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Hi 🧪
Has there been any media coverage of this letter from almost 5000 scientists calling on Israel to stop its inhumane treatment of Palestinians in Gaza? I haven’t been able to find Anything.
sites.google.com/view/stateme...
Has there been any media coverage of this letter from almost 5000 scientists calling on Israel to stop its inhumane treatment of Palestinians in Gaza? I haven’t been able to find Anything.
sites.google.com/view/stateme...
Statement-by-scientists-Gaza
August 21, 2025
We, the undersigned, are scientists from around the world writing in our personal capacity as deeply concerned citizens. We are deeply distressed by the worsening humanitarian crisis i...
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September 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hi 🧪
Has there been any media coverage of this letter from almost 5000 scientists calling on Israel to stop its inhumane treatment of Palestinians in Gaza? I haven’t been able to find Anything.
sites.google.com/view/stateme...
Has there been any media coverage of this letter from almost 5000 scientists calling on Israel to stop its inhumane treatment of Palestinians in Gaza? I haven’t been able to find Anything.
sites.google.com/view/stateme...
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I see the first articles in the UK press giving space to the claim that 3I/ATLAS is an alien spacecraft. Briefly:
It’s a comet that formed billions of years ago, passing through our Solar System.
It’s behaving like a comet.
There is no evidence it’s artificial.
It’s a comet that formed billions of years ago, passing through our Solar System.
It’s behaving like a comet.
There is no evidence it’s artificial.
August 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I see the first articles in the UK press giving space to the claim that 3I/ATLAS is an alien spacecraft. Briefly:
It’s a comet that formed billions of years ago, passing through our Solar System.
It’s behaving like a comet.
There is no evidence it’s artificial.
It’s a comet that formed billions of years ago, passing through our Solar System.
It’s behaving like a comet.
There is no evidence it’s artificial.
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"Nature has learnt that, as a result, some staff members are screening candidates’ social-media presences to check whether they have expressed negative views about the Trump administration or been involved in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts...at their institutions." 🧪
NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"Nature has learnt that, as a result, some staff members are screening candidates’ social-media presences to check whether they have expressed negative views about the Trump administration or been involved in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts...at their institutions." 🧪
Human rights are not up for debate. Democracy is not the same as justice.
July 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Human rights are not up for debate. Democracy is not the same as justice.
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#exoplanets #jobs 📣
I'm advertising for a postdoc! Come work with me in sunny SoCal on the Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey Project Infrastructure Team. You'll help build the pipeline for Roman* occurrence rates.
*Launches NEXT YEAR!
Please RT & share with your networks!
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I'm advertising for a postdoc! Come work with me in sunny SoCal on the Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey Project Infrastructure Team. You'll help build the pipeline for Roman* occurrence rates.
*Launches NEXT YEAR!
Please RT & share with your networks!
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral Scholar - Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey PIT | American Astronomical Society
IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech, provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to maximize discovery with observatories...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#exoplanets #jobs 📣
I'm advertising for a postdoc! Come work with me in sunny SoCal on the Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey Project Infrastructure Team. You'll help build the pipeline for Roman* occurrence rates.
*Launches NEXT YEAR!
Please RT & share with your networks!
aas.org/jobregister/...
I'm advertising for a postdoc! Come work with me in sunny SoCal on the Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey Project Infrastructure Team. You'll help build the pipeline for Roman* occurrence rates.
*Launches NEXT YEAR!
Please RT & share with your networks!
aas.org/jobregister/...
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A large coronal hole is now directly facing Earth. We may see the impact from its fast solar wind stream as early as June 25! I’ll be monitoring conditions. Minor geomagnetic storming is currently forecasted as a result of this coronal hole.
#heliophysics
#heliophysics
June 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A large coronal hole is now directly facing Earth. We may see the impact from its fast solar wind stream as early as June 25! I’ll be monitoring conditions. Minor geomagnetic storming is currently forecasted as a result of this coronal hole.
#heliophysics
#heliophysics
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My mind is absolutely blown by these stellar halos nearby NGC 4364!
Left: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys (DR10)
Right: Newly released @vrubinobs.bsky.social imaging!!!
#AstroSci 🧪🔭
Left: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys (DR10)
Right: Newly released @vrubinobs.bsky.social imaging!!!
#AstroSci 🧪🔭
June 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My mind is absolutely blown by these stellar halos nearby NGC 4364!
Left: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys (DR10)
Right: Newly released @vrubinobs.bsky.social imaging!!!
#AstroSci 🧪🔭
Left: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys (DR10)
Right: Newly released @vrubinobs.bsky.social imaging!!!
#AstroSci 🧪🔭
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I have a few thoughts about this! I have a monthly column, I am regularly invited to give public science talks, and I've written a pop sci book that continues to sell remarkably well, four years in -- and is also taught in classrooms around the US.
AND I reached audiences that other pop sci didn't.
AND I reached audiences that other pop sci didn't.
