✨ Phoenix-Avery Sarian is a rising senior in the Ohio State's Astro Dept! ✨ In her article she talks about the importance of having a supportive community 🫂, her love for teaching astronomy 🔭 (in Portuguese!), and how her experience in the foster system led to advocacy w/the nonprofit Foster Love 💖

Today for @blackinastro.bsky.social's theme of #ShareTheUniverse for 🪐 Black in Space Week 🔭, we have two very special interview articles with black astronomers Logan White and Phoenix-Avery Sarian! Summaries for each article and links in the thread below ⬇️!

🌟 Logan is an incoming PhD student and NSF GFRP & GEM Fellow at the University of Arizona! 🌟 In her article she talks about her dreams of becoming a ballerina 🩰 & astronaut 👩🏾‍🚀, discovering her love for astronomy research 🔭, and shares how finding the BiA community became a catalyst for her career 💫

In this episode, the (domestic) American sector of Astro[sound]bites covers the recent proposed budget cuts to NASA, the largest in its history. We cover the downsides that these cuts would have for science and the economy, and what you can do to speak out. 🔭 astrosoundbites.com/2025/05/24/e...

From Niloofar Sharei @astroneal.bsky.social : Today’s bite explores how JWST reveals a surprising dust curve in a distant galaxy, challenging what we know about cosmic dust! 🔭✨ astrobites.org/2025/02/18/a...

Thank you to @sahilhegde.bsky.social and @astrobites.bsky.social for highlighting the great work of the four inclusion committees of @aasoffice.bsky.social - CSMA, CSWA, SGMA, and WGAD! Looking forward to #AAS245!

happy to be able to highlight all the great work that the @aasoffice.bsky.social diversity committees have been leading! be sure to check out their planned activities at #AAS245 and beyond!