Huei Sears, PhD 🌟
@starlights.bsky.social
✨ she/her ✨ astrophysicist studying supernovae + GRBs ✨ reputation is my favorite album ✨
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House Members Push For Strong NASA Science Budget -- A press release from Representatives Chu, Bacon et al urges "Strong Final FY26 Appropriations for Space Science and Exploration." Full text and letter nasawatch.com/policy/house... #NASA
House Members Push For Strong NASA Science Budget
Strong Final FY26 Appropriations for Space Science and Exploration.
nasawatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
House Members Push For Strong NASA Science Budget -- A press release from Representatives Chu, Bacon et al urges "Strong Final FY26 Appropriations for Space Science and Exploration." Full text and letter nasawatch.com/policy/house... #NASA
miss chicago so bad, always
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
miss chicago so bad, always
just so truly carbonated with gratitude and joy (as ariana grade says) :’) it’s a such an immensely beautiful privilege and joy to study the stars
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
just so truly carbonated with gratitude and joy (as ariana grade says) :’) it’s a such an immensely beautiful privilege and joy to study the stars
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have you ever been somewhere so dark you could step outside & immediately spot the Milky Way? i traveled to the Upper Peninsula to learn about efforts to balance industrialization & economic growth with the preservation of starry skies:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
Fighting for ‘The Right to Night’ Under Starry, Rural Skies
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
have you ever been somewhere so dark you could step outside & immediately spot the Milky Way? i traveled to the Upper Peninsula to learn about efforts to balance industrialization & economic growth with the preservation of starry skies:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
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How far back in time can the naked eye see?
To see back in the Universe farther than ever before, we need large, powerful telescopes.
But the naked eye, if you look just right, can take you impressively far.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #cosmology
To see back in the Universe farther than ever before, we need large, powerful telescopes.
But the naked eye, if you look just right, can take you impressively far.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #cosmology
How far back in time can the naked eye see?
Every observation out into deep space is also a look back in time.
bigthink.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How far back in time can the naked eye see?
To see back in the Universe farther than ever before, we need large, powerful telescopes.
But the naked eye, if you look just right, can take you impressively far.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #cosmology
To see back in the Universe farther than ever before, we need large, powerful telescopes.
But the naked eye, if you look just right, can take you impressively far.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #cosmology
lovee this song - “you’ve been dancing in my head like cream in coffee”
open.spotify.com/track/7svBeB...
open.spotify.com/track/7svBeB...
Make It Better
open.spotify.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
lovee this song - “you’ve been dancing in my head like cream in coffee”
open.spotify.com/track/7svBeB...
open.spotify.com/track/7svBeB...
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A terrific writeup from @rami.spaceaustralia.com on our recent Apep results and press release! Would highly recommend giving it a read :)
Two new papers have used data from JWST and ESO's VLT to help uncover new details of the chaos amongst the stars: Apep
@rami.spaceaustralia.com spoke with one of the paper's lead authors @astroryan.bsky.social about this incredible system.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-a...
#SpaceAustralia
🔭
@rami.spaceaustralia.com spoke with one of the paper's lead authors @astroryan.bsky.social about this incredible system.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-a...
#SpaceAustralia
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November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A terrific writeup from @rami.spaceaustralia.com on our recent Apep results and press release! Would highly recommend giving it a read :)
I was so lucky to visit Kitt Peak last week. They gave us an in-depth tour of the Mayall Telescope (home of DESI!) and the WIYN Observatory (home of NEID!).
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I was so lucky to visit Kitt Peak last week. They gave us an in-depth tour of the Mayall Telescope (home of DESI!) and the WIYN Observatory (home of NEID!).
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Our recent low-significance candidate #S251112cm has caught some interest. A false alarm or a big discovery—we will keep investigating. Catch up in these two articles
www.science.org/content/arti... by Adrian Cho
www.iflscience.com/candidate-gr... by @drcarpineti.bsky.social
🔭🧪☄️⚛️
www.science.org/content/arti... by Adrian Cho
www.iflscience.com/candidate-gr... by @drcarpineti.bsky.social
🔭🧪☄️⚛️
www.science.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Our recent low-significance candidate #S251112cm has caught some interest. A false alarm or a big discovery—we will keep investigating. Catch up in these two articles
www.science.org/content/arti... by Adrian Cho
www.iflscience.com/candidate-gr... by @drcarpineti.bsky.social
🔭🧪☄️⚛️
www.science.org/content/arti... by Adrian Cho
www.iflscience.com/candidate-gr... by @drcarpineti.bsky.social
🔭🧪☄️⚛️
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every day I get emails
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
every day I get emails
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Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
there will be better days !!!!! and sometimes those days are today
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
there will be better days !!!!! and sometimes those days are today
the coolest !!!!!!
