Dra. Lupita TM
@astroxicana.bsky.social
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Astronomy & Astrobiology PhD | she/her/ella | views are my own
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#intro
: I am an NSF postdoc at JHU who uses space based telescopes ๐ญ๐ฐ๏ธ to study the relationship between stars and exoplanets ๐ WA born Mexicana ๐ฒ๐ฝ First generation Bilingual (ES, EN) Dog + plant mom๐ถ๐ชด Sports enthusiast ๐โฝ๏ธ๐๐ฅ Baile ๐๐ป
over 1 year ago
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ๐
20 days ago
In a historic moment, I was interviewed by fellow Black woman particle physicist Dr. Katrina Miller. Few people can understand my journey the way she does. We talked about my new book, why poetry matters, and yes, how the *fact* of non-trinary neutrinos challenges anti-trans rhetoric.
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A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edge
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/science/physics-prescod-weinstein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iFA.V0uK.uFyGfjHFe8u6&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Andrew Mann
3 months ago
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! ๐คฏ๐ญ๐งชโญ
#exoplanets
#stellarrotation
arxiv.org/abs/2603.05586
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The TESS All-Sky Rotation Survey: Periods for 944,056 Stars Within 500 pc
Stellar rotation is a fundamental tracer of stellar magnetic evolution, age, and activity, with broad implications for Galactic archaeology and exoplanet characterization. The Transiting Exoplanet Sur...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05586
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James Davenport
3 months ago
SO excited to see the first alerts from
@vrubinobs.bsky.social
being broadcast to the world last night. A huge congratulations to
@ebellm.bsky.social
and the Alert Pipeline + Data Management teams here at
@dirac-institute.bsky.social
for their years of hard work!
www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...
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Rubin Observatory launches real-time monitoring of the sky with thousands of alerts
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has issued its first real-time alerts of changes in the night sky. The ultrafast alerting system, developed at the UW, will eventually detect up to seven million changes....
https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/02/25/rubin-observatory-real-time-alerts-dirac/
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ๐
7 months ago
This is pretty significant and that itโs been 11 years since they tried to build on Maunakea and Kanaka Maoli protectors have successfully impeded them is a major victory for traditional knowledge keepers and people fighting for Kanaka sovereignty. ๐ญ๐งช
www.tmt.org/news/708
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Dan Garisto
10 months ago
NSF staff release their appealโslightly different format than the declarations of dissent from EPA/NIH/NASA; a more formal petition to Congress to redress attacks on the agency and its employees. 149 signatories (48 named)
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
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NSFโDOE Rubin Observatory
11 months ago
Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSFโDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory! Can you guess these regions of sky? This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will
#CaptureTheCosmos
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#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
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American Astronomical Society (AAS)
about 1 year ago
โ๏ธ It's time to speak up for science! Kick off our Week of Action by writing to your members of Congress. Urge them to robustly fund space science in FY 2026 & beyond. Every letter makes a difference! You can use our prompts for inspiration.
#WeekOfAction
aas.org/advocacy/get...
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#NSF
funded a critical 3 years of my grad studies (at a time when I was almost forced out of the field). It is the reason I was able to finish my PhD.
about 1 year ago
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Laura Lopez
about 1 year ago
I will keep posting about this because I want people to know it continues, and it is a lot more than the individual cases we see in the news. >1000 students at 170+ universities across 43 states now. Thank you
@insidehighered.com
and
@amowreader.com
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
add a skeleton here at some point
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ๐
about 1 year ago
I will surely come up with something thoughtful to say about the proposal to cut NASA's science budget in half, and especially one that reminds everyone that the cosmos is worth our curiosity and NASA explores it quite cheaply but also, FUCK FUCK FUCK, that's a major cut to climate change science ๐งช
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen
about 1 year ago
First the rumour was a 20% budget cut. Then, 50%. Now the president's NASA budget is out and it's a 68% cut to astrophysics ($1.5B to $487M). Even if this gets reversed in four years, we will *never* recover the missions, partners, people who will be gone.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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Massive cuts to NASA science proposed in early White House budget plan
The preliminary version of President Donald Trumpโs budget proposal to Congress, known as a โpassback,โ would cut the agencyโs science budget funding nearly in half.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/04/11/nasa-science-budget-cuts-trump/
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Hola new followers ๐ Quick
#intro
: I am an NSF postdoc at JHU who uses space based telescopes ๐ญ๐ฐ๏ธ to study the relationship between stars and exoplanets ๐ WA born Mexicana ๐ฒ๐ฝ First generation Bilingual (ES, EN) Dog + plant mom๐ถ๐ชด Sports enthusiast ๐โฝ๏ธ๐๐ฅ Baile ๐๐ป
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