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Malena Rice
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Planetary astrophysicist • Assistant Professor, Yale Astronomy • exoplanets & solar system • Forbes Under 30 • astrosoundbites
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trentdupuy.bsky.social
Astro PhD applications for Edinburgh are open! Deadlines are:
* 24 Nov: Career Development Scholarship (for students of Black heritage)
* 5 Dec: Bell Burnell Scholarship (for all URM students)
* 5 Jan: all applications
Come to beautiful Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Applying is free! 🔭🧪
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
Picture looking up at the sky, with the Royal Observatory Edinburgh East Tower in the lower right-hand corner and stars overhead surrounded by the pink/purple glow of the Northern Lights.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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trentdupuy.bsky.social
Astrophysics applications for this scholarship are open and due 24 November!
ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fe...
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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pbernardinelli.com
New paper on arXiv, analyzing Rubin Observatory data of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. This is the first science paper with data from LSSTCam!!!!!

arxiv.org/abs/2507.13409
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)
We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activity of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), with the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin ...
arxiv.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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sharenarice.bsky.social
Enjoyed a rowboat and conversations with @malenarice.bsky.social over the weekend!
July 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
malenarice.bsky.social
Applications for the 2025-2026 cycle of the 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy are now open! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you are interested in applying with Yale as a host institution :) www.hsfoundation.org/programs/sci...
51 Pegasi b Fellowship
The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship provides exceptional postdoctoral scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
www.hsfoundation.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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emily.space
Finding out about Gaia at #EAS2025Cork! ☄️

Just announced: Gaia DR4 will be released in December 2026!
A photo of the slide with the December 2026 release date
June 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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bartbonikowski.bsky.social
Essential reading (by @jasonstanley.bsky.social) for every American. The media, aided by a handful of reactionary academics and compliant university administrations, has sold the public a huge lie about wokeness on college campuses, enabling the extreme right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities | Jason Stanley
For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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juliengirard.space
Please watch the @aas.org Press Conference where @balmer.bsky.social presented this thrilling result: THE NEW(even if expected from astrometry)LY IMAGED, COLD (~2ºC), MATURE giant exoplanet 14 Her c with JWST/NIRCam!!!

Congrats Daniella, William and the whole team 😀

www.youtube.com/live/Z7niXAH...
June 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
malenarice.bsky.social
Join us for NASA's ExoPAG 32 Meeting on June 3rd! This free virtual meeting is open to all, but please register to receive the access link: exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/...

#exoplanets #astronomy
Exoplanet Program: Registration
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, the search for planets and life beyond our solar system.
exoplanets.nasa.gov
May 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
malenarice.bsky.social
Delighted that Yan Liang will be joining us at Yale this fall as our newest 51 Pegasi b Fellow, leveraging AI to disentangle planetary signals from stellar spectra!

Our 51 Peg family grows 💜

news.yale.edu/2025/04/04/y...
Yale’s newest 51 Pegasi b fellow will sort through stellar ‘noise’ with AI
The fellowship provides up to $450,000 in support over three years.
news.yale.edu
April 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
malenarice.bsky.social
We are excited for a fantastic program that is coming together for NYAEM, which will take place on May 22nd at the CCA! We will be accepting additional poster abstracts on a first-come, first-serve basis up through the registration deadline (April 22nd). #exoplanets
malenarice.bsky.social Malena Rice @malenarice.bsky.social · Feb 25
Abstract deadline for this year's New York Area Exoplanets Meeting (NYAEM II) is coming up in just under 2 weeks (March 10th)!

It'll be a 1-day regional meeting at the CCA, bringing together astronomers in the greater New York area working on exoplanets + adjacent topics 🔭🪐

nyexoplanets.github.io
New York Area Exoplanets Meeting
nyexoplanets.github.io
March 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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avapolzin.bsky.social
Paper day! I introduce a new all-in-one tool to generate and drizzle/resample space-based point spread functions for more accurate photometry 🔭🧪

arxiv.org/abs/2503.02288
spike: A tool to drizzle HST, JWST, and Roman PSFs for improved analyses
Point spread functions (PSFs) describe the distribution of light for a pure point source in an astronomical image due to the instrument optics. For deconvolution, as for point source photometry and fo...
arxiv.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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adrian.pw
Applications are open for our visiting grad student program (pre-doc program) at the CCA @flatironinstitute.org!

Reach out if you're a student interested in:
- Preparing for Gaia DR4
- Stellar streams
- Data-driven methods for spectroscopy
(and want to apply!)

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔭
CCA Pre-Doc Program Stage 1 Applications (2025)
docs.google.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
malenarice.bsky.social
Nominations to the Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) Executive Committee, including nominations for the ExoPAG Chair, are due March 7.

