Dr. Natalie Hinkel
@natalie_hinkel
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Planetary astrophysicist and lover of a good whisky. I look at elements in stars and their planets. Architect of the @HypatiaCatalog . Asst Prof at LSU. She/her.
Baton Rouge, LA
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Guess who is starting her first day as an assistant professor at LSU?
Hint: It's me.
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The University of North Carolina Greensboro has dissolved the Physics & Astronomy department. A major pillar of science education at that university is gone. I have no words. My heart goes out to my friends and colleagues.
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The university chancellor said that they will “continue to offer the lower-division physics courses required for STEM majors.”
I believe that they plan on bringing in lecturers/teaching faculty.
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@CA_AstroComm
PhD in Astrophysics. I call myself a Planetary Astrophysicist because I work on going from the composition of a star to the interior make-up of a planet (outside of our Solar System), since stars and planets are formed at the same time and from the same material.
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✨Life Update✨ This fall I'm starting as a new faculty member at Louisiana State Uni in the Dept of Physics & Astronomy! 😃 Which means, in a few weeks, we are moving to Baton Rouge. 🤯
I'll also be looking for students+postdocs to work with me in the next ~year. So 👀 for it!
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Hey scientists, do you have a "theme" to your computer names? If so, what is it?
When I was an undergrad, I was told me that an astronomer (scientist?) *had* to pick a theme. It was almost like a right of passage.
So, my theme is "names of rodents": dassie, jerboa, viscacha...
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Life Update: After tons of consideration, I've accepted a job as a Senior Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio. It's a permanent, partial-soft money position where I'll be starting an exoplanet group. Let the good science roll!
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So I wrote a thing (a Netflix-like algorithm that predicts stars likely to host giant planets) and then I wrote a thing (a published paper!) and then I wrote a thing (an article talking about all of this in a more understandable way).😁
#AbSciCon2019
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I did it! I taught my first class (on planetary astrophysics) as an assistant professor with no major catastrophes!
And now I would like to pass out please.
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Is your brain ready for a LOT of interdisciplinary exoplanet knowledge! 🧐🤯 You know it is!
🧵In Jan 2021, Keith Putirka, Siyi Xu, and I joined forces to put together 15 chapters (and a workshop!**) written by experts in their field, where the core of each chapter was:
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Studying exoplanets requires extremely inter/multidisciplinary expertise -- people from astronomy, geology, planetary science, data science, and biology. This is why
@oshorttle
,
@itsatrappist
, and I were guest editors for
@Elements_Mag
on "Geoscience Beyond the Solar System."🧵
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It's been so long since I've been a "real" astronomer -- observing on
@keckobservatory
's NIRSPEC with
@astronomace
and
@itsatrappist
. Gettin' that sweet, sweet spectra! 🌌🔭🤩
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My paper was (finally) accepted!!!! I've been working on it for +2yrs, including being in review with NatAstro for 1yr (😕). But after 1.5mos, it's now been accepted to ApJ. I'm so excited about this paper, it's cool and novel...but also, I'm so relieved it's done. On arXiv soon.
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Hey ✨astronomy and 🪐exoplanet folks at
#AAS243
! I will be around the conference this week, doing all sorts of different things. Interested? Excited? Trying to find me? Want to talk about abundances or the
@HypatiaCatalog
? I'll try to let y'all know
#WhereIsNatalieNow
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My dad sent my press release article to my grandma (who had to quit school at 8th grade when WWII reached the US). She was so proud she sent me flowers. I have a lot of feels.
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@mcnees
My trusty water bottle. After living in Arizona for ~10 years, I've learned the importance of staying hydrated and rarely go anywhere without it. Plus, the dents and bumps are a point of pride that it's had a long and interesting life. 😃
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Hello, world, this is my new kitten Lasagna, or Zanya for short. He is 2mos old and weighs ~2lbs. He loves to chase the feather toy, pounce on everything, and cuddle sleep. He also has the purr of a tiny truck. Like a reverse Garfield, he loves Mondays. So have a good Monday!
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First day of work as a Senior Research Scientist at SwRI! I meant to post this yesterday, but it was a whirlwind of the orientation-variety. Soon I will have a "real" first day photo because they took professional headshots...just like school photos (but with more feedback!).
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I got me a shiny....as Vanderbilt Postdoc of the Year! (aka really nice recognition for working my butt off this last year) 😀
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This is not true at all. Statistically, it's very likely that there is other life in the Milky Way. But Avi Loeb is not the expert nor does he speak for most astronomers.
