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Eve Vavagiakis

@evevavagiakis.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Physics at Duke. Cosmology and astrophysics with ACT, CCAT, CMB-S4 and the Simons Observatory. Author of Meet the Universe books, MIT Kids Press: β€œI’m a Photon” out May 2025! Cornell alum x3 🐻 Often outside πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸš΅πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ₯Ύ

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Oh dear, thankfully not yet!!

04.10.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi there, thanks! I just haven’t been using Bluesky much. I hope you’re doing well!

03.10.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode with @evevavagiakis.bsky.social is out now on the Knowmads Podcast @bhavaytyagi.bsky.social

m.youtube.com/watch

30.09.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Eve M. Vavagiakis on What goes into Cosmological Observations
YouTube video by The Knowmads Podcast Eve M. Vavagiakis on What goes into Cosmological Observations

Episode 21| Eve M. Vavagiakis on What goes into Cosmological Observations.

@evevavagiakis.bsky.social

m.youtube.com/watch

30.09.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excitement is mounting in Chile's Atacama Desert, as the CCAT Observatory prepares to hit first light in 2026! πŸ”­
We interviewed @michaelniemack.bsky.social and @evevavagiakis.bsky.social to take a look at the research and instrumentation of this project: bluefors.com/stories/ccat...
#CoolForProgress

14.08.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Closing out the SchrΓΆdinger Sessions at UMD with a conversation with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social! Such a great workshop on quantum and how to communicate it to the public

02.08.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”— Part 1 - Sherry, Aziza and Eve: bluefors.com/stories/insp... @azizasuleymanzade.bsky.social @evevavagiakis.bsky.social
πŸ”— Part 2 - Natalie, Judy and Tamanna: bluefors.com/stories/insp...

21.07.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘‹ Hey Bluesky! We’re Blueforsβ€”bringing you cutting-edge #cryogenics, #QuantumTechnology highlights, stories about fascinating research, behind-the-scenes moments, news, and more. Follow along for all things cool!❄️

#PhysicsSky #Quantum #CoolForProgress

04.07.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Summer 2025 group ice cream celebration!

02.07.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are fighting for our lives here to keep our eyes open in the sun, but it was a pleasure talking about CCAT at mm Universe β€˜25 last week in Chicago!

30.06.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A nice article about my colleague @evevavagiakis.bsky.social 's physics books for children:

https://trinity.duke.edu/news/if-you-think-physics-just-grownups-think-again

03.06.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The third Michigan Cosmology Summer School in Ann Arbor kicks off now with Maya Fishbach discussing gravitational waves and standard sirens!

02.06.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a very beginner-friendly resource! :)

22.05.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If You Think Physics is Just for Grownups, Think Again When it comes to the tiny particles that make up our universe, do you think you know more than a seven-year-old?

β€œI’m a Photon” comes out next week!

trinity.duke.edu/news/if-you-...

22.05.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look at this glorious view of the CCAT site! The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope structures are now all present on Cerro Chajnantor, over 18,000 ft (5,600 m) above sea level.

πŸ“Έ Diego Maldonado

10.05.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The video also advertises science communication pages for kids from Fermilab and NASA βš›οΈπŸš€

10.05.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hi! I'm a neutrino! Let me introduce myself.
YouTube video by Eve Vavagiakis Hi! I'm a neutrino! Let me introduce myself.

Excited to publish this #NSFFunded animated video project introducing neutrinos as imagined by the illustrator of β€œI’m a Neutrino”!

A 60 second intro to the neutrino particle, the video features the Atacama Cosmology Telescope @act-pol.bsky.social!

youtu.be/EHECLxbRN5w

10.05.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI’m a Photon” has received a starred review from School Library Journal! @slj.com

β€œVERDICT This is a surprisingly captivating introduction to particle physics that will serve as a helpful selection to libraries and classrooms.”

www.slj.com/review/im-a-...

10.04.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@evevavagiakis.bsky.social introduces Largeℒ️ @simonsobservatory.org telescope to a standing room only crowd at @astronomyontap.bsky.social Durham!

10.04.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak The first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived at its final home: the Cerro Chajnantor mountaintop, more than 18,000 feet above sea level.

as.cornell.edu/news/new-hig...

09.04.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brochure on just one of many programs with stop work orders: www.chess.cornell.edu/sites/defaul...

09.04.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A stop work order at Cornell includes programming funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Department of Defense for materials and manufacturing studies. This research directly translates to industrial research and defense. What are we doing to this country?

09.04.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come to Astronomy on Tap tomorrow night at the Durty Bull in Durham to find out what our telescopes really look like! I’ll chat about the most ancient light in the cosmos and what we’re building to study it

08.04.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very happy to be back on the hill this week! 🐻

01.04.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These days, this doesn’t even seem like much of a reach…

01.04.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

send us your pollen pics πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ€§πŸ€§πŸ€§

31.03.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4
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Footprints in the pollen this morning πŸ’›

31.03.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@drjmo.bsky.social cross stitched this incredible sign for the lab, and today our amazing undergrad researcher Haley sent me this photo of a new plant next to it πŸ₯² I can’t handle how nice this is

27.03.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent work Lalit!!! We are so excited to see what your next steps will be (college admissions incoming!)

27.03.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3) Putting together his Helmholtz coil! The feeling of accomplishment and seeing things come to life off of a computer screen.

This exact feeling is what got me hooked on instrumentation πŸ₯²

27.03.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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