Kathleen Mandt, PhD
@mommascientist.bsky.social
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Planetary scientist and Yorkie Mom. Exploring the solar system. Opinions are my own.
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Wow! Bluesky is like a whole new world compared to a week ago! Im feeling inspired by the new energy to re-engage with social media for
#SharingScience
. Let me introduce myself and tell you how I got here. 🧵
about 1 year ago
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Congratulations to Michele!! I first met her when I was a graduate student working on Cassini. She was awe-inspiring then and continues to be now. 🧪🔭🪐
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about 2 months ago
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Kriszta Satori
about 2 months ago
#BBCNews
- UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c741lll88q5o
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Paul Byrne
3 months ago
Earlier today, a small meteoroid exploded high in the atmosphere over northern Georgia. That explosion was imaged from space by the GOES-19 satellite. Credit: NOAA/CIRA (h/t
@cira-csu.bsky.social
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Good morning! Last week I had the honor of speaking at the
#Smithsonian
National Air and Space Museum
#NASM
for the final talk in their lecture series "Oceans Across the Universe" 🪐🧪🔭 🧵1/x
www.youtube.com/live/k1pptHn..
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3 months ago
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I had the honor to speak at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum about this paper last week. 🧵 coming soon 🧪🪐🔭
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3 months ago
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#NASA
funding boosts the economy across the entire US 🧪🔭🪐
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4 months ago
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Casey Dreier
4 months ago
Don't miss our new NASA Science spending and economic impact resource at
dashboards.planetary.org/nasa-science.html
— see space science spending in every state and congressional district and custom reports for each region. A unique resource.
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#NOAA
funding is valuable because it predicts
#SpaceWeather
events that could threaten satellites and power grids. 🧪🪐🔭
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4 months ago
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#NASA
and
#NSF
fund research into multiple aspects of these types of events, including lifesaving work that predicts their occurrence 🧪🔭🪐
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4 months ago
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Did you know that
#NASA
has a program called
#PlanetaryProtection
? This program not only protects Earth from
#asteroid
and
#comet
impacts but also helps us to understand how the solar system formed based on where all these small bodies ended up 🧪🪐🔭
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4 months ago
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Prof. Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez
4 months ago
Are Potentially Hazardous Asteroids behind
#Venus
? Echoing Carruba's team study published in A&A on this, emphasing
#VeraRubinObservatory
role in detecting these
#PHAs
#PlanetarySciences
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#NASA
funds research that no other agency can do. We work at the crossroads of
#Earth
and
#Planetary
science to search for life in the universe
#Astrobiology
🧪🔭🪐
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4 months ago
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The National Science Foundation
#NSF
funds research that enriches and even saves lives
#ScienceMatters
🧪🔭🪐
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4 months ago
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@berndporr.me.uk
Hi Bernd. James Heathers suggested I contact you. Would you be willing to give me a follow so I can message you?
5 months ago
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I’m so excited to see Louise take on this leadership role! I had a wonderful time working for her as part of the
#Trident
proposal for a mission to
#Neptune’s
moon
#Triton
.
#NASA
🧪🪐🔭
#PlanetaryScience
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6 months ago
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Kathleen Mandt, PhD
The Guardian
6 months ago
Nasa rover discovers largest organic compounds yet found on Mars
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Nasa rover discovers largest organic compounds yet found on Mars
Presence of long-chain alkanes in rock raises new questions about possible existence of life billions of years ago Nasa’s Curiosity rover has found the largest organic compounds ever seen on Mars, raising tantalising questions about whether life emerged on the red planet billions of years ago. The compounds were detected in a 3.7bn-year-old rock sample collected in Yellowknife Bay, an ancient Martian lakebed that harboured all the necessary ingredients for life in the planet’s warmer, wetter past. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/24/nasa-curiosity-rover-mars-long-chain-alkanes-rock-sample-discovery?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Conversation U.S.
7 months ago
Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness
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Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness
The jury’s out on whether the US is still at the top of global science. Proposed cuts to major agencies could mean completely ceding that title.
https://buff.ly/4gSqY74
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Kathleen Mandt, PhD
UArizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
8 months ago
Nature had the conditions to "cook up" the chemical precursor ingredients for life before Earth formed, according to studies published by the sample analysis team of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, which is led by LPL's Regents Professor Dante Lauretta.
news.arizona.edu/news/asteroi...
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Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life | University of Arizona News
Two research publications by the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team suggest that conditions for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system.
https://news.arizona.edu/news/asteroid-bennu-comes-long-lost-salty-world-ingredients-life
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Kathleen Mandt, PhD
Dr Craig R McClain
8 months ago
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
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8 months ago
2 close perihelions down, 4 more to go on our way to Apophis:
blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-apex/...
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NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Survives 2nd Perihelion Pass – OSIRIS-APEX
https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-apex/2025/01/23/nasas-osiris-apex-survives-2nd-perihelion-pass/
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This is what our neighbor’s dog Sammie does every time he sees
#BeauTheYorkie
. I didn’t catch it here, but he has the best side eye for energetic young puppies.
#DogsOfBlusky
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8 months ago
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The fires in LA are having a big impact on the
#NASA
community. I'm starting to hear that several colleagues at
#JPL
have lost their homes. I'm so sorry for what you are going through and I hope that you and your families (including pets) are able to stay safe. 🔭🪐🧪
www.space.com/space-explor...
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab closed due to raging LA fires
"No fire damage so far (some wind damage) but it is very close to the lab. Hundreds of JPLers have been evacuated from their homes & many have lost homes."
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasas-jet-propulsion-lab-closed-due-to-raging-la-fires
9 months ago
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This is so exciting! Wendy Freedman has done some of the most groundbreaking work with the
#Hubble
Space Telescope. Her work is the first topic I reviewed for a class in
#GradSchool
. 🧪🪐🔭🛰️
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9 months ago
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Prof. Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez
9 months ago
Contributed Jupiter Family Comets to deliver Earth's water? The answer could be positive from a new
#ESA
Rosetta data analysis made by
@mommascientist.bsky.social
team. You can get more details in my
@es.theconversation.com
outreach article:
theconversation.com/contribuyero...
#PlanetaryScience
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¿Contribuyeron los cometas de la familia de Júpiter a traer el agua a la Tierra?
Un nuevo análisis de los datos de la misión Rosetta, que estudió de cerca al cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, aporta nuevas pistas sobre el origen del agua terrestre.
https://theconversation.com/contribuyeron-los-cometas-de-la-familia-de-jupiter-a-traer-el-agua-a-la-tierra-245293
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#BeauTheYorkie
is having a wonderful time over the Holidays with his “nephew” (my son’s puppy) Kayce. He’s taught Kayce about “Dog TV” and now they both love watching the world through the front window.
9 months ago
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Yay! Parker Solar Probe survived! 🪐🔭🧪
#PlanetaryScience
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9 months ago
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Kathleen Mandt, PhD
Gene J. Mikulka
9 months ago
Via
#NASA
- Scheduled to launch in the early 2030's, NASA’s
#DAVINCI
mission will explore Venus’ ancient terrain, snap the first surface pics in 40+ years, and study its atmosphere. The goal? To uncover how a planet so similar to Earth took such a drastic turn. -
science.nasa.gov/missions/dav...
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NASA DAVINCI Mission’s Many ‘Firsts’ to Unlock Venus’ Hidden Secrets - NASA Science
NASA's DAVINCI probe will be first in 21st century to brave Venus’ atmosphere as it descends from above the planet down to its surface.
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/davinci/davincis-many-firsts-at-venus/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=SenBillNelson&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=690880373
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I presented these results at
#AGU24
on Tuesday. Such a busy meeting, I only got to posting about it now!
#PlanetaryScience
🔭🧪🪐
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10 months ago
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#AGU24
has been busy! Just chaired the
#Titan🪐
session with Kendra and Conor this morning. 🔭🧪
#PlanetaryScience
10 months ago
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Prof. Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez
10 months ago
Thanks, I'm glad that you like it. Please be aware that it is a web content easy to automatically translate to your preferred language
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The
#NASA
science writer who wrote this feature is also on Bluesky
@space-to-lonnie.bsky.social
so give her a follow
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10 months ago
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The author of this is also on Bluesky
@joseptrigo.bsky.social
so give him a follow
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10 months ago
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Para aquellos que hablan español y quieren aprender sobre nuestros resultados del cometa publicados aquí
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🔭🧪🪐
#PlanetaryScience
theconversation.com/contribuyero...
