Alyssa Bulatek
metalyssaty.bsky.social
Alyssa Bulatek
@metalyssaty.bsky.social
astro phd @ UF
macalester physics/stats grad
she/her, first-gen
abulatek.github.io
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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AAS Publishing is launching a special series of AAS Journal Author video chats in collaboration w/ @blackinastro.bsky.social for #BlackSpaceWeek2025 to highlight the work of several incredible Black astronomers.

🔭 Aylin García Soto (Dartmouth College) chats about M dwarf stars: youtu.be/uhpeE1V0vCM
AAS Journal Author Series: Aylin García Soto on 2025ApJ...982...98G
YouTube video by AAS
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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NEW: University of Florida and NSF NRAO Forge Path for Discovery

NSF NRAO and University of Florida announced a new partnership to advance science education at a future Next Generation Very Large Array ( #ngVLA ) site in Florida.

public.nrao.edu/news/stars-a...

#RadioAstronomy #Astronomy
Stars Align for Science: University of Florida and NSF NRAO Forge Path for Discovery - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and the University of Florida (UF) have announced...
public.nrao.edu
May 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Sarah’s rules of looking for life with only chemical signatures:

1) the smaller the molecule(s) the more likely they can also be produced by abiotic processes

2) one molecule, if it can be produced by any abiotic process, will never be enough to definitively claim detection of life
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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“66% Is Good Enough,” a guitar that sounds like a motorcycle, and the most theatrical heartbreak ever recorded—here are 5 gloriously weird facts about Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell. zurl.co/iZqpg
5 Surprising Facts About Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out Of Hell' - That Eric Alper
What do you get when a theatrical madman (Jim Steinman), a belting operatic force of nature (Meat Loaf), and a rock production wizard (Todd Rundgren) walk into a studio? You get Bat Out of Hell—a rock ‘n’ roll rollercoaster that blew up the rulebook and sold over 43 million copies while doing wheelies on its […]
zurl.co
April 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Tired of wondering which atomic lines are in your spectra? You need:

*whose line is it anyway?* An interactive tool for identifying atomic spectral lines. 🧪🔭 #stars

install:
pip install whoseline

source:
github.com/bmorris3/who...
February 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Goosebump producing news this week out of Oregon Health and Science University in the diagnosis of pancreatic CA.
They developed a groundbreaking blood test, called PAC-MANN. This new test can find pancreatic cancer in just 45 minutes, even in its earliest stages.
New blood test identifies hard-to-detect pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracy
A new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers.
www.eurekalert.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM