Cappy Bunn ☀️

@astrobunn.bsky.social

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Solar astrophysics PhD candidate ☀️ NASA FINESST ✨ FURST instrument scientist 🚀 drives the IRIS satellite sometimes 🛰️ Montana State University 🏔️

Image of the Sun blended from different AIA wavelength channels in rainbow order.
Three smiling people in starfleet uniforms standing in a mock up Star Trek transporter.
Red and green aurora over the Bridger mountain range.
A half-ton sounding rocket payload after landing in the desert down range at White Sands Missile Range. Attached is a bright orange-red and white parachute.
A scientist holding a poster that reads “Science Saves Lives, Denial gets you fried!” with an image of the Sun hitting the Earth with a CME.
Plot of predicted positions of the Sun and Moon as viewed by the IRIS satellite with emojis of the Sun and Moon laid over top of their positions.
A heart-shaped coronal mass ejection from the Sun, with the text “Happy Valentine’s Day, Sol-mate!”
Person leaning against a sounding rocket payload that is bolted vertically to a spin balance table.