It's so wonderful to see the former DSV Limiting Factor, rechristened as Inkfish's Bakunawa, in new livery exploring the deeps of the Pacific Ocean. It was always the intention to get the sub to a great organization that could continue its amazing marine scientific research.

There are currently 2,220 rocket bodies wandering aimlessly in orbit today, European Space Agency told me. From a European perspective, there are 158 Ariane upper-stages still up there. Of those, 100 are from Ariane-5. Thankfully Ariane-6 will de-orbit all stages. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

ESA's CryoSat mission Leon Simons Mark Drinkwater Jonathan Amos Here’s the latest MODIS Aqua image of the iceberg shared with us Dr Anne Braakmann-Folgmann (The Arctic University of Norway). Next steps will be to check if there are any Cryosat tracks on the iceberg...

I spent the morning with some top figures in the US Space Force. 'That the first shots in a world war will be fired in space is a given', one of them said. UK politicians must pay far greater attention to the space domain. Read Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS's new primer. geostrategy.org.uk/research/why-s…

My new paper for Council on Geostrategy, on why #space matters for the UK -- and, more importantly, HOW to make the case for it. As Jonathan Amos noted, I argue for a DEFENCE-centric view of UK #space policy. Listing 'all the things space is good for' doesn't cut it.
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Well worth a read when it's posted online - Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS's primer entitled ‘Why space matters to the UK’. The paper argues for a more defence-centric view of UK space policy. Apposite given Sunak's and Starmer's recent defence funding pledges. Council on Geostrategy

Samples of eerie blue glacial ice from Antarctica are a staggering 6 million years old, scientists announced last week, doubling the previous record for Earth’s oldest ice. scim.ag/6GL

Our congratulations to British astronaut, Rosemary Coogan, on getting her “space wings” as
she graduates from her year long basic space training with the European Space agency in Cologne. We wish her the best as now plans for her first mission into space.

thetimes.co.uk/article/britis…

Sophie Adenot astronaute : c’est validé ! Félicitations à elle ainsi qu’à ses camarades de formation. Son parcours inspirera toute une génération. Fierté française et européenne. Cap vers les étoiles !

.European Space Agency's new astronaut 'class of 2022' are nicknamed 'The Hoppers'. The are the first class to graduate since the class of 2009, known as 'The Shenanigans'.

📢 Watch #ESAWebTV on Monday 22 April at 9:00 BST/10:00 CEST for European Space Agency's astronaut graduation! 🎓
Adenot Sophie, Pablo Álvarez, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois, Marco Sieber, & Katherine Bennell-Pegg successfully completed basic training & will earn their 'space wings' 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀
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NASA is quietly considering major changes to Artemis III.

arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/…

NASA has asked for help getting its invaluable rocks back from Mars.

They might have one particular idea in mind: SpaceX's Starship.

Story by me @SciAm

scientificamerican.com/article/spacex…

🔴⚠️⛈⛈🇦🇪🇴🇲The unprecedented #storms that have smashed the arabic peninsula on April 16 have been captured by #MSG in this 24hrs animation of airmass RGB + Precipitation product.The dark blue means more than 50mm/hr! #Dubai #Oman #UAE #floods #ClimateEmergency Giulio Betti

The SO2 plume from the new #eruption of #ruangvolcano is more than 1000 km long.
The #Copernicus #Sentinel5p #tropomi detected the sulfur dioxide emissisions on April 18th moving over #Indonesia .
#volcano #AirQuality
MAGMA Indonesia PENDAKI JAKARTA 🇮🇩 INFOMITIGASI Mike Masco

Today @ESA member states approved the selection of four #Earth science mission candidates #CryoRad , #ECO , #Hydroterra + & #Keystone
to proceed into a definition phase, en-route to selection of the twelfth ESA #Earth Explorer research mission. Congratulations to the proposing teams!

I've seen plenty of fossils in limestone cladding (the exterior walls of the BBC's New Broadcasting House is smothered in them), but the fossil in this bathroom tile something else. johnhawks.net/weblog/how-man…

There's been a 🇬🇧 research station on the Brunt Ice Shelf since 1956. It's a precarious place to be. It's produced two monster bergs in recent years, with others likely to follow. Can we get a better handle on what triggers these big calvings? #EGU24 bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…