A lot of people view the feeds (main astronomy feed had ~20k unique monthly scrollers last time I checked) so it's also a really good way to grow your following on here too!
Emily Hunt
@emily.space
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Incoming postdoc @univie.ac.at (from September) Researches the Milky Way & star clusters with machine learning Founded the Astronomy feeds (@astronomy.blue)
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (she/her), Ⓥ Website: https://emily.space GitHub: https://github.com/emilyhunt
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Thank you for the shout-out!!!
We want to improve how the topic subfeeds work over the coming months so they should include more content, but trying to use it more as a community is a good start!
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very rude of you to reply to me and not to Olga!
I will restart the bot, try again in 5 minutes - if not, ping me again and I can sign you up manually
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@bot.astronomy.blue joke
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Ugh seems it needs a restart
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Sorry about this! Try doing the command again? It misses them sometimes.
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3I/ATLAS measurement from HST is in: can see the coma but not the nucleus. Sets effective nuclear radius of r < 2.8 km (H>15.4), significantly smaller than earlier estimates (as anticipated). Jewitt et al, (submitted?) arxiv.org/abs/2508.02934 🔭☄️
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this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
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Try doing the command again. Bluesky notifications have been a bit hit and miss and it means the bot doesn't always get it the first time - sorry!
Just to check it's working - @bot.astronomy.blue joke
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An absurd take from the first woman astronomer royal in the UK. 🔭
This succinctly shows why feminism has to be about MUCH more than just getting women into top roles.
Among so much else, Musk incited race riots last year in the UK. He has NO PLACE in the Royal Society.
Royal Society right to keep Elon Musk as member, says new astronomer royal
Royal Society right to keep Elon Musk as member, says new astronomer royal
Prof Michele Dougherty, first woman to hold position, is upbeat about role of private sector in space exploration The Royal Society was right to keep Elon Musk as a fellow, the UK’s new astronomer royal has said, adding that there is a benefit to the private sector playing a role in space exploration. Speaking to the Guardian after becoming the first woman to hold the 350-year-old position, the planetary scientist Prof Michele Dougherty said she had not been involved in the meetings around Musk’s fellowship, but that she supported the academy’s stance. Continue reading...
