Dr. Caprice Phillips
@capricephillips.bsky.social
NHFP Sagan Fellow@UCSC 🍌🐌|brown dwarfs & exoplanets|Black In Astro VP|plan(e)t mom 🪴/🪐|she/her/hers
Website: https://capricephillips.space
Website: https://capricephillips.space
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I successfully defended my thesis and am now Dr. Caprice Phillips (its got a nice ring to it!). So thankful for my advisors and mentors including Jackie Faherty and @ohdearz.bsky.social and friends who were here to support me. Im the 2nd Black women to get a PhD from my department. Full of joy.
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Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
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Apps are open for our Idea Scholar program! The program invites distinguished scientists with an interest in developing scientific talent in the workforce for extended visits at the Flatiron Institute. Deadline is 1/13/2026: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/idea_scholar_program/ #science
Idea Scholar Program
The Flatiron Institute’s Idea Scholar program invites distinguished scientists for extended visits to develop scientific talent and foster collaboration.
www.simonsfoundation.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Apps are open for our Idea Scholar program! The program invites distinguished scientists with an interest in developing scientific talent in the workforce for extended visits at the Flatiron Institute. Deadline is 1/13/2026: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/idea_scholar_program/ #science
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So much astronomical excellence in this picture from @astrosociety.org gala! 🔭 L to R: Kate Daniel (Arizona prof), Angela Twum, @astrolatinaa.bsky.social, Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon (UCSC grads), @katycosmiq.bsky.social (CSUSB prof), @capricephillips.bsky.social (Sagan Fellow at UCSC), and me.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So much astronomical excellence in this picture from @astrosociety.org gala! 🔭 L to R: Kate Daniel (Arizona prof), Angela Twum, @astrolatinaa.bsky.social, Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon (UCSC grads), @katycosmiq.bsky.social (CSUSB prof), @capricephillips.bsky.social (Sagan Fellow at UCSC), and me.
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i’m excited to announce that i am hiring (again)!
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral Research Associate I Computational Stellar Astrophysics (Steward Observatory) | American Astronomical Society
The University of Arizona (U of A) Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory (SO) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The successful candidate will work with Professor Ca...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
i’m excited to announce that i am hiring (again)!
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
This is the face of astronomy! Like this is one of my new favorite photos! We ate!!!! 💅🏾
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the face of astronomy! Like this is one of my new favorite photos! We ate!!!! 💅🏾
Congrats @ohdearz.bsky.social on receiving the Nancy Grace Roman Award from ASP for promoting gender equity snd inclusion in astronomy and related fields! It was awesome to be there and see all the amazing things! Truly well deserved!
astrosociety.org/who-we-are/a...
astrosociety.org/who-we-are/a...
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Congrats @ohdearz.bsky.social on receiving the Nancy Grace Roman Award from ASP for promoting gender equity snd inclusion in astronomy and related fields! It was awesome to be there and see all the amazing things! Truly well deserved!
astrosociety.org/who-we-are/a...
astrosociety.org/who-we-are/a...
Had an amazing time at the first gathering for the 2030STEMxBWF Fellowship meeting at AMNH! So exiting for many things to come! Ll
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Had an amazing time at the first gathering for the 2030STEMxBWF Fellowship meeting at AMNH! So exiting for many things to come! Ll
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Had a great time at the @sacnas.bsky.social conference last week! Many Ohio State folks (see pic, including @astrojennifer.bsky.social, @denisemondragon.bsky.social, and me) attended despite restrictions. Congrats to @denisemondragon.bsky.social on winning best grad poster presentation!
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Had a great time at the @sacnas.bsky.social conference last week! Many Ohio State folks (see pic, including @astrojennifer.bsky.social, @denisemondragon.bsky.social, and me) attended despite restrictions. Congrats to @denisemondragon.bsky.social on winning best grad poster presentation!
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November 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I am giving away a print as a thank you to everyone who has been following along & supporting me on my journey transitioning from a research scientist to full-time space artist.
I’ll draw a lucky winner from my email list at random on November 13th. You’ll get a print of Spectrum of Chaos!
I’ll draw a lucky winner from my email list at random on November 13th. You’ll get a print of Spectrum of Chaos!
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am giving away a print as a thank you to everyone who has been following along & supporting me on my journey transitioning from a research scientist to full-time space artist.
I’ll draw a lucky winner from my email list at random on November 13th. You’ll get a print of Spectrum of Chaos!
I’ll draw a lucky winner from my email list at random on November 13th. You’ll get a print of Spectrum of Chaos!
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UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates. https://bit.ly/3WFBSpb
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates. https://bit.ly/3WFBSpb
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates. https://bit.ly/3WFBSpb
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates. https://bit.ly/3WFBSpb
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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Working on some last minute Astronaut Vessels for Saturday's restock. But they're a little different than usual...😸
I was thinking about cats and how the world can be falling apart around them but they still go about their day, hiding discomfort, quietly enduring.
I was thinking about cats and how the world can be falling apart around them but they still go about their day, hiding discomfort, quietly enduring.
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Working on some last minute Astronaut Vessels for Saturday's restock. But they're a little different than usual...😸
I was thinking about cats and how the world can be falling apart around them but they still go about their day, hiding discomfort, quietly enduring.
I was thinking about cats and how the world can be falling apart around them but they still go about their day, hiding discomfort, quietly enduring.
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An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Workers fear NASA is quietly gutting the iconic home of Hubble and Webb. The agency says it’s strategically closing buildings | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
I'm restarting therapy and I got a Black woman psychologist. A win baby!
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm restarting therapy and I got a Black woman psychologist. A win baby!
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Today is #ElectionDay in 39 states across the country. Know your voting rights!
Images: When We All Vote
Images: When We All Vote
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today is #ElectionDay in 39 states across the country. Know your voting rights!
Images: When We All Vote
Images: When We All Vote
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Join us this Friday for a special workshop from Movement Consulting: "Building Coalitions for Radical Change," presented by founder Dra. Nicole Cabrera-Salazar. For more information about the event, or to register, make sure to check out our website!
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Join us this Friday for a special workshop from Movement Consulting: "Building Coalitions for Radical Change," presented by founder Dra. Nicole Cabrera-Salazar. For more information about the event, or to register, make sure to check out our website!
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Are you a grad student interested in writing for Astrobites, or do you know one? We're recruiting! Apply by November 26 :)
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Apply to Write for Astrobites 2025!
Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 26th.
astrobites.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Are you a grad student interested in writing for Astrobites, or do you know one? We're recruiting! Apply by November 26 :)
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
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Happy Halloween ✨💄👠
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy Halloween ✨💄👠
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We've collected 65 individual exoplanet atmosphere composition measurements to look for population-level trends 🔭 #exoplanets
To do this, we had to create a toolkit to standardize between definitions of . We call it ExoComp. (Yes, that's a Star Trek reference 😀).
To do this, we had to create a toolkit to standardize between definitions of . We call it ExoComp. (Yes, that's a Star Trek reference 😀).
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We've collected 65 individual exoplanet atmosphere composition measurements to look for population-level trends 🔭 #exoplanets
To do this, we had to create a toolkit to standardize between definitions of . We call it ExoComp. (Yes, that's a Star Trek reference 😀).
To do this, we had to create a toolkit to standardize between definitions of . We call it ExoComp. (Yes, that's a Star Trek reference 😀).
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So excited for the first day of SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025 with @denisemondragon.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
So excited for the first day of SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025 with @denisemondragon.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪
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Sorry it's been a minute, I have an announcement!
✨ Shop opening on November 8th, 10am PT ✨
I will have a few commission spots for the holidays and a restock of finished work. Make sure you're up to date on the Commission FAQ! Amyraehill.com/commissions
Full restock preview coming soon ☺️
✨ Shop opening on November 8th, 10am PT ✨
I will have a few commission spots for the holidays and a restock of finished work. Make sure you're up to date on the Commission FAQ! Amyraehill.com/commissions
Full restock preview coming soon ☺️
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sorry it's been a minute, I have an announcement!
✨ Shop opening on November 8th, 10am PT ✨
I will have a few commission spots for the holidays and a restock of finished work. Make sure you're up to date on the Commission FAQ! Amyraehill.com/commissions
Full restock preview coming soon ☺️
✨ Shop opening on November 8th, 10am PT ✨
I will have a few commission spots for the holidays and a restock of finished work. Make sure you're up to date on the Commission FAQ! Amyraehill.com/commissions
Full restock preview coming soon ☺️
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#NASAWebb 🤝 Rocky exoplanets
With Webb, astronomers have found that several rocky worlds around red dwarf stars have no atmospheres. This is fostering new questions about these distant, habitable-zone worlds, and Webb is helping astronomers investigate.
Credit: STScI. 🔭 🧪
With Webb, astronomers have found that several rocky worlds around red dwarf stars have no atmospheres. This is fostering new questions about these distant, habitable-zone worlds, and Webb is helping astronomers investigate.
Credit: STScI. 🔭 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#NASAWebb 🤝 Rocky exoplanets
With Webb, astronomers have found that several rocky worlds around red dwarf stars have no atmospheres. This is fostering new questions about these distant, habitable-zone worlds, and Webb is helping astronomers investigate.
Credit: STScI. 🔭 🧪
With Webb, astronomers have found that several rocky worlds around red dwarf stars have no atmospheres. This is fostering new questions about these distant, habitable-zone worlds, and Webb is helping astronomers investigate.
Credit: STScI. 🔭 🧪
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Please join us in our petition to Ohio State to reject the Trump Compact and all forms of coercive federal encroachment on higher education that threaten to undercut + undermine academic freedom, merit in evaluation, & institutional autonomy @aaup.org @osuaaup.bsky.social #HigherEducation
OSU community members and beyond - please sign this letter to OSU admin to reject the Trump compact. And share widely.
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OSU, Choose Integrity — Reject the Trump Compact
Tell the OSU president, provost, and chair of trustees to choose integrity and reject the Trump Compact.
actionnetwork.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Please join us in our petition to Ohio State to reject the Trump Compact and all forms of coercive federal encroachment on higher education that threaten to undercut + undermine academic freedom, merit in evaluation, & institutional autonomy @aaup.org @osuaaup.bsky.social #HigherEducation
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@spacelawshitpost.me wants you to apply to the PSI fellowship.
"Yeah, come work with us." - AJ (from the abyss).
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@spacelawshitpost.me wants you to apply to the PSI fellowship.