I just saw on here that George Smoot died a week ago. So sad. In 2004, there was a astro graduate student retreat, where UC Berkeley, UC Davis (my alma mater) and both LNLL, LBL students met. All I remember was how nice and encouraging the both cosmologists Smoot and Perlmutter were. 🙂

Wait a minute. Why aren't we celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's dissertation.

I refuse to be raptured before I can see ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

John Oliver hat 10 Minuten über #Bernd das #brot gemacht und erstaunliche charakterliche Übereinstimmungen festgestellt. 😂

Number 18 on my 100 movies from 1925-2024. Entering war time movies now...

They won the IG Nobel prize! Yay. Still think it was too cheesy, but can't deny that there were absolutely no clumps! Physics for the win!

Somebody asked me if I was doing my PhD at the AIP. I don't know whether to be flattered or offended.

Pretty bad picture, but what was fun was that we went to our nearest park - there's an artificial hill, where Otto Lilienthal did his "flights" - and where in awe with about 50 other people. I love it when humanity enjoys these natural spectacles.

Number 17 of my 100 movies 1925-2024.

I understand that the actions of ICE in America against many immigrants are horrifying and probably illegal. The way they are being sent to detention centers is akin to kidnapping (no legal representation, inhumane conditions, etc.). [1/2]

Number 16 of my 100 movies 1925-2024. This time we go to mexican cinema.

Number 15 of my 100 movies from 1925-2024.

Nice, took a while for me to recognize, because the galaxies I am used to seeing red are white or blue in this image and it's tilted a bit with respect to the iconic HUDF.

Number 14 of my 100 movies from 1925-2024.

Harrowing lead story and image on the Washington Post homepage right now. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Genau die Sachen, die die meisten Berliner toll finden, abschaffen. Völlig an den falschen Stellen wollen sie sparen. 🙄 www.rbb24.de/politik/beit...

"Nie wieder" galt für alle Formen von Genozid. Israels Regierung lässt sich bislang nicht von ihrem harten Kurs in Gaza abbringen. Die Appelle der Bundesregierung sind nicht mehr genug, meint Georg Schwarte. Zur Staatsräson müsse auch Kritik gehören. www.tagesschau.de/kommentar/ga...

Sure, like Nature editors are soooo open to publishing null results in their precious little journal.

The US wanting to hold a World Cup, but implementing a 250$ VISA integrity fee. Good job ensuring scant visitors and good job killing your tourist industry!

Über 150 internationale Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler diskutieren diese Woche am AIP beim 18. Potsdamer Thinkshop. Der Thinkshop mit dem Titel „The Role of Feedback in Galaxy Formation“ bietet Raum für neue Ideen und interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit. 💫 #astrophysics #galaxy #potsdam

Reset the count!

Number 13 of my 100 movies 1925-2024.

Specific experiment based instruments are great, but these threads are a reminder that general purpose instruments are so important! Scientists will get so creative in the ways to use these.

ESO time allocation coming in this morning - pretty ok with the results (feedback was totally adequate). UT4's (MUSE / ERIS) oversubscription has gone down from ~10:1 to "only" 8.3:1. I guess, now JWST is truly the most oversubscribed telescope (~9:1).

Epic. Just epic. Guatemala ousts Canada in a wild shootout, advances to Gold Cup semifinals for first time since 1996.

So happy for Budapest Pride! Love is love. 🏳️‍🌈🌈🥰

Number 12 of my 100 movies 1925-2024.

Whoa... With the new software (so pretty soon) the #arxiv order will be randomized. No more race to rhe first to submit on a given day! #Astrodon #eas2025

At Winter AAS 2003 (first ever), my advisor told me: "You need to attend Tony's presentation, he might come to Davis." "Why do I need to care?", "Because of LSST!", "What's LSST? "Tanya, just go, it will be awesome!" Yes, Bob, you were right, it is freaking awesome! www.youtube.com/live/dF1g-Ru...

The Rubin Observatory will make the most detailed time-lapse images of the universe ever. It will map dark matter & and dark energy, and spot billions of transient cosmic events. Incidentally, it will also take breathtaking images. First looks, out now: 🧪🔭 rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...

Just spent an amazing three weeks in Aspen debating Lya emitters, among others with these 3 wonderful ladies from Iran, Japan and France. We thrive when we come together. I was so sad to see Hasti being worried the whole time about her parents in Tehran. We forget so much about the human side.

Taking the Amtrak back tomorrow and honestly so happy about it! So relaxing! If there's more demand, then new routes can be introduced!

Old Europe, Freedom Fries, Mission Accomplished, UN flag burnings, "we'll be greeted as liberators", axis of evil, Darryl Worley: "Don't know the difference between Iran and Iraq" I remember going to protests will millions others on Feb 15th 2003 and the news barely even covering it.

Number 11 of my 100 movies 1925-2024.

"Don’t shoot for the stars, we already know what’s there. Shoot for the space in between because that’s where the real mystery lies." – Vera C. Rubin NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory carries on Vera's name and legacy, looking deep into the depths of space. 🔭🧪

Nobel Prize Laureate Kip Thorne speaking yesterday at the Albert Einstein Institute in Postdam, Germany: "Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪

Sooo close in the Polish election... nervous!

Number 10 in my 100 movies from 1925-2024.

When we lived in Davis, CA, we would always see the California Zephyr and wonder how it would be to go to Chicago. Today I'm crossing the Rockies on it. Gorgeous, spatious and everybody is so excited, especially on the observation deck.

My husband nerded out today and made this, following the paper. Really creamy, but too cheesy arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

Illustrious astronomers visiting the @aippotsdam.bsky.social colloquium. 😃

It has been quite interesting seeing all the parts slowly being put into boxes. The integration hall down from my office will seem so empty soon. Really exciting for what's to come with 4MOST! www.aip.de/en/news/4mos...

What happens when you point MUSE at a Little Red Dot (LRD)? Weird results, from the Lya halo only, we would've never guessed the monster LRD that is that one. But it is surrounded by LAEs / halos. And it shows strong N_IV_1486.

We found the most distant confirmed galaxy (some Sergej Boebka vibes 😅) arxiv.org/abs/2505.11263

Movie #9 on my 100 movies 1925-2024.

Our wedding registry was filled with Playstation games and gaming gear (we already had been living together for 5 years).

Lasers are cool: they invoke futuristic spaceships & epic space battles! 🚀 But if we're not under alien attack, then why are our telescopes firing giant laser beams into the sky? 🤨 Tune in to the latest episode of #ChasingStarlight to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC... 🔭 🧪

Forgot to post about this great study from Dusan Tubín Arenas, a PhD student here at @aippotsdam.bsky.social. We confirm the AGN nature of 15/16 Supermassive Black Hole Binary candidates using eRosita variability. arxiv.org/abs/2505.02708 (1/2)

1932 - Scarface Number 8 movie watched in my 100 movies 1925-2024.

So I know folks have heard the news about an exoplanet that might be “teeming with life”? 🌱 I created a series of infographics that aims to cover the key points of the research findings + some of the area where scientists are sceptical! 🧐 Meet K2-18b! 👋 #astronomy #exoplanet #scicomm