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Steven Finkelstein

@astrosteven.bsky.social

411 followers 146 following 27 posts

Dad to two alternatingly amazing/frustrating kids, decent husband, astronomer. Lover of Seattle/Austin sports and good sci-fi/fantasy novels and movies.

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Had a fun chat with @texasstandard.bsky.social this morning!

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Had an amazing time meeting fellow longhorns in Singapore!

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Check out this new paper by student Oscar Chávez Ortiz, showing significant evidence for a growing black hole in GHZ2 at z=12.34! arxiv.org/abs/2511.03035

arxiv.org

Significant Evidence of an AGN Contribution in GHZ2 at z = 12.34

GHZ2 is among the highest-redshift galaxies discovered to date, exhibiting a spectrum rich with prominent emission lines in the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) and optical. These features raise critical q...

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Check out our new discovery! JWST is finding black holes in the very early universe, and this galaxy is the most distant one with a clear signal of a growing black hole! Awesome work by lead author Anthony Taylor at @utaustin.bsky.social !

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 30/07/2025

Videos Available from the 246th AAS Meeting Slidecasts of the plenary talks and prize lectures presented at the AAS 2025 summer meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, are now available online for all. aas.org/posts/news/2... #AAS246 🔭

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Can’t wait!

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Our CFC2025 conference kicks off today. Listen to the talks online, links are here! cfc2025.us/Program.html

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Important words advocating for science from a @utaustin.bsky.social undergraduate!

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The early universe continues to amaze - led by UT/CFC postdoc Anthony Taylor, we've discovered an extremely distant black hole (the most distant "broad line AGN"). This black hole is *massive*, and may even have more mass than its surrounding galaxy! Check out more here: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.04609

arxiv.org

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Honored and excited to be getting the chance to share results from our JWST CEERS program!

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

“Have kids” they said, “it’ll be great”, they said. What didn’t they say? That there would be 730a robotics competitions on Saturdays.

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Best team photo ever

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Come join us!

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Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

I am here! Now to slooowly rebuild my network.

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