Astronomers on Bluesky
A collection of astronomers and planetary scientist on Bluesky.
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@todlauer.bsky.social
@astromikemerri.bsky.social
Emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Nottingham. Too frequent appearances on YouTube. All my own views.
@runningastronomer.bsky.social
✨Astronomer searching for and studying the faintest galaxies in the Universe ✨ Enthusiastic-but-mediocre runner 🏃🏻♀️ vegan 🌱 She/her
@tepickering.net
astronomer, telescope wrangler, grizzled pythonista, bluesky boomer
@sarahkendrew.bsky.social
European Space Agency Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. Team Lead for the MIRI instrument on JWST. Runner, dog mum, cyclist. 🇬🇧🇧🇪 Opinions my own.
@elakdawalla.bsky.social
Planetary scientist, freelance science writer and space artist, queer, ADHD, mom. Turns out it’s hard to be all those things at once. Shop at elakdawalla.Etsy.com
@verbiscer.bsky.social
Deputy Project Scientist on NASA's New Horizons mission. Minor Planet 9726.
@astrosteven.bsky.social
Dad to two alternatingly amazing/frustrating kids, decent husband, astronomer. Lover of Seattle/Austin sports and good sci-fi/fantasy novels and movies.
@ynzhangastro.bsky.social
astronomer, cosmologist, just like to sit on the couch when my terrible back allows me
@kayhangultekin.com
Associate Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Michigan. I study supermassive black holes and gravitational waves. http://kayhangultekin.com
@danielapai.bsky.social
Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, Associate Dean for Research at The University of Arizona. I study extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs, and lead the NASA-funded Alien Earths astrobiology team. Own opinions.
@bmacastro.bsky.social
Astronomer working on imaging extrasolar planets, instrumentation, and science policy. Spare time involves hiking with a golden retriever, and not playing enough boardgames. Director, University of California Observatories, but opinions are my own. He/him
@lukemeister.bsky.social
The comet is coming. Woke, but sleepy Fan of NTS radio https://www.nts.live/ Member of PELAGIC (PEopLe AGainst ridIculous aCronyms) Supporter of gender-neutral raccoons
@astrobailin.bsky.social
Astronomy, coffee, politics, music, cats, sports. Not always in that order. Canada/Alabama/Arizona. He/him.
@sondy.com
Cat herding, hiking, sewing, planetary science. Currently: Boulder, CO. formerly Tucson, AZ; Arecibo, PR; and a few other places. Asteroid radarist & healthcare advocate. she/they http://sonoranspace.org Still masking!
@sctrager.bsky.social
Geek. Astronomer at Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, U Groningen, NL. Sort of but not quite Dutch. Lover of loud noisy music and good food. WEAVE Project Scientist and Deputy PI. Scientific Director of NOVA but I don’t speak for NOVA on here
@katvolk.bsky.social
Planetary scientist, equestrian, and cat herder. Cat posts at: https://bsky.app/profile/katskitties.bsky.social
@astromarc.bsky.social
Astronomer studying galaxies, clusters, and dark matter. Envisioning the future of space astronomy. My posts are my own views. (he/him)
@chrismihos.bsky.social
astronomer, frustrated sports fan, perpetually confused family man.
@kenastro.bsky.social
Astrophysicist at NASA/GSFC. Fan of Exploration of the Universe in which we live, MD RenFest, and all things Trek & Disney. Posts are my own.
@profkelsey.bsky.social
Mother, astrophysicist, educator, writer, artist, thinker about things. Views expressed are mine. Duh.
@xiaohuifan.bsky.social
quasar hunter, traveller, runner, yankees fan, wine lover and the best chef in the world according to my kid. Regents' Professor of Astronomy, Univ of Arizona.
@galacticrave.bsky.social
Astronomer & Astrophysicist, Galactic Archaeologist & Simulator, Husband & Dad, Director @AIP_Potsdam, backyard astrophotographer
@dudedarkmatter.bsky.social
Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Astronomer working on galaxies, cosmology, and the dark matter problem. Read about them at https://tritonstation.com/
@jluastro.bsky.social
Astrophysicist, Associate Professor @UCBerkeley. Interested in black holes, stars, galactic centers, astronomy instrumentation, adaptive optics.
