Dr. Caprice Phillips

Dr. Caprice Phillips

@capricephillips.bsky.social

NHFP Sagan Fellow@UCSC 🍌🐌| brown dwarfs & exoplanets| Black In Astro VP|plan(e)t mom πŸͺ΄/πŸͺ|she/her/hers Website: https://capricephillips.space

2,850 Followers 114 Following 153 Posts Joined Oct 2023
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Will have a thread soon about our new paper. I never thought I would do a HZ paper but it turns out the literature had missed some key points of the problem. LPL grad student Kayla Smith led our effort (and her first brown dwarf paper).

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The TESS All-Sky Rotation Survey: Periods for 944,056 Stars Within 500 pc Stellar rotation is a fundamental tracer of stellar magnetic evolution, age, and activity, with broad implications for Galactic archaeology and exoplanet characterization. The Transiting Exoplanet Sur...

I'm super excited to share a HUGE paper out from Young Worlds Lab team member Andy Boyle.

I present for you, ~900,000 rotation periods from TESS!

πŸ€―πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ⭐ #exoplanets #stellarrotation

arxiv.org/abs/2603.05586

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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8

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University of Michigan ends ties with program that helped diversify PhDs The University of Michigan has ended its long partnership with the PhD Project after a federal civil rights agreement.

Black women said it best: The Academy won't save us.

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5 days ago

Work win: sent a paper off to coauthors for work I started in 2024

Personal win: found my Apple Watch ⌚️

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It's amazing!!!!! One of my favorites!

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Teapot featuring NGC 1929 nebula and mug featuring Psyche and geostationary spacecrafts flying toward the scene. Teapot featuring NGC 1929 nebula. Teapot featuring NGC 1929 nebula (left). Mug featuring Psyche and geostationary spacecrafts.

The human-made geometry of spacecrafts meets the amorphous organic form of a nebula 🌌

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Omg!!!

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Thanks so much! Im so excited for the print! I am doing good! Finally all settled in lol

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Oil painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in visible, ultraviolet, and infrared

4 days left for Spectrum of Storms prints! Thanks to everyone who has already gotten one & for your kind words of encouragement ☺️

#SciArt #astronomy

stellerarts.com/pages/spectr...

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I just got my print!!! So excited!!

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Summer 2026 The Other Worlds Laboratory (OWL) at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) will soon be accepting applications for the eighth annual Exoplanet Summer Program (ESP), from August 10 –…

Deadline soon: The 8th Other Worlds Laboratory (OWL) Exoplanet Summer Program, Aug 10-27, 2026. We wish to foster new & existing research collaborations by outstanding visitors, with stays of 1 to 3 weeks at the beautiful UC Santa Cruz campus. Applications accepted Feb 5-Mar 5.
owl.ucsc.edu/summer/

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2026 Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program How to Apply 2026 Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program How to Apply on Simons Foundation

Applications are open for our visiting grad student pre-doctoral program at the CCA @flatironinstitute.org !

More info here:
www.simonsfoundation.org/2023-flatiro...

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2027 IPAC Visiting Graduate Student Research Fellowship IPAC at Caltech partners with NASA, NSF, JPL and the world-wide research community to advance exploration of our Universe.

Big news drop on a Friday afternoon. πŸ˜…

@caltechipac.bsky.social 2027 Visiting Graduate Student Research Fellowship applications are open! The VGSRF is a 6-month predoc at Caltech working with IPAC scientists.

www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/graduat...

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Book cover. Orange background with black Greek crenellated border. 5 pieces of broken ceramic show different technologies, including the lightbulb, globe, and fire. Mothers of invention is written in white, with β€œa history of creativity from the Greek muses” printed above it in black

I apologize in advance because this account is going to become a shameless book promotion page for the next 6 months πŸ˜…

MOTHERS OF INVENTION is now available for preorder!

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/moiya...

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Yuh yuh!

