Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her)

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This #jwst story is full of weirdness: 1) auroras were found on a rogue planet (a planet w/o a star) 2) BILLIONS - TRILLIONS of rogue planets could exist in our Milky Way 🤯 3) this planet is 20 light-years away & ~12.7x the mass of Jupiter (pic is illustration) www.universetoday.com/articles/jam...

absolutely.

Stunning new #jwst images reveal new insights into what's going on in the most massive and active star-forming region in our Milky Way galaxy. Read the article for more, and a fun slider that shows 2 different versions of this image ➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

On this day in 1977, David Bowie released his timeless anthem “Heroes.” A song about love, hope, and defiance that still gives chills nearly 50 years later.

Trying a new thing! 😀 Just got back from my first backpacking trip! An easy/short 1-nighter. It was fun to test my gear and be sung to sleep by crickets and cicadas #getoutside

YouTube video by NASA Goddard White Dwarf Eating Pluto-Like Object

Here's a video describing this really interesting science result! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKCp...

The universe is wild, y'all! "NASA’s Hubble Sees White Dwarf Eating Piece of Pluto-Like Object" In several billion years, when our Sun collapses into a white dwarf, it might munch on actual Pluto, too! More here: science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

Dust in the Stellar Wind: A Cosmological Primer - NASA Science The handsome Horsehead Nebula, rearing up against glowing red gas, is sculpted from dust.

When astronomers talk about dust, they are mainly talking about silicates and carbon based stuff. Here's a good primer on the subject: science.nasa.gov/universe/dus...

hahaha that is VERY much like how I explain the deep field images in my public talks! How did it all happen? Great question that we're still trying to figure out!

YouTube video by NASA Goddard Our Interstellar Medium

The spaces in between stars in the Milky Way aren't empty – they're sprinkled with gas and dust that are both the seeds of new stars and the leftover stuff from dead stars. The upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help us understand this better! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM5x...

Dead Pioneers @deadpioneers.bsky.social

Great tweet today, oh, hold on, this is from two months ago

The beauty of the universe still takes my breath away ✨ Star birth, star death - it's all here in today's stunning #apod Read more: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25091... 📸: J. De Winter, C. Humbert, C. Robert & V. Sabet

Webb's Exoplanet Research Sounds Like Sci-Fi—But It's Real Some exoplanets sound like sci-fi, but they’re real. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is revealing new details about planets orbiting distant stars.

#icymi #JWST Exoplanet Research Sounds Like Sci-Fi—But It's Real. Listen to Curious Universe wherever you get your podcasts! www.nasa.gov/podcasts/cur...

How does your favorite planet spin? 🤔 This great animation shows the tilt and spin rates of the planets in the Solar System side-by-side! Gotta be honest - I did not realize Jupiter was so fast! apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25091...

In spite of it all, life is beautiful.

Happy Friday, friends. Here's a stunning image of Jupiter, taken from the #nasa Juno spacecraft, one of the missions slated for cancellation in the 2026 budget request. Quote/lyric from @idlesband.bsky.social (🔥 last night in Bmore) Info from: nasa.gov/juno)

Stunning! A gigantic jet of gas from a newly forming huge star. The size of this jet is about *8 light-years* - that's TWICE the distance b/n the Sun and the next closest star 🤯 #jwst Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

5500 light years from us, new stars are being born ✨ This stunning new #jwst image showcases 2 of the brightest & most massive stars known - weighing in at over 60x the mass of our Sun! Data like this are helping us understand how stars are born. Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

Have y’all listened to the new Deftones album?! Wheeeew 🔥🔥🔥 #newmusic #deftones

Happy birthday to two of the very best 💜🖤 @pearljam.com #pearljam

Ahh sorry you missed Ohana! Fingers crossed they do another US solo tour soon

SOOO GOOD. Have you seen them live?! Absolute fire. They're touring w/ Deftones rn and I'm counting down the days until they play Baltimore 🔥

I'll give it a listen (although this is not my usual genre ;)). I'm usually in more of an IDLES mood these days 😂🫠🫠🫠

ooof, that's a good lyric.

YouTube video by NASA Goddard Mapping Stellar 'Polka Dots'

Check out how this process works in this fun video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xvH... #nasa

Astronomers Map Stellar ‘Polka Dots’ Using NASA’s TESS, Kepler - NASA Science Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets crossing their

Astronomers Map Stellar ‘Polka Dots’ Using NASA’s TESS, Kepler science.nasa.gov/missions/tes...

Got some MUCH NEEDED trail time today