Astronomy

NASA

News from NASA. | We typically post in Eastern Time (ET). To convert to UT/GMT, add 5 hours (4 hours during Daylight Saving Time).
2,295,335 followers |

AstrobiologyNAI

NASA Astrobiology Institute: we study life in the Universe!
916,028 followers |

Brian Cox

Currently working on a book and lecture course at the University of Manchester. About to start filming Wonders of Life for BBC / Discovery Science Channel
700,649 followers |

Astro Pic Of The Day

Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
413,018 followers |

Jodrell Bank

Home of the world's third-largest steerable radio telescope, and the MERLIN National Facility. Part of the University of Manchester.
227,217 followers |

CassiniSaturn

Cruising around Saturn, its moons and the magnificent rings
194,267 followers |

WeatherPlanet

Space & Astronautics News, NASA, NOAA, ESA, USGS, spaceflight, weather, astronomy
120,366 followers |

SPACE.com

News coverage and conversation about space science, astronomy and exploration
54,423 followers |

Twisst ISS alerts

Twisst sends you a tweet when the international space station (ISS) will be visible at your location. Created by journalist/webdeveloper @tjaap. #science #space
46,885 followers |

NASAVoyager2

I can barely hear you, let alone see you...
40,834 followers |

Bob Richards

Space entrepreneur. Orphan of Apollo. A Founder of the International Space University, Singularity University, SEDS, Odyssey Moon & Moon Express (CEO).
38,143 followers |

Astronomy Now

The UK's best and longest running astronomy magazine!
29,776 followers |

NASA Lunar Science

Moon science rocks.
22,331 followers |

Space Fellowship

An international news and information network dedicated to the space industry.
22,165 followers |

NewHorizons2015

The First Space Mission to Explore Planet Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
19,426 followers |

Jeff Williams

19,047 followers |

David Bradley

Science news, views, interviews and tech talk from Science Writer David Bradley based in Cambridge, England, UK. First solo book coming soon - Deceived Wisdom.
17,262 followers |

EarthSky

A clear voice for science. Earth, space, human world. What to see in the sky tonight.
17,107 followers |

Google Lunar X PRIZE

The official Google Lunar X PRIZE Twitter account. Going back to the moon, and taking you with us.
15,692 followers |

Emily Lakdawalla

I'm the Planetary Society blogger, once a planetary geologist, now a writer and mom, writing about great space images and mission news.
14,873 followers |

Roger Toennis

Former Rocket Scientist. Currently Exploring the Social Media Supernova, Making Jump 2 Hyperspace as CEO of Liquid Media. Father, Futurist, Homebrewer, Human.
14,547 followers |

Astronomy Tweets

Talking about astronomy, planets, earth and space issues and concerns impacting our atmosphere - YES I follow back and promise you there will be ZERO DMs!!! :)
13,435 followers |

Brian Dunning

Science writer. Host and producer of Skeptoid, available on Internets and radio stations near you.
13,242 followers |

NASA ICE

Exploring Earth's sea ice, land ice, snow and permafrost.
13,218 followers |

Sky and Telescope

The Essential Magazine of Astronomy. Sky and Telescope is the world's leading compendium of information about the science and hobby of astronomy.
12,667 followers |

HubbleTelescope

News from the Hubble Space Telescope
11,994 followers |

Year of Astronomy

The Universe: yours to discover
11,556 followers |

Pamela L. Gay

Communicating astronomy and life in academia 1 sidereal day at a time.
10,463 followers |

NASA SDO

The Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA's newest eye on the Sun!
10,042 followers |

Spacevidcast

Making Space Commonplace! New media company looking to the stars.
9,981 followers |

NASA CoLab

NASA CoLab connects communities inside and outside NASA to collaborate.
9,901 followers |

Carolyn Porco

Planetary scientist, leader of the Cassini imaging team, director of CICLOPS, & author-to-be. Opinions are my own.
9,168 followers |

Spitzer Telescope

Capturing the infrared spectrum since 2003. For the official feed follow @NASAspitzer.
7,781 followers |

WISE mission — NASA

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer: Mapping the Sky in Infrared Light. Keywords: NASA WISE spacecraft wide field infrared survey explorer
7,717 followers |

Astronomy

Astronomy news, photos and more!
7,622 followers |

Space Future

Space is the future!
7,023 followers |

galaxyzoo

It's Galaxy Zoo!
6,905 followers |

Star Walk

Star Walk - #1 in Education astronomy app for your iPhone/iPad! Giveaways, astronomy and geek news, join us!
6,902 followers |

SDO for Educators

Supporting educators through social media.
6,832 followers |

Jen Scheer

Former Space Shuttle technician. Artist, photographer, inventor. Space Tweep Society founder, @FragileOasis contributor, and 2010 Shorty Award winner.
6,570 followers |

Exoplanetology.com

The Art and Science of New Worlds. Explores the impact of Exoplanet discoveries on Humanity's Culture and Future. http://bit.ly/Twanifesto
6,447 followers |

Sky at Night Mag

The official Twitter feed for Sky at Night Magazine
6,412 followers |

NASA Glory

NASA's new aerosol, total solar irradiance, and climate obsessed low-earth orbiting satellite. Launches in 2011!
5,532 followers |

Lucy Rogers

Fellow Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, Author. Saving the world from space debris.
5,393 followers |

Daniel Fischer

All things astronomy and space (and then some) - in tiny bits and pieces but mostly with links to more ... :-)
4,826 followers |

Catherine

Astrophysicist, science communicator, over-thinker. Autoimmune illness girl, passionate advocate. Lover of beautiful things in all forms. Kiwi in US. Dogs rule.
4,816 followers |

Dr. David Warmflash

Astrobiologist, science communicator, physician, health & fitness advocate, scientific pantheist, defender of science, likes ancient Phoenicia-Israel & Greece
4,598 followers |

Gene J. Mikulka

Spaceflight Observer Producer & Editor, Talking Space Panelist, Amateur Astronomer, Grad Student, House Rabbit Advocate. Opinions here are my own.
3,937 followers |

AstroSpaceNow.com

We obsessively track breaking news and interesting content about astronomy and space exploration over the blogosphere and Twitter so you don't have to.
3,882 followers |

Phil Plait

Breaking astro and space news, from @BadAstronomer
3,873 followers |

Stuart Clark

Astronomer, journalist, author and speaker. Author of The Sun Kings and The Sky's Dark Labyrinth trilogy, the history of astronomy – dramatised!
3,777 followers |

Holly

Former Space Shuttle & current ISS Mission Control worker bee. Mechanical Engineer. Geek. Star Wars fangirl. Skeptic. #SXSW 2012 speaker. My views are my own.
3,730 followers |

Space Launch News

Real time #space news coverage of world launches & missions from Cape Canaveral. #NASA #ESA
3,526 followers |

Erika Vick

Experience NASA! Former Space Shuttle engineer. My opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
3,506 followers |

Nick Howes

Astronomy Consultant, Science Writer for @esa . FRAS, @faulkestel Program Manager, Visiting Lecturer UCGLAM, STEM ambassador,Used to work with Ultravox.
3,454 followers |

MadSciKat

Same smartass half-kitteh-half-h00min hybrid @madlolscientist u know & love, but w/ fewer letters. #p2 #occupy #OWS =^..^=
2,745 followers |

Spacehack

a directory of ways to participate in space exploration
2,693 followers |

mars_stu

Astronomy writer and Outreach Educator and frustrated martian! :-)
2,555 followers |

Portal to Universe

Keep up to date with latest cutting-edge astronomy and space science breakthroughs via Portal To The Universe. (An original IYA2009 Project)
2,250 followers |

Rachel Hobson

Editor-in-Chief at @CRAFT & contributing writer @MAKE, hand embroidery-obsessed, massive space geek.
2,243 followers |

Space Adventures

The world’s premier private space exploration company.
2,126 followers |

Susan Niebur

Women make up half the bodies in the solar system -- why not half the scientists?
2,042 followers |

SD Air & Space

1,992 followers |

NASA Fan Blog

This is not affiliated with NASA. I am a fan.
1,967 followers |

MarsDrive

Proving that we can get to Mars with private resources...
1,891 followers |

OnOrbit

Looking for cool images, video and space exploration projects? try OnOrbit, a service of @SpaceRef.
1,825 followers |

Bobbie Gilliam

I've been passionate about astronomy since I was a child. I hope to exchange pics of the night sky.
1,765 followers |

Talking Space

The Talking Space Podcast: A Free and Open Exchange of Ideas and Opinions on All Things Space.
1,759 followers |

Space Frontier

People dedicated to opening the space frontier to human settlement by advancing #NewSpace. Our advocates listed at http://twitter.com/#!/SpaceFrontier/advocates
1,672 followers |

TheSpacewriter

Science writer & voice-over artist, specializing in astronomy/space science; write/narrate articles, documentaries and Webcasts. I also have political views!
1,662 followers |

National Space Soc.

The National Space Society is an educational, grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring civilization.
1,656 followers |

Anatoly Zak

Space journalist, illustrator
1,646 followers |

Megan

Just another transient astronomer. Currently at ASTRON.
1,620 followers |

Emily Baldwin

Science Editor at EJR-Quartz for ESA (based at ESTEC), writer, runner, 2012 Gold Challenger. Opinions own. Blog: http://astroemz.blogspot.com/
1,581 followers |

Sarah Kendrew

Postdoc Astronomer-slash-Engineer, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
1,491 followers |

Michael Mealling

Atlanta technology and aerospace entrepreneur
1,444 followers |

Paul Sutherland

Space and astronomy writer. The Sun Spaceman but freelance contributor to many papers. Author of Where Did Pluto Go? I run the Skymania News site.
1,442 followers |

NewSpace News

Follow @SpaceFrontier's @NewSpaceNews to stay informed about developments in entrepreneurial space. Editor: @JVTumber | Sponsored by @SpaceIsle
1,305 followers |

Brian Shiro

Tsunami scientist, environmentalist, runner, and wanna-be astronaut yearns to explore remote terrestrial & extra-terrestrial locations. Tweets are my own.
1,303 followers |

Andy W.

The devil on your shoulder. 4/5 close friends polled think I'm kinda neat. I'm a pretty big nerd (but socially competent). I write advice for @CityThatBreeds
1,189 followers |

SpaceUp

a space unconference for everyone
1,154 followers |

Hanny van Arkel

Guitar playin' biology teacher by day, discoverer (of @HannysVoorwerp) by night, science ambassador in between and lover of life 24/7.
1,153 followers |

Richie Jarvis

UK Astronomer, Astrophotographer, and presenter of Under British Skies on http://astronomy.fm each month...
1,116 followers |

Alun

Ancient Historian/Archaeologist currently at the Annals of Botany & UNESCO's Astro World Heritage Initiative. These views do not reflect any of my employers.
1,102 followers |

Paul Gilster

Writer, editor on astronomy and deep space exploration
1,081 followers |

Karen Masters

Astronomy researcher at University of Portsmouth (involved especially in Galaxy Zoo project and LOFAR-UK). Mother of two young children.
1,072 followers |

Marcia

#Spacetweep. I love NASA, space art, space history, Macs, and hiking with my English Shepherd, Kodiak.
992 followers |

Misty Dawn

partially sighted,mildly HOH,Christian,ace,INFJ,synesthete,public radio nut,newsie,MVPSer,radio amateur,Greek/Latin by day,air/space by night,#PolishPride
939 followers |

aadhu ahid

astronomy enthusiast, stargazer, flashpacker, ex-lawyer, part-time lecturer, mostly harmless
830 followers |

New Astronomy Books

All new astronomy book releases posted on their publication day
804 followers |

AAVSO

World leader in variable star research
801 followers |

Nick Soden

Studying electromechanics; into amateur astronomy, beatboxing, skiing, photography, CG, and pasta
801 followers |

Evadot.com

We celebrate ideas
782 followers |

Young Astronomers

Official Twitter account of the Young Astronomers! A website and community of young people interested in Astronomy.
754 followers |

Maia Weinstock

Editor and polymath; friend of the earth; lover of science, space, design + anteaters; strong supporter of women and girls; Lego tinkerer
751 followers |

Brightsurf.com

The latest science news stories, science current events, scientific research and discoveries in earth science, life science, space science.
747 followers |

SD Space

San Diego Space Society, a chapter of the National Space Society
676 followers |

John Pasco

Student of life, coding, web dev, astronomy and Buddhism. Wants to know why we can't all just get along and am doing my bit to help that
637 followers |

Jenni Ewart

Ducati-riding SciFi-lovin' Aussie mum of 2 kids & 2 Basenjis. I'm an airline Flight Dispatcher interested in Aviation, Space, Astronomy, MotoGP & #CSIROtweetup
611 followers |

Heavenlybot

I tweet pictures of astronomical objects every 1 hour.This is Twitter bot. 天体画像へのリンクをつぶやくbotです。
544 followers |

Alfred E Nash III

Rocket scientist, track cyclist and race announcer
543 followers |

helen sotiriadis

photographer, architect
461 followers |

Skymania

Latest astronomy and space news. Tips on choosing a telescope. Night sky guide.
449 followers |

Roger Freedman

Textbook author, educator, and enthusiastic iclicker user.
432 followers |

Armando Lee

Astrocamp Observatory is the Philippines' 1st Commercial Astronomical Observatory situated inside SM by the Bay Park. It is operated by Dr Armando Lee.
410 followers |

Astro0

Space education and outreach is my universe! All my tweets are my opinion and not that of my employer or related institutions. So there! :P
403 followers |

Paczynski_Scope

Utilizing gravitational microlensing to explore our Galaxy and beyond. Established in memory of astronomer Bohdan Paczynski (1940-2007).
319 followers |

8thContinentProject

The 8th Continent Project connects start-ups built on space technology – in energy, medicine, GPS, materials...nearly everything. We call it Space 2.0.
291 followers |

Steven Bamford

Extragalactic astronomer, and part time zookeeper
177 followers |

Douglas Pierre

Retired, Interests: Gardening, photography, classical music, Astronomy, bicycling, Politics
176 followers |

KAS

The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society, founded in 1936, is the oldest and one of the largest groups of its kind in Michigan.
175 followers |

Rick Fienberg

Astronomer specializing in journalism, education, and public outreach. Spent 22 years with Sky & Telescope magazine; now with the American Astronomical Society.
145 followers |

GRAS

Global Rent-a-Scope system alert messages and speical offers
143 followers |

CSimmerman

93 followers |

evadot bot

I'm Hal, the Evadot bot. Sometimes I pretend I'm one of those cool Mars rovers...
92 followers |

Vern

Amateur astronomy, software engineer, astroleague webmaster
72 followers |

WPS 't Gooi

Sterrenkijken & lezingen over sterren- en weerkunde voor iedereen in 't Gooi. Star parties and lectures over astronomy and meterology in 't Gooi, Netherlands
52 followers |

Sukanya Chakrabarti

Student
46 followers |

TEMPO3

Sci-fi 2 sci-fact
39 followers |

Laura Crow

Here to keep amateur astronomers informed about current astro events without all the technical crap
37 followers |

astrolucky

Exploring the ultimate frontier.
34 followers |

Thiago Cavalcanti

Writer that works with maya calendars and mesoamerican cultures.
32 followers |

Tijana Prodanovic

Just hitchhiking through the Great Beyond ...
15 followers |

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