It's over. Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...

Grateful for the doctors, nurses, medical staff that work tirelessly to help others, especially during holidays, literal heroes 🥺 please send healing thoughts to my family member this Thanksgiving, and may all of those who are in a similar situation see their improvement too 💙

Everyone: sees my paper on arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.10801 What I see: 6 years of tears, struggles, COVID pandemic, medical and mental health chronic issues, multiple surgeries, adopting my two fur babies, getting married, healing from trauma, and so much more. And still submitting this paper! 🥹😭💖

Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals. This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.

BALTIMORE! A friend of mine who is an art conservator just got grant funding for a project on how to preserve queer stories and objects if anyone is interested please pass this flyer along

i’m excited to announce that i am hiring (again)! i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social! apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...

I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit this should not be controversial 🫠

Writing for Astrobites helped me realize my passion for science communication, and I would not have made the jump from academia to the field of science writing without it. Astrobites is an amazing organization and I highly recommend applying ⭐

This week, NSF added *another* bizarre requirement: Now, applicants must submit official transcripts. The original solicitation -- as in past years -- permitted students to submit *un*official transcripts, which was free for applicants and far simpler. We'll update our Bite accordingly.

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Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 26th. 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...

Atlantic Hurricane Melissa Advisory Number 22 ...HURRICANE MELISSA RESUMES INTENSIFYING... ...LIFE-THREATENING AND CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF JAMAICA AND SOUTHERN HISPANIOLA THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LIKELY T... Additional Details Here.

w/ Oli Shorttle, @johannateske.bsky.social & Eliza Kempton we reviewed our current understanding and prospects for peaking on the inside of small #exoplanets in "Constraining exoplanet interiors using observations of their atmospheres": www.science.org/stoken/autho... & arxiv.org/abs/2510.08844 🔭🧪⚒️☄️

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

Idk why but every time I hear about Cecilia Payne - Gaposchkin's defense, I think about Dr. Jamila Peagues who became the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Astronomy (2021) as well Dr. Osase Omoruyi the second Black woman who earned her PhD from Harvard this past summer nearly 100 years later.

This is such a cool result! TOI-561 b is basically the worst possible place to go looking for an atmosphere: too hot, too small, and too old. But it looks like someone forgot to tell the planet that. Because it has air, anyways 🧪🔭 Me for @sciam.bsky.social:

This panel yesterday was so incredibly encouraging and illuminating 💖 Grateful to hear first hand from amazing women about their journeys and words of wisdom for post-doc season! ✨️

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...

We're hiring Flatiron Research Fellows & Software Fellows at the @flatironinstitute.org CCA. These independent postdoc positions offer outstanding opportunities for collaboration, computation, and scientific growth in NYC: apply.interfolio.com/173402 apply.interfolio.com/173403

From Erica Sawczynec @ericasawczynec.bsky.social : In today’s bite we discuss the use of inclusive teaching practices in physics classrooms and why physics professors are unlikely to implement more even though they help all students learn more effectively! 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/09/13/i...

Can't believe I was denied the COVID Vaccine at Walgreens even though I am 100% eligible (and also it shouldn't be denied in general). What the hell is happening? Anyone was able to successfully get the booster in Maryland?

My periodic reminder for #astrosci #astrodon #exoplanets Early Career Researchers to please, please, please have a simple web site with your current email address on it - rationale here: kenworthy.space/advice/

The advertisement for Carnegie EPL's 2026 postdoctoral fellowship is out! aas.org/jobregister/... We are also happy to host external fellowships like NHFP, NSF, and 51 Peg b (the latter is due Oct 3rd, one month away!). Please feel free to reach out if you have questions. (1/2)

Super excited that these results are finally out! This is the highest resolution ALMA image of Fomalhaut ever, and we can learn new things about the structure of the disk and the planet that is likely shaping it. Press release here: public.nrao.edu/news/neighbo...

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

Sitting here with an advance copy of this and it is hard to imagine a more timely book! I think this book from @akpress.org/edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social will save lives, and I encourage you all to preorder and nudge your local library about it. #BookSky www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

Postdoc in #stellarastro at the ICCUB in Barcelona ☄️ Everyone I know from the astro community in Barcelona is lovely, so I can highly recommend it!

If you don't know about mosquito dunks, you should! They're floating plant material containing a type of bacterium that only attacks mosquito larvae. Just put one in the water and stop mosquitos from hatching. They're inexpensive and highly effective. Signed, a friendly bluesky entomologist.

In the midst of so much chaos, uncertainty and stress, I turn to my own family and community for uplifting 🩷 Today is my baby boy's 7th birthday! He has dealt with so many medical situations in his life, but he is the most resilient and sweetest boy there is 🥹🐶 happy birthday Westin! 🥹💖🎉

Writing a scientific paper as a first author for the first time is so so daunting, intimidating, terrifying 🥺 But it doesn't have to be this way. What are some tools, support, encouraging frameworks that professors, mentors and advisors share with their students to write their first papers? ✍️🏼🙏🏼🔭

Come say hi and get some Astrobites merch at #AAS246 by visiting our booth in the main Exhibit Hall 9:00-10:00am or 5:30-6:30pm throughout the week! 🔭✨☄️

Knowing how to take a break and recharge your batteries takes time and reflection. Our upcoming workshop series with Jessica Harris will take you step-by-step through building a self-care plan that works for YOU ✍️ Let's Talk 🗓️ 3 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST Radical Self-Care 🗓️ 10 June | ⏰ 2-3:30 pm EST

Got back from medical leave this week (I'm doing better now and have recovered!) and trying to decide if I go in person to either of my offices this week but my two options are campus with a potential measles case and building with mice infestation 🫠 so I guess working from home for the week? 😖

NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research. NSF Astronomy was cut by 53% Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79% Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO. #GiftLink ⚛️🔭 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

One week ago, I saw this post by @aas.org encouraging its members to write op-eds about why space research should remain a national priority, and I decided to put pen to paper. Here's the result: a call to support one of the most captivating quests in all of science.

Happy to announce that I passed my PhD defense this morning (with honors)! It's been a wonderful five years with KU Physics and Astronomy, and I couldn't have asked for a better advisor in Ian Crossfield.

I'm so happy to see this program continuing! ❤️ For grad students & junior postdocs applying for jobs in the next year, the Astronomy Mentorship Program for Upcoming Postdocs (AMP-UP) program is accepting applications, check it out here: amp-up.space/index.html Deadline to apply is June 15th.

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☀️🚨 Applications now open for SCOPE's FREE course on science communication across traditional + new media! Learn to combat misinformation, create your own content, and connect with experts. 🌱 Apply by May 10, & share with anyone interested! scopepolicy.org/new-media-co... @scopepolicy.bsky.social

🚨No NASA Postdoctoral Program awards will be made under the July cycle deadline 🚨 Unclear if this applies NASA wide or only GSFC. You will still be able to submit an application but it will be reviewed for selections with the November deadline. Start dates no earlier than Jan 2026.

No surprise that Trump’s proposed NASA budget aligns perfectly with Musk’s interests, not the public good.  We would never have gotten to the moon or be talking about Mars without NASA’s science mission — and should not let Trump/Musk jeopardize America’s future leadership.

✨ How does race shape what we know about the universe? Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars! ⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series 🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET 🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Just a friendly FYI in case y'all didn't know. Please support indie bookstores whenever possible 💙📚 #booksky

Say it louder for the folks in the back. NASA’s annual call for grant proposals is now 68 days late.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Sarah’s rules of looking for life with only chemical signatures: 1) the smaller the molecule(s) the more likely they can also be produced by abiotic processes 2) one molecule, if it can be produced by any abiotic process, will never be enough to definitively claim detection of life