Dr. Scott W. Fleming
@scottwfleming.bsky.social
Branch Manager at Space Telescope Science Institute working in the MAST archive. Astronomy PhD. Studies stars and exoplanets. Loves programming. Opinions are my own. He/Him/His
Pinned
For my fIrst post, I want to highlight our open-source sonification Python package, Astronify! It's a package to sonify 1D data, esp. light curves from Kepler/K2/TESS. It provides alternative ways to analyze/preview, and most importantly increases accessibility to the data! astronify.readthedocs.io
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for an Archive Analyst, with a focus on user‑facing documentation and tutorials, to help advance our state‑of‑the‑art astronomical data archive. Python experience required: https://bit.ly/3YQDM7y
January 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM
OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for an Archive Analyst, with a focus on user‑facing documentation and tutorials, to help advance our state‑of‑the‑art astronomical data archive. Python experience required: https://bit.ly/3YQDM7y
I’m hiring! Looking for someone with excellent communication skills, knows Python, and wants a career enabling science by creating user-facing content for astronomers. This is a full-time, long-term position that does NOT require a PhD! recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/... 🔭 Apply by Feb 21st!
January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I’m hiring! Looking for someone with excellent communication skills, knows Python, and wants a career enabling science by creating user-facing content for astronomers. This is a full-time, long-term position that does NOT require a PhD! recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/... 🔭 Apply by Feb 21st!
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
🔭We normally hold these Sunday mornings before the start of AAS meetings, but we are willing to hold them in cooperation with local organizers if we have 25 to 30 people signed up to participate. We did this at IU this Fall and brought in four editors to run the meeting and lead discussion.
January 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🔭We normally hold these Sunday mornings before the start of AAS meetings, but we are willing to hold them in cooperation with local organizers if we have 25 to 30 people signed up to participate. We did this at IU this Fall and brought in four editors to run the meeting and lead discussion.
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Principal Astronomical Data Scientist to help advance our data analysis tools for our NASA flagship missions primarily in areas of data visualization: https://bit.ly/4jEvObm
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Principal Astronomical Data Scientist to help advance our data analysis tools for our NASA flagship missions primarily in areas of data visualization: https://bit.ly/4jEvObm
Check out this thread and jump into the RRN 🎺early🎺 folks! Roman data is large enough you’ll need to bring your code TO the data, which is a paradigm shift for a lot of us!
🚀 The Roman Research Nexus is now LIVE! 🚀
A new cloud-based platform built to help the community prepare for—and fully exploit—data taken with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
A thread 🧵
1/5
#AAS247 #RomanResearchNexus #Nexus #NexusLaunch
🔭☄️
A new cloud-based platform built to help the community prepare for—and fully exploit—data taken with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
A thread 🧵
1/5
#AAS247 #RomanResearchNexus #Nexus #NexusLaunch
🔭☄️
January 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Check out this thread and jump into the RRN 🎺early🎺 folks! Roman data is large enough you’ll need to bring your code TO the data, which is a paradigm shift for a lot of us!
Really proud to advertise our accepted peer-reviewed paper analyzing the impact of MAST through analysis of 37,000 papers published in 40 journals over the last 50 years. It's a capstone to decades of work by dozens of MAST staff. Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2512.18101 (1/3) 🔭
January 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Really proud to advertise our accepted peer-reviewed paper analyzing the impact of MAST through analysis of 37,000 papers published in 40 journals over the last 50 years. It's a capstone to decades of work by dozens of MAST staff. Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2512.18101 (1/3) 🔭
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
Stop by our booth at the American Astronomical Society meeting this week in Phoenix, Arizona! Our experts are ready to answer your questions about the Hubble, Webb, and Roman space telescopes, as well as our incredible data archive. #AAS247
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Stop by our booth at the American Astronomical Society meeting this week in Phoenix, Arizona! Our experts are ready to answer your questions about the Hubble, Webb, and Roman space telescopes, as well as our incredible data archive. #AAS247
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
There’s still space available to sign up for our FREE dinner at the 247th AAS! Deadline to apply has been extended until Dec 29, we hope to see you there ☺️
Black In Astro and CSMA are hosting a free networking dinner at the 247th AAS Meeting in Phoenix, AZ! Come connect with fellow community members, explore research collaborations, grad/postdoc opportunities, and more. Let’s grow and support each other!
#AAS247
#AAS247
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
There’s still space available to sign up for our FREE dinner at the 247th AAS! Deadline to apply has been extended until Dec 29, we hope to see you there ☺️
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
🚀The Roman Cycle 1 Call for Proposals is OPEN!
Unlock new discoveries with the Wide Field Instrument—your science starts here! Apply for funding to analyze Roman data, perform theory/lab research, and propose new observations. 🔭☄️
📅 Deadline: Mar 17, 2026 (5 PM PDT)
📝 bit.ly/4q3jbbL
Unlock new discoveries with the Wide Field Instrument—your science starts here! Apply for funding to analyze Roman data, perform theory/lab research, and propose new observations. 🔭☄️
📅 Deadline: Mar 17, 2026 (5 PM PDT)
📝 bit.ly/4q3jbbL
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚀The Roman Cycle 1 Call for Proposals is OPEN!
Unlock new discoveries with the Wide Field Instrument—your science starts here! Apply for funding to analyze Roman data, perform theory/lab research, and propose new observations. 🔭☄️
📅 Deadline: Mar 17, 2026 (5 PM PDT)
📝 bit.ly/4q3jbbL
Unlock new discoveries with the Wide Field Instrument—your science starts here! Apply for funding to analyze Roman data, perform theory/lab research, and propose new observations. 🔭☄️
📅 Deadline: Mar 17, 2026 (5 PM PDT)
📝 bit.ly/4q3jbbL
Heading to the @agu.org annual meeting, interested in using sound to help interpret your complex data, AND make your research more inclusive? Data sonification can help! But don't take my word for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_eU...
Attend the Geo SonNet Town Hall on Dec. 15th to network!
Attend the Geo SonNet Town Hall on Dec. 15th to network!
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Heading to the @agu.org annual meeting, interested in using sound to help interpret your complex data, AND make your research more inclusive? Data sonification can help! But don't take my word for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_eU...
Attend the Geo SonNet Town Hall on Dec. 15th to network!
Attend the Geo SonNet Town Hall on Dec. 15th to network!
Very cool data sonification of Roman science! But I really wish these had a short audio narration in front to provide context. Helps anyone watching this better understand the sounds, and if you are BVI this is just a bunch of weird noises!
Our ears are ringing with stellar news: #NASARoman will be well suited to study red giant stars in the Milky Way’s galactic bulge. Based on simulated data Roman will collect, this sonification converts the waves moving inside these stars into sound: https://bit.ly/3KYZIK8 🔭 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Very cool data sonification of Roman science! But I really wish these had a short audio narration in front to provide context. Helps anyone watching this better understand the sounds, and if you are BVI this is just a bunch of weird noises!
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
What do you get if you sign up for Inbox Astronomy? Spectacular images and astronomical discoveries! Sign up to get news from the universe right in your inbox: https://bit.ly/3KSp8IY 🔭 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What do you get if you sign up for Inbox Astronomy? Spectacular images and astronomical discoveries! Sign up to get news from the universe right in your inbox: https://bit.ly/3KSp8IY 🔭 🧪
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
Hey #astrosci community! After working on this project for 3 years, there's a new Hubble Spectroscopic Legacy Archive that's just been newly made available at @stsci.edu: archive.stsci.edu/missions-and... follow me to learn more! (1/n)
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hey #astrosci community! After working on this project for 3 years, there's a new Hubble Spectroscopic Legacy Archive that's just been newly made available at @stsci.edu: archive.stsci.edu/missions-and... follow me to learn more! (1/n)
We added some nice features to our JWST Search interface. HST rolling out in next couple months, along with more goodies.
Feature update: we've added album previews to our JWST Search interface! Also included with our update is a Light/Dark mode toggle. archive.stsci.edu/contents/new...
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We added some nice features to our JWST Search interface. HST rolling out in next couple months, along with more goodies.
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
Technicians recently tested two major deployments for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: the Deployable Aperture Cover (DAC) and the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS): go.nasa.gov/41X95PN #NASARoman 🔭 🧪
August 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Technicians recently tested two major deployments for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: the Deployable Aperture Cover (DAC) and the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS): go.nasa.gov/41X95PN #NASARoman 🔭 🧪
When I decided to pursue astronomy as a career, inspired by Star Wars, there were no known real planets orbiting stars like the Sun. Now we can take baby photos and SEE them. Incredible, and building off of decades of work by others who came before to get us collectively to this place.
A very hungry planet! 🪐
What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun 🌞
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a/
🔭 🧪 #exoplanets
📷 ESO/R. van Capelleveen et al.
What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun 🌞
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a/
🔭 🧪 #exoplanets
📷 ESO/R. van Capelleveen et al.
August 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When I decided to pursue astronomy as a career, inspired by Star Wars, there were no known real planets orbiting stars like the Sun. Now we can take baby photos and SEE them. Incredible, and building off of decades of work by others who came before to get us collectively to this place.
Four years' worth of Ca HK activity measurements with more planned on the way. Great dataset for anyone exploring stellar activity now at MAST!
New HLSP: OWLS, a long-term spectroscopic stellar activity monitoring program with the ARC 3.5 m Telescope at Apache Point Observatory led by @brettmorr.is . OWLS produces time series Ca II H & K emission measurements to probe activity levels + search for activity cycles. archive.stsci.edu/hlsp/owls
August 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Four years' worth of Ca HK activity measurements with more planned on the way. Great dataset for anyone exploring stellar activity now at MAST!
@commondescentpod.bsky.social Motivation for a Silver Screen episode on Star Wars? Best Star Wars planets for optimal fossilization? What kind of dinosaur was Boba Fett riding in the Christmas Special? Were krayt dragons actually dragons? Dragon*con topic perhaps!? www.wired.com/story/an-anc...
August 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@commondescentpod.bsky.social Motivation for a Silver Screen episode on Star Wars? Best Star Wars planets for optimal fossilization? What kind of dinosaur was Boba Fett riding in the Christmas Special? Were krayt dragons actually dragons? Dragon*con topic perhaps!? www.wired.com/story/an-anc...
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
The more we look with #NASAWebb, the more we find! The latest discovery? A tiny new moon orbiting Uranus. It’s just six miles (9.6 kilometers) in diameter: science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2... 🔭 🧪
August 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The more we look with #NASAWebb, the more we find! The latest discovery? A tiny new moon orbiting Uranus. It’s just six miles (9.6 kilometers) in diameter: science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2... 🔭 🧪
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
Job for AWS experts – become Senior Cloud Software Developer at @stsci.edu, apply by Sept 19:
recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/...
recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/...
recruiting2.ultipro.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Job for AWS experts – become Senior Cloud Software Developer at @stsci.edu, apply by Sept 19:
recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/...
recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/...
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
Tim Rhue, education specialist at STScI, packs up new tactile panels based on the first #NASAWebb image of Uranus. These panels are being sent to museums, libraries, and other educational sites, so that they can share this tactile experience with their audiences. 🔭
August 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Tim Rhue, education specialist at STScI, packs up new tactile panels based on the first #NASAWebb image of Uranus. These panels are being sent to museums, libraries, and other educational sites, so that they can share this tactile experience with their audiences. 🔭
Ever wondered what the "MAST Sky" looks like, from our ~6 PB of data spanning 3 decades...check this out! spacetelescope.github.io/mast-blog/ma...
Really fun project led by the very talented Julie Imig at MAST, showing mission coverage sky-projected! They make VERY good video backgrounds, btw. 🔭
Really fun project led by the very talented Julie Imig at MAST, showing mission coverage sky-projected! They make VERY good video backgrounds, btw. 🔭
July 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ever wondered what the "MAST Sky" looks like, from our ~6 PB of data spanning 3 decades...check this out! spacetelescope.github.io/mast-blog/ma...
Really fun project led by the very talented Julie Imig at MAST, showing mission coverage sky-projected! They make VERY good video backgrounds, btw. 🔭
Really fun project led by the very talented Julie Imig at MAST, showing mission coverage sky-projected! They make VERY good video backgrounds, btw. 🔭
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
NASA's new PUNCH mission is a constellation of 4 small satellites that collectively provide an unprecedented view of giant eruptions breaking free from the Sun.
This first-release video compresses about 6 days of observations. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
This first-release video compresses about 6 days of observations. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NASA's new PUNCH mission is a constellation of 4 small satellites that collectively provide an unprecedented view of giant eruptions breaking free from the Sun.
This first-release video compresses about 6 days of observations. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
This first-release video compresses about 6 days of observations. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
Reposted by Dr. Scott W. Fleming
Hooray for three years of paw-sitively amazing #NASAWebb science! To celebrate, the telescope examined a singular “toe bean” of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a massive star-forming region. Webb reveals gas, dust, and massive young stars: webbtelescope.pub/4khJK9T 🔭
Reply with an image of your pet’s paws! 🐾
Reply with an image of your pet’s paws! 🐾
July 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hooray for three years of paw-sitively amazing #NASAWebb science! To celebrate, the telescope examined a singular “toe bean” of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a massive star-forming region. Webb reveals gas, dust, and massive young stars: webbtelescope.pub/4khJK9T 🔭
Reply with an image of your pet’s paws! 🐾
Reply with an image of your pet’s paws! 🐾
This is what we are doing after Roman. But only if NASA science funding is kept at the levels we need. It takes decades to plan and build these missions, and it’s only possible through steady public support AND stable federal funding throughout the years.
My eyes are fixed on the future, even in volatile times.... 🚀🔭 🧪 🪐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJwD...
NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory Will Search for Life
YouTube video by NASA Goddard
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is what we are doing after Roman. But only if NASA science funding is kept at the levels we need. It takes decades to plan and build these missions, and it’s only possible through steady public support AND stable federal funding throughout the years.