Dr Alfredo Carpineti
@drcarpineti.bsky.social
Astrophysicist, science writer for @iflscience.com, geek, immigrant, and also The Astroholic. Chair of @prideinstem.bsky.social | He/him | opinions are my own
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Very happy to say that my book Invisible Rainbows is coming out in a few months!! 🌈
Info & preorder:
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Info & preorder:
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1/ 🔭This article written by @drcarpineti.bsky.social features a new stunning image obtained by #JWST and presented by MPIA's Mark McCaughrean, a former member of the JWST Science Working Group at ESA. It shows HH 288 also known as the #Dragon Jet. 🐉
"Dragon Jet" Erupts From Baby Stars In Stunning New JWST Image
It takes a lot of stars to make a dragon!
www.iflscience.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM
1/ 🔭This article written by @drcarpineti.bsky.social features a new stunning image obtained by #JWST and presented by MPIA's Mark McCaughrean, a former member of the JWST Science Working Group at ESA. It shows HH 288 also known as the #Dragon Jet. 🐉
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A really brilliant exclusive to be working on this past few weeks!
Wonderful views of stars slightly bigger than the Sun forming, producing some messy and stunning jets in the process! What a beauty!
Image credit: Mark McCaughrean (MPIA)/NASA, ESA, CSA (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wonderful views of stars slightly bigger than the Sun forming, producing some messy and stunning jets in the process! What a beauty!
Image credit: Mark McCaughrean (MPIA)/NASA, ESA, CSA (CC BY-SA 4.0)
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
A really brilliant exclusive to be working on this past few weeks!
Wonderful views of stars slightly bigger than the Sun forming, producing some messy and stunning jets in the process! What a beauty!
Image credit: Mark McCaughrean (MPIA)/NASA, ESA, CSA (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wonderful views of stars slightly bigger than the Sun forming, producing some messy and stunning jets in the process! What a beauty!
Image credit: Mark McCaughrean (MPIA)/NASA, ESA, CSA (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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On 29th January 1996, "Threshold", the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Captain Janeway and Tom Paris turned into giant space newts and had babies first aired. Since it's #ThresholdDay we aim to answer a burning question: did Paris and Janeway fuck? If so, how did they fuck?
January 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM
On 29th January 1996, "Threshold", the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Captain Janeway and Tom Paris turned into giant space newts and had babies first aired. Since it's #ThresholdDay we aim to answer a burning question: did Paris and Janeway fuck? If so, how did they fuck?
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Actually seeing proper progress at the gym 💪 Today was the first time I ever managed to bench 60kg!
Very pleased rn. Mental health benefits from exercise are wild.
Very pleased rn. Mental health benefits from exercise are wild.
January 29, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Actually seeing proper progress at the gym 💪 Today was the first time I ever managed to bench 60kg!
Very pleased rn. Mental health benefits from exercise are wild.
Very pleased rn. Mental health benefits from exercise are wild.
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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*cough* A little bit of extra info to add here:
There's only one transit, so the true period is unknown. It could be anywhere between 300 and 550 days.
This is an exciting candidate! But (a) we don't know if it's real, and (b) we don't know what its temperature is if it IS real.
There's only one transit, so the true period is unknown. It could be anywhere between 300 and 550 days.
This is an exciting candidate! But (a) we don't know if it's real, and (b) we don't know what its temperature is if it IS real.
New planet just dropped and it
1) is almost exactly Earth-sized
2) has a year that's almost exactly 1 Earth year.
3) orbits a star that is not a 💢temperamental little shit M-dwarf 💢but is instead a 🧡 good orange boi 🧡
Me for @science.org based on results presented at #RockyWorlds4: 🔭🧪
1) is almost exactly Earth-sized
2) has a year that's almost exactly 1 Earth year.
3) orbits a star that is not a 💢temperamental little shit M-dwarf 💢but is instead a 🧡 good orange boi 🧡
Me for @science.org based on results presented at #RockyWorlds4: 🔭🧪
Earth-size planet spotted with yearlong orbit
Long-overlooked Kepler signal discovered by citizen scientists reveals promising world worth a closer look
www.science.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:11 PM
*cough* A little bit of extra info to add here:
There's only one transit, so the true period is unknown. It could be anywhere between 300 and 550 days.
This is an exciting candidate! But (a) we don't know if it's real, and (b) we don't know what its temperature is if it IS real.
There's only one transit, so the true period is unknown. It could be anywhere between 300 and 550 days.
This is an exciting candidate! But (a) we don't know if it's real, and (b) we don't know what its temperature is if it IS real.
