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Katrina Miller

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social

physicist by training, reporter by trade writer by nature 📍chicago tips: katrina.miller@nytimes.com signal: katrinamiller.04 https://katrinamillerphd.com/

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Lyndie Chiou@lyndie.bsky.social · 3d ago

A sole dark matter particle has *possibly* been detected with parameters that match more exotic dark matter theories. I wrote about those theories for Quanta: www.quantamagazine.org/dogged-dark-... #physics #science 👩‍🔬🔭

Dogged Dark Matter Hunters Find New Hiding Places to Check | Quanta Magazine

Perhaps dark matter is made of an entirely different kind of particle than the ones physicists have been searching for. New experiments are springing up to look for these ultra-lightweight phantoms.

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Katrina Miller@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 6d ago

On Sunday morning, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope blasted off from the Florida coastline & sailed toward the stars. So begins its journey to capture deep, sweeping cosmic views to explore the dark universe & hunt for new worlds. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/s...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope’s Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars (Gift Article)

Astronomers will use data collected by Roman’s wide, deep gaze to study the dark universe and hunt for new worlds.

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Katrina Miller@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · last mo.

How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery www.propublica.org/article/fede...

How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A nice write-up from @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social on local concerns about the admin’s plans to destroy some of the natural beauty of the Big Bend area — especially the night sky, as this is one of the least lighted areas in the country — with the construction of a border wall.

Dark Sky Defenders Raise Alarm Along the Border of West Texas (Gift Article)

Residents fear that the Trump administration’s plans to build a border wall will threaten the region’s spectacular starry skies.

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