New frontiers 🔭🎨 This art was inspired by one of the first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The Rubin Observatory will capture images of the entire sky every few days using the 3200 megapixel LSST camera, allowing astronomers to identify and study targets that move or change. (1/5)

Thank you Jonathan for your decades of work shaping such an amazing program! Very cool to think about/see how many people's lives you've influenced.

It's finally here! We've just released all of our COSMOS-Web images and catalogs, along with an interactive viewer where you can explore the data! Check it out at: cosmos2025.iap.fr

Today, my colleague Christian at Leiden University successfully defended his PhD thesis, "Galaxy Clusters in the Decameter Sky"! In it, he mapped the sky at a relatively unexplored range of radio frequencies—10–30 MHz—using the LOFAR telescope. I had the honour of designing Christian’s thesis cover!

My mini painting of the Pillars of Creation was inspired by the JWST NIRCam image. This region of active star formation lies ~6,500 lyr away. Glowing red lines near the edges of some pillars reveal where stars are ejecting material as they form. 🔭🧪 🎨

My mini painting of the Pillars of Creation was inspired by the JWST NIRCam image. This region of active star formation lies ~6,500 lyr away. Glowing red lines near the edges of some pillars reveal where stars are ejecting material as they form. 🔭🧪 🎨

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Dear all! Come celebrate A4E's 5th Anniversary! Thursday, January 23, 2025, UTC 0800-1100 & UTC 1800-2100; Zoom + Spatial VR. Will you discuss with us where A4E can be in another 5 years? All info and registration at astronomersforplanet.earth/5th-annivers...

...and here's the sonified video of a prototype COLIBRE test simulation - conveying star formation and cosmic thermodynamics with sound! More info in the YT description... 🧪🔭⚡ ⚛️🎵🐡 #extragalactic #musicianfeed #philsci #art #stellarastro #cosmology #EduSky youtu.be/4BPFHTVMmbQ?...

Check out this article from STFC about our sonification of astronomical data, and beyond! including a new sonification at the end - perceive multi-scale information about galaxy formation in our cosmological simulations... 🧪🔭⚡🐡. medium.com/big-science-...

Nice opinion piece by @climatehuman.bsky.social bit.ly/3VzOTQO

I'm a #QueerinSTEM astronomer. Having queer communities and safe spaces, especially in the workplace, is so important! Which reminds me of the asto outlis, which can help you find queer astronomers and allies near you astro-outlist.github.io

I'm excited to take part in Dragonfly Mental Health's Global Migration on October 10th, celebrating World Mental Health Day and raising awareness about #MentalHealth in #academia. I'll be delivering a Basics of Burnout Seminar at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, USA

For Day 2 of #SpacetoberChallenge #Spacetober prompt Moon, I'm posting an acrylic painting I did a few years ago for my friend @aurorakess.bsky.social #SapcetoberChallenge_04 #SciArt

Mixed media Witch Head Nebula. The Witch Head Nebula, also known as IC 2118, is a reflection nebula located about 900 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. 🐡🔭 #Sciart #spaceart #witch 1/4

I really enjoy watching videos of acrylic pours and it was very fun to incorporate the technique for these paintings 1. Impressions of a gas giant 2. Impressions of an exo-moon 3. Impressions of Mercury 4. Impressions of Mars. #SciArt 🔭🐡 #spaceart #planet #acrylicpouring

Multiwavelength view of NGC 2207 and IC 2163 #spaceart 🔭 #sciart The larger and more massive galaxy in this image is NGC 2207, while the smaller one is IC 2163. (1/7)

This is my digital art of NGC 1360, the robin's egg nebula, inspired by the Astronomy Picture of the Day Aug 5, 2023: apod.nasa.gov/apod/a... 🔭 #procreate #digitalart #spaceart 1/3

Yesterday my dear friend and colleague Marta Frias Castillo defended her thesis on measuring cold molecular gas across cosmic time. I had the pleasure of designing her thesis cover. Congratulations Dr Frias Castillo 🎉

I wrote a blog post about rest. It's so important and there is more to it than I used to think! www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-type...

It's not too late to fill out @remo-cost.bsky.social's STAIRCASE survey! It aims to understand the impact of working conditions on mental health and well-being in academia, enabling evidence-based recommendations for impactful change. projects.tib.eu/remo/remo-co...

Was it just me or was most of that image blank? Trying again! 🔭🧪🎨

Digital Art: The Penguin Galaxy, aka Arp 142. 🎨🔭 🐧 I first encountered the Penguin Galaxy through the Galaxy Zoo Project, one of the most successful citizen science initiatives (imo). 1/7

April is both PMDD and Autism awareness month. It was cool to see a man talk about this topic! youtu.be/qPhWVC9vjl4?... If you think you might have PMDD, I highly recommend the IAPMD (international association for pre menstrual disorders) website for more resources and latest research.

