Starzanplanets

Starzanplanets

@starzanplanets.bsky.social

Astrophysics | Planetary Science | American Astronomical Society Journals | “Centaurs” AAS/IOP book | DEIA | LGBTQIA+rights | photography

417 Followers 103 Following 249 Posts Joined Jun 2024
7 hours ago

HWO???

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Heartbreaking, really

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3 days ago

I remember buying a 45 of Moonlight with my allowance and playing it a zillion times

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The Hubble Arp Galaxy Survey The Hubble Arp Galaxy Survey, Dalcanton, Julianne J., Durbin, Meredith J., Williams, Benjamin F.

This will be an instant classic. I'm wondering what paper I can throw together as an excuse to cite it.

Although the Arp Atlas was published in the ApJ Supplement in the 60s, you really had to get the book atlas itself, comprising bound photographic prints. 1/n
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

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4 days ago

Oh no, I’m so sorry! I’ll be thinking of you and your family

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Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health - Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure...

CO2 is now affecting the body chemistry of humans

If the current levels of emissions are maintained, we could be facing potentially toxic atmospheric compositions within 50 years

THIS IS STAGGERING AND DEVASTATING NEWS

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Photo of Ashley Walker

For the final day of #BlackHistoryMonth, let's celebrate the current generation of Black scientists and engineers—including Ashley Walker (@that-astro-chic.bsky.social), researcher of planetary atmospheres and founder of BlackInAstro (www.blackinastro.com)! 🧪🪐⭐🔭 #WomenInSTEM

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2 weeks ago

omg poptart peeps?

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A cat toy mouse wearing red Santa hat and red computer gaming mouse

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

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AAS Journal Author Series - 2026 Edition YouTube video by AAS

🎥 2026 AAS Journals Author Series Update!

Frank Timmes, AAS Journals Scientific Editor, shares the “why” behind the series — why we create these videos, what the metrics show, how we reached 500+ videos, and how featured articles are selected. 🔭 youtu.be/1_U5WsSXzmU

@publishing.aas.org

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2 weeks ago

This last one might be right

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#BlackWomen #BlackHistoryMonth
#Inventors #STEM #STEAM
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Ok I promise this is the last picture of my comet that I'll post but I think this one is my favorite. Image by Beáta Ujvárosi.

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This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.

"One explanation might be that some like Comet 41P have jets that make them spin faster and faster until they are 'blown to bits by their own spin,' Dr. Jewitt said." #TheAstronomicalJournal Read more in this gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/s...

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1 month ago

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

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1 month ago

A quad-jet to commemorate Ilya Malinin’s Olympic quad-jumps!

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Congrats to @wierzchos.bsky.social on this beauty! C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś) is putting on a show for southern hemisphere observers right now.

📷 by renowned comet photographer Gerald Rhemann. 🔭

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1 month ago

Oh yeah definitely

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1 month ago

I guess I was referring to the holofit. Thanks!

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1 month ago

Omg what software are you using on your bike?

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1 month ago

Walk carefully! Drive carefully

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1 month ago

I’ll never forget learning some pretty remarkable things about 29P’s (SW1) orbit from Uwe and if we go really far back I changed the filter wheel for him in the pitch dark during an observing run while a grad student.

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1 month ago

Thanks for letting us know, Mark.

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1 month ago

This is a grad school flashback thread

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1 month ago

Thinking of you ~hugs~

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1 month ago

Oh Kat, I’m so sorry you have lost her. Having gone through something similar recently I’m also very glad you were able to be with her.

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1 month ago

Howdy neighbor! Lovely neighborhood. I’ve been there several times.

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1 month ago
Three rows of people, about 23, holding graduation certificates with some senior people (editors) among them.

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Group picture from the referee training workshop at AAS247. I usually participate but had a conflict this time. Front and center, with a AAS corridors t-shirt, is Frank Timmes who has organized and run all of them to date.

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1 month ago

Perfect! Which lake is that

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Call for Proposals: Early Science with Rubin Observatory’s LSST  | LSST Discovery Alliance LSST Discovery Alliance is launching a fast-turnaround grant program to accelerate early science with Rubin Observatory’s LSST data.

Check this out: LSST Discovery Alliance Early Science program:

Large: <$120,000
Medium: <$50,000
Small: <$12,000

Open to PIs based at U.S. academic institutions whose institutions can accept awards with no indirect costs. Proposals due Feb 17.
lsstdiscoveryalliance.org/early-scienc...

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