#PPOD: NASA's JWST captured this infrared view of Saturn and its moons Tethys (left), Enceladus (middle), and Dione (right) on 25 June 2023. The planet appears dark at this wavelength, as methane gas in its atmosphere absorbs sunlight — but its icy rings stay bright. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck

#space #science #scicomm #wallpaperwednesday

How is it this late into August already?!

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR #MINCUP2024!!!

Suggest minerals for this year's competition before we put the bracket together: www.mineralcup.org/nominations

#science #geology #scicomm

“The loss of science on #Twitter is a contemporary mass extinction event”, says Professor Edward #Holmes, who recently was awarded the prestigious Croonian Medal by the Royal Society. He has also deleted his Twitter account recently. “Twitter used to be THE place where you shared ideas, data, preprints and papers. Now it’s a post-Apocalyptic hell hole.” #scicomm

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/01/16/elon-musks-war-against-science-evidence-and-objective-truth/