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🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 👩🔬
Every few years someone tries to declare that particle physics is dead because it’s different from what it used to be and right now that feels a lot like people saying the academy is dying and has lower standards because it’s diversified
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 10:20 PM
🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 👩🔬
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I wonder sometimes if I shouldn't swear so much online esp. when advertising stories I want people to read but part of me thinks some people might read it only for the swearing.
New planet just dropped and it
1) is almost exactly Earth-sized
2) has a year that's almost exactly 1 Earth year.
3) orbits a star that is not a 💢temperamental little shit M-dwarf 💢but is instead a 🧡 good orange boi 🧡
Me for @science.org based on results presented at #RockyWorlds4: 🔭🧪
1) is almost exactly Earth-sized
2) has a year that's almost exactly 1 Earth year.
3) orbits a star that is not a 💢temperamental little shit M-dwarf 💢but is instead a 🧡 good orange boi 🧡
Me for @science.org based on results presented at #RockyWorlds4: 🔭🧪
Earth-size planet spotted with yearlong orbit
Long-overlooked Kepler signal discovered by citizen scientists reveals promising world worth a closer look
www.science.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I wonder sometimes if I shouldn't swear so much online esp. when advertising stories I want people to read but part of me thinks some people might read it only for the swearing.
Very surreal to see the book on sale on Bookshop and Waterstones.
"When will you feel that it's real, Alfredo?" After the last two years and the drama with Unbound... maybe, when I have a physical copy? Or Never? 😅
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/invi...
"When will you feel that it's real, Alfredo?" After the last two years and the drama with Unbound... maybe, when I have a physical copy? Or Never? 😅
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/invi...
Invisible Rainbows: The Unseen Universe Beyond Our Senses
The Unseen Universe Beyond Our Senses
uk.bookshop.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Very surreal to see the book on sale on Bookshop and Waterstones.
"When will you feel that it's real, Alfredo?" After the last two years and the drama with Unbound... maybe, when I have a physical copy? Or Never? 😅
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/invi...
"When will you feel that it's real, Alfredo?" After the last two years and the drama with Unbound... maybe, when I have a physical copy? Or Never? 😅
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/invi...
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I didn't know that people had stopped understanding that actually asshole physicists do solid scientific work all the time and have for centuries
Newton was a complete shithead
Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
Newton was a complete shithead
Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
The Disordered Cosmos
From a star theoretical physicist, “a love letter to the wonderous universe we call home, and an urge to think critically about how we explore its dept...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I didn't know that people had stopped understanding that actually asshole physicists do solid scientific work all the time and have for centuries
Newton was a complete shithead
Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
Newton was a complete shithead
Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
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Eugenics have advanced into the corporate media executive mindset. The nyt used a eugenics promoting source last summer to wage a racist hit piece on Mamdani.
These media folks hang with a despicable crowd.
These media folks hang with a despicable crowd.
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Eugenics have advanced into the corporate media executive mindset. The nyt used a eugenics promoting source last summer to wage a racist hit piece on Mamdani.
These media folks hang with a despicable crowd.
These media folks hang with a despicable crowd.
I got some hate mail on this article but they linked to a piece on the same research written by someone else.
Feels somewhat more insulting… 🤣
Feels somewhat more insulting… 🤣
The map features almost 800,000 galaxies, many of which are unknown to science! www.iflscience.com/the-sharpest...
January 28, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I got some hate mail on this article but they linked to a piece on the same research written by someone else.
Feels somewhat more insulting… 🤣
Feels somewhat more insulting… 🤣
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Organisations that have signed our “Biological Sex” and Its Variants are Transphobic Slurs open letter.
Any organisation that would like to sign the letter in support, please get in touch with us via DM or our website.
tacc.org.uk/biological-s...
Individuals can also sign via the link above.
Any organisation that would like to sign the letter in support, please get in touch with us via DM or our website.
tacc.org.uk/biological-s...
Individuals can also sign via the link above.
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Organisations that have signed our “Biological Sex” and Its Variants are Transphobic Slurs open letter.
Any organisation that would like to sign the letter in support, please get in touch with us via DM or our website.
tacc.org.uk/biological-s...
Individuals can also sign via the link above.
Any organisation that would like to sign the letter in support, please get in touch with us via DM or our website.
tacc.org.uk/biological-s...
Individuals can also sign via the link above.
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Makes you wonder just how dangerously invested the UK is into ai stock and companies if they’re pulling a move this desperate lmao
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Makes you wonder just how dangerously invested the UK is into ai stock and companies if they’re pulling a move this desperate lmao
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In April, #PrideinSTEM turns 10! We will have a celebration for it, and we would like to recognize individuals who have had a positive impact on LGBTQIA+ People in STEM, here in the UK!
Do you know someone who fits that description?
Nominate them here:
prideinstem.org/2026/01/27/n...
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧪🔭
Do you know someone who fits that description?
Nominate them here:
prideinstem.org/2026/01/27/n...
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧪🔭
Nominations open for our Decadal Awards | Pride in STEM
prideinstem.org
January 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
In April, #PrideinSTEM turns 10! We will have a celebration for it, and we would like to recognize individuals who have had a positive impact on LGBTQIA+ People in STEM, here in the UK!
Do you know someone who fits that description?
Nominate them here:
prideinstem.org/2026/01/27/n...
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧪🔭
Do you know someone who fits that description?
Nominate them here:
prideinstem.org/2026/01/27/n...
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧪🔭
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This is SUCH an important point!
Feckless liberals in leadership positions gave the impression that none of us cared about anything deeply except for our careers. Ordinary people are proving this wrong.
Feckless liberals in leadership positions gave the impression that none of us cared about anything deeply except for our careers. Ordinary people are proving this wrong.
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
This is SUCH an important point!
Feckless liberals in leadership positions gave the impression that none of us cared about anything deeply except for our careers. Ordinary people are proving this wrong.
Feckless liberals in leadership positions gave the impression that none of us cared about anything deeply except for our careers. Ordinary people are proving this wrong.
I wrote this today, and I really want to scream how stupid all of this is. All this human self-inflicted suffering is so unbelievably stupid.
The Clock is a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to global human-made catastrophes. www.iflscience.com/doomsday-clo...
January 27, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I wrote this today, and I really want to scream how stupid all of this is. All this human self-inflicted suffering is so unbelievably stupid.
People living with Frenchness
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
People living with Frenchness
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I was always told that one of the central lessons of the Shoah is that legal, juridical regimes can still be immoral. The claim that Anne Frank was in Amsterdam "legally" is false, but more than that, the question "Was Anne Frank an illegal?" is so grossly missing the point of Holocaust remembrance.
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I was always told that one of the central lessons of the Shoah is that legal, juridical regimes can still be immoral. The claim that Anne Frank was in Amsterdam "legally" is false, but more than that, the question "Was Anne Frank an illegal?" is so grossly missing the point of Holocaust remembrance.
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There's still time to sign up for our one-day symposium for Trans+ scientists, researchers, and students in STEM!
#lgbt #trans #transinSTEM #lgbtSTEM #STEM
transstemuk.substack.com
#lgbt #trans #transinSTEM #lgbtSTEM #STEM
transstemuk.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 AM
There's still time to sign up for our one-day symposium for Trans+ scientists, researchers, and students in STEM!
#lgbt #trans #transinSTEM #lgbtSTEM #STEM
transstemuk.substack.com
#lgbt #trans #transinSTEM #lgbtSTEM #STEM
transstemuk.substack.com
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Somewhat bemused by this. Giorgia Meloni couldn't find enough fascist police in Italy?
That hardly seems likely.
Also the EU has an ICE at home which murders people, are Frontex guys going to be jealous of the ICE guys?
That hardly seems likely.
Also the EU has an ICE at home which murders people, are Frontex guys going to be jealous of the ICE guys?
🔴 BREAKING - ICE agents to help with security at Winter Olympics in Italy
ICE agents to help with security at Winter Olympics in Italy
Get the latest Breaking News Alerts from France 24 in real time on Facebook and Twitter: @BreakingF24
f24.my
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Somewhat bemused by this. Giorgia Meloni couldn't find enough fascist police in Italy?
That hardly seems likely.
Also the EU has an ICE at home which murders people, are Frontex guys going to be jealous of the ICE guys?
That hardly seems likely.
Also the EU has an ICE at home which murders people, are Frontex guys going to be jealous of the ICE guys?
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"While almost everything that astronomers study occurs in the vacuum of space, astronomy itself does not 'happen in a vacuum'.
Interactions between scientists, as well as outreach to members of the public, improve extensively from access to good communication tools."
Paper day! ⤵️
Interactions between scientists, as well as outreach to members of the public, improve extensively from access to good communication tools."
Paper day! ⤵️
The Astrosky Ecosystem: An independent online platform for science communication and social networking
While almost everything that astronomers study occurs in the vacuum of space, astronomy itself does not `happen in a vacuum'. Interactions between scientists, as well as outreach to members of the pub...
arxiv.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"While almost everything that astronomers study occurs in the vacuum of space, astronomy itself does not 'happen in a vacuum'.
Interactions between scientists, as well as outreach to members of the public, improve extensively from access to good communication tools."
Paper day! ⤵️
Interactions between scientists, as well as outreach to members of the public, improve extensively from access to good communication tools."
Paper day! ⤵️