Resubmitted BARBIE1 with referee edits. Get ready to learn about biosignature detectability all in pink! Here's a sneak peek of my acknowledgements section special mentions. This #Barbie is an astrophysicist!!
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find me on Threads!! i’m migrating and will be spending most of my time over there 🧵🪡

space + science enthusiasts!! i’m doing a Q&A + book signing at Loft Orbital in SF on 7/11 that will be so fun — the room will be full of space industry experts and there’ll be free food and drink!

let me know if you’re coming; i’d love to say hi!

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Clár-Bríd Tohill CB enjoys an 'uplifting tale of passion, resilience and strength' by top female astronomer Sarafina El-Badry Nance Sarafina El-Badry Nance

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The expansion of the universe stretches time as well as space: A new study of distant quasars shows that their clocks appear to be ticking just 1/5th as quickly as our clocks here. theconversation.com/astronomers-se…

Tennis icons Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova met as teenagers, forged one of the greatest rivalries in sports and then became close friends.

After 50 years, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can. When cancer came, they both knew where…

'My dream is to live in a world where most people have informed views and passionate opinions about modern physics,' argues the renowned cosmologist Sean Carroll.

He wants to make the ideas of modern physics accessible to anyone.

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I am stunned at Ben & Jerry's post about Land Back and returning the Black Hills. Usually even the most “progressive” brands will only offer lukewarm land acknowledgments and stop there. Seeing a company this big tell the real truth using this language evokes so many emotions.

A brief update from Dianna (posted by Kyle) #mecfs #LongCovid #mcas

affirmative action works and that's exactly why it's being attacked

With the #GravitationalWaves news, who else is looking up at the stars? You need STARSTRUCK by Sarafina El-Badry Nance.

“It’s about having a dream—in this case, to devote one’s life to investigating the mysteries of the universe—and pursuing it.” —Sean Carroll

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From my friends at Exile in Bookville in Chicago. They are losing so much in sales this week; let’s help them make it up by ordering online!

Watch astrophysicist Sarafina El-Badry Nance discuss her book “Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark” a science-packed and inspirational memoir that details how she boldly carved out a place in the field of astrophysics youtu.be/wJwcc90-UtY

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In banning affirmative action, the Supreme Court has *not* banned using race in college admissions. 'Race neutral' is a legal fantasy, the latest to conserve racism. As Uma Jayakumar and I write The Atlantic, “race neutral” is the new “separate but equal.”
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Read all of our NANOGrav PFC articles in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, now live and open access!

Following 15 years of data collection in a galaxy-sized experiment, NANOGrav PFC has 'heard' the perpetual chorus of gravitational waves rippling through our universe for the first time — and it’s louder than expected simonsfoundation.org/2023/06/28/cla… Flatiron CCA Simons Foundation Dr Chiara Mingarelli

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STARGAZING is a gift-style book that introduces stargazing as a way to practice mindfulness. It’s packed with science too!!

It’s out in August, and I appreciate any preorders:

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