#planetaryscience

Hello, and welcome! 👋 We're the Forming Worlds Lab at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen. We study how rocky planets form and evolve, and what makes a world habitable, from early magma oceans 🌋 to the atmospheres of distant exoplanets 🪐. We model planetary interiors and atmospheres together, and we build the open-source PROTEUS framework our science runs on, in the open. 💻 Over the coming days, we'll introduce our group members one by one, and the research projects each of them leads. After that, expect regularly: 🪐 the wonder of rocky planets and alien worlds 📄 recent papers and science results 🎤 conference updates and talks 📸 life in the Forming Worlds Lab It's an exciting time to explore other worlds. Glad to have you here, follow along! 🌍 Web: https://formingworlds.space Code: https://github.com/FormingWorlds PROTEUS: https://proteus-framework.org #Exoplanets #PlanetaryScience #Astronomy #Astrodon #OpenScience

Sculptor galaxy with my Telescope from home https://www.byteseu.com/2402096/ #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpaceTechnology

🌍 Size alone does not decide how strongly a world pulls. Gravity carries a quieter signature written in mass and radius. ✍️ Explore why worlds pull: https://www.theperpetuallycurious.org/gravity-planets/ Every world has its own measure of down. #Gravity #PlanetaryScience #Physics #Cosmos #ThePerpetuallyCurious

Happy birthday to #mathematician, aeronautical #engineer, philanthropist and Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ ⁠ Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the Trail of Tears, Ross attributed her success in math to the Cherokee tradition of encouraging equal education for boys and girls. 🧵1/ https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/634592877 #printmaking #sciart #womenInSTEM #Indigineer #SpaceRace #planetaryScience #linocut #mastoArt

https://www.ufofeed.com/280094/webb-reveals-a-treasure-chest-filled-with-stars/ Webb reveals a Treasure Chest filled with stars #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

https://www.ufofeed.com/279182/oc-my-best-view-of-the-milky-way-from-orbit/ [OC] My best view of the Milky Way from orbit #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

https://www.ufofeed.com/278183/one-of-the-best-images-ever-taken-from-the-iss-the-milky-way-captured-from-the-cupola-by-astronaut-don-pettit/ One of the best images ever taken from the ISS. The Milky Way captured from the Cupola by astronaut Don Pettit. #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

https://www.ufofeed.com/278163/sun-and-moon-at-the-lion-rock-in-japan/ Sun and Moon at the Lion Rock in Japan #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

Action! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Begins Capturing the Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever Made https://www.byteseu.com/2225170/ #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpaceTechnology

https://www.ufofeed.com/274236/fireflies-and-star-trails-by-julian-diamond/ Fireflies and star trails. By Julian Diamond #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

#PPOD: An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph while orbiting over northern Africa. The image shows a dune field known as Erg Chebbi, located in southeastern Morocco, near the border with Algeria and northeast of the Little Atlas mountain range. This erg, a wide sandy area covered with dunes, lies in the northwestern region of the Sahara Desert. Credit: NASA #science #planetaryscience

Lightcurve Films make documentaries and videos about space, planetary science and European Space Agency missions. You can follow at: ➡️ @lightcurvefilms_socialmedia (Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. If you follow, the account's videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.) #FeaturedPeerTube #Space #PlanetaryScience #ESA #EuropeanSpaceAgency #PeerTube

Europlanet is an organisation for all kinds of planetary science people in Europe, including academia, industry, government and amateurs. You can follow their video account at: ➡️ @europlanet_media (Don't worry if it looks blank, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. If you follow the account, the videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.) #FeaturedPeerTube #PlanetaryScience #Science #Space #Astrophysics #SolarSystem #PeerTube

https://www.ufofeed.com/268696/15-years-ago-today-atlantis-launches-on-sts-135-the-final-flight-of-the-space-shuttle-program/ 15 years ago today: Atlantis launches on STS-135, the final flight of the Space Shuttle program #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

https://www.ufofeed.com/268194/astronomers-discover-some-of-the-most-extreme-primordial-quasars-in-the-universe-2/ Astronomers discover some of the most extreme primordial quasars in the universe #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration

#PPOD: The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event in this photograph taken on June 5, 2026, from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth, Australia. Auroras are colorful, dynamic, and often visually delicate displays of an intricate dance of particles and magnetism between the Sun and Earth, known as space weather. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir #planetaryscience #space #science

The International Space Science Institute is an interdisciplinary research institute studying the Solar System, planetary sciences, astrophysics, cosmology, astrobiology and Earth sciences. You can follow their video account at: ➡️ @issi_media Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server has followed it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too. #FeaturedPeerTube #PlanetaryScience #Space #Astrophysics #PeerTube

#PPOD: This stunning false-color view of Saturn's moon Hyperion reveals crisp details across the strange, tumbling moon's surface. Color differences could indicate variations in the composition of surface materials. The view was obtained during Cassini's close flyby on Sept. 26, 2005. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS #space #science #planetaryscience

#PPOD: This image was taken during Cassini's final close flyby of Enceladus in 2016. It captures Enceladus' heavily fractured southern hemisphere from a distance of about 83,000 kilometers. Running left to right near the terminator is Cashmere Sulcus, and extending north towards the limb is Labtayt Sulcus. Mosul Sulcus is near the left limb. The moon's south pole is in winter night. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Justin Cowart #planetaryscience #space #science

https://www.ufofeed.com/209047/why-we-explore-a-love-letter-to-caltechs-mars-and-the-mind-of-man-oc/ Why We Explore: A love letter to CalTech’s ‘Mars and the Mind of Man’ [OC] #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration