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I wish all research felt as action packed as this. 🧪🔭

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

Am I the only one who is willing to say it? Betelgeuse the star is the worst! 🧪🔭

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Why does an astronomer have BEEF with the star Betelgeuse? 🧪🔭 Check out my latest for that answer, as we well as introduction to our stellar neighbors, and some "Shakespeare" in the park! youtu.be/5qdhX3Mcwpc

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This is backdoor discrimination for admissions. Think about who in society is profiled as "angry" or "shrill" based solely on their race or gender, and who is perceived as "assertive". Consider how comfort and privilege make it much easier to be "civil" in the first place, with nothing at stake.

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

New court filings show the NYPD is attempting to backslide on legal commitments it made to stop arresting journalists who are reporting on police actions.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

The United States Institute of Peace has been resurrected. Its staff, reinstated by a court ruling on Monday, have taken back their building. It turns out not all DOGE damage is permanent

submitted 8 days ago • 46 comments

Come show your support to scientists who are being booted! When: Tuesday May 20, 2025, 12-4 pm What: NASA GISS scientists will hold a sidewalk science outreach event for the public, with free NASA swag and giveaways (lots of science books!). Where: Outside 2880 Broadway/545 W. 112th St.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Jupiter is a bully, RIP to Shoemaker-Levy 9 🧪🔭 (story in thread)

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Dr. Badar Khan Suri officially freed from ICE detention.

submitted 15 days ago • 34 comments

Love to see another friend from grad school get their degree! Yoni's defense was excellent!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone know what Doechii is sampling in "Anxiety"? Feels like a song THAT I USED TO KNOWWWWWW

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Rümeysa Öztürk spoke briefly at a press conference held when she arrived at Logan Airport tonight. "My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."

submitted 19 days ago • 21 comments

There are currently more kids in Texas with measles than there are transgender collegiate athletes in all of America. Guess which one they want you to focus on.

submitted 20 days ago • 98 comments

i wonder if they went with Lord Farquaad

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

As Israel inflicts mass starvation on Gaza and now openly plans to carry out ethnic cleansing, the editorial board of the Financial Times has issued a statement saying that the US and Europe “should be ashamed of their silence” and must act to stop Israel’s crimes.

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

Astronomy is in trouble, but you can help! 🔭🧪 I made this video as part of the @aas.org #savescience week of action. Check out their resources on how you can help here aas.org/advocacy/get...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

I'm having a PEP(per) RALLY! First friend to grow a fruit wins a prize! 🧪

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I am an American citizen, raised Jewish in a Jewish family, and I am loudly saying that protesting Israel's genocidal actions against Palestinians is not antisemitism.

submitted 23 days ago • 20 comments

Celebrity sighting in NYC!! 🤩🍎

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

The return to roman architecture guys are thinking too small. We should be elfmaxxing. We should be building gorgeous whimsical cities fully integrated into the natural world. We should live in Lothlórien and vacation in Rivendell. This is what they took from you

submitted 25 days ago • 9 comments

More NASA budget cuts in the news today…PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read this article and DO THE ACTION ITEMS to protect science in this country!!! astrobites.org/2025/04/15/h...

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

One last clip from my first youtube planetarium show! "What Shape is the Universe"! 🔭🧪 Full video linked below!

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

i will say again that given the trajectory of the white house so far, strident opposition a la 2017 would have absolutely been the most prudent and effective decision and the absence of that opposition in the first two months made things demonstrably worse.

submitted 28 days ago • 253 comments

POV you are at the undergrad research symposium and see me supporting my student at her poster!

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

A clip from my short planetarium show - "What Shape is the Universe!" 🔭🧪 Link to full vid below : )

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

There is no flour in Gaza. People are desperate for food and clean drinking water. The latest siege being waged by Israel has led to more than 65K cases of acute malnutrition in children, and that's just what's been documented under impossible conditions. Aid is needed NOW.

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

What is the shape of the Universe? And how has it changed over time with our human observations? For this Moonths "New Moon - New Video", I've made a 5 minute planetarium show on just this topic, using @openspaceproj.bsky.social ! 🔭🧪 Check it out! youtu.be/DUCEdUKxNz4

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean

submitted 33 days ago • 145 comments

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 34 days ago • 617 comments

Claire's cartoon paper summaries bring me so much joy!

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Come with me on a trip to Amherst College as I give the astro/physics seminar! 🔭🧪

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

True story this. Went to the funeral yesterday for a guy who played the dame every year in the local panto. The vicar stood in front of the coffin and asked where he was and we all shouted 'he's behind you.' A lovely moment.

submitted 42 days ago • 8 comments

The wax really do come from the bees

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments