They’ve indiscriminately fired 10% of NASA employees. I don’t need to remind you that NASA’s budget is less than 1% of the entire federal budget but I will. Here’s what that looks like, it’s pennies. www.popsci.com/real-cost-na...

Moving into my own place for the first time! I'm a real adult!

Not Alie @ologies.bsky.social referring to veins as "blood tunnels" 💀💀💀💀💀

I gave a talk for PLUNCH and the UC Santa Cruz folks were so nice and welcoming! Highly recommend 😊 plus you're basically giving a talk on Endor 🌲🌲🌲

getting caught up in coding interactive plots ✌️

There is a global climate catastrophe underway, multiple genocides happening, a housing and unhoused people crisis, a child poverty crisis, people are struggling to afford food and what are moderate Democrats and GOP concerned about? "Where people pee." These fascists don't want us to survive.

yes I'm going to take all my anger at the world out on this motion-sensor sink that won't work unless I do the hokey pokey

Dr. Oz are you kidding me

Ken-tastic talk on BARBIE (Bayesian Analysis...exo-Earths) from @nertushka.bsky.social 🩷🩷🔭🪐

hey bluesky, it's been a while 👋

A new interpretation of JWST spectra suggests that exoplanet K2-18b is a gas-rich world without a habitable surface rather than a life-supporting ocean world. aasnova.org/2024/03/11/k... 🪐🧪

I recently did a stand up comedy set about the random and terrible theories engineers email to astronomers worldwide. I suspect we'll all be hearing a bunch of wacky nonsense from Muskerton on a regular basis imminently.

Wow today's astrobite is so cool I bet the person who wrote it is pretty cool too ngl

🎉 Drumroll, please! We're thrilled to announce the launch 🚀 of our Queer Science Competition! Express your creativity and celebrate LGBTQ+ trailblazers in STEMM with a short essay or video. Dive into the details at prismexeter.com/qsc 📷#QSC2024

I want to help my department implement an astro-related python coding workshop for undergrad and grads to take. Is there anything like that out there already that y'all recommend?? 🔭

First wave of rejections leaving me waiting for a job... 🔭🧪

😍😍😍 credit Rae Holcomb/UCI 🔭🪐 phys.org/news/2024-01...

Really interesting bite!

The fact that no betting platform has done a commercial with Troy Bolton's famed "Bet On It" is a travesty

First rejection email of the season 👏 it's a part of the field, it's a part of life, and I'm going to be okay

Ron DeSantis should be forced to carry his Presidential campaign to term.

Thisn👇👇👇

They're all in the same state as me now 😭 leave us alone!!!!

CRABS. 🦀 Visit the @NHMLA's crab bunker w/ #Carcinologist @AdamWall626 for: which crabs are NOT crabs, romantic crabs, Old Bay, Amelia Earhart, Sea Monkeys, invasive crabs, giant land crabs that can crack skulls, delicacies, Hollywood crabs + more: www.alieward.com/ologies/carc...

Getting political ads in New Hampshire right now is *wild*

Bug Thread xkcd.com/2881

Hello there! Are you on the job market? Do you love astrophysics? Then how about applying for one of our 3 open Research Fellow positions at the University of Surrey? One of them is with me! Find and study dwarf galaxies with Michelle! 🔭🧪 jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

She seems cool 🤷‍♀️

✨ Meet the Authors ✨ Hello from our friendly, not-so-neighborhood redhead, @kerockcliffe.bsky.social! 🔭🧪 www.instagram.com/p/C2AWJN8Oka...

The astro[sound]bites podcast is recruiting two new co-hosts for 2024! Do you want to share astronomy in a fun and inclusive way while improving your science communication skills? Then apply to be an astro[sound]bites co-host today! 🔭🧪 astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2...

Happy Wednesday #AAS243 ! 🔭 Today, the Rainbow Village 🌈 is excited to highlight the presentations by people of color at AAS! Please check this thread and save it so you can support these folks today! #rainbowvillage #wednesdaypresentations

If you're in New England and feel like a lil drive to do some space stuff ✨👀🔭

As part of the Rainbow Village 🌈 at #AAS243 , we will be highlighting talks, poster presentations, workshops and events given and led by people of color! Please stay tuned throughout the meeting to support people of color at the meeting! Check out today's presentations today here! 🔭 #rainbowvillage

Sad I'm missing AAS but at least I can see Massachusetts' first real snow of the season

EXCITED

#AAS243 👀

From Junellie Gonzalez Quiles (@spacejunellie.bsky.social): Today’s article highlights Dra. Nicole Cabrera Salazar, co-chair of the AAS Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy (CSMA) and co-organizer of the Rainbow Village at AAS! 🔭🧪 astrobites.org/2024/01/05/r...

✨ Meet the Authors ✨ Time to meet Jessie Thwaites!!! 🌌🔭🧪 www.instagram.com/p/C1ucwWSupe...

breaks over, huh

U.S. HOLIDAY COVID UPDATE: - COVID wastewater levels are very high in the majority of states - 1 in 35 people currently have COVID - COVID levels higher today than during 90% of the pandemic - WHO designated JN.1 variant of interest - CDC warning hospitals may ration care

If you're attending AAS 243, check out the Rainbow Village! 🌈🥰

Over 500 abstracts submitted for Extreme Solar Systems V, and over 800 submitted for Exoplanets V!?! 👀☠️ Guys I think this whole 'exoplanet' thing might take off. 🔭🪐

I’m finally here my dudes!!

NASA streamed high-definition video — this one of a cat named Taters chasing a laser pointer — 18.6 million miles away, the farthest ever. The demonstration marked another step toward improving the infrastructure for communication beyond the Earth’s orbit.

Yay, I can share this now!! After seeing my paper doodles, an editor reached out to me about creating something for Physics Today. Presenting: a cartoon summary of one of the most impactful papers in modern cosmology! 🧪 https://shorturl.at/wJPRU

From Yoni Brande: Today's bite is an interview with Ashley Walker, @blackinastro.bsky.social president and co-organizer of the Rainbow Village at AAS 243! 🔭🧪 astrobites.org/2023/12/15/r...

Captain Holt 😭

Check out @astrobites.bsky.social on Instagram for our Astrobites Wrapped 2023! What oddities did we find in space this year??? 🧪🔭🚀