Emily Rauscher
@astronemly.bsky.social
Astronomy prof at U Michigan; exoplanet atmospheres in 3D; cares about people more than science; despises chocolate (she/her)
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Since the timeline is awash in terrible things about how men treat women and girls, I want to tell one little story about how it could be.
Near the end of my PhD I was at a conference. It was fun, although mostly not my usual crowd. I ended up hanging out with some fun folks.
Near the end of my PhD I was at a conference. It was fun, although mostly not my usual crowd. I ended up hanging out with some fun folks.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Since the timeline is awash in terrible things about how men treat women and girls, I want to tell one little story about how it could be.
Near the end of my PhD I was at a conference. It was fun, although mostly not my usual crowd. I ended up hanging out with some fun folks.
Near the end of my PhD I was at a conference. It was fun, although mostly not my usual crowd. I ended up hanging out with some fun folks.
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Big faculty shift in exoplanets. www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Quest to find another Earth brings renowned researcher home to Toronto | CBC News
Canadian astronomical research is getting a big boost with the return of Sara Seager to Canada after around 20 years at MIT. Her research includes looking for life in the clouds of Venus and searching...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Big faculty shift in exoplanets. www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
As a white woman in science, I do/don’t fit in the status quo. The experience described here sounds like my experience attending NSBP-NSHP over the years: the wonderful sense of community and mutual celebration that is intentionally part of those events (and mostly absent from status quo ones)
Your isolation is not accidental. It’s intentional.
A client of mine recently attended two international tech conferences and reached out to share his experience.
The first, he said, was “status quo white dudes and a handful of women.” The second, Mozilla Festival, felt completely different:
A client of mine recently attended two international tech conferences and reached out to share his experience.
The first, he said, was “status quo white dudes and a handful of women.” The second, Mozilla Festival, felt completely different:
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As a white woman in science, I do/don’t fit in the status quo. The experience described here sounds like my experience attending NSBP-NSHP over the years: the wonderful sense of community and mutual celebration that is intentionally part of those events (and mostly absent from status quo ones)
PSA as more of us put on wool coats (or similar): you know that X of thread, holding the flap(s) at the back of your coat closed? Those are to keep the garment tidy before sale. You are meant to snip it so that the flap(s) can function correctly when worn. (Can also apply to: blazers, skirts, etc)
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
PSA as more of us put on wool coats (or similar): you know that X of thread, holding the flap(s) at the back of your coat closed? Those are to keep the garment tidy before sale. You are meant to snip it so that the flap(s) can function correctly when worn. (Can also apply to: blazers, skirts, etc)
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We’re now watching the murder of space sciences in America. Unless someone can stop this, this is the beginning of the end.
The brain drain will accelerate until there’s nothing left to stay for. 🧪🔭
The brain drain will accelerate until there’s nothing left to stay for. 🧪🔭
Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We’re now watching the murder of space sciences in America. Unless someone can stop this, this is the beginning of the end.
The brain drain will accelerate until there’s nothing left to stay for. 🧪🔭
The brain drain will accelerate until there’s nothing left to stay for. 🧪🔭
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Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
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Astrophysics Data System (ADS) User Feedback Survey
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) digital library. Your insights will help us improve the platform and better serve the scientific community. All ...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
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What’s the opposite of doom-scrolling? Hope-scrolling? Celebration-scrolling? Whatever it is, that was my morning 🥳
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What’s the opposite of doom-scrolling? Hope-scrolling? Celebration-scrolling? Whatever it is, that was my morning 🥳
Why? NASA is a crown jewel of US science and an international inspiration. Its logo adorns hoodies worn by young and old. The most famous telescopes could not have existed without Goddard and shutting down parts of it, even temporarily, cuts off the life blood for future missions. Why kill NASA?!?
An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Workers fear NASA is quietly gutting the iconic home of Hubble and Webb. The agency says it’s strategically closing buildings | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Why? NASA is a crown jewel of US science and an international inspiration. Its logo adorns hoodies worn by young and old. The most famous telescopes could not have existed without Goddard and shutting down parts of it, even temporarily, cuts off the life blood for future missions. Why kill NASA?!?
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An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Workers fear NASA is quietly gutting the iconic home of Hubble and Webb. The agency says it’s strategically closing buildings | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
WHAT?!!?
Goddard Space Flight Center’s science center is slated to close due to the government cuts. Thank you Space.com for covering this. www.space.com/space-explor...
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
WHAT?!!?
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Cornell University: Now in 3D, Maps Begin to Bring Exoplanets into Focus news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Now in 3D, maps begin to bring exoplanets into focus | Cornell Chronicle
Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones – one so scorching that it breaks down water vapor...
news.cornell.edu
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Cornell University: Now in 3D, Maps Begin to Bring Exoplanets into Focus news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Clocks go back in the UK tonight. They change in the US on November 2nd. Welcome to the Week When No One Knows What Time It Is 😆
October 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Clocks go back in the UK tonight. They change in the US on November 2nd. Welcome to the Week When No One Knows What Time It Is 😆
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SAVE THE DATE! The 11th AAS Topical Conference Series (AASTCS): Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026 will take place in Denver. Join astronomers, planetary scientists & researchers from around the world for an in-depth exploration of one of the most dynamic fields in science today. More details soon 🔭
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
SAVE THE DATE! The 11th AAS Topical Conference Series (AASTCS): Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026 will take place in Denver. Join astronomers, planetary scientists & researchers from around the world for an in-depth exploration of one of the most dynamic fields in science today. More details soon 🔭
To post something positive, please enjoy this beautiful tree in full fall colors and this impressive approaching storm
October 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
To post something positive, please enjoy this beautiful tree in full fall colors and this impressive approaching storm
More than last time? I’m not super hopeful that somehow the people who didn’t care about the President committing crime will this time
how much of a crime spree does this man have to go on for people to start demanding impeachment jfc
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
More than last time? I’m not super hopeful that somehow the people who didn’t care about the President committing crime will this time
Lol, I want less GenAI in my internet searching, not more 🫠
OpenAI said Tuesday it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions. https://to.pbs.org/3WBQCWh
OpenAI launches browser to compete with Google's Chrome
OpenAI says it is introducing its own web browser, called Atlas, entering direct competition with Google as more users rely on AI for answers.
to.pbs.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Lol, I want less GenAI in my internet searching, not more 🫠
Great day to be out in the streets, loving America
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Great day to be out in the streets, loving America
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The JWST Cycle 5 "Procrastination Monitor", i.e. Molly's proposal counter submission form, is up an running. Please fill it out if you have data to add to it. And do share! #JWSTCycle5
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
JWST Cycle 5 Proposal Procrastination Monitor
An anonymous way to monitor JWST proposal submission times
In the email from proposal-submission@stsci, the subject line will be like, "JWST Phase I Proposal 3434 submission 4 received". Here, 3434 =...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The JWST Cycle 5 "Procrastination Monitor", i.e. Molly's proposal counter submission form, is up an running. Please fill it out if you have data to add to it. And do share! #JWSTCycle5
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
YES. And also Mathnet, Schoolhouse Rock, …
I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…
October 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
YES. And also Mathnet, Schoolhouse Rock, …
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Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!
US Astronomy Graduate Admissions, AY 2025-2026
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October 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!
Sharing in the interest of amplifying good things (and combating doomscrolling) 🤩
#NASAWebb is clearing up some mysteries about star formation thanks to its infrared capabilities—ideal for seeing the coolest, dimmest stars. ✨ Building on Hubble’s look at the Flame Nebula, Webb revealed new details, including the region’s low mass objects. 🔭 🧪
October 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sharing in the interest of amplifying good things (and combating doomscrolling) 🤩
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NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
There are so many horrible things going on in world, in and out of the US, but this form of the US deciding to let vulnerable folks die is just so heartbreaking and enraging
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There are so many horrible things going on in world, in and out of the US, but this form of the US deciding to let vulnerable folks die is just so heartbreaking and enraging
Let me know if you want to sign up! 😉
We should form a list of astronomers devoted to telling each other when one of us has gone off the rails. We’ll call it Emily’s List.
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Let me know if you want to sign up! 😉