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@AJamesMcCarthy Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy posts on X about all the, mars, greg, $2k the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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"I love my job so much. Today I got to watch the sun produce incredible streams of plasma throughout the chromosphere which I photographed in detail using a specially modified telescope"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-09 20:44:49 UTC 411.5K followers, 2.9M engagements

"The JWST photo inspired this: a real capture of mine that I edited. The rings arent detectable with my equipment so were added digitally. I used to do art projects like this all the time but have been disheartened when they get stolen and reposted with false captions 😖"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 18:10:36 UTC 411.5K followers, 84.9K engagements

"@morgannike49 Yes but they're not grey. They're just dim so the cones in your eyes aren't activated. No different than trying to see the color of flowers under starlight. The color is there whether you can perceive it or not"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-21 18:08:37 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements

"@DrChrisCombs Maybe the real Turing test is if AI falls for photoshop"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 04:38:25 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Astrophotography is such an addiction. These little splashes of red are nebulae. on a completely different galaxy. Who knows what kind of life or civilizations could be looking back at me"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-08 02:06:33 UTC 411.4K followers, 45K engagements

"When I first got a telescope it was a bit overwhelming knowing what to get and to have the right kind of expectations as different types of astronomy can have very opposite criteria. For that reason I put together this telescope buying guide:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 23:46:16 UTC 411.5K followers, 78.6K engagements

"If you assume you can't do this- you're wrong. I won't pretend it's not difficult but it's certainly not impossible. Get my free telescope buying guide here and take your first step into a larger universe:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-10 16:38:27 UTC 411.5K followers, 24.9K engagements

"@ThePatriotWolf Buy a telescope my dude Theyre a lot of fun and you get to see all the cool stuff up there"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 04:49:14 UTC 411.5K followers, 5243 engagements

"@Codebender_Cate @JenniferTilly SpaceX launch out of Vandenberg"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 01:49:36 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements

"The view from my backyard looks like a painting right now"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 02:26:48 UTC 411.5K followers, 60.7K engagements

"The surreal Trifid nebula captured with an 8" telescope. This nebula sits alongside the Lagoon nebula near Sagittarius and is visible all summer long. This is a succinct example of emission nebula (pink) reflection nebula (blue) and dark nebula (black/brown) all in one"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-07 15:50:06 UTC 411.4K followers, 71.5K engagements

"I need to put something back in this box but he hasnt left it alone for X days"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-12 18:37:55 UTC 411.5K followers, 139.1K engagements

"All the space lovers who follow me watching me slowly devolve into a pet influencer"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-22 17:35:47 UTC 411.5K followers, 43.2K engagements

"If you collect enough photons youll see space is far from empty"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-13 00:18:01 UTC 411.5K followers, 75.8K engagements

"Id go to the moon in a heartbeat but Mars would be a tougher decision with the fastest journey being several months. The missions would be years long. The first people to go to Mars will be some of the bravest"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 18:10:58 UTC 411.5K followers, 86.9K engagements

"@WildernessBasin @waitbutwhy Color balancing these outer planets is really tough I actually think this looks a little less saturated than it does visually. To properly color balance it I have to capture something with a known white balance like Jupiter in the same session and then apply the same settings"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-21 16:56:29 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Last night I used an 11" telescope and two cameras to capture the Strawberry Moon as it hung low in the sky. My goal was to reveal all the hidden color that is too faint for your eyes to see telling the story of the moon's trauma"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-11 19:10:21 UTC 411.5K followers, 480.3K engagements

"I just finished my first photo project with this contraption. A XXX hour exposure with close to XXX megapixels. I think youll like it. Give me a week or so to make sure itll work in print and Ill share it with you"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-14 00:47:52 UTC 411.5K followers, 105.5K engagements

"Star trails are like a fingerprint. The pattern here is unique based on where in the sky I was shooting and how many stars made it into the shot. This is star trails of the Pleiades captured by turning off tracking on my telescope and letting the stars drift through the frame"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-10 17:52:38 UTC 411.5K followers, 84.8K engagements

"If youre curious about what it takes to get into this I put together a telescope buying guide that can help you learn a bit about the tools I use. I give it away for free to new email subscribers you can sign up here:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 03:16:03 UTC 411.5K followers, 18.3K engagements

"@BMohammedl I bet we see crewed Mars missions within 5-7 years depending on if starship reaches its reusability goals. Commercial spaceflight has a lot of inertia right now so even if they dont make it work someone will eventually. Id say permanent home. Moon is the stopover"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 18:14:08 UTC 411.5K followers, 1772 engagements

"In my defense it was a super gorgeous sunset"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-17 02:43:37 UTC 411.5K followers, 18.9K engagements

"This was probably my most intense project working every morning and night for X weeks grabbing sleep only when possible. Tomorrow Im sharing a project to my email subscribers that didnt cost me as much sleep but was even more complex"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-22 21:47:30 UTC 411.5K followers, 30.2K engagements

"@greg16676935420 Why are they still black Get some bar keepers friend and scour them. Youll know you did it right when theyre a dull silver color. 😍"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-03-05 17:38:17 UTC 411.5K followers, 10.7K engagements

"Id love to get a telescope but I have too much light pollution Heres a photo I captured of Saturn from the roof of a parking garage in the heart of Los Angeles. Light pollution doesnt affect planet shots whatsoever"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 23:57:37 UTC 411.5K followers, 258.3K engagements

"Hes disappointed Im working on my cameras instead of giving scritches"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-18 20:21:16 UTC 411.5K followers, 237.9K engagements

"Greg is sitting in his box and hallucinating"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-11 15:59:55 UTC 411.5K followers, 189.4K engagements

"Yes its a real photo I captured this with a XX telescope from my backyard. Uranus is actually beautiful to look at through even smaller scopes like the X I recommend in my telescope buying guide:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 17:14:09 UTC 411.5K followers, 21.9K engagements

"I keep seeing my sun footage from this video shared without context so figured Id post it again so you can ask questions to me directly No AI or CGI was used in the creation of this video- just the raw power of the sun and a solar telescope in my backyard"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-08 17:50:01 UTC 411.5K followers, 332.6K engagements

"Happy Birthday to the only country to ever do this"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-04 16:59:26 UTC 411.5K followers, 1.1M engagements

"Here's a video I put together showing some of my telescopes and the photos they've captured. In order from smallest to largest. the last one is a monster 🤣"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 19:53:01 UTC 411.5K followers, 46.8K engagements

"Ever seen Saturn through a telescope Using photos captured through my 14" telescope I tried to overcome the camera's limits to simulate the appearance through the eyepiece as closely as I could. It's one of the most surreal things you'll ever see with your own eyes"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-05-16 19:25:40 UTC 411.5K followers, 126K engagements

"@Watcher20934584 @elonmusk @gork I thought it was pronounced urectum"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 19:28:31 UTC 411.4K followers, 3258 engagements

"New fine art astrophotography print coming This photo is a TINY excerpt of a nearly XXX megapixel photo Ill be unveiling to you all next week. If you want to see it early join my email list Its linked in my bio and comes with a free telescope buying guide"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-18 02:18:02 UTC 411.5K followers, 29K engagements

"Why are you taking photos of the sunset instead of me"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-17 02:42:21 UTC 411.5K followers, 92.9K engagements

"@zwartgeleridder If its any consolation I post far more often now several space posts a day (used to be one a day). So yes I shove greggers down your throat but I balance it with the stars"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-22 17:41:11 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Its always Why does that cat account I follow post so many space pics and never When is Gregory getting a nebula named after him First box-shaped nebula I discover is all yours buddy 🫡"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-18 01:41:28 UTC 411.5K followers, 118.1K engagements

"Happening right now: The moon is drifting past Mars. Look up This was captured just a moment ago with a 12" telescope"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-30 02:30:19 UTC 411.4K followers, 102.8K engagements

"This is a jellyfish that happens only when the rocket is launched at dusk. Launches look a lot different depending on the time of day. Before launches were happening regularly out of Southern Ca it was only visible like this from the middle of the ocean. It was launched south so it was parallel to the horizon from my vantage"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 04:24:03 UTC 411.4K followers, XXX engagements

"I put together this little video with behind the scenes of my latest ISS transit shot. You can see how it looked live through the telescopes (real time speed is NUTS) vs after the processed image. These are so rewarding to capture 🤓"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-20 18:43:07 UTC 411.5K followers, 134.3K engagements

"I call this piece "Kardashev Dreams" as it represents the humble beginnings as our civilization grows I released it in two versions: This one and one that's an uncropped panorama you can see on my website here: Prints available for a short time"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-19 15:39:54 UTC 411.5K followers, 212K engagements

"My shot of the 2025 Buck moon captured less than an hour ago as it rose over my neighbor's house"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-11 05:29:17 UTC 411.5K followers, 179.8K engagements

"Remember that time we had a lunar eclipse near the Pleiades That was awesome"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-09 23:02:04 UTC 411.5K followers, 74.3K engagements

"Our next two destinations in the solar system both in one photo captured December 2022 from my backyard. Hard to imagine a more incredible adventure than landing on another world"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-07 02:27:35 UTC 411.5K followers, 86.8K engagements

"Last night I used X cameras to capture the ultimate HDR view of the lunar eclipse This 300GB image shows the lunar surface in extreme detail while revealing all rich color that was projected onto the surface See the full res crop or get a print in the reply to this post"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-03-14 18:49:12 UTC 411.5K followers, 18M engagements

"Beautiful launch tonight out of Vandenberg. Despite the rocket being over the Pacific here I was able to see it in Arizona"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 04:02:26 UTC 411.5K followers, 43K engagements

"Neil Armstrong held the most optimistic views of the first mission estimating a XX% chance of survival. Russian roulette has worse odds but not by much. Some official estimates put the chance of success at 5%"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 17:40:39 UTC 411.5K followers, 27.1K engagements

"Hard to imagine a greater purpose than extending humanitys explored frontiers beyond Earth. I would go to the moon in a heartbeat if given the opportunity. Would you"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 17:36:10 UTC 411.5K followers, 85.9K engagements

"My telescope malfunctioned and made it look like the stars are actually little harps 🫶"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-05-19 04:29:33 UTC 411.5K followers, 71.5K engagements

"My planet photos are thousands of individual photos stacked. Heres how it looks during the capture process. If you want to learn how to get into this hobby right now Im sending people my telescope buying guide for free when they join my email list:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-17 00:40:09 UTC 411.5K followers, 24.1K engagements

"Idk why this was requested so much but here it is: my best photo of Uranus"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 16:30:47 UTC 411.5K followers, 287.4K engagements

"Definitely one of my favorite things to photograph Im going to miss it when its gone"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-09 15:47:33 UTC 411.4K followers, 91.6K engagements

"Update: completely passed out in the trash"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-11 17:23:10 UTC 411.5K followers, 252.3K engagements

"Im going to shamelessly use the popularity of my cat to promote my upcoming print release which I cant show you quite yet but its FILLED with vibrant nebulae. You can join my email list if you want to see it early"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-18 02:02:11 UTC 411.5K followers, 17.7K engagements

"Yes we went to the moon. Ive never seen a single shred of evidence that suggests otherwise only things taken out of context or ideas formed from a lack of mainstream understanding of engineering We need to celebrate when humans do amazing things not find reasons to deny them"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-06 00:02:25 UTC 411.5K followers, 208.7K engagements

"If you haven't already strongly recommend reading this book. I'm sure the film will be good but hard to imagine competing with the experience of reading this book for the first time"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-29 20:29:09 UTC 411.5K followers, 738.9K engagements

"@danielleRoyalKC Travel at light speed for XXX million years (the trip would feel instant)"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-22 02:07:37 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Bonus shot from my latest capture of the ISS transiting the sun: One of the captured frames sat right on the limb against these background prominences. The ISS is so iconic I'm going to miss it when it's gone"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-30 18:54:38 UTC 411.5K followers, 434.9K engagements

"I pushed my 8" telescope to the absolute limits to peer deep into the shockwave of a supernova. The image revealed a chaotic tangle of ionized hydrogen and oxygen still expanding through space 8000 years after the star erupted. You'll see more of this in a few days :)"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 21:59:18 UTC 411.5K followers, 155.2K engagements

"The Gregposting will continue until morale improves"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-28 01:52:16 UTC 411.5K followers, 141.3K engagements

"Ive shared my best photos of Saturn and Uranus and now this is my best photo of Mars. Captured in 2022 during a really nice opposition with a XX telescope from my backyard. It doesnt seem so far through a big telescope"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 20:08:53 UTC 411.5K followers, 143.3K engagements

"Top: How Gregory sleeps Bottom: How Gregory sleeps when Im vacuuming"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 23:48:07 UTC 411.5K followers, 57.1K engagements

"On my best photo of Jupiter you can see some the surface detail on its largest moon: Ganymede Absolutely incredible whats possible with backyard scopes these days"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-17 19:29:11 UTC 411.5K followers, 137.1K engagements

