Dr. Susan E. Mullally
@mustaric.bsky.social
Astronomer -- Baltimore -- Exoplanets -- Mother -- Choir -- Games
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Have you seen this video of the Comet 3I/ATLAS of observations from TESS? science.nasa.gov/blogs/3iatla... Data available at MAST.
NASA’s TESS Reobserves Comet 3I/ATLAS - NASA Science
NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during a special observation run from Jan. 15 to 22. Scientists
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January 28, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Have you seen this video of the Comet 3I/ATLAS of observations from TESS? science.nasa.gov/blogs/3iatla... Data available at MAST.
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
New job opportunity at @stsci.edu: Senior Astronomical Data Scientist for data analysis tools, working closely with my team and me.
This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭
This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭
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January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
New job opportunity at @stsci.edu: Senior Astronomical Data Scientist for data analysis tools, working closely with my team and me.
This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭
This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭
For those astronomers who still use the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) data, a NASA+ESA mission that flew for 19 years starting in 1978, there is a new IUE specific search form and API at @mast-news.bsky.social for you to find IUE data
archive.stsci.edu/contents/new...
#Astronomy #NASA
archive.stsci.edu/contents/new...
#Astronomy #NASA
Introducing a New IUE Search Form
archive.stsci.edu
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
For those astronomers who still use the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) data, a NASA+ESA