IAU GA 2024 @astronomy2024.bsky.social The General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union is coming to the African continent for the first time - Cape Town 2024. #ItsTimeForAfrica
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social Science journalist and correspondent for Nature (she/her). Opinions = my own. Reach me at alexwitze.01 (Signal), witzescience (@gmail.com), or awitze (@protonmail.com).
Grace Krahm @gkrahm.bsky.social OSU Astronomy PhD student | Agnes Scott Astrophysics ‘24 she/her
briley lewis @briles34.bsky.social astrophysicist • NSF fellow/PhD candidate UCLA (formerly
Columbia undergrad) • crafty human • dog mom • freelance science writer in SciAm SPACE PopSci & Astrobites • she/her
American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org The mission of the American Astronomical Society is to enhance and share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe as a diverse and inclusive astronomical community.
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Dr Becky Smethurst @drbecky.bsky.social Astrophysicist studying how supermassive black holes affect galaxies (s/h). I get overly enthusiastic about space (and cats) on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/drbecky
sarah (they/them) 😷 @twinsunsfour.bsky.social astronomy phd student at IU. everything i do is for my cat. https://sarahpopp314.github.io/
PaulE @pmepablo.bsky.social Happily employed to support my physics habit.
Maša Kilibarda @mashakilibarda.bsky.social She/her
Astronomer in training 🔭 🌌
Haverford College '26
Your friendly neighborhood Balkan girl 🇲🇪
Hannah Earnshaw @hpearnshaw.bsky.social Astronomer at Caltech | NuSTAR Project Scientist | UVEX science team
British, Queer, Christian, bird-parent.
Aspiring Martian.
Opinions my own.
they/them
L. Y. Aaron Yung @lyaaronyung.bsky.social Giacconi Fellow @stsci 💫 🚀 | I make Semi-analytic forecasts for #JWST & #RomanST 🌌🔭 | formerly @NASAGoddard @FlatironCCA @RutgersU | HK→HI→SF→NY/NJ→MD/DC→TW
Zach Savery @savery.bsky.social Grad Student at UDel. Studying physics and astronomy. UNCA Physics and Astronomy graduate
Gabe Weible @gabeweible.bsky.social Astronomy & Astrophysics Ph.D. Student at the University of Arizona | High-Contrast Imaging of Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs 🪐
Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Not a customer service desk. (I do not book guests for NPR. Beware of scams.)
Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social Medievalist, Paleographer, Codicologist, Voynichologist; Executive Director, @medievalacademy.bsky.social; Brown Univ. and Yale Univ. alum; PhD; Red Sox fan
Marcus Lower @astromelow.bsky.social Astrophysicist | ARC DECRA Fellow at Swinburne | Timing pulsars & magnetars | Coffee enthusiast
Website: https://mlower.github.io
SpaceAustralia.com @spaceaustralia.com Connecting and sharing news, people, projects, voices and science from Australia and NZ’s space communities. 📸 CSIRO.
www.spaceaustralia.com
Alan Henry @halophoenix.bsky.social Author: Seen, Heard, & Paid: https://amzn.to/4dXOAHv
Now: Managing Editor, @pcmag.com
Then: WIRED, NYT, Lifehacker. Forever: Yours. Recovering physicist. Always: Black. He/Him.
https://www.alan-henry.net | https://www.novawerks.net
James Davenport @jradavenport.com Astronomy professor in Seattle. Coffee drinking, year-round-plaid wearing, joke telling space dad. Searching for ET, caring for humans.
https://jradavenport.github.io
🔭☕️🎤
Ramin Skibba @raminskibba.bsky.social Science/Health/Climate/Tech/Policy Reporter, Editor, and Communicator. Previously: Staff Writer at WIRED; freelance writer; former scientist. Muppets & Star Trek fan. My newsletter: http://raminskibba.substack.com
Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social Journalist. Contributing Ed, Scientific American. Senior Fellow, Emory Univ Center for the Study of Human Health. Books: BIG CHICKEN, SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL. Stories: https://authory.com/marynmckenna. Location: points on the 44th parallel.
Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social Sci journo, author of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. Highly caffeinated. All bad takes mine. She/her
William G. Lamb 🏴 @astrolamb.bsky.social 📡 NANOGrav Research Assistant
🔭 PhD in Astrophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
🏴 Siaradwr Cymraeg o Eryri
👽 US “Resident Alien”
🎓 Uni of York Alumnus
🐱 Dad of WiggleWorm
🏊🚲🏃Triathlete
💃 Swing Dancer
Antonio J. Porras-Valverde @astrotamalasado.bsky.social 🇨🇷 Costa Rican | Co-lead at CencaBridge | Heising-Simons Postdoctoral fellow in Astrophysics at Yale University | supporter of Latinx in science
https://aporrasval.github.io/
Dr. Sharan Banagiri (he/him) @geodesicvoyager.bsky.social Astrophysicist @monashastro.bsky.social | Previously @ Northwestern & UMN | తెలుగు | Gravitational waves | @LIGO | LISA
Decarbonization now ✊🏽
All opinions my own and do not represent past or present employers.
orcid : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-7484
Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social Director Data Science Institute @UWMadison, Professor of Physics,
EiC @MLSTjournal. Physics, stats/ML/AI, open science.
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social Planetary Astronomer on #TeamAsteroid; Gedankenband member/guitarist; “Surprisingly nonchalant” according to Wired. He/him הנני 🌻
Work Output: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aGVsk3IAAAAJ
Play output: https://andyrivkin.bandcamp.com
Gabe Lynch @gpxl.bsky.social cosmology phd student 🌳 | cmb and early universe cosmology @ UC Davis | East Bay | son of the midwest | 🚲
Jörg Altheimer @jaltheimer.bsky.social Computer scientist and entrepreneur. Working on archeometallurgy. Physics and spaceflight is my passion though.
Mostly posting #Astrophotography stuff here.
Fronefield Crawford @froneycrawford.bsky.social froneycrawford.github.io
Prof. Andrea Armani @drarmani.bsky.social Living duality of careers: Prof of Engineering & Sr Director of Engineering; Fellow (Fella) of many technical societies; explores photonics, materials, & diagnostics; loves cats, dogs, chocolate, & family. Personal opinions. (Previously: @ProfArmani)
Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de I used to scan brains, now I talk about science for a living. Science editor, science podcaster, SPIEGEL-bestselling writer. Founder of @realscientists.de and trainer at @nawik.de. Looks even worse IRL. He/him.
NEW BOOK OUT NOW!
🔗 https://jensfoell.de
Kerstin Neuhaus @microtopico.bsky.social (she/her) Former mineralogist disguised as materials scientist, specialized in AFM & solid state ionics (zinc batteries), loves 🌋 & planetology, MinCup, Foodie, Mama of two.
The Science Talk @thesciencetalk.bsky.social We empower and enable scientists to tell their stories.
https://linktr.ee/thesciencetalk
Brad Snowder 🔭 @bradsnowder.bsky.social Astrophysicist, Astronomy Instructor, Planetarium Manager. Pacific Northwest. Carpe Noctem.
Roisín @roisinmc.bsky.social Expect Photography, Space, History & LGBT+ content. Trans ally. She/Her 🏳️🌈
Astrostills🪐🌌🔭 @astro.st Believe In Astrordinary!🔮
Sharing the wonders of the universe through stunning astronomical images. All images belong to their respective authors—credits always given!
🪐💫☄️🌌🔭
Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social Emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Nottingham. Too frequent appearances on YouTube. All my own views.
David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social Astronomer and Astrophotographer. Pictures of space appearing in posts, magazines and on the telly.
Dr. Natalia Lewandowska @twinky.bsky.social Astrophysicist, photographer, cat and coffee lover
@caitlinwitt.bsky.social @caitlinwitt.bsky.social
Pavankumar @iamkadaladi.bsky.social Surfing through Space-time!
Beth McCarthy Gould (they/she) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @bethmg.bsky.social Trans person in physics | observational cosmology PhD student @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social | @beth@astrodon.social | bethgould.net | they/them or she/her
Isabel Sands @isabel-sands.bsky.social Physics PhD student at Caltech, interested in everything dark matter. Incoming MIT School of Science Dean’s postdoc fellow. Yale physics ‘21 (she/her)
Duresa Temaj @duresatemaj.bsky.social Astrophysicist 🔭, PhD student at MPS Göttingen
David Wright @dcw.bsky.social Physics PhD student at Oregon State University.
Adam Brazier @adambrazier.bsky.social Convincing British accent
Carlo Tasillo @carlotasillo.bsky.social German postdoc in Uppsala 🇸🇪 previously at DESY Hamburg. Green politics 🌻 Research on the early universe 🌌, dark matter ☕, gravitational waves 🌊, and phase transitions 🧊. (he/him)
My Shetland @thordale.bsky.social Crofter, animal rescuer/collector and retirement home in Shetland. Daily blogger sometimes with half way decent photos of my life in Shetland. Spinal surgery failure x 3. Mother of Muscovy ducks. Animals in my house. Insomniac.