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¿Contribuyeron los cometas de la familia de Júpiter a traer el agua a la Tierra?
Un nuevo análisis de los datos de la misión Rosetta, que estudió de cerca al cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, aporta nuevas pistas sobre el origen del agua terrestre.
https://theconversation.com/contribuyeron-los-cometas-de-la-familia-de-jupiter-a-traer-el-agua-a-la-tierra-245293
10 months ago
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Good morning.
#NASA
featured out paper on the Science Mission Directorate website!
#PlanetaryScience
🧪🔭🚀🪐🌎☄️🛰️
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
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10 months ago
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Great work! And Sarah can be found here on Bluesky too 🧪🔭@offallingstars.bsky.social
#PlanetaryScience
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10 months ago
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The Galvebocken has arrived to Bluesky!!
#GOAT
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10 months ago
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#BeauTheYorkie
is demanding tummy rubs 🐶
#YorkieMom
#pets
10 months ago
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Good morning. Resharing our exciting new
#PlanetaryScience
paper from the ESA Rosetta comet mission for all the new people flooding to Bluesky 🧪🔭 . This is a great home for
#SharingScience
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10 months ago
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🚨🚨New paper alert!! 🚨🚨🧪🔭 Today we published exciting new results from the Rosetta mission! These results have big implications for where the comet formed and for whether comets could have supplied water to Earth.
#PlanetaryScience
#Rosetta
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A nearly terrestrial D/H for comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Analysis of Rosetta measurements suggests that Jupiter family comets could have delivered much of Earth’s water.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp2191
10 months ago
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On a more personal note, it’s been a rough year. My dad passed away in April.
#BeauTheYorkie
has been a ray of sunshine during this time. I’ve also found comfort in nature and the stages of grief playlists
#TaylorSwift
created for us fans. The “Depression” list has been playing a lot this week.
11 months ago
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Welcome to all the new people discovering Bluesky! Re-upping my introduction 🧵 for you. I have a paper publishing on Nov 13 that will be big
#PlanetaryScience
news so more to come!
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11 months ago
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Belated
#Halloween
post.
#BeauTheYorkie
enjoyed meeting new kids from our neighborhood.
11 months ago
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Re-upping my introduction post for all the new people discovering Bluesky
#PlanetaryScience
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11 months ago
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I want to send my best to the people working at Kennedy Space Center. They weathered a major storm and are already getting back to work preparing for
#EuropaClipper
launch. I hope their families and homes remained safe and the area recovers quickly ❤️.
#PlanetaryScience
blogs.nasa.gov/europaclipper/
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NASA's Europa Clipper Mission
https://blogs.nasa.gov/europaclipper/
12 months ago
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Kathleen Mandt, PhD
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory
12 months ago
We have a telescope!🤩 Last week, summit staff installed Rubin's primary/tertiary mirror. 🧪🔭 With all three mirrors & the commissioning camera in place, we officially—for the first time in 15 years of construction—have a complete telescope!🥳 Watch the time-lapse:
https://youtu.be/6EWUpZG1pAM
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Day 2 of
#DPS2024
. This morning we have a plenary on
#exoplanets
and
#solarsystem
analogs. First talk is Stephen Kane with and overview of habitability.
#PlabetaryScience
🚀🧪
12 months ago
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I’m so excited for the Hera team on their successful launch today!
#EuropaClipper
is delayed until no earlier than Oct 12 because of
#Milton
but we will get our turn soon. I hope everyone who is in range of this storm is able to get somewhere safe.
#PlanetaryScience
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12 months ago
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Good morning Bluesky.
#BeauTheYorkie
would like to introduce his “nephew” Kayce. Kayce is three months younger so Beau is showing him how to properly walk while on a leash.
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12 months ago
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Kathleen Mandt, PhD
Alejandro Soto
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If you are interested in the exploration of Mars by humans, then you should check out this National Academies public town hall tomorrow (Wed. Sep. 18th). There will be presentations from the committee and opportunities for public input. 🧪
#planetsci
www.nationalacademies.org/event/43583_...
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I’m among the first 25% of 10 million
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