Melanie R. Meadors

A cool new discovery from @eso.org and the #VeryLargeTelescope! A dying star system could hold clues to what might happen to our own solar system. Learn more! happycrabconservation.com/blog/remnant...

I will have prints of several of my pieces available at Burncoat High in #WorcesterMA this Saturday as part of their Spirit of Burncoat celebration! Come have some fun with their other activities, too!

Hey there! Are you in the #WorcesterMA area? Come say hi to me at Burncoat High School on Saturday, October 24! I will have hand-bound sketchbooks, original nature art, and greeting card prints of my art.

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I've been busy! Trying to prep for a HUGE show that is coming up in a few weeks. Getting some originals done.

Ever see a cool bug in the woods and think, "I just gotta taste it!" Well, you might want to think twice about messing with the blister beetle... happycrabconservation.com/blog/x19w4h1...

Want to get a jump on your Christmas shopping? I've lowered the prices of my journals because I'm changing how I am doing things in the future (standardizing some things, etc). So now's your chance to grab one! Free US shipping! Please share to help me out! #handmade happycrabconservation.com/store

I have local events where I'll be selling my hand-bound journals, sketchbooks, and greeting cards with my nature-inspired art on them!

Autumn is upon us, and I have the perfect hand-bound journal for you in my shop! lookingupwithmel.com/store/p/hard...

Tomorrow I'm back on the trails with TWO potential hikes. So who wants to pledge to support me? Well, you're not really supporting me, you are supporting the TREES, the BIRDS, the INSECTS, and all the other life forms that depend on green space. LET'S DO THIS!! www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundra...

Discover the State of the World’s Birds!🐦 This sixth edition by BirdLife International focuses on migratory birds and their flyways, and what they reveal about the state of nature, the drivers of biodiversity loss, and the solutions needed to reverse declines.🗺️ Find it here👉 sowb.birdlife.org

Hike Worcester Week is coming up! Wait, you don't know what that is? Check out my latest post and learn more about how you can pledge support my treks through Worcester hiking trails and raise money for Greater Worcester Land Trust! lookingupwithmel.substack.com/p/what-is-hi...

What the heck?? These people are garbage.

always protect the possibility of something beautiful

We need your eyes! 🖥️ Introducing Rubin: Blobs and Blurs, a new citizen science project using NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory data. 🔭🧪 We’re on the hunt for faint, blurry galaxies that are dominated by invisible dark matter & often hard for computers to identify. zooniverse.org/rubin

Did you know that thanks to climate change the US is expecting its worst wheat harvest in half a century? We're pushing up against physical limits, and we're pushing hard. billmckibben.substack.com/p/reality-in...

[P] Even ignoring her tremendous contributions to music and entertainment, just spend a few going through at the "Philanthropy" section of her wiki. *That* is how to live a life. RIP to a genuine American treasure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P...

Hey, if you were subscribing to a monthly astronomy zine that is 12 pages long, what would you want in it? Stargazing tips? what's up in the sky this month? Latest astronomy news? Would you want it to be a digest of a bunch of different topics, or a thing dedicated to a single subject?

OMG it's even better than I thought it would be!! This is exactly the book I was looking for! Heh, @drspacejunk.bsky.social thanks again!!

This morning, my Zojirushi coffee maker chugged away, making the morning pot. It completed brewing the pot, then quietly died. RIP Zoji. You served us well for many years...

Aurora Borealis greeting cards are available now in my shop! Printed from an original oil pastel by me. Help support public astronomy programming and content! lookingupwithmel.com/store/p/auro...

AI tokens are now offered as part of compensation at several tech companies now. So you might not be able to feed your families, but at least you can use AI!

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

I'm back from vacation in the White Mountains/Franconia Notch. Here's my photo of the partial eclipse on Wednesday! #solareclipse #solareclipse2026 #space

[UPDATE] Happy to see that astronomers, biologists and & conservationists filed a petition Thursday asking the FTC to reverse its approval of a for profit plan to beam sunlight from space to Earth at night, on-demand 🧪 Birds, insects and others rely on moon & stars to navigate, feed & more too:

Isaacman keeps talking about beating China, building perimeters, and "city blocks" on the moon. Meanwhile, the NASA's moon base updates focus on all the science we're going to be doing up there, and cooperative efforts. So, which one is it?

Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.

I LOVE this month's issue of Looking Up! with Mel, and if you subscribe by Aug 5th at 10AM, you can get one in the mail as well!! lookingupwithmel.com/store/subscr...

Frustrated scientists spending actual years of their lives dedicated to PLEASE STOP SPREADING THAT BULLSHIT ABOUT DETRANSITIONING, WE BEG YOU

I had such a great time doing this program at the Boylston Public Library. Such a great audience! www.melaniermeadors.com/blog/ykvsg0t...

The brightness of Betelgeuse changes periodically. For decades astronomers had suspected that some of these variations could be due to a companion star orbiting around it. Now, the VLT has captured the clearest image ever of Betelgeuse B, a faint star orbiting Betelgeuse. 🔭 🧪 2/4

I have new pocket notebooks in my shop! I carry a pocket notebook EVERYWHERE. Some ways I use them include: reminders, notes, plans, stories, article ideas, things I want to remember, venting, and journalling to help me make decisions. I love making them, too! www.melaniermeadors.com/store/p/pock...

I had such a great time at #RocketDay at the Ecotarium in Worcester, MA! www.melaniermeadors.com/blog/rocket-...

Had a great time at the Worcester Ecotarium today table for Aldrich Astronomical for their Rocket Day celebration!

Very nice @aselrod.bsky.social piece on the MAGA Odyssey freakout and how it's all about telling "a story that cuts out the vast majority of humanity in favor of a few white men...to make that story the defining truth of the American experience." Everything for MAGA is about enforcing hierarchy.

I had a wonderful time giving an #astronomy talk to kids at the Auburn Public Library in Auburn, MA. The kids were super engaged and enthusiastic to learn about life and where it might exist in the universe. They got to create their own aliens!

Some details about what I've been up to! www.patreon.com/looking_up/p...

I made a nebula postcard, and it's for sale in my shop! www.etsy.com/listing/4539...

INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.

Join Xerces and make art that supports conservation! 🐝✍🏽 Job Title: Science Illustration Intern 🌎Location: Remote 💲Compensation: $24/hr, 20hrs/week 📅Duration: Sep-Dec 2026 ❗Apply by: July 31, 2026 Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs