I read the whole “children of” trilogy recently and really enjoyed it

Oh also: I didn’t end up at ASU (I actually went to UA down the road), but it was the spark that started the journey.

At 34 I learned of the astronomy PhD program while visiting ASU at a teacher workshop. I decided to do that, but learned I didn’t have the math and coding for it. So I decided to go back to a second UG. Applied that Sep to start the next Aug. 10 years later I’m a postdoc astronomer 😅

Surprising no one I assume

New show with a male main character not motivated by a dead wife challenge.

Well, I used to operate a nuclear reactor…. I was really good at it too.

My parasocial podcast bestie is posting about my science subfield? 🤩🥳

2026's Artists & Astronomers in Residence Ready to meet Grand Canyon's 2026 Artists and Astronomers in Residence? If so, click to see who's selected to represent our park's incredible beauty and…

I’m stoked to announce that I will be one of the Grand Canyon Conservancy’s Astronomers in Residence in 2026! If you’re visiting the Canyon from May - July come see a public talk! 🔭

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And “Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris”

“Don’t you hate pants?”

2000 presidential election

Me too! My non-traditional path was a huge benefit in grad school and gave me such good skills and perspective. Huge plus for me

Image of a poster describing the different Sonora models, including Bobcat, Diamondback, Elf Owl, Flame Skimmer, and Gila monster.

I liked Caroline Morley's Exoclimes poster describing our Sonora model set so much that I'm going to hang up a replica in my office.

Avi and 3I/ATLAS Avi Loeb has gained a reputation for suggesting and outright claiming things could be alien spacecraft even when there’s little to no objective reason to think so. So when the third interstellar objec...

On Avi and 3I/ATLAS:
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#exoplanets #jobs 📣

I'm advertising for a postdoc! Come work with me in sunny SoCal on the Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey Project Infrastructure Team. You'll help build the pipeline for Roman* occurrence rates.

*Launches NEXT YEAR!

Please RT & share with your networks!

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Hi! I’m an Astro postdoc at Michigan doing exoplanet direct imaging 😁

When I bought my Tucson house I went to Home Depot every day for like two weeks and then couldn’t stand to go again for a full year almost

NSF and NASA Budget Requests Pose an Unprecedented Threat to Astronomy The president's budget requests for NASA and the NSF were released last week. This post summarizes the major cuts and the impacts they would have, and provides resources to help fight back against thi...

From Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social : This post summarizes the proposed major cuts to NASA and the NSF and the impacts they would have, and provides resources to help fight back against this wasteful and unnecessary attack on science. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/06/02/b...

Well they do say they want to fund GMT and not TMT…🤷‍♀️

TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, A STAGGERING NUMBER OF JOBS ARE IN BOXES LIKE THIS IN THIS BUDGET REQUEST.

A screenshot of the number of people involved in NSF activities being reduced from 330,100 to 90,000.

TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, THE PROPOSED NSF BUDGET CUTS NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE FROM NSF ACTIVITIES. FOR INSTANCE, JOBS.

Also super congrats!

An intake form recently asked me “highest grade completed” and I was like um…. The most grade? All the grades? Idk

As an elder millennial I was raised to put two spaces after a period. Coming back to academia a few years ago I learn is now forbidden and struggle to break this habit. So it's anyone's guess how many spaces I'm going to put after any given period.

Astronomers double down on claim of strongest evidence for alien life Are there aliens living on the exoplanet K2-18b? Some astronomers believe they have evidence for molecules on the planet that must have a biological origin, but others disagree

Ready for the latest K2-18b drama?

Madhusudhan is claiming *even stronger* evidence of DMS after analysing both near-infrared and mid-infrared JWST data. But another study finds no evidence at all.

Read on for a quick update on everyone's f̶a̶v̶o̶u̶r̶i̶t̶e most newsworthy exoplanet. 🧵

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Image promoting #BlackSpaceWeek 2025, scheduled for June 15–21. Each day has a theme and event: • June 15, Sunday: #IntroducingTheUniverse – Virtual mixer and reading with StriveHigher • June 16, Monday: #PicturingTheUniverse – Black in Planetarium Panel • June 17, Tuesday: #AccessingTheUniverse – Black in Space Policy Panel • June 18, Wednesday: #SharingTheUniverse – Black in Journalism Panel • June 19, Thursday: #ShowcasingTheUniverse – Social Media Scavenger Hunt • June 20, Friday: #ReadingTheUniverse – Black in Storytelling Panel • June 21, Saturday: #CraftingTheUniverse – Virtual Craft Night Background features a starry sky. Logo includes a purple raised fist with “BIA.” Graphic by @CheyennePolius, website: www.blackinastro.com.

Schedule for #BlackSpaceWeek 2025! Links to register coming soon🤭 Which event/panels pique your interest? 👀

Apple TV's New Sci-Fi Action Comedy With Alexander Skarsgård Debuts To Rare Rotten Tomatoes Score The reviews are finally in for Apple TV's latest sci-fi series.

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