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Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · 26d

🚀The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program (CPP) is meeting this week at IPAC in Pasadena, CA!

The team is gearing up for commissioning, observations with the Coronagraph, and preparing for the launch of Roman next year. Exciting times ahead! ✨🪐
www.romancoronagraph.space

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · Aug 19

I don't post a lot, but I am particularly proud of this paper. It's the first observational sample of binary companions to stripped envelope supernovae. And places constraints on the binary evolution physics.

It only took me 10 years to build with HST!

arxiv.org/abs/2508.12677

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · Jul 1

In these turbulent times for science, I can't resist putting out my "Case For Space". It's sometimes a little scary to speak up, but here I go. I hope this doesn't go viral. 😉

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Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚨Get Ready for #AAS246!🚨

Follow us daily for your dose of #NASARoman at AAS: talks, posters, booths, sessions (and stickers) —we’ve got it all. 🔭📡📸

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · Jun 1

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · May 30

This just came out

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · May 30

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Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · May 23

🚀Want to get involved with #NASARoman before it launches? You can tune-in, interact, or actively contribute.

It's a great way to gear up for the Cycle 1 Call for Proposals coming in late 2025! 👩‍🚀🛰️

Find out more: bit.ly/4kigJM9

#ExpandOurView

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Thomas Carpentier @thocarp.bsky.social · May 22

Let's get back to Euclid's Early Release Observation (ERO)! 🔭

This is a new version of mine of the Messier 78 observation by Euclid. I wanted to improve my first try from months ago, so here is it!

M78 is a nebula located some 1,350 light years away.

HD: flic.kr/p/2r6juDX

A gas structure seen in infrared. The gas appears red and orange, spanning from right to left. At the centre some young stars carved a "cave" inside the gas cloud, as their violent stellar winds pushed the gas around it. On the left some jets can be spotted, created by stars being born. Hundreds of stars and even galaxies can be spotted in the background, everywhere in the image.

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Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · May 21

Join us for "Cosmic Cartography with Roman", a symposium on how our large survey maps will be used to explore the intersection of dark energy and dark matter, including galaxy formation/evolution.

@stsci.edu - July 14-18!
Speaker schedule now available.
Register by June 9.

#CCR25

bit.ly/4jYe3TH

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · May 20

Representing @nancyromansci.bsky.social at the Congressional @planetarysociety.bsky.social Caucus event with Bill Nye and @stsci.edu! www.planetary.org/advocacy/the...

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · May 16

If you're looking to get involved in #NASARoman, *now is the time.*

Cycle 1 Call for Proposals will be in Fall 2025.

This workshop at #AAS246 is one of the best opportunities to get involved and early access to the cloud infrastructure. #LongLiveRoman

Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · May 16

Going to #AAS246? Start prepping for #NASARoman Cycle 1 Proposals.

Register for our workshop on the Roman Research Nexus, the cloud-based science platform for working with and analyzing Roman's large data sets. Sun, Jun 8 from 9-5.

You can add a workshop any time before May 29.

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Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · May 14

Next #NASARoman Virtual Lecture on May 15!

"Chromatic Effects on the PSF and Shear Measurement for the Roman Space Telescope" - Federico Berlfein (Carnegie Mellon)

For more information, visit roman.ipac.caltech.edu/Lectures.html

#ExpandOurView

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Roman for Scientists @nancyromansci.bsky.social · May 8

🚀We are ready for launch...of the official social media account for doing science with #NASARoman!

This account will keep researchers informed about opportunities for preparing for and participating in Roman science.

Follow us to stay involved. #ExpandOurView

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Huei, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · May 7

Excited to announce the 'Rutgers Summer Transient Soiree' this July 16-18! To offset the uncertain funding landscape, we are offering a hybrid option + requiring NO registration fee. Non-faculty are especially encouraged to apply!

Please apply by May 31! More in the replies!

🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro

Poster advertising the 'Rutgers Summer Transient Soiree' this July 16-18 at Rutgers University. There is a QR code on the bottom left, and there is also information about the conference + the invited lecturers.

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Ashley Balzer Vigil @ashleybvigil.bsky.social · Apr 25

Just 3/4 of it! I’m hoping the other fourth will include an ultra-deep field 🤩

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Thomas Carpentier @thocarp.bsky.social · Apr 25

You probably know the Pillars of Creation in Messier 16, let me introduce you to other pillars in our own galactic center! 🔭

Named the Sickle, these are pillars seen by the JWST in mid-infrared in the center of the Milky Way. The stars being born here will be monsters!

HD: flic.kr/p/2qZFSpD

Dust and gas orange and blue structures in mid-infrared, giving the image a painting-like appearance. Pillars emerge from the structure, where new stars are born. Background blue and white stars can be spotted as well.

Another part of the same structure. Other pillars can be seen, in the same orange and blue colours.

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · Apr 25

The 5 year mission plan for @nasaromantelescope.bsky.social summarized in an easy to read press release with some snazzy graphics. Which part are you most excited about? #NASARoman #LongLiveRoman

www.nasa.gov/missions/rom...

NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour Skies - NASA

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct after launch. These observation

www.nasa.gov

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · Apr 24

NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour Skies

www.nasa.gov/missions/rom... 🧪🔭 #Cosmology

NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour Skies - NASA

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct after launch. These observation

www.nasa.gov

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saurabh w jha @sublunar.bsky.social · Apr 24

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope observing program is going to be amazing. Can't wait.

#NASARoman @nasaromantelescope.bsky.social www.nasa.gov/missions/rom...

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · Apr 24

Very proud to see @NASARoman ROTAC report on initial 5-year mission plan come out today...and have my name on it! This is the FUTURE of astronomy. #Roman #LongLiveRoman

t.co/Co9qgBrKr6

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · Apr 23

In case you missed it….

Special Announcement: Recommendations for the Roman Core Community Surveys to be Announced Thursday, April 24 at 12pm EDT. Details below.

outerspace.stsci.edu/pages/viewpa...

Special Announcement: Recommendations for the Roman Core Community Surveys - Announcements - Roman Community Working Groups

outerspace.stsci.edu

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Brett Morris @brettmorr.is · Apr 16

Maryland voters: join me on the @aas.org Zoom on Friday at noon. I'll give a short summary of the congressional appropriations process, and I'll walk you through making your own request for funding for NASA, NSF, and DOE Office of Science. 🧪🔭

Zoom at noon on Friday, April 18: bit.ly/3Y1cJq2

AAS Action for Maryland Voters
Let's meet to submit Congressional Appropriations Requests for Senators Van Hollen and Alsobrooks. Join on Zoom on Friday, April 18
at noon Eastern at https://bit.ly/3Y1cJq2.

We will show you how to request funds for NASA, NSF, and DOE Office of Science. We will walk you through the process to submit an Appropriations Request to fund agencies that matter to you.
Attendees from other states welcome!

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · Apr 2

Here’s how I know AI still has a ways to go. The automated voice conversation on United Airlines couldn’t make it past the first question where my answer was “No.”

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Ori Fox @orifox.bsky.social · Mar 19

Abstract Deadline Reminder:

"Cosmic Cartography with Roman" will be this year's official @NASARoman summer conference, focusing on the advances in Galaxy Structures, Distributions, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy.

Abstracts due next Friday, March 28.

www.stsci.edu/contents/eve....