"I know I don't do a good job advertising it but the raw data from this and many other deep sky shots is available as a perk on patreon. It's my same username if you're interested I like giving people a feel for the image processing side of things as its my favorite part"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-21 20:31:59 UTC 411.5K followers, 27.6K engagements

"I extracted just the stars from the photo I'm sharing next week and ran a script to count them. There's nearly a million detectible stars in the image. So much to look at"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 23:06:39 UTC 411.5K followers, 26.9K engagements

"This is a photo of the solar chromosphere part if the suns atmosphere. Its captured by using a telescope modified to safely view a very narrow part of the visible light spectrum without melting my camera. I wrote an article about these sun shots here:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-18 23:52:08 UTC 411.5K followers, 23K engagements

"Top: Hubble (16 Billion) Middle: JWST (10 Billion) Bottom: me ($2k)"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 17:54:07 UTC 411.5K followers, 453.7K engagements

"@LynnMaryKarjala If you read about proposed mars missions they answer all those questions. TLDR; multiple ships would be going"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 18:59:33 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements

"FYI every photo I share is captured by me unless explicitly stated otherwise Most are from my backyard and all are captured using off-the-shelf consumer equipment This one was captured using a telescope I found used for just $XXX formatted as a mobile wallpaper for you to use"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 00:07:43 UTC 411.5K followers, 167.3K engagements

"He got done watching the birds for the last hour now hes telling me all about what he saw"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-21 20:08:10 UTC 411.5K followers, 236.6K engagements

"I must be angering the flat earth community Ive had a few more violent threats than usual in my DMs. Guys just buy a telescope its literally that easy to see the ISS. Why would millions of private astronomers collaborate on this lie 😂 Heres raw footage of it I captured:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-02 14:40:03 UTC 411.5K followers, 580.6K engagements

"Every time I post about the lunar landings I subject myself to thousands of insults from people that dont understand how we could possibly do this but I wont let that stop me. I refuse to let humanity memory-hole the greatest technological achievement from the past century"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-06 17:27:24 UTC 411.5K followers, 273.1K engagements

"Heres a time-lapse of one of my telescopes working the mount its on precisely compensates for Earths rotation allowing me to keep the stars stationary and take repeated long exposures. The deep sky images Im working on take weeks or even months of doing this nightly"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-11 15:18:50 UTC 411.5K followers, 36.2K engagements

"This isnt meant as a slight against space telescopes as they do far more than I could ever dream of. I just wanted to show you how far consumer telescope tech has come. Get my free telescope buying guide if you join my newsletter here:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 17:56:22 UTC 411.5K followers, 30.9K engagements

"Currently writing an email thats going out to subscribers featuring my latest massive art piece a XXX hour exposure. I call it Above the Rift The email will include a photo with the moon for scale its almost unbelievable the scale of these things Shot with this:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-21 22:04:48 UTC 411.5K followers, 26.2K engagements

"On Monday I captured 225000 photos of the moon to create this XXX gigabyte composite showing more detail and color depth than usually possible through a telescope. Here's a thread about how it was captured but make sure to load in 4k and zoom in first"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-04 18:20:10 UTC 411.5K followers, 2.5M engagements

"My assistant helping me put together some components for a telescope project"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 06:32:35 UTC 411.5K followers, 68.3K engagements

"You don't have to live in Florida. If you're anywhere in the Southwestern US you can watch a rocket launch. I was about XXX miles away from the rocket at this point in flight but was able to photograph the rocket's second stage booster and fairing from my backyard"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 04:21:41 UTC 411.5K followers, 25.8K engagements

"The photo I'm working on has MILLIONS of visible stars. These monstrous panoramic images are a ton of work but they're soooo satisfying when they finally come together This is just a tiny snippet of it"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-03-07 15:41:48 UTC 411.5K followers, 162.3K engagements

"Another photo captured using my 8" telescope from Sacramento. The light pollution introduced some color gradients I had to work around but otherwise you can still clearly see the structure of these light-years-wide nebulae. Don't let your circumstances hold you back"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-21 17:28:55 UTC 411.5K followers, 57.5K engagements

"Supernovae are incredibly powerful events that leave behind colorful shapes that expand through space. This is the Crab Nebula a supernova remnant in our own galaxy. The star that exploded was documented by ancient astronomers and was so bright it was visible during the day"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-13 01:37:46 UTC 411.5K followers, 37.5K engagements

