Dr. Laci Brock
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planetary science PhD🪐 | space artist 🎨 | astrophysics meets art ✨ | bird nerd & gamer 🪶| email list + art shop ⬇️
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of course I had to paint this, space + birds 🥹
A group of ducks in Portugal witnessed the meteor while on Twitch
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damn, why didn’t anyone tell me my degree expires after a certain period of time?!
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I’m sorry. I can’t stop taking pictures of my
#space
tree 😄. The 3 days it took to paint all the ornaments was worth it!
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well you see…
To my fellow scientists: How do you deal with conspiracy theorists and science deniers in your replies?
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Jupiter images from JWST later this week? I’m not ready 😭
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Behold! My painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Now what to name it? ✨
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While everyone was drooling over the
@NASAWebb
image, I was painting it! 5 days until we
#UnfoldTheUniverse
✨🔭
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Can we all just stop and admire this? My painting is on the left, original
@HUBBLE_space
reference on the right. 😮😅
#sciart
#SciTwitter
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Dying of laughter that random dudes who paid for checkmarks are the ones who keep telling me I’m not humble, like I walk into Taco Bell shouting “MY NAME IS DR. LACI BROCK & I WANT A BAJA BLAST” 😆
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Actually bought a Christmas tree this year. Working on some hand-painted glass ornaments to decorate ☺️
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It’s honestly surreal. I grew up in rural Indiana raised by a single dad. My mom is an abusive alcoholic. I barely have any family, but no one in it has a college degree. I overcame countless obstacles along the way. But today, I finished a
#PhD
🚀 I did it.
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My
#space
Christmas tree! I hand painted all the ornaments myself last year. The Sun is an LED light. 🤩🎄
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I made a cute Valentine’s Day post about my fiancé, and then I had to block a bunch of random dudes because they’re mad I have a PhD.
I didn’t know being a first-gen student, starting college at 21 while working 3 jobs wasn’t the “real world” lmao
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It took me 40 tedious hours to paint this, the Pillars of Creation from Hubble. Excited to start painting those
#JWST
images 😌
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I am a real PERSON. Not an organization or science-producing content machine.
I AM a totally professional planetary scientist who also happens to:
•be an artist
•wear eyeliner
•say the f word
Follow for who I am or gtfo with that misogyny. Don’t let the door hit you in DN.
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I can’t believe it. After everything I’ve been through, I’m finally going to do it. Monday I defend my PhD in planetary sciences 😱🪐
#gradschool
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Multi-spectral painting of the Pillars of Creation from JWST in near-infrared & mid-infrared wavelengths. Almost done—just have to add the stars ✨
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one again reminding you not to follow these trash anonymous space accounts that don’t credit work and can’t even properly identify my boi Jupiter smh 🚩
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6 years ago I messaged a cute nerd on Bumble. We had dinner & went to trivia night. He’s been by my side ever since, supporting me during my PhD (like making me food when I forgot to eat 😅) and now on this art journey. Cody appreciation post 🤩
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Got married yesterday! I am a little hungover today (lol 💀), but I did manage to see the eclipse. Science + art posts will resume next week 😌
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Earlier today I went to campus to clean out my grad office. As we were leaving, my boyfriend unexpectedly proposed in the atrium?!
I exclaimed “WUT”, stared in confusion, managed to say yes, then wanted to run to the car because I was anxious 😆
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I shared this on TikTok & hundreds of people unfollowed me lol, so I just want to say you guys are way cooler 😎
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I think I finally found my art style after a whole life of painting for fun. This is multispectral art ✨
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I always lose followers when I talk about my fiancé. People who have claimed to support me/my art stop commenting & disappear. It’s very weird.
So, in light of that, fiancé fiancé fiancé. Begone weirdos! Don’t let deez nuts hit you on the way out.
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Space Christmas Tree Year 3—now with moons! All the ornaments are hand painted & made by me ✨
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Yo,
#PortfolioDay
! I’m Laci, planetary scientist studying clouds on brown dwarfs & a self-taught painter.
I create space art in multiple mediums, connecting science + art.
✨
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1 year ago, I turned my perfectly good science page into a big ‘ol meme bc it was exhausting blocking endless crazies & harassers on TikTok. I started trolling back—suddenly my exhaustion turned to laughter. And that’s how saucy
#scicomm
began😎
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From a first-generation college student to a floppy hat-wearing PhD graduate! I officially finished my degree in December 2021, but it just feels more *real* now. 🎓✨
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Here’s an idea, shut up. Consume the free art & science content while keeping all the weird thoughts to yourself. Stop typing them 👍
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You’re looking at an *official* small business owner! Just received my paperwork in the mail 💃🏻
Growing up, I was told I couldn’t do science & art. After conquering my PhD in planetary science, I decided to start my own business to connect my two passions 🪐
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@cherylannh27
Only random men on the internet with no degrees are able to tell you when it expires unfortunately 🫤
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Breaking news! Only one woman at any given time is allowed to talk about space 😆
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I mean yeah, I reply deez nuts to stupid comments, but you should really follow along for my science + art instead…right? RIGHT?
Like sheeeesh look at this painting of Jupiter in visible, ultraviolet, and infrared wavelengths. 🤓
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When I ask someone what their favorite planet is and they don’t say Jupiter
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mini paintings I made this week. which one is your favorite? ✨
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My most recent multi-spectral painting weaves together 2 infrared images taken by JWST of the Pillars of Creation. What should I name it? ✨
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Science meets art 🔭
I painted Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and simulated how it looks in ultraviolet (left) and infrared (right) light.
I’m not going anywhere. I will stay & continue to do good, whether that is communicate science, share art, or smite down dinguses. Join me 🫡
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Carina Nebula ✨
sometimes I wish I could paint all day every day
📸 reference: Hubble/NASA/ESA processed by
@SpaceGeck
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Am I taking my new strategy for dealing with anti-science trolls too far? Nahhhh 😆
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I’ve almost reached 30k followers because of a deez nuts joke AMA
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omg look at Jupiter and Europa in infrared from JWST! 🤩
credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
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The glass ornaments are hand painted, and I made the asteroid belt out of air dry clay
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my painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in visible, ultraviolet, & infrared wavelengths ✨
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You’ve seen my DN jokes. For each one reply, I’ve deleted & blocked hundreds of people. I cannot make a science video without a sexist comment or one about my appearance. Stop telling us to “ignore” the problem & start standing with us 🫡
Since we’re all pretending sexism doesn’t exist…
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My fiancé’s family asked him what I wanted for Christmas, and he said she likes Jupiter & the color black. Perfect 🤩
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If only that guidance counselor who told me I couldn’t be a scientist & an artist would see me now 😎
ART SHOP LAUNCH ✨
•Friday, January 20th 2pm MST
•3 designs, 50 prints of each
•$60 + free shipping
•8x8 in (20x20 cm)
•
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To my high school guidance counselor, who responded to my interests in becoming a scientist + artist by tossing a newspaper at me & exclaiming, “look in the wanted ads, do you see any jobs for artists?”
Thanks dude, but I learned about financial aid on my own & became both. ✌🏼
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I painted Hubble’s Cosmic Reef 🪸🐠
The red & blue nebulae are massive star-forming regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way ✨
📸 reference: NASA/ESA/STScI
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No, I will not stop sharing pictures of my Jupiter painting 🤩
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Finished all The Expanse books! All while walking on my treadmill. My 1990s Craigslist treadmill died during book 8, so we had to get a new one so I could continue reading 😆
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Just finished some new moon ornaments for my tree! Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan, Triton, and the Moon. Hope you like them 🤗
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Sending positive vibes to those of you like me who don’t have much family & feel kinda down around the holidays. You’re not alone 💚. Celebrate in your own way and take care of yourself
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Nothing boosts your confidence more for a life changing event than drinking wine out of a mug with your face on it
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sorry for the Jupiter spam today, but I’m just so proud of myself & can’t wait to start on JWST art when my canvases arrive 🥹
#artistsontwitter
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wow, so kind of this random to [incorrectly] explain a moon to me. I went through an entire planetary science PhD program without knowing! 🤡
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When you receive your PhD, a jolt of electricity transfers into your body. This forbidden magic banishes you from being yourself forevermore. You are now cursed to a boring life of order, khakis, and season-less chicken.
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FETCH ME A CHEESY GORDITA CRUNCH IMMEDIATELY, I WROTE A DISSERTATION
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I DEMAND THE FRESHEST CINNABON DELIGHTS BECAUSE I HAVE A PHD
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Unhinged scientist artist hand paints 4215 individual stars (& counting)✨
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OMG I SOLD MY FIRST OIL PAINTING
My brain has not processed this yet. I am speechless 😭. Thanks for choosing to have a piece of the cosmos in your homes through my art 💚
Treating myself to Taco Bell because I am a classy lady.
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want to know more about the objects behind JWST’s first images? say no more! 🔭
#UnfoldTheUniverse
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Worked on something totally different today while my other piece was drying! Not finished, but along with space, I also like painting landscapes & animals ☺️
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wake up nerds, new JWST image
Countdown to a new star ⏳
Hidden in the neck of this “hourglass” of light are the very beginnings of a new star — a protostar. The clouds of dust and gas within this region are only visible in infrared light, the wavelengths that Webb specializes in:
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