What's New @scixcommunity.bsky.social? ADS & #SciX founder Mike Kurtz retires #APSsummit26 recap #HistSci literature survey #AIML workshop recap #astrophysics #planetaryscience #Earthscience #digitallibrary #digitaltransformation #NASAscience #openscience ☀️ scixplorer.org/scixhelp/wha...

#AAS248 Volunteer Opportunities: We love getting help from undergrads, grads, postdocs, and local amateur astronomers to help in sessions, at registration, special events, and various other essential roles. Apply by 1 May. 🔭https://www.cognitoforms.com/AAS5/AAS248VolunteerInterestForm

Are you an astronomy graduate student who’s interested in science communication? Apply for the AAS Media Fellowship by June 26! aasnova.org/2026/04/08/a... 🔭 @aas.org

For those who observe, remember that the new commandment given this night is to love one another. #LastSupper ( #MaundyThursday) is associated w/ a #Passover seder observed by Jesus hence the " #fullmoon after #vernalequinox" part of dating #Easter Sunday #calendar #timekeeping #astrophysics 🍎

To those who celebrate, chag pesach kasher v’sameach. Full moon April 2 2026 02:12 UTC Full moon Nissan 15 5786 05:12 IDT Jewish #calendar is lunisolar w/ #fullmoon in middle of #month As #spring festival, #Passover #moon occurs shortly after #vernalequinox #passover #timekeeping #astrophysics 🍎

Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb (1931-2019) top 2% of ALL candidates on Mercury program screening tests 7k flying hours 1st woman to fly #ParisAirShow ferried military aircraft in WWII 3 world #aviation records #NASA told her men only #WomeninSTEM #astronaut #histsci #spaceflight #WomensHistoryMonth 🍎#pilot

For those who celebrate, may you experience peace & happiness on this special day. Eid Mubarak! Shawwal #moon was seen, ending #Ramadan 1447 AH fast for Muslim communities. #EidalFitr determination in US uses both #moonwatch & #astrophysical calculations. #calendar #timekeeping #crescentmoon 🍎

For those who celebrate, shake off your #winter hibernation & sing w/ #nature this #spring. #Ostara blessings. Happy #vernalequinox! On #equinox, #Sun rises due #east, sets due #west; daylight & darkness nearly balanced (refraction gives more light) #calendar #timekeeping #astrophysics #season 🍎

March 20 2026 14:46 UT1 #Sun crosses #celestialequator heading northward #vernalequinox in #northernhemisphere #daylight period will continue to lengthen until #summersolstice #southernhemissphere #seasons are reversed #astrophysics #astrophotography #calendar #equinox #timekeeping #solstice 🍎🧪

#APSsummit26 Are you a #science explorer? Visit #SciX booth in Hyatt by 1 PM MDT today to create "libraries", paper sets, that reduce stress of prepping lit review bibliography/ref list CV/pub list Stickers by Yueyi Che @scixcommunity.bsky.social #physics #openscience #NASAscience #research ☀️🧪

#APSsummit26 Are you a #science explorer? Visit #SciX booth in Hyatt to visualize collaborations in #physics identify resources useful when working on topic review successful proposals related to idea Stickers by Yueyi Che @scixcommunity.bsky.social #openscience #NASAscience #planetaryscience 🧪☀️

#APSSummit26 "Science Explorer: Next Gen Access to ADS & All #NASAScience" Poster 209, Exhibit Hall March 17, 2026, 2-5 PM MDT Have you tried #SciX on your phone? #digitallibrary #research #openscience #physiscs #astrophysics #planetaryscience #Earthscience @scixcommunity.bsky.social ☀️

#APSSummit26 "Exploring #Physics Literature w/ #Science Explorer" Poster 396, Exhibit Hall March 17, 2026 2-5 PM MDT What are you looking for? Let #SciX help you find it! #digitallibrary #research #openscience #NASAscience #planetaryscience #earthscience #astrophysics @scixcommunity.bsky.social ☀️

#APSsummit26 Are you a #science explorer? Visit #SciX booth in Hyatt to learn how to find papers, data, & software efficiently & effectively w/ free #digitallibrary Stickers by Yueyi Che #astrophysics ☀️ #planetaryscience #openscience #Earthscience #NASAscience #physics @scixcommunity.bsky.social

We're excited to see you at the APS Global Physics Summit 2026 from 15th to 20th March 2026! The conference is at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver CO, and we'll be there presenting two posters and doing demos at the SciX booth. Find us at the Hyatt next to the NASA booth!

