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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟

@starlights.bsky.social
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✨ she/her ✨ astrophysicist studying supernovae + GRBs ✨ @ Rutgers U

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 5h
i like this song too music.apple.com/us/album/cle...
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Clean by Alessia Cara on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 3:12
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/
Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/09/2026
One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 01/10/2026
Did color exist in deep time? www.quantamagazine.org/when-did-nat…
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When Did Nature Burst Into Vivid Color? | Quanta Magazine
Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them.
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i really like this song music.apple.com/us/album/bir...
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Birch (feat. Taylor Swift) by Big Red Machine on Apple Music
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 30/09/2026
Our Smile mission is ready for science. Its ultraviolet camera has already captured this substorm rippling through the northern lights around Earth’s North Pole. @science.esa.int 🧪🔭
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The world’s smallest pacemaker is smaller than a grain of rice, can dissolve in the body, and is our #PictureOfTheWeek. Image credit: John A. Rogers/Northwestern University
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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just love the idea of dinosaurs with four wings. My latest for @livescience.com: A newly discovered feathered dinosaur named Norellraptor barsboldi had four wings, and adds evidence to the idea that flight evolved several times in different dinosaur groups. 🧪 www.livescience.com/animals/dino...
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Remarkably preserved feathered dinosaur discovered in China reveals new secrets of flying predator evolution
A newly discovered feathered dinosaur named Norellraptor barsboldi had sharply curved teeth and claws, as well as four wings, and it adds evidence to the idea that flight evolved several times in diff...
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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 25/09/2026
NASA has now confirmed all ground stations supporting the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope are ready to receive the mission’s high volume of data once science operations begin by early 2027. #NASARoman 🔭
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NASA’s Roman Team Confirms Ground Stations Receiving Data - NASA Science
NASA has now confirmed all ground stations supporting the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope are ready to receive the mission’s high volume of data
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, sea otters are making a comeback after years of being targeted for their fur. As a keystone species, sea otters prove that when we protect wildlife, we help whole ecosystems. Join us in defending the ESA: oceana.ly/3Ti9Fqw
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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arXiv @arxiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
arXiv has received a 17.2 million investment from three leading philanthropic organizations. Thank you to Simons Foundation International, Siegel Family Endowment, and XTX Markets for your support of arXiv! Read more: blog.arxiv.org/2026/09/23/arxiv-receives-multiyear-investment/
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
jwst deadline in 1 week; time to stream my favorite @stsci.edu inspired song www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekr2...
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ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ROSÉ
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NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 22/09/2026
NEW: It’s a good day to be a Swiftie! On Sept. 22, Taylor Swift announced that she is releasing a new song at the end of the week. Details here. on.nbcboston.com/lRchMqU
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There’s a new Taylor Swift song coming out soon. What to know about ‘Patient Zero’
She’s been “impatiently waiting” to share this new song with fans, Swift said.
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
trying to keep cool about this
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
right right right right people.com/taylor-swift...
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Taylor Swift Announces New Single ‘Patient Zero’ as She Teases Collector’s Edition CDs
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Taylor Swift announced her new single “Patient Zero.” She released her last album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ in October 2025.
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
raccoon boot camp !!!!!!! what !!!
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The ! human ! brain ! is ! two ! separate ! organs ! what !!! amazing 🧪🧠 #FundScience www.the-independent.com/news/science...
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Human brain is actually two separate organs, scientists find
The Stanford University breakthrough stands to open new doors for research into fatal neurodegenerative diseases
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 21/09/2026
🐅 Every day, veterinarians and zookeepers make their way to Cuba's National Zoo however they can, determined to not abandon the nearly 1,000 animals in their care and help save species at risk of extinction -- including an extremely rare white tiger 🇨🇺 🎥 u.afp.com/SjFX
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
everyone go stream 'Day and Night' right now
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
new CRJ /double/ album btw....... amazing
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
amazing; i love the underlying piano music.apple.com/us/album/any...
