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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙

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PhD Astronomy candidate at Western University • brown dwarfs, ultracool dwarfs & exoplanets • outreach assistant at Cronyn Observatory ✨ she/her

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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 28/09/2026
How NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will open a window into the Milky Way
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How NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will open a window into the Milky Way
From supernovae in distant galaxies to the packed centre of the Milky Way, the new Roman telescope will help us see and understand the ever-changing cosmos.
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I had the pleasure of writing an article for @ca.theconversation.com about some of the cool science Roman will do -- including studying the rotation of tiny stars (aka ultracool dwarfs)! Check it out here: theconversation.com/how-nasas-na... 🔭 #exoplanets #stellarastro
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How NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will open a window into the Milky Way
From supernovae in distant galaxies to the packed centre of the Milky Way, the new Roman telescope will help us see and understand the ever-changing cosmos.
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We have a fun day planned for you at Cronyn Observatory on Saturday, September 19th – International Observe the Moon Night! 🌕 Date: Saturday, September 19th, 2026 Time: 2:00 to 11:00 pm (with a break from 6:00 to 7:00 pm) You can find more info about the observatory here: cronyn.uwo.ca/schedule/
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RAS Journals @rasjournals.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Published in #MNRAS: "A planet as the possible cause of the HD 181327 debris disc asymmetry", Fox & Wiegert. This is Fig. 1: please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... to read the paper. @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
Our revised Target Map of HD 181327, used for all comparisons in our simulations. This is based on the original from C. C. Stark et al. (2014), but with data outside of 150 au removed. This is the map our simulations aim to replicate via the influence of a shepherding planet. The arc is near-centred on the western side.
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This got me exactly correct, nice
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Tom Bickle @astrobicks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Any astro folks got any advice for an incoming PhD student that you wish you'd received when you started?
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Mike Brown @plutokiller.com · 31/08/2026
um, no? calling it a planet in 1930 was the actual mistake. but we fixed it and are all good now thanks.
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Come Join us!
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I don't recommend breaking your dominant arm. Not fun. I feel kinda useless! Upside though; very quickly improving dexterity in my left hand
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
live in: 🇨🇦 born in: 🇨🇦 parents: 🇨🇦🇨🇦 grandparents: 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇨🇦🇨🇦 great-grandparents: 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇨🇦??? been to: 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇬🇧🇯🇵
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I'm obsessed with this. Both, that Space Week gets a Pokémon collab, and that they chose a female pikachu to be the mascot.
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Mine (2000): CubeSat boba fire topaz e-book sudoku But I also have to call out that I am as old as google (the verb), FaceTime, downvote, and climate change denial -- and I think that is really funny and also a good representation of the world I grew up in
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Western Space @westernuspace.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
@westernu.ca planetary scientist @planetneish.bsky.social Neish and PhD candidate Sashank Vanga travelled to Hawai‘i Volcanoes Nat'l Park in June to investigate lava flows that could reveal new clues about the Moon’s volcanic past 🌋 Learn more here: 🔗 news.westernu.ca/2026/07/hawa...
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Paper day! Not mine, but this is the first first-author paper of a fellow graduate student in my research group, Sam Barber! He presents the results of a JWST MIRI/LRS survey program to build a mid-IR spectral library of brown dwarfs 🔭 #astrosci arxiv.org/abs/2607.15521 1/6
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Silicate Clouds, SiO, and Molecular Trends across the L-T Sequence: A JWST/MIRI LRS Spectral Library of Brown Dwarfs
We present the results of a survey program with JWST's MIRI LRS that obtained 5$-$14 $μ$m R~100 spectra of twenty-three L0$-$T6 dwarfs. This spectral type range spans the formation, growth, and sedime...
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Paper day! Not mine, but this is the first first-author paper of a fellow graduate student in my research group, Sam Barber! He presents the results of a JWST MIRI/LRS survey program to build a mid-IR spectral library of brown dwarfs 🔭 #astrosci arxiv.org/abs/2607.15521 1/6
arxiv.org
Silicate Clouds, SiO, and Molecular Trends across the L-T Sequence: A JWST/MIRI LRS Spectral Library of Brown Dwarfs
We present the results of a survey program with JWST's MIRI LRS that obtained 5$-$14 $μ$m R~100 spectra of twenty-three L0$-$T6 dwarfs. This spectral type range spans the formation, growth, and sedime...
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Is there life elsewhere in our solar system?J oin us on Saturday, July 18th as Prof. Catherine Neish explores what makes Titan so fascinating and what future missions might uncover. 🪐 Skies permitting, our telescopes will be ready for observing 🔭
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Join us this Saturday for the next summer public night!
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Omg! This is one of the photos Hubble took on my birthday, and this exact photo has been used by ESA to show how to build an HR diagram -- a video I regularly show in my public outreach talks (including one I gave last Saturday!) 🔭
A screenshot of the NASA birthday website, with a photo of the star cluster Omega Centauri, which is a bright, very dense cluster of mostly white stars but peppered with red and blue ones. The text reads "April 27. Omega Centauri. Omega Centauri consists of roughly 10 million stars that are gravitationally bound. The cluster is about 10 times as massive as other big globular clusters – almost as massive as a small galaxy."
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It was a pleasure to be able to announce our excellent presenters (poster and oral), congrats again to them!
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Western University @westernu.ca · 10/06/2026
“Trying is the most important part; it’s never too late to start. Pursuing your passions and believing in yourself is so powerful.” New grad Brooke Meloche is #WesternU's first student to graduate with a combined degree in integrated science and mechanical engineering. #WesternClassOf2026
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Western's first integrated science, mechanical engineering graduate - Western News
Western graduate Brooke Meloche combined integrated science and mechanical engineering to pursue an interdisciplinary career in aerospace design.
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Nvidie @dervine7.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
updating your committee on your dissertation progress
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you've ever wondered what the Sun actually looks like up close, or how scientists can tell what a star is made of just from its light, this is your chance to find out in person. We'll be at Thompson Arena from noon to 6 pm as part of Western's free annual science festival — 42 booths, all welcome
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Summer public nights are here! Starting this Saturday, Cronyn Observatory will open its doors every Saturday evening through the end of August. Check out our summer schedule: cronyn.uwo.ca/schedule/
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Western University @westernu.ca · 28/04/2026
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, #WesternU researchers have revealed the most detailed view yet of Tc 1 – a cloud of gas and dust where carbon molecules known as “buckyballs” form – providing new insights into their formation. @westernuspace.bsky.social
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Western astronomers reveal spectacular birthplace of cosmic buckyballs
A Western University team has returned to the planetary nebula Tc 1 armed with more data from the JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument to capture the first-ever detailed view of buckyballs in space.
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Guarantee
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Check out this super cool research from my colleagues (aka friends)!! 🔭 #astrosci
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Visitors will also take part in astronomy demonstrations, and if the weather allows, the highlight of the evening will be to observe the night sky through our telescopes. 🔭
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Western Space @westernuspace.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Remember to apply for Western Space's 2026 Undergraduate Summer Internships by Saturday, February 15th, 2026! You can apply for more than one project. Learn more about each of the projects and how to apply here: space.uwo.ca/training/sum... 🚀
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This is a super cool tool! It looks like I'm right where I belong, in the blue circle in between the planetary and exoplanet scientists 🔭
Close up view of the astronomy and astrophysics cluster of bluesky users. The image is annotated with red circles around smaller satellite clusters that have been marked with the community names, such as planetary scientists, exoplanet scientists, solar physicists, engineers, space enthusiasts, etc. The cluster of about 5 people where I reside is marked by a little blue circle.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026
I just thought everyone should see this
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC
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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/01/2026
NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks theonion.com/nasa-discovers-distant…
NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Looks like it'll be a pretty good year
Merriam-Webster: Your 2026 Word. The word in the center of the screen is "prosperous".
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/12/2025
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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CASCA GSC @cascagsc.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Meet Michael Poon, a PhD student at UofT 🪐 Michael studies a newly observable signature of planetary formation and dynamics: the tilt between a planet’s rotational and orbital axes, aka exoplanetary obliquity! Read all about his research here: casca.ca?page_id=22362 #astronomy #exoplanets 🧪
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar. The Princess Bride is always my first choice, but here's a close second (and I've currently only watched KPop Demon Hunters exactly 6 times)
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a close up of a person holding a crystal ball
Alt: a close up of a person (David Bowie as the Goblin King) spinning three crystal balls
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Daniel | ScienceSocks et al. @sciencesocks.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Dating advice: Tell a man Oppy's last message was "my battery is low and it's getting dark". If he doesn’t cry, he’s not the one 🚩
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a black screen with green text that says receiving transmission oppy : my batteries are low oppy : it is getting dark
ALT: a black screen with green text that says receiving transmission oppy : my batteries are low oppy : it is getting dark
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Join us for the next public night!
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I have eaten the planets that were in the inner solar system and which you were probably saving for living on Forgive me they were delicious so crunchy and so warm
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🔭 #astrosci
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CASCA GSC @cascagsc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Meet Fraser Smith, a student at Saint Mary's University studying the impact of various physical processes on the ergodicity of SFMS deviations in galaxy simulations 🌌 Read all about their research here: casca.ca?page_id=22353 #astronomy #extragalactic #astrosci
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
You're invited to the next public night at Cronyn Observatory!
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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I don’t really care if AURORA BOREALIS NORTHERN LIGHTS happened to you. It should have happened to me instead.
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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
XKCD meaning of auroras cartoon, showing "normal" at poles, "cool and exciting" in temperate zone, "someone should go check on our satellites" in subtropics, and "A bunch of open questions in Solar-Terrestrial physics are about to be answered" at the tropics
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Sami Lamby 🩷💜💙 @samilamby.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I made a mistake of opening Bluesky and now I'm cursing the clouds and so jealous of everyone seeing aurorae right now
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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
toronto Clear Sky chart showing all white squares for tonight, meaing total cloud coverold man yells at cloud from the Simpsons
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westernucronyn.bsky.social @westernucronyn.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Celebrate Cronyn Observatory's 85th Anniversary on Oct 25th! Join us for talks on the Observatory's history, explore artifacts, and observe through telescopes (weather permitting). 8-10pm, FREE admission!
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/10/2025
Physics Paths xkcd.com/3155/
Vertical comic structured like flow chart. (1) Einstein had an insight that overturned physics, thus proving his value. (2) I hope *I* have value. I’ll try to have an insight that overturns physics, to check. (3) [Time Passes] (4) Oh no! My insight didn’t overturn physics! But I don’t think I’m worthless… [arrows to two different options] (5a) Healthy Path: Maybe this was not a well-thought-out test of my value. (5b) Path of Ruin: The establishment must be *suppressing* my insight!
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Pumpkins and Old Skeletons @corgiseveryhour.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Thanks for a fun #MinCup25 this year. All temporary rivals are forgiven, it was a good match. And #Kyanite, here's to you.
A photo of a very unhappy little boy split into three panels on the left he is standing in a plaid shirt and pink pants with brown shoes on the right top in front of a white background and on the right bottom him sitting in the same clothing with the captions congrats, happy for you, nice
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