HWO???
Heartbreaking, really
I remember buying a 45 of Moonlight with my allowance and playing it a zillion times
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
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Oh no, I’m so sorry! I’ll be thinking of you and your family
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...
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
omg poptart peeps?
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
🎥 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
This last one might be right
#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.
"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...
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
A quad-jet to commemorate Ilya Malinin’s Olympic quad-jumps!
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. 🔭
Oh yeah definitely
I guess I was referring to the holofit. Thanks!
Omg what software are you using on your bike?
Walk carefully! Drive carefully
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.
Thanks for letting us know, Mark.
This is a grad school flashback thread
Thinking of you ~hugs~
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.
Howdy neighbor! Lovely neighborhood. I’ve been there several times.
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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.
Perfect! Which lake is that
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.
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