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Dr. Michaela Leung

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I think it’s cover and release date since those aren’t in the info out now? But honestly who knows 😂

12.08.2025 05:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Working to get students excited about jobs they could look for right after graduation!

05.08.2025 17:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

do you have a non academic job with a bachelors degree in physics or astronomy? please fill out my survey form to be featured in introductory astronomy courses at Iowa state!!!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

05.08.2025 17:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
AAS Journal Author Series: Amber Young on 2024PSJ.....5....7Y
AAS Journal Author Series: Amber Young on 2024PSJ.....5....7Y YouTube video by AAS

youtu.be/kBLkQIi3S18
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AAS Journal Author Series: Amber Young on 2024PSJ.....5....7Y

Amber Young (Northern Arizona University, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) chats about her article on Earthlike exoplanets.

24.06.2025 21:19 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

19.06.2025 12:42 👍 18799 🔁 5913 💬 51 📌 91
Michaela stands to the right of a purple screen showing a PowerPoint title slide for her PhD dissertation defense. Her advisor stands on the left side of the screen.

Michaela stands to the right of a purple screen showing a PowerPoint title slide for her PhD dissertation defense. Her advisor stands on the left side of the screen.

Michaela opens a box containing a sword. She stands next to a man in a blue shirt, her husband, and has an expression of surprise.

Michaela opens a box containing a sword. She stands next to a man in a blue shirt, her husband, and has an expression of surprise.

update !

18.04.2025 22:35 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b.
Credit: A. Smith, University of Cambridge.

Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b. Credit: A. Smith, University of Cambridge.

𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.

Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).

🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet

17.04.2025 16:08 👍 1128 🔁 366 💬 37 📌 115
Postbaccalaureate Positions in Astrophysics Science and Solar System Exploration Divisions at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | American Astronomical Society Applications are now being accepted for short-term postbaccalaureate research positions to support the Astrophysics Science and Solar System Exploration Divisions at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (...

We are hiring several post-bac positions at NASA Goddard! This is a single application for 8+ positions where you can list your preferred project(s). I am involved in hiring at least one so please feel free to reach out with any questions!
aas.org/jobregister/...

28.02.2025 18:27 👍 90 🔁 45 💬 1 📌 2

you can tell Taylor Swift is not an academic because of “now and then she re-reads the manuscript” could NOT be me

21.02.2025 00:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Planetary Society Strongly Opposes Mass Layoffs of Probationary… Sudden, indiscriminate layoffs at NASA do not serve the national interests in space leadership.

The Planetary Society strongly opposes the sudden, indiscriminate dismissal of more than 1,000 scientists, engineers, and explorers at NASA — the largest involuntary workforce reduction since the end of the Apollo program.

Read more on our stance. ⬇️

18.02.2025 16:47 👍 655 🔁 291 💬 17 📌 21

I got a rejection from a fellowship I withdrew from, they never miss a chance to reject you.

05.02.2025 17:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I don't know what to say about LA except that we elected a climate denialist as our next president.

08.01.2025 16:49 👍 567 🔁 68 💬 15 📌 2
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Are you a person of color wanting to find community at the @aasoffice.bsky.social meeting next week? Are you a first time attendee or a senior scientist?

If you answered yes, please sign up to attend our 10th anniversary LUMA Splinter Session at #AAS245! 🔭✨️

Sign up here: forms.gle/MTKfVNPsFEBA...

07.01.2025 15:08 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

why does my vet have better wifi than my office

09.12.2024 21:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah I definitely felt a little out of it for like an afternoon but the mRNA ones were taking me out for a whole weekend so definitely an improvement for me!

04.12.2024 07:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I had novavax for the first time this year! I thought the side effects were less noticeable but I think it could vary person to person so not sure how helpful that is. They had it at my local cvs!

04.12.2024 04:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Apply to & advertise the AAS CSMA Micro-grants program! Offers grants of >$500 to support BIPOC undergrads to pay grad school application fees, GRE testing fees, virtual conference registrations, or to purchase textbooks and research supplies. Deadline is October 13! aas.org/posts/news/2...

02.10.2023 14:59 👍 19 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 0

The takeaway? If students are using AI to cheat, it's not because they're lazy or uninterested. It's because we've created a society and an education system where failing academically means falling into precarity, but where students rarely get the support they need to succeed. 6/

20.09.2023 15:00 👍 190 🔁 54 💬 2 📌 8