Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social Digestible summaries of the latest astronomy research. Written by an international team of grad students for undergrads! Supported by the @AAS_Office. #scicomm
Dr. Jake Turner 📡🧲🪐 @astrojaket.bsky.social Astronomer studying the magnetic fields & atmospheres of exoplanets at Cornell | Environmentalist & activist | Photographer | Traveler | (he/him) | #BLM #LGBTQ #Climate #Resister #FBR
🐦: astro_journey
🔗: https://astrojaketurner.space/
Michael Plummer @magmaskies.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Physics, Mountain West, Astronomy PhD, Exoplanet 🪐 & Brown Dwarf Atmospheres Research ⛈️, He/Him,
michaelplummer.dev
Malena Rice @malenarice.bsky.social Planetary astrophysicist • Assistant Professor, Yale Astronomy • exoplanets & solar system
Lorena Acuña @astrolore.bsky.social 🔭👩💻 Postdoctoral researcher in the APEx (Atmospheric Physics of Exoplanets) department at @mpi-astro.bsky.social in Heidelberg 🇩🇪
🪐🌍 Exploring exoplanetary interiors & atmospheres
A. Suárez Mascareño @asuarezmascareno.com Hunting low mass exoplanets.
Dr. Natalie Hinkel @nataliehinkel.bsky.social Planetary astrophysicist. Stars+planets are formed together, so I look at elements in stars and how they connect to planet composition. Architect of the Hypatia Catalog (hypatiacatalog.com, @hypatiacatalog.bsky.social). Prof at LSU, she/her.
Shami Tsai @exoshami.bsky.social Assistant research fellow @ASIAA (Taipei)
Dr./Prof. Meredith MacGregor @mmacgreg.bsky.social Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins in the Department of Physics and Astronomy | astronomer, educator, ceramicist, runner, mom | Pronouns: she/her
Ward Howard @wardhoward.bsky.social Husband to Kate, father, follower of Jesus. NASA Sagan Fellow at CU Boulder in the department of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences working on stellar flares, exoplanets, and extragalactic foregrounds.
Website: https://www.wardshowardastronomer.com
Chloe Fisher @astrochloe.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Oxford in exoplanet atmospheres
Aurora Kesseli @aurorakess.bsky.social Scientist at NASA Exoplanet Archive- looking at exoplanet atmospheres- enjoys being outside, baking and eating, reading sci-fi/fantasy. she/her
Oscar Barragán @exoscar.bsky.social | Astrophysicist | exoplanets | Open source lover
Greg Cooke @gjcooke.bsky.social Exoplanets postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social Planetary scientist, Dad-in-training, space enthusiast, Professor based at the University of Leicester
https://linktr.ee/leigh.fletcher
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5834-9588
Will Misener @willmisener.bsky.social Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Earth and Planets Lab in DC. PhD from UCLA EPSS. Researching exoplanet atmospheres 🪐. Also into baseball ⚾️ and trains 🚇. He/him
Daria @astrodaria.bsky.social planetary science PhD student interested in worlds like our own
Beatriz Campos Estrada, PhD @exobeatriz.bsky.social Exoplanet scientist 🪐 Postdoc at the APEx Department at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy✨️
Intersectional feminist 🌹she/her
🇵🇹🇬🇧🇩🇰🇦🇹🇩🇪
Planets @ Oxford @oxoplanets.bsky.social The BlueSky account for the Exoplanet and Planetary Physics groups in Oxford. We study all types of planetary bodies inside and outside of the solar system. More info here: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/research/theme/exoplanets-and-planetary-physics
Thomas Beatty @tgbeatty.bsky.social Astronomer/Exoplanetary Scientist/Professor at the University of Wisconsin
Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social European Space Agency Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. Team Lead for the MIRI instrument on JWST. Runner, dog mum, cyclist. 🇬🇧🇧🇪 Opinions my own.
Brett Morris @brettmorr.is Astronomer, software engineer.
Supporting space telescopes, open science, and data access in astrophysics.
Thrilled and haunted by dots on stars.
http://brettmorr.is/
Posts my own, not my employer's.
💀Adina Feinstein PhD 💀 @afeinstein20.bsky.social asst prof | astronomy PhD | MSU | https://adina.feinste.in
Luis Welbanks @luiswel.bsky.social 51 Pegasi b & Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow studying the atmospheres of planets outside our Solar System at @SESEASU -> Assistant Professor @SESEASU 2025
Previously @NASA Sagan Fellow. @Gates_Cambridge
scholar at @Cambridge_Uni.
Jayne Birkby @jaynebirkby.bsky.social Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford. I study the atmospheres of other worlds beyond the Solar system.
Suzanne Aigrain @airbornegrain.bsky.social Discovering and understanding planets and their host stars. Watch my TEDx talk: https://t.ly/sk2wB
Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social Caltech/IPAC Planet Hunter | Chief Scientist, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute | @TEDFellow | Science consultant | SHERA PI | My views are not the views of NASA | She/her
Yoni Brande @yonibrande.bsky.social phd astrologer, world class barista, and professional chef
Peter Gao @planetarygao.bsky.social Staff Scientist @ Carnegie EPL. Planetary and exoplanet atmospheres. He/Him/His. Black Lives Matter. Trekkie. Opinions are my own.
Johanna Teske @johannateske.bsky.social She/her/hers. Astronomer, runner, feminist, vegan, Nats fan, Peloton fan.
Dr Joanna Barstow @drjovian.bsky.social STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow at the Open University. Astromum x 2. FRAS. Christian, singer, bookworm, musical theatre super fan.
Hannah Wakeford @stellarplanet.bsky.social Exoplanet scientist. Science communicator. Author. Podcaster. Miniature painter. Wife. Cat mum.
Emily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social Astronomy prof at U Michigan; exoplanet atmospheres in 3D; cares about people more than science; despises chocolate (she/her)
Dr Jake Taylor @astrojake.bsky.social Astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. Researching the atmospheres of exoplanets.
Duncan Christie @astroduncan.bsky.social Astrophysicist. Postdoctoral researcher at the MPIA. Exoplanet atmospheres. (he/him/his)
www.duncanchristie.net
Laura Kreidberg @lkreidberg.bsky.social Exoplanets, atmospheres, aliens. Director of the APEx Department at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.
Dr Ryan MacDonald @distantworlds.space Lecturer in Extrasolar Planets 🪐 🔭 at the University of St Andrews 🏴
Daniel Thorngren @dpthorngren.bsky.social Davis Fellow at Johns Hopkins studying exoplanet interiors with computer modelling and statistics. Website: dpthorngren.github.io/index.html
Prof. Laura Schaefer @lavainspace.bsky.social Assist. Prof. of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Stanford, (exo)planetary scientist and rock climber, dog-mom, she/her
Laura Flagg @lauraflagg.bsky.social Astronomy postdoc at Johns Hopkins studying planet formation, stars, exoplanets, and disks | a cat person who also loves dogs | https://lauraflagg.github.io/
Dr. Lili Alderson @lili-alderson.bsky.social exploring exoplanets one atmosphere at a time 🪐 | She / her 🏳️🌈
Erin M. May, PhD @astronomay.bsky.social Staff Astronomer @ a place - Exoplanet Atmospheres. All data is good data.
Plus Knitting, Stickers, Baking, and other crafty things. Toddler mom.
Previously known as @_astronoMay on the other site.
ErinMMay.com
SiderealStickers.Etsy.com- V @vparmentier.bsky.social @vparmentier.bsky.social
Jonathan Fortney @jjfplanet.bsky.social UC Santa Cruz Astronomy Professor, Director of the Other Worlds Laboratory (OWL). Textbook Forthcoming: "Planetary Astrophysics: Exoplanets & Solar System." Father, Husband, Minnesotan, Runner. Proud product & employee of the public school system.
Matthew Murphy @matthewsplanet.bsky.social 4th yr. Graduate Student at the University of Arizona. Transiting exoplanet observer. Cactus fan with many spikes in hand. Are your terminators homogeneous??
Ben Lew @astrobenlew.bsky.social NASA Ames /BAERI postdoc, working on brown dwarf and exoplanet atmospheres
Maria Steinrueck @mariasteinrueck.bsky.social Exoplanet researcher. 51 Pegasi b Fellow at University of Chicago. She/her.
Dr. Emily Gilbert @emdwarf.bsky.social Staff scientist at Caltech/IPAC, working on the NASA Exoplanet Archive, and studying small stars and planets. But you’ll mostly find baseball and snark here, with occasional scientific interruptions.
Claire Marie Guimond @xoplanets.bsky.social Postdoc and incoming Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. Using geophysics and geochemistry to understand rocky exoplanets.
Kelly Lepo @kellylepo.bsky.social Astronomer | Science communicator | Adult Lisa Simpson
Freelance writer and editor. Former Education and Outreach Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (@stsci.edu) supporting JWST.
Also on Mastodon: @KellyLepo@scicomm.xyz
Sebastian Zieba @sebizieba.bsky.social Sagan Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Working on the characterization of hot transiting exoplanets.
Megan Weiner Mansfield @cornerofthesky.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of Maryland studying transiting exoplanets with telescopes on the ground and in space. Amateur runner, chocolate addict, and devoted cat mom. She/her
Evert Nasedkin @evertnasedkin.bsky.social
Kevin Stevenson @stevensonanddone.bsky.social Rock climber by day
+ astronomer by night
= never-ending problems- A AntoineDarveauB.bsky.social @antoinedarveaub.bsky.social
Eric Agol @ericagol.bsky.social Astrophysicist, exoplanet enthusiast.
Dr. Hayley Beltz @hayleybeltz.bsky.social Postdoc in astronomy thinking about exoplanet atmospheres. Dog mom. She/her
Josh Lothringer @jlothringer.bsky.social Assistant Astronomer at @spacetelescope.bsky.social researching exoplanet and brown dwarf atmospheres. Opinions expressed are my own.
https://jlothringer.github.io/
Tad Komacek @tadkomacek.bsky.social Associate Professor of Physics of Exoplanet Atmospheres in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics sub-Department of the Department of Physics and Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College at the University of Oxford, UK.
Laura Rogers @astroloz.bsky.social Astronomy postdoc studying dead planets around dead stars (a.k.a. polluted white dwarfs)
☄️+💀💫=🔭😲
Yilen Gómez Maqueo @stellarbawse.bsky.social Astronomer @ UNAM
Telmo Monteiro @tonteiro.bsky.social 1st year PhD in Astronomy student at Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences / Center for Astrophysics of University of Porto (Portugal)
Stellar atmospheres characterization enjoyer
Dr Thea Kozakis @theakozakis.bsky.social I love habitable planets, especially the one I live on! she/her
Caroline Morley @astrocaroline.bsky.social Astronomer, Associate prof at UT Austin, mother of two small humans
Caltech IPAC @caltechipac.bsky.social IPAC at Caltech partners with NASA, NSF, JPL, and the worldwide research community to advance the exploration of our Universe. www.ipac.caltech.edu
Sarah E Moran @offallingstars.bsky.social she/her.
(Exo)planetary clouds/hazes in 👩🏽🔬,💻,🔭
Lover of all worlds, great and small. 🌎🪐
Assistant Professor of Astronomy at UMD.
😺🧑🩰🌱🧘♀️🏃♀️☕🍸🎭📚
All opinions just me.
Always screaming inside my heart.
https://tx.ag/moran
Denis Sergeev @meteodenny.bsky.social Lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Bristol. I use numerical models to study planetary climates. Views are my own. He/him.
https://dennissergeev.github.io
ORCiD: 0000-0001-8832-5288
Tim Lichtenberg @timlichtenberg.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Planetary Physics at Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen 🇪🇺 he/him | formingworlds.space | born at 351 ppm
Jakob Snoeink @jakobsno.bsky.social (Planetary) Climate Scientist. Interested in interactions of clouds, circulation, radiation, and climate. Earth and beyond.
Currently studying low cloud feedbacks @UHamburg & IMPRS-ESM/MPI-M
Marshall @captain-exoplanet.bsky.social Astronomer, birder, TTRPG player and gluten-free cook. he/him.
Martin Turbet @martinturbet.bsky.social CNRS scientist 🇫🇷 working at LMD/LAB/IPSL/Sorbonne Univ./Bordeaux Univ. 50% astrophysicist, 50% climate physicist. Planets and Exoplanets. Born at ~355ppm of CO2.
Gaurav @gauravs.bsky.social Exoplanet atmospheres | Machine learning
Integrated MS at NISER Bhubaneswar
Taylor Bell @taylorbell275.bsky.social ESA/AURA Astronomer at STScI, working on exoplanet atmospheric characterization, MIRI, and time-series observations. Posts are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of STScI, ESA, or AURA.
Passionate about hiking, camping, and canoeing.
He/him
Harrison Nicholls @nichollsh.bsky.social Astrophysicist and planetary scientist studying the atmospheres and interior interactions of rocky (exo)planets. Postdoc Research Associate @ Cambridge Institute of Astronomy. https://www.h-nicholls.space
Sammy Hasler @sammyhasler.bsky.social interested in directly imaging exoplanets and studying solar system analogs • postdoc at STScI • thoughts and opinions my own
snhasler.github.io
Sakhee Bhure @sakhee-space.bsky.social planets and poems
graduate student @unisqaus
post-bac researcher w @aussiastronomer.bsky.social
@FloridaTech
@iiserpunesac
@thewirescience
she/her
🛰️📡Francia Riesco @fr4nc3.bsky.social AI Engineer - Astrophysicist - Data Scientist. MA Harvard, MSc BostonU, Ph.D. (c) CSU, Columbia Astro RT≠endorsements http://LadyOscar.com
Vidya Venkatesan @astrovidee.bsky.social Astrophysics PhD student at UC Irvine
https://www.astrovidee.com/
ExploreAstro at Caltech IPAC @exploreastro.bsky.social Sharing out-of-this-world astrophysics with our on-this-world audience. Brought to you by @caltechipac.bsky.social.
Bibiana Prinoth @handle.invalid 🇨🇭
• ESO fellow @eso.org exploring exoplanet atmospheres 🪐 🔭 🇩🇪
• PhD from Lund Observatory 🇸🇪 & ESO 🇨🇱
• passionate about all things outreach and science communication ✨
Linn Boldt-Christmas @nplinnspace.bsky.social 🇸🇪🚀🇪🇺 Astrophysicist in exoplanet science & space policy research 🪐🔭 Also: astrobiology, telescopes, climate, equality/EDI, and scicomm ✨ (she/her) – linnboldtchristmas.wordpress.com- V Thomas Vandal @vandalt.bsky.social PhD Student at the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx)
Lisa Đặng @astrolisadang.bsky.social Exoplanet Postdoc at @umontreal.ca | #firstgen high-school to PhD | Fr/En/Việt | incoming prof at @uofwaterloo.bsky.social
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