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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena

@terevaldivia.bsky.social
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(Radio)Astronomer 🌟 she/her Postdoc fellow at European Southern Observatory Known as the streamer girl

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
Open PhD positions: The IMPRS for Solar System Science at the University of Göttingen and at TU Braunschweig is offering PhD projects in Star-Planet Interactions and in Planet Formation www.mps.mpg.de/phd/open-projects Star-Planet Interactions with E. Ilin […]
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ESO @eso.org · 07/09/2026
#ESOjobs If you are a PhD student in astronomy or related scientific fields, you can apply for the ESO Studentship Programme 2026/2027. Positions are available at our Headquarters in Germany or in our offices in Santiago (Chile). Apply by: 20 October 2026. Details: recruitment.eso.org 🔭
A view of the La Silla Observatory. Several telescope domes are visible across a rocky landscape. Layers of distant mountains stretch towards the horizon beneath an orange and yellow sky. Image by ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org).
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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 10/08/2026
hot take: I would rather read your imperfect English in your own voice than perfect LLM English that makes all writing narratively the same
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO @thenrao.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The NSF NRAO and the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) are #hiring! We currently have job openings in Charlottesville, VA for: ➡️ NAASC Scientists (3 positions available) ➡️ ALMA2040 Project Director (Astronomer) Apply to join our team: bit.ly/4bs6VN5 #ALMA #NAASC #NRAO
Background: Photo of an ALMA telescope against a dark, starry sky. Logos of NSF, AUI, NRAO, and ALMA are included. Text: We are hiring. NAASC Scientists (3 positions). ALMA 2040 Project Director.
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Recently, my first streamer paper, and also my first paper with the amazing PRODIGE team, reached 100 citations 🎉 This was a textbook example of a streamer so thin and straight, it could not be confused with something else. scixplorer.org/abs/2022A%26...
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Joanna Drążkowska @astrojoanna.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Our latest paper has been accepted for publication! 🎉 We demonstrated that a single late infall event perturbing the outer disk can trigger the formation of multiple giant planets and ringed disk structures resembling those observed around young stars. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2607.18370
Figure from the paper with two rows and four columns. The upper row shows the results of the dust evolution and planet formation model. The bottom row shows synthetic observations of these snapshots. The model starts with single dust ring caused by late infall at around 80 au. In the next snapshot at 0.75 Myr, one giant planet formed and split the initial ring in two. At 1.05 Myr the planet has migrated inward, and a new planet emerged around the location of the original ring. This evolution continues, and at 1.7 Myr we have 3 giant planets at around 16 au, 23 au, and 40 au, and 3 dust rings, each located just inside of a planet.
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO @thenrao.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
NEW: VLA Sky Survey Sets New Standard for High-Resolution, Wide-Area Radio Astronomy NSF NRAO has completed observations for the Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS), the most detailed radio survey of the sky ever conducted, providing an unprecedented view of the dynamic radio universe. #RadioAstro
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VLA Sky Survey Sets New Standard for High-Resolution, Wide-Area Radio Astronomy
NSF NRAO VLASS delivers the most detailed radio sky survey ever, mapping 34,000 sq. degrees with high resolution to reveal dynamic cosmic phenomena and enable new discoveries.
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I have had the chance to meet Betty a couple of times, and hearing her speak about our role in science and humanity's development is always inspiring!
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ESO @eso.org · 11/02/2026
2/ Are you a woman interested in career opportunities at ESO? Join the Virtual Career Fair for Women in STEM 2026. Co-organised by ESO, it offers the opportunity to connect with representatives from ESO and other leading organisations. 🗓️ 19 March ℹ️ www.impactpool.org/vcf/events/3... 🔭 🧪
Promotional banner for the “Virtual Career Fair for Women in STEM 2026,” showing the event title, date and time, a brief description celebrating women in science and technology, and an “Apply to attend” button, with abstract hexagonal graphics.
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Advice number 1 literally saved my career when I was invited for PhD interviews.
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ESO @eso.org · 02/02/2026
#ESOjobs We are inviting students from European and Chilean Universities in their career's last period to participate in the Winter Internship 2026 programme at Paranal. The deadline to apply is 28 February 2026. Details: recruitment.eso.org 📷 ESO/G.Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)
Promotional hiring graphic with the headline “We are hiring!” announcing internships for the Winter 2026 programme in Paranal, Chile. The text includes icons indicating location and application deadline. On the right, a nighttime photograph shows large observatory buildings and telescopes.
