Two nights observing in a row remotely with the SOAR telescope (4.1m), from Brazil to Chile! Gathering data for my PhD :) 🔭

From guest author Arthur Magalhães @arthurmagalhaes.bsky.social : What are blue straggler stars and how are they formed? By using spectroscopy, today’s authors explain the link between this question and how fast these objects spin! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/02/03/b...

So happy I did my first Astrobite guest post :) and thanks @astroryan.bsky.social for the help editing it!

MSc thesis done ✅🔭

I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK

Physics professors are getting murdered in their homes now? What is happening to the world?!

Does anybody know any graduate student from Charles University in Prague? I wanted to ask some questions about the PhD program.

The more I listen to AnnenMayKantereit the more I fall in love with their music. German songs are so good!

I feel like whenever I get the feedback corrections of my supervisor over my dessertation (which I am currently writing), I get a little anxiou with all the small typos and mistakes I let pass. But at least that might be reasurring for her that I am not using any AI to write for me haha

Estou completamente ansioso esperando as respostas das aplicações de doutorado

I think Katabasis is a MUST read for every academic that enjoys fantasy, I am enjoying it a lot!

Missing my time at Uppsala University 🔭

I hate to be anxiously waiting for an email

A todos nossos associados e amantes da Astronomia desejamos um feliz dia do astrônomo!

Third day in a row that I dream about work 😮‍💨

I might just have crashed out at my cluster

Episode 25: Extragalactic exoplanets, simulating individual stars, and galaxy mergers as cosmic ray factories In this episode, Michelle and Payel explore various astrophysical topics, including the Solar birth cluster, young stars, the formation of intermediate mass black holes, and the universe's…

The Pleiades, a.k.a. The Seven Sisters or M45. Pleiades is known for its bright, blue stars and the surrounding reflection nebulae. Recent work has shown that it is a part of a much larger stellar complex that spans over 2,000 light years. Exposure 6 hours, 11/19/25 #astronomy #astrophotography

Amazing work!

Let me see your guys work desks. Here is mine :)

After almost 2 years of Masters I finally did my first backup 🙏

It's been so long since I used Windows that my gf told me to open the notes app at her pc, and I opened the terminal looking for VIM 🥲

I will def try this time :)

For astronomy PhD students, this is a really amazing opportunity to hone your craft at scientific writing! Can highly recommend! 🔭☄️

Here's a fantastic opportunity for a university student to work on outreach for cutting edge astronomical research: Gaia DR4. I'd argue that the Gaia Mission should have had a full time person in this role since before 2018, but at least this is something, right? jobs.esa.int/job/Noordwij...

3 months until my MSc defense. Things are starting to clear up, and I know that I am gonna finish on time. But still very scary, specially the presentation.

I simply found a Korean research group on star formation that works exactly with what I do. I might ask my supervisor to spend some time there during my PhD 👀

Currently characterizing the Ruprecht 79 open cluster using Gaia DR3 data. It is nice to see how its Cepheid agrees a lot with the mean cluster proper motion (as well as in the plx diagram) 🔭🧪

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

IMPRS applications end today 😬

#JWST observing a #blackhole at record-breaking resolution. ⚫️🔭 Happy #Halloween! 🎃 #NASA #ESA #CSA

This part of finishing the MSc and applying for PhDs is so scary, not knowing where I can end up next year

Selection functions are REALLY important - that's the conclusion of our new paper on the open cluster selection function! 🔭☄️ #galactic Even simple things (like a cluster's orbit) can cause a *major* boost to cluster detectability, biasing results not corrected for selection effects in *big* ways.

4 months until my MSc defense. Still a lot of work to get done and fear of running out of time

This is tragic - UW is a great place for grad students. 🔭☄️ Do we know why? 🫤

Today I did my first landscape Table on Latex :)

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Why does my Linux bluethooth stops working all of a sudden

I was postponing star writing my dissertation. As soon as I started, I remebered that I really enjoy writing! I think its gonnna be a good process :)

During my PhD, I used to tell myself, “I’ll remember this.” A method someone casually explained, feedback from a meeting, a random idea that came to me on a walk, none of it seemed worth writing down at the time. Spoiler: I forgot most of it.

UPDATE: I AM DR BOLDT-CHRISTMAS 🥹🥹🥹

Four years ago Jair Bolsonaro, then Brazil’s president, made a vow. He said his re-election campaign could end only in jail, death or victory. “And you can be sure the first option doesn’t exist,” he said. He was wrong econ.st/4matIiI Photo: Getty Images

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XIX IAG/USP Advanced School on Astrophysics - Radioastronomy 🔭

Michelle's first paper discussed the birth sites of stars. Do they form mostly in embedded clusters, or are they forming unbound across a range of environments? Seems like clustered based on this great paper! arxiv.org/abs/2508.12788 🔭 ☄️

1st day :)

Very excited for the Astronomy Advanced School on a Brazilian beach next week, best type of events!! 🔭

I did it... I bought Overleaf premium

I recently posted this video talking about the beginning of my last master's semester, and thought about future plans. Hope you like it :) (Portuguese only) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkyZ...

Darkness doesn’t erase the light. It reveals it. #milkyway #astrophotography #stars #space #photography