Dr. Macy Huston
@mhuston.bsky.social
astronomy postdoc @ uc berkeley | gravitational microlenser | they/them
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"The fallacies behind the cult of Loeb"
New entry in my blog. Other articles have covered the scientific aspects; this one reflects on the social phenomenon. I argue it’s driven by a series of fallacies
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
New entry in my blog. Other articles have covered the scientific aspects; this one reflects on the social phenomenon. I argue it’s driven by a series of fallacies
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The fallacies behind the cult of Loeb
How media hype and misunderstanding fuel pseudoscientific fascination Introduction The word “cult” is used here in the sense given by...
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"The fallacies behind the cult of Loeb"
New entry in my blog. Other articles have covered the scientific aspects; this one reflects on the social phenomenon. I argue it’s driven by a series of fallacies
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
New entry in my blog. Other articles have covered the scientific aspects; this one reflects on the social phenomenon. I argue it’s driven by a series of fallacies
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
big day for TurboVicki
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
big day for TurboVicki
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November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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being a part of @astrobites.bsky.social was one of the best things I did in grad school !! such a supportive collaboration where everyone just wants to make astronomy better
apply ! apply ! apply !
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apply ! apply ! apply !
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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 :)
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
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 6:54 PM
being a part of @astrobites.bsky.social was one of the best things I did in grad school !! such a supportive collaboration where everyone just wants to make astronomy better
apply ! apply ! apply !
🧪☄️🔭
apply ! apply ! apply !
🧪☄️🔭
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I'm hiring an intern for a 6-month research position related to the NASA Pandora SmallSat Mission, project and start date flexible. Must be a current astro PhD student :) www.llnl.gov/join-our-tea...
Pandora Research Graduate Intern
<p><strong>Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!</strong></p><p>Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I'm hiring an intern for a 6-month research position related to the NASA Pandora SmallSat Mission, project and start date flexible. Must be a current astro PhD student :) www.llnl.gov/join-our-tea...
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I haven’t said this in a while, and it bears repeating: it is actually very easy to not work with abusers and rapists in the field! Moreover, we owe it to ourselves, our colleagues, and our future.
September 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I haven’t said this in a while, and it bears repeating: it is actually very easy to not work with abusers and rapists in the field! Moreover, we owe it to ourselves, our colleagues, and our future.
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Proud adviser with a whole host of @pseticenter.bsky.social students, postdoc, and alumni!
Winter Parts, Olivia Curtis, @cayladedrick.bsky.social (honorary), Nick Tusay, @mhuston.bsky.social, Pinchen Fan, Evan Sneed, Sofia Sheikh, Lennon Nichol, and Arianna Nielsen.
Winter Parts, Olivia Curtis, @cayladedrick.bsky.social (honorary), Nick Tusay, @mhuston.bsky.social, Pinchen Fan, Evan Sneed, Sofia Sheikh, Lennon Nichol, and Arianna Nielsen.
August 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Proud adviser with a whole host of @pseticenter.bsky.social students, postdoc, and alumni!
Winter Parts, Olivia Curtis, @cayladedrick.bsky.social (honorary), Nick Tusay, @mhuston.bsky.social, Pinchen Fan, Evan Sneed, Sofia Sheikh, Lennon Nichol, and Arianna Nielsen.
Winter Parts, Olivia Curtis, @cayladedrick.bsky.social (honorary), Nick Tusay, @mhuston.bsky.social, Pinchen Fan, Evan Sneed, Sofia Sheikh, Lennon Nichol, and Arianna Nielsen.
keck night 3/4 for this run of our astrometric microlensing program! i love watching our laser on the subaru livestream
August 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
keck night 3/4 for this run of our astrometric microlensing program! i love watching our laser on the subaru livestream
yesterday at an estate sale we overheard a zoomer explain to their friend that a furby is "like an old labubu"
August 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
yesterday at an estate sale we overheard a zoomer explain to their friend that a furby is "like an old labubu"
happy dwight slappe buys a cookie cake day i guess
July 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
happy dwight slappe buys a cookie cake day i guess
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Even assuming an LLM stumbled into a revolutionary scientific discovery, it would only be an untested hypothesis. A lack of hypotheses is not science's problem - it's $$ for the research to test those hypotheses that's sorely needed. And, that's being cut to fund LLMs.
I just now realized that some guys think that fancy predictive text can make new scientific discoveries but that doesn’t even make sense.
