon #Lunar
    #Mars
    #Phobos #Deimos
    #Jupiter
    #Callisto #Ganymede #Europa #Io
    #Saturn
    #Enceladus #Mimas #Titan
    #Uranus
    #Ariel #Miranda Titania
    #Neptune
    #Triton

    Dwarf Planets
    #Pluto
    #Charon
    #Ceres
    Makemake
    Haumea
    #Eris

    Hypothetical
    #PlanetX

    Beyond
    OortCloud
    #ProximaCentauri
    #SagittariusA*
    #MilkyWay
    #Andromeda (#M31)
    #Pleiades (#M45)

    (See Sciences for Other Disciplines)

    (See Index for More Hashtags)

  11. #RheaSpace plans a #robotic 🤖 rescue mission for #NASA’s #SpaceTelescope 🔭

    @arstechnica The #SpaceAgency would welcome the return of #Spitzer not only for scientific purposes, but also to help characterize the #NEO #AsteroidThreat ☄️.
    But is Spitzer healthy after all this time? "The #SolarCells may be degraded, and there may be #meteorite ☄️ impacts," arstechnica.com/science/2023/0

    #SpaceMaintenance