Interesting thread. I wonder whether it says that the most important barrier to scientific literacy is (self-directed) interest, not availability of popular science. They’re related but getting people curious about (and interested in) science may be upstream of getting them to engage with pop sci.
What do you think is the point of pop science?
I've been reading in it a bit and it seems like at least with US data, despite US arguably being in a golden age of popular science, with infinite info available in many forms:
1) science literacy has been basically stable for decades, not improvnig
I've been reading in it a bit and it seems like at least with US data, despite US arguably being in a golden age of popular science, with infinite info available in many forms:
1) science literacy has been basically stable for decades, not improvnig
June 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have a few thoughts about this! I have a monthly column, I am regularly invited to give public science talks, and I've written a pop sci book that continues to sell remarkably well, four years in -- and is also taught in classrooms around the US.
AND I reached audiences that other pop sci didn't.
AND I reached audiences that other pop sci didn't.
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Hey, the paper is online! 🎉🪐🔭 #exoplanet
Check out the shiny new NASA Exoplanet Archive and ExoFOP paper, which covers all the updates to our data and services since Akeson+2013.
Please update your .bib files and cite accordingly!!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.03299
Check out the shiny new NASA Exoplanet Archive and ExoFOP paper, which covers all the updates to our data and services since Akeson+2013.
Please update your .bib files and cite accordingly!!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.03299
The NASA Exoplanet Archive and Exoplanet Follow-up Observing Program: Data, Tools, and Usage
The NASA Exoplanet Archive and the Exoplanet Follow-up Observing Program service are two widely used resources for the exoplanet community. The NASA Exoplanet Archive provides a complete and accurate ...
arxiv.org
June 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hey, the paper is online! 🎉🪐🔭 #exoplanet
Check out the shiny new NASA Exoplanet Archive and ExoFOP paper, which covers all the updates to our data and services since Akeson+2013.
Please update your .bib files and cite accordingly!!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.03299
Check out the shiny new NASA Exoplanet Archive and ExoFOP paper, which covers all the updates to our data and services since Akeson+2013.
Please update your .bib files and cite accordingly!!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.03299
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Ready for the latest K2-18b drama?
Madhusudhan is claiming *even stronger* evidence of DMS after analysing both near-infrared and mid-infrared JWST data. But another study finds no evidence at all.
Read on for a quick update on everyone's f̶a̶v̶o̶u̶r̶i̶t̶e most newsworthy exoplanet. 🧵
#exoplanets 🔭
Madhusudhan is claiming *even stronger* evidence of DMS after analysing both near-infrared and mid-infrared JWST data. But another study finds no evidence at all.
Read on for a quick update on everyone's f̶a̶v̶o̶u̶r̶i̶t̶e most newsworthy exoplanet. 🧵
#exoplanets 🔭
Astronomers double down on claim of strongest evidence for alien life
Are there aliens living on the exoplanet K2-18b? Some astronomers believe they have evidence for molecules on the planet that must have a biological origin, but others disagree
www.newscientist.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ready for the latest K2-18b drama?
Madhusudhan is claiming *even stronger* evidence of DMS after analysing both near-infrared and mid-infrared JWST data. But another study finds no evidence at all.
Read on for a quick update on everyone's f̶a̶v̶o̶u̶r̶i̶t̶e most newsworthy exoplanet. 🧵
#exoplanets 🔭
Madhusudhan is claiming *even stronger* evidence of DMS after analysing both near-infrared and mid-infrared JWST data. But another study finds no evidence at all.
Read on for a quick update on everyone's f̶a̶v̶o̶u̶r̶i̶t̶e most newsworthy exoplanet. 🧵
#exoplanets 🔭
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They stole half the world ... why not my phone
May 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
They stole half the world ... why not my phone
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When professors experience racism (sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc) at work, that’s part of their service load. It takes work to deal with that and still come back and do your job. That’s service to the department. It’s deeply unfair service. But it is service.
May 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
When professors experience racism (sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc) at work, that’s part of their service load. It takes work to deal with that and still come back and do your job. That’s service to the department. It’s deeply unfair service. But it is service.
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Let’s make today (May 10) Magnetosphere Appreciation Day!
A year ago today we had that huge aurora display, caused by the most powerful geomagnetic storm experienced in decades.
Lovely visualisations by NASA SVS/NASA DRIVE science centre on how our atmosphere and magnetosphere responded.
🧪🔭☀️🧲
A year ago today we had that huge aurora display, caused by the most powerful geomagnetic storm experienced in decades.
Lovely visualisations by NASA SVS/NASA DRIVE science centre on how our atmosphere and magnetosphere responded.
🧪🔭☀️🧲
May 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Let’s make today (May 10) Magnetosphere Appreciation Day!
A year ago today we had that huge aurora display, caused by the most powerful geomagnetic storm experienced in decades.
Lovely visualisations by NASA SVS/NASA DRIVE science centre on how our atmosphere and magnetosphere responded.
🧪🔭☀️🧲
A year ago today we had that huge aurora display, caused by the most powerful geomagnetic storm experienced in decades.
Lovely visualisations by NASA SVS/NASA DRIVE science centre on how our atmosphere and magnetosphere responded.
🧪🔭☀️🧲
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And remember kids, the universe is too fucking fabulous for us to waste away in this capitalist bullshit, so we both have to get our shit together and remember to enjoy the universe along the way because they can take a lot from us but they can’t take our imaginations
This textbook is probably the most up to date textbook on dark matter available right now, it’s highly readable for early career researchers, and currently 50% off. ⚛️ 🧪 🔭 #BookSky
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Dark Matter
A complete treatment of all aspects of dark matter physics
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May 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
And remember kids, the universe is too fucking fabulous for us to waste away in this capitalist bullshit, so we both have to get our shit together and remember to enjoy the universe along the way because they can take a lot from us but they can’t take our imaginations
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
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For Pride month this year, Astrobites is looking to highlight transgender astronomers and we want YOU! We are planning to interview four astronomers about their experience being transgender in science, how they've dealt with barriers throughout their career . . . (1/4)
April 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For Pride month this year, Astrobites is looking to highlight transgender astronomers and we want YOU! We are planning to interview four astronomers about their experience being transgender in science, how they've dealt with barriers throughout their career . . . (1/4)
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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
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
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
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
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It’s not life. It’s not a biosignature.
I’m so tired.
I’m so tired.
April 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It’s not life. It’s not a biosignature.
I’m so tired.
I’m so tired.
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Y'all. K2-18b is back. The planet that haunts me since Paula Sarkis came into my office because she wanted my habitable 3D climate models applied to a planet that she had discovered.
I talked her out of it to call it habitable because it's a Mini-Neptune.
No surface -> no habitability.
I talked her out of it to call it habitable because it's a Mini-Neptune.
No surface -> no habitability.
April 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Y'all. K2-18b is back. The planet that haunts me since Paula Sarkis came into my office because she wanted my habitable 3D climate models applied to a planet that she had discovered.
I talked her out of it to call it habitable because it's a Mini-Neptune.
No surface -> no habitability.
I talked her out of it to call it habitable because it's a Mini-Neptune.
No surface -> no habitability.
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Tardigrade won #invertebrate of the year! 😍
Probably the best news we'll see all day, and see below for a lovely quote 🧪
Probably the best news we'll see all day, and see below for a lovely quote 🧪
It’s heroic, hardy and less than a millimetre long: meet the 2025 invertebrate of the year | Patrick Barkham
Guardian readers around the world voted in the this year’s contest, but which creature won, asks natural history writer Patrick Barkham
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Tardigrade won #invertebrate of the year! 😍
Probably the best news we'll see all day, and see below for a lovely quote 🧪
Probably the best news we'll see all day, and see below for a lovely quote 🧪
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sometimes I feel like a dinosaur, cause no one looks anything up anymore 🦕
April 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
sometimes I feel like a dinosaur, cause no one looks anything up anymore 🦕
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
April 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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It’s a good week for brown dwarf science and #blackinastro #blackandstem! Congrats to @bemiles.bsky.social on the new faculty job!!!! Congrats to @capricephillips.bsky.social on the Hubble Fellowship!!!!
April 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It’s a good week for brown dwarf science and #blackinastro #blackandstem! Congrats to @bemiles.bsky.social on the new faculty job!!!! Congrats to @capricephillips.bsky.social on the Hubble Fellowship!!!!
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A lot of cosmic exploration centers around "what's weird?" & "what's normal?"
Early studies of young stars showed an abundance of huge planetary systems forming. New observations show the opposite: Lots of small systems, much more compact than our solar system. 🧪🔭
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/pr...
Early studies of young stars showed an abundance of huge planetary systems forming. New observations show the opposite: Lots of small systems, much more compact than our solar system. 🧪🔭
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/pr...
![Images of 73 protoplanetary discs in the Lupus star forming region (two of the images contain binary stars). Only a fraction of the discs extend beyond the orbit of Neptune, when compared to our own Solar System. Most of the observed discs are small and show no structures like gaps and rings. (c) Guerra-Alvarado et al. (c) Guerra-Alvarado et al. [high resolution]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yiht2spe2sqm23m3iowdlhgz/bafkreiazpsn3dtpfcay6lehlzg6avkwohku4vbkv4q4chmggn5j3qkfuuy@jpeg)
March 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A lot of cosmic exploration centers around "what's weird?" & "what's normal?"
Early studies of young stars showed an abundance of huge planetary systems forming. New observations show the opposite: Lots of small systems, much more compact than our solar system. 🧪🔭
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/pr...
Early studies of young stars showed an abundance of huge planetary systems forming. New observations show the opposite: Lots of small systems, much more compact than our solar system. 🧪🔭
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/pr...
😱 more reasons not to use LLM chatbots for search engine tasks.
AI Search Has A Citation Problem
We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.
www.cjr.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
😱 more reasons not to use LLM chatbots for search engine tasks.