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Isabel Swafford

@isabel_swafford

science communicator 📝 🎥 📱
🎓: @UCSC_scicom 💛 & @Caltech 🪐
astronomy nerd, artist, swimmer, indie music lover

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My video is also featured here, in this NASA JPL article! Check out the section discussing the impact of IRAS 🔭 jpl.nasa.gov/news/meet-the-…

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New Stanford University research adds to evidence that the seasonality of respiratory illnesses, like COVID-19 or the flu, can be linked to indoor humidity levels. Read my latest article here: news.stanford.edu/2024/03/12/low…

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6 reasons why citizen science can be a powerful research tool 🔎 In my latest piece for Stanford, I spoke with the Stanford Department of Medicine Our Voice team about community-driven research practices. news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/0…

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"It [was] like a big greenish cake,” says Keisuke Hosokawa Keisuke Hosokawa 🎂 Read about this rare aurora at the North Pole in my first(!!!) article with National Geographic: nationalgeographic.com/science/articl… #spaceweather #plasmaphysics #solarwind

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Here are a few ways to bring some science into your California beach day 🏖️🔍🌊😎 My latest for Stanford: news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/0…

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What's too big to be a planet, but too small to be a star? And not actually brown, but magenta (to the human eye)?? A brown dwarf! Read about them in my latest piece for IPAC 👇

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Apollo moon rocks reveal secrets of the moon’s thin ‘atmosphere’ in my latest story for National Geographic 🌚 nationalgeographic.com/science/articl… #exosphere #moon #spaceweather

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NEOWISE took its 26,886,704th and final exposure! This movie shows the final image compared to the same region with all 10 years of NEOWISE data compiled into one frame. Read more about the mission’s conclusion and legacy here: neowise.ipac.caltech.edu/news/neowise20…

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“What does someone studying the brain have in common with someone studying weather patterns?” asked data scientist Laura Gwilliams. “Answer: Complex spatio-temporal patterns in data!” Read my Q&A with Stanford's first data science faculty: news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/0…

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Happy holidays from IPAC! 🎉 As we look forward to supporting new and on-going missions, including the anticipated launches of SPHEREx and Lunar Trailblazer in 2025, we also look back at some highlights from 2024. Read more at ipac.caltech.edu/holiday-card

Happy holidays from IPAC! 🎉

As we look forward to supporting new and on-going missions, including the anticipated launches of SPHEREx and Lunar Trailblazer in 2025, we also look back at some highlights from 2024. Read more at ipac.caltech.edu/holiday-card
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IPAC's first official press release!! Science writers and content creators hit me up for scientist contacts, hi-res images, and more cool stuff 😎

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We're having a blast producing this show, so I'm sure you'll have a blast listening to it! 🎧🤓 #sciencepodcast #exoplanets

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Hello #AAS245 ! I'm attending the meeting with my Caltech IPAC colleagues. Come check out our booth in the expo hall! It's also my first AAS meeting, so I'd love to meet new folks 😁

Hello #AAS245 ! I'm attending the meeting with my <a href="/caltechipac/">Caltech IPAC</a> colleagues. Come check out our booth in the expo hall! 

It's also my first AAS meeting, so I'd love to meet new folks 😁
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High above thunderclouds lies a secret electrical zoo full of sprites, elves, and jets... read all about weird lightning in my latest piece for National Geographic ⚡ 🌩️ nationalgeographic.com/science/articl… #lightning #weather #transientluminousevents