#Comet

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

Did you feel the breeze? A few days ago, the small asteroid 2020 QG passed just 2,950 km above the Earth, the closest near-miss ever recorded!https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-small-asteroid-called-2020-qc-just-gave-earth-the-closest-near-mis

Yong Kwon

ykwon88

Why was this important? The large estates were lending grain to poorer farmers. These loans were important because they fed farming families between sowing and harvest months. But the estates

Jacob Steinberg

jsteinbergmedia

Today, MLB is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Negro leagues. I decided to make a thread honoring some of the stars of the Negro leagues, many of whom would

Dr. Jacquelyn Gill

JacquelynGill

I just changed my profile Twitter avatar for the first time in forever, so, enjoy me barely able to contain my excitement at holding a piece of the Greenland ice

NASA Sun & Space

NASASun

Today, @ESA & @NASA’s SOHO solar observatory marks 25 years in space! Over the past quarter century, SOHO has revolutionized the way we understand the Sun, illuminating everything from its

Emma

AgarthaEmma

Mention flat earth theory and you can expect lots of laughter and eye rolls. Mention Hollow earth theory and most people have never even heard of it. Well I’m here

Ferris Jabr

ferrisjabr

2,000+ years ago, Persians enjoyed cool beverages, sorbets, and other chilled treats in the desert, even in the searing heat of summer.How?With this: an ancient refrigerator called a Yakhchāl ("ice

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Today in pulp: well I think you can guess who this artist is... Born in Brooklyn in 1928 Frank Frazzetta (with two Zs) showed amazing talent even at an early

Shivam Bhatt

elektrotal

So it's #diwali which means a little chat about what this holiday means, and why I'm getting choked up just writing about it. First, anthropology. It's the harvest festival,

Moiya McTier

GoAstroMo

This Friday is #JUNETEENTH2020 (learn more here: https://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm )Some people like to say that 246 years of slavery wasn’t that long, so last year I gave a talk that put the

Nebula #SHAmanCouncil🧙‍♂️$SHA

Nebula_Matrix

Thread for $SHA@SafeHavenio is a sleeping giantThere are few projects that have built a better ecosystem than @SafeHavenio. I might even take it a step futher & say #SafeHaven has

#draintheswap 💗

hanisahbrilman

Because Justin Bieber is my favourite singer ever, I had to make this thread , A Cry for helpJustin Bieber Exposes #PizzaGate in the Music Video Yummy ~ will

astrotweeps: Pratik (@astrogandhi)

astrotweeps

First thread, Meandering Observing StoryA thread about observing the night sky with or without a telescope. 'Observing' for those of us (JA Grier @grierja) of the astro bent, is both

Ellen Ferris

Ellen_Ferris1

[A very important thread] With a week to go until Christmas Eve, you need to decide:Which reindeer are you on a night out?[1/10] DASHER You’re the guy who makes everyone

Randa Jabbour

randajab

Here's a thread of mostly online resources to help teach agroecology / organic agriculture / crop production. I want to share them with you & keep them in one place

Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

CSERCambridge

Up next on Day 3 of #CCCR2020 is Session 5 “Threats without enemies: natural global disasters and their consequences”, with Doug Erwin @smithsonian @sfiscience and Lindley Johnson @NASA, chaired by

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