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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good news / bad news: you still have time to write up that last-minute idea! (Or not. Sometimes enough is enough)

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Sarah E Moran @offallingstars.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Still server issues. Now Laura Watkins (head of science policy at STScI) is saying new deadline tomorrow, Oct. 1st at 5pm EDT for all proposers.

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Jason Wright @astrowright.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Astro BlueSky: Be my boss! Penn State Astro needs a new department head and I need YOUR help to find them. Who is your ideal department head? Who can maintain a vibrant, collegial, politics-free atmosphere that supports all members (undergrads, grads, staff, all kinds of faculty)? 🧪

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#JWST proposers, lest you not have enough to worry about already, check out some new language on use of the much-beloved \vspace parameter in your proposal jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-opportu...

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Carry On Queen Charlotte

ALT: Carry On Queen Charlotte

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 25/09/2026

🔭 #AAS249 Meet plenary speaker Mary Anne Limbach (U of Michigan) — research focuses on discovering & characterizing planetary systems in unexplored regimes, including cold giant planets, planets around white dwarfs, exomoons & exorings. Join us in Salt Lake! aas.org/meetings/aas249/registration

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have a couple of pieces from Emily and I love them! (Also: of course an Emily produces high quality work 😉)

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The widget on my phone shows me headlines from various news outlets and I enjoy getting a sense of what’s outside my bubble. This headline made me lol because it’s top spot-on for: “how can we combine the most woke things”? 😆

Fox News headline: “Massachusetts lesbian bar ignites fury after easing mask rules for one night a week”

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AAS Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy @aascsma.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We have a new minigrants program for early-career astronomers for professional expenses (e.g., travel, grad app fees) that can't be covered through other funds. The deadline is Oct 9! The app asks professional goals, description of financial need, & an itemized list of expenses. Please share! 🔭

AAS CSMA Minigrants Program. The Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy is happy to announce the 2026 minigrants program. Open to all early career stage (undergrad, grad, postbac) astronomers for any professional-related expenses. Individual grants from $400 to $1000. Apply now! Due October 9 (or until funds are all expended). QR code links to https://aas.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/228/home

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Go to bed; tired is stupid.

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes! It’s an amazing group of cross-disciplinary experts we’ve assembled. Come work with us on some really cool projects! 😎😶‍🌫️🤩

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My roommate’s phone woke us up: her mom calling to tell her to turn on the TV because we were at war. I remember watching in stunned silence as the second tower fell.

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 10/09/2026

New AAS Guidelines on AI Use in Academic Publishing AAS Publications Committee is sharing results of a community request: guidelines for use of AI tools, including large language models, in preparing/reviewing manuscripts submitted to AAS journals. journals.aas.org/policies 🔭

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

So (annoyingly) true. For any students reading: emailing me doesn’t improve your chances of acceptance at all. Probably the only useful point to an email is just to ask if I’m open to taking on new students in the fall. (I am this year.)

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Mike Brown @plutokiller.com · 31/08/2026

um, no? calling it a planet in 1930 was the actual mistake. but we fixed it and are all good now thanks.

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The word I remember mispronouncing because I learned it from reading: admirable

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

And ahead of schedule! … perhaps to prevent it from being cancelled by idiotic budget cuts 😒

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 30/08/2026

Are you awake? 🥱 NASA Live coverage of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch starts at 6:20 a.m.! Launch is scheduled for 7:26 a.m. You have time to make coffee. ☕ #NASARoman 🔭 🚀

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NASA Live - NASA

NASA live: Follow live television broadcasts on NASA+, the agency's streaming service, and NASA's social media channels with this schedule of upcoming live events including news briefings, launches and landings.

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A girl’s family puts in a lot of effort to get her to a beauty pageant, but she doesn’t do very well in it

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My public library is the best 🩷

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I don’t know about you, but I love receiving my colleagues’ vacation auto-responses! Yes, enjoy that break!!! 🏖️😎

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The 5 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head 1. Purple is a fruit 2.🎶 I am so smart, S M R T.🎶 3. Eeeeeeexcellent 4. Can’t sleep, clown will eat me 5. Say it right: chowda!

