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Keighley Rockcliffe

@kerockcliffe.bsky.social

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in no particular order: she/her, exoplanet astronomer, cat mom, cheese lover, Bruins fan, Dunkin connoisseur, 🏳️‍🌈, kdrama enthusiast, trying to be a halfway decent human being 🍉 kerockcliffe.com

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · Feb 18

They’ve indiscriminately fired 10% of NASA employees.

I don’t need to remind you that NASA’s budget is less than 1% of the entire federal budget but I will. Here’s what that looks like, it’s pennies. www.popsci.com/real-cost-na...

The Real Cost Of NASA Missions

What is the price of awe and amazement?

www.popsci.com

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Dec 3

Moving into my own place for the first time! I'm a real adult!

Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 27

Not Alie @ologies.bsky.social referring to veins as "blood tunnels" 💀💀💀💀💀

Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 26

I gave a talk for PLUNCH and the UC Santa Cruz folks were so nice and welcoming! Highly recommend 😊 plus you're basically giving a talk on Endor 🌲🌲🌲

Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸 @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · Nov 26

Hey folks! We're currently accepting nominations for the UC Santa Cruz planetary lunch (PLUNCH) seminar in winter and spring. Self-nominations encouraged! Nomination form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UC Santa Cruz PLUNCH Astronomy Seminar Nomination Form

Planetary Lunch (PLUNCH) at UC Santa Cruz has been ongoing for nearly 20 years and contains weekly seminars by visiting researchers. Topics span both exoplanetary and solar system science, typically w...

docs.google.com

Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 26

getting caught up in coding interactive plots ✌️

Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 21

Nova would like to help boost your content

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 21

It's amazing how easy it is! I didn't realize how easy it was to call. Idk who listens, but it's something!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Nov 21

There is a global climate catastrophe underway, multiple genocides happening, a housing and unhoused people crisis, a child poverty crisis, people are struggling to afford food and what are moderate Democrats and GOP concerned about?

"Where people pee."

These fascists don't want us to survive.

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 21

Or, better yet, here's my cat

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 21

You forgot the timeless astronomer post: here's a pretty picture!

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 20

yes I'm going to take all my anger at the world out on this motion-sensor sink that won't work unless I do the hokey pokey

Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 19

Sorry for the jump scare, these are dark times

Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 19

Dr. Oz are you kidding me

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 19

Knew it was coming, still sad

Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 19

Ken-tastic talk on BARBIE (Bayesian Analysis...exo-Earths) from @nertushka.bsky.social 🩷🩷🔭🪐

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Nov 18

hey bluesky, it's been a while 👋

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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · Mar 11

A new interpretation of JWST spectra suggests that exoplanet K2-18b is a gas-rich world without a habitable surface rather than a life-supporting ocean world. aasnova.org/2024/03/11/k... 🪐🧪

K2-18b May Not Be Habitable After All - AAS Nova

A new interpretation of JWST spectra suggests that exoplanet K2-18b is a gas-rich world rather than an ocean planet.

aasnova.org

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Michelle Collins @runningastronomer.bsky.social · Mar 13

I recently did a stand up comedy set about the random and terrible theories engineers email to astronomers worldwide. I suspect we'll all be hearing a bunch of wacky nonsense from Muskerton on a regular basis imminently.

A tweet from his lord high muskiness proclaiming that something is "fundamentally wrong... with the dark matter theories" and that dark energy is "slightly less dubious". Idiot.

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Feb 19

This is legitimately hilarious

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Slaughter💀🎃🦇 @catieslaughts.bsky.social · Feb 19

Wow today's astrobite is so cool I bet the person who wrote it is pretty cool too ngl

Small but Mighty: Disk Chemistry in an M-Dwarf System

Today’s paper takes a look at circumstellar disks’ chemistries, and addresses how their chemical composition can be impacted by their host stars.

astrobites.org

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PRISM Exeter @prismexeter.bsky.social · Feb 1

🎉 Drumroll, please! We're thrilled to announce the launch 🚀 of our Queer Science Competition! Express your creativity and celebrate LGBTQ+ trailblazers in STEMM with a short essay or video. Dive into the details at prismexeter.com/qsc 📷#QSC2024

PRISM Exeter - QSC

prismexeter.com

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Feb 3

I want to help my department implement an astro-related python coding workshop for undergrad and grads to take. Is there anything like that out there already that y'all recommend?? 🔭

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you!!!

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Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Feb 3

That means so much, thank you for saying that!!!

Keighley Rockcliffe @kerockcliffe.bsky.social · Feb 2

Same happened for me with Extreme Solar Systems 😞 going to New Zealand is a tough sell for a poster

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