Astro-Obs Newcastle 🔭 @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social The Astro-Obs group, researching observational astrophysics and cosmology at the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics at Newcastle University. 🌌 🔭📡
Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
Will M. Farr @farrwill.bsky.social Astrophysicist. Associate Professor at Stony Brook University, Gravitational Wave Astronomy Group Leader at Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics.
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social Gravitational-wave astrophysicist. University of Glasgow Senior Lecturer. Science, education, LEGO & cake. May contain traces of nuts
🐘 https://mastodon.online/@cplberry
📚 https://cplberry.com
Paul the Baker @paulthebaker.bsky.social physicist, bean enthusiast
Corey Gray @corey-m-gray.bsky.social ISFJ,Blackfoot,Scottish, Washington, PNW,
Backpacker,Salsa Dancer,Traveler,LIGO, Gravitational Waves
https://linktr.ee/corey_m_gray
Emiko Gardiner @emikogardiner.bsky.social theoretical/computational astrophysicist, PhD student, black hole enthusiast, caffeine addict, @UCBerkeley, @NANOGrav, @UVA alum, (she/her)
Dirk Scholte @dirkscholte.bsky.social Postdoc at The University of Edinburgh Institute for Astronomy | Galaxy Evolution | Previously PhD at UCL and science outreach at Jodrell Bank Observatory. 🇳🇱 in 🇬🇧
Jorge Moreno @jorgitomoreno.bsky.social Associate Professor. 4th Mexican scholar to earn tenure in astronomy/astrophysics in the United States. Exploring more research heavy opportunities. https://jorgemoreno.org
Brian M. Ross @oldblackcrow.bsky.social Surgical X-ray Clinical Educator/Image Quality Specialist
Married to @faithross.bsky.social
Atheist
USAF vet
I build functional Star Trek Tricorders and other DIY stuff. 🖖
❤️ to learn about astronomy, quantum physics, archaeology, etc.
🎢
brianmross.com
Sylvia Biscoveanu @sbisco.bsky.social NASA Einstein Fellow at Northwestern studying gravitational waves with LIGO | previously PhD at MIT | violinist and cat lover
Kai Schmitz @kaischmitz.bsky.social Father, Husband, European. Particle cosmology at the University of Münster. Searching for new physics with pulsar timing arrays. Dreams of a world where science and progress will lead to all humans' happiness. Born at 350 ppm.
Olena Shmahalo @natureintheory.bsky.social ✦ #SciArt #3Dart #Physics
✦ Previously the establishing Art Director of Quanta Magazine
✦ https://linktr.ee/NatureInTheory
✦ https://www.OlenaShmahalo.com
✦ Art-Only Feed: https://bsky.app/profile/natureintheory.bsky.social/feed/aaadycj4x6e72
❌ NO AI
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
Chris Willey (he/him) @crwilley.bsky.social
Dr. Kelley Hess @khesser.bsky.social Astronomer/Senior Researcher at Onsala Space Observatory/Chalmers University, Sweden; ultra runner, adventure racer, cyclist. Ironman WC 2012, 2014. Xterra World Champs 2014.
Samu Kahila @samukahila.bsky.social Dad. Space cowboy cleaning the orbit. Admirer of nature, lover of music, scribbler of words and researcher of history. Gamer, archer, boxer and art fan.
Daniel Green @dangreen.bsky.social Associate Professor @UCSanDiego, particle theory and cosmology
IncludeHer @includeher.bsky.social Official account of the IncludeHer movement to correct Australian STEM curricula to include mentions of women and their contributions to STEM.
https://linktr.ee/includeher
Jessica Birky @jessbirky.bsky.social Astrophysics + data science grad at University of Washington
she/her 🏳️🌈
https://jbirky.github.io/
Justin 子健 Brown @quantumbrownie.bsky.social Physics PhD student studying Erbium atoms in Silicon for Quantum applications at UNSW. (Prev. at USyd)
They/Them 🏳️🌈
Mark Kennedy @mcantwell.bsky.social A sprinkling of astrophysics, a dash of personal thoughts, and a lot of dog photos. Lecturer at University College Cork.
Dan Tamayo @astrodan.bsky.social Assistant Prof @HarveyMudd studying how planetary systems form and evolve. Past-Chair of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy (he/him).
Soheb Mandhai, PhD @theastrophoenix.bsky.social Astrophysicist/ Sci-Artist/Start-Up. I love 3D modelling and printing (among other hobbies + puns). Research: GW/EM + Spider Pulsars + Galaxy Dynamics. Happy to talk art, physics, or games!
Views are my own.
Links: https://linktr.ee/theastrophoenix
Jo Smith @jojophysicsgirl.bsky.social ITE assistant prof 👩🎓
Primary teacher EYFS to Y6 👩🏫
Secondary (physics) 💫
Engineer👩⚕️
Well-being of trainee teachers 🧚🏻♂️
First generation at uni 🙋🏼♀️
Anything physics, but love space🔭
mum👨👩👧👦
views mine, always learning
Hossam Khalil @hossam.bsky.social astrophysics PhD student at the University of Helsinki studying galaxy clusters and the large-scale structure in X-ray and optical λs
hossamkhalilastro.github.io
Vanessa Graber @drvgraber.bsky.social UKRI future leaders fellow. associate professor in physics at Royal Holloway. loving astrophysics. especially neutron stars. machine learning. scientific software. EDI. she/her. views are my own 🇩🇪➡️🇬🇧➡️🇨🇦➡️🇪🇸➡️🇬🇧
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Nikki Miller @nikkimiller.space Postdoc at Uppsala University studying M-dwarfs and eclipsing binary stars. Also: astronomy camps, music, languages, photography & board games.
From 🏴 - lives in 🇸🇪 - often found in 🇩🇪
nikkimiller.space | iayc.org | she/they
Fabian Schussler @fabianschussler.bsky.social Astrophysicist: multi-messenger observations at high-energies, H.E.S.S./CTA; SVOM, ANTARES, etc.
PI of Astro-COLIBRI (https://www.astro-colibri.science)
physics.soc-ph @arxiv-soc-ph.bsky.social New submissions on arXiv physics.soc-ph (physics and society)
source: https://arxiv.org/rss/physics.soc-ph
maintained by @mchujyo.bsky.social
Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social Just an archaeologist who works at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii
Amber Stuver @stuver.bsky.social My name is Amber Stuver and I'm a physics professor at Villanova Univ. studying gravitational waves with LIGO. (she/her/hers)
Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org How do you do, fellow squids? 🌊 We're your frondly Aquarium with a mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. https://www.montereybayaquarium.org
Tom Killestein @tkilleste.in Prize Fellow at the University of Warwick using deep learning to shed light on the transient Universe. https://tkilleste.in (he/him)
Slavko Bogdanov @slavkobogdanov.bsky.social Astrophysicist ordinaire. Columbia University.
slavko.org
Emily Rice @emilylrice.me Astronomer at CUNY & AMNH, CEO of STARtorialist, HQ for Astronomy on Tap, I guess I’m trying to make science fun?
My shop: shop.STARtorialist.com
Lucy West @lucyweststudios.bsky.social Professional artist, amateur astronomer, space geek, science geek, dog mom, rock hound, sailor, hiker, runner. #fineart #spaceart https://www.lucyweststudios.com/
Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social Dad, husband, astrophysicist, dog herder. Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor in Astronomy at UT Austin. This is a personal account and the views expressed in my posts here are mine. https://mrbk.github.io
Blooms & Greens @bloomsgreens.bsky.social Gardening in the PNW. Zone 8b. Come along for a gardening adventure.
Posts mainly garden-related, except weekends when there will be cats and other stuff.
https://www.bloomsandgreens.net
David Tsang @drda5id.bsky.social Theoretical Astrophysicist at the University of Bath, UK. Spends time thinking about Mathematical Physics, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Planets and Disks, Board Games, Crafting, Leather Working, Cooking, and other stochastically determined hobbies.
Brandon Hensley @bhensley.bsky.social Astrophysicist trying to understand our dusty universe
Dr. Teresa Symons @deepspacemine.bsky.social Astrophysicist @caltechipac.bsky.social working on NEO Surveyor 🛰️ | Studies cosmological backgrounds 🌌 and PSF reconstruction 🌠 | she/her
Jeffrey Hazboun @jeffreyhazboun.bsky.social professor of physics at Oregon State, gravitational wave astrophysicist, father, husband, whitewater enthusiast, banjo player... not in that order
Sabine Bellstedt @sabinebellstedt.bsky.social 🔭Astronomer at ICRAR-UWA, Perth Australia
🌊WAVES Programme Scientist
🌌Studying galaxy evolution via redshift surveys
⭐️Superstar of STEM
www.sabinebellstedt.com
stephi bernard @stephoebe.bsky.social astronomy and space science educator in melbourne ✨🔭🌌🛰️
G @spacegrayce.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 - Radio astronomer - pulsar enthusiast - shhhh…. the universe is whispering to us…
Dr Ashley J Ruiter @astronomash.bsky.social 🇦🇺🇨🇦 research on binary stars, their evolution and lead up to type Ia supernova explosions 🌟 into occasional weightlifting, LGBTQIA2S+ Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧ she/her