I'm thrilled to announce that I'm going to be starting as an assistant professor at CU Boulder this fall! I'm immensely grateful and excited. Please reach out if you're interested in joining my group as a grad student or postdoc. :D

Here's a fun piece of code I wrote to visualize the astrometric orbital elements. To run the visualization for yourself, check it out here: github.com/sblunt/show-... Black dashed is the line of nodes, and lighter purple indicates the part of the orbit that is behind the plane of the sky. Enjoy!

I'm a post-bac currently in this program and can help with any questions you might have about applications and participating 💫💫

Joe Renaud@spacetides.bsky.social · last yr.

We are hiring several post-bac positions at NASA Goddard! This is a single application for 8+ positions where you can list your preferred project(s). I am involved in hiring at least one so please feel free to reach out with any questions! aas.org/jobregister/...

Applications are open for #FlatironCCA's 2025-2026 Pre-Doctoral Program. Participants will collaborate with scientists on a project complementary to their thesis for 4.5 months at the Flatiron Institute. Stage 1 applications due 3/14: www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron-ins... #science #astrophysics

Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program

Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics Pre-Doctoral Program on Simons Foundation

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Final week to apply for the Code/Astro workshop! Come learn about open-source software development in Python.

Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸@blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey bluesky! Do you want to develop your own open-source software in Python? Apply to attend Code/Astro! Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/ Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)

please, if you have the means, help the displaced black families of altadena, ca hit their gofundme goals. we need each other.

Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory

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entering conference day 4 and I only know what day it is because the Tuesday crosswords just came out

For those affected by the LA wildfires, here is a spreadsheet I found of therapists offering pro bono services. #LAwildfires #PalisadesFire #EatonFire docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Pro Bono Therapy for Los Angeles Wildfires

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Still some open slots! Would love to see more nominations :)

Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸@blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 2y ago

Reminder: please nominate yourself or others! :) We still have 12 open slots for the winter and spring.

Hey bluesky! Do you want to develop your own open-source software in Python? Apply to attend Code/Astro! Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/ Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)

Heading into Christmas Day with 39/50 stars on #AdventOfCode! Will I finish? Absolutely! I learned a ton so far (mostly about path finding algorithms after rage quitting day 16). There’s a lot I don’t know, but there’s nothing I can’t learn. :D

Hey folks! Just popping in to announce that the full recording of the 2024 Code/Astro workshop is up on youtube. Playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Code/Astro is a week-long software development workshop for astronomers. More info about the workshop here: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/

Code/Astro 2024 - YouTube

Hello world! This is the full recording of the 2024 Code/Astro workshop. Here are some useful resources: Workshop website: https://semaphorep.github.io/codea...

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Showed the kids Fellowship of the Ring, and the next day, kid the older was describing the Balrog to his cousin: Kid: imagine me, tall as the hills, in fire, and insanely buff Cousin: that’s a lot to imagine

a demon with horns is surrounded by a group of people in a dark room .

Alt: A huge horned demon, humanoid but with fiery wings. It roars, revealing an internal inferno. It seems very strong but “insanely buff” was not my first thought.

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Para aquellos que hablan español y quieren aprender sobre nuestros resultados del cometa publicados aquí www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🔭🧪🪐 #PlanetaryScience theconversation.com/contribuyero...

¿Contribuyeron los cometas de la familia de Júpiter a traer el agua a la Tierra?

Un nuevo análisis de los datos de la misión Rosetta, que estudió de cerca al cometa 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, aporta nuevas pistas sobre el origen del agua terrestre.

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Reminder: please nominate yourself or others! :) We still have 12 open slots for the winter and spring.

Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸@blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey folks! We're currently accepting nominations for the UC Santa Cruz planetary lunch (PLUNCH) seminar in winter and spring. Self-nominations encouraged! Nomination form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

hi Bluesky! I’m Madyson, a 3rd-year phd student at unc chapel hill discovering and studying young transiting planets. Maybe you saw our recent Nature paper on the discovery of my new favorite, IRAS 04125+2902 b (aka TIDYE-1b 😉) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A giant planet transiting a 3-Myr protostar with a misaligned disk - Nature

Observations of a 3-million-year-old pre-main-sequence star with a misaligned disk reveal a giant orbiting planet; the system is ideal for studying the early formation and migration of plane...

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Prompted by this and a need for distraction I Did Some Math. Turns out most extrasolar planets are quite cauliflower-compatible. A thread, with citations. And laboratory astrophysics. And footnotes.

Jonathan O'Callaghan@astrojonny.bsky.social · 2y ago

What I want from Bluesky

Hey folks! We're currently accepting nominations for the UC Santa Cruz planetary lunch (PLUNCH) seminar in winter and spring. Self-nominations encouraged! Nomination form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UC Santa Cruz PLUNCH Astronomy Seminar Nomination Form

Planetary Lunch (PLUNCH) at UC Santa Cruz has been ongoing for nearly 20 years and contains weekly seminars by visiting researchers. Topics span both exoplanetary and solar system science, typically w...

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All right, let me rephrase-- if you are a current or former PhD student in astronomy (or adjacent field) willing to comment on 1-2 statements of purpose for applicants, please let me know!

Sarah Blunt, PhD 🇵🇸@blunt-comma-s.bsky.social · 2y ago

Is anyone in Astro organizing grad school SoP reviews for applicants this year?

I am excited to share my third paper of this year, and my first exoplanet paper with @thejason.wang, accepted to ApJL. We detected CO and water in the atmosphere of PDS 70 b, a protoplanet around its natal disk using Keck/KPIC. PDS 70 b shows a stellar-like C/O ratio (!). arxiv.org/abs/2411.15117

PDS 70b Shows Stellar-like Carbon-to-Oxygen Ratio

The $\sim$5 Myr PDS 70 is the only known system with protoplanets residing in the cavity of the circumstellar disk from which they formed, ideal for studying exoplanet formation and evolution within i...

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Is anyone in Astro organizing grad school SoP reviews for applicants this year?

I am soooooo excited about Gaia DR4

expect the expected! new paper from our team on the arxiv today: our observations of the directly imaged planet AF Lep b with optical interferometry. we revise the planet's orbit and composition; both indicate unbothered formation within a disk via core accretion. arxiv.org/abs/2411.05917

Hi bluesky, just popping on to let you know that I'm going to be heading to UC Santa Cruz as an NSF AAPF fellow in the fall! It's been absolutely wonderful hanging out with @thejason.wang and co remotely at CIERA, but I'm looking forward to working in-person again. Go banana slugs!

Post dog. [photo credit to Devin]

Dr. Jessie Christiansen@aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Post dog.

Are you an astronomer or aspiring astronomer wanting to improve your software engineering skills? Applications for Code/Astro 2024 are open! More info at semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/. Application is linked at the bottom of that page. Apply by Feb 16!