July 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Even assuming an LLM stumbled into a revolutionary scientific discovery, it would only be an untested hypothesis. A lack of hypotheses is not science's problem - it's $$ for the research to test those hypotheses that's sorely needed. And, that's being cut to fund LLMs.
first quintile hst rejection 🙃
July 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
first quintile hst rejection 🙃
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The American Astronomical Society is gravely concerned by the deep cuts to NASA science funding reported to be in the draft President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026. Read more here: aas.org/press/aas-st... and take action now: aas.org/urge-nasa-su...
April 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The American Astronomical Society is gravely concerned by the deep cuts to NASA science funding reported to be in the draft President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026. Read more here: aas.org/press/aas-st... and take action now: aas.org/urge-nasa-su...
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We are excited to announce registration and abstract submission for talks, posters, and breakout sessions are now open for the 2025 SETI Symposium at Penn State, August 18-21, 2025!
sites.psu.edu/setisymposiu...
Please help us spread the word and we hope to see you in State College!
🔭
sites.psu.edu/setisymposiu...
Please help us spread the word and we hope to see you in State College!
🔭
The third SETI Symposium, presented by the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center, will be hosted at the Penn Stater Hotel and Convention Center on August 18–21, 2025.
sites.psu.edu
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We are excited to announce registration and abstract submission for talks, posters, and breakout sessions are now open for the 2025 SETI Symposium at Penn State, August 18-21, 2025!
sites.psu.edu/setisymposiu...
Please help us spread the word and we hope to see you in State College!
🔭
sites.psu.edu/setisymposiu...
Please help us spread the word and we hope to see you in State College!
🔭
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working on HST proposals
📸: @/frogwitch on IG
📸: @/frogwitch on IG
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
working on HST proposals
📸: @/frogwitch on IG
📸: @/frogwitch on IG
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Magneto: I can control all metals
astronomers: oh my god
astronomers: oh my god
March 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Magneto: I can control all metals
astronomers: oh my god
astronomers: oh my god
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It's been a long time coming... the paper I led on GRB 221009A was recently accepted for publication by ApJ ! : ) Check out this poster I made for the project for the upcoming 'Celebrating 20 Years of Swift Discoveries' Conference !!
🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro #womeninSTEM
🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro #womeninSTEM
March 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's been a long time coming... the paper I led on GRB 221009A was recently accepted for publication by ApJ ! : ) Check out this poster I made for the project for the upcoming 'Celebrating 20 Years of Swift Discoveries' Conference !!
🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro #womeninSTEM
🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro #womeninSTEM
New from my officemate Yuhan Yao! I heard some exciting conversations about this when it was in the works, happy to see the paper out now!
New work led by UC Berkeley postdoc, Yuhan Yao, on the very first optically-detected off-nuclear tidal disruption event (TDE). Fig 1 shows the HST, Chandra, and VLA imaging; Yuhan will be at Transients from Space + Swift20 chatting about this !! #paperwednesday
arxiv.org/abs/2502.17661
arxiv.org/abs/2502.17661
February 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New from my officemate Yuhan Yao! I heard some exciting conversations about this when it was in the works, happy to see the paper out now!
Chloe's first Astrobite!!
From Chloe Klare: Read about how we can use radio astronomy to find tidal disruption events in galaxies! 🔭✨
astrobites.org/2025/02/19/d...
astrobites.org/2025/02/19/d...
Did that supermassive black hole just rip apart a star, or is it just eating lunch like normal?
Read about how we can use radio astronomy to find tidal disruption events in galaxies!
astrobites.org
February 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Chloe's first Astrobite!!
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Some cool new science from our group at NASA/Goddard. www.nasa.gov/universe/nas...
NASA Scientists Spot Candidate for Speediest Exoplanet System - NASA
Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the
www.nasa.gov
February 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Some cool new science from our group at NASA/Goddard. www.nasa.gov/universe/nas...
Earth Detecting Earth is out! Dr. Sofia Sheikh led this paper, with me as second author. It's been a long project, and we're really proud of it! It's hard to write a long post about science right now, so I'll just share some links here for today. First, the paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Earth Detecting Earth: At What Distance Could Earth's Constellation of Technosignatures Be Detected with Present-day Technology? - IOPscienceSearchopens in new tab
Earth Detecting Earth: At What Distance Could Earth’s Constellation of Technosignatures Be Detected with Present-day Technology?, Sheikh, Sofia Z., Huston, Macy J., Fan, Pinchen, Wright, Jason T., Beatty, Thomas, Martini, Connor, Kopparapu, Ravi, Frank, Adam
iopscience.iop.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Earth Detecting Earth is out! Dr. Sofia Sheikh led this paper, with me as second author. It's been a long project, and we're really proud of it! It's hard to write a long post about science right now, so I'll just share some links here for today. First, the paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.