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Kenneth Colley, who played Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, has passed away at the age of 87 due to complications from COVID and pneumonia. May the Force be with you, always.

#USIndependenceDay

Last year, Alpha lit up the night sky during 4th of July celebrations! Today we celebrate American innovation and the bold spirit that takes us to the stars. Happy Independence Day from all of us at Firefly!

OH LA CHUTE DE THOMAS ET VERCHER ! Incroyable image : les deux Français chutent lors du sprint pour passer en tête au Mont Cassel ! #LesRP

Long distance shots captured yesterday by Curiosity with her RMI telescope #Mars July 4, 2025 - Sol 4589 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL

Imperial Gothic.

Rubin Moonset Sequence The Moon sets over NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in this sequence of images captured in April 2025 during First Look observation activities. Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava) noirlab.edu/public/images/…

Rendez-vous à New York pour cette demi-finale !🗽🔜 #FIFACWC

Mars cleans Perseverance and erases its work by Mars Guy youtube.com/watch?v=tuXynI… #Mars

“Tarde reflejada” Acuarela in situ en Llicaldad Chiloé. Obra de 56 x 35 cm. Hecho a mano con dedicación (No IA).

Protecting the Cosmos: NSF NRAO leads critical spectrum studies to safeguard radioastronomy amidst radio spectrum reallocation 📷: Advanced Spectrum Monitor ASM-1 in testing at the Green Bank Observatory. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO. public.nrao.edu/news/protectin…

Portrait of a galaxy cluster A massive, spacetime-warping cluster of galaxies, Abell 209, is the setting of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Postman, P. Kelly esahubble.org/images/potw252…

Will the Sun devour Earth one day, or will our planet merely become a scorched relic orbiting a stellar corpse? (this is my party icebreaker) I asked a bunch of experts which fate is easier to swallow in my latest for Defector 🌞🍴🌎⁉️ defector.com/are-you-team-f…

V 372 Orionis and its companion, a stellar duo captured by Hubble Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M. Robberto nasa.gov/image-article/…

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Orbitviewer App New 3D, interactive visualization of planets and minor planets in our Solar System lets you explore Rubin discoveries in real time. ☑️ noirlab.edu/public/announc… NOIRLab ☑️ orbitviewer.app @vrubinobs

☑️ Vera C. Rubin Observatory ☑️ Vera Rubin Ridge on Mars ☑️ Asteroid 5726 Rubin ☑️ Nvidia Rubin Superchip ☑️ Vera Rubin's U.S. Quarter ☑️ Vera Rubin Memorial Fund and Early Career Prize Things Named After Carnegie Astronomer Vera Rubin carnegiescience.edu/news/things-na… Carnegie Science

The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy Initiates Decommissioning of UKIRT This is the 3rd telescope to be decommissioned, reaffirming UH’s commitment to responsible stewardship and restoration of these sites on Maunakea maunakeaobservatories.org/stories/the-un… Maunakea Observatories

Was Mars doomed to be a desert? Study proposes new explanation UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most of recent past. #Mars news.uchicago.edu/story/was-mars…