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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Radio Galaxies @ognimaeb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I had a fantastic time at NAM 2025! So much outstanding science, and even more outstanding people! I also had a really positive response to my talk, which was so encouraging to see! I am now more confident that we will work together on asking and addressing some very difficult questions.

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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Cis people: if you see someone trying to bully trans folks out of single-sex spaces, it’s your moral duty to intervene.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Radio Galaxies @ognimaeb.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Popping by briefly to say I stand with my trans and non-binary friends. I am appalled and furious at the Supreme Court ruling and the consequences that are transpiring. This is not a victory for women, it plays into the hands of those who cause us all harm. Please stay safe, friends ❤️ #LGBwiththeT

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 27/03/2025

Gaia has had a HUGE impact on #galactic science (even with just 3/5 data releases so far). It was a fantastic, fantastic mission. 🔭 Farewell, little spinny space tophat. You did a great job. 😢

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 27/03/2025

🆕 This new NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope image shows a rare cosmic phenomenon called an 'Einstein ring' 🧪🔭 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... @science.esa.int @spacetelescope.bsky.social

In the centre is an elliptical galaxy, seen as an oval-shaped glow around a small bright core. Around this is wrapped a broad band of light, appearing like a spiral galaxy stretched and warped into a ring, with bright blue lines drawn through it where the spiral arms have been stretched into circles. A few distant objects are visible around the ring on a black background.

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 05/03/2025

Want to learn more about the impact of @esa.int's Gaia mission on #galactic & Milky Way science? Retired Gaia project scientist Michael Perryman has written over 200 essays on various topics in Galactic astronomy, at a level accessible to non-experts. They provide a really lovely overview!

michaelperryman.co.uk

Gaia science essays

Accessible essays on the huge range of scientific results, and other background, from the European Space Agency's Gaia space astrometry mission. Audio interviews with some of the leading scientists an...

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 05/03/2025

Astronomers! One of the best things about the old astro-Twitter was that there was frequent discussion of the latest research. The new AstroSci feed is the perfect place to have this kind of science discussion! ☄️ If you see a cool paper - post about it!

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 05/03/2025

📺 Check out the latest video on the ESA #Education YouTube channel to find out what plants are best to grow in space! 👩‍🚀🌱 @exploration.esa.int

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What plants can grow in space?

YouTube video by ESA Education

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Radio Galaxies @ognimaeb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It's been up and down all week, at least for me. Quite worrying.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 04/02/2025

Big news! We’ve just launched some new accounts 🎉 Give them a follow: 🔭 @esascience.esa.int 🧑‍🚀 @esaexploration.esa.int 🚀 @esatransport.esa.int 🌍 @esaearth.esa.int 📡 @esaoperations.esa.int ⚙️ @esatechnology.esa.int 🛰️ @esaconnectivity.esa.int Stay tuned for exciting things ahead! 💙✨

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Time to abandon my career, return to STEM, and propose the most ambitiously high-risk-of-mauling zoological research project of all time

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/02/2025

Sabotage. Criminal sabotage. "[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday." www.eenews.net/articles/sci...

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Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs

National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.

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Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope @atlastdesign.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Do not miss the first AtLAST Forum tomorrow 6 Feb at 8 UTC. This is a platform for the community to exchange ideas and opinions about AtLAST and anything related to it. There will be two talks followed by a plenary discussion session, see: www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve... 🔭🧪

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AtLAST Forum - February 2025 - AtLAST

Welcome to the AtLAST Forum, a platform for the community to exchange ideas and opinions about the AtLAST project and anything related to it.

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 05/02/2025

A great thread about the (VERY VERY UNLIKELY!) chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the Earth. 🔭 If it impacted above a city, it would cause tremendous damage - so even though its chance of impact is vanishingly small, we may need to think about an asteroid redirect mission to play it safe.

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Athena X-ray observatory @the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu · 05/02/2025

📢 New Athena Science Community: Call for Membership Now OPEN Until March 16! For full information, visit 🔗https://indico.ifca.es/e/NASC_AO2025 Please share this with your colleagues who may also be interested in joining our community!

