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/
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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You may have never heard of the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. But they are the only federal agency supporting work that brings basic research & discovery down to practice: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/s...
Health Care Agency Discontinues Dozens of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality slowed the awarding of new grants last year. Now it is stopping existing ones.
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It's the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system. (🎁 link as always) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/s...
Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet (Gift Article)
It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.
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Spectacular starry views have raised a community of dark sky defenders along the border of West Texas. But with a wall slated to rise, they wonder: How long will the natural darkness last? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/s...
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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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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“The largest digital camera on Earth has finally started filming a motion picture of our universe,” writes @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social
Katrina Miller@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · last mo.For the next ten years, the Rubin Observatory will drink in light from billions of galaxies and stars, creating a crisp record of how objects streak, pulse and explode in our solar system, the Milky Way and beyond. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/s...
For the next ten years, the Rubin Observatory will drink in light from billions of galaxies and stars, creating a crisp record of how objects streak, pulse and explode in our solar system, the Milky Way and beyond. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/s...
A Dazzling Census of Our Cosmos Begins
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NASA named four astronauts who will be part of Artemis III, the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
Live Updates: NASA Is Announcing Its Artemis III Astronauts
Four astronauts will be part of the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon by 2028. The recent explosion of a Blue Origin rocket could complicate matters.
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In a historic moment, I was interviewed by fellow Black woman particle physicist Dr. Katrina Miller. Few people can understand my journey the way she does. We talked about my new book, why poetry matters, and yes, how the *fact* of non-trinary neutrinos challenges anti-trans rhetoric. #GiftLink
A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edge
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"I have made you a book with a bunch of tidbits on the oddities of the universe," @chanda.blacksky.app said. "The universe is stranger and more queer and more wonderful and more full of possibility than whatever limitations you might be experiencing." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/s...
A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edge
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Our Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer’s Work From Gaza www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/w...
Our Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer’s Work From Gaza
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For seven years, the Hobby-Eberly scanned the faintest corners of the cosmos, drinking in light from ancient galaxies while stargazers below took advantage of the darkness to revel in views of our universe that are becoming increasingly rare. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
Dark Skies and Dark Energy Converge at a West Texas Star Party
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A nice read from @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social about HETDEX (a program aimed at understanding dark energy) and the beauty and dark skies of west Texas, where the observations are taking place (at @texasscience.bsky.social’s McDonald Observatoy)
Dark Skies and Dark Energy Converge at a West Texas Star Party
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🌔💥 You had questions about the impact flashes the crew of Artemis II saw during their lunar flyby--and @leebillings.bsky.social has answers for you! Follow all our mission coverage here: spklr.io/6001EyN07
There it was: the swirly blue crescent of our planet, with all of us -- you, me, everyone we know -- in tow. Earth dipped ever lower on the horizon of a lifeless, pockmarked moon, a poignant farewell to the members of the crew as they plunged into radio silence. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/s...
First Photos From NASA Moon Flyby Show Setting Earth and Eclipse
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NASA’s Artemis II crew restored contact with Earth after flying around the moon’s far side, which had caused a planned radio blackout. Follow live updates.
Artemis II Live Updates: NASA Astronauts Call Home After Emerging From Moon’s Far Side
The four astronauts concluded a historic lunar flyby that included their greatest distance from the planet. “We will always choose Earth,” Christina Koch said in words to humanity.
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"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.” The crew all shared a hug after. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...
Astronauts Dedicate Moon Crater to Carroll Wiseman, Wife of NASA Commander
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recap of Artemis II mission day 4. they're now more than 2/3 of the way to the moon 🚀🌙 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/s...
NASA Astronauts Are Closer to Moon Than Earth on Artemis II Day 4
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"You look amazing, you look beautiful," Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, the first Black man to journey around the moon, said about seeing us from afar. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/s...
NASA Unveils 1st Earth Photos From Artemis II: ‘You Look Beautiful.’
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Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right & bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun. 🧪🔭 #Artemis www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
Let's be frank: the thing we're all wondering, looking at those astronauts in that tiny pod, is how anyone is going to 💩. Fortunately, @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social brings us the science of the Artemis toilet www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/s...
The Artemis II Toilet Had a Problem
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back live for day 2 of NASA's Artemis II moon mission www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Live Updates: Orbiting Artemis II Astronauts Prepare to Head to the Moon
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Andy Weir spoke to The New York Times about the science underlying Project Hail Mary & the process of adapting his novel into a feature film: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/s...
A ‘Hail Mary’ for Earth, Built on Solid Science
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NASA teams all polled “go” for an Artemis II launch in early April www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/s...
NASA Says Artemis II Moon Launch Is On Track for April 1
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New data adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits. Gift link: Via @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/s...
NASA smashed a spacecraft into one of a pair of asteroids. the impact shifted the pair’s orbit around the sun: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/s...
Asteroid-Smashing NASA Mission Sped Up Space Rocks’ Journey Around the Sun
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This feels like prologue. They cut the reseach about keeping crowds safe www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/s...
World Cup Crowds Could Be Targeted. This Team Worked to Keep Them Safe.
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My first book, Entangled States, will be published in exactly three months. Please ask me about it! I will come on your podcast or write for your mag about quantum physics and how it intersects with my life anytime!