@TheEconomist
Your timing on this is quite bad. You might want to check in with Jill Tarter.
Many astronomers refuse to believe there is intelligent life out there. Avi Loeb is different
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I have officially closed all of my tabs (gasp!), turned off my computer (double gasp!!) and left it at home (a milllion gasps!!!!). It's time for a legit vacation.
As
@aussiastronomer
likes to say, I've done enough, you've done enough. 😉🌈
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Ok, so a guy known to be a steam roller publicly steam rolls a very well respected woman. Why are we surprised? This was the logical conclusion. Worse, other people, WHO ARE STEAM ROLLERS THEMSELVES now have tHoUgHTs and whoa let me tell you...it's time for some introspection.
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This semester I am teaching the same students as the fall. But over the weekend, LSU somehow deleted my class. The whole thing.
My students were like, "There's no way she'd cancel class and not tell us."
Y'all. They thought I died. One student even looked up my obituary. 😵😂
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4 years ago I started weight lifting as a new way for me to exercise and an outlet for my feelings. Today was the first workout in the new place and even though being a new professor is 100% KICKING my ass (only 4 weeks into the semester), I'm feeling WAY better about things.
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Everything aligned...
.....wink 😉 wink elbow nudge....
so that I'm eclipse viewing near Austin right now with 89% coverage. So cool! I'm very excited for the total
#Eclipse2024
on April 8!
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Well.....0 for 3 for the
@NASA
XRP.
20 proposals funded out of 170 submitted.
12% acceptance rate.
Sigh.
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Excited for the first day of Exoplanet in our Backyard 2, especially since I couldn't make the first one. And it's my first in person conference! Oh and it's in the NM Science Museum in
#ABQ
!
Also, I accidentally matched the New Mexican decor in the hotel.
#EioB2
#nailingit
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So, I may have gone on a little rampage. But honestly, this makes me so. mad.
I get that we're busy. But if a student reaches out to you, you should *at least* respond to them, even if to say you don't have time. It's hard to cold email someone, especially someone you admire.
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I've done a lot of big worky things recently: had a paper accepted & PI'd my first NASA mission proposal. Normally I'd treat myself to some spa time, but that's not possible right now. So today I'm doing an at-home-spa day, complete with schedule, robe, music, & wine!
#selfcare
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Let me tell you about a little element named phosphorus (or P). P is a very important because it's critical to life on Earth, i.e. DNA, and is a key component in the Redfield ratio which relates C:N:P = 106:16:1 in marine plankton and oxygen photosynthesis.
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@M_N_Guenther
This figure was borrowed from Meadows & Barnes (2018) and lovingly referred to as the "Planets Are Hard" figure.
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Got my first
#CovidVaccine
!! -- the only time I've ever been excited for a shot. Also, I borrowed
@astrolisa
's idea to let the staff know I appreciated them, by writing "Thank you!" on my arms. Because HOHMAIGAWD THANK YOU to all the scientists and healthcare workers.
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All right
#aas231
, we are here and ready for you with 6. checked. bags. Be sure to come by the Hypatia Catalog Database booth so we don't have to carry all of this home!
#alltheswag
#everybagiown
#startwearingpurple
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My good buddy
@spacejayk
just moved to the US for a
@AustAmFulbright
Fellowship and today is his 30th birthday. In a new country. With only a few friends.
Could y'all give me a hand and wish him a 🎊 HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY? 🎉Not the same as a huge party, but that's ok...🥳
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I've downloaded all 600 pages of the
#astro2020
survey and have posted it to my drive if you are having issues with the
#NAS
website:
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One of my favorite things about starting this new job (so far!) has been decorating my office. I have a window, a cactus, and the couch I always promised myself I'd get.
#coffeenaps
#allmylegosondisplay
#colorful
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@SenBobCorker
Well,
@SenBobCorker
, your constituents are disgusted by you. Not only did you lie, but you gave up the future of this country and it's young people (me) so you could make money in the short term. You'll be hearing from this Nashville resident soon.
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Is Lasagna wearing a little fur hat made of his own fur that I brushed only today because that's how fluffy he is? Yes, he is.
Happy Sunday from a dapper Lasagna.
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I have been waiting for the acknowledgement, discussion, and decision on authorship of known harassers for literally years.
Now we need to keep it going.
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For 1.5yrs I've worked with incredible people for Exoplanet Study Analysis Group (SAG) 22 to investigate a target star archive and what that would mean for the community.
Our final report dropped today:
it's big, it's bold, it has a lot of hyperlinks.
