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It’s #BlackSpaceWeek 2026! We’re starting off with our annual roll call.  If you’re a Black person who does Space-related things, introduce yourself and tell us what cool things you do using the hashtags #BSW2026, #BlackSpaceWeek2026!

How it started: How its going:

Desus and Mero gotta set shit aside for a minute

First up! Christian Aganze (Stanford Univ, Univ of California San Diego) chats about his article on exploring the prospects for detecting gaps in stellar streams in M31 and other nearby galaxies with resolved stars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2m5... #TheGoodStuff #ExploreAstronomy #BSW2026 🔭

🔭 Black in Astro is partnering with AAS Publishing again this year for Black Space Week to feature astronomical papers from four Black scholars in the field through the AAS Journal Authors YouTube Series. #BSW2026 @blackinastro.bsky.social

“The Thirteenth Amendment prohibits slavery, except “as a punishment for crime.” But people in immigration detention haven’t been convicted of anything—and are still being forced to work for nothing.”

The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions. dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭

It finally arrived! My latest test print of my Cat’s Paw Nebula painting. This one has been tricky to get just right. I think I’m finally happy with it. The greyscale portion is visible light from a ground-based telescope and the colorful rectangles are infrared light from JWST. 🐾✨ #SciArt

#CosmicRemix! Join us on June 18th for a fireside chat with PhD student Shaniya Jarrett about her groundbreaking initiative AstroBeats! This conversation will be moderated by Tim Sanders 💫 Register using the following link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Our research showcases are back on June 17th! Sign up for a chance to win cash prizes for presenting your work! If you’re an undergrad sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... for grad students: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... If you want to watch the showcases, the links are on our website!

#RaiseYourVoice and join us for a discussion moderated by Aj Link on advocating for space as well as for the people on Earth! Featured registration panelists include: Dr. Quincy Brown, Erere Erhueh, and Ayanna Mann. You can register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us on Monday for a discussion moderated by Phoenix-Avery Sarian on the science education and outreach in this social and political climate. Our featured panelists will be: Dr. Geraldine Cochran, Dr. Erin Flowers, and Dr. Jimmy Negus. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We’ll be kicking off #BSW2026 with a virtual open mic night where attendees can hang out and get to know the Black In Astro community! Use the following link to register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Black Space Week #BSW2026 is only 11 days away!! This year, our theme is “Voices of a Shared Cosmos.” If the universe is a symphony, we are the conductors, the composers, and the audience all at once. Join us from June 14-20 to celebrate the cosmos 🌌✨

Our annual astro art competition is now open! Submit your art to win beautiful prizes from our generous sponsors! We can’t wait to see your art submissions🎨🖌️ The deadline for this competition is June 18th, best of luck! The submission form can be found on our website linked in our bio! #BSW2026

Monica Rambeau will reportedly have a major role in ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ and ‘AVENGERS: SECRET WARS’ (via thecosmiccircus.com/alex-perez-m...)

Today is the first day of hurricane season! Make your plans and get your supplies NOW! You won't have to worry later, and you'll avoid the last minute rush on supplies! Find out more: www.weather.gov/safety/hurri...

Erid, Rocky’s home planet #ProjectHailMary

Pet to threat is a real thing for Black and other women of color. I've experienced this and seen this at first hand.

Undergrad: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Grad: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our Undergraduate and Graduate Research Showcase is back! Cash prizes to be won: 1st place - $1000.00 2nd place - $750.00 3rd place - $500.00 Register to present your research using the links in the thread below! #BlackSpaceWeek2026 #BlackInAstro

A little under 3 weeks left for #BlackSpaceWeek2026!! We have so many exciting events lined up for you all, we can’t wait to see you there 🥰🥰 As always registration link is in the bio!

Discourse...feeds NO ONE. Just ignore it. And let's keep the help flowing for 100+ people so they can afford basic survival needs! Priorities right now are healthcare, food, & disability needs. Then take NEW action to end the blockade and STOP THE FAMINE. chuffed.org/project/hope...

Wedding planning....whew!!!!!!! 😭😭😭 This is NOT for the weak!

What happened to all those private donors, Donald? Americans are on the hook not only for his tariffs but also for the billion he needs for his gilded ballroom. In the meantime, he's cut your healthcare coverage and SNAP benefits all to "save" money.

They're really trying to speed run going back to Jim Crow.

Kevin Gonzalez has died just hours after reuniting with his parents, NBC Chicago/Telemundo Chicago reports: www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

genuine plea: please include alt text in your posts so that people with vision disabilities can know what’s in your pics/videos. if public health is going to claim to care about disabled people, we need to be making our stuff accessible, especially during events like this one.

It’s time. Meet in Selma. Saturday, May 16th. blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/

if you live in Virginia you've got to call your state legislators and tell them to force the issue. do it for those of us who can't.

America is designed to oppress Black people. It has oppressing Black people in its design. That's why listening to Black people, & standing with Black people against our oppression, frees everybody. But if you buy into America's mechanisms of oppressing us & participate in them you don't get that.

I need to close my eyes for some hours and then get back to work. I want to make sure that my advisor can say I knew you could do it! I need to get as much done as possible before my broke bestie (my baby cousin) gets here.

I'm happy to share that I've been awarded the 2026 Carl Sagan Medal! As someone who has enjoyed investing lots of time in communicating science, and as an enormous fan of the work of Dr. Sagan, this means a great deal to me. Big thank you to my colleagues! www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Un...

My great niece will be on America's Got Talent for season 21!

This would have saved my mother decades of pain.

"Jared Isaacman continues to be apparently unaware of who sets the naming conventions for things in space."

This is very similar to the 2026 cycle. House sets NASA Science at $6B, not great, but much better than the $3.9B proposed. Sets the floor going forward, Senate will likely come in higher.

people fucking died for the voting rights act. to wave it away with a magic wand is just so grotesque

Segregationists are wasting no time

After this vote, the Democrats who have voted yea for the most Trump nominees are: 1) Jeanne Shaheen (NH): 54 2) Maggie Hassan (NH): 48 3) John Fetterman (PA): 47 4) Tim Kaine (VA): 40 5) Mark Kelly (AZ): 36 6t) Jacky Rosen (NV): 34 6t) Mark Warner (VA): 34 8) Amy Klobuchar (MN): 32

Still processing today’s SCOTUS ruling essentially weakening the Voting Rights Act, but I am grieved: my elders who fought for the Voting Rights Act my ancestors who died for it my people still robbed of their voice our children who may ultimately have to endure the fallout of these rulings.

When I was in college during the Before Times (late 1990s), Florida was purple and had a Democratic governor... 👵🏾

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

As famine looms in Gaza—barely any aid or goods are entering, yall—ANY income means affording food. But also dignity & autonomy! Help Spark provide internet, electricity, & more so workers can connect to remote jobs. Click "weekly" if you can! 103/770 by Sunday chuffed.org/project/spar...

We are sooo back!!! ✨️💫 #BlackInAstro #BlackSpaceWeek2026

Had a great time as the colloquium speaker for UC San Diego Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics! I even got to talk about @blackinastro.bsky.social in a “Antiracism in the Physical Sciences” class! #BlackInAstro

Grant Renewed baby!!!! The work continues @blackinastro.bsky.social !!!

Trump fires the entire National Science Board