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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 30/06/2026

The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here… On June 29, 2026, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory officially began the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)! 🔭🧪☄️🌌 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/action-...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

ArXiv is going to ban researchers for a year if they are caught submitting AI slop. ArXiv told us it's a one strike rule: do it once, you're out. www.404media.co/new-arxiv-ru...

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ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop

The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

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Claire Lamman @clairelamman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

So happy to finally share this: I made a long-form comic about Hawking radiation for Physics Today! Although it's a short read, I hope it sucks you in ;) physicstoday.aip.org/features/bla...

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Black holes aren’t black

A half century after the discovery of Hawking radiation, we are still dealing with the quantum puzzle it exposed.

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Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her) @astraughnomer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A quarter century of observing the Crab Nebula with Hubble 🤩🦀 What a stunning view. We've learned so much! Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 11/03/2026

Your daily reminder

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Randall Smith @rksmith.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Check out @ohdearz.bsky.social great talk at the CfA colloquium on feedback and outflows from nearby galaxies at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Nh.... And thanks for the shout-out for the AtomDB CX model!

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Laura Lopez: A Multiwavelength View of Feedback and Outflows from Nearby Galaxies

YouTube video by CfA Colloquium

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

David Hogg has written a white paper on doing astrophysics in the age of LLMs. It looks to be thought-provoking. My initial reaction is that either LLMs will destroy the field or they will force a reckoning with and re-imagining of the current system that often prioritizes output over quality. 🧪

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Why do we do astrophysics?

At time of writing, large language models (LLMs) are beginning to obtain the ability to design, execute, write up, and referee scientific projects on the data-science side of astrophysics. What implic...

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Paarmita Pandey @astrofermi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

My first-author paper on the Ambiguous Nuclear Transient (ANT) AT2020adpi recently got published😄 Read it here 👇🏻 ANTs are a new class of transient events that do not fit into the broad categories of standard AGN variability or TDEs!

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Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry. 1/? ⚛️🔭🧪 science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

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Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding

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Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐 @astrojaket.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Aurora Science 🔭🧪 What do the colors of the aurora tell you 👇

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Excited to attend the @astrosociety.org gala tonight & receive the Nancy Grace Roman Award! I read about her life & career on my way here. Did you know she was responsible for making NASA data archives public so that everyone could benefit, not just PIs? Such an amazing impact on our field. 🔭

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Paarmita Pandey @astrofermi.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Happy Halloween 🎃 from Lana Purr Ray

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

From Kylee Carden: Though moons are ubiquitous in our Solar System, we have not yet found one elsewhere (an exomoon). Today’s paper investigates whether we could find moons by precisely tracking the positions of a star and planet. 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/09/25/e...

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Finding Avatar’s Pandora: Exomoons with Astrometry

Though moons are ubiquitous in our Solar System, we have not yet found one elsewhere (an exomoon). Today’s paper investigates whether we could find moons by precisely tracking the positions of a star ...

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LUMA @lumamentoring.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Did you know LUMA was founded 10 years ago by Prof. Catherine Espaillat? We celebrated our 10th anniversary at AAS this January 🎉 . Learn more about LUMA at our website

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LUMA

The League of Underrepresented Minoritized Astronomers (LUMA) is a peer mentoring community for Black/Indigenous/Latinx womxn who are graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and…

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Paarmita Pandey @astrofermi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

My first ever ToO got approved!! I am so excited for the new observations of the ambiguous nuclear transient I am studying. Paper coming soon to arXiv 😃

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

OSU astronomy undergrad alum Trinity Webb and OSU astro PhD student @astrojennifer.bsky.social led this Chandra program showing diffuse X-rays coincident with very young stars identified with JWST! Here's this great work: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024ApJ....

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Detection of Diffuse Hot Gas around the Young, Potential Superstar Cluster H72.97–69.39

We present the first Chandra X-ray observations of H72.97–69.39, a highly embedded, potential superstar cluster in its infancy located in the star-forming complex N79 of the Large Magellanic Cloud. We...

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 09/07/2025

Postdoc in #stellarastro at the ICCUB in Barcelona ☄️ Everyone I know from the astro community in Barcelona is lovely, so I can highly recommend it!

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Magnificent portrait of a woman, 1620, by Artemisia Gentileschi. She was born on this day in 1593.

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Universal-Sci @universal-sci.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

RCW 38 a young star cluster about 5,500 light-years away containing roughly 2,000 stars. The cluster is rich in star-forming activity, with gas, dust, and newly formed stars, including some still wrapped in their birth cocoons! (Credit: ESO/VVVX survey)

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Just saw the exciting news that Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (prof at @ucscscience.bsky.social and my PhD advisor) was named the president of the @astrosociety.org!! 🎉🔭 news.ucsc.edu/2025/06/enri...

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Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz named president of Astronomical Society of the Pacific

UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist is the first Latino president in society's 135-year history

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The 2025 #NASA astrophysics senior review report is public. "Every mission received the highest possible rating for... scientific return", & are "producing important, impactful science in a cost-effective manner". Some important screenshots: assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/...

