Reposted by Tom BickleEmily Hunt @emily.space · 13/09/2026it would be so much easier to be excited about the immense technological progress that LLMs bring to the table if the frontier labs weren't total assholes 1648
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The email I used for papers before I got my institutional email has been beset with random spam. Is this normal for the emails that go on papers as corresponding author? 110
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Any astro folks got any advice for an incoming PhD student that you wish you'd received when you started? 131
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Desperately sad news. Whatever you think of the situation, this was the worst possible outcome. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found deadEmergency services said a man was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. 000
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-opportu...static.klipy.comHelm'S Deep King TheodinALT: Helm'S Deep King Theodin 011
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This is amazing to see, and is testament to how keen members of the public are to get involved and help us push science forward! 120
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Guess who got accepted for an astronomy PhD 😱😅media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie looks surprisedALT: a man in a suit and tie looks surprised 430
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Ah yes, my favourite day to check arxiv has arrived again 041
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Hmm... 2nd quintile in my first ever JWST proposal as PI. Not sure whether to be annoyed or pleased lol. 050
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Recently my very first 1st-author paper was published! (ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024AJ.....) It's about the discovery of a suuuuuuper red free-floating L/T transition dwarf and likely member of the ~20-25 Myr old Beta Pictoris young moving group. It's ~1100 K and ~7 MJup.ui.adsabs.harvard.eduDiscovery of the Remarkably Red L/T Transition Object VHS J183135.58-551355.9We present the discovery of VHS J183135.58‑551355.9 (hereafter VHS J1831‑5513), an L/T transition dwarf identified as a result of its unusually red near-infrared colors (J ‑ K <SUB>S</SUB> = 3.633 ± 0... 0184
Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 08/11/2024I guess my transition to this site is a good time to let everyone some things about me. I'm a citizen scientist who loved working on space-related projects so much that I decided to pursue a degree in Astronomy! I'm currently in my final year of undergrad. 020