1926 March 16 Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) launched 1st successful liquid-fueled #rocket & Space Age (only world didn't know it yet) reached height of 41 ft & traveled distance of 90 ft in a flight lasting 3 sec 100 yrs later, still basis for #spaceflight #spacetechnology #histsci #physics 🍎🧪

This is a cliff on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It's about 1 km tall. If you jumped from the top, it would take you 47 minutes to reach the bottom, and you'd probably be OK.

Is #DaylightSavingTime sending waves through your routines? Promoted as an #energyefficiency measure during #WWI & #WWII, the US used year-round #DST, or War Time, during WWII. Today, the #health & #energy benefits of DST are controversial. #timekeeping #histsci #time #astrophysics #spring 🍎🧪☀️

SciX libraries help us understand the impact of researchers like the ones we have highlighted for #IWD2026 and so much more. Learn more about how to build libraries for role models, literature reviews, and even living CVs with our Training Hub video guides https://scixplorer.org/scixhelp/

Carolyn Beatrice Parker (1917-1966) #nuclearphysicist BA Fisk 1938 #Physics MA U Mich 1941 #Math MS MIT 1953 Physics WWII Dayton (part of Manhattan) project #scientist 1st African-American woman to earn Physics graduate degree #WomeninSTEM #histsci #AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth #atomicphysics 🍎 🧪

To those who observe, you are marked on #AshWednesday with a cross of #hope, not just #repentance. May you find grace Western Christians begin #Lent on Feb 18 2026 Orthodox Christians begin #GreatLent Feb 23 Both count back from #Easter but approx #vernalequinox differently #Calendar #histsci 🍎

To those who celebrate, whether you say #MardiGras or #ShroveTuesday, remember #Lent is coming. #Food traditions, like #pancake suppers, consume eggs, sugar, and fat that were forbidden during Lent and might otherwise have been wasted. #Calendar #Timekeeping #History 🍎

When Mary Ball Washington (c1708-1789) brought her son George into the world, her (Julian) calendar read Feb 11, 1731 In 1752, Britain & her colonies switched calendars, making his birthday Feb 22, 1732 in the new (Gregorian) style. #GeorgeWashingtonsBirthday not #PresidentsDay #Calendar #History

#astrophysicist #SoftwareDeveloper #WebDesign er #strategic thinker #dog trainer wife Mugdha Polimera, you inspire me www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/scienti... #WomenInSTEM @scixcommunity.bsky.social #astrophysics #BlackHole #AAS247 #ExploreAstronomy

To those who celebrate, may you walk in #light. #Candlemas #Imbolc #StBrigidsday Enjoy your #crossquarterday. Northern Hemisphere is ~halfway from #wintersolstice to #vernalequinox; #Spring is coming. #astrophysics #calendar #season #solstice #equinox #Earth #Sun #histsci

That moment when you return from travel & discover a mysterious box of astronomical photographic plates occupying your desk. love my job @scixcommunity.bsky.social #astrophysics #astrophotography #photography #histsci

Ben Cassese (Columbia Univ, Yale Univ) discusses his article on a differentiable solar system ephemerides software instrument and where this work can take us next. This series connects authors with their article, their human story, and the larger #astronomy community. youtu.be/pwhW8q8xGX8 🔭

New observations reveal a strange structure in the iconic nebula that has evaded astronomers for centuries. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

The gibbous Moon shines amidst Jupiter, Pollux, and Castor tonight. That's their order of brightness, fr0m brightest to faintest. Can you get a photo that shows all of them well, despite their vast brightness differences? skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

We can't believe it's already the last day of #AAS247! We have LOVED meeting you at our stand as part of the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian's MEGABOOTH! Thanks for attending our talks, poster sessions and workshops. Keep exploring science at SciXplorer.org

We love to see it too, Peter! Want to make your own? Dive in and explore for yourself at scixplorer.org! #AAS247

#AAS247 mentoring students on their 1st research project? help them start strong on literature search w/ #LibraryCarpentry lesson on #ADSabs/#SciX #SciX: #OpenScience Discovery Engine iPoster 407.02 terminal 27 Thu Jan 8 2026, 9 AM MST #library #NASAscience #FAIR #IMLS #ORCiD #ExploreAstronomy 🍎☀️

#AAS247 Ever wonder who made your adviser the researcher & mentor they were? Trace your academic lineage w/ #AstroGen: Building Prof Community iPoster 408.08 terminal 37 Thu Jan 8, 2026, 9 AM MST #astrophysics #academia #genealogy #mentor #ExploreAstronomy #histsci #planetaryscience☀️🍎

