Snipes21 My entire schooling was arguing with Teachers regarding what I wanted to do. Got to the point they effectively BANNED me from ever handing in a pencil sketch. I was forced to use color. I never liked using colors, I also couldn't get messy, but they'd FORCE me to use paints

NASA’s dirty dilemma: How Martian dust is crippling space probes | BBC Science Focus Magazine buff.ly/3WToSeW Dust has always been a problem when exploring Mars and here EzzyP BBC Science Focus Magazine explains why the problem is so hard to solve. #Mars #space #PerseveranceRover

I have been in 104F/40C heat in Florida for multiple days. How am I suffering more on an overcast, 65F/18C day in Bristol?!?!

Dear #astrotwitter - is there anywhere I can find up-to-date magnitude measurements of Betelgeuse?

Went to see this at the weekend and was totally blown away! Incredible acting, music, staging, design, choreography - everything. Would be going again to see it again if I could. Please go see it if you can (because I really need them to do a cast recording).

Important question: If you were to have people dress up as stars, what colour would you put main sequence stars in if white, blue and red is already taken? I'm torn between green and yellow. #ScienceTwitter #space #astronomy

To those following the #Chandrayaan3Landing - be aware the time zone is GMT +5:30. That half hour has tripped me up more than once.

Congratulations to ISRO for becoming the first agency to land at the lunar south pole and India for being fourth nation to soft land on the Moon! Quite a feat.

Get all the week’s stargazing highlights delivered directly to your ears in our weekly Star Diary podcast - out now! skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-…

I just discovered the quote: "We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming" - Wernher von Braun. And frankly... I never want to find out the context of this so it can just stand by its absurd little self.

I've got a new team of co-presenters on the #stargazing podcast I present for BBC Sky at Night Magazine! First up is the brilliant Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social. I love doing the podcast, so please do give it a listen if you want to find out what's out and about in the night sky.

It really is very good...

What I got up to yesterday.

Watch the #PolarisDawn spacewalk live! The mission will make history as the first private spacewalk in history. Click here to follow the livestream -> skyatnightmagazine.com/news/polaris-d…

For those that would like to watch the Polaris Dawn spacewalk, we have a livestream going here.

The cabin on board Polaris Dawn's Crew Dragon just started venting. The process will take around 8 minutes. Once complete, the Jared Isaacman will venture outside to begin the first ever commercial spacewalk. Watch LIVE here -> skyatnightmagazine.com/news/polaris-d…