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Sociedad Española de Astronomía @sea-astronomia.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Vuelve chatea con una astrónoma! 👩‍💻💫 🗓️ 19 de febrero, de 10:00 a 22:00h (peninsular) 🔗 www.sea-astronomia.es/comision-muj... #11F #11febrero @11defebreroes.bsky.social

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Huw Griffiths @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A handy starter pack for anyone wanting to follow @bas.ac.uk people and projects. Let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/TaqF39K

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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Even for someone who has studied galaxies his entire career, it is still deeply satisfying and somewhat surprising that I can plonk a 🔭 on our patio in the middle of Nottingham, point it over the roof of our 🏠, and see this.

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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Hello out there scientists. If you're having meetings or grants or anything else impacted by freeze of NSF meetings, please feel free to reach out to me to share your story. Signal: thealexknapp.79 Email: aknapp@forbes.com

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Markus Pössel @mpoessel.de · 27/01/2025

Do you have recommendations for books, web pages and other resources that can help get one started with learning about astronomy? Super beginner level? Please post them in the replies! 🔭

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Mikko Tuomi @mustapipa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The White House budget office is ordering a pause to all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government. This means meaving e.g. large numbers of scientists without income, with nothing to live on, devastating their lives and ending their work. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Tara Murphy @taramurphy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

A new result led by my former student Ziteng (Andy) Wang and colleagues: "20 mysterious radio bursts" found using our new Commensal Realtime ASKAP Fast Transient COherent (CRACO) system. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01... (With commentary by @astrolaura.com) #RadioAstronomy

An example of a galaxy hosting a fast radio burst identified by the CRACO system using the ASKAP radio telescope.

The central image shows a galaxy (white on a black background).

The inset plot shows the signal from a fast radio burst named FRB 240615.

Image credit: Yuanming Wang, the CRAFT Collaboration.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 28/01/2025

NGC-891 Photo credit R. Jay GaBany Constellation Andromeda Discovered W. Herschel 1784 Distance 30 million light years Equipment, $53K half-meter Officina Stellare Pro RC 500 telescope Exposure 34 hours For his amazing photos Jay won the Chanbliss Amateur Achievement award

This deep image of NGC 891 reguired over 34 hours of exposure. A tremendous amount of galactic cirrus was also captured with this image but supressed for this traditional view. Numerous far more distant galaxies can also be seen in this picture.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Markus Pössel @mpoessel.de · 26/01/2025

I really appreciate that so many astronomers put their data up online! In my particular case, it makes lecture preparation much easier. Here is NGC 3198, which I built from separate B, V and R filter images on the SINGS page of the galaxy. As you can see, we see that disk from the side. 1/ 🧪🔭

A spiral galaxy that is evidently seen mostly from the side.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.bsky.social

Panel 1.

A quote in a starry sky:

“We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde”

Below, people are lying in the gutter. One is looking through a telescope.

Panel 2.

“Guys, astronomy is amazing.” Says the figure with a telescope ”You should all give it a try.” To which others reply “Sure. Why not?”.

Panel 3.

Now the quote reads:

“We are all in the gutter but we are looking at the stars.”

All the people are looking through telescopes.

Panel 4.

“This is great! Apart from being in the gutter.” Says one of the people. Another replies ”Let’s go to the observatory!” and leads the way.

Panel 5.

The quote now reads:

“We are all looking at the stars but some of us are in the gutter.”

Everyone is in the observatory except two figures who lie in the gutter looking up through their telescopes.

Panel 6.

The original telescope bearer leans out of the window and asks “Why are you guys still in the gutter?” and they reply “We don’t like too much change”.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Really need to sell a few more tickets for Thursday science comedy: come to the basement! You’ll laugh a lot and think a bit. wegottickets.com/f/13642/

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Huh, That's Funny

A night where comedy and science collide. Join a collection of comedians, scientists and the just plain curious in Jericho's most comfortable basement for a night that will make you laugh...and then ...

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Radio Galaxies @ognimaeb.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Imagine if all birds could make the same noises crickets make when rubbing their wings. With an extra loud setting for seagulls.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Spiders can fly using Earth’s electric field I think a herd of goats doing this would be pretty terrifying

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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Let’s play around with cosmic distances shall we? Because I don’t think the human brain can actually understand it. But I’m gonna use rice, and say 1 grain = 10,000 miles (~16,000 km). That means the circumference of Earth is just under two and a half grains. These contain all our lives 🧪🔭 (1/n)

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Starter packs

BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/01/2025

My latest for @newscientist.bsky.social is a response to a reader question about how we know that dark matter isn't just dust! It's a nice thing to take a break with, given everything else happening in our corner of the universe. Ask your library for access! www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

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Why we should talk about invisible matter, not dark matter

The word "dark" is misleading when it comes to dark matter, because it suggests there is some kind of absorption of light happening, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Well. Just saying.

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👻 Saavik ‘Spooky Season’ Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Colleagues (🧪), an excellent thread:

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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)

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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Boulders on Mars are Headed Downhill Features on the surface of Mars change over time for many reasons, but one process that’s universal to all planets is gravity. More: uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_08... NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #Mars #NASA #science

Enhanced color image shows a closeup of part of the slope of a large trough on Mars, called Ceberus Fossae. We can see numerous boulders that have rolled downhill on the slope from the rocky cliff. The scene is less than 1 km (under 1 mi) across. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 23/01/2025

Just after NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope began science operations, astronomers noticed something unexpected in the data: small red objects in the distant, young Universe. They became known as 'little red dots' (LRDs)... 🔭 More on these mysterious objects👇 🔗 esawebb.org/images/littl...

Six Webb images of little red dots are combined in a two-row mosaic. Each little red dot is centred within a square frame and lies against the black background of space. Each dot has a yellow-white circular core surrounded by a red, fuzzy ring.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Radio Galaxies @ognimaeb.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

My Edie has the same expression when yawning 😂

Yawning calico cat sitting on a low stool

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If you want to join our starter pack please do comment below - we are going to start a third one soon And if you asked to be in in the past but now feel you are at risk for being in them, do DM us and we will remove you. #StaySafeStayStrong go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ

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Tara Murphy @taramurphy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Three Square Kilometre Array Commissioning Scientist jobs available to work at the SKA-Low Science Operations Centre in Perth, Western Australia. recruitment.skao.int/vacancy/skal... Deadline February 23rd. Contact George Heald (@georgeheald.bsky.social) for more information. #RadioAstronomy

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SKA-Low Commissioning Scientists - SKA Observatory

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 22/01/2025

Just dropped a new SK8plotlib update! The game now has camera smoothing and framerate/physics timestep smoothing, making the skateboard feel all around more fun to control

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GitHub - emilyhunt/SK8plotlib: Turn any matplotlib line chart into a line skateboarding game.

Turn any matplotlib line chart into a line skateboarding game. - emilyhunt/SK8plotlib

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/01/2025

The thing that’s most striking about this is that they set up an e-mail account specifically for people to report on each other for any attempt to implement “DEIA or similar ideologies” and threatened “adverse consequences” for NOT reporting.

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👻 Saavik ‘Spooky Season’ Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

How many folks at NASA went into astrophysics or the ‘discovering things about space’ business bc they oppose diversity, equity & inclusion, do we think? This is gonna be a fucking disaster…

media.tenor.com

a man in a blue shirt with a black collar

Alt: Spock from Star Trek (original series) giving the traditional Vulcan ‘live long and prosper’ gesture.

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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/01/2025

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A timely cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social

Panel One:
A scientist works at a blackboard. Diagrams and text on the blackboard contain the phrases: crushing darkness, seemingly no escape, time drags and, inhospitably cold. A second figure approaches and, seeing the blackboard, asks "Black Holes?"

Panel Two:
The scientist replies "January"

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