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Bibiana Prinoth @bibianaprinoth.ch · 17/12/2025
The application for the ESO Summer Research Programme 2026 has just opened! It‘s a six week programme in Garching close to Munich where pre-Ph.D students can work on a hands-on project. Working at @eso.org is a fabulous experience, so please help me spread the word ✨ 🔗 eso.org/sci/meetings...
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ESO - SummerResearch2026
ESO is the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere. It operates the La Silla Paranal Observatory in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany.
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Marcel Böhme @mboehme.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Hopefully, it will allow us to refocus on what truly matters in science, on big problems, on intuition and insights, on theory building, and away from the brute mechanics of publishing and the bean counting that has put the breaks on true progress in science. hegemon.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
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The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
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Kelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Procrastination takes may forms. Tonight as a service to the astronomical community I offer help with your JWST proposal titles. #JWST 🧪🔭✨
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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
it’s time 🧛
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I was there in the 2017 desert bloom. It's the most magical, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
For me, the hardest step of writing a paper is not starting, it's when you have written almost everything (except introducgion), have your plots almost as you want them, but the overall paper is just not. Good. Enough. And it's so close to completion, but it's just not there yet. What's yours?
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Sierra Grant @sierragrant.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New MINDS paper from Nicolas Kurtovic, focused on binary systems. Spectra, extended emission, variability, multi-observatory analysis -- there's something for everyone! arxiv.org/pdf/2508.02576
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ESO @eso.org · 24/07/2025
ALMA found evidence for complex organic compounds, such as sugars & amino acids, in a protoplanetary disc. Thus, discs may inherit these complex molecules from interstellar clouds. More in this press release by @mpi-astro.bsky.social : www.mpia.de/news/science/2025-05-v8… 🔭 🧪
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The evolution of life may have its origins in outer space
Astronomers find complex organic molecules – precursors to sugars and amino acids – in a planet-forming disc.
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ESO @eso.org · 17/07/2025
Astronomers pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star. 🎬 Discover more with the latest episode of #ChasingStarlight ICYMI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j-MH6_QlBA Full story: www.eso.org/public/news/eso2512 🔭 🧪
A central bright, glowing region with orange and red clouds of dust and gas streaming outward in multiple directions. Blue and white jets of matter can be seen emerging from the center. The text “Planets are forming here now” is displayed on the image. ESO’s logo is visible on the top right.
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Brandt Gaches @brandt-gaches.space · 04/07/2025
For those who may not know, July is #disability pride month. Within #academia (& #astronomy), there are still many pitfalls and barriers that make things difficult for astronomers with disabilities. So, I figured throughout the month, I would share some of what I have experienced with my disability
Disability pride flag - a charcoal grey flag bisected diagonally from the top left corner to the lower right right corner by five parallel stripes in red, pale gold, pale grey, light blue, and green (Credit: Wikipedia for alt text)
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Brandt Gaches @brandt-gaches.space · 03/07/2025
Given the looming massive budget slashes back in the US, any US early career researchers who are looking for options - Germany has several really great funding schemes! The Humboldt fellowship and Walter Benjamin (DFG) program are excellent for 2 year fellowships!
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Gijs D Mulders @gijsmulders.com · 03/07/2025
Interested in doing a Masters or PhD in one of the leading astronomical institutes in Latin America? Apply now to these fully funded positions! aas.org/jobregister/... 🔭🧪☄️ #exoplanets
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PhD and Master positions in Astrophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | American Astronomical Society
The Institute of Astrophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (IA-PUC) invites applications to our Ph.D. (4-yr) and Master’s (2-yr) programs, beginning March 2026, from talented students w...
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Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics @mpe-garching.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🥳 Congratulations to @terevaldivia.bsky.social, who has been awarded both the prestigious #OttoHahnMedal and the #OttoHahnAward by @maxplanck.de for her outstanding dissertation! In this Interview she talks about her research, the award ceremony and her future work: www.mpe.mpg.de/8076532/news...
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Honoured twice
Teresa Valdivia-Mena receives the Otto Hahn Medal and Otto Hahn Award for her dissertation on streamers in protoplanetary disks.
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Completely coincidentally, we were all in different variations of blue in the CPT section Otto Hahn Medal ceremony @maxplanck.de © David Ausserhofer / MPG
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Look, there's a me!
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Had a great time at S4 and in #EAS2025 in general! Unfortunately my visit was quite short (for good reasons).
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 23/06/2025
Want to download everything from today? Whether you want a new desktop background or an image to send to friends and family, we've got you covered! Head to rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery and take your pick 🌌🔭🧪 (...or just download everything, no need to choose!)
