Drew Lapeer reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on an intriguing new object that may be an early universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon. aasnova.org/2026/04/07/a... 🔭

#GoBlue 〽️😝

There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2026 and provided some “peer review”. astrobites.org/2026/04/06/april-fools-2026/

If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭

Don't give them ideas... xkcd.com/3225/

Happy Friday everyone! 🔭☄️

re: jwst cycle 5. just rip the bandaid off please

Good morning

Astrobites is partnering with @blackinastro.bsky.social this year for Black Space Week! If you’d like to register to participate as a writer or interviewee you can fill out the Google Form below or in the QR code in the flyer! The deadline is Friday March 6th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

18 Feb 2026

seeing talk about un reviewed GRFP applications. super disappointing. when i applied during undergrad (2023) i had one reviewer who clearly didn't read my material. put a single period in each review box and scored me straight middle-of-the-road. don't know how common this was at the time. 🧪

The NRAO released some radio astronomy valentines and NGL this one is making me giggle 💘 🔭🧪

u chicago not on the list lmao

13 Feb 2026

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CONFIRMED BY SCIENCE: anyone more online than me is a loser phone addict and everyone less online than me are basic underdeveloped normies

my flight from NL to Boston was cancelled so i now have a 2 hour layover in Detroit on my new flight this is just enough time to smash one (1) coney dog at the airport Coney Island before returning to massachusetts

I KNEW A MAN HE SAT BEHIND A DESK THAT WAS A MILLION FEET WIDEEEEE BUT HE LAID DOWN HIS HAMMER AND HE DIEDDDDD

“The Object of that incomprehensible Being, which alone and in himself comprehends and constitutes supreme Perfection.” One of the 32 stunning illustrative plates to feature in Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750): publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...

if i had a nickel for every replica of JWST i saw in Leiden i would have two nickels

sorry for being cringe I'm trying to enjoy being alive

i have been trying to slowly push people towards exactly this (especially in astronomy)👁️hosting your own slightly weird website and joining web rings is a great way to not hate your time spent socializing online

Barry Windsor-Smith

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact

very related is the deep seated feeling of home sickness. god i miss the midwest

asserting my dominance over the new englanders by shoveling my car out of 2 feet of snow wearing nothing but a fur cap and sweatshirt

From Drew Lapeer @giantmolecular.cloud: Today’s paper presents an intriguing new object, which may be a early-Universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/01/26/x...

waiting for important (dare i say "life changing") emails is a unique form of torture which is all too prevalent in the modern world

love a good garbage ape in these trying times

the aurora was beautiful this week ❤️

after substantial pushing from friends (i.e. state propagandists) i have finally listened to the Geese album and have to begrudgingly admit that it is Good

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🦴 Die Radiolarien (Rhizopoda radiaria): Berlin: G. Reimer, 1862-1888. [Source]

FEAST: Probing Hierarchical Star Formation with the Spatial Distributions of Young Star Clusters. Drew Lapeer et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11434

19 Jan 2026

Fascinating Astronomy.

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my first "first author" paper just got accepted to ApJ!! 🥳🎉 🔭 ☄️

just finished up my 2025 reading list! read a total of 30 books (just shy of my 50 book goal, but i did read quite a few uber long books). favorite book of the year was absolutely r.f. kuang's "Babel". favorite series was fonda lee's 'green bone saga'. full list: giantmolecular.cloud/books.html

200 Easthamptoners came out today to say #NotoICE, honor those who have been lost due to #ICE terror, resolve to act, and build #community. We said their names: Marie Ange Blaise #ImmigrantsMakeAmerica #NoViolence #Democracy #ICEOutforGood @indivisible.org @maddow.bsky.social @arliek.bsky.social

On Day 3 of AAS 247: a record-breaking asteroid, a discussion of science policy, and a supernova that we might hear about again at AAS 367! aasnova.org/2026/01/08/a... #AAS247 @aas.org 🔭

Check out all the action from the first two days of #AAS247 with our summary wrap posts! ☄️🔭✨🧪 astrobites.org/2026/01/06/a... astrobites.org/2026/01/07/a...

unfortunately seeing a crazy amount of AI-generated images on folk's slides at #AAS247 -- pleasepleaseplease just make a stupid drawing yourself or pay someone $10 to make your diagrams, collaboration logos, etc

Its day two of #AAS247 and we have more talks from our authors! Catch Drew Lapeer ( @giantmolecular.cloud ) in room 224A at 2:00 PM and Annelia Anderson ( @astroannelia.bsky.social ) in room 228B at 2:30 PM!

Hello everyone at #AAS247 ! If you're interested in star formation, star clusters, or anything of the sort (or just wanna say hi), come check out my talk tomorrow!

guess who at #AAS247? 👁️

In addition, Astrobiters Katya Gozman and Drew Lapeer (@giantmolecular.cloud) will be giving a brief talk about Astrobites tonight at the Student and First Timers Orientation!

Are you at #AAS247 and want to learn more about Astrobites? 👀 You can find us in the Exhibition Hall all week (near the Sky & Telescope booth, next to the iPosters)! You can also find us tonight at the Grad School & REU Fair! Come by to say hi, ask questions, and learn about who we are! 🔭 ☄️ 🧪

With immigration raids targeting multiple parts of the city and suburbs, here are tips from local community groups on what to do. https://www.citybureau.org/newswire/2025/9/5/ice-raids-chicago-how-to-get-help