If there's any heirarchy to photography, these shots are extremely close to the very top.

All eyes to the north tonight 👀 A Coronal Mass Ejection is forecast to arrive on earth, potentially giving opportunities to see the Northern Lights. Strong auroral activity is possible in northern Scotland, but even southern England could catch a glimpse in any cloud breaks.

🆕 Webb has revealed new details in Jupiter’s aurora! Read more: esawebb.org/news/weic2510/ or 🧵👇

Breathtaking!

A severe geomagnetic storm (G4) watch is in effect! There are many unknown variables that determine what this event will look like, but widespread northern lights are possible under the right conditions. Happy aurora hunting!

UPGRADE! G4 (Severe) Watch now in effect for 1 -2 June. Full story at swpc.noaa.gov/news/upgrade-g… and as always, check our website at spaceweather.gov for the latest information and updates.

Did I mention I'm writing a book about eclipses (both solar and lunar) with Dr. Ryan French? It's an interesting time to be talking about this!

Fact: A mathematician once used sunlight and shadows cast on the summer solstice to calculate the circumference of Earth. The mathematician’s name was Eratosthenes, it was 2,265 years ago, and his solution was less than 160 km away from the actual number. youtu.be/G8cbIWMv0rI?si…

Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by U.S. National Science Foundation–DOE Office of Science Vera C. Rubin Observatory! Can you guess what regions of sky they are? This is just a peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! ls.st/rubin-first-lo…

This is it. The FIRST released video from NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory. A new era of astronomy starts now! ✨ How many galaxies do you think are in this image? 10 MILLION 🤯 Here, Rubin’s view is focused on the southern region of the Virgo Cluster. 📹: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA

There's a new interstellar comet in the neighborhood! Known as 3I/ATLAS, this comet poses no threat to Earth – but it does provide a rare opportunity to study an object that originated outside of our solar system: science.nasa.gov/blogs/planetar…

This book is going to be an absolute gem!

The Curiosity rover is officially a teenager 🎂 Over the past 13 years, it’s driven over 20 miles, drilled dozens of samples, and sent back a decade of discoveries from the Red Planet. Help us wish our curious explorer a happy 13th landiversary!

Jim Lovell was a veteran of the Gemini VII, Gemini XII, and Apollo 8 missions before becoming the Mission Commander for the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon.

RIP Jim Lovell. Hero and legend.

🆕 Uranus has a new moon! 🌕 Meet S/2025 U1, discovered in images taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera.  Read more: esawebb.org/images/uranus-… 1/3

Does anyone else find this image sequence to be absolutely astonishing?!

🛰️ Four laser links and a cat? ESA has wrapped up its interplanetary optical communication campaign with NASA's Psyche spacecraft. The successful campaign demonstrates Europe's readiness to support high data rate, deep space optical communication. esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

I’m speaking at Chiswick Book Festival on Sunday! Tickets are available now. Join me for a fun and fascinating family session all about stargazing. ticketsource.co.uk/chiswickbookfe…

My first interview conducted at sea!