The Panel appreciates the significant budget uncertainties facing NASA, SMD, and APD. The Panel
recognizes the particular gravity of this report relative to those reports in the recent past. The Panel
nevertheless strongly believes that each mission under review continues to be capable of producing
important, impactful science in a cost-effective manner and would do so if allowed to continue
operations into the next extended mission cycle. This belief remains true if missions had to be extended
with reduced capability, reduced community resources, or both. Cuts to community resources or capabilities
will reduce the science output of these missions, but the missions remain viable and productive.
Furthermore, many of the most insightful science results arise from combining the observations of more than one mission in NASA’s fleet, leveraging complementary capabilities.

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Bill from da Shore @billfromdashore.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Introducing Dr. Alison Duck, PhD (Astronomy), The Ohio State University (and soon Jet Propulsion Lab)! @astroalison.bsky.social

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

“I asked chatGPT-“ ok, and I asked Tinsel, and she said you’re an uninspired, vapid dork who needs a computer to think for them.

Tinsel the calico glares at you with a furrowed brow

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 23/04/2025

Happy anniversary, Hubble! 🎂 Celebrate 35 years since this NASA/ESA space telescope was launched into orbit with four anniversary images! They roam from the planet Mars to dramatic images of stellar birth and death to a neighbouring galaxy. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... #Hubble35 🔭 🧪

Two views of planet Mars on a black background of space observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. At left, text: December 28, 2024 20:00 UT. At right, text: December 29, 2024 13:18 UT. In both images, its atmosphere is clear and the surface appears detailed. Most of the planet is shades of orange. At left, the brightest orange area appears in the left half. At right, the brightest orange area is centered and takes on the rough shape of a sleeping mask. In both views, darker surface features are noticeable on the lower half of the planet. These have a mix of orange, blue, and gray hues. At the top and bottom, white regions mark the planet’s polar caps. The entire limb of the planet, its visible edge, has a blue hue. The blue doesn’t form an even circle at the edges, and appears thinner toward the left and right, and thicker in some areas.

$The planetary nebula NGC 2899 is shaped like a single macaroni noodle, with its edges pointed up, but its edge-on central torus is semi-transparent in the middle. The top and bottom edges are thick and orange. The center is semi-transparent blue and green. The wider central region looks roughly like a moth, also filled with semi-transparent blue and green. There are two pinpoint-like white stars with diffraction spikes toward the center. Immediately below them, slightly toward the right, is a smaller blue orb, a central star. The next layer of gas and dust is whiter, with some thicker pillars that look like they are rising up at bottom center. The colour fades into reds and purples, and then to orange.$ $A tiny portion of the Rosette Nebula. Very dark gray material shaped like a V extends from just below top left all the way down to the lower right corner and back up toward the top right. It looks like thick smoke that has billowed out irregularly, thicker along the line from top left to bottom right, and looser on the piece that goes toward the top right. Behind the dark gray on the left side, from the bottom left to top center, there is dust that looks like arced claw marks that appears in light orange and yellow. The background at top left is hazier and some blues are covered in semi-transparent orange wisps, which makes sections take on green hues. In the bottom right, the background is bluer. There are a few bright red and purple stars scattered along the right half, most toward the bottom. The largest star is at right-center, just at the edge. It is red and has four diffraction spikes.$

Barred spiral galaxy NGC 5335 observed by the Hubble Space Telescope takes up the majority of the view. At its center is a milky yellow, flattened oval that extends bottom left to top. Within the oval is a bright central region that looks circular, with the very center the brightest. In the bright central region is what looks like a bar, extending from top left to bottom right. Around this is a thick swath of blue stars speckled with white regions. Multiple arms wrap up and around in a counterclockwise direction, becoming fainter the farther out they are. Both the white core and the spiral arms are intertwined with dark streaks of dust. The background of space is black. Thousands of distant galaxies in an array of colors are speckled throughout.

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

From Astrobites: There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2025 and provided some “peer review”. 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/04/03/a...

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The April Fools Paper Review Process – 2025

There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2025 and provided some “peer review”.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 04/04/2025

Hubble data was combined with Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Spitzer, and ALMA Observatory data for this composite image of 30 Doradus, seen in X-ray, visible, infrared, and radio. The massive young stars in 30 Doradus send strong winds out into space. Credit: NASA/CXC/JPL /ESO/NAOJ/NRAO/ALMA. 🔭 🧪

A highly detailed composite image of a star-forming region of space known as 30 Doradus. X-ray wind and gas takes the shape of a massive purple and pink bouquet with an extended central flower, or perhaps a leaf from a maple tree. The hazy, mottled shape occupies much of the image, positioned just left of center, tilted slightly left. Inside the purple and pink gas and wind cloud are red and orange veins, and pockets of bright white light. The pockets of white light represent clusters of young stars. One cluster at the heart of 30 Doradus houses the most massive stars astronomers have ever found. The hazy purple and pink bouquet is surrounded by glowing dots of green, white, orange, and red. A second mottled purple cloud shape, which resembles a ring of smoke, sits in the lower righthand corner.

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Rhiannon Silva @rhiannonsilva.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

It's April 1st but as a self-funded student I might actually need this! arxiv.org/abs/2503.24254

PromoPlot: Covering open-access
fees by filling wasted space in
corner plots

Dominick M. Rowan, John D. Roberts

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In an effort to reduce drain on grant funds and decrease
unused space in publications, we have developed a Python
package for inserting advertisements into the space left
empty by corner plots. This novel technique can allow
authors to reduce or eliminate publication charges for
journals such as MNRAS and ApJ. In order to offset
publication costs entirely, we recommend that authors
include anywhere from 200-700 corner plots per paper,
with the exact number depending on the journal used.
Finally, we discuss other opportunities to generate ad
revenue through publications

Comments: Happy April Fools Day :)

Figure5. Example of how multiple ads can be used to fill the entire space left empty.

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Sera Markoff @profsera.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I love all the fake astro papers on arXiv 🔭🧪 today! (thread of links) 1/ Feng Shui in the Universe: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.22800 One for the Swifties: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.22795 Kepler’s Platonic model after all: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.22793 Let’s just throw deep learning at it: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.22786

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to OSU astronomy grads @capricephillips.bsky.social, Dominick Rowan, & OSU astro alum @emilyjogriffith.bsky.social on being awarded the NASA Sagan Fellowships and Hubble Fellowships!!! 🔭🧪⚛️ Awesome scientists & wonderful people; very well deserved! www.stsci.edu/stsci-resear...

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2025 NHFP Fellows

Read short profiles about the 2025 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) awardees.

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 27/03/2025

Today we say goodbye to ESA’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia! The Gaia spacecraft has completed its sky-scanning and will be switched off this morning.

Gaia spacecraft in space in front of the Milky Way galaxy

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Astro Plot of the Week @plotastro.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Astronomy Plot of the Week is back! Submit a great plot/graph/diagram by tagging @plotastro.bsky.social It does not have to be yours, but it has to include a publicly accessible link (i.e. arXiv, ADS, etc.) 🔭

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It’s Friday night. I did enough this week. You did enough this week.

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Sera Markoff @profsera.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Thanks to @fredrasio.bsky.social, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that our first black hole image paper is in the top 5 most cited papers in the Astrophysical Journal Letters! I'm also sort of shocked that the top 5 cited papers are all about black holes or neutron stars, not exoplanets?! 🔭🧪

Screenshot showing list of top 5 cited papers in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, with the first black hole image paper in position 4!

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 12/03/2025

Lights, camera, action! The world's largest digital camera has been installed at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! 🤩 The LSST Camera was the final major component of the observatory. With it in place, Rubin officially enters its final phase of testing!🔭 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/lsst-camera-installed

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

SPHEREx begins its journey

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Packed house #TFS25

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Joe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

We are hiring several post-bac positions at NASA Goddard! This is a single application for 8+ positions where you can list your preferred project(s). I am involved in hiring at least one so please feel free to reach out with any questions! aas.org/jobregister/...

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Postbaccalaureate Positions in Astrophysics Science and Solar System Exploration Divisions at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | American Astronomical Society

Applications are now being accepted for short-term postbaccalaureate research positions to support the Astrophysics Science and Solar System Exploration Divisions at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Question for astronomers- do you have students who got into grad school this year who did NOT have first author publications/ no post-bacc work? Or are they the new de-facto requirements? With ~6-10% acceptance rates for many astro programs this year, just curious what trends others are seeing. 🔭🧪🎢

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M.S. Astrophysics CUNY @cunygc-astro.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The M.S in Astrophysics Virtual Open House is on 3/20/25, 4-5pm et! We will offer program description, degree requirements, application procedure, financial support, & answer questions! Register @ tinyurl.astroopenhouse25 #CUNY #cuny #cunygc #amnh #astrophysics #astro @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

An announcement for the CUNY Graduate Center M.S. in Astrophysics Virtual Open House with a photo of the Tarantula Nebula as a background.
March 20, 2025 from 4pm-5pm et
Register at: https//tinyurl.com/AstroOpenHouse25
Questions? Email astrophysics@gc.cuny.edu

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Sera Markoff @profsera.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Please help us get the word out: our 6 wk astrophysics 🧪🔭summer research program for international MSc students is open for application! Note this is aimed at students from disadvantaged regions or under-represented groups in astro! I will host one position on black holes ⚫️! aspire.science.uva.nl

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ASPIRE

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Paarmita Pandey @astrofermi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I hate spam emails unless its a predatory journal referring to me as Dr. Pandey 😌

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Ava Polzin @avapolzin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Registration ends Feb. 15! 🔭🧪👩‍🔬 We encourage *all* professional astronomers/astrophysicists to attend (in person or remotely)! More at pictureanastronomer.github.io/symposium

Flyer advertising our Picture an Astronomer symposium, March 4 -6 in Chicago, IL and online.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 12/02/2025

#NASARoman: NASA has successfully joined the sunshade to the Roman observatory’s ‘exoskeleton.’ The visor-like sunshade will help prevent unwanted light from entering the telescope: go.nasa.gov/4hQItFR

Workers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center are surrounding a covered spacecraft on a platform in a clean room environment.

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