Europa and the other Galilean satellites might be the survivors of multiple generations of moons that formed and were destroyed during Jupiter's violent youth.
https://blog.orbitingfrog.com/2026/03/the-last-generation-why-europa-might-be-jupiters-final-attempt-at-making-moons.html
The Vera Rubin Observatory's 800,000 nightly alerts mark the beginning of real-time astronomy, fundamentally changing how we discover and study transient cosmic events.
https://blog.orbitingfrog.com/2026/02/push-notifications-for-astronomy-vera-rubin.html
Next Saturday I'm walking barefoot across burning hot coals at 650°C to raise money for Project Possibility. There's one week left to donate.
https://blog.orbitingfrog.com/2026/02/walking-on-fire-for-project-possibility.html
I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across.
If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers.
If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.
Two cats have jumped onto a sash window and climbed up under the blind, dislodging it
Working from home proving more stressful than I feel is necessary
For years I've been getting emails asking about my old satellite tracking tools for Google Earth. They went offline in 2015. In February 2026 I finally rebuilt the whole thing from scratch in a single afternoon: wi…
https://blog.orbitingfrog.com/2026/02/satellites-on-google-earth-back-from-the-dead
This was taken during the 2017 USA eclipse, but we're going to try again for Spain 2026! Woohoo!
https://photos.orbitingfrog.com/2026/02/total-eclipse-planning
NGC 281 is more fondly known as the Pacman Nebula. In normal wavelengths this image resembles(ish) the ghost-gobbling Pacman, but here I'm using narrowband SHO…
https://blog.orbitingfrog.com/2021/12/the-pacman-nebula.html
I'm really hoping to talk about how to use generative AI in astro, how private industry is transforming space, and also any S5 rumours about #ForAllMankind 😀
The next #dotastro is happening really soon! April, in Madrid 🇪🇸 Register interest and learn more at www.dotastronomy.com/thirteen
I have survived a Manhattan Trader Joe's in Friday 'rush hour'. Thanks New York 😅
This morning at dotastro 12 Steve Crawford from NASA is telling us about the agency's work in open science. Did you know that NASA have an open guide to its open science policies on Github? github.com/nasa/smd-ope... 🧪
I am at #dotastro 12 in New York - and I'm trying this out...
