der.hansNewly discovered asteroid passing by the Earth on Monday at a quarter the distance to the moon
65dBnoiseI don't know about breaking the Apollo 13 record, but having human eyes see the far side while their spaceboat cruises around the Moon and listening to them describe what they see to nerd scientists and the world in open communications is indeed a big thing.
Image: Celestia + Artemis II addon
Mark McCaughreanEver wonder where that weird slime in Weyland-Yutani screme eggs comes from?
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Y'know, sometimes your friends just can't help boasting about having been part of Space Rocks 🗣️
And when they do it on national TV, putting us in the same sentence as both NASA and ESA, well ... ☺️🤪
Thank you to the mighty Jason Isaacs for this shout-out last week on "Would I Lie To You?" on BBC One in the UK – he's such a mensch & we love him to bits 🙇♂️
Happy #JWST Launch Day Fourth Anniversary, everyone 🚀🛰️🔭✨
Oh, & the other thing too 🎅🏻🙂
#Science #SpaceScience #Ariane5 #Astronomy #Photography #NASA #ESA #CSA #SpaceRocks
Galactic StoneNew how-to article now up.📝
"Sanding and Polishing Meteorites by Hand" ☄️ 🪨 🖐️
How to improve the appearance and value of meteorite slices and endcuts using commonly available sandpaper and elbow grease. 💰 💪
🔗 Link : https://galactic-stone.com/galactic-stone-archive/sanding-and-polishing-meteorites-by-hand/
ana «model a7m2» 
🎶autorover can jump back into the sky again now, though it's probably best if i don't overuse this as it's not really meant to be distracting
CHERRY POINT
I haven’t been keeping up – a very busy few days driving from DE to south NL, then to north NL for our son’s graduation, & back to south NL for the ESA ESTEC Open Day with #SpaceRocks yesterday.
Many pictures from that, but here’s a lovely one from the Lammermarkt underground car park in Leiden for now, representing some of the city’s key contributions to science, not least astronomy ✨
#Science ⚗️
#Photography 📷
Just crossing the Mosel west of Koblenz, en-route to Noordwijk for this weekend’s ESA ESTEC Open Day with #SpaceRocks 🖖🙂🤘
Left it late leaving home, where it was sunny & warm, but this is much better driving weather, especially in my crappy little Citroën C1 without air conditioning 🥵✌️
"Meteorites & Astronomy, an Intimate Connection" 🔭 🪐 🪨
"When we look at craters on the moon in our eyepieces, we are seeing the impact sites that launched the lunar meteorites we now have on Earth in our collections. Holding a lunar meteorite is the closest thing we "normal folk" will come to touching the Moon where the Apollo astronauts once walked." 🌜 🚀
Link : https://galactic-stone.com/meteorites-astronomy-an-intimate-connection/
#Astronomy #Meteorites #PlanetaryScience #Stargazing #SpaceRocks #Space