To those who celebrate, may you receive the gift of wisdom. Blessings at #Epiphany. Sally Bosken told me all #astronomers had to have a #starofbethlehem speech ready. Thanks to her, I do. #calendar #timekeeping #seasonoflight #12daysofchristmas #astrophysics #histsci

#AAS247 @scixcommunity.bsky.social We linked @harvardplatestacks.bsky.social #photography plates to papers in #ADSbabs / #SciX SciX & StarGlass: Future of Historical Sky Tue Jan 6 @ 5:30 PM MST iPoster 272.04 term 23 Technique can enhance yr papers w/ even more #astronomy #digitallibrary #histsci

#AAS247 ever wonder what doing #astrophysics on an #arctic #icebreaker would be like? Ask me at "Observing an Arctic Sunset" iPoster 107.07 terminal 39 Mon Jan 05, 2026 9 AM MST #ExploreAstronomy #celestialnavigation #refraction #Sun #sunset ☀️

Heading to #AAS247? Are you an existing #ADSabs user and feeling a little #SciX-curious? Join the team on Sun Jan 4 for a free 1-hour workshop! We have sessions at 1:15pm, 2:15pm, and 3:15pm. Sign up now! #Astrophysics #PlanetaryScience #NASAScience #OpenScience #EarthScience

While the big day may be over for another year, and the reindeer are catching a few zzzs, the fun doesn't stop - especially if you're attending #AAS247! We're going to be there with a booth, talks, posters, and three FREE workshops to ease you into the SciX Community! Sign up NOW

Selections from 2025: Researchers discovered a record-breaking giant nine-ringed galaxy that provides critical insight into galaxy formation and evolution. aasnova.org/2025/12/23/s... 🔭🧪

#AAS247 #SciX curious? Ready to commit to the new powerful #ADSabs interface? Just want the ADS Classic secret sauce? Join @scixcommunity.bsky.social Sun Jan 4 for a free 1-hour workshop (sessions at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15 PM) #astrophysics ☀️ #planetaryscience #NASAscience #openscience #earthscience

For those who celebrate, wishing you joy & light throughout the longest night. #wintersolstice blessings Angle of rays, length of days are the reasons for the seasons as shown in these #NASAScience solar reflectance maps #SeasonofLight #calendar #timekeeping #astrophysics #winter #Sun #solstice 🍎☀️

For those who celebrate, Io, Saturnalia! Running from Dec 17 to ~23, #Saturnalia celebrated a #Roman Golden Age when #Saturnus ( #Saturn) ruled & taught his people #argriculture and civilized behavior by reversing the normal social order. #SeasonofLight #calendars #timekeeping #Rome #history 🍎

Sunday is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year. Why does our planet have seasons, when other planets like Venus and Jupiter do not? I posted a full explanation at: www.fraknoi.com/.../winter-s... #astronomy #astroed #sky #scienceteaching #scienceeducation #science

For those who celebrate, chag urim sameach. May your Hanukkah & home be full of light. #Hanukkah begins 25 Kislev & lasts 8 days Jewish #calendar varies number months/yr, days/month achieves both solar & lunar alignment This year Kislev is 30 d so #Chanukah ends 2 Tevet #Seasonoflight #timekeeping

Selections from 2025: During the exceptionally deep solar minimum of 2008, researchers thought the Sun might be entering a prolonged period of low solar activity — but the Sun had other plans. aasnova.org/2025/12/18/s... 🔭🧪

#ThrowbackThursday Computer operators Sandy Braun (standing) and IBM employee Mary Jennings (sitting) in the Charlottesville computer room in 1967. Every day, staff drove here with tapes of telescope data from Green Bank. 📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #History #STEM

For those who celebrate, may #Advent strengthen your heart with patience and joy. Advent is time to prepare for #Christmas. Early Christians may have associated Jesus' conception & death w/ #VernalEquinox, making #WinterSolstice His birthday. #SeasonofLight #calendars #timekeeping #astrophysics

Be an advocate for science. Applications for the AAS 2026 Congressional Visits Day are now open. In partnership with AAPT, we are bringing scientists to DC April 13–15 to meet with legislators. Training is provided—no policy experience required. Apply by Feb 1: aas.org/applications...

James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest the planet might have an atmosphere — but more data are needed to rule out a bare rock scenario. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... . . #astronomy #JWST #exoplanets #exoplanetatmosphere

The Red Spot transits about every 9 hours 56 minutes. But not quite like clockwork! It drifts east or west in Jupiter's atmosphere irregularly. A change often becomes detectable to visual transit timers over a span of some months. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... . . #astronomy #stargazing