Paul Byrne
Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science at Washington University in St. Louis • Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Director • Planetary Bastard • he/him/Sir
- It will never not blow my mind that we can take pictures of the SURFACE OF ANOTHER PLANET and only a *few hours later* see them on our phones like this one, taken earlier today
- This is what sunset on Mars looks like.
- Wow. These are aurorae, dancing high in the atmosphere. Of Jupiter. From #JWST
- holy SHIT you need to watch this video notice what happens about 14 seconds in (trust me, you'll see it) www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...
- Friends, I recently passed 10,000 followers on this platform! Welcome new followers, and it's wonderful to share all things planetary with you! To celebrate, this is one of my favourite space images: Neptune and its giant moon Triton, seen by Voyager 2 after its flyby in August 1989.