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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 17/09/2026

We're #hiring for postdoctoral research positions at our Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA)! Come do independent research in areas that have strong synergy with CCA or other Flatiron Institute centers. Applications due by October 31st: bit.ly/4iya02C #science #astrophysics

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Come be my colleague! We're hiring for two faculty positions — 1 open & 1 focusing on astrophysical instrumentation — in Astronomy at UT Austin. The Physics department will also be hiring a cosmologist. Feel free to be in touch if you have questions. aas.org/jobregister/... aas.org/jobregister/...

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Join us! We are advertising not one but TWO new observation-oriented tenure track faculty positions, in the areas of massive stars/compact binaries and exoplanets. Links in thread! [Genuine footage from our staff meetings, seen below]

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Avengers Assemble with Thor

Alt: Avengers Assemble - camera pans around the Avengers on a New York (?) street. Thor chairs the staff meeting.

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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A large study showing that distributed peer review is an effective way to allocate telescope time, leading to a predictable outpouring of contempt from the remaining minority who don’t like it. 🧪🔭 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Distributed Peer Review at ALMA: An Empirical Comparison with Panel-Based Review

Distributed Peer Review at ALMA: An Empirical Comparison with Panel-Based Review, Carpenter, John M., Corvillón, Andrea

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 17/08/2026

OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is seeking astronomers for the European Space Agency office. These astronomer positions are three-year term contracts, renewable, with salaries and benefits commensurate with those of AURA employees at STScI: bit.ly/4bUlEAE

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Nancy Drew Speedathon @ndspeedathon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

UPDATED SCHEDULE!!! The schedule for the 2026 #NancyDrew Speedathon has dropped! All times are in EDT. Make sure to mark it all on your calendar, and we'll see you then! #NancyDrewGames #NancyDrewPCGames

The Nancy Drew Speedathon is a charity event where we speedrun the Nancy Drew PC games to raise money for a cause. Our current cause is Immigration Equality.

Immigration Equality works to secure safe haven, freedom, and equality for the LGBTQ and HIV-positive communities. Through direct legal services, policy advocacy, and impact litigation, they support immigrants who face discrimination based on who they are and whom they love.

Friday, July 24th:

7pm Introduction - Carol & Rissa
7:20 Curse of Blackmoor Manor - Jcat
8:30 Danger By Design - Camilla
9:55 The Haunted Carousel - JessJo
11:00 Secret Incentive - Tomomodachi

Saturday, July 25th:
11:00am Welcome back! - Carol & Rissa
11:20 The Silent Spy - AustenUnsolved
12:40pm Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake - Magpiebee
1:30 Shadow at the Water’s Edge - Athena
3:50 The Phantom of Venice - fakeDanielScott
5:50 Danger on Deception Island - Gudetamia
7:00 Dinner Break
7:40 Secret Incentive - Gemstoned/twoee
9:10 Nancy Drew Trivia Party!

Sunday, July 26th
11:00am Welcome back! - Carol & Rissa
11:20 Ghost of Thornton Hall - August
12:05pm The Deadly Device - Dawn
1:20 Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon - Friday
2:35 Sea of Darkness - Panda
3:50 The Captive Curse - Ducky
5:10 Secret of Shadow Ranch - ErinCaseyGamers
7:10 Dinner Break
7:50 Secret of the Scarlet Hand - Rissa
9:15 Secret Incentive - Bud Windchimes
9:35 Secret Incentive - TheLetterEm

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Andrew Fullard @astrofullard.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Cool stuff! @toomanyspectra.bsky.social you should check this out if you haven't already...

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Lansing Facts @lansingmifacts.com · 24/06/2026

Lansing Batmobile implies the existence of Lansing Batman

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We're hiring a software developer! Help bring the next generation of coding practices and tools to the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, and work with my team in sunny SoCal! Applications are due July 6th, please let me know if you have any questions! phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/ca...

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Hiring Application Developer, IPAC - Pasadena, CA

View job details and apply now

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The NASA FINESST call is finally out: nspires.nasaprs.com/external/sol... Somehow I missed this when it was originally posted, but it's due in a month #astro

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NSPIRES - Solicitations Summary

NASA and U.S. Government policies address research and personal misconduct, and provide avenues for reporting potential violations.

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Jonathan Fortney @jjfplanet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Hello! We have a very-off-cycle postdoc fellowship at UC Santa Cruz. Open to any area of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Applications are due July 15th. It is funded by the Moore Foundation. Looking for someone to start Oct 1, 2026 (!, approx), see details below. aas.org/jobregister/...

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz | American Astronomical Society

The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship position at the University of California, Santa Cruz, funded by the Moore Foundation. The searc...

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SciPy Conference 2026 @scipyconf.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📖 Talk Spotlight: Ever wonder why README files exist? @dbouquin.bsky.social traces their surprisingly human history from 1970s punch cards to today's code culture. Why a file called "Read Me" matters more than you think 🐰 #SciPy2026 🔗 scipy2026.scipy.org

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Daina Bouquin @dbouquin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In 24 hours I'll be hosting #NumericallySpeakingLIVE and talking about why your Python is so slow with @circuitswan.bsky.social. We'll write some terrible code and use profiling tools to figure out where it falls apart. Friday, June 12th 11a PT / 1p CT / 7p GMT www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwU1...

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Why Is My Python So Slow? Let's Profile It Live : Numerically Speaking LIVE

YouTube video by Anaconda, Inc.

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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is why I always check who they’ve awarded in the past. If no one at a state school has received a fellowship in the past 100 years that’s important information and you get to choose if this is worth your time

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Stony Brook is hiring a (senior) research scientist as part of a new NSF supercomputing center here: stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio... #astro #hpc

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Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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Michigan State University Observatory @msu-observatory.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Please consider joining us for Statewide Astronomy Night at the MSU Observatory this Saturday, April 25th! We will be open rain or shine for trivia, science activities, and a star talk, and will be hosting public observing, weather permitting. ✨

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Adrian Price-Whelan @adrian.pw · 20/04/2026

Reminder: we are hiring a Research Software Engineer @flatironinstitute.org !

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Adrian Price-Whelan @adrian.pw · 10/04/2026

The Center for Computational Astrophysics @flatironinstitute.org is hiring a new Research Software Engineer to work on @astropy.org and to support the software and computing efforts within the CCA. Apply by May 22! apply.interfolio.com/184639 🔭 🧪 ☄️

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Rissa @rissalikelisa.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I put another article up on my substack! open.substack.com/pub/theearly...

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I Was a Victim of Unschooling

How unschooling has affected my past, present, and future.

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The Register @theregister.com · 02/04/2026

One of our favourite Register reader comments on this story: "So NASA can still talk to Voyager 1 & 2 at over 13 billion miles away and nearly 50 years after launch, but get Microsoft involved and you lose your comms in less than a day." Quite www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/a...

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NASA sends Outlook around Moon, immediately needs IT help

: In space no one can you scream, at Microsoft

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Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Please spread the word! In addition to becoming an important part of the MESA project, the person in this role would have opportunities to collaborate on scientific software across CCA, which has a vibrant, interactive community of scientists and code developers.

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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

It turns out that, while students think that AI is helping them learn, it is actually doing the opposite, or, at best, nothing at all. (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....)

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Michigan State University Observatory @msu-observatory.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Our 2026 Public Outreach schedule!

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Trent Dupuy @trentdupuy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

4-Year Elizabeth Gardner Fellowship in Physics/Astro @ Edinburgh! - early career - personal background currently under-represented in the School - Pay Grade: Lecturer (~Assoc. Prof.) - ***Deadline 20 April 2026*** 🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧪 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Elizabeth Gardner Fellowship

The School of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to invite applications for the 2026 Elizabeth Gardner Fellowship. This four-year Fellowship specifically supports early-career, postdoctoral researchers ...

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Dr Ryan MacDonald @distantworlds.space · 12/03/2026

🚨 Job vacancy! We are recruiting a Computing Officer for the School of Physics and Astronomy at St Andrews ⚛️🔭 High-Performance Computing is critical to our work on understanding the Universe, including the search for life on other planets. 🪐🧑‍💻🖥️ www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Computing Officer (Academic Computing) - AD2860

Computing Officer (Academic Computing) - AD2860, IT Services Salary: Grade 6 / £38,784-£46,049pa Start date: 1 June 2026 Full time Permanent, <p style="color: #212529; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0...

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Andrew Fullard @astrofullard.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Please boxelder bugs, find a different place to chill

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Five year Astro career development fellowship in Oxford open for applications, broadly in survey astronomy including transients and cosmology. College teaching and research. Do think about joining us. Happy to answer questions! 🔭

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

computational science postdoc fellowship here at Stony Brook, through the SUNY Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth Plus (PRODiG Plus) apply.interfolio.com/179315

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Rubin LSST:UK @lsstuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We catch up with Héloïse Stevence @sydonahi.bsky.social to talk astronomy and machine learning – and discover how many Rubin images this Schmidt AI in Science Fellow can classify per minute with the human eye. Read our latest In the Spotlight interview: www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2026-02... 🔭

Dr Héloïse Stevence is a Schmidt AI in Science Fellow at the University of Oxford.

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We're hiring a tenure-track computational / physical scientist. It will be joint with the home department and the Institute for Advance Computational Science. Job ad here: apply.interfolio.com/181179

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Looking for an internship opportunity and interested in the impact of open science? Come work with us to investigate the impact of NASA’s open science activities! stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/course-off...

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STEM Gateway

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Shashank Dholakia @astroshashank.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

If you're on the postdoc market for exoplanet/ML applications--strong recommendation to apply for this job at Macquarie, Ben is great!!

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Niko @nikosarcevic.com · 10/02/2026

Aaaaaand it’s officially on @arxiv.bsky.social 🥳🥳 arxiv.org/abs/2602.08078 Wanna do Fisher, XY Fisher or DALI with a chosen derivative method backend in a simple sleek Python way? Look no further, my friend. We got you! Simple examples here docs.derivkit.org/main/example...

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Andrew Fullard @astrofullard.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Words I didn't want to hear from an electrician "yeah this is a doozy"

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Jason Wang @thejason.wang · 30/01/2026

The application deadline for the 2026 Code/Astro workshop is in a couple of days. Open to anyone interested in learning how to develop open-source software for astronomy! Both in-person and virtual options available. Apply here: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/

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Program Description

A Software Engineering Workshop for Astronomy

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A couple of great vacancies in @science.esa.int: a Science Archives Development and Operations Manager jobs.esa.int/job/Villanue... and a Science Operations System Engineer for Cloud Platform jobs.esa.int/job/Villanue... 🔭

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Science Archives Development and Operations Manager

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Adi Foord, PhD @adifoord.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I’m hiring a postdoc to work with me at UMBC on AGN and galaxy mergers 💫 Details: apply.interfolio.com/180085 Please share & feel free to message me with any questions!

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Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We're hiring for full-time visiting faculty in physics and astronomy (potentially multi-year). We need at least one astronomer: www.haverford.edu/provost/news... 🔭👩‍🔬🎢🧪

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy (Two Positions)

Haverford College invites applications for two Visiting Assistant Professors of Physics and Astronomy.

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Rebecca Kyer (they/them) @astrobonk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

we have a BOUND copy of our community science book and lots of stickers! Come say hi at the #AAS247 AXIS booth!

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Andrew Fullard @astrofullard.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I met @chrislintott.bsky.social at an AAS meeting and he told me that real astronomers don't watch Sky at Night 😜

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💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

are you an undergrad wanting to learn about or get more experience with ML/AI + TESS data? apply to work with me through the MSU Advanced Computational Research Experience for Undergraduates! applications are open until Feb 15, 2026 icer-acres.msu.edu don't hesitate to reach out with questions!

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 21/12/2025

This is a really amazing opportunity for astronomy students! 🔭☄️ It's always also very oversubscribed, so make sure to apply to a few things if you want to do a summer research internship

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Andrew Fullard @astrofullard.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

This is going to make things really "fun"...

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Andrew Fullard @astrofullard.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Hearing undergrads complain that the show they went to was fill of Green Day fans and "ugh they're all *old men*", good times.

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