ExoPAG is a community-based forum coordinating input to NASA Astrophysics. Reach out with any questions! 🔭🪐 exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/...
Exoplanet Program: ExoPAG Overview
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, the search for planets and life beyond our solar system.
exoplanets.nasa.gov
March 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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avapolzin.bsky.social
Tomorrow! Join us — in person or online at 6:30pm Chicago time — for the last Picture an Astronomer public lecture with galactic archaeologist Anna Frebel (MIT), who will describe the cosmic origin of the heaviest elements.

More (incl. registration) at pictureanastronomer.github.io

🔭🧪👩‍🔬
Flyer for Anna Frebel’s Picture an Astronomer public lecture at the University of Chicago. Tomorrow at 6:30pm on campus and online.
February 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
malenarice.bsky.social
Abstract deadline for this year's New York Area Exoplanets Meeting (NYAEM II) is coming up in just under 2 weeks (March 10th)!

It'll be a 1-day regional meeting at the CCA, bringing together astronomers in the greater New York area working on exoplanets + adjacent topics 🔭🪐

nyexoplanets.github.io
New York Area Exoplanets Meeting
nyexoplanets.github.io
February 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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astrobites.bsky.social
From Huei Sears @starlights.bsky.social and Jessie Thwaites @jthwaites.bsky.social: Today we highlight the “Picture an Astronomer” Symposium at UChicago, created primarily by grad student Ava Polzin, with lectures and events in February/March! Registration ends 2/15.✨🔭
astrobites.org/2025/02/11/t...
The “Picture an Astronomer” Symposium
Today we highlight the "Picture an Astronomer" Symposium, with lectures and events happening in February and March!
astrobites.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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avapolzin.bsky.social
Registration ends Feb. 15! 🔭🧪👩‍🔬

We encourage *all* professional astronomers/astrophysicists to attend (in person or remotely)!

More at pictureanastronomer.github.io/symposium
Flyer advertising our Picture an Astronomer symposium, March 4 -6 in Chicago, IL and online.
February 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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ohdearz.bsky.social
Here's an e-mail that just went out to NASA agency wide. 🔭
Letter reading, "Dear agency employees, We are taking steps to close all agency DEIA offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions. These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination. We are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language. If you are aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies, please report all facts and circumstances to DEIAtruth@opm.gov within 10 days. There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information. However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Janet Petro"
January 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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planetaryemc2.bsky.social
#PlanetaryScience 🔭🧪: GoFundMe for JPL employees and Habitable Worlds Observatory team members suffering amidst the #LAFires. Confirmed organized on the HWO slack by @astrodave2.bsky.social.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-na...
Donate to Support NASA JPL HabWorlds teammates in the Pasadena fires, organized by Jason Tumlinson
We are raising money to assist friends of ours who are displa… Jason Tumlinson needs your support for Support NASA JPL HabWorlds teammates in the Pasadena fires
www.gofundme.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
Folks, a huge number of people at JPL have been affected by the LA wildfires, with many losing their homes.

If you can, consider contributing to a fund that's been set up to help them:

(Link looks sketch but site is legit)

caltech.imodules.com/controls/ema...
Satellite imagery captured by MAXAR showing the extent of the Eaton Fire in North Pasadena and Altadena.
caltech.imodules.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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aussiastronomer.bsky.social
Hey folks - like many people, our friends have lost their house and everything in it. If you are able to help support them through a long, slow recovery, please do. #LAFires

gofund.me/a24b7e39
Donate to Supporting Jenn & Sam after the Eaton Fire, organized by Jenn Burt
Hi friends, As many of you already know, the wildfires that tore through Alta… Jenn Burt needs your support for Supporting Jenn & Sam after the Eaton Fire
gofund.me
January 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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capricephillips.bsky.social
Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visionary Science and Transformational Technology
www.stsci.edu/contents/eve...
Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visionary Science and Transformational Technology
www.stsci.edu
December 20, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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drgeoxymorons.bsky.social
The Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund applications are open! This provides funding for current/prospective PhD students from underrepresented groups in #Physics ⚛️ & Astronomy 🔭 🧪Application deadline is 20th Jan 2025.

FAQs: www.iop.org/about/suppor...

#WomenInSTEM: www.iop.org/about/suppor...
Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund
Apply now to the innovative fund instigated by leading physicist Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the Institute of Physics to encourage greater diversity in physics.
www.iop.org
December 13, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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avapolzin.bsky.social
In the last year, in addition to work through SIRIUS B and all of the immense response online, hard copies have been shared at five universities, and the book is now being translated into other languages!

Here’s to another year of trying to make astro more accessible!

🧪🔭

arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041
avapolzin.bsky.social Ava Polzin @avapolzin.bsky.social · Dec 8
So excited that our SIRIUS B book is now up on arXiv!

arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041

It is intended to serve as a primer for students looking to pursue astro professionally. Participants in our 2024 program will get printed copies thanks to the IAU NA-ROAD Women & Girls in Astro mini-grant. 1/

🧪🔭👩‍🔬
Cover of the SIRIUS B book, "Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for Aspiring Astrophysicists", which features a drawing of a girl holding her hands out toward space.
December 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM