Little do you all know, it's about to be renamed to the Strait of America.

Astronomers! New adverts for science editors for @publishing.aas.org are up at aas.org/jobregister. We're looking for astronomers across many fields (including instrumentation to work with me) to help us keep these open access, non-profit, society-run journals going. Happy to answer questions! 🔭

Come check out the Morehead exhibit on our lab's research! lupinestudios.com/portfolio/hi... moreheadplanetarium.org/explore/exhi... ⭐🧪🔭#exoplanets

When you ask me to serve on a review panel, and aren't willing to cover the cost of childcare, you are asking me to pay money out of pocket to do you a service. 🧪🔭 This is why I rarely serve on review panels.

I just learned about Baader-Meinhof phenomenon and now I’m seeing it everywhere.

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

For those who missed it at Cool Stars 23 I want to highlight some really awesome posters from my students. Really creative design and awesome science. 🧪🔭⭐ #exoplanets

Oh my gosh Isabel's website is a true delight analopezmurillo.github.io

For those who missed it at Cool Stars 23 I want to highlight some really awesome posters from my students. Really creative design and awesome science. 🧪🔭⭐ #exoplanets

😮 @danielgorelick.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A recent study has leveraged TESS's full-sky coverage to build a catalog of stellar rotation periods for over a million stars. 🧪🔭 aasnova.org/2026/07/01/a...

Hello! We have a very-off-cycle postdoc fellowship at UC Santa Cruz. Open to any area of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Applications are due July 15th. It is funded by the Moore Foundation. Looking for someone to start Oct 1, 2026 (!, approx), see details below. aas.org/jobregister/...

My students' talks at #Coolstars23 were so good they caused an earthquake!! If you are there, stop by posters by Madyson Barber, Isabel Lopez Murillo, and Andy Boyle. All are excellent and have really novel designs. 🔭🧪

We're hiring! The NASA Exoplanet Archive at @caltechipac.bsky.social is hiring a staff scientist as we prep for Roman and Gaia. The role is a mix of programmatic support and independent research in my fabulous team in sunny SoCal at Caltech! Due July 10, 2026 - ask me anything! #jobs #exoplanets

I won a fancy award :) research.unc.edu/2026/06/10/2... 🧪🔭

The young worlds lab now has our very own model HST. 🧪🔭🪐☄️🛰️

I strongly encourage US-based astronomers to attend the virtual Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee meeting tomorrow (Mon June 1st), where the heads of NASA, NSF, and DOE astronomy/astrophysics divisions will be presenting updates & taking questions 🔭 www.nsf.gov/events/astro...

Graduating with a bachelors or masters in astronomy (or related field)? Want to keep your eyes on the skies without a PhD? Opening for YOU at @stsci.edu: Science Support Analyst on Hubble 🔭 recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/...

What is the mass and radius of your m dwarf

Did you know bungee gum has the properties of both rubber and gum?

Astronomers! @stsci.edu has open Scientist positions to support our missions; these are science-staff positions with guaranteed research time. Check out the details here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/... 🔭

This paper has been accepted! Please use the updated catalog from Zenodo. Among other changes, the harmonic classifier has been improved and we have more rotation periods overall. ⭐🔭🧪 Updated version hitting the archive soon. zenodo.org/records/1991...

My OCD demands that TESS observe the final missing block as soon as possible. 🧪🔭⭐

This report came out today by minority staff of the House science committee on how three NASA missions were aborted due to NASA illegally following the FY26 president's budget request instead of congressionally approved budget. Very important reading. 🔭🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/staff-report...

A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur. And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops). Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

Stars are uniform spheres. 🧪🔭

We've reached that point in pointless bureaucracy where I'm sent a 3-page document explaining how I sign my biosketch. 🧪🔭

Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

As a parent of someone with nut allergies, it is interesting to learn just how many things don't actually have nuts. My favorite of these is Honey Nut Cheerios - which would be more accurately named Honey Cheerios. That hazelnut creamer you add to your coffee also probably has no hazelnuts. 🥜🧪

Looking at the AAS jobregister lately, it seemed to me that there are less positions available in all categories than in previous years. Wanting to quantify, I used the wayback machine to check on the number of postings in the January-March window and it is quite depressing.

1/9; I'm happy. #JWSTcycle5 🔭🧪

I forgot to mention this. The paper is still under review, so we welcome comments/questions. The goal was for this catalog to be a community resource and helps if people flag issues and let us know.

I'm super excited to share a HUGE paper out from Young Worlds Lab team member Andy Boyle. I present for you, ~900,000 rotation periods from TESS! 🤯🔭🧪⭐ #exoplanets #stellarrotation arxiv.org/abs/2603.05586

2 faculty meetings in a week is 2 too many 🧪

Giant (900K) catalog of TESS rotation periods dropping on Monday. Email me for a preview. 🧪🔭⭐#exoplanets

Me: Gemini, please help me fix this tiny issue with my code. I'm stumped. Gemini: Here's an entirely new code with 12 brand new bugs. Also when you get it to run it won't actually do what you needed. But I did fix that bug. 🤖🧪🔭

"If you don't keep an eye on your theorists, they will come up with whackier and whackier ideas" -UNC Journal Club 🧪🔭

how do you all pronounce the wifi network eduroam: edge-you-roam (or ed-you-roam) or e.d.u roam (ee-dee-you-roam) ? 🔭🧪🧑‍🏫🎓

🔭🧪#exoplanets

Oh I’m sure the Supreme Court will find a reason to say the Texas gerrymander is constitutional and the California one is not.

"I really need to have more Slack Workspaces" -No one ever. 🔭🧪

TIL There's more than 1 paper per day published using TESS data: 🔭🧪

Yay Pandora and SPARCS!

Several days of working on the logistical crap around a proposal (biosketch, C&P, budgets, compliance, etc) really makes me want to quit. This is, by far, the worst part of being an R1 professor. 🧪🔭

Another professor told me to watch out for radiation while teaching this semester. They weren't joking... #iteachphysics 🧪🔭

⭐️ TWO papers hit the arXiv right before Thanksgiving! Check out TIDYE IV and SOYSAUCE I ⭐️ arxiv.org/abs/2511.10734 arxiv.org/abs/2511.14838

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... Excellent coverage of a major result from our team! 🧪🔭 @sciam.bsky.social

I wrote this! The Pleiades are up high to the south after sunset now for northern hemisphereans, so take a look at them tonight after reading my article.

The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history