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Astronomer | Science writer | Nerdfighter She/her/your excellency Saving all my intelligent writing skills for Physics Today magazine. (My thoughts do not represent AIP.) Here there be nonsense.
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My rejected title for this story: The structural secret behind the smasher shrimp's slugger. Sometimes my love of alterations can get too silly. Regardless, enjoy a cool story about animals in physics. pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

Our March issue is here! Learn about gravitational lenses, the changing length of the day, and ballistic cucumber seeds. 📸: Image from ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li. #PhysicsToday ⚛️🔭 pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

📌 We have a new feed aimed at professional astronomers! 📌 The AstroSci feed is just for science posts, and you can post your smoking hot research there with the comet emoji ☄️ AstroSci crossposts back to the main Astronomy feed, and all subtopic feeds post into it too. 🔭

Loved this historical paper on comparing Henrietta Swan Leavitt's Cepheid period-luminosity data & law to the most modern measurements of the same stars & same law - and remarkably, for century old data, it stacks up pretty well!

These are beautiful!

finished another @hankgreen.bsky.social quote! ✨ i got inspired halfway through this one thinking about all of hank's p4a confetti.

Sometimes, it's really nice to take a break and go to the zoo.

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Truly out of science fiction! 😲 Using ESO's #VLT, astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of an exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time. This atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works. 🔭 🧪 #exoplanets https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2504/

LAST CALL: Digital nerdfighter art submissions, video voting, AND the Tiltify campaign close in TWO HOURS! #P4A2025 Submit art: projectforawesome.com/art Donate: projectforawesome.com/donate Vote: projectforawesome.com

An excellently written piece by Toni. pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

My book Everything Is Tuberculosis comes out a month from tomorrow.

THANK YOU to everyone who liked, donated, and shared during P4A 2025! We had so much fun and, most importantly, raised money for charities with our favorite people. You can get perks on Tiltify until 2/19 at noon EST! projectforawesome.com/donate #P4A2025

P4A 2025 is officially the biggest P4A of all time!! #P4A2025

It’s official! #P4A2025 is the biggest one ever, $3.542M and counting! And with 13 minutes left in the stream and a few days still left to donate (at www.projectforawesome.com/donate )!

Project for Awesome: Completely Ruining Our Sleep Schedules for Charity Since 2007 (I wouldn't have it any other way) #p4a2025

The stream will be back soon! For more P4A during the break, check out the Tiltify, and don't forget to VOTE for charities! #P4A2025 projectforawesome.com

I love P4A cause where else do you get surprise wax cylinders

P4A PASSED $3 MILLION!🥳

This is 100 Rubik’s cubes!!

#p4a2025 is in full swing, the memes are memeing, the twins are dancing, darcy is getting ready to cronch, and there is still loads of time to vote for @earthjustice.bsky.social www.projectforawesome.com/watch?v=G4CQ...

Some calligraphy practice inspired by @briamgilbert.bsky.social on the #p4a2025 stream last night.

$2 million raised already raised for Project 4 Awesome!! New day 1 record! This year is off to a great start. www.projectforawesome.com

The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live

Some of the biggest pre-stream crowdfunding in P4A history this year! Live updating charts here: www.futurephotons.io/p4a/live/ #p4a2025

It's almost P4A time! If my posts over the next three days are confusing, see below.

We've been doing the Project for Awesome since way back in 2007. I don't think we've ever raised $100,000 before the p4a even began! Thanks to everyone who has already donated. You can get loads of amazing stuff--including new writing from hank and me. projectforawesome.com/donate

One of my favorite times of year!! So many cool charities, livestream shenanigans, and an all around great community. DFTBA!

Marie Sklodowska Curie was the first woman to receive a #NobelPrize and the first person to receive the honor twice. In 2017, #ScienceBooks explored the dynamics that established Curie as “the most iconic of all female scientists.” #WomenInScienceDay

One of these days, I'll remember to start ribs in the oven early enough to eat dinner at a reasonable time.

ICYMI- join us on Monday night for some online snd physical security tips from someone who’s been targeted for their work, too

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue. TWENTY. As in, they call that getting slammed. So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind. TWENTY is a lot.

🏙️ Chicago friends! I will be in your city soon, talking about the end of the universe! Come join me and take your mind off your troubles by contemplating ultimate cosmic destruction instead! 🌌💥 astrophysics.uchicago.edu/events/event...

Varnishing Spectrum of Stardust this weekend! Always gives me a bit of anxiety to varnish, but now that this painting is an award winner I’m extra nervous 😆

Gorgeous crescent Moon and Venus in the southwest sky tonight… #LookUp #AstronomerPSA

It's always a pleasure when I get to write about #astronomy and this work by @spacewhalerider.com was very cool. It didn't make the final edit, but check out the paper for cool simulation videos! pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

This has only made me more excited for my players to eventually roll body swap on the wild magic table.

I'm laughing too much at these freaky Thursday shenanigans to go to bed at a reasonable time. #CriticalRole