Dr. Emily Gilbert
@emdwarf.bsky.social
Staff scientist at Caltech/IPAC, working on the NASA Exoplanet Archive, and studying small stars and planets. But you’ll mostly find baseball and snark here, with occasional scientific interruptions.
Oh god I updated my computer and I have regrets.
February 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Oh god I updated my computer and I have regrets.
Feeling like modern day Sisyphus trying to keep on top of my inbox...
January 27, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Feeling like modern day Sisyphus trying to keep on top of my inbox...
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Fuck, fuck everything, fuck this, fuck me especially.
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Fuck, fuck everything, fuck this, fuck me especially.
Can someone give me a reason to root for the Seahawks? I’ll always root against the Pats, but I want to be excited to watch the Super Bowl
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Can someone give me a reason to root for the Seahawks? I’ll always root against the Pats, but I want to be excited to watch the Super Bowl
Reposted by Dr. Emily Gilbert
01/25 9:45AM
Border Patrol is out in Los Angeles, sightings in Echo Park/ Silverlake and South Central.
Please stay alert, get vulnerable people inside. Record everything and be safe.
Border Patrol is out in Los Angeles, sightings in Echo Park/ Silverlake and South Central.
Please stay alert, get vulnerable people inside. Record everything and be safe.
January 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
01/25 9:45AM
Border Patrol is out in Los Angeles, sightings in Echo Park/ Silverlake and South Central.
Please stay alert, get vulnerable people inside. Record everything and be safe.
Border Patrol is out in Los Angeles, sightings in Echo Park/ Silverlake and South Central.
Please stay alert, get vulnerable people inside. Record everything and be safe.
Ok fiber friends. Does anyone have pattern recs for a circular shawl that I can reverse engineer into a Rebel Loon knitting or crochet pattern? Or can anyone with more pattern making skill turn this into a color work chart? Do your thing, BlueSky! 🧶
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social Hey Mark, your support for us rebels here in MN inspired me to create a new Rebel Loon Alliance logo.
January 24, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Ok fiber friends. Does anyone have pattern recs for a circular shawl that I can reverse engineer into a Rebel Loon knitting or crochet pattern? Or can anyone with more pattern making skill turn this into a color work chart? Do your thing, BlueSky! 🧶
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'Great British Baking Show' judge Prue Leith departs competition after nine years
'Great British Baking Show' judge Prue Leith departs competition after nine years
Prue Leith, a longtime judge for the hit baking competition series 'The Great British Baking Show,' is leaving the tent.
www.latimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:10 PM
!!!
At least one high-profile free agent didn't go to the Dodgers this offseason. Glad to see Belli back in pinstripes
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
At least one high-profile free agent didn't go to the Dodgers this offseason. Glad to see Belli back in pinstripes
Oops.
There should be a rule that if you are a Known Sports Poster you can say things like “holy fucking shit” with zero context but if you are primarily a Known Politics Poster that gets you like a two day ban
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Oops.
That Hail Mary came straight from the Vatican
January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
That Hail Mary came straight from the Vatican
Oh my god do I not miss Chicago winters
January 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Oh my god do I not miss Chicago winters
Can the dodgers just stop, please, my god
January 16, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Can the dodgers just stop, please, my god
Less than 3 hours to go!!!! Eeeee!
Some very intriguing spacecraft are flying on the Falcon 9 rideshare mission out of Vandenberg shortly.
nasaspaceflight.com/2026/01/spac...
By Justin Davenport.
nasaspaceflight.com/2026/01/spac...
By Justin Davenport.
January 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Less than 3 hours to go!!!! Eeeee!
It's happening!!! Pandora is going to space in just over 16 hours (if all goes well). Pandora is going to help us study exoplanet atmospheres, even when their host stars are misbehaving. I am headed up to Vandenberg to watch the launch shortly, and will make a thread about the mission/launch here!
January 10, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It's happening!!! Pandora is going to space in just over 16 hours (if all goes well). Pandora is going to help us study exoplanet atmospheres, even when their host stars are misbehaving. I am headed up to Vandenberg to watch the launch shortly, and will make a thread about the mission/launch here!
Reposted by Dr. Emily Gilbert
It's finally here. Pandora is launching this weekend! svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/.
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | NASA’s Pandora Satellite to Explore Exoplanets and Stars
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Pandora mission, which will help scientists untangle the signals from exoplanets’ atmospheres — worlds beyond our solar system — and their stars.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
It's finally here. Pandora is launching this weekend! svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/.
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
Reposted by Dr. Emily Gilbert
Now that I can take a breath, I'm SUPER EXCITED we can share that NASA's first Pioneer-class mission, Pandora, is launching this weekend, January 11, at 5:19am!!! I was the Mission Archive Scientist on the proposal, and the NASA Exoplanet Archive will host the mission data.
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | NASA’s Pandora Satellite to Explore Exoplanets and Stars
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Pandora mission, which will help scientists untangle the signals from exoplanets’ atmospheres — worlds beyond our solar system — and their stars.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Now that I can take a breath, I'm SUPER EXCITED we can share that NASA's first Pioneer-class mission, Pandora, is launching this weekend, January 11, at 5:19am!!! I was the Mission Archive Scientist on the proposal, and the NASA Exoplanet Archive will host the mission data.
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/
You better hold on tight, spider monkey, Pandora is going to space Sunday morning on the Twilight rideshare launch out of Vandenberg!
www.spacex.com/launches/twi...
www.spacex.com/launches/twi...
SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
www.spacex.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
You better hold on tight, spider monkey, Pandora is going to space Sunday morning on the Twilight rideshare launch out of Vandenberg!
www.spacex.com/launches/twi...
www.spacex.com/launches/twi...
Don’t you dare fuck with us today, wind
January 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Don’t you dare fuck with us today, wind
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Check out the @caltechipac.bsky.social booth at #AAS247!
Also, be sure to ask about our student opportunities! (www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/students) 🔭
Also, be sure to ask about our student opportunities! (www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/students) 🔭
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Check out the @caltechipac.bsky.social booth at #AAS247!
Also, be sure to ask about our student opportunities! (www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/students) 🔭
Also, be sure to ask about our student opportunities! (www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/students) 🔭
And every time I think it can’t get any worse, I am proven wrong
What did we do to deserve 2025?
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
And every time I think it can’t get any worse, I am proven wrong
What did we do to deserve 2025?
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
What did we do to deserve 2025?
Reposted by Dr. Emily Gilbert
I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion
The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism
www.newsweek.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
My heart is breaking
BREAKING: Brown University says there is an active shooter on campus in Rhode Island.
Brown University says there is an active shooter on campus in Rhode Island
Police are responding to an active shooter situation at Brown University near an engineering building on the Providence, Rhode Island Campus, according to the school’s alert system.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My heart is breaking
Reposted by Dr. Emily Gilbert
Happy 14 orbits to the NASA #Exoplanet Archive!
Launched on December 5, 2011, the archive has become THE destination for published exoplanet parameters. I've been using it since its inception, and now I'm lucky enough to get to help maintain it and make it better for all astronomers!
Launched on December 5, 2011, the archive has become THE destination for published exoplanet parameters. I've been using it since its inception, and now I'm lucky enough to get to help maintain it and make it better for all astronomers!
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Happy 14 orbits to the NASA #Exoplanet Archive!
Launched on December 5, 2011, the archive has become THE destination for published exoplanet parameters. I've been using it since its inception, and now I'm lucky enough to get to help maintain it and make it better for all astronomers!
Launched on December 5, 2011, the archive has become THE destination for published exoplanet parameters. I've been using it since its inception, and now I'm lucky enough to get to help maintain it and make it better for all astronomers!