NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

Astronomy 🔭 and physics ⚛️ GRFP applications are due Nov 14! Only seniors and 1st-year grad students can apply now (no second years).

i’m in the negatives again and need to buy groceries and food for nova!! please help a struggling grad student if you can. if not, then just a simple share would be amazing 🥹 v e n m o: astrojaz p a y p a l: paypal.me/Spacequeenjaz buymeacoffee: buymeacoffee.com/astrojaz

🔭 It's paper day! Today I'm sharing the latest in a series of papers looking at the weather on other worlds, in this case bringing you the weather report from a nearby T-dwarf, SIMP-0136. 🪐 🧵 to follow...

What is a CV? How is this different from a résumé? How do I start building a CV? All of these questions and more await within this guide written by many of our authors! 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/09/23/g...

Forgot to update that I made a new professional website. Had to add the .space ending because basic lol. capricephillips.space

Ceramic jewelry update ✨ Bisque firing is complete. A little less glamorous than glaze firing but still pretty cool! In case you missed it, @sciencesocks.bsky.social and I are working on this project together! Sign up here to stay in the loop: sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...

It’s humbling me lol. Trying to practice and learn this song on my 🪕. Switching chords is super hard. 😭

Got my copy! @itsafronomics.bsky.social

Sometimes 2025 just feels like a lot, and you need an excuse to celebrate your fabulous team (and the whole exoplanet community!) reaching a new milestone… Happy 6,000 Confirmed Exoplanets Day, everybody!!!! (You may recognize the narrator of the video at the link! 🫣) www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!! #TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW. Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky

Totally botched up an answer to a question (I thought I should know the answer to) during group meeting and I didn't have a melt down in my office. Is this growth lol?

The official number of exoplanets has surpassed 6,000! And you can access data on all 6,007 of them right here at IPAC 📈 🪐 Watch the video & read all about the center of the exoplanet universe (also known as NExScI!) here: www.ipac.caltech.edu/news/the-nas...

I became a first-time author today. 🥹 #blacksky #booksky

Got my physical copy!

Our Center for Computational Astrophysics is #hiring postdocs! Come undertake independent research in areas that have strong synergy with #FlatironCCA or our other computational centers. Apply by 10/31: https://apply.interfolio.com/173403 #science #astrophysics

Process of the commission prize for K'Andra, winner of the @blackinastro.bsky.social Art Contest! #sciart

Help send a student to #AGU25 in New Orleans this December! Your donation supports their journey toward a science career by connecting them with peers, mentors & leaders. Every gift counts. Donate today. buff.ly/NddzfK5 #AGU

NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoc Fellowship apps are OPEN! 🔭 However, app only appears on research.gov if your role "Proposed Postdoctoral Fellow"! Click "Proposals", "Prepare and Submit Proposals", then "Prepare New". If you do not see NSF 22-621, change role to "Proposed Postdoctoral Fellow"!

Got my photos I ordered with @ohdearz.bsky.social hooding me! It’s her I swear lol.

Newly captured by #NASAWebb: a cosmic lightsaber! The gigantic, rare, eight-light-year-long jet erupting from a baby star 15,000 light-years away is reshaping our understanding of how massive stars form: https://bit.ly/4p6GbXF 🔭 🧪

Potential postdocs, please check out the revised Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) in the UC system: ppfp.ucop.edu/info/how-to-... We have had several outstanding PPFP-program postdocs in Astro at UCSC over the past decade.

Great story about @capricephillips.bsky.social by @tatyanazaria.bsky.social in the OSU alumni magazine! 🔭 alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/capric...

I don’t like sharing my reference next to my painting because I’ve finally learned to create ✨art✨ & not just try to copy something exactly, but sometimes it’s not obvious what I’m painting. So here’s my painting of Cassiopeia A (left) and my reference (right) 😊

My second talk is tomorrow at 16:42 in the Venus Room (Veranda 3) entitled: Modeling Aerosol Microphysics in Ice Giant Atmospheres.

For those that are attending EPSC - DPS, my first talk is today at 09:42 in the Saturn Room (Hall B) entitled: Black Space Week: Celebrating Identity, Innovation, and Representation in the Space Sciences.

Our (Faherty et al) newly published JWST detection of silane (SiH4) in the brown dwarf W1534 (aka "The Accident")! This molecule isn't seen on Jupiter because it's removed by deep silicate clouds, but unusual chemical properties of W1534 allow SiH4 to be mixed up into the visible atmosphere 🔭 🧪

OSU and Ohio on some supervillain type time. What is the benefit of this?

Here was guidance handed out yesterday at OSU to all grad studies chairs and coordinators.

Due to SB1, OSU announced that faculty and staff are not allowed to attend conferences to recruit students of particular protected classes, so they will prohibit booths at NSBP, SACNAS, etc. Please note, readers: SACNAS IS IN COLUMBUS THIS YEAR. 🫠

"Make indiscriminate stops based on ... ethnicity"... so RACISM?

hello friends! know anyone in NYC in need of a STEM coach for their high schooler as college app season begins? send them my way!

Some favorites from the excursion day for the BD30 conference!

It's me again. Reminding you to register for our awesome event with our awesome panelists.

Fired version of the commission prize for K'Andra, who won the @blackinastro.bsky.social Art Contest! ✨

Restock this Saturday! Mostly cups and mugs so if you need a drinking vessel or something to put your pens in that takes you to another world, check it out 🌝 Listing previews: amyraehill.com #sciart #bsnm

🚨 Upcoming event! LUMA's postdoctoral fellowship panel is coming up, featuring fellows from the @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social 51 Pegasi b, NASA Hubble, and NASA Sagan programs! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, 10/17 📆

Great 2nd day of the BD30 conference! I’’m getting more obsessed with variability. Great talks today!

Hey #exoplaneteers (and other early career folks) - applications for the 2026 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program are open! www.stsci.edu/stsci-resear...

First day of school….as an Assistant Professor!!!

Brown Dwarf conference in La Gomera is off to a great start. Gorgeous place! My first conference as a postdoc!

Did you know LUMA was founded 10 years ago by Prof. Catherine Espaillat? We celebrated our 10th anniversary at AAS this January 🎉 . Learn more about LUMA at our website

We've been talking about a collab for probably 4 years now, and it's finally happening! Can't wait to show you all the final results 🤩

The Giacconi Fellowship is open for applications at @stsci.edu ! Apply and /or please share with your colleagues. 🔭

massive stars died so you could live 😳 Spectrum of Chaos prints drop on September 10th stellerarts.myflodesk.com/subscribe

Restock alert! Mark your calendars for September 6th, 10am PT Lots of cups and a few larger pieces will be available. Listing previews coming soon ✨ Amyraehill.com #sciart #bsnm

Normalize calling racists racist.

Applying for a postdoc fellowship can be tricky! Join our virtual panel on Sept. 17th to learn about the ins and outs of the application process from past and present fellows! Registration open to all LUMA, @blackinastro.bsky.social, and @VanguardSTEM members! 🚀 🔭

First day as a postdoc ✅🥹