Del - Martian Observer

Obligatory Perseverance Mars Rover on Tour Selfie, Sol 2009 (15th October, 2026), west of Jezero crater. NAVCAM-Left @ 15:52 local mean solar time S/D: 92/0 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Martian-Observer

There is no chance that Labour will hit their current housebuilding target. But hitting it over the *next 5 years* is entirely possible if Labour recommit to it. If they don't it means much higher rents - and a worse cost of living crisis.

Perfect Halloween discovery: dead star and planetary bodies 🎃 🪐 Our VLT has found a rare disc of debris around a dead star that provides a glimpse into the possible fate of our Solar System. 🔭 🧪

On Sunday, during stormy weather, a TUI Cruises passenger ship clashed with two container ships while departing Germany on its way to the Canary Islands.

RIP

people say thank you for coming to my ted talk when it was really tedx at best

NEW: What Lurks Within the Shadows of Betelgeuse? Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse … 👻 You can say it three times, but new data (NSF #VeryLargeArray and #ALMA) suggests that its recently discovered companion star, Siwarha, is the one doing the haunting. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4jHMqAY

Still amazed by how much he just looks like a clone of his father, this boy from Brazil.

Connections Puzzle #1234 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 @pombalstoat.bsky.social @ghobubo.bsky.social @lillieg.bsky.social

The shocking effect of Perseverance rover's laser - that produces more power density than even a military laser >10 megawatts (MW) in a few nanoseconds Mars Guy, episode 290 (25th Oct, 2026)

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters." — Maclean

110% enjoying how much Obama's dig has clearly hit the spot

I mean, it DID look rigged. Heavily. In Bolsonaro’s favor. He lost anyway.

that food you can’t afford? you don’t need it anyway, fatty. and the gas you can’t afford? walk that fat ass to work! wait why aren’t you voting for us

This is such a fantastic photo: "The Witches' Tea Party" but I want to use it to explain the origin of the tall, pointy witches hat. The real story of this photo: These are residents at the Hospital of the Holy & Undivided Trinity: an almshouse in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England established 1610.

RIP Walter❤️

RIP Walter Koenig

We’re obviously focused on the humbling of Trump in this election, but don’t sleep on telling Elon Musk there’s something besides love his money can’t buy.

deep space 69

Now this is football I could watch

perfect, no notes

New rock core! This rock class was very hard to drill.

1/2🧵🔴 Mars Perseverance Sol 2019: Right #Mastcam-Z Camera / enhanced mosaic 🔭 Oct. 25, 2026, 13:24:59/13:25:22 Source: Mars_Perseverance_ZR0_2019_0846179578_0846179590_0846179600_614EBY_N0920000ZCAM10050_1100LMJ Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Jackie Branc CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 #Mars #Percy #Perseverance

Hate when someone figures out my password and I have to rename my cat

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

WE DID IT. I CANT FUCKING BELIEVED WE DEFEATED USA WE DEFEATED A COUP WE DEFEATED META WE DEFEATED EVERYONE WHO TRIED TO SILENCE BRAZILIA PEOPLE LULA WON GUYS. THE PEOPLE WON.

Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: "I have just spoken by phone with the leaders of the Students List, who won the elections in Serbia, to congratulate them... I assured them of Hungary’s support. I was delighted to hear how much strength our victory in April had given them during this difficult struggle."

don't vote for me or my son ever again

Canadian cliff diver Molly Carlson became the first known woman to dive off an iceberg after taking the plunge off the coast of Newfoundland.

“Good morning, my little minions.”

People will say it’s bad that Mayer couldn’t answer this herself, and they’re right. They’ll say it’s bad she asked AI, and they’re right. But I am here to say that it’s bad that she looked at this wack ass output and called it “perfect”

election betting markets once again fail to predict jack shit

An arrest warrant has been issued against Salvador's secretary of transport, one of Brazil's largest Lula-voting hubs, for keeping dozens of buses off the streets today. Again: what’s happening in Brazil is criminal.

Absolute sociopath. "I regret not making more people's lives miserable."