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🪅Happy Mardis Gras, all! 🪅I'm hiring an Interdisciplinary Postdoc for Star-Planet Chemical Interplay to work with me in my group at LSU! I'm interested in a wide variety of topics and people. See below for details or reach out to me with questions. 😃
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Second
#COVID19Vaccine
in the books! I'm ready for Natalie++.
Thanks again to all of the scientists, specialists, nurses, doctors, front-line healthcare workers, and all supporting staff for making this possible.
#thankyouscience
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Ever say to yourself, "Wow, I have some sweet stellar abundance data, but what do these units mean? how do I convert this to something else? Ohmaigawd logs?! how do I get a normal number?! And ERRORS??!!" until you're a pile of sad...
Well weep no longer!
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What is this awesome figure? It's an interdisciplinary map showing how upcoming exoplanet missions and their data products tie into geoscience observations of an exoplanet's interior, surface, and atmospheric processes -- plus planet demographics! Tell me you love those icons 😉
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Boosting this advertisement to postdoc with me at LSU. 🌟Applications are due this Thurs Feb 29.🌟
🪅Happy Mardis Gras, all! 🪅I'm hiring an Interdisciplinary Postdoc for Star-Planet Chemical Interplay to work with me in my group at LSU! I'm interested in a wide variety of topics and people. See below for details or reach out to me with questions. 😃
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For all your stellar abundance needs, with 5986 stars, 72 elements, & 240,000+ measurements. Updates
@HypatiaCatalog
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That article on the Burnout Generation keeps popping up, but I'm honestly too stressed to read it now. So I open it to keep in a tab for later and see the line, "I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible." Oh...I guess that's me.
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Amped to give my ✨invited✨ talk at
#PLATOConf21
. If you want to see what happens when using stellar abundances to sort out rocky planetary interiors, then this talk is for you! Not only will I be going over a LOT of cool papers, but I'll be debuting an exciting new figure. 😉
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@fringetracker
It would be one thing if they were inviting some kind of discussion. But this language is toxic because it assumes that their analysis is perfect and subject to only one interpretation. They are trying to end the conversation with no rebuttal...how convenient.
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Just like a significant fraction of astronomers in the world, I'm on my way to Hawai'i for the 235th America Astronomical Society meeting!
Other attendees, find me if you want
@HypatiaCatalog
swag! I brought the good stuff.
#AAS235
#12hoursofflying
#astronomersdoitatnight
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@GlobalHigherEd
Then they asked whether I could create a new undergrad curriculum, a new grad curriculum, do outreach, run a planetarium, start a bridge program, do proposals with nearby institutes, etc. So really, they wanted me to do 2-3 jobs. I ended up accepting somewhere else.
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Exoplanets! Formation! Evolution! And you! Participate in a great interdisciplinary workshop with talks+discussions from experts in astronomy and geology to bridge the gap in exoplanet characterization.
Aug 17-18 in Chicago, right before Goldschmidt2024
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Tatertot (tabby, 15yr, she/her) making her debut at
#HabWorlds2021
with NO qualms getting in front of the camera and participating. Loudly.
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Started crying after* teaching my last class...not out of relief, but because I'm so damn proud of my students. They have all made tremendous progress this semester, in different ways. It's filled my heart up so much to watch them grow.
*Ok, I cried a little during class.
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I got tickets to see
@HamiltonMusical
in May in San Antonio!!! I won a lottery and honestly, honestly, I never thought I'd be able to see this show live. I'm. So. Excited.
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And before you say "he's never done this before" -- yes he has. He's done it to junior women, in his papers that ignored everyone else's work, in his views on diversity. There is a pattern -- but many people are blind to the pattern and THEIR contribution towards it.
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Last day of
#HabWorlds2021
, so one last pre-meeting for the Science Organizing Committee (SOC). Look at these bright shining faces!
@akiroberge
@DawnGelino
@Deschscoveries
@itsatrappist
@danielapai
@hannah_jc
@ExoCytherean
@ThePlanetaryGuy
@JessicaNoviello
@sethajacobson
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Last
#PIlaunchpad
attendee at the airport and honestly I feel like I'm leaving summer camp: my brain is fried, made some awesome friends, hung out with cool camp counselors (mentors+industry folks), and I'm stupidly excited. Thanks
@ErikaHamden
! Now I gotta get me a mission! 🚀🌟
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Ah yes, it's time for another installment of "please spell my last name right." This week's episode -- making sure my name is correct on official paperwork for NASA, because, ya know, I'm the PI.
