There are now 9.5k satellites in orbit.

Day 328: Tom Gwilym finally found a break in the weather, only to be met with pollution. This is what your sky looks like.

I am hiring a new editor for my team! (based in the northeastern US or Germany). Apply within: careers.springernature.com/job/New-York-A…
(Happy to answer questions) #hiring #vacancy #job #astronomy #astrojob

Phthalocyanine the best thing that happened to painters in the last 100 years

NASA is committed to responsibly exploring the cosmos to preserve space for future generations.

Tune in to NASA+ on April 9 at 12:30pm ET as I unpack where NASA’s going in space sustainability at Space Foundation's 39th Space Symposium! plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vide…

Day 327: Richard Schrantz of Nicholasville, KY. interrupted while trying to capture the majesty of comet Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

A few weeks ago some batteries thrown overboard from the International Space Station crashed into someone’s house in Florida. Great reporting here by Stephen Clark.

arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/…

Church of Whale Fall ⛪️🐋🦀

Big props to the experimental archeologist who got the same thing tattooed 8 different ways on his leg to try and determine which one Otzi the Iceman used

'Frequent PAPS co-organizer Dr. Nabil Iqbal recently shared that a former attendee communicated to him,

“if this is the end for her, she wants me to remember that she wanted to be a physics student, and teach others to love it as much as she does.”'

Depending on the season, there are 10,000-20,000 airplanes airborne at once. If you look up, you'll likely see a plane or two.

Over 27 times that: *537,267* constellation satellites are planned, and will significantly alter our sky.

Starlink launches are now hours apart, sending around 20 new satellites at a time.

'The company currently has over 5,000 working Starlink satellites in orbit and has approval to launch up to 12,000.'

space.com/spacex-starlin…

Day 326: This image has over 46 geostationary satellites in it.
From the 2017 article 'Earth's Ring System'
planetary.org/articles/20170…

Day 325: why am i still doing this on a dead website?

i hold the hope these pictures hold a sentiment of sorrow, loss, and deepen a desire to preserve, for at least one person.

[geosynchronous satellites by sky and telescope]

Day 324: Happy Birthday to my little brother, and space debris launched when he was 3.
[source: sky and telescope]

Day 323: its a leap day, which is a convenient time to tell you rocket launches happen so frequently they can be hours apart.

Even outer space now succumbs to human pollution
It's been 5 years since the first Starlink satellites went up, and the night sky is already a polluted mess.
Not just for astronomers; for everyone
bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…

Day 322:
[from space safety magazine]

Day 321: the sky with distraction

Day 320: tumbling satellite
[source: scientific american]