Chiara Villanueva
@chiavilla.bsky.social
she/they. UCSC SciCom ‘24. deciphering the universe, one word at a time ✨ chiaravillanueva.com
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Albert Einstein upended our view of the universe by merging space and time into a single dynamic fabric. Now, many physicists are coming to their own radical realization: The fabric of space-time seems to emerge from something else. 🧵
www.quantamagazine.org/the-unraveli...
www.quantamagazine.org/the-unraveli...
September 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Albert Einstein upended our view of the universe by merging space and time into a single dynamic fabric. Now, many physicists are coming to their own radical realization: The fabric of space-time seems to emerge from something else. 🧵
www.quantamagazine.org/the-unraveli...
www.quantamagazine.org/the-unraveli...
Solar eclipse photos from California with my phone and a pair of eclipse glasses!
← 10.14.23 Annular Eclipse, 9:15am
→ 4.8.24 Total Eclipse, 11:29am
← 10.14.23 Annular Eclipse, 9:15am
→ 4.8.24 Total Eclipse, 11:29am
April 9, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Solar eclipse photos from California with my phone and a pair of eclipse glasses!
← 10.14.23 Annular Eclipse, 9:15am
→ 4.8.24 Total Eclipse, 11:29am
← 10.14.23 Annular Eclipse, 9:15am
→ 4.8.24 Total Eclipse, 11:29am
“With climate change, wildfires are becoming more common,” said UCSC researcher Christina Richardson. “There’s just a paucity of pre-fire data that has impaired our understanding of how fires are actually impacting stream water composition.”
The CZU fires have lasting impacts, even 4 years later!
The CZU fires have lasting impacts, even 4 years later!
March 26, 2024 at 12:31 AM
“With climate change, wildfires are becoming more common,” said UCSC researcher Christina Richardson. “There’s just a paucity of pre-fire data that has impaired our understanding of how fires are actually impacting stream water composition.”
The CZU fires have lasting impacts, even 4 years later!
The CZU fires have lasting impacts, even 4 years later!
Scientists from UC Santa Cruz are looking into the aftermath of the CZU Lightning Complex fires in nearby watersheds.
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UC Santa Cruz researchers study impacts of CZU fires on local streams
After the CZU Lightning Complex fires tore through the counties of San Mateo and Santa Cruz in 2020, over 86,000 acres of land were left ravaged in its wake. Now, scientists from UC Santa Cruz are …
www.santacruzsentinel.com
March 26, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Scientists from UC Santa Cruz are looking into the aftermath of the CZU Lightning Complex fires in nearby watersheds.
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"I take seriously the social responsibility of scientists, and I deeply appreciate being recognized both for my scientific contributions and for my efforts," said Primack.
Joel's got an incredible life story that I had the pleasure of profiling! 🌟
Joel's got an incredible life story that I had the pleasure of profiling! 🌟
February 27, 2024 at 12:49 AM
"I take seriously the social responsibility of scientists, and I deeply appreciate being recognized both for my scientific contributions and for my efforts," said Primack.
Joel's got an incredible life story that I had the pleasure of profiling! 🌟
Joel's got an incredible life story that I had the pleasure of profiling! 🌟
Joel R. Primack, distinguished professor of physics emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, was recently announced as the 2024 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize winner.
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February 27, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Joel R. Primack, distinguished professor of physics emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, was recently announced as the 2024 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize winner.
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“They're not timely, and people aren’t sure if they’re safe,” said Kyle Vergara, vice chair of the Student Union Governance Board. “Now, they’ve become a health hazard and a risk to students just being on them.”
Tensions culminated in this recent town hall. Glad I covered this important topic!
Tensions culminated in this recent town hall. Glad I covered this important topic!
February 14, 2024 at 9:14 PM
“They're not timely, and people aren’t sure if they’re safe,” said Kyle Vergara, vice chair of the Student Union Governance Board. “Now, they’ve become a health hazard and a risk to students just being on them.”
Tensions culminated in this recent town hall. Glad I covered this important topic!
Tensions culminated in this recent town hall. Glad I covered this important topic!
Amid growing student concern over the safety of campus shuttle buses, the UC Santa Cruz Student Union Assembly arranged a town hall meeting recently with the university’s administration.
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UC Santa Cruz students express concern over safety of bus system
Amid growing student concern over the safety of campus shuttle buses, the UC Santa Cruz Student Union Assembly arranged a town hall meeting recently with the university’s administration.
www.santacruzsentinel.com
February 14, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Amid growing student concern over the safety of campus shuttle buses, the UC Santa Cruz Student Union Assembly arranged a town hall meeting recently with the university’s administration.
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Earlier this week, I attended the NASW Internship Fair with @sciencewriters.org. It was a really great opportunity to be able to speak with editors and — my favorite part — connect with other students looking to break into science writing. Got to make some new friends along the way!
February 14, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Earlier this week, I attended the NASW Internship Fair with @sciencewriters.org. It was a really great opportunity to be able to speak with editors and — my favorite part — connect with other students looking to break into science writing. Got to make some new friends along the way!
Fadi and his daughter also got to talk about UNITE on NBC Bay Area News!
Go check out how a father-daughter pair bonds by doing amateur astronomy science 🤩
Go check out how a father-daughter pair bonds by doing amateur astronomy science 🤩
Citizen stargazers help uncover distant planets
Is there life out there in space? Amateur stargazers are helping NASA do the groundwork that could ultimately answer that question, and they’re doing it with a smart telescope in their backyards. NB...
www.nbcbayarea.com
January 23, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Fadi and his daughter also got to talk about UNITE on NBC Bay Area News!
Go check out how a father-daughter pair bonds by doing amateur astronomy science 🤩
Go check out how a father-daughter pair bonds by doing amateur astronomy science 🤩
“Sometimes, I long for just spending time looking at the stars, like I used to," said Fadi Saibi, a citizen scientist of a global initiative by @setiinstitute.bsky.social & Unistellar called UNITE.
Exoplanets are cool, but talking to exoplanet observers around the world is even cooler! 🔭🌎
Exoplanets are cool, but talking to exoplanet observers around the world is even cooler! 🔭🌎
January 23, 2024 at 2:41 AM
“Sometimes, I long for just spending time looking at the stars, like I used to," said Fadi Saibi, a citizen scientist of a global initiative by @setiinstitute.bsky.social & Unistellar called UNITE.
Exoplanets are cool, but talking to exoplanet observers around the world is even cooler! 🔭🌎
Exoplanets are cool, but talking to exoplanet observers around the world is even cooler! 🔭🌎
Amateur stargazers in Silicon Valley and around the globe join NASA to aid in the search for a distant Saturn-sized world 815 light-years from Earth.
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How ‘citizen astronomers’ in Silicon Valley and around the globe helped NASA track a distant Sat...
UNITE re-examines exoplanet candidates detected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which has been probing the universe for distant worlds since 2018.
www.mercurynews.com
January 23, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Amateur stargazers in Silicon Valley and around the globe join NASA to aid in the search for a distant Saturn-sized world 815 light-years from Earth.
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Reposted by Chiara Villanueva
NEW, from our UCSC SciCom news features class in
San Jose Mercury News, by @chiavilla.bsky.social:
How ‘citizen astronomers’ in Silicon Valley and around the globe helped NASA track a distant Saturn-sized world
www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/15/h...
San Jose Mercury News, by @chiavilla.bsky.social:
How ‘citizen astronomers’ in Silicon Valley and around the globe helped NASA track a distant Saturn-sized world
www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/15/h...
How ‘citizen astronomers’ in Silicon Valley and around the globe helped NASA track a distant Sat...
UNITE re-examines exoplanet candidates detected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which has been probing the universe for distant worlds since 2018.
www.mercurynews.com
January 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
NEW, from our UCSC SciCom news features class in
San Jose Mercury News, by @chiavilla.bsky.social:
How ‘citizen astronomers’ in Silicon Valley and around the globe helped NASA track a distant Saturn-sized world
www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/15/h...
San Jose Mercury News, by @chiavilla.bsky.social:
How ‘citizen astronomers’ in Silicon Valley and around the globe helped NASA track a distant Saturn-sized world
www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/15/h...
“This galaxy was actually an interacting system of galaxies in the early universe,” says team lead Gareth Jones (University of Oxford).
A story I found while diving in archives in December. It's amazing to see how JWST can shed a great deal of clarity on distant objects!
A story I found while diving in archives in December. It's amazing to see how JWST can shed a great deal of clarity on distant objects!
January 14, 2024 at 1:02 AM
“This galaxy was actually an interacting system of galaxies in the early universe,” says team lead Gareth Jones (University of Oxford).
A story I found while diving in archives in December. It's amazing to see how JWST can shed a great deal of clarity on distant objects!
A story I found while diving in archives in December. It's amazing to see how JWST can shed a great deal of clarity on distant objects!
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a single galactic unit is actually six galaxies, crashing together to create a deluge of fresh stars.
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JWST Reveals Distant “Galaxy” Is Six-way Galactic Crash
Peering deep into the past, the James Webb Space Telescope’s keen detectors are revealing unprecedented details of some of the oldest structures in the universe.
skyandtelescope.org
January 14, 2024 at 1:02 AM
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a single galactic unit is actually six galaxies, crashing together to create a deluge of fresh stars.
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— Read more on Sky & Telescope:
Thank you so much!!
January 6, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Thank you so much!!
