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Katrina Miller

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social

physicist by training, reporter by trade writer by nature πŸ“chicago tips: katrina.miller@nytimes.com signal: katrinamiller.04 https://katrinamillerphd.com/

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World Cup Crowds Could Be Targeted. This Team Worked to Keep Them Safe.

This feels like prologue. They cut the reseach about keeping crowds safe www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/s...

24.02.2026 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

i am equally proud to have worked w you!

24.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My first book, Entangled States, will be published in exactly three months. Please ask me about it! I will come on your podcast or write for your mag about quantum physics and how it intersects with my life anytime!

19.02.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84

Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

17.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
The galaxy designated MoM-z14 is currently the farthest galaxy ever detected, spotted by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and confirmed spectroscopically with its NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument.

Through Webb, we are seeing this galaxy as it appeared in the distant past, only 280 million years after the universe began in the big bang. Its light has traveled through space for more than 13 billion years to reach us.

Like some other galaxies Webb has discovered in the early universe, MoM-z14 is brighter, more compact, and more chemically enriched than astronomers expected to find in this early era. While it may pass out of record books quickly as the farthest galaxy, MoM-z14 will still play a role in helping astronomers and theorists reach new understanding of the earliest chapters in the universe’s story.

The galaxy designated MoM-z14 is currently the farthest galaxy ever detected, spotted by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and confirmed spectroscopically with its NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument. Through Webb, we are seeing this galaxy as it appeared in the distant past, only 280 million years after the universe began in the big bang. Its light has traveled through space for more than 13 billion years to reach us. Like some other galaxies Webb has discovered in the early universe, MoM-z14 is brighter, more compact, and more chemically enriched than astronomers expected to find in this early era. While it may pass out of record books quickly as the farthest galaxy, MoM-z14 will still play a role in helping astronomers and theorists reach new understanding of the earliest chapters in the universe’s story.

News from the edge of the visible universe:

JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.

(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") πŸ§ͺπŸ”­

science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

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People often disparage the press β€” and we often get it wrong β€” but almost everything you know about this administration is not because pundits go on tv or social media and pontificate but because of relentless reporting from real journalists at institutions that give them resources to do so.

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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

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tk tk tk, all over my drafts

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as a journalist my favorite word is TK

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A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater

A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater

WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

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THE TIMES IS UNION-MADE: Today we began bargaining our new contract, and in our first session, we not only told management we were united, we showed them. Our bargaining committee presented a pledge signed by 80% of our union, supporting five core priorities…..

13.01.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

thank you for reading :)

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This β€˜Galaxy That Wasn’t’ Never Bore Any Stars

Wowzer! This is a mind-blowing discovery (and completely awesome science writing).

Hats off to
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social

09.01.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Your Wait for These Space Events Is About to Pay Off

in 2026, there will be journeys to the moon & Mars, new visions of the cosmos & a solar eclipse that might be worth traveling for.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/s...

05.01.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2
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Mattress recycling wakes up New laws and evolving technologies for breaking down polyurethanes aim to create a more circular economy for mattresses

'm wrapping up 2025 by sharing my favorite story I wrote each month of the past year!🧡

πŸ›Œ January: I traveled to a freezing warehouse in Baltimore to see how mattresses get recycled!
cen.acs.org/environment/...

31.12.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Year in Pictures 2025 (Gift Article) Reflections of Turbulent Times

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26.12.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This City’s Best Winter Show Is in Its Pitch-Dark Skies A heritage of dark sky preservation means residents of Flagstaff welcome the season’s longer nights with prolonged views of the stars.

on the longest night of the year, residents of the world’s first dark sky city have even more time to spend under the milky way & hundreds of stars, visible even from downtown 🌌

www.nytimes.com/card/2025/12...

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Concept art by Lou Romano for The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005), created by Craig McCracken, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons

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The Plight of the Palestinian Scientist (Published 2024)

revisiting this piece i wrote a year ago on the difficulties of pursuing medical & scientific careers in gaza & the west bank:

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/s...

10.12.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Dark Sky Paints the Stars in a New Light

an insider essay on dark skies & reconnecting with a sense of cosmic wonder:

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/i...

03.12.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

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A card reads: "rage bait / noun: Oxford’s 2025 Word of the Year is defined as β€œonline content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive.” Over the past year, according to Oxford’s data, frequency of use spiked by a factor of three."

A card reads: "rage bait / noun: Oxford’s 2025 Word of the Year is defined as β€œonline content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive.” Over the past year, according to Oxford’s data, frequency of use spiked by a factor of three."

Oxford University Press has chosen β€œrage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out β€œbiohack” and β€œaura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...

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thank you for reading!

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a place called the badlands? i’m sold!

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Fighting for β€˜The Right to Night’ Under Starry, Rural Skies

have you ever been somewhere so dark you could step outside & immediately spot the Milky Way? i traveled to the Upper Peninsula to learn about efforts to balance industrialization & economic growth with the preservation of starry skies:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...

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my roman empire!

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Building the highwayman shot from Over the Garden Wall (2014), created by Patrick McHale, Cartoon Network Studios

Storyboards by Patrick McHale, animation by Nick Cross

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Can Anyone Rescue the Trafficked Girls of L.A.’s Figueroa Street?

amazing investigation reported by my colleague www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...

31.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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911 Calls Show South Shore Residents’ Panic During ICE Raid CPD dispatch audio reveals Border Patrol also arrested two U.S. citizens that night in Steelworkers Park.

NEW: Residents called 911 as ICE agents raided a South Shore building in September; one complained agents had unit numbers and kicked their door in by mistake.

CBP also detained two U.S. citizens that night two miles from the raid & asked CPD to get them. It's unclear what happened to them.

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'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'

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