Heidi B. Hammel
@hbhammel.bsky.social
planetary astronomer | nearly famous | jwst interdisciplinary scientist | looks just like an ordinary mom | oboist (thoughts expressed here are my own)
Jupiter bonanza scheduled for JWST starting this Friday 🔭 - woo hoo! The teams are calling on amateur astronomers to assist with context imaging of the Solar System's largest planet.
Starting this Friday, four separate #JWST programmes will be exploring physical processes in Jupiter's atmosphere and ionosphere. We're asking amateur astronomers to help provide context imaging over the next few weeks to understand how the atmosphere is changing with time. #planetaryscience
February 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Jupiter bonanza scheduled for JWST starting this Friday 🔭 - woo hoo! The teams are calling on amateur astronomers to assist with context imaging of the Solar System's largest planet.
Reposted by Heidi B. Hammel
Remember you don’t need a PhD to work in the space field. Sometimes
all you need is IT business experience. This might be YOU!!
all you need is IT business experience. This might be YOU!!
OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Jira Administrator to be responsible for the administration, configuration, optimization, and ongoing support of Atlassian Jira and related tools (12 month contract): https://bit.ly/3ZAoLqQ
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Remember you don’t need a PhD to work in the space field. Sometimes
all you need is IT business experience. This might be YOU!!
all you need is IT business experience. This might be YOU!!
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🎶 Out by the West Texas town of El Paso
We reenacted an old Nena tune
Army believed cartel drones were encroachin’
That’s how we shot down a party balloon 🎶
We reenacted an old Nena tune
Army believed cartel drones were encroachin’
That’s how we shot down a party balloon 🎶
NEW: U.S. military shot down what was believed to be a foreign drone near El Paso this week, but it turned out to be party balloon - Fox News
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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The Rubins at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory 💖
We were delighted and honored to welcome members of Vera Rubin's family to Cerro Pachón for a recent tour of Rubin Observatory ✨
Thank you so much for visiting! 🔭
We were delighted and honored to welcome members of Vera Rubin's family to Cerro Pachón for a recent tour of Rubin Observatory ✨
Thank you so much for visiting! 🔭
January 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The Rubins at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory 💖
We were delighted and honored to welcome members of Vera Rubin's family to Cerro Pachón for a recent tour of Rubin Observatory ✨
Thank you so much for visiting! 🔭
We were delighted and honored to welcome members of Vera Rubin's family to Cerro Pachón for a recent tour of Rubin Observatory ✨
Thank you so much for visiting! 🔭
@leefeinberg.bsky.social is the BOSS - congrats, Lee!
Lee Feinberg: The 2026 SPIE George W. Goddard Award in Space and Airborne Optics
For outstanding leadership through the design, integration, and delivery of optical systems that brought the objectives of #Webb and #Hubble into clear focus. @leefeinberg.bsky.social
spie.org/news/lee-fei...
For outstanding leadership through the design, integration, and delivery of optical systems that brought the objectives of #Webb and #Hubble into clear focus. @leefeinberg.bsky.social
spie.org/news/lee-fei...
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
@leefeinberg.bsky.social is the BOSS - congrats, Lee!
Do you like seeing the amazing science from JWST and Hubble 🔭? Are you a seasoned leader of Science Communication who wants to see more of this? Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach is seeking a Division Head! Apply here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
January 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Do you like seeing the amazing science from JWST and Hubble 🔭? Are you a seasoned leader of Science Communication who wants to see more of this? Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach is seeking a Division Head! Apply here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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Thanks for that, Steve...
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Thanks for that, Steve...
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Gas giants are dead!
Long live ice giants!
(at a bus stop in Edinburgh)
@jjfplanet.bsky.social @markmarley.bsky.social
Long live ice giants!
(at a bus stop in Edinburgh)
@jjfplanet.bsky.social @markmarley.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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Charlemagne “assists” in the making of the valentines door wreath
January 20, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Charlemagne “assists” in the making of the valentines door wreath
Let’s give a big #caturday welcome to young Charlemagne! Metatron finds him acceptable as long as Charlemagne respects Met’s personal space.
January 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Let’s give a big #caturday welcome to young Charlemagne! Metatron finds him acceptable as long as Charlemagne respects Met’s personal space.
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
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Looks like the nasa AGs are no more science.nasa.gov/planetary-sc...
Letter from the NASA Planetary Science Director: the Future of the Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups (AGs) - NASA Science
A Letter from the NASA Planetary Science Director, Dr. Louise M. Prockter: the Future of the Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Groups (AGs)
science.nasa.gov
January 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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One more heartbreak to process 💔 - fare thee well, Bobby
Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78. Weir’s death was announced Saturday in a statement on his Instagram page.
Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78
Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78. Weir’s death was announced Saturday in a statement on his Instagram page.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
One more heartbreak to process 💔 - fare thee well, Bobby
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HIRING: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore is searching for a Office of Public Outreach Division Head. The person would lead the science communication and public outreach activities for the Institute.
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
HIRING: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore is searching for a Office of Public Outreach Division Head. The person would lead the science communication and public outreach activities for the Institute.
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
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January 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social @ NYT reviews the new telescope 🔭 system being pursued under the patronage of the Schmidt Sciences team, with some closing thoughts by me . . . www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/s...
Google’s Former C.E.O. Wants to Build a Cosmic Search Engine
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social @ NYT reviews the new telescope 🔭 system being pursued under the patronage of the Schmidt Sciences team, with some closing thoughts by me . . . www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/s...
The interior of Uranus may be even weirder than you thought… 😉 www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-01...
This exotic form of ice just got weirder
Researchers find evidence of coexisting atomic stacking patterns in superionic water.
www6.slac.stanford.edu
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The interior of Uranus may be even weirder than you thought… 😉 www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-01...
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STScI astronomer Kailash Sahu will receive the 2026 Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize from the American Astronomical Society. He was recognized for his work using microlensing to detect isolated black holes and measure the masses of stars: https://news.stsci.edu/4poB18k #AAS247
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
STScI astronomer Kailash Sahu will receive the 2026 Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize from the American Astronomical Society. He was recognized for his work using microlensing to detect isolated black holes and measure the masses of stars: https://news.stsci.edu/4poB18k #AAS247
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Funded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be bigger than Hubble and the first-ever full-scale private space telescope. By @nadiadrake.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/schm...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/schm...
Lazuli, a Billionaire-Funded Private Space Telescope, Signals a New Strategy for Astronomy
Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private space telescope
www.scientificamerican.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Funded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be bigger than Hubble and the first-ever full-scale private space telescope. By @nadiadrake.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/schm...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/schm...
Stoked for HWO! 🚀 🔭 🪐
“The Habitable Worlds Observatory is exactly the kind of bold, forward-leaning science that only NASA can undertake...” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman...
🔭✨🧪🧵☄️
#exoplanets
#extragalactic
🔭✨🧪🧵☄️
#exoplanets
#extragalactic
NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission - NASA
NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept – the first mission
www.nasa.gov
January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Stoked for HWO! 🚀 🔭 🪐
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ok who gave The Onion my phd thesis
NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks https://theonion.com/nasa-discovers-distant-planet-with-conditions-that-could-sustain-rocks/
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
ok who gave The Onion my phd thesis
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Great opportunity at @stsci.edu to lead the Institute's Public Outreach division. Based in Baltimore, and STScI supports hybrid work. Details here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/... 🔭
recruiting2.ultipro.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Great opportunity at @stsci.edu to lead the Institute's Public Outreach division. Based in Baltimore, and STScI supports hybrid work. Details here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/... 🔭
Metatron approved of the subject matter, but felt that the timing infringed on his feeding schedule
January 3, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Metatron approved of the subject matter, but felt that the timing infringed on his feeding schedule
no cheating, repost with the most recent pic of your pet(s)
January 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
no cheating, repost with the most recent pic of your pet(s)
This morning I saw a news clip about the increasing flu epidemic, and noticed they only interviewed “former CDC officials” on how to protect yourself and others. For which I guess I am grateful?
As vaccination has become a political hot potato, the already patchwork of counties & schools meeting herd immunity standards has fallen further.
Maps + an interactive to lookup your local schools in this blockbuster w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & @caitlingilbert.bsky.social
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Maps + an interactive to lookup your local schools in this blockbuster w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & @caitlingilbert.bsky.social
wapo.st/49zDc43
December 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This morning I saw a news clip about the increasing flu epidemic, and noticed they only interviewed “former CDC officials” on how to protect yourself and others. For which I guess I am grateful?