Astronomers and Their Dobs: Paying a Twitter Tribute to John Dobson
12" of awesome Dobsonian love. Thanks #johndobson for the views! @universetoday @JPMajor pic.twitter.com/PLA321Vqf1— Scott MacNeill (@scottiemacneill) January 16, 2014 Amateur…
Captain Kirk Tweets the Space Station
Chris Hadfield's response to William Shatner got quite a bit of attention on Twitter You know that you're living in…
‘Live’ Tweeting Apollo 17’s Mission
40 years ago on December 19, 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down on Earth, marking the end of the manned…
Memorable Space Tweeps of 2012
To space Tweeps, Twitter is so much more than just a news service. It's a community, a spot where everyone…
Two Days of Tweetness: Witnessing a Shuttle Launch
It's been over a week since the NASA Tweetup and I'm still thinking about it. For good reason, of course...…
SpaceX Seeking Tweets From The Final Frontier
[/caption] Space Exploration Technologies -- or SpaceX as they are more commonly known -- has gotten pretty good at launching…
A New Way to do Science? Live-Tweeting Observations of Haumea
[/caption] Back when I first started using Twitter in 2008, I never would have guessed this social media outlet could…
Do the #ISSWave All the Way Around the World
C’mon, admit it. If you regularly watch for the International Space Station passing overhead you’ve probably waved or shouted a…
Get Ready for the Geminids — In the Sky and Online!
[/caption] One of the best night sky events of the year is on tap: The Geminid Meteor shower. According to…
Space Station Twitter Crew Returns Home
The Expedition 23 crew from the International Space Station landed safely in their Soyuz-17 spacecraft, concluding their five-and-a-half-month stay in…