"On Sunday I traveled to the middle of the desert to capture this: The ISS against our sun. What I didn't expect: the sun producing a magnificent flare at the same time A once-in-a-lifetime shot I'm thrilled to share with you. See the uncropped shot or get the print in the reply"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-06-19 15:37:38 UTC 411.5K followers, 3.6M engagements

"My best photo of Saturn Ive captured since getting into this hobby X years ago"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 23:29:59 UTC 411.5K followers, 2.8M engagements

"Some areas are SUPER dense with stars. some areas more sparse. Some areas you see fewer stars because it's blocked by interstellar dust. See the photo before the rest of the world by joining my email list here:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 23:08:52 UTC 411.5K followers, 14.3K engagements

"I captured the moon in super high resolution every night for a month by driving all over Arizona to stay in good weather. Thanks to libration the result gave a unique 3d look to the craters"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-11 18:39:34 UTC 411.5K followers, 95.2K engagements

"And thats not even the coolest thing Ive captured on Jupiter Want to get into amateur astronomy like this I put together a telescope buying guide you should check out. I send it to new email subscribers you can sign up here:"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-17 20:21:00 UTC 411.5K followers, 15.9K engagements

"What do you think is the most underrated sci-fi movie I have a couple hours free tomorrow and Im thinking I want to turn off my brain for a bit"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2024-12-12 01:41:37 UTC 411.5K followers, 474.9K engagements

"Got home to be greeted by this happy little dude who told me to stop leaving"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-07 22:18:45 UTC 411.5K followers, 179.9K engagements

"@Superkindnsweet @DudespostingWs Mine would sputter and hiccup but I wouldnt lose power steering until it kicked off completely but yeah youre right this vid is probably fake"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 19:50:22 UTC 411.5K followers, 2675 engagements

"@KnKsnKarn Learn geology and inspect some moon rocks. Learn astronomy and learn how to find the retroreflectors we brought up. Learn photo analysis and look at the film. Learn engineering and look at the lander. The only thing opaque is the education standing in the way of understanding"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 18:02:58 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Heres another one for you. Top: Hubble Middle: JWST Bottom: Me"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-16 04:10:38 UTC 411.5K followers, 104.6K engagements

"I cant believe Ive gone my whole life without seeing a lightning bug how are these things real"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-06 02:45:23 UTC 411.5K followers, 882.6K engagements

"FYI I shot this from my backyard when I lived in Sacramento. All light pollution did was make the image a bit noisier. You can do this from anywhere in the world that has clear skies where the object is above the horizon"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-21 17:02:29 UTC 411.5K followers, 29.3K engagements

"@WillGill867979 @rookisaacman We attempted to return X times X of them were successful"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 16:14:58 UTC 411.5K followers, XX engagements

"@ZZx_AI If its a commercial venture (not nasa) then I think going for any purpose works. The reason I say its not worth it with nasa is the sheer number of science missions wed have to sacrifice for these missions assuming their budget doesnt increase"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 17:05:13 UTC 411.5K followers, XX engagements

"Important to remember that space telescopes arent just for sharper photos theyre for better science. The discoveries made using these instruments are impossible to put a price tag on. Fund all the space telescopes"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-15 18:48:05 UTC 411.5K followers, 73.6K engagements

"No just that unless you were under the flight path of a rocket after stage separation during these hours youd never see it like this. For decades that meant being on a boat in the Bahamas. Launches from Vandenberg are much more common now which means dusk launches happen more frequently and the southwestern US can see them like this"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-19 15:27:16 UTC 411.4K followers, XX engagements

"When I bought my first telescope I assumed photos of galaxies and nebulae required billion dollar space telescopes. I was wrong. Here's X of my favorite deep sky photos since I started this hobby captured with equipment anyone can own"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-10 16:32:06 UTC 411.5K followers, 440.4K engagements

"Throwback to that time I traveled to Utah to sit perfectly in the path of the annular eclipse and snagged this photo when it was perfectly aligned"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-09 17:50:10 UTC 411.5K followers, 272.8K engagements

"@ZZx_AI If its to establish a permanent base yes very much worth it. Just for a photo op not worth it. It needs to be about having a stronger foothold in the solar system. Building a right infrastructure on the moon would give us the rest of the solar system"
@AJamesMcCarthy on X 2025-07-20 16:42:52 UTC 411.5K followers, XXX engagements