These bitches can’t even answer a domestic violence call but they can intercept a package of fucking WATER

From Tori Bonidie: The authors of today’s paper find evidence of an atmosphere on 55 Cancri e, a lava-filled super earth in a very impressive solar system. 🔭✨️ astrobites.org/2024/06/19/tem…

In Ep.94, we're turning up the heat and investigating what makes magma so important! Sabrina takes us to the poster child of strange lava worlds 55 Cnc e to end the long debate of whether it has an atmosphere. Then, Cormac tells us all about how water can play well with magma.

Palestinians in Gaza are reporting that last night was one of the worst since the beginning of the genocide. Reminder; just because coverage has dropped in the mainstream media does NOT mean things have eased up. The genocide continues unabated and with international

Today I sat down with Dr. Curtis Asplund to discuss the current landscape of nuclear weapons, and why the scientific community should work together to prevent them from ever being used again. Check it out: astrobites.org/2024/07/23/sci…

From Tori Bonidie: I sat down with Dr. Curtis Asplund to discuss the current landscape of nuclear weapons, and why the scientific community should work together to prevent them from ever being used again. 🔭 astrobites.org/2024/07/23/sci…

From Guest: In today’s beyond Astrobite Óscar shares how the DACA program enabled him to pursue his Ph.D. in Astronomy, but leaves the community with questions about how we can create the same experiences for undocumented students if DACA is abolished. 🔭 astrobites.org/2024/07/24/und…

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Please please please consider donating (link attached to quoted tweet!). Pittsburghers worked so hard to get this question on the ballot so that our tax dollars can stop being used to fund a genocide!

Friends of Palestinian content creator Medo (Mohammad) Halimy reported on social media that the 19-year-old has succumbed to his wounds after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza left him in a coma. Halimy made videos documenting his daily life during the genocide and was determined to

From Tori Bonidie: The SPECULOOS team shines with their latest detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultra cool dwarf host star, SPECULOOS-3! 🔭✨️ astrobites.org/2024/08/30/new…

Our Steve Mellon covers PittGradUnion's huge win. "The rally was brief — only about 10 minutes. ... But before the crowd broke up, Caroline Layding, a grad worker in the biostatistics department, reminded everyone that, together, they have strength." unionprogress.com/2024/09/11/pit…

From sahil hegde: For today's first bite, we sat down for a conversation with @jorgito__moreno, the fourth Mexican astronomer to earn tenure at an American university! astrobites.org/2024/09/14/jor…

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In January Donald Trump will gain control of the US nuclear arsenal. We need all hands on deck to reduce the nuclear threat, through science & evidence-based policies. Join the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction to stay informed & engaged: PhysicistsCoalition.org/join

From Tori Bonidie: The authors of today’s paper put forth theoretical models of how habitable exoplanets might appear to the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) using the molecules present in the Earth’s atmosphere from earlier eons 🔭✨️ astrobites.org/2024/11/04/lif…

Graduate workers at the University of Pittsburgh have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. 97.4% of Graduate Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Graduate Student Researchers, and Graduate Student Assistants voted to join the United Steelworkers Union. Tally: 1033 YES - 28 NO

We won! #PittGradUnion #PittGrads #Pitt #PittRunsOnGrads #H2P #UnionYes

The FY2026 President's Budget Request includes: 47% cuts to NASA Science. 56% cuts to NSF. 28% cuts to NIST. 14% cuts to the DOE Office of Science. These requests have serious implications for the U.S. scientific enterprise. aas.org/posts/news/202…