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benhord.bsky.social
Skyentist at NASA Goddard looking for planets around other stars. Formerly Columbia and University of Maryland
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NASA’s Pandora SmallSat officially has a launch vehicle! It’ll be hitching a ride on a SpaceX rocket later this Fall. Now the work of scheduling observations of exoplanets and their host stars can begin in earnest! 🪐🔭🧪 www.nasa.gov/news-release...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Since Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, does that mean we get six more weeks of federal funding?

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Want to learn more about exoplanets, their atmospheres, and NASA’s Pandora mission to investigate them? Check out this interview I did with @fcain.universetoday.com of Universe Today discussing just that! I promise it’s out of this world🔭🪐🧪: youtu.be/96Ee8Z-sbSU?...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Highkey insane time to be working in the federal government rn. Do I have to show up in person? Will I still get paid? Do I still have to show up in person if I’m not paid? Unspeakable questions with unknowable answers

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 30 days ago • 1664 comments

NASA’s Pandora SmallSat Mission is on track for its launch readiness this fall! Pandora will observe 20+ exoplanets🪐 and their host stars🌟 to precisely measure water and clouds/hazes in the planets’ atmospheres. 🔭 Check out the press release (and video!) here: science.nasa.gov/directorates...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Idk but encouraging all NASA employees to rat on their colleagues engaging in secret DEIA activities through a dedicated enforcement resource seems like a big goose step in the wrong direction 🤔

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Tune in live at 10:15am ET today as I give a press briefing about NASA’s upcoming Pandora SmallSat mission which will observe exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars. I promise that it’ll be out of this world! 🔭 youtube.com/@aaspressoff...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments