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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 21h

And the follow-up paper, where the authors exploit these groups to study the bursty star formation history of the Orion massive star-forming region, has appeared on arxiv today! 🔭 #stellarastro

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week I am attending and presenting at Star Formation Fields, a conference organised by @univie.ac.at at Rethymno in Crete! 🔭 A great opportunity to discuss the latest developments on star formation, the interstellar medium and young stellar populations! #stellarastro #galacticastro

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Galaxy Map @galaxymap.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Interesting new map of the major star formation regions in the solar neighborhood. From: arxiv.org/abs/2608.21028

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Orion complex revisited with its more complete census produced! 🔭 In this study led by Alena Rottensteiner, the precise SigMA clustering algorithm was applied to identified 47 stellar group within the Orion massive star-forming region, shared between ~12,000 members! (1/2) #stellarastro

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

1/9 In 2019, a Warsaw research team presented the first 3D map of the Milky Way in the journal Science. The map is based on direct distances to thousands of Cepheids. A pioneering achievement, still widely cited. 🔭🧪⚛️ #galactic #astronomy #universe

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 07/08/2026

One of the best things I've read in a while on exactly why academia is broken, summarised into just one word: empathy.

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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ESO @eso.org · 06/08/2026

The ghost of a giant star! 👻 These are the remains of a star that exploded 11 000 years ago — the Vela supernova remnant. Yet these filaments were not the only thing the explosion left behind. What else emerged from this cosmic event? 🔭 1/2

Filaments of pink, purple, and reddish gas stretching across a backdrop of stars. Bright blue-white stars are scattered throughout the scene.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 06/08/2026

Today Webb opens a Treasure Chest filled with sparkling stars in this new view from the Carina Nebula. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2… 🔭 #milkyway

A region of space filled with bright stars and clouds of gas. In the centre, the densest clouds form the shape of a chest with its lid open. The chest appears to glow from within. At its base it breaks apart into long pillars of thick gas. Many of the gas clouds in the background are dark orange globules, while others form large, pale hazes.
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter

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ESO @eso.org · 03/08/2026

Total solar eclipse loading ☀️🌕🌍 On 12 August, the Moon will slip between the Earth and the Sun, turning day into night for up to a minute and a half along the path of totality. Get the gist with ESO fellow Mar Carretero Castrillo 🎬👇 🔭 #EuropeanSolarEclipse #TotalSolarEclipse 1/4

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ESO @eso.org · 28/07/2026

The conclusion of a century-long quest 😲 Our VLT obtained firm evidence that Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the Orion constellation and one of the most famous stars in the night sky, is not alone! 🔭 🧪 1/4

A collage of various astronomical images. The background image shows a wide view of a starry night sky, with blue lines connecting the stars of the Orion constellation. An inset image zooms into the star Betelgeuse, showing its orange surface. A second inset shows a bright companion next to the star. Image by ESO/M. Montargès et al. Background: N. Rissinger (skysurvey.org).

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Melina Thévenot🏳️‍⚧️ @melina-iras07572.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Part of the Carina Nebula full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca...

Orange and brown clouds, as well as a blue-white mist. The clouds are brighter on the right side.

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The largest catalogue of runaway B-type stars ever released within 1 kpc! 🔭 In this study led by Juan Martínez García, from an all-sky sample of ~25,000 O- and B-type stars within 1 kpc, we found ~7% and ~17% of B-type and O-type stars being runaways, respectively. #stellarastro #galactic

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Aurélien Genin @astroaure.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026

🧪 L'archive ouverte arxiv.org vient de dépasser les 3 millions d'articles scientifiques publiés 🤯 Et autant de nouveaux résultats apportés à l'édifice de la connaissance de l'Humanité car la force d'arXiv c'est que tous les articles sont libres d'accès, gratuitement 😍

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The local Milky Way unveiled by a new census of OB-type stars! 🔭 We have identified a population of ~100,000 O- and B-type stars within 2 kpc. We trace Galactic structure (including the Sagittarius-Carina arm) as well as OB associations and massive star-forming regions! #galactic #stellarastro

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I am now on my way to #EAS2026Lausanne! Aside from presenting my latest work during the Gaia session tomorrow, I will be chairing SS11 (Young Stellar Structures in the Milky Way) on Wednesday! I hope I'll meet many people there and have exciting discussions 😀 #astronomy

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ESO @eso.org · 03/06/2026

Heading for the Carina Nebula 🚀 The massive stars in the interior of this cosmic bubble emit intense radiation that causes the surrounding gas to glow. By contrast, other regions of the nebula contain dark pillars of dust cloaking newborn stars. www.eso.org/public/news/eso1828 🔭 🧪

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ESO @eso.org · 04/06/2026

A Sparkling Spray of Stars ✨ About 2600 light-years from Earth lies NGC 2264. The dazzling star at the top is a massive multiple star system that only emerged from the dust and gas a few million years ago. More: www.eso.org/public/news/eso0848 🔭 📷 ESO

An astronomical image showing glowing clouds of red and pink gas and dust against a dense star-filled background

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It looks so cool! Je soutiens!😄🔭

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Today I've presented a seminar at INAF Torino! A great opportunity to share my work with Milky Way experts. And bonus: the view is stunning 😃 #astronomy

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

#PPOD: The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is a massive cosmic balloon located approximately 7,100 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. This seven-light-year-wide structure was created by the intense stellar winds of a super-hot O-type star... 🧪 🔭

Image of a nebula in the shape of a bubble of blue gas, seeming to float in a larger nebula of yellow and purple dust. Several bright stars can be seen in the image, shown in purple due to the enhancements used to show details in the gas.

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The paper has been accepted for publication in MNRAS! 🔭 The revised list contains 56 OB associations within 1 kpc, double the historical census! Besides tracing star formation and structure of the local Milky Way, this catalogue will be useful for target/follow-up studies! #stellarastro #galactic

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Interesting study on molecular clouds! 🔭 In this paper led by Xabier Pérez-Couto, the 3D kinematics of 15 MC complexes within 2.5 kpc were studied using YSOs and OCs, showing the common origin of many nearby ones, and the crossing of the Solar System in the Orion cloud 11.5-16.5 Myr ago! #galactic

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Science is good. We should fund it.

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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The Gould Belt does not exist! In this groundbreaking study led by Michelangelo Pantaleoni González, researchers have leveraged a catalogue of massive OB stars and young star clusters to shows that this historical structure is not a physical structure but a 3D asterism. #astronomy #galactic

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Galaxy Map @galaxymap.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Seems to be a busy day on Bluesky, so if I did a Kickstarter, like one of the following two topics.

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Interesting paper led by Naira Azatyan has appeared on arxiv this morning! 🔭 They identified 26 (mostly OB) runaway stars, 7 of which confirmed to originate from clusters of the Vela OB1 association, finding that its young stellar population has a runaway fraction of ~30%. #stellarastro

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I attended this workshop yesterday and it was excellent! PALLAS sounds like a great website to connect artists and astronomers for joint projects and I believe this platform will be so useful in the future! #astronomy

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/04/2026

"Humanity's next great voyage begins" #Artemis

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

All the news today caused the major outlets to forget that we are taking the first human flight to the moon tomorrow in >50 years! I think about all the wonder & inspiration that came from the Apollo and Voyager missions & how we are missing that now bc of all the terrible things happening. 🔭🚀

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🧵1/9 This VLT image shows RCW 36, a young massive star cluster in Vela. Dark clouds look like a bird’s head and body, with bright filaments like wings. Below, a blue nebula glows from massive newborn stars. 🔭 🧪 ⚛️ www.eso.org/public/image... #Astronomy #galactic #universe #space

This VLT pic "seems to have captured a cosmic hawk as it spans its wings. While the dark clouds in the middle of the image make up the head and body of the bird of prey, the filaments extending away from the body to the left and right compose its wings. Below it, is a mesmerising blue nebula with massive newly born stars, whose intense radiation make the gas around them glow brightly."

Pic's description from the ESO press release.

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Mathew Lowry @mathewlowry.eurosky.social · 27/03/2026

Stable, high usage of the astrosky custom feeds, via @emily.space at #atscience. #Atmosphereconf.

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Société Astronomique de France @safastrofrance.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🗓️ Le 29 mars à 14h30, l’astrophysicienne Françoise Combes donnera une conférence : 🌌 «Le secteur noir de l’Univers» 📍 Foyer International d’Accueil, Paris 13e 🎟️ Gratuit sur invitation (places limitées) 📩 Inscription avt le 25/03 : contact@clea-astro.eu + d'infos : saf-astronomie.fr/le-secteur-n... 🔭

Vignette : NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale/A. Pagan

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Observatoire de Paris - PSL @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

L’Observatoire de Paris - PSL, solidaire de la campagne nationale "Une Jonquille Contre le Cancer" observatoiredeparis.psl.eu/l-observatoi... @psl-univ.bsky.social @institutcurie.bsky.social

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 18/03/2026

Observations of an extra bright stellar explosion, known as a superluminous supernova, indicate that the event may be powered by a highly magnetized star, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4s6OVOB 🔭 🧪

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk exhibiting Lense-Thirring precession. Image credit: Joseph Farah and Curtis McCully

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Join us on April 13 for a free virtual event exploring the intersection of art and astronomy! Link to register: forms.gle/k8Y5xd3NyAcN...

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Alexis Quintana @alexis-space.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This week I'm visiting MPIA at Heidelberg! I am very excited because I've been wanting to visit this institute for a while now. A great opportunity to present my work and meet researchers! #astronomy

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ESO @eso.org · 02/03/2026

A cosmic hawk and its starry eyasses 🐦 What looks like a hawk spanning its wings above massive newly born stars is the RCW 36 nebula. Astronomers used the, yes, HAWK-I instrument on the VLT to study the hidden brown dwarfs: www.eso.org/public/images/potw2609a 🔭 🧪

A gas cloud full of wispy filaments that shine brightly in shades of pink and orange. A higher concentration of stars is visible in the lower-right part.

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

TESS confirms what we saw with Kepler and K2 - on average, ***every single small red star has a planet around it***! And a short-period one at that (<30 days). And you know what the galaxy is mostly made of? Small red stars. PLANETS. PLANETS EVERYWHERE!!! Happy weekend pondering that, everyone.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 23/02/2026

🔭 Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster Image Credit & Copyright: Kamil Fiedosiuk apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26022...

A cluster of blue stars is seen against a starfield
of brown and clumpy dust. The stars illuminate some of
the nearby dust which causes the dust to glow blue.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Ciel & Espace @cieletespace.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Pour son séjour dans l'ISS, Sophie Adenot peut compter sur son collègue astronaute Raphaël Liégeois, qui ira dans l'espace en 2027 (abonnés) : www.cieletespace.fr/article/raphael…

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