@astronopher

Astrophysics grad student at Cornell, studying the lives and times of planetary systems. Clarinet, saxophone, and D&D. He/him/his. Opinions are my own.

Joined June 2018
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I am now observing WD1856B using NIRSpec Bright Object Time Series for 2 hours and 22 minutes. Keywords: Exoplanet Systems, Exoplanets, White dwarfs. Proposal: stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public… 1:1
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ashley fairbanks@ziibiing15 Apr 2021
Imagine thinking the people who care about the murder of a child are radicals and that the people who argue for impunity for the murderer are the moral ones.
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And maybe it is.
Dentist Bob….🥌@RetiredDent14 Apr 2021
I’m telling people this is Johnson & Johnson.
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☾ / / / // / / / / / / // / / / / / / // / / / / / / // / / / 🔭𖨆💔 – at Santa Cruz, CA
Elon Musk
@elonmusk15 Apr 2021
☾ 🔭𖨆♡
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The coming weeks are likely to be important for the future of ground-based astronomy in the face of the threat of satellite constellations. How is it a threat, what are astronomers doing, why are these weeks important? Thread 👇
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Grant Tremblay
@astrogrant3 Apr 2021
FLUID DYNAMICS, holy crap. Normalize it as part of a grad Astro curriculum. Everything is *basically* a fluid on at least some scales. Traffic? A fluid. Hundreds of billions of stars? A fluid.
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Jon Favreau
@jonfavs6 Mar 2021
On our to-do list: 1) Short term: see if enough Senators will support some kind of increase in the minimum wage 2) Get a $15 minimum wage measure on the ballot in as many states as possible 3) Nominate Dem Senate candidates in PA, WI, NC, FL, and OH who support $15 min wage
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ERES@ERESsym1 Mar 2021
ERES is back!!! To be held virtually May 24-May 26, 2021. The deadline to apply is April 2nd. Early career exoplanet scientists are especially encouraged to apply. Go here for details and application form: eres2021.com
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Peter Gao@PlanetaryGao13 Feb 2021
Every astronomer needs to watch this excruciating video. Jill Tarter is a pioneer and this is how he treats her? @CenterForAstro has hosted some of my favorite people, but if they continue allowing this then I will do all that I can to stop people I care about from going there
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ahem *taps mic* the GBT doesn't see its shadow either, because of its innovative offset support arm design, but you don't see us bragging about it
the green bank telescope's receiver arm is to the side of the dish, not in the middle

ALT the green bank telescope's receiver arm is to the side of the dish, not in the middle

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zeynep tufekci
@zeynep25 Jan 2021
Interrupting your doomscrolling with more good news. As most had expected, the vaccines continue to work well against the new variants. Our problem remains producing enough of these amazing vaccines and getting them out there in arm. They are so good that we have a lot of buffer.
KizzyPhD@KizzyPhD25 Jan 2021
Replying to @KizzyPhD
The neutralization teams have a message: "Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Retains Neutralizing Activity Against Emerging Variants First Identified in the U.K. and the Republic of South Africa" Sorry to those who I've been ignoring yin this regard for weeks lol xitter.cf/moderna_tx/status/1353…
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Tweets like this irk me. They are over-simplified, but easy to like. Like fried dough. Yes I agree. Some US leaders prevented a better COVID response. But could we have done what NZ did? US has 37x the landmass and 67x the population of New Zealand. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Abolish the death penalty.
Taniel@Taniel16 Jan 2021
Justice Sotomayor, on the Trump administration’s rush to kill.
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The West Wing gifs@twwgifs13 Jan 2021
THE HOUSE SAID
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Wolfram
@WolframResearch12 Jan 2021
Trained astrophysicist @Astro_Madden has found creative ways to use the #Wolfram Language whilst pursing a MFA. Here, Madden shares the process of mapping a list of colors with a list of characters to create beautiful images: wolfr.am/SucHNLyr #MadewithMathematica
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It’ll be a shame if history allows one horrific event on this president’s watch to overshadow all the other horrific events on this president’s watch.
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Vote WD 1856 b! #WD1856b #ExoMemes #ExoCup2020
Exocast: The Exoplanet Podcast@exo_cast3 Dec 2020
The semi-finals of #ExoCup2020 are about to begin! Will WD 1856b, the white dwarf orbiting planet with the slickest ad campaign in modern #ExoCup2020 history be enough? Or will crowd favourite, the ultra hot Jupiter WASP-121b pull through once again?
60%WD 1856b
40%WASP-121b
248 votes • Final results
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WD 1856b@WD1856_534b29 Nov 2020
.@lk_rogers_astro spies signatures of rocks in the atmospheres of white dwarfs. I DON'T POLLUTE ANYMORE, OK?! I'M A GOOD CITIZEN #ExoCup2020 @exo_cast
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WD 1856b@WD1856_534b29 Nov 2020
Here's how you can vote for me in #ExoCup2020 !
Exocast: The Exoplanet Podcast@exo_cast29 Nov 2020
Only eight planets remain in the #ExoCup2020! - which one of these will make it into the final four? #Proximab - An earth-mass planet around an M-dwarf and our nearest neighbour! #WD1856b - The first ever planet found transiting a white dwarf (an earth-sized stellar remnant). GO!
46%Proxima Cen b
54%WD 1856 b
313 votes • Final results
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WD 1856b@WD1856_534b29 Nov 2020
.@theakozakis is one of my biggest fans - she devoted part of her Earther thesis to white dwarf planets! #ExoCup2020 @exo_cast
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