Instead of following accounts that post space images without proper credit, or flat out get the captions/credit wrong like the example @doug_ellison notes here, follow these folks instead: A thread. (1/n)

(Using a screenshot below so as not to promote the other account.) For amazing photos and cinematic videos of Earth & beyond, check out @_TheSeaning. His processing of Juno images of Jupiter in particular are *STUNNING.* (2/n)

https://twitter.com/_TheSeaning/status/1423260360119918594?s=20

China's Zhurong rover released its first images from the surface of Mars! It touched down in Utopia Planitia, in the northern plains of Mars.

Let's take a little tour of Utopia Planitia today. (Thread: 1/n) If Utopia sounds familiar, it's probably because (A) you're a #StarTrek fan, or (B) you remember that Viking 2 landed in Utopia back in the 1970s—but it's much farther north than Zhurong.

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Your quarantine coping mechanisms as #StarTrek characters: A thread

Picard:

⭐️Wearing work clothes despite working from home
⭐️Thrilled to not have children around
⭐️Reading Shakespeare for the epic quotes Riker:

⭐️Chronic Tinder flirting
⭐️Annoying neighbours with your musical "talent"
⭐️Looking better with your quarantine beard

Thread: Since #LPSC2020 was cancelled, some of us held an online conference over the weekend to present our work. Here's the presentation @DannyBednar and I had about the process behind writing "For All Humankind": forallhumankind.space Part of the inspiration behind writing "For All Humankind" was the plaque left behind on the lunar lander:
#lpsc2020

Michael Byers: Since the 2007 Chinese anti-satellite weapon test, not a single nation has tried a similar test b/c nations realize that generating more space debris harms EVERYONE, not just the nation whose satellite was targeted. #OSI2018

More info: space.com/19450-space-ju… The overarching theme of this panel has revolved around "Kessler Syndrome": Density of objects in low Earth orbit increases → collisions b/t objects cause a cascade effect → collisions generate space debris that increase the likelihood of further collisions. #OSI2018

Tonight at #GA2018, @elakdawalla is giving the Helen Sawyer Hogg Public Lecture on “ The Golden Age of Space Exploration.” Good crowd here! .@elakdawalla: Pluto’s moon Charon was discovered 40 years ago this week! #GA2018

It's been awhile since I dropped a thread o' #Mars, so let's try something different today... 1. The hues of #Mars' surface are generally thanks to dust cover—or (relative) lack thereof. Lighter areas = dusty, darker = less dusty.