Who wants to place bets on how many "le"s are left by the time we submit?
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Very nice apology and overall explanation of the situation behind the scenes. I think it's great the Greaves team was aprised throughout the process. Thanks to the Villanueva team for hearing the community and keeping us informed.
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Today is
#Farscape20thAnniversary
and what a coincidence I went as John Crichton at
#ECCC19
this past weekend. I met a woman with a Moya tattoo and we both squee'd. A lot.
#farscapenow
#benbrowderforever
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#hotTake
Moving really sucks. Like super dooper pooper scooper bad.
Especially when the paid packers do such a terrible job (large boxes of all books, fragile things not wrapped AT ALL, shoes on formal clothes) that most of it has to be redone. 🤬
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Hey
#ECCC2019
- you wanna see these darling faces get plastered while talking about the coolest, nerdiest science news? Then come to our panel: Live Recording of the Science Bar Podcast in WSCC 3B. Special guests
@jradavenport
and
@sparksciencenow
!!
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Finally (shakes fist at storm 🤜⛈️) landed in Baltimore for "Science with the Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond". My talk is tomorrow morning on ✨open questions about exoplanet host stars.✨🪐 Who is gonna be there? Anyone I get to meet IRL for the first time?
#hwo23
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Thank you
#AnacondaCON
for inviting me as a keynote speaker. The enthusiasm+support I received from so many data scientists was nothing I've ever experienced. I'm truly honored.
Talking with everyone led to some interesting ideas, so stayed tuned and hopefully see you soon!
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So I just had an amazing thought: last week on
@NPR
's
@WaitWait
Don't Tell Me,
@WilliamShatner
was the celebrity guest and he said he always listened to the show. This week, I was a contestant meaning that, for a brief minute, he knew who I was! Captain, can you hear me? 🤓😍😎
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Backstage at IdeaFestival Bowling Green, excited to talk about braving the elements, whether in astronomy or life. 😉
#IFBG18
#whatsthebigidea
#nerdgirl
#ihavebeenwearingaheadsetforhours
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After "I love you" and "You were right," I think "pleased to inform you" (from legitimate senders) is my next favorite word grouping.
#takethewins
#academia
#rejectedmoreoftenthanaccepted
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So, I had the world's silliest idea (that I couldn't ignore) prior to giving my
@IdeaFestivalBG
talk (like a TED talk but for middle+high schoolers)....which was to create a recursive image of myself on stage. Here is the result. I laughed so hard I cried.
#ithinkiamfunny
#IFBG18
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@froonium
@Brnikat
@cornerof_thesky
Found one! This was from Phoenix Comicon 2014 -- me as John Crichton (played by Ben Browder) from Farscape. I made the vest and communicator, the rest were thrift store finds.
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I've counted at least 4 proposal calls that are "not solicited" this year. To say nothing of the VERITAS soft cancellation.
@NASA
, you okay?
[No, the answer is definitely that they are not okay.]
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Finished my bullet journal/research notebook. I've been using it since 2017, a lot's happened since then.
So, it's time to break in the new one by putting something nice on the first page the journal opens to. 😉🌻
#bujo
#bulletjournal
#WomenInSTEM
#oberlinalum
#purplesunflower
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It's been 11yrs since I started working on the
@HypatiaCatalog
, 7yrs since it was published, 4 years since it became a public online database -- and I think I'm only just now getting over the fear of being "scooped" while looking over papers on the arXiv.
#ImposterSyndromeIsReal
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Me earlier today: Holy crap, the wall by my bed is so cold. I can feel a draft coming off it. Man, I wish that there was something that wo.... Oh my god, that's what headboards are for.
Ladies & gentlemen: THAT'S WHAT HEADBOARDS ARE FOR!
#TheMoreYouKnow
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Going to
#aas231
? Interested in stellar abundances and what they can do for you? Check out Session
#120
on Tues from 2-3:30m. There will be talks by
@johannateske
,
@phildelio
,
@ItsATrappist
, and yours truly! Plus, I've heard that
@HypatiaCatalog
will make an appearance. 😉
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Woo! I'm excited to be part of this event and to get to know my new city = San Antonio! 😃
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Y'all, I have < 200 unread emails in my inbox and that is *such* an accomplishment.
Also, if you get an email from me responding to something you sent X number of months ago...now you know why....also I'm sorry.
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I'm not going to say that this is 100% the✨most adorable✨ (and educational) recursion photo series you've ever seen....
but I'm also not NOT going to say that. 🥹 You have been warned.
