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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸

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Exoplanet astrophysicist and avid petter of dogs.

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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I'm thrilled to announce that I'm going to be starting as an assistant professor at CU Boulder this fall! I'm immensely grateful and excited. Please reach out if you're interested in joining my group as a grad student or postdoc. :D
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Here's a fun piece of code I wrote to visualize the astrometric orbital elements. To run the visualization for yourself, check it out here: github.com/sblunt/show-... Black dashed is the line of nodes, and lighter purple indicates the part of the orbit that is behind the plane of the sky. Enjoy!
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yesenia lightyear @vividreams.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I'm a post-bac currently in this program and can help with any questions you might have about applications and participating 💫💫
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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 28/02/2025
Applications are open for #FlatironCCA's 2025-2026 Pre-Doctoral Program. Participants will collaborate with scientists on a project complementary to their thesis for 4.5 months at the Flatiron Institute. Stage 1 applications due 3/14: www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron-ins... #science #astrophysics
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Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program
Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program on Simons Foundation
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Jason Wang @thejason.wang · 28/01/2025
Final week to apply for the Code/Astro workshop! Come learn about open-source software development in Python.
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maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
please, if you have the means, help the displaced black families of altadena, ca hit their gofundme goals. we need each other.
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Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
entering conference day 4 and I only know what day it is because the Tuesday crosswords just came out
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MaggieBeth @maggiebeth.space · 11/01/2025
For those affected by the LA wildfires, here is a spreadsheet I found of therapists offering pro bono services. #LAwildfires #PalisadesFire #EatonFire docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Pro Bono Therapy for Los Angeles Wildfires
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Still some open slots! Would love to see more nominations :)
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Hey bluesky! Do you want to develop your own open-source software in Python? Apply to attend Code/Astro! Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/ Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)
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Program Description
A Software Engineering Workshop for Astronomy
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Heading into Christmas Day with 39/50 stars on #AdventOfCode! Will I finish? Absolutely! I learned a ton so far (mostly about path finding algorithms after rage quitting day 16). There’s a lot I don’t know, but there’s nothing I can’t learn. :D
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hey folks! Just popping in to announce that the full recording of the 2024 Code/Astro workshop is up on youtube. Playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Code/Astro is a week-long software development workshop for astronomers. More info about the workshop here: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/
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Code/Astro 2024 - YouTube
Hello world! This is the full recording of the 2024 Code/Astro workshop. Here are some useful resources: Workshop website: https://semaphorep.github.io/codea...
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Prof. Joey "Barely a Footnote" Neilsen @joeyneilsen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Showed the kids Fellowship of the Ring, and the next day, kid the older was describing the Balrog to his cousin: Kid: imagine me, tall as the hills, in fire, and insanely buff Cousin: that’s a lot to imagine
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a demon with horns is surrounded by a group of people in a dark room .
Alt: A huge horned demon, humanoid but with fiery wings. It roars, revealing an internal inferno. It seems very strong but “insanely buff” was not my first thought.
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Kathleen Mandt, PhD @mommascientist.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Para aquellos que hablan español y quieren aprender sobre nuestros resultados del cometa publicados aquí www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🔭🧪🪐 #PlanetaryScience theconversation.com/contribuyero...
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¿Contribuyeron los cometas de la familia de Júpiter a traer el agua a la Tierra?
Un nuevo análisis de los datos de la misión Rosetta, que estudió de cerca al cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, aporta nuevas pistas sobre el origen del agua terrestre.
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Reminder: please nominate yourself or others! :) We still have 12 open slots for the winter and spring.
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Madyson Barber @madysonbarber.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
hi Bluesky! I’m Madyson, a 3rd-year phd student at unc chapel hill discovering and studying young transiting planets. Maybe you saw our recent Nature paper on the discovery of my new favorite, IRAS 04125+2902 b (aka TIDYE-1b 😉) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A giant planet transiting a 3-Myr protostar with a misaligned disk - Nature
Observations of a 3-million-year-old pre-main-sequence star with a misaligned disk reveal a giant orbiting planet; the system is ideal for studying the early formation and migration of plane...
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Bruce Macintosh @bmacastro.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Prompted by this and a need for distraction I Did Some Math. Turns out most extrasolar planets are quite cauliflower-compatible. A thread, with citations. And laboratory astrophysics. And footnotes.
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Hey folks! We're currently accepting nominations for the UC Santa Cruz planetary lunch (PLUNCH) seminar in winter and spring. Self-nominations encouraged! Nomination form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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UC Santa Cruz PLUNCH Astronomy Seminar Nomination Form
Planetary Lunch (PLUNCH) at UC Santa Cruz has been ongoing for nearly 20 years and contains weekly seminars by visiting researchers. Topics span both exoplanetary and solar system science, typically w...
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
All right, let me rephrase-- if you are a current or former PhD student in astronomy (or adjacent field) willing to comment on 1-2 statements of purpose for applicants, please let me know!
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Dino Chih-Chun Hsu @chihchunhsu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I am excited to share my third paper of this year, and my first exoplanet paper with @thejason.wang, accepted to ApJL. We detected CO and water in the atmosphere of PDS 70 b, a protoplanet around its natal disk using Keck/KPIC. PDS 70 b shows a stellar-like C/O ratio (!). arxiv.org/abs/2411.15117
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PDS 70b Shows Stellar-like Carbon-to-Oxygen Ratio
The $\sim$5 Myr PDS 70 is the only known system with protoplanets residing in the cavity of the circumstellar disk from which they formed, ideal for studying exoplanet formation and evolution within i...
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Is anyone in Astro organizing grad school SoP reviews for applicants this year?
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I am soooooo excited about Gaia DR4
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Dr. William O. Balmer @balmer.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
expect the expected! new paper from our team on the arxiv today: our observations of the directly imaged planet AF Lep b with optical interferometry. we revise the planet's orbit and composition; both indicate unbothered formation within a disk via core accretion. arxiv.org/abs/2411.05917
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
Hi bluesky, just popping on to let you know that I'm going to be heading to UC Santa Cruz as an NSF AAPF fellow in the fall! It's been absolutely wonderful hanging out with @thejason.wang and co remotely at CIERA, but I'm looking forward to working in-person again. Go banana slugs!
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Post dog. [photo credit to Devin]
My dog, a 60 pound Belgian malinois mix, on his side on the couch looking like the derp that he is.
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Are you an astronomer or aspiring astronomer wanting to improve your software engineering skills? Applications for Code/Astro 2024 are open! More info at semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/. Application is linked at the bottom of that page. Apply by Feb 16!
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
As part of the Rainbow Village 🌈 at #AAS243 , we will be highlighting talks, poster presentations, workshops and events given and led by people of color! Please stay tuned throughout the meeting to support people of color at the meeting! Check out today's presentations today here! 🔭 #rainbowvillage
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Mia de los Reyes, an assistant professor from Amherst College, will be giving a talk titled "The Magellanic Clouds Should be Renamed" in room 214 at 10:40 am!
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Juan Guerrero, a post-baccalaureate from CIERA-Northwestern University, will be presenting "Orbital Evidence for the Formation of GQ Lup B through Cloud Fragmentation" in room 129 at 9 am!
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Junellie Gonzalez Quiles (@spacejunellie.bsky.social) will be leading a featured community discussion at the Rainbow Village at AAS (in the exhibitor area!) on "Me First: Meds and Mental Health" at 1 pm! 🔭 #AAS243
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
giving my dissertation talk on LGRB host galaxies (those at z~5 + that of GRB 221009A) on Wednesday, Jan 10th @ 2:10pm in Session 344 !!! come see !!! prizes if you ask a science Q !!!
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
Oh me? Yeah no big plans for 2024. Just planning to achieve all my personal and professional goals.
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Jenn Baker (she/her) @jbakernyc.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Jewish Voices for Peace also has a letter demanding Biden to call a ceasefire. Admittedly, after today's Securiry Council vote, I'm further dismayed. But pressure is crucial. These mofos in office need to know where we stand via every mode. www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/cea...
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President Biden, call a ceasefire now. - JVP
The unthinkable becomes acceptable when we deny people their humanity. We must fight to bring this devastating violence to an immediate end.
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Hi folks! I want to briefly advertise the final two papers of my PhD, which are both public on arXiv. (1/7)
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Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
The AAS Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy offers micro-grants! These can support, for example, funds to pay for grad school apps. Deadline Oct 13. See website for more info
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AAS CSMA Launches Micro-Grants Program | American Astronomical Society
The Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy's Micro-Grants Program aims to reduce the effects of financial scarcity on students who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color. Application de...
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
“For me to honor my students’ freedom to not associate with Marcy, I have discovered the hard way that I need to be very careful with anyone working with him, and that I must turn my own interactions with him down to zero.” Thanks Jason for this thoughtful article.
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Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
"I am trash my research is trash nothing makes sense oh wait I found the bug haha jk"
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