Lyndie Chiou
@lyndie.bsky.social
Science writer | Scientific American | New Scientist | NYTimes | Quanta Magazine | #BlackInSTEM
Stories on physics, math, astronomy! Also plays trombone.
Stories on physics, math, astronomy! Also plays trombone.
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Lyndie Chiou
@lyndie.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Mathematicians Crack a Fractal Conjecture on Chaos
A type of chaos found in everything from prime numbers to turbulence can unify a pair of unrelated ideas, revealing a mysterious, deep connection that disappears without randomness
www.scientificamerican.com
A story about snowflakes and chaos.
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Reposted by Lyndie Chiou
"...Aristarchus has brought out a book consisting of certain hypotheses... His hypotheses are that the fixed stars and the sun remain unmoved, that the earth revolves about the sun on the circumference of a circle, the sun lying in the middle of the orbit..." -- Archimedes, _The Sand Reckoner_
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 AM
"...Aristarchus has brought out a book consisting of certain hypotheses... His hypotheses are that the fixed stars and the sun remain unmoved, that the earth revolves about the sun on the circumference of a circle, the sun lying in the middle of the orbit..." -- Archimedes, _The Sand Reckoner_
Reposted by Lyndie Chiou
Gorgeous image!
Can you believe, that in the next weeks to a few months, there are going to be four humans which are going to go in a spaceship and sail around the other side of this other world that just hangs in our sky.
Go look at the Moon.
Four people will be on the other side of it soon.
Can you believe, that in the next weeks to a few months, there are going to be four humans which are going to go in a spaceship and sail around the other side of this other world that just hangs in our sky.
Go look at the Moon.
Four people will be on the other side of it soon.
January 30, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Gorgeous image!
Can you believe, that in the next weeks to a few months, there are going to be four humans which are going to go in a spaceship and sail around the other side of this other world that just hangs in our sky.
Go look at the Moon.
Four people will be on the other side of it soon.
Can you believe, that in the next weeks to a few months, there are going to be four humans which are going to go in a spaceship and sail around the other side of this other world that just hangs in our sky.
Go look at the Moon.
Four people will be on the other side of it soon.
See the solitary bright crater on the lower left? It's named after Aristarchus of Samos, who proposed that the Earth orbits the sun 1,800 years before Copernicus. An unbelievably insightful idea for its day (sadly ignored).
Image taken tonight by my tiny telescope.
#science #history 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image taken tonight by my tiny telescope.
#science #history 🔭👩🏾🔬
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM
The beautiful Markarian chain, a drooping string of distant galaxies. And the loner who refuses to join the party, M87 on the lower left, hiding a supermassive black hole inside its heart.
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The beautiful Markarian chain, a drooping string of distant galaxies. And the loner who refuses to join the party, M87 on the lower left, hiding a supermassive black hole inside its heart.
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Not many connect math and Dr. Martin Luther King. But in 7th grade, I saw my geometry teacher silently weep through the school's MLK Day assembly, hiding his eyes behind a napkin. An unintended gesture that placed a symbolic welcome mat in front of his math-covered chalkboards.
January 19, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Not many connect math and Dr. Martin Luther King. But in 7th grade, I saw my geometry teacher silently weep through the school's MLK Day assembly, hiding his eyes behind a napkin. An unintended gesture that placed a symbolic welcome mat in front of his math-covered chalkboards.
Good morning from the moon...
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Good morning from the moon...
The Perseus Galaxy Cluster. A thousand galaxies trapped inside a cosmic web of filaments containing hundreds of thousands more.
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
January 12, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The Perseus Galaxy Cluster. A thousand galaxies trapped inside a cosmic web of filaments containing hundreds of thousands more.
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
History forms when order breaks. In this case, NGC 660 is wearing its history at an angle. Long ago, a collision yanked its outer arms away from the core, leaving a warped galaxy, which still manages to hold itself together.
Image credit: my tiny telescope (about 15 hrs)
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope (about 15 hrs)
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 AM
History forms when order breaks. In this case, NGC 660 is wearing its history at an angle. Long ago, a collision yanked its outer arms away from the core, leaving a warped galaxy, which still manages to hold itself together.
Image credit: my tiny telescope (about 15 hrs)
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope (about 15 hrs)
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
How to enjoy an iced latte in Detroit!
January 3, 2026 at 2:17 AM
How to enjoy an iced latte in Detroit!
What wisdom will the Soul Nebula whisper for 2026? Astronomers know how to listen. [1/2]
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
January 2, 2026 at 10:10 AM
What wisdom will the Soul Nebula whisper for 2026? Astronomers know how to listen. [1/2]
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Four giant stories in one frame! Each of these nebulae exists in different evolutionary stages and at different distances from us. Details in alt text.
Image credit: my tiny 2" telescope (and lots of patience)
#astronomy #science 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny 2" telescope (and lots of patience)
#astronomy #science 👩🏾🔬🔭
December 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Four giant stories in one frame! Each of these nebulae exists in different evolutionary stages and at different distances from us. Details in alt text.
Image credit: my tiny 2" telescope (and lots of patience)
#astronomy #science 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny 2" telescope (and lots of patience)
#astronomy #science 👩🏾🔬🔭
Reposted by Lyndie Chiou
Hello BlueSky! This is the Christmas Tree Cluster. I color-mapped the heart of the nebula to tree-green to bring out the effect. Would you like this as a wallpaper? I'm happy to share for free: photos.app.goo.gl/e9LNThCC97NZ...
Image credit: my tiny telescope.
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny telescope.
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hello BlueSky! This is the Christmas Tree Cluster. I color-mapped the heart of the nebula to tree-green to bring out the effect. Would you like this as a wallpaper? I'm happy to share for free: photos.app.goo.gl/e9LNThCC97NZ...
Image credit: my tiny telescope.
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny telescope.
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
I happened to be up in San Francisco during the massive power outage tonight. The dark skyscrapers imparted a weird, Dickensian feel.
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I happened to be up in San Francisco during the massive power outage tonight. The dark skyscrapers imparted a weird, Dickensian feel.
This looks fake, but I took this photo in the middle of one of many aimless walks that my kids have led me on.
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This looks fake, but I took this photo in the middle of one of many aimless walks that my kids have led me on.
Reposted by Lyndie Chiou
The Iris Nebula. The unusual thing about this nebula is the vast filament structures that persist all the way down to tiny scales. Right now, astronomers want to know why. Turbulence, magnetic fields, radiation pressure, or...?
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
December 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Iris Nebula. The unusual thing about this nebula is the vast filament structures that persist all the way down to tiny scales. Right now, astronomers want to know why. Turbulence, magnetic fields, radiation pressure, or...?
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
The Iris Nebula. The unusual thing about this nebula is the vast filament structures that persist all the way down to tiny scales. Right now, astronomers want to know why. Turbulence, magnetic fields, radiation pressure, or...?
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
December 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Iris Nebula. The unusual thing about this nebula is the vast filament structures that persist all the way down to tiny scales. Right now, astronomers want to know why. Turbulence, magnetic fields, radiation pressure, or...?
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 👩🏾🔬🔭
Reposted by Lyndie Chiou
A story about snowflakes and chaos.
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Mathematicians Crack a Fractal Conjecture on Chaos
A type of chaos found in everything from prime numbers to turbulence can unify a pair of unrelated ideas, revealing a mysterious, deep connection that disappears without randomness
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A story about snowflakes and chaos.
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
A story about snowflakes and chaos.
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Mathematicians Crack a Fractal Conjecture on Chaos
A type of chaos found in everything from prime numbers to turbulence can unify a pair of unrelated ideas, revealing a mysterious, deep connection that disappears without randomness
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A story about snowflakes and chaos.
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Read my latest about how noise enables subtle, intricate patterns at every level (for Scientific American).
www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
#science #math #physics 🔭👩🏾🔬
Reposted by Lyndie Chiou
I love the progress from a 48” telescope in 1966 to a 2” telescope today and the vast improvements made in between. Makes you wonder what’ll possible in the next 60 years!
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I love the progress from a 48” telescope in 1966 to a 2” telescope today and the vast improvements made in between. Makes you wonder what’ll possible in the next 60 years!
The Helix Nebula! I know, that name confused me too. So I found the first known photo of this nebula... 1/2 (thread)
Image credit: my tiny 2" telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny 2" telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Helix Nebula! I know, that name confused me too. So I found the first known photo of this nebula... 1/2 (thread)
Image credit: my tiny 2" telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny 2" telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
The amazing mushroom I encountered on a hike today!
It was cataloged in 1984 as a "bear's head".
It was cataloged in 1984 as a "bear's head".
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The amazing mushroom I encountered on a hike today!
It was cataloged in 1984 as a "bear's head".
It was cataloged in 1984 as a "bear's head".
24 Hour Fitness desk guy: Are you an astrophysicist? I saw your NY Times articles and your astro photos
Me: Nope, a physicist. But I love writing about the universe!
Guy: I have major questions about black holes
We spent the next 20 mins discussing the mind bending consequences of extreme objects
Me: Nope, a physicist. But I love writing about the universe!
Guy: I have major questions about black holes
We spent the next 20 mins discussing the mind bending consequences of extreme objects
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
24 Hour Fitness desk guy: Are you an astrophysicist? I saw your NY Times articles and your astro photos
Me: Nope, a physicist. But I love writing about the universe!
Guy: I have major questions about black holes
We spent the next 20 mins discussing the mind bending consequences of extreme objects
Me: Nope, a physicist. But I love writing about the universe!
Guy: I have major questions about black holes
We spent the next 20 mins discussing the mind bending consequences of extreme objects
Rover's snaps as it strolls around Mars will never get old!
Views from the edge of the rim
#Mars Dec. 4, 2025 - Sol 1703 🧪🔭
📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams... @areoinfo.bsky.social
#Mars Dec. 4, 2025 - Sol 1703 🧪🔭
📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams... @areoinfo.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Rover's snaps as it strolls around Mars will never get old!
Huh. I was only aiming at this while waiting for other targets to rise, but then... wow!! All those Milky Way stars (and dust) make it hard to see this galaxy, hence its mysterious name "The Hidden Galaxy".
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
December 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Huh. I was only aiming at this while waiting for other targets to rise, but then... wow!! All those Milky Way stars (and dust) make it hard to see this galaxy, hence its mysterious name "The Hidden Galaxy".
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Image credit: my tiny telescope
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
Reposted by Lyndie Chiou
The Sun and absolutely enormous spots in white light. 3 December 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Sun and absolutely enormous spots in white light. 3 December 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour