Hawai’i evenings

Hawai’i evenings

Hawai’i evenings

Hawai’i evenings

Quintessential Hawai’i

Bends toward greenery #Hawaii

Those tiny pimples you see on the mountain on the top left are the Mauna Kea observatories. As shot from Richardson Beach yesterday evening. Pretty cool that we were up there a couple of days ago.

I walked on land that was created after I was born.

On the top of the world

Would you like to save 15% or more on this mango?

The floor was lava

Good morning from Hawai’i

Elmo

It’s been rainy all month with fantastic thunderstorms every night. I’m not complaining if it helps delay the summer.

Hot off the virtual presses: Jenna Samuel @texasastronomy.bsky.social) has led a huge new effort to understand galaxy formation in the early Universe. These simulations can serve as key comparisons with JWST observations to see where our best models do and do not work 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2605.24104

It’s getting ominous out here.

Red

This is my kinda Sunday morning service.

Tzintzuntzan

I mean, of course, I had to use AI to create a logo/mascot for our astro-focused AI copilot/chatbot. We came up with the name on our own tho.

The FCC has opened public comments for a couple of different proposed satellite systems, both of which have a high likelihood of significantly degrading our ability to experience the night sky. More details from @aas.org here: 🧪

Rooted in ATX

Friday night lights with the original football aka soccer.

Feeling prickly

Take a moment to reflect.

Upcoming CosmicAI Hybrid Seminar! “Unexpected Insights from Astronomical Data” (Dr. Stephanie Juneau, NSF NOIRLab & CosmicAI) and Foundation Models for Survey Astronomy (Francois Lanusse, CNRS) Jan 21st 11 AM CT / 12PM ET! Zoom & in-person at @noirlabastro.bsky.social (MCR)! Cosmicai.org/events

Researchers at UT Austin are recruiting participants for a short (<30 min) study on human- #AI collaboration and #trust. ✅ 18+ 
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My hotel has some of the vibes.

Come visit us at #AAS247 and to #ExploreAstronomy

First time at an astronomy conference. So many cool booths and swag. The last photo is our institute.

@nsfsimonscosmicai.bsky.social is at booth 404 at the #AAS247 conference at Phoenix. I hope people can find us 🙃 Well, if people who work with telescopes can’t, then no one can. We’ve some cool swag if that motivates you #ExploreAstronomy

December is actually fall season in Texas.

Left behind

Shop

If I find this Halloween prop in a store, I might put it up in our yard. I hate those kitschy air-filled toys.

Call for CosmicAI Seed Funding Proposals: Submission for 2025-26 is Open! CosmicAI invites the submission of proposals for novel research projects at the intersection of AI/machine learning and astronomy. Abstract Submission: Due December 8, 2025, 5 PM CT. Learn more cosmicai.org/news/now-acc...

CosmicAI is honored to be featured in @taccutexas.bsky.social's Texascale 2025 magazine texascale.org/2025/feature... #astronomy #AI

Vibe

Our Institute’s panel was selected for SXSW Interactive 2026 schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP116... If you will be at #SXSW, please attend for an “out of the world” talk. #astronomy #AI #BigData

Howdy from Austin

Blurred Lines

Virginia is for lovers

The CosmicAI team at #SAIL2025

CosmicAI's Managing Director @pcmhatre.bsky.social discussed his work during year one of CosmicAI at the Managing Director’s SIG panel!

Talked about @nsfsimonscosmicai.bsky.social’s first year at the Managing Director’s SIG panel.

Jane Bernhard, @nsfsimonscosmicai.bsky.social’s Comms Director presented on the Institute’s communications strategy and content at #SAIL2025

Sunning his rump

Red tripod

If you have thoughts or ideas or even a concern that we should be regulating AI, the government (Office of Science and Technology Policy ) is now asking for your input www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Upcoming Hybrid Seminar - Oct 15th, 11AM CT! Encoding of Spectra and Time Series (Peter Melchior - Princeton University) & Strategies for variance reduction in spectral unmixing (Jordan Bryan, UVA) Zoom & in person at UVA's Astronomy Building cosmicai.org/events @simonsfoundation.org