No, no solar eclipse today. It's two years from now, in northern Africa. For details, see: Want to learn more about the solar system? I'm offering my class for teachers this semester #eclipse @RiceSpace @RicePhysAstro.

A response to the US immigration policy

A New Declaration of Independence from Tyranny (courtesy the Borowitz Report)

So much for fraud and waste. The lackluster parade cost millions; sending the marines to Los Angeles cost millions, and pardoning felons convicted of fraud will cost the US approximately a BILLION dollars. But yeah, let's go after the farm and clothing workers.

the MN suspect is in a security force company and was appointed to MN committee first by the previous governor Mark Dayton

RT @krassenstein: BREAKING: Kristi Noem, the head of DHS, has no f-cking clue what habeas corpus means. We are living in the dumbest of ti….

Cool summer camp at Rice! June 9-13, June 23-27 (Space), and July 7-11 (Engineering)! @RiceU_STEM @DiscoveryDome

EARLY TOMORROW MORNING: check out the potential landing areas of Kosmos 482 (only on orbit paths). The current US (blue) and EU (red) predictions have a lot of inhabited territory in between. London gets two chances! @RiceSpace @RicePhysAstro

At the Earth and Space open house we had 1000+ visitors come and enjoy the free exhibits and demos. Two portable domes showed Earth, Planetary, and Space shows. Outside the Dome we had OpenSpace so visitors could fly around the planets @RiceU_STEM @EEPS @RiceSpace @RicePhysAstro

Partial eclipse on now. Watch live on If you are at #NSTA, come and see at the @DiscoveryDome booth 473.

Auroras now visible as low latitude as Missouri! Details: @TweetAurora @NASAHEAT @RiceSpace @RiceNatSci

Major space weather event going on now. If you are in the dark and at latitudes greater than 45 or 50, go out and look!!!(not presently forecast for Houston).

Lunar *and* solar eclipses in March! You do NOT need special glasses for the lunar eclipse. just your eyes (and maybe a pair of binoculars). Check out my latest eclipse newsletter: @RiceSpace @RicePhysAstro @RiceNatSci

RT @AndrewDessler: Trump health environment has arrived!

The first #Measles death in Texas. And so the count of unnecessary non-vaccinated deaths will tally directly to @RFKJr_Official and his supporters @tedcruz and @JohnCornyn. How many more will die when #Medicaid is gutted?

So the price of lifesaving medicine has just increased more than tenfold.

More documented bald faced lies from the President.

RT @JamesTaylor_com: "I always hesitate to bring my political beliefs into this space. I don’t think my listeners would expect that from me….

Trying to reduce cow farts is actually pretty important. Cows can digest grass ONLY because they have bacteria in their gut that breaks down cellulose. That process releases methane, which is a far worse greenhouse gas than CO2. So fewer hurricanes, fires, and arctic cold fronts.

Really? Ukraine invaded Russia so we are going to stop supporting their freely-elected leaders who are trying to save their country? Even FOX NEWS said that Russia invaded Ukraine, not vice versa. Wake up folks! Don't abandon Ukraine and our principals!