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Katja Fahrion

@katjafah.bsky.social

Astronomer, Marie Curie Fellow at Uni Vienna, studying nuclear star clusters, globular clusters and galaxies. She/her

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I searched the Epstein files for astronomy and astronomers, and consistent with Sean Carroll's posts about why his name is listed, it seems like Epstein was trying to rope in scientists they perceived as smart, and scientists tried to get financial backing from him. πŸ”­ Some examples:

10.02.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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This workshop takes a step forward in unveiling the connection between galactic central regions, where small stellar and gaseous structures coexist with massive black holes (MBHs), and the evolution of galaxies at a global scale.
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06.10.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A poster with an image of a telescope dome under a starry sky. The text of the poster says:
 
7th ESO Summer Research Programme
30 June - 8 August 2025
ESO Headquarters, Garching bei MΓΌnchen, Germany
 
Application deadline: 30 January 2025
 
Fully funded programme for undergraduate and master (pre-PhD) students in astronomy, physics or related subjects.
 
Research a cutting-edge astronomy project.
 
Collaborated with top researchers.
 
Discover ESO and its telescopes.
 
Learn new skills and astrophysics.
 
Find out more & apply online: http://eso.org/summerresearch

A poster with an image of a telescope dome under a starry sky. The text of the poster says: 7th ESO Summer Research Programme 30 June - 8 August 2025 ESO Headquarters, Garching bei MΓΌnchen, Germany Application deadline: 30 January 2025 Fully funded programme for undergraduate and master (pre-PhD) students in astronomy, physics or related subjects. Research a cutting-edge astronomy project. Collaborated with top researchers. Discover ESO and its telescopes. Learn new skills and astrophysics. Find out more & apply online: http://eso.org/summerresearch

πŸ”ˆ Calling pre-PhD university students in astronomy & astrophysics!

Apply by 30 January 2025 for the next edition of ESO’s Summer Research Programme, taking place at ESO Headquarters in Garching, to obtain research experience by working with our astronomers.

More info ➑️ www.eso.org/sci/meetings...

19.12.2024 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Hi! Thanks for making this! Could you perhaps add me? I work on extragalactic star clusters 😊

24.11.2024 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in the Directorate of Science at ESTEC, ESAC or STScl Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in the Directorate of Science at ESTEC, ESAC or STScl

πŸ”­πŸš¨ Astronomer PSA: the ESA Research Fellowships in space science are open for the 2024 recruitment round! These Fellowships can be held at ESAC (E), ESTEC (NL) or here at @spacetelescope.bsky.social (US) >> jobs.esa.int/job/Baltimor...

26.08.2024 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Merry christmas!

24.12.2023 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2024 Projects - ESAC Trainees - Cosmos

The call for student internships in space science & astronomy at ESA is out! Projects are available at ESAC (Spain) or ESTEC (Netherlands near Leiden).

The full list is here: www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esac-tra...

Applications go through jobs.esa.int
Deadline is 30.11.2023

02.11.2023 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Klar, aber wie mach ich das am besten ohne dass der gleich hier geklaut wird? Twitter DM?

03.10.2023 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have several :)

03.10.2023 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait WHAT 😲

19.09.2023 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The new hiring round for ESA Research Fellowships is now open for applications!! Deadline is Sep 18th. More details available here: www.cosmos.esa.int/web/space-sc...

29.08.2023 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks!

26.08.2023 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am arriving tomorrow πŸ‘Œ

26.08.2023 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great job! What is next? Elden ring? I will spend the next months... years... with Baldurs Gate :D

26.08.2023 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hm might be that I just don't really have a rage playlist πŸ˜„. But I do have a writing playlist that consists of irish punk and sea shanties 😁

24.08.2023 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mh, not sure. Probably some movie or game soundtrack to cool off. Lord of the rings, witcher 3 or maybe the oblivion soundtrack :)

24.08.2023 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For me this is not a rage playlist, but rather a nostalgia/every day list πŸ˜‹

24.08.2023 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS): on the nature of... Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS) is an ESO large observing programme aimed at obtaining the first homogeneous integral-field spectroscopic survey of 30 extremely low-surface brightness...

Today is the first paper day for the LEWIS collaboration πŸ”­
In the first paper of hopefully many more to come, we present the "Looking into the faintest with MUSE" survey of 30 extremely-low surface brightness galaxies in the Hydra cluster.

23.08.2023 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

After a few days here lurking around, maybe it is time for my first post (skeet??): Hi all! It is nice to see more and more people from the other place joining here :)

20.08.2023 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What the hell? How can this be in a code of conduct?

17.08.2023 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I always use "kind regards" or "best regards" to not appear too curt

14.08.2023 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0