Aurora Kesseli (@aurorakess) — Bluesky Profile

9 months ago

Screenshot of the president's budget showing that the Exoplanet Exploration budget would reduce from $54.4M to $3.3M.

*speechless horror*

(Guys the NASA Exoplanet Archive is in this box. My job is in this box.)

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11 months ago

2026 IPAC Visiting Graduate Fellowship IPAC at Caltech partners with NASA, NSF, JPL and the world-wide research community to advance exploration of our Universe.

Astronomy grad students!! 🔭🪐

Applications are now open for the 2026 IPAC Visiting Graduate Student Fellowships. Come work in sunny Pasadena for six months (tuition and stipend covered!) and work on an exciting project with an IPAC scientist (including me!).

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

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1 year ago

Who can beat this JWST deadline timestamp 😅😅

----- Attempting Submission 2 (Wed Oct 16 23:59:46 GMT 2024) -----
JWST Submitted Proposal Submitted

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2 years ago

Last minute Halloween costume for work yesterday featuring my aliencon sweatshirt and berks with socks. Not featured is the level I brought as proof of a flat Earth

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2 years ago

My first day back from maternity leave today… my colleagues are the best 🥹

(@aussiastronomer.bsky.social, Marcy, Ricky, et al.)

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