Experimental Astrophysics xkcd.com/3000
October 22, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Experimental Astrophysics xkcd.com/3000
Little update to my bio…today I defended my PhD in astrophysics and I’m officially Dr. Skylar!!!!
May 6, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Little update to my bio…today I defended my PhD in astrophysics and I’m officially Dr. Skylar!!!!
Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭
May 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭
Chris Cornell, astrophysics pioneer
Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Chris Cornell, astrophysics pioneer
The US Government may be scrapping all its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies but that's not happening in Ireland. Here is a Full Professor position in Observational Astrophysics or Cosmology at Maynooth University for *female* caandidates.
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universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
033421 - Professor of Observational Astrophysics or Cosmology (Permanent), Department of Physics, Maynooth University | University Vacancies IrelandUniversity Vacancies Logo
universityvacancies.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The US Government may be scrapping all its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies but that's not happening in Ireland. Here is a Full Professor position in Observational Astrophysics or Cosmology at Maynooth University for *female* caandidates.
universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
Astrophysics for everyone #goodomensfanart
July 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Astrophysics for everyone #goodomensfanart
Top marks to Bedford Borough Council on both history and astrophysics. 🔭
February 19, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Top marks to Bedford Borough Council on both history and astrophysics. 🔭
saw someone on this site talking about learning to make a burrito like it's getting a degree in astrophysics. what are we even doing here
January 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
saw someone on this site talking about learning to make a burrito like it's getting a degree in astrophysics. what are we even doing here
No cuddles. Astrophysics documentaries it is, then.
March 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
No cuddles. Astrophysics documentaries it is, then.
lauren i know there’s sex in biology we’re talking about astrophysics
March 25, 2024 at 11:27 AM
lauren i know there’s sex in biology we’re talking about astrophysics
defended my thesis and officially have a PhD in Astrophysics 🥹🥹
5 years of hard work, dedication and lots of support from my advisor and the department 🫶
so grateful for what’s been and what’s to come
5 years of hard work, dedication and lots of support from my advisor and the department 🫶
so grateful for what’s been and what’s to come
June 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
defended my thesis and officially have a PhD in Astrophysics 🥹🥹
5 years of hard work, dedication and lots of support from my advisor and the department 🫶
so grateful for what’s been and what’s to come
5 years of hard work, dedication and lots of support from my advisor and the department 🫶
so grateful for what’s been and what’s to come
Happy 79th Birthday Sir Dr. Brian May of Queen.
Awesome guitarist. His other accomplishments include a PhD in astrophysics and bring knighted by King Charles. 🤘🤘🤘
Awesome guitarist. His other accomplishments include a PhD in astrophysics and bring knighted by King Charles. 🤘🤘🤘
July 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Happy 79th Birthday Sir Dr. Brian May of Queen.
Awesome guitarist. His other accomplishments include a PhD in astrophysics and bring knighted by King Charles. 🤘🤘🤘
Awesome guitarist. His other accomplishments include a PhD in astrophysics and bring knighted by King Charles. 🤘🤘🤘
If I learned anything from the song Black Hole Sun it's that Chris Cornell didn't know shit about astrophysics
August 7, 2024 at 2:53 AM
If I learned anything from the song Black Hole Sun it's that Chris Cornell didn't know shit about astrophysics
Fractal astrophysics
November 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Fractal astrophysics
Keep billionaires tf out of astrophysics! 😠
December 2, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Keep billionaires tf out of astrophysics! 😠
"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why."
The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩🔬🧪🔭
✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩🔬🧪🔭
✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 29, 2026 at 9:15 AM
"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why."
The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩🔬🧪🔭
✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩🔬🧪🔭
✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spent a couple days this week in the annual meeting of the Governing Board for the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics at @uwaterloo.ca. It’s great to be part of such a productive and impactful organization! (In addition to being on the board, I’m also an Associate Member) uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics...
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Spent a couple days this week in the annual meeting of the Governing Board for the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics at @uwaterloo.ca. It’s great to be part of such a productive and impactful organization! (In addition to being on the board, I’m also an Associate Member) uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics...
I get astrophysics discussions too bsky.app/profile/numb...
I like science Bluesky. People in my replies discuss that it would be more fuel-efficient to catapult Chuck Schumer out of the solar system than to yeet him into the sun.
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I get astrophysics discussions too bsky.app/profile/numb...
If anyone thinks it matters, as of last year (2025), the Open Journal of Astrophysics is a Q1 Journal. It is the only Diamond Open Access Journal with that status in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
www.scimagojr.com/journalrank....
www.scimagojr.com/journalrank....
Journal Rankings on Astronomy and Astrophysics
www.scimagojr.com
September 25, 2026 at 11:23 AM
If anyone thinks it matters, as of last year (2025), the Open Journal of Astrophysics is a Q1 Journal. It is the only Diamond Open Access Journal with that status in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
www.scimagojr.com/journalrank....
www.scimagojr.com/journalrank....
Reminder: Kiki canonically has a doctorate in astrophysics
August 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reminder: Kiki canonically has a doctorate in astrophysics
+ First woman & youngest person ever appointed as an Associate Director, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 1980
+ President, American Astronomical Society 1996-98
+ Founder, Cool Stars, Stellar Systems & the Sun
Born #OTD in 1939.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy #astrophysics 🔭
+ President, American Astronomical Society 1996-98
+ Founder, Cool Stars, Stellar Systems & the Sun
Born #OTD in 1939.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy #astrophysics 🔭
September 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
+ First woman & youngest person ever appointed as an Associate Director, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 1980
+ President, American Astronomical Society 1996-98
+ Founder, Cool Stars, Stellar Systems & the Sun
Born #OTD in 1939.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy #astrophysics 🔭
+ President, American Astronomical Society 1996-98
+ Founder, Cool Stars, Stellar Systems & the Sun
Born #OTD in 1939.
#WomenInSTEM #astronomy #astrophysics 🔭
I mean, I should totally be writing popular science books about astrophysics right? My PhD in Cultural Anthropology totally means I'm an expert in astrophysics.
March 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I mean, I should totally be writing popular science books about astrophysics right? My PhD in Cultural Anthropology totally means I'm an expert in astrophysics.
"So where are all these new cases of autism coming from?"
My brother in Tyr, we literally just discovered an entirely new species of cat within the past month. Don't even get me started on astrophysics.
Our means of detection and diagnosis are improving. That's it. Case solved. Calm down.
My brother in Tyr, we literally just discovered an entirely new species of cat within the past month. Don't even get me started on astrophysics.
Our means of detection and diagnosis are improving. That's it. Case solved. Calm down.
September 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"So where are all these new cases of autism coming from?"
My brother in Tyr, we literally just discovered an entirely new species of cat within the past month. Don't even get me started on astrophysics.
Our means of detection and diagnosis are improving. That's it. Case solved. Calm down.
My brother in Tyr, we literally just discovered an entirely new species of cat within the past month. Don't even get me started on astrophysics.
Our means of detection and diagnosis are improving. That's it. Case solved. Calm down.