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 16/06/2025
Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record. Customers, sleuths and the shadowy owner of a paper mill explain why to Nature. #Academicsky #ResearchPublishing 🧪
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Authorship for sale: Nature investigates how paper mills work
Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record. Customers, sleuths and the shadowy owner of a paper mill explain why.
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endeavorance 🕊️ @endeavorance.camp · 11/06/2025
Sorry, I can’t do that right now—I have an appointment in several hours that I need to stress over
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Trump’s proposed cut to giant physics experiment could snuff out new form of astronomy Degrading @ligo.org ’s observations of gravitational waves would amount to “killing a newborn baby,” one astrophysicist says. www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪🔭⚛️
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Trump’s proposed cut to giant physics experiment could snuff out new form of astronomy
Degrading LIGO’s observations of gravitational waves would amount to “killing a newborn baby,” one astrophysicist says
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Tip for PhD applicants reaching out to prospective advisors: Don’t use an LLM to write these emails. It’s not a great first impression to express your admiration for a recent paper the faculty member published if that paper does not exist.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/06/2025
Check Engine xkcd.com/3096/
Comic. [yellow sphere with icon that reads, CHECK ENGINE] [caption] This new sunspot cluster has raised concern among astronomers.
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"Why should my tax dollars go to fund your astrophysics research?" A thread. 🔭🧪 Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Leute, are there any good tools to help you build acronyms?? For data surveys preferably 🔭
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Miguel Vioque @mvioque.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Hello everyone! I’d like to advertise a recent paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04699. Led by Lavinia Delfini, we use the Gaia XP spectra to derive accretion rates for 145 975 candidate YSO Hα emitters all-sky within 500 pc. We find a percentage of accretors of 70% at 2 Myr and 2.8% at 10 Myr.
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 07/05/2025
Meet the 2025 Research Fellows in space science! They were selected to pursue their own independent research in space science at one of our establishments. Find out who they are and what kind of research they do here 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... Congratulations to all! 🧪☄️
Graphic with space-y background, a title 'Research Fellows in space science 2025' and photos of the 10 new Research Fellows in Space Science 2025 with their names: Jo Ann Egger, Adam J. Finley, Zsofi Igo, Antonio La Marca, Benjamin Man, Cyril Mergny, Ioanna Psaradaki, Maria Edvige Ravasio, Giulia Roccetti and Ciarán Rogers.
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A big hug to all my dear warriors ploughing through the last 2 hours of ALMA proposal submissions 📡🔭
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Speaking of the use of DMS as biosignature... 🔭 (tl;dr: there are viable abiotic chemical reaction to explain DMS observed in the ISM)
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Just a little update for the busy, from the world of science: 1) There's no life on K2-18b 2) Vaccines cause adults 3) They are not Dire Wolves Carry on.
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Laura Kreidberg @lkreidberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Shared some (highly skeptical) thoughts on today’s “habitable planet” #K218b news. Thank you @npr.org for the responsible reporting on this topic!
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I would love to never see the phrase "little is known about" in a paper ever again. (1) Most of the time the authors are far more confident about that statement than they should be. (2) There are lots of things we know little about because no one cares. Just not knowing isn't a good motivation.
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Dominique Segura-Cox @seguracox.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Registration extended to May 1! Don't miss out on your chance to attend the Multiplicity in Young Stars Conference in Copenhagen this August to discuss all things binary!
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I have not taken the tutorial for sci. writing from Henri Boffin (co-author of this article), but I have heard only good things from it :) so yeah, checking this out after vacations!
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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"I cannot [bring] myself morally to spend Canadian taxpayers’ money in attending U.S. conferences." My latest story for @science.org—about international scientists rethinking conferences on U.S. soil. www.science.org/content/arti...
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International scientists rethink U.S. conference attendance
Opposition to Trump administration and fears of customs run-ins are shifting travel plans
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
"Remember Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide? The answer is apparently 42, but nobody knows the right question. That's research in a nutshell"
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Dr. Teresa Valdivia-Mena @terevaldivia.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
For the high-school career visits' week here in Bayern, I want to teach the kids how to make azimuthally averaged profiles and create moment maps of ALMA data with Python. For various analysis. Am I too ambitious? Yes Have I procrastinated all week on this? Also yes
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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 21/03/2025
What happens when a young star captures some extra gas and dust? New observations of a dusty disk reveals how a late-stage infall event may be influencing planet formation in AB Aurigae. aasnova.org/2025/03/21/a... 🔭🧪
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A Late-Stage Infall Renovation: Mapping the Circumstellar Disk of AB Aurigae
What happens when a young star captures some extra gas and dust? New observations of a dusty disk reveals how a late-stage infall event may be influencing planet formation in AB Aurigae.
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