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Eve Vavagiakis

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Assistant Professor of Physics at Duke. Cosmology and astrophysics with ACT, CCAT, CMB-S4 and the Simons Observatory. Author of Meet the Universe books, MIT Kids Press: “I’m a Photon” out May 2025! Cornell alum x3 🐻 Often outside 🏃‍♀️🚵🏻‍♀️🥾

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Feb 21

My “Meet the Universe” series has its own page now!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/UNK/m...

#kidlit #scicomm #nonfiction #childrensbooks @mitpress.bsky.social

Meet the Universe

Buy books online and find book series such as Meet the Universe on PenguinRandomHouse.com

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · 27d

Oh dear, thankfully not yet!!

Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · 28d

Hi there, thanks! I just haven’t been using Bluesky much. I hope you’re doing well!

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Prachi Garella @prachigarella.bsky.social · Sep 30

New episode with @evevavagiakis.bsky.social is out now on the Knowmads Podcast @bhavaytyagi.bsky.social

m.youtube.com/watch

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Prachi Garella @prachigarella.bsky.social · Sep 30

Episode 21| Eve M. Vavagiakis on What goes into Cosmological Observations.

@evevavagiakis.bsky.social

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Eve M. Vavagiakis on What goes into Cosmological Observations

YouTube video by The Knowmads Podcast

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Bluefors @bluefors.com · Aug 14

Excitement is mounting in Chile's Atacama Desert, as the CCAT Observatory prepares to hit first light in 2026! 🔭
We interviewed @michaelniemack.bsky.social and @evevavagiakis.bsky.social to take a look at the research and instrumentation of this project: bluefors.com/stories/ccat...
#CoolForProgress

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Aug 2

Closing out the Schrödinger Sessions at UMD with a conversation with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social! Such a great workshop on quantum and how to communicate it to the public

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Bluefors @bluefors.com · Jul 21

🔗 Part 1 - Sherry, Aziza and Eve: bluefors.com/stories/insp... @azizasuleymanzade.bsky.social @evevavagiakis.bsky.social
🔗 Part 2 - Natalie, Judy and Tamanna: bluefors.com/stories/insp...

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Bluefors @bluefors.com · Jul 4

👋 Hey Bluesky! We’re Bluefors—bringing you cutting-edge #cryogenics, #QuantumTechnology highlights, stories about fascinating research, behind-the-scenes moments, news, and more. Follow along for all things cool!❄️

#PhysicsSky #Quantum #CoolForProgress

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Jul 2

Summer 2025 group ice cream celebration!

Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Jun 30

We are fighting for our lives here to keep our eyes open in the sun, but it was a pleasure talking about CCAT at mm Universe ‘25 last week in Chicago!

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Chris Walter @chriswalter.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jun 3

A nice article about my colleague @evevavagiakis.bsky.social 's physics books for children:

https://trinity.duke.edu/news/if-you-think-physics-just-grownups-think-again

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Jun 2

The third Michigan Cosmology Summer School in Ann Arbor kicks off now with Maya Fishbach discussing gravitational waves and standard sirens!

Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · May 22

It’s a very beginner-friendly resource! :)

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · May 22

“I’m a Photon” comes out next week!

trinity.duke.edu/news/if-you-...

If You Think Physics is Just for Grownups, Think Again

When it comes to the tiny particles that make up our universe, do you think you know more than a seven-year-old?

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · May 10

Look at this glorious view of the CCAT site! The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope structures are now all present on Cerro Chajnantor, over 18,000 ft (5,600 m) above sea level.

📸 Diego Maldonado

Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · May 10

The video also advertises science communication pages for kids from Fermilab and NASA ⚛️🚀

Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · May 10

Excited to publish this #NSFFunded animated video project introducing neutrinos as imagined by the illustrator of “I’m a Neutrino”!

A 60 second intro to the neutrino particle, the video features the Atacama Cosmology Telescope @act-pol.bsky.social!

youtu.be/EHECLxbRN5w

Hi! I'm a neutrino! Let me introduce myself.

YouTube video by Eve Vavagiakis

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Apr 10

“I’m a Photon” has received a starred review from School Library Journal! @slj.com

“VERDICT This is a surprisingly captivating introduction to particle physics that will serve as a helpful selection to libraries and classrooms.”

www.slj.com/review/im-a-...

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Jenna Moore, Ph. D. 🔭✨ @drjmo.bsky.social · Apr 10

@evevavagiakis.bsky.social introduces Large™️ @simonsobservatory.org telescope to a standing room only crowd at @astronomyontap.bsky.social Durham!

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Apr 9

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New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak

The first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived at its final home: the Cerro Chajnantor mountaintop, more than 18,000 feet above sea level.

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Apr 9

Brochure on just one of many programs with stop work orders: www.chess.cornell.edu/sites/defaul...

www.chess.cornell.edu

Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Apr 9

A stop work order at Cornell includes programming funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Department of Defense for materials and manufacturing studies. This research directly translates to industrial research and defense. What are we doing to this country?

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Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Apr 8

Come to Astronomy on Tap tomorrow night at the Durty Bull in Durham to find out what our telescopes really look like! I’ll chat about the most ancient light in the cosmos and what we’re building to study it

Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Apr 1

Very happy to be back on the hill this week! 🐻

Eve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · Apr 1

These days, this doesn’t even seem like much of a reach…

Mark Popinchalk @markpopinchalk.bsky.social · Apr 1

The "empty space in plots could be used for advertisements" April Fools paper got me to literally laugh out loud 🔭🧪

arxiv.org/pdf/2503.24254

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