Brandon Barker
@astrobarker.bsky.social
computational astrophysicist, developer, appalachian starboy, miso’s owner
The postdoctoral job ad for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Center for Theoretical Astrophysics is live! Come join us in beautiful northern New Mexico. aas.org/jobregister/...
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The postdoctoral job ad for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Center for Theoretical Astrophysics is live! Come join us in beautiful northern New Mexico. aas.org/jobregister/...
What color is this cat, be as specific as possible
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
What color is this cat, be as specific as possible
my aesthetic is Dover math and physics textbook art
September 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
my aesthetic is Dover math and physics textbook art
Feeling like Alan Grant more each day
July 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Feeling like Alan Grant more each day
on the opposite side i finally (re) found beamer. turns out they can look interesting after all. wouldn’t use anything else besides Libre office because fuck proprietary thought
July 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
on the opposite side i finally (re) found beamer. turns out they can look interesting after all. wouldn’t use anything else besides Libre office because fuck proprietary thought
Did you know the high desert looks like this
July 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Did you know the high desert looks like this
In honor of Caroline Herschel, remembering one of my favorite poems: Planetarium, by Adrienne Rich (www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46568/...)
March 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In honor of Caroline Herschel, remembering one of my favorite poems: Planetarium, by Adrienne Rich (www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46568/...)
2024 was a wild one. lots of travel, applied to postdocs, finished my PhD, backpacked Isle Royale, started my fellowship at LANL, but saved the best for last: got engaged to the love of my life
January 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
2024 was a wild one. lots of travel, applied to postdocs, finished my PhD, backpacked Isle Royale, started my fellowship at LANL, but saved the best for last: got engaged to the love of my life
Tell him he’s handsome
December 25, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Tell him he’s handsome
They’re having a good one too (right side bed is new)
December 24, 2024 at 11:28 PM
They’re having a good one too (right side bed is new)
Christmas (eve) tamales with chicken and hatch green chile tomatillo salsa
December 24, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Christmas (eve) tamales with chicken and hatch green chile tomatillo salsa
Christmas snacks
December 24, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Christmas snacks
Jam advent calendar (only a few days late to start)
December 4, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Jam advent calendar (only a few days late to start)
Looking at you, python
December 3, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Looking at you, python
call me anakin skywalker
December 1, 2024 at 2:05 AM
call me anakin skywalker
finding out in 2019 that LIGO was using teamspeak as their official telecon platform
November 26, 2024 at 9:24 PM
finding out in 2019 that LIGO was using teamspeak as their official telecon platform
Double paper day! In the first, led by Matthew Mumpower, we explore a new source of nucleosynthesis in long GRBs: conversion of protons to neutrons and pions via photons. In the second, led by MSU postdoc Jing Lu, we compute SN Ic spectra from neutrino driven explosion models
November 19, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Double paper day! In the first, led by Matthew Mumpower, we explore a new source of nucleosynthesis in long GRBs: conversion of protons to neutrons and pions via photons. In the second, led by MSU postdoc Jing Lu, we compute SN Ic spectra from neutrino driven explosion models