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Anybody's fool by Lizzy McAlpine on Apple Music
Song · 2026 · Duration 3:49
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Sar Crespi @boron110.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's not easy being green--you need to protect your biliverdin (aka where frogs get their green) #ScienceAdvances @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Serpin-driven green camouflage and NIR fluorescence in frogs
Biliverdin is one of the few endogenous green pigments in animals, yet its use in camouflage and fluorescence is limited by rapid degradation or excretion. Multiple arboreal frogs have overcome this c...
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What a day! Don’t think I’ll ever grow tired of this place. Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, Saskatchewan 💙💛💚
View down a forested path with green grass trail and yellow foliage. View across a huge expanse of grass to a butte on the horizon. Yellow leafed tree in the foreground and the sky overhead is bright blue with puffy white clouds. A creek meanders through with rolling hillside and yellow tree filled coulees in the background. Looking across a wide expanse of grass to hills on the horizon. Sky overhead is clear and blue.
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This story of the resilience and courage of a young pelican, who "asked" at a NOAA lab for help, and GOT it, is my feel-good story of the month 🥺 🦑 🌊 🧪 wapo.st/4roaN8r
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Scientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.
“This is kind of just a once-in a-lifetime experience,” said marine researcher Annsli Hilton.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 19/09/2026
In Chile, large swaths of the Atacama desert -- the driest non-polar desert on the planet -- are covered with spectacular wildflowers. The bloom usually occurs between August and November during the Southern Hemisphere spring. 📷 Javier Torres
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 19/09/2026
The Moon is showing off again🌕✨ It's International #ObserveTheMoon Night! 🌙 The Moon is dazzlingly bright — so bright that NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will never point at it. But there are many Solar System objects that are incredibly faint, and that’s where Rubin shines.🔭🧪☄️
Large full moon rising behind an observatory dome on a dark mountain ridge at night.Sequence of stacked images showing the moon setting diagonally from right to left above an observatory on a rocky mountain peak. Silhouette of a building against a vibrant red and orange sunset sky with a thin crescent moon. Large observatory building silhouetted against a twilight sky with a crescent moon visible above.
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Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐 @astrojaket.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
SN 2026aaiv in the galaxy NGC 7331 🔭 I took this pic last night
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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/09/2026
New #ScienceAdvances research finds that Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded, according to enamel isotopic data from three T. rex teeth. scim.ag/4AdOvKR
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@mhuston.bsky.social oh no
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
TRex temperature from TRex teeth....... amazing 🦖🧪 science is so cool
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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Forgot to share this at the time but I recently made my Nat Geo debut! I wrote about how to help keep bees cool on hot summer days 🐝🥵 check it out! www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Hot Days Are Hard on Bees. Here’s How You Can Help Them Cool Off.
Bees play a crucial role in pollinating plants, but soaring temperatures can put them under stress. Here’s how to make your backyard a cooling bee-friendly oasis.
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CNN @cnn.com · 18/09/2026
A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in more than a century. cnn.it/46Aioav
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
new cat new cat new cat !!!!! 🧪 science is so cool
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 18/09/2026
Using fossilized teeth, scientists have finally taken the T. rex's temperature — and it wasn't too different from our own. to.pbs.org/4yIy33q
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T. rex had a body temperature similar to our own, study finds
Using fossilized teeth, scientists have finally taken the T. rex's temperature — and it wasn't too different from our own.
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US National Gemini Office @usngo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Throwback post: Our friends at Kitt Peak (home of DESI and NEID) also got a spectacular view of the Lunar eclipse. Note the "tiny" dot in the Southeast starting at 15 seconds! #Astronomy
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The Economist @economist.com · 16/09/2026
Many scrap collectors rise as early as 3am to squeeze in hours of housework before the day’s labour begins. It often takes over a month to gather enough material to take to the mills, where the women are paid a meagre piece rate
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Women lead brutal lives in Colombia’s illegal gold-mining regions
They survive on what men discard, and are exploited by them
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US National Gemini Office @usngo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thanks to the efforts of our Engineering (and other) teams, Gemini South is going back to the sky tonight (Sep 15th) after the largest and most impactful winter storm to hit Chile since 1954! Let's hope for great weather and a safe return to operations! #astronomy
This image of the Gemini South telescope is so bright that it is hard to believe it was captured at night. Gemini South is the southern half of the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. The wedge-shaped light on the right side of the photo is not from an artificial source (although there are city lights below it), but is a natural phenomenon known as zodiacal light. This occurs when sunlight scatters off dust particles in the plane of our Solar System, illuminating part of the sky after sundown or before sunrise. The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky, as seen from Earth, and the apparent path of the planets. Gemini Observatory is named after one section of the zodiacal belt: Gemini, the constellation of the Twins.
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
JWST deadline soon; u know what that means.... APT time www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekr2...
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ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ROSÉ
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Course: Introduction to Basic Philosophical Astronomy 
Type: Six-week evening class 
Location: Physics Building Roof 

Modules: 
Week One - Whoa, look at all those stars 
Week Two - Dude, there are, like, bajillions 
Week Three - let me blow your mind with some big bang facts 
week Four - d'you think aliens are doing this on their planet?
Week Five - Let's just chill out and take it all in for a while 
Week Six - Seriously, it's crazy how many stars are up there 

Image: figures sprawl on the roof of a building, gazing at a sky filled with stars.
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Brett Morris @brettmorr.is · 14/09/2026
NASA’s proven track record of exceeding its requirements continues apace. 🔭🧪 Invest in American space sciences, and vote. science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/...
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Fuel Savings Double Potential Lifetime for NASA’s Roman Mission - NASA Science
The results are in: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s very accurate first mid-course correction, along with other fuel savings, are expected to more
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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🐋👽 What can whales teach us about alien communication? TODAY on #SETILive, Isabel Gerrard and Dr. Fred Sharpe join @kosmichh.bsky.social to explore humpback whale communication, overlooked signals, and the search for intelligence beyond Earth. 🧪 👩‍🔬 🐋 ⏰ 3:30 pm PDT 🔗 buff.ly/MJfrnyj
SETI Live record button logo. Text: The Signals We Miss with Simon Steel, Fred Sharpe, and Isabel Gerrard, Monday, 14 September 2026, 3:30 pm PDT / 6:30 pm EDT. Background: A pair of humpback whales - adult and child - under the water with the shimmer of the surface above. Inset photos: Simon Steel, Fred Sharpe, and Isabel Gerrard.
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
first ever TRex footprints !!!!!!! amazing 🦖🧪
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
an interview worth your read www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Colin Kaepernick Misses the Game
In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league.
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Markus Pössel @mpoessel.de · 14/09/2026
Tonight‘s aim: another image of Supernova 2026aaiv, which is currently happening in NGC 7331. 🔭🧪
Spiral galaxy with a bright extra dot near the center.
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Earl Grey Frames Club @frames.earlgreymemes.club · 14/09/2026
Star Trek Voyager "Initiations"; Kes and Janeway on a rocky alien planet; Kes is looking down at her tricorder, with caption: Captain Janeway, I'm reading
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Carlos Rossa @carlosrossa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Baby you're a rich man (big scientific publisher owners). The fool on the hill (Under Review last update 8 months ago). 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Need Help! writing a paper title? All you need is the Beatles
At least 3200 scientific publications refer to the Fab Four’s music—by far the most of any top-selling artist
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US National Gemini Office @usngo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A week in the life of Gemini North! 🔭 Check out some of the gorgeous targets we pointed at between 09-06-2026 and 09-13-2026. #Astronomy
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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 14/09/2026
Why was this tidal disruption event so far from its galaxy’s core? Explore this, and other comic questions, with News from the Universe: viewspace.org/video_library?tags=16…
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 14/09/2026
Gorgeous crepuscular rays at sunset tonight
A flat horizon with yellow and blue rays after the sunset.
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