Thank you to whoever nominated my article, this was such an awesome surprise!!

From Skylar Grayson/Cole Meldorf/Abby Lee/Drew Lapeer/Catherine Slaughter: NASA is facing severe budget cuts that would cancel missions ready for launch, put tens of thousands out of jobs, and set science back decades. We need your help to ask Congress to prevent this! astrobites.org/2025/04/15/h...

The cover art for this post was made by my lifelong friend Bryn Cashen-Smart (www.instagram.com/bryn_allyn/), and I'm obsessed with it. Here's the full image:

The jellyfish painting for this post was created by a friend of mine, Ana Maria Slivar www.instagram.com/amslivar.art/! I'd love to continue using art for Astrobites article thumbnails - let me know if this is something you (or your students!!) would be interested in

Hello unexpected influx of followers! Assuming you are here for the historical astronomy, here is another one that took me down a wild path - from maps of Prague, to carbon-14 in tree rings, and the FBI's National Stolen Art File. astrobites.org/2024/08/29/j...

Super fun paper and rabbit hole I got to dive into writing this post!

From the astrobites collaboration: Astrobites Authors bring to you firsthand accounts of the action on the path of totality and the surreal experience of watching the celestial shadow. 🔭✨️ astrobites.org/2024/04/11/2...