Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸

If only I could easily embed in html lol 🫥

Here's a fun piece of code I wrote to visualize the astrometric orbital elements. To run the visualization for yourself, check it out here: github.com/sblunt/show-...

Black dashed is the line of nodes, and lighter purple indicates the part of the orbit that is behind the plane of the sky. Enjoy!

Definitely agree! I took an intro cs course in undergrad where Racket was the first language we learned. Although I never use Racket, I think it was extremely valuable to learn that way! Learning to code should be about learning how computers parse, compile, and execute code first.

I'm a post-bac currently in this program and can help with any questions you might have about applications and participating 💫💫

Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program on Simons Foundation

Applications are open for #FlatironCCA's 2025-2026 Pre-Doctoral Program. Participants will collaborate with scientists on a project complementary to their thesis for 4.5 months at the Flatiron Institute. Stage 1 applications due 3/14: www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron-ins... #science #astrophysics

HD 80606 b -- its year is a little less than 4 months, and it has an orbital eccentricity of 0.95!! Talk about whiplash!

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Final week to apply for the Code/Astro workshop! Come learn about open-source software development in Python.

Amazing birthday wish come true

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please, if you have the means, help the displaced black families of altadena, ca hit their gofundme goals. we need each other.

entering conference day 4 and I only know what day it is because the Tuesday crosswords just came out

Pro Bono Therapy for Los Angeles Wildfires

For those affected by the LA wildfires, here is a spreadsheet I found of therapists offering pro bono services. #LAwildfires #PalisadesFire #EatonFire docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I do not unfortunately but good luck!

Still some open slots! Would love to see more nominations :)

We cover source control with git and github, programming paradigms (i.e. functional vs object oriented), documentation, testing, releasing code on pypi, and more! Hope to see you there. :) (2/2)

Hey bluesky! Do you want to develop your own open-source software in Python? Apply to attend Code/Astro!

Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/
Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)

We can do it!!

Heading into Christmas Day with 39/50 stars on #AdventOfCode! Will I finish? Absolutely! I learned a ton so far (mostly about path finding algorithms after rage quitting day 16).

There’s a lot I don’t know, but there’s nothing I can’t learn. :D

Thanks :D

Nice, best of luck!!

Code/Astro 2024 - YouTube Hello world! This is the full recording of the 2024 Code/Astro workshop. Here are some useful resources: Workshop website: https://semaphorep.github.io/codea...

Hey folks! Just popping in to announce that the full recording of the 2024 Code/Astro workshop is up on youtube. Playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Code/Astro is a week-long software development workshop for astronomers. More info about the workshop here: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/

a demon with horns is surrounded by a group of people in a dark room . Alt: A huge horned demon, humanoid but with fiery wings. It roars, revealing an internal inferno. It seems very strong but “insanely buff” was not my first thought.

Showed the kids Fellowship of the Ring, and the next day, kid the older was describing the Balrog to his cousin:

Kid: imagine me, tall as the hills, in fire, and insanely buff

Cousin: that’s a lot to imagine

¿Contribuyeron los cometas de la familia de Júpiter a traer el agua a la Tierra? Un nuevo análisis de los datos de la misión Rosetta, que estudió de cerca al cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, aporta nuevas pistas sobre el origen del agua terrestre.

Para aquellos que hablan español y quieren aprender sobre nuestros resultados del cometa publicados aquí www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🔭🧪🪐 #PlanetaryScience
theconversation.com/contribuyero...

Reminder: please nominate yourself or others! :) We still have 12 open slots for the winter and spring.

A giant planet transiting a 3-Myr protostar with a misaligned disk - Nature Observations of a 3-million-year-old pre-main-sequence star with a misaligned disk reveal a giant orbiting planet; the system is ideal for studying the early formation and migration of plane...

hi Bluesky! I’m Madyson, a 3rd-year phd student at unc chapel hill discovering and studying young transiting planets. Maybe you saw our recent Nature paper on the discovery of my new favorite, IRAS 04125+2902 b (aka TIDYE-1b 😉)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Prompted by this and a need for distraction I Did Some Math. Turns out most extrasolar planets are quite cauliflower-compatible. A thread, with citations. And laboratory astrophysics. And footnotes.

UC Santa Cruz PLUNCH Astronomy Seminar Nomination Form Planetary Lunch (PLUNCH) at UC Santa Cruz has been ongoing for nearly 20 years and contains weekly seminars by visiting researchers. Topics span both exoplanetary and solar system science, typically w...

Hey folks! We're currently accepting nominations for the UC Santa Cruz planetary lunch (PLUNCH) seminar in winter and spring. Self-nominations encouraged! Nomination form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

All right, let me rephrase-- if you are a current or former PhD student in astronomy (or adjacent field) willing to comment on 1-2 statements of purpose for applicants, please let me know!