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Yao-Yuan Mao @yymao.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I’m grateful for the opportunity to join @rescorp.org's #CottrellScholar community. This recognition means a lot to me. I’m excited to advance our understanding of the cosmos by uncovering hidden low-mass galaxies, and to (re-)humanize our computing education in physics and astronomy for the AI era.

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Dr. Stéphanie Juneau @stephajuneau.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Excited about this press release on Raga's great work finding elusive intermediate-mass black holes in galaxies! This project started during her PhD. Nice to see it come to fruition & also a glimpse of what the future holds with now much more DESI data in hand 🤩🔭 noirlab.edu/public/news/...

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DESI Uncovers 300 New Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Plus 2500 New Active Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies - The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument discovers a treasure trove of active black holes in dw...

Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole, more ...

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

There is no LGB without the TQIA+ We stand together or we fall together. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

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Yao-Yuan Mao @yymao.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

It was really nice to come back to Pittsburgh to see friends and talk about the SAGA Survey.

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Yao-Yuan Mao @yymao.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

(Just realized that I haven't advertized the Astronomy and Astrophysics Outlist on this platform.) If you are an LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈 astronomers/astrophysicists (or an ally) and are comfortable of being out, you can join the Astro Outlist to help increase LGBTQ+ visibility and connect with local community!

astro-outlist.github.io

Astronomy and Astrophysics Outlist

Outlist and ally list for LGBTQIA+ members in the astronomy and astrophysics community

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Yao-Yuan Mao @yymao.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

It's very fitting that my first post here is about this important milestone for the SAGA Survey and for myself personally! The SAGA Survey characterizes satellite galaxy systems around Milky Way-mass galaxies, and we just posted our major results from our Data Release 3! Check arXiv & our website!

A screenshot of the homepage of SAGA Survey Data Release 3 website, with background filled with SAGA satellite images.

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