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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 07/04/2026

Drew Lapeer reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on an intriguing new object that may be an early universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon. aasnova.org/2026/04/07/a... 🔭

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A Potential New Piece of the “Little Red Dot” Puzzle

Astrobites reports on an intriguing new object that may be an early universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon.

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2026 and provided some “peer review”. astrobites.org/2026/04/06/april-fools-2026/

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The April Fools Paper Review Process – 2026

There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2026 and provided some “peer review”.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026

If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭

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ESO @eso.org · 30/03/2026

Don't give them ideas... xkcd.com/3225/

A cartoon with stick figures in looking at an image of the Earth from space. There’s a small satellite dragging a picture of the night sky, blocking the actual sky behind it. One of the figures says: “Aren’t you worried these will be disruptive for ground-based astronomy?” The other replies: “No, why?” A text below reads: “My new company is being criticized for our satellites that deploy 100-mile-wide banners painted with inaccurate pictures of the night sky. Mouseover text: “We’re working to make sure the images are as up-to-date and accurate as possible, with a minimum number of sponsored galaxies.”

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 11/03/2026

re: jwst cycle 5. just rip the bandaid off please

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Sho | Dora Ingrid @doraingrid.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Good morning

still frame from the beginning of Twin Peaks
it is February 24th and Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in the town of Twin Peaks

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Astrobites is partnering with @blackinastro.bsky.social this year for Black Space Week! If you’d like to register to participate as a writer or interviewee you can fill out the Google Form below or in the QR code in the flyer! The deadline is Friday March 6th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

18 Feb 2026

Heathcliff sits atop a stack of garbage cans, piled high. He holds his hand to his ear, struggling to hear a sanitation worker standing by a garbage truck down on the ground. The sanitation worker says "I said, 'I don't like you very much.'"

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 15/02/2026

seeing talk about un reviewed GRFP applications. super disappointing. when i applied during undergrad (2023) i had one reviewer who clearly didn't read my material. put a single period in each review box and scored me straight middle-of-the-road. don't know how common this was at the time. 🧪

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The NRAO released some radio astronomy valentines and NGL this one is making me giggle 💘 🔭🧪

“You’re the Jans-key to my happiness” w a photo of Karl Jansky

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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 14/02/2026

u chicago not on the list lmao

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actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

13 Feb 2026

Heathcliff leaps into the air, holding two buns out in front of him. He's chasing a group of birds, who fly away from him. Two men watch from a park bench, and one of them says "He's trying to make a sandwich."

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Bonar Insurance Churubusco, IN

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10/02/2026

CONFIRMED BY SCIENCE: anyone more online than me is a loser phone addict and everyone less online than me are basic underdeveloped normies

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 08/02/2026

my flight from NL to Boston was cancelled so i now have a 2 hour layover in Detroit on my new flight this is just enough time to smash one (1) coney dog at the airport Coney Island before returning to massachusetts

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 08/02/2026

I KNEW A MAN HE SAT BEHIND A DESK THAT WAS A MILLION FEET WIDEEEEE BUT HE LAID DOWN HIS HAMMER AND HE DIEDDDDD

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

“The Object of that incomprehensible Being, which alone and in himself comprehends and constitutes supreme Perfection.” One of the 32 stunning illustrative plates to feature in Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750): publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 08/02/2026

if i had a nickel for every replica of JWST i saw in Leiden i would have two nickels

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ash s. @housegoblin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

sorry for being cringe I'm trying to enjoy being alive

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 29/01/2026

i have been trying to slowly push people towards exactly this (especially in astronomy)👁️hosting your own slightly weird website and joining web rings is a great way to not hate your time spent socializing online

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La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Barry Windsor-Smith

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 26/01/2026

very related is the deep seated feeling of home sickness. god i miss the midwest

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 26/01/2026

asserting my dominance over the new englanders by shoveling my car out of 2 feet of snow wearing nothing but a fur cap and sweatshirt

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

From Drew Lapeer @giantmolecular.cloud: Today’s paper presents an intriguing new object, which may be a early-Universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/01/26/x...

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A Potential New Piece of the “Little Red Dot” Puzzle

Today's paper presents an intriguing new object, which may be a early-Universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon!

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 26/01/2026

waiting for important (dare i say "life changing") emails is a unique form of torture which is all too prevalent in the modern world

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 26/01/2026

love a good garbage ape in these trying times

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 22/01/2026

the aurora was beautiful this week ❤️

a photo showing an american hellscape skyline (highway, gas stations, mcdonalds, and an overpass) but the sky has been replaced by the JWST deep field showing a lot of galaxies.

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 22/01/2026

after substantial pushing from friends (i.e. state propagandists) i have finally listened to the Geese album and have to begrudgingly admit that it is Good

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 09/01/2026

HIRING: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore is searching for a Office of Public Outreach Division Head. The person would lead the science communication and public outreach activities for the Institute. Apply today or share this post with your network: bit.ly/4qeUTMt

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🦴 Die Radiolarien (Rhizopoda radiaria): Berlin: G. Reimer, 1862-1888. [Source]

Historical scientific illustration titled "Die Radiolarien (Rhizopoda radiaria)" showing detailed black and white drawings of ten Radiolaria fossil specimens with intricate star-shaped, spiny, and lattice-like skeletons. Each specimen is numbered (1-10) and labeled with fine letters indicating structural features. The organisms display symmetry and radiating spicules or branches, emphasizing their delicate silica-based skeletal forms. The bottom labels classify the specimens into groups: Quadrilonche (1-3), Belonostaurus (4-6), Lonchostaurus (7-8), and Lithoptera (9-10).

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AstroArxiv @astroarxiv.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

FEAST: Probing Hierarchical Star Formation with the Spatial Distributions of Young Star Clusters. Drew Lapeer et. al. arxiv.org/abs/2601.11434

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actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

19 Jan 2026

Heathcliff and a robot in a wizard hat carrying a wand walk down the street. Grandpa and Grandma Nutmeg watch them pass from their window, and Grandma says "I don't like him hanging around that robot wizard."

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Fascinating Astronomy.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 15/01/2026

🎉 Can you believe Wikipedia is 25 years old? 🎂 A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍 🧵⬇️ (1/5) #Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org

The white neoclassical building of the Internet Archive headquarters appears through blue jigsaw puzzle pieces with text: "Wikipedia 25. Happy Birthday from Internet Archive."

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 15/01/2026

my first "first author" paper just got accepted to ApJ!! 🥳🎉 🔭 ☄️

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 15/01/2026

just finished up my 2025 reading list! read a total of 30 books (just shy of my 50 book goal, but i did read quite a few uber long books). favorite book of the year was absolutely r.f. kuang's "Babel". favorite series was fonda lee's 'green bone saga'. full list: giantmolecular.cloud/books.html

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❌ 👑 Indivisible01027 @indivisible01027.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

200 Easthamptoners came out today to say #NotoICE, honor those who have been lost due to #ICE terror, resolve to act, and build #community. We said their names: Marie Ange Blaise #ImmigrantsMakeAmerica #NoViolence #Democracy #ICEOutforGood @indivisible.org @maddow.bsky.social @arliek.bsky.social

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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 08/01/2026

On Day 3 of AAS 247: a record-breaking asteroid, a discussion of science policy, and a supernova that we might hear about again at AAS 367! aasnova.org/2026/01/08/a... #AAS247 @aas.org 🔭

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AAS 247: Day 3

On Day 3 of AAS 247: a record-breaking asteroid, a discussion of science policy, and a supernova that we might hear about again at AAS 367!

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Check out all the action from the first two days of #AAS247 with our summary wrap posts! ☄️🔭✨🧪 astrobites.org/2026/01/06/a... astrobites.org/2026/01/07/a...

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 06/01/2026

unfortunately seeing a crazy amount of AI-generated images on folk's slides at #AAS247 -- pleasepleaseplease just make a stupid drawing yourself or pay someone $10 to make your diagrams, collaboration logos, etc

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Its day two of #AAS247 and we have more talks from our authors! Catch Drew Lapeer ( @giantmolecular.cloud ) in room 224A at 2:00 PM and Annelia Anderson ( @astroannelia.bsky.social ) in room 228B at 2:30 PM!

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DR℮W 🪿🏳️‍⚧️ @giantmolecular.cloud · 05/01/2026

Hello everyone at #AAS247 ! If you're interested in star formation, star clusters, or anything of the sort (or just wanna say hi), come check out my talk tomorrow!

The relationship between young star clusters and giant molecular clouds in NGC 628. Tuesday, January 6th 2025. 2:00-2:10 MST, Room 224 A at the Phoenix Convention Center.

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

In addition, Astrobiters Katya Gozman and Drew Lapeer (@giantmolecular.cloud) will be giving a brief talk about Astrobites tonight at the Student and First Timers Orientation!

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Are you at #AAS247 and want to learn more about Astrobites? 👀 You can find us in the Exhibition Hall all week (near the Sky & Telescope booth, next to the iPosters)! You can also find us tonight at the Grad School & REU Fair! Come by to say hi, ask questions, and learn about who we are! 🔭 ☄️ 🧪

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