@jeyhan.bsky.social
Associate Professor at RIT investigating galaxy evolution. Co-lead of the COSMOS Collaboration. Passionate about public outreach, science communication, and inclusivity. Currently working on all things JWST (especially, COSMOS-Web, CEERS, NGDEEP, PRIMER).
@gnarayan.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Astronomy at @UofIllinois. Dark energy, wide-field surveys, supernovae, machine learning, outreach, photography, hiking, biking - i.e. grumpy old man (He/him)
@mapping3k.bsky.social
UCLA astronomer working on space CMB and IR. On the COBE, WMAP, SIRTF and WISE missions. See my cosmology tutorial at https://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
@grumpykelson.bsky.social
That one, yes. The Carnegie guy who's been telling you it's just 1/f noise all the way fucking down. But, no, you don't seem to want to just admit that I'm right.
@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
@telescoper.bsky.social
Theoretical astrophysicist specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it. Based in Ireland. Personal account. Call me old-fashioned but I don't like fascists. He/him/his. Blog: telescoper.blog
@megschwamb.bsky.social
Planetary scientist & astronomer at Queen’s University Belfast: KBOs, Planet Four(Mars), exoplanets (Planet Hunters NGTS) ,LSST SSSC co-chair. Opinions posted are my own. Pronouns: she/her
@pbarmby.bsky.social
Science: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-0090. Fiction: https://www.galacticwords.com Words in Year’s Best Cdn F&SF Vol 2, Nature:Futures, Analog, Utopia SF, MNRAS, ApJ, etc. Runner, knitter, curler. 🇨🇦 & minor planet 281067. She/her.
@mattkenworthy.bsky.social
Professor of astronomy working at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands on the direct imaging of extrasolar planets and transits of giant ring systems || Opinions my own || Will tell Dad jokes for cash. https://kenworthy.space/
@hbhammel.bsky.social
planetary astronomer | nearly famous | jwst interdisciplinary scientist | looks just like an ordinary mom | oboist (thoughts expressed here are my own)
@hogg.bsky.social
Astronomer, physicist, statistician, data analyst. (Totally not at all the other David Hogg). I live on Lenape land.
@janerigby.bsky.social
Astronomer, human, described by adjectives too dangerous to list. Views mine Reach for the stars. But not that one — it’s about to go boom
@dalcantonjd.bsky.social
Astrophysicist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics & U. Washington.
@alexparker.bsky.social
Exploration scientist, engineer, artist. Building things for space inspired by things in the sea, and things for the sea inspired by space. Discovered a few moons along the way.
@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
@ethan-vishniac.bsky.social
Cantankerous astrophysicist and editor. Grandfather and dog owner. I could probably drink less coffee. I think about magnetized turbulence and what it means for the universe. Orcid 0000-0002-2307-3857
@astrokiwi.bsky.social
Planetary astronomer @UCNZ: envisioning worlds from here and elsewhere, in a dark & glorious sky. Rutherford Discovery Fellow. Asteroid (10463). Pākehā; she
@astrokatie.com
Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
@philplait.bsky.social
Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com I'm self-employed so my opinions do in fact represent my company's.
@notnotrocketscience.com
Astronomer, movement artist, & educator based in Chicago 🛸 Founder, Not Not Rocket Science ✨Co-founder, the JustSpace Alliance 🚀they/them causing mayhem notnotrocketscience.com
@aussiastronomer.bsky.social
Caltech/IPAC Planet Hunter | Chief Scientist, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute | @TEDFellow | Science consultant | General Nerd | My views are not the views of NASA | She/her
@planetdr.bsky.social
Associate Prof of planetary science at Johns Hopkins. Titan’s biggest fan. Pomeranian wrangler. Runner. Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe. She/her. sarahhorst.com Planetdr.26 on signal
@plutokiller.com
Astronomer, planet hunter, Pluto killer, bear whisperer, finger-wrapped dad. Dangerous secularist. Foot soldier in the War on Cars. He/him. mikebrown.caltech.edu
@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
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Director of the German Centre for Cosmological Lensing, RUB. #LongCovid (She/her)
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social
#Physics, #philosophy, #complexity. Johns Hopkins & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. Latest: Quanta & Fields, book 2 of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. https://preposterousuniverse.com/ He/him.
@todlauer.bsky.social
Extragalactic observer (black holes, galaxies, galaxy clusters, stellar pops) that also dabbles in planetary astronomy. Really, basically a pixel pusher.