NEW WORK! ✨ I got to create this 2-page spread for an article in @sciam.bsky.social on the puzzling lack of worlds outside our solar system in a certain size range; the "Radius Gap." Visualizing several hundred exoplanets as a polar plot + contours. www.scientificamerican.com/article/exop...

Bella Ramsey explains a (probably autistic person) spotted signs of autism correctly which led to formal diagnosis and Bella gaining better self-understanding and improved quality of life. Helen Coffey questions why neurodivergent people help each other and wants them to stop. Fuck off, Helen.

I stand with NASA employees, who are being villainized across the board by this Administration and facing threats of unjustified layoffs. I'm proud to introduce the Saving NASA's Workforce Act with Ranking Member Lofgren to prevent these workforce reductions. foushee.house.gov/media/press-...

Trans Americans are ~2x more likely to serve in the US uniformed services than cis Americans. This is an abhorrent and discriminatory revocation of benefits that they earned, a betrayal of our veterans.

Nothing to see here. Just JWST 🔭 IMAGING A PLANETARY SYSTEM AROUND ANOTHER STAR. Look at the different planet colors! Go NASA science!!! science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

I in fact turned down a job at a top private school to come to the University of New Hampshire. Twice. Because public universities matter, and they especially matter in rural communities where they are major economic engines. $100 million being stolen from Maine is catastrophic. PAY ATTENTION.

The continued focus of the media and general public on Columbia’s loss of $400 million which is a much smaller sum of money to an Ivy League institution than $100 million is to Maine is elitist bullshit that treats regional schools and their student and alum communities like we are disposable

If you, or someone you know, was a part of the first group of federal employees that were unlawfully fired by the Trump administration - your deadline to appeal to the MSPB is this Friday, March 14. Go to civilservicestrong.org to learn more. #CivilServiceStrong

There are reports The White House is considering a 50% cut to NASA’s science programs, and 25% of its overall budget, which would be catastrophic for both current and planned missions. But, there is still time for the administration to reconsider. Read our full statement ⬇️

Far beyond Pluto, trillions of cold comets circle the sun in a lazy swarm called the Oort Cloud. A new simulation indicates what this comet-cloud looks like: a loose spiral that resembles a miniature galaxy. 🧪🔭 arxiv.org/abs/2502.11252

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/mutual-aid... RequestAid: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... MoreInfo: www.choircollaboration.com/mutual-aid

we're organizing to help folks in astronomy + planetary sciences who've lost their jobs without warning, or have important initiatives that suddenly lost funding, due to the recent executive orders. please share with your networks!! #extragalactic #exoplanets #astronomy #cosmology

MUTUAL AID ALERT: Stand with our community in Astro+ adjacent fields impacted by the attack on DEIA, support our community by giving aid through our GoFundMe. See links in thread! - choir collab, @blackinastro.bsky.social, Astro Poverty Survey Team, MVMT Consulting @dranicole.bsky.social)

DON’T MEMORY HOLE ELON MUSK’S NAZI SALUTE It’s been 4 weeks and 1 day since Elon Musk loudly vocalized his support for Nazi ideology Everything that has happened since has happened with the guidance of an open Nazi This should be repeated in articles, regularly

Besides being cruel, anticipatory obedience doesn’t work www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

Lots of anticipatory obedience from scientific institutions including ones that are home to astronomers and physicists, like Brookhaven National Lab and Vera Rubin Observatory. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ #giftlink www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...

1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.

Are you a PhD student whose funding is in jeopardy because of recent executive actions, or a faculty member in a program dealing with these considerations? @mkhaw.bsky.social and I want to hear from you @chronicle.com. DM or email! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd

“…the most-effective segregationists were in courtrooms and boardrooms making policy that reinforced separation through seemingly race-neutral systems that were justified by appeals to some higher principle such as ‘merit’ or ‘community control of schools.’” theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...

BREAKING: New lawsuit challenges Trump's anti-diversity executive orders, alleging Spending Clause, vagueness (Due Process), free speech (First Amendment), and separation of powers violations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

*this is illegal* FYI 🧪 🔭 ⚛️

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

As we watch all mention of diversity actively get scrubbed from the NIH website in real time it's important to know that, we were not taking over anything, we were just trying to exist. - Only 2% of NIH R01 grants are awarded to Black investigators. The goal is total erasure/elimination.

DEI public favorability continues to be +19. Pundits are wrong that: 1) DEI is unpopular. It's popular. 2) This recent support is thermostatic. This is NOT thermostatic. DEI favorability has been high throughout its existence (second pic).

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make *them* make *you* comply; they usually can't (👇) and introducing widespread friction to these programs makes them slower and more expensive: both buying time for targeted parties, and turning these raids into terrible investments of effort, money, and energy...which even GOP voters don't want

If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel. I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times! Pls repost 🙏❤️

Hoo boy, I bet you could use a distraction today! So how about an intense JWST image of a pair of colossal stars whizzing past each other and blasting out wave after wave of dusty shells, expanding away at a soul-freezing NINE MILLION KPH?! badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/two-coloss... 🧪🔭

Day 4 resumes! Mariko Kubo reviews the role in environments in shaping gas and dust at cosmic noon. SB in protoclusters are often rotation supported; AGN heavily attenuated, molecular gas deficit and SF quenching -- likely by bulge formation; HSC and PFS offer exciting prospects

the answer to "why don't americans have..." and it's something so simple like national healthcare or feeding kids at school the answer is "bc Black people would also have it"

I spelled "baccalaureate" correctly on the first try this morning. should i go to the casino? buy a lotto ticket?

super stoked to be organizing this unconference on galaxy evolution *and* astronomy culture. we were lucky to get funding from @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social + the NAASC to heavily subsidize lodging, meals, and even travel so that more ECRs can join. apps open on jan 15th! #extragalactic #astronomy

New conference alert! Save the date! Understanding the first half of the Universe + Culture Shifting + Acadia National Park! Email [email protected] for any qs! #astronomy #extragalactic

Beautiful day here in Hiroshima hosting the Dust and Gas meeting this week. Scenic walk across the river to the venue. Excited to see many friends and colleagues here 😊 www.dg2024.hasc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/program #dg2024 🔭

Day 2! Claudia Lagos presents a picture where sims (TNG, SIMBA, EAGLE, Ramses, Magnelicum, Astrid) give very different predictions for the content of HI and H2 gas by z ~ 2: because of diff in stellar and AGN feedback implementation (diff ISM replenishing rates) - offers param space to test! #dg2024

Q for any astro editors - why can't we use pub review built off of collaborative software or tools i.e functionality similar to suggested edits in Google docs and overleaf? We can still have a textbox for over-arching comments but it would allow for easier reviewing and responding? Pls I beg

*door in my house opens on its own* me: fascinating. there must be quite a temperature differential between these two rooms to create that kind of pressure the ghost haunting me: (slamming its head through the wall) i hate you i hate you i hate you i hate you

New blog post #astronomy #extragalactic 🔭🪐 Dusty Galaxies medium.com/@benne.holwe... astrobenne.blogspot.com/2024/11/dust...

Did you know? There are multiple feeds in the Astronomy feeds network - from exoplanets to astrophotography! Here's a thread with a link to every feed ⬇️

The @aasoffice.bsky.social CSMA hosted a great session at SACNAS on building community in astronomy w/ @astrojennifer.bsky.social, @astroarianna.bsky.social, @skyientist.bsky.social, & Sebastian Monzon. Among the great lessons from the panel, @astroarianna.bsky.social shared this amazing wisdom. 🔭

In the chaos of life over the last 6 months, I haven’t gotten around to sharing that I started a faculty position at Dartmouth College! I’m looking forward to building friendships and research partnerships in the area— please reach out!

You may not be aware that over the last 50 years, the Supreme Court has chipped away at your Miranda rights case by case, rendering them weak and ineffective. You no longer have the right to remain silent, to an attorney, not with the foece you used to. Time for a history lesson. /🧵

Super cool research from @wildcru.bsky.social - Ethiopian wolves doing pollination work. Wolfination work. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸

Just started compiling a list of 🧪researchers in the Greater Baltimore/D.C. metro area! 🦀 I'm hoping to get a good sampling of researchers across #astronomy, #physics, #computerscience, and #machinelearning. The starter pack is woefully incomplete, so lmk if you want to be added!

November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

I appreciate all of you who use the Alt-text description for the images you post. As a blind dude I feel so much more included here. For those of you who forget: Did you know there’s a reminder in Settings/Accessibility to toggle on & then it won’t let you post image without Alt-text. Thanks 🙏😎

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oh for SURE. I would add avatar the last airbender, love death + robots, scavengers reign, and blue eye samurai