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The AAS Education Committee announces its new report, β€œThe Landscape of Undergraduate #Astronomy and Astrophysics Degree Requirements,” available now on arXiv. aas.org/posts/news/2... πŸ”­

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Laura Lopez: A Multiwavelength View of Feedback and Outflows from Nearby Galaxies YouTube video by CfA Colloquium

Check out @ohdearz.bsky.social great talk at the CfA colloquium on feedback and outflows from nearby galaxies at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Nh.... And thanks for the shout-out for the AtomDB CX model!

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Astrobites is partnering with @blackinastro.bsky.social this year for Black Space Week! If you’d like to register to participate as a writer or interviewee you can fill out the Google Form below or in the QR code in the flyer! The deadline is Friday March 6th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Me standing behind a 5x4ft painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light

People have been asking me for a print of my multi-spectral Jupiter FOR YEARS. Unfortunately, I could not transport the giant painting at the time & am emotionally attached to it remaining in my sight.

BUT THEN I painted a little version. It’s even better! Spectrum of Storms coming in 2 weeks ☁️

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New York Area Exoplanets Meeting

This year's New York Area Exoplanets Meeting (NYAEM III) will take place at the American Museum of Natural History on Friday, May 15th. Abstracts are due March 10th (1 month from today!) and registration is due April 15th - see the conference website for more information: nyexoplanets.github.io

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OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Grants Administrator II and Grants Administrator III to apply program policies, procedures, and regulations to award and manage NASA-funded research grants to grant recipients: https://bit.ly/45Yh3ua

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Bowl featuring an astronaut family standing in a yard below the Milky Way above. Teapot and mug featuring the Butterfly nebula with an astronaut couple on a cratered landscape looking up at the nebula on the teapot. Yarn bowl featuring a purple nebula with silhouette of a cat jumping toward yarn feed.

Just some inspo if you’re thinking about a commission :)
A few spots left!

amyraehill.shop

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Plate featuring three small astronauts wielding pick axes to break through ice on a barren tundra to the starry universe below Four cups featuring shooting stars Four angled cups featuring weathered spacecraft designs with small round windows and text such as "THAT STATE IS OBSOLETE" "GET OUT!" "I'M NOT MAD AT YOU" and an astronaut filming with their phone. Four cups featuring Mars.

Restock previews are up!
Amyraehill.com

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Don Lemon has been taken into custody after anti-ICE confrontation in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month. https://cnn.it/4roAO6t

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Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with astronaut holding cell phone toward viewer in small round window. The outside is battered with impact craters. Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with astronaut holding cell phone toward viewer in small round window. The outside is battered with impact craters. Left Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with astronaut holding cell phone toward viewer in small round window. The outside is battered with impact craters. Right Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with astronaut holding cell phone toward viewer in small round window. The outside is battered with impact craters. Detail

One more that goes out to the heroes armed with the most dangerous weapon to an authoritarian regime

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Photo collage featuring a plate with three astronauts breaking through ice and a collection of unglazed bisqueware (teapot and mug, angled cup, yarn bowl, and bowl).

✨Restock and Commissions Coming ✨

Jan 31st, 10am PT

A portion of sales will be donated to DHH Church Food Drive Fund, which has been delivering food and assistance to families in need in Minneapolis.

amyraehill.com

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Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with small round window in center. Window is shot through 4 times with a small spray of red drops. Text above the window reads: I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with small round window in center. Window is shot through 4 times with a small spray of red drops. Text above the window reads: I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. Right Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with small round window in center. Window is shot through 4 times with a small spray of red drops. Text above the window reads: I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. Left Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with small round window in center. Window is shot through 4 times with a small spray of red drops. Text above the window reads: I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. Detail of text and window.

"I'm Not Mad at You"

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a woman in a red dress is being interviewed on the red carpet and says i 'm rooting ALT: a woman in a red dress is being interviewed on the red carpet and says i 'm rooting

Me looking at all the nominations Sinners got!! Well deserved!

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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2026

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