Presenting: Lasagnas and the Sun.
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✨ Boost boost boost boost boost. ✨
I want your exoplanet host star questions! What are you dying to research but can't quite achieve because you don't have the data, models, or statistics? What info is important to you?
Exoplanet folks: What open questions do you have about host stars? What sort of information/data do you wish you had to do some (more) awesome science?
I know NASA reports don't always include everything (& everyone), so gimme what you got! I wanna hear from you! Lemme have it!
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However, the whisper network knows who is part of the pattern. We keep track of the pattern.
So, it's time for action. Stop letting bad behavior get rewarded, stop letting the Bystander Effect prevent you from speaking up, start doing better...
Start breaking the pattern.
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Let's get more P abundances! Let's figure out some cool astrobiological trends between stars, planets, & life!
🤓🌳🐟🦘🪐✨🤩
For more information, check out the paper that
@AZoceanographer
, Patrick A. Young, and I wrote:
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Hey! There is an awesome week planned out for
#BlackInGeoscience
, where every day has a theme. Excited to get to know new people...maybe find some new collaborators? 🤩
Also, I love these graphics.
Welcome to
#BlackInGeoscience
Week
Explore the spheres of our planet w/
#BiGeos
Here are the official figures by
@Astrenome
for planet 🌎 theme days during the week:
7 Sept. Geosphere
8 Sept. Atmosphere
9 Sept. Biosphere
10 Sept. Hydrosphere
11 Sept. Exosphere
Thanks 🙌🏿
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So, after a long work day yesterday, this is how my evening and morning have gone. And now she's back at (one of) the crime scenes. How are you?
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@aussiastronomer
Also, if you have a long data table:
Make 👏 A 👏 Machine 👏 Readable 👏 Version 👏 Of 👏 Your 👏 Data
I've converted 40% of the catalogs in the
@HypatiaCatalog
to be machine readable -- usually from LaTeX files.
@CdSportal
is an amazing resource -- use it! Pleeeeeez.
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I am beyond thrilled and relieved that
@BLAST_TNG
launched! I was literally carrying my phone around
#aas235
so I could watch the balloon inflate and explain to people what was going on! 🤩🎈🔭🇦🇶
@BLAST_TNG
has been launched tonight at 5:00 utc from NASA's Long Duration Balloon Facility at Williams Field airport in Antarctica as mission
#708N
.
It became the first balloon launched worldwide in 2020.
Track it in real time at:
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It's the end of a long week where I was on a
@NASA_TESS
Guest Investigator proposal and a NASA Habitable Worlds proposal. I believe, my friends, that it is time to have a drink.
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Interested in exoplanets? Have target list opinions? Want to help recommend a new archive? Then be a part of ExoSAG22!
We are looking for broad+inclusive perspectives from junior scientists,
#blackInStem
,
#indigenousSTEM
, interdisciplinary fields, & more!
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@david_kipping
We don't really know what "habitable" means...because we have one datapoint.
It's not the giant planet-metallicity correlation, it's only [Fe/H]. (This misunderstanding has made my life so difficult.)
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I'm giving a free public lecture tonight on my research, if people are in the mood to think about planets outside of our Solar System and what makes them habitable. 7-8pm ET via the McMaster Origins Institute.
#WomenInSTEM
#starsandplanets
#exoplanets
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Non-astronomer scientists:
I'm compiling "interdisciplinary elements" i.e. elements important for building planets, geo processes/cycles, biology, etc. -- to measure them in stars. I have: O, Mg, Si, Fe, Ca, Al, Na, K, C, Cr, Cu, Ni, U, Th, Pb, S, P, Mn, Ti, and Mo.
Any others?
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@SuperASASSN
I have been told -- note: I have no personal experience with this -- that any brown liquid looks like coffee when it's in a coffee cup. Just...throwing that out there.
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H'ohmaigosh, wonderful article by
@astrolisa
at Science News on the planet predicting algorithm. She nailed it. Yayyy!! 🤩💫
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@L_Reclusa
@neuroecology
Thanks, Karl! I have made all of my class materials publicly accessible via . People are free to use them and/or contact me for questions. 😀
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This is the reason I do outreach: to break down barriers between people and their idea of scientists. It's not just that I'm tired of being referred to as "Sheldon," it's because there is so little diversity in tv/movie scientists.
#shecanseeitshecanbeit
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Nice review talk by
@danielapai
-- my favorite quote: "Basically build your planets from dust bunnies."
#HabWorlds2017
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