Painting of a fictional star system. I used an image of our sun's solar flares for reference. I also played with impasto - making a 3d effect by layering the paint thickly on the canvas. What should I name this one? 🎨 #spaceart

"Heart Nebula" This 20x20cm acrylic painting captures the beauty of the Heart Nebula (center) and the Fishhead Nebula (bottom right). The Heart Nebula gets its name from its resemblance to a heart when observed in visible light. 🔭 1/4

New art: Southern Ring Nebula. Despite its name, the Southern Ring Nebula appears like a bubble or an hourglass due to its complex structure. A handful of stars are responsible for the formation of this breathtaking nebula. 🔭

New art: galaxy on an abstract acrylic pour I call "Electric Disk Formation". The fluid flows remind me of the cosmic web from which gas flows into galaxy haloes. The galaxy in the centre is inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope images of M81 - a grand design spiral galaxy.

From the Astrobites collaboration: The genocide in Gaza demands our attention and our action. As astronomers and members of the global scientific community, we cannot ignore the immense suffering and devastation inflicted upon our colleagues. 🔭 astrobites.org/2024/03/27/a...

For Valentine's Day last week, I painted the Antennae Galaxies, also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 - a pair of interacting galaxies located in the constellation Corvus. #spaceart 🔭

The Ring Nebula, also known as M57, is a stunning planetary nebula located ~2,000 ly away in the constellation Lyra. 🔭 The distinctive colourful ring was formed by a dying star, once similar in size to our Sun, shedding its outer layers as it entered its final stages of life.

New digital art: The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a nebula of gas and dust visible from both hemispheres. At a distance of 360 ly it is one of the closest star forming regions. Rho Ophiuchi is the group of stars in the blue area. 🔭 #spaceart

Scientist Rebellion (SR) heeft samen met Extinction Rebellion (XR) zondagochtend meerdere standbeelden in onder andere Weesp geblinddoekt en met een oproep behangen. De tekst op deze standbeelden luidde: “Kijk niet weg. Dit is een klimaatnoodtoestand”. [1/6]

Excited to talk alongside Pía, a professional psychologist, with astronomers in Chile about mental health in academia on Monday!

Together, the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster make up NGC 2264 - my inspiration behind this digital artwork I did over the past 3 days. #spaceart 🔭 🎄✨

The Vela Constellation. Vela means sails (of a ship) in Latin. I designed this for my mother's family who are all sailors.

Sharing some art I've made this year #artvsartist2023 🔭

I painted the Andromeda (Messier 31) galaxy (and satellite galaxies Messier 32 (left of the galactic nucleus) and Messier 110 (bottom)) using acrylic on canvas, inspired by what it looks like in visible light.

Digital art made in Procreate, inspired by the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope image of the North America Nebula. In visible light, the nebula resembles the continent, but here, in infrared light, we see young stars and dusty cocoons enveloping them. 🔭

Hey fellow space nerds, my shop is now live for everyone! Spectrum of Stardust limited edition prints are available until December 4th 🔭🧪🐡 stellerarts.com/pages/spectr...

The horsehead nebula is a dark/reflection nebula in the Orion molecular cloud complex. This digital art was inspired by one of Euclid's first full colour images - capturing this detailed panoramic view of the horsehead in just 1 hour. 🔭

The Emu in the Sky is a well-known Aboriginal Astronomical constellation that’s outlined by dark areas (dust) of the night sky, not the stars. The story is familiar to many different Aboriginal communities.

As you start planning your holiday gifts consider supporting small creators! I make educational sticker sheets about space and also have notepads, bookmarks, and waterproof stickers ☺️ Find my Etsy linked in my bio!

Continuing my planet collection with Mars. Digital painting inspired by @esa OSIRIS camera true color image (during Rosetta's swing-by of Mars). Fun fact: although the diameter of Mars is about half that of Earth, the land area of Earth is similar to that of Mars.

This was a galaxy painting I did for my friend @JayJovianMusic 's birthday last year. Did you know it features in the music video for Jay Jovian’s first single “Flavours”!?

Digit art inspired by MESSENGER probe images. #sciart #space #planet. Mercury's surface is covered in craters and rays from impact events and their ejecta because it is not geologically active and has almost no atmosphere, so the features are well preserved.

Lagoon Nebula - digital painting of a star forming region inspired by Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 images taken in Feb 2018. #sciart #spacetoberchallenge

Digital painting of the Sun! NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory is observing the sun all the time, and you can see what it looks like: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ #sciart

#SpacetoberChallenge Prompt: pulsar. Digital painting of the pulsar wind nebula powered by the crab pulsar (orange star in the center). Image shows synchrotron emission traced by optical data from HST (red) and X-ray data from Chandra (blue).

My redbubble shop (AstroFashion) is a really easy way to get my digital designs printed on all kinds of cool things - mugs, stickers, tshirts, cushions (and I get a cut of the profit). Check it out: www.redbubble.com/pe...