The Tarim Basin is the largest inland arid basin in the world. Precipitation is limited due to the blocking effect of surrounding mountains, where glaciers play a crucial role in regulating the region’s hydrological system. CryoSat helps take a look! 🔗nature.com/articles/s4161…

A deeper reading of the Titan submersible report reveals the craft got entangled in Titanic's famous forward stairwell a year before the implosion event. The incident was never reported - a violation of Section 113 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of and NOAA guidelines.

We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran. Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq

Dramatic end to the day. Fire on the slopes of Vesuvius lit by the setting sun. #Pompeii

From the ever excellent Earthquake Insights substack: The SWOT satellite observes (bright strip) the Kamchatka quake tsunami. See how close it matches the NOAA tsunami model (rest of image). earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/updates-on-t…

NASA Legend returns to the stars 🇺🇸

A visual tribute to Jim Lovell, who passed away Thursday. Inducted into NASA as part of the "New Nine" in Sept 1962, of which there are sadly no more. He flew Gemini VII and XII, Apollo 8, and as seen here as Commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. 1/6

As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.

The remarkable ‘Lion Man’ from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, carved in mammoth ivory, with an estimated age of about 40,000 years. It is over 30 cm tall…

65 years ago today, the CORONA satellite Discoverer 14 took the first U.S. photograph of a Soviet military site from space.

Full analysis here: newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/the-future-of-…

These surely are end days now for Iceberg A23a. Left-hand image acquired today by NASA MODIS; Right-hand image shows the berg's 2018 thickness profile built from ESA CryoSat-2 data. Area in 2018 was about 3,800 sq km.

Thing is, I’m not sure the agency was that independent anyway. I always got the feeling it was being held back by DSIT. And, ultimately, how independent is an organisation that hands 75% of all its funding straight to the European Space Agency? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A special guest columnist shares a story of night-flying with Jim Lovell. Thank you Tom Hanks

Just looked at the NHS pension claim form, known as "AW8". This form continues to ask new claimants about entitlements governed by HMRC rules that were actually abolished over a year ago. Even the explanatory notes for the form have not been updated. Bonkers.

Black holes may be the engines driving the universe’s dark energy. That’s according to new research involving researchers at Durham and collaborators as part of the DESI Survey mission. Read more 👉 brnw.ch/21wV6UZ Durham Physics Dark Matters @umich #DUResearch

Required reading: The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Jonathan Amos BTW - bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c… produced by Al Mansfield , in case you'd not seen it.