Breaking my long silence to share results from a project I have been working on for more than a decade. Marla Geha and I were discussing how frustrating it was that there were so many comparisons of models to just ONE Milky Way. Why not 100 MWs, we thought? 🤔
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TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the world is out. I'm honored, delighted, and grateful to be a part of this incredible group #TIME100 TIME

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The Executive Council of Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Executive Board of Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union and their Academic Freedom Committees jointly condemn infringements on free speech, research, and writing. We call on Rutgers University admin to do likewise.
Read more: loom.ly/fESoJ1Y

Great shot of yesterday’s eclipse by UCI Physics & Astro prof Aaron Barth (from from Horseshoe Bay, Texas) - solar prominence and coronal mass ejections visible on the bottom/right. Those features are much larger than the earth itself

Oops I did it again 🤭

#TotalSolarEclipse

;) #SolarEclipse 2024 #SolarEclipse

🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse

🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse

🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse

New Jersey politics will never be the same thehill.com/opinion/campai…

If you received this text yesterday about Liberty State Park, then you got another taste of what corporate & developer money in politics looks like. The information is categorically false and fully refuted. We will continue to stand up for our free, green, PUBLIC park. #SaveLSP

The money scandal that no one talks about is how ultra-rich donors contribute the maximum amount to a politician’s campaign and then give even more to a non-profit they run.

Paul Fireman did this to win political support for his plan to commercialize Liberty State Park:

Upending a ballot system unique to New Jersey, a federal judge today ruled against the county organizational line and in favor of U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-3). go.shr.lc/3PHfnNq

From astrobites: The genocide in Gaza demands our attention and our action. As astronomers and members of the global scientific community, we cannot ignore the immense suffering and devastation inflicted upon our colleagues.

astrobites.org/2024/03/27/ast…

I wrote about the upcoming solar eclipse and how celestial phenomena can set off all our existential alarms. I remember basking in totality in a random park in Tennessee in 2017 and thinking that 2024 was so far away..

Gravitational collapse of SpongeBob

You can see how Virial equilibrium is eventually reached

Check out the redesigned Space Telescope Live to find out what #JWST is observing now: bit.ly/4bZZFXf

A moment of truth for Liberty State Park | Editorial nj.com/opinion/2024/0…

The broken politics in New Jersey needs to end once and for all. Today I am filing suit and seeking an injunction to stop the corrupt county line system for this June 4 primary and to abolish it permanently going forward. 49 states use fair ballots; it’s time NJ does too. THREAD

Despite over 35 years of study what lies at the centre of Supernova 1987A has remained a mystery. 🤔 Until now. 💡

Using #JWST astronomers have found the first strong evidence of a neutron star at heart of SN 1987A. 🌟

Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Astronom…

Scientists had long expected supernova SN 1987A to form a neutron star or black hole, but direct evidence was elusive — until now. For the first time, Webb has found ionized argon at the site, a strong indicator of a newborn neutron star’s presence: go.nasa.gov/49LmT1k

Go on, give these a whirl.

Webb just released highly detailed images of 19 spiral galaxies! These observations add new near and mid-infrared puzzle pieces to the PHANGS program, a worldwide astronomy project: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/…