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cosmicfineprint.bsky.social @cosmicfineprint.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

✨New Account I've started drawing editorial cartoons about space ethics, because apparently writing only works if people read. If you like space with a side of “have we really thought this through?”, please follow. Reposts, likes etc would help this new account lift off. Y'all know the drill. 🙏🏻 🔭🧪🐡

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Sometimes you just have to reflect on how cool life can be: @eblur.bsky.social and I were once office mates in grad school. Now we’re tenured faculty, just down the hall from each other!

A selfie in a hallway. At the end of the hallway a person is leaning out of their office and waving

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hot Jupiters remain mysterious 🥸

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Have fun storming the castle.

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m stuck at the Detroit airport, waiting for an indefinitely delayed flight (>5 hours so far) and we’ve reached the point where someone stood up with a deck of cards above their head and asked who want to play Euchre. This being Michigan, three others joined in 😆

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I used to read on the city bus ride home from high school … and then just keep reading for the few block walk home. Peripheral vision is great! (As is stopping to pay attention when crossing the street.)

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Geek Grammy @geekgrammy.com · 28/07/2026

And here is tangible evidence that Tom can dance. Neil is probably getting drowned in this video. According to the laws of the internet, here is Tom Holland.

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Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Got to get coffee today with my current and former PhD students!

A photo of several people sitting around an outdoor picnic table, with coffee drinks. From left to right: Thomas Kennedy, Dr Isaac Malsky, Dr Erin May (potentially photoshopped in), Dr Hayley Beltz, and Prof Emily Rauscher

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Pretty sure this is more accurately transcribed as: “Mawage… that blessed… arrangement… that dweem within a dweem” 😆

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A hero whose heroism consists of killing people is uninteresting to me, and I detest the hormonal war orgies of our visual media, the mechanical slaughter of endless battalions of black-clad, yellow-toothed, red-eyed demons.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 27/07/2026

PIN Number ATM Machine UPC Code LCD Display We regret to inform you that this phenomenon has a name: RAS Syndrome. Redundant Acronym Syndrome…Syndrome.

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 22/07/2026

The list keeps growing! 24 departments have already signed up for the AAS Virtual Graduate Admissions Fair on Wednesday, 16 September. Is your program on the list? Registration closes Tuesday, 11 August. 🔭 aas.org/meetings/gra... #AASGradFair #Astronomy

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I heard some ska on the college radio station this morning. Fun to be reminded of niche fads! (Apologies in advance to anyone who takes umbrage with ska being described as a “fad” 😆)

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Wow, I’m really getting a comprehensive (although not fully self-consistent) world view from this woman who’s already had a lot to drink, before 5am at an airport bar. Luckily she’s speaking to another patron, not me, but I still have to hear it all 😵‍💫

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thanks for a lovely visit, Granada! A week full of exciting science … and a lot of stairs 😆 #HoRS3S

My smart watch’s summary of this week’s activity: 40,475 steps, 16.73 miles, and 107 flights climbed

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Astronomers! New adverts for science editors for @publishing.aas.org are up at aas.org/jobregister. We're looking for astronomers across many fields (including instrumentation to work with me) to help us keep these open access, non-profit, society-run journals going. Happy to answer questions! 🔭

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Job Register | American Astronomical Society

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Prof Lía Corrales @eblur.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🔭 I'm looking for a post-bac to work on opacity models for the ISM and protoplanetary disks. Please spread the word! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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RESEARCH ASST I (TEMP) | U-M Careers

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Maybe this keeps him too busy to publish silliness? “Kirkpatrick, a physicist … said Loeb is ‘not viewed favorably’ in the scientific community and lacks national security experience … the makeup of Loeb's team suggests the White House is more interested in fringe theories than hard science.”

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Erin M. May, PhD @astronomay.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'll be at #Exoplanets6 next week with a poster on MiTHOS, our Astrophysics SMEX mission concept out of @jhuapl.bsky.social MiTHOS studies the climates of hot Jupiters with a large population study of spectroscopic phase curves 🌈 Come find me to grab a sticker and learn about MiTHOS! 💫 🪐🔭🧪

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

You’ve deaded your last grateful

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Black In Astro @blackinastro.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Time to vote on our art competition submissions! 1 like = 1 vote. The entry with the most votes wins! 🧵👇

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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

When I wonder why folks in power want to dismantle our beautiful, impressive, federally funded research apparatus (WHY? 😱😭) … of course the answer is to funnel the money elsewhere 🤬

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