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
the coolest !!!!!!
x% of y = y% of x
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
x% of y = y% of x
150,000 jobs cut in October !!! what !!!!
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
150,000 jobs cut in October !!! what !!!!
13,000 employees !!!! just 13,000 people out of a job ! unbelievable
Verizon laying off more than 13,000 non-union employees, CEO says
Verizon laying off more than 13,000 non-union employees, CEO says
The layoffs will affect about 20% of Verizon's non-union management, Verizon spokesperson Kevin Israel told USA TODAY.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
13,000 employees !!!! just 13,000 people out of a job ! unbelievable
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Great
@astrobites.bsky.social article by @skylargrayson.bsky.social
on OSU astronomy PhD student Sebastian Lopez's paper showing how PAHs (polycyclic aromatric hydrocarbons) follow cold gas in the outflows of M82, with a great classic rock-inspired title! 🔭 astrobites.org/2025/11/20/m...
@astrobites.bsky.social article by @skylargrayson.bsky.social
on OSU astronomy PhD student Sebastian Lopez's paper showing how PAHs (polycyclic aromatric hydrocarbons) follow cold gas in the outflows of M82, with a great classic rock-inspired title! 🔭 astrobites.org/2025/11/20/m...
Dust in the Wind: A New Tool for Understanding Galactic Outflows
The galaxy M82 is host to an extended multiphase wind driven by star formation. Today's paper attempts to use JWST observations of dust in the wind to understand the structure of its cooler gas.
astrobites.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great
@astrobites.bsky.social article by @skylargrayson.bsky.social
on OSU astronomy PhD student Sebastian Lopez's paper showing how PAHs (polycyclic aromatric hydrocarbons) follow cold gas in the outflows of M82, with a great classic rock-inspired title! 🔭 astrobites.org/2025/11/20/m...
@astrobites.bsky.social article by @skylargrayson.bsky.social
on OSU astronomy PhD student Sebastian Lopez's paper showing how PAHs (polycyclic aromatric hydrocarbons) follow cold gas in the outflows of M82, with a great classic rock-inspired title! 🔭 astrobites.org/2025/11/20/m...
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From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: The wildlife near our observatories didn’t sign up for the night shift. These neighbors are part of the unique ecosystems that surround our sites in Chile. We’re guests in their home, so we keep the lights low, and the camera zooms high. #astronomy
📷NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
📷NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: The wildlife near our observatories didn’t sign up for the night shift. These neighbors are part of the unique ecosystems that surround our sites in Chile. We’re guests in their home, so we keep the lights low, and the camera zooms high. #astronomy
📷NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
📷NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
rain in the desert is always such a magical, surreal experience
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
rain in the desert is always such a magical, surreal experience
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To finish it off, I've also done an annotated version of the paper complete with silly drawings and accessible language! These are inspired by @clairelamman.bsky.social , and you can read this and more here: ryanwhite1.github.io/wolf-rayet.h...
4/4 ⚛️🔭🧪
4/4 ⚛️🔭🧪
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
To finish it off, I've also done an annotated version of the paper complete with silly drawings and accessible language! These are inspired by @clairelamman.bsky.social , and you can read this and more here: ryanwhite1.github.io/wolf-rayet.h...
4/4 ⚛️🔭🧪
4/4 ⚛️🔭🧪
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Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Scientists are partly to blame by not learning to effectively communicate in lay language on modern communication channels. That information void is then ripe for disinformation to fill.
Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.
Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
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NRAO Doctoral Dissertation Award - Applications Now Open!
The $1500 Award will be be given each year to a recent recipient of a doctoral degree and is based on new radio astronomy data.
🚨 Application Deadline: December 15, 2025
The $1500 Award will be be given each year to a recent recipient of a doctoral degree and is based on new radio astronomy data.
🚨 Application Deadline: December 15, 2025
The NRAO Doctoral Dissertation Award
science.nrao.edu
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
NRAO Doctoral Dissertation Award - Applications Now Open!
The $1500 Award will be be given each year to a recent recipient of a doctoral degree and is based on new radio astronomy data.
🚨 Application Deadline: December 15, 2025
The $1500 Award will be be given each year to a recent recipient of a doctoral degree and is based on new radio astronomy data.
🚨 Application Deadline: December 15, 2025
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Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!
NASA's pix of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are now up science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!