“We never observed entanglement in such a high-energy relativistic system as the LHC,” says Juan R. Muñoz de Nova, a condensed-matter physicist at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Thank you to the ATLAS scientists for speaking with me on this story!
Thank you to the ATLAS scientists for speaking with me on this story!
December 18, 2023 at 6:50 PM
“We never observed entanglement in such a high-energy relativistic system as the LHC,” says Juan R. Muñoz de Nova, a condensed-matter physicist at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Thank you to the ATLAS scientists for speaking with me on this story!
Thank you to the ATLAS scientists for speaking with me on this story!
Scientists on the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social collaboration performed the highest-energy measurement of quantum entanglement.
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Scientists measure entanglement at the LHC
Scientists on the ATLAS collaboration performed the highest-energy measurement of quantum entanglement.
www.symmetrymagazine.org
December 18, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Scientists on the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social collaboration performed the highest-energy measurement of quantum entanglement.
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— Read more on Symmetry Magazine:
“I thought, ‘Oh, it must be a collapsed lava tube or something,’” said amateur astronomer Jesper Sandberg. “But then I discovered this ejecta. So maybe it could be an impact crater.”
A story that highlights citizen science and retaining old images. Loved writing it, enjoy! ☄️
A story that highlights citizen science and retaining old images. Loved writing it, enjoy! ☄️
December 16, 2023 at 1:23 AM
“I thought, ‘Oh, it must be a collapsed lava tube or something,’” said amateur astronomer Jesper Sandberg. “But then I discovered this ejecta. So maybe it could be an impact crater.”
A story that highlights citizen science and retaining old images. Loved writing it, enjoy! ☄️
A story that highlights citizen science and retaining old images. Loved writing it, enjoy! ☄️
A curious amateur scientist may have detected an impact crater on Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Presented by Galileo mission scientists at AGU23!
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Amateur Astronomer Finds a Possible Crater on Io - Eos
The most volcanically active body in the solar system may have an impact crater, a discovery spotted by a curious nonprofessional scientist.
eos.org
December 16, 2023 at 1:21 AM
A curious amateur scientist may have detected an impact crater on Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Presented by Galileo mission scientists at AGU23!
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— Read more on Eos:
Hello AGU23! Excited to be dropping by today, even for a short bit!
December 13, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Hello AGU23! Excited to be dropping by today, even for a short bit!
“Segregation is still measurable in our access of digital information in times of the biodiversity crisis," said Diego Ellis-Soto, an ecologist at Yale University.
A really eye-opening story I got the opportunity to write about. I hope you give it a read! 🪶
A really eye-opening story I got the opportunity to write about. I hope you give it a read! 🪶
Researchers have found far less data on bird sightings in neighborhoods impacted by discriminatory housing policies in the United States since the 1930s:
Discriminatory U.S. housing policies still affect bird sightings 90 years later
Citizen scientists are the main “collectors” of all recorded bird data, especially in the United States. More than 600,000 eBird experts and enthusiasts alike report on the colorful plumage and be...
news.mongabay.com
December 3, 2023 at 1:45 PM
“Segregation is still measurable in our access of digital information in times of the biodiversity crisis," said Diego Ellis-Soto, an ecologist at Yale University.
A really eye-opening story I got the opportunity to write about. I hope you give it a read! 🪶
A really eye-opening story I got the opportunity to write about. I hope you give it a read! 🪶
Reposted by Chiara Villanueva
Greatly enjoying working with this year's scicom.ucsc.edu students, now busy reporting news features with goal of publishing mercurynews.com. Here they are: scicom.ucsc.edu/students-alu...
October 26, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Greatly enjoying working with this year's scicom.ucsc.edu students, now busy reporting news features with goal of publishing mercurynews.com. Here they are: scicom.ucsc.edu/students-alu...
Hello, bluesky!
I'm a graduate student of the Science Communication program at UC Santa Cruz, with a focus on writing stories in physics and astronomy. I'm also really passionate about diversity and intersectionality in science. 🌟
I'd love to connect with any fellow slugs and scientists!
I'm a graduate student of the Science Communication program at UC Santa Cruz, with a focus on writing stories in physics and astronomy. I'm also really passionate about diversity and intersectionality in science. 🌟
I'd love to connect with any fellow slugs and scientists!
December 1, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Hello, bluesky!
I'm a graduate student of the Science Communication program at UC Santa Cruz, with a focus on writing stories in physics and astronomy. I'm also really passionate about diversity and intersectionality in science. 🌟
I'd love to connect with any fellow slugs and scientists!
I'm a graduate student of the Science Communication program at UC Santa Cruz, with a focus on writing stories in physics and astronomy. I'm also really passionate about diversity and intersectionality in science. 🌟
I'd love to connect with any fellow slugs and scientists!