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Vivian U @justtheletteru.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

We had an observing run on @keckobservatory.bsky.social yesterday. Despite the pessimistic forecast, @marinabianchin.bsky.social pulled through and ended up getting abundant photons from nearby galaxies using #OSIRIS #laserguidestar. This is a gorgeous shot of our laser in action from the camera 🔭

night scene of telescopes atop a snowy mountaintop with orange laser shooting out from one of the telescope into the sky

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I woke up to this beautiful photo on my email! Thank's @justtheletteru.bsky.social for sending it! That's me and a group of amazing astronomers playing with the laser on a 10m telescope and collecting photons of luminous infrared galaxies 🌀🌌

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Live do portal IG comigo e o doutorando Lucas falando sobre buracos negros, galáxias ativas, astronomia observacional, importância do financiamento estatal para a ciência, etc. www.youtube.com/live/0fCpGKw...

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🔴 AO VIVO | Buracos negros e o telescópio ALMA com cientistas da UFSM – iG Foi pro Espaço EP. 15

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Besides the laser closures and some weird things with the target list, the night was smooth and we saw cute emission lines!

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 23/06/2025

Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory! Can you guess these regions of sky? This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪 #RubinFirstLook ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream

A sprawling, textured field of galaxies scattered across the deep black of space. It is filled with the delicate smudges and glowing cores of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. The image focuses on a collection of interacting galaxies connected by delicate streams of stars. At top center lies a large elliptical galaxy that is dense and smooth, like a polished stone glowing with golden light. Like delicate spider silk or stretched taffy, these stellar bridges link the large elliptical to the few larger galaxies beneath, evidence of past collisions.

All throughout the image, thousands of galaxies gather in clusters or are spread throughout, like glittering gems strewn on a table. Some are sharp-edged and spiral, like coiled ribbons; others round and diffuse, like polished pebbles. Still others are just smudges of various colors against the black of space. The background is peppered with pinpoint stars in reds, yellows, and blues, crisp against the velvet black.

A cosmic tapestry of glowing tan and pink gas clouds with dark dust lanes. In the upper right, the Trifid Nebula resembles a small flower in space. Its soft, pinkish gas petals are surrounded by blue gas, and streaked with dark, finger-like veins of dust that divide it into three parts. It radiates a gentle, misty glow, diffuse and soft like the warmth of breath on a cold hand. To the lower left, the much larger Lagoon Nebula stretches wide like a churning sea of magenta gas, with bright blue, knotted clumps sprinkled throughout where new stars are born. Both nebulae are embedded in a soft tan backdrop of gas that is brighter on the left than on the right, etched with dark tendrils of dust and sprinkled with the pinpricks of millions of stars.

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Projeto Céu Profundo @ceuprofundo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hj é o Dia Internacional das Mulheres na Ciência! Que tal seguir esses perfis de mulheres cientistas e divulgadoras aqui no céu azul: @yannamartins.bsky.social @alinemghilardi.bsky.social @astroaline.bsky.social @karilimax.bsky.social @marinabianchin.bsky.social @missaoexoplaneta.bsky.social

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Divulgando a vaga de pósdoc que a Vivian está oferecendo aqui na UCI! Caso tenham perguntas é só chamar. O prazo para se inscrever acaba "formalmente" no dia 13 de dezembro. Sharing the job ad from Vivian to work as a postdoc here at UCI! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

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Vivian U @justtheletteru.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi new folks 👋🏻 Seems like a good time to repost my intro post, but also share my new postdoc ad that just appeared on AAS job register! Please reach out if you have any questions 🔭🧪 aas.org/jobregister/...

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Postdoctoral Position in Extragalactic Astronomy | American Astronomical Society

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for 1-2 postdoc(s) to work with Dr. Vivian U. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to lead ...

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Sounds like my cat has some relatives out there...

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 29/10/2024

Meet Cassiopeia and Stellar, just two of the many cats named after space-related words by their owners/cat parents at STScI. For #NationalCatDay, we want to know how many of you named your feline friends after space objects! Any Jupiters, Spectras or Lunas out there? 😸 🔭 🧪

A super cute brown-striped tabby cat with a white neck and belly looks to the left of the image.

A beautiful black cat looks to the camera with its mouth open, showing bottom teeth.

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Finalmente nasceu! Estava maturando isso desde 2021 e finalmente encontrei pessoas incríveis que se desafiaram na dublagem e consegui o apoio técnico do planetário do Rio. Obrigada @yannamartins.bsky.social e @thespacelink.bsky.social por embarcarem nesse projeto!

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Arthur Loureiro @cosmonist.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Even living in the northern hemisphere for almost a decade now, I still have no clue what people mean by “this fall/this spring” and even less when they talk about “quarters”. For the last one, I had to make a table and keep it in my notes because it already caused me so many issues.

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Organizei uma conferência e felizmente deu tudo certo! GOALS Team meeting 2024!

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Dois anos dessas fotos... Dois anos que vim de mala e cuia (bomba, erva-mate e café bom também) para um país onde nunca antes havia botado os pés... Dois anos que me despedi do meu grupo de pesquisa (que claramente não sabem usar o Photoshop) e de amigas maravilhosas ❤️

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 22/09/2024

Como estou recebendo um fluxo de seguidores, mesmo sem fazer divulgação de astronomia em nenhuma rede social, vou compartilhar alguns vídeos e podcasts que participei no passado 1. doc da PBS sobre o JWST (infelizmente sem legenda PT-BR) vimeo.com/875222988

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New Eye on the Universe

This is "New Eye on the Universe" by Terri Randall on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

Como tecnicamente ainda é 20 de setembro no meu fuso, compartilho a reportagem que o Bairrista fez sobre o prêmio que recebi ano passado obairrista.com/2023/06/pesq...

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Estou vendo a fumaça da janela de casa nesse exato momento... Apesar de não ser o incêndio em San Bernardino e sim outro na divisa entre os condados de Orange e San Diego

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Marina Bianchin @marinabianchin.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

Olá pessoas do céu azul! Me chamo Marina, sou astrônoma, embora em todos os diplomas conste física, formada pela @ufsm.bsky.social. Estudo como buracos negros influenciam na evolução de galáxias. Essa sou eu, com meu colega Justin Kader, falando em um workshop no Aspen Center for Physics.

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

From Delaney Dunne: In today’s paper, the authors use JWST to investigate how warm, star-forming molecular gas is blown away by AGN. 🔭✨️ astrobites.org/2024/08/19/b...

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Blowing Away Star Formation with Warm Molecular Gas

In today’s paper, the authors use JWST to investigate how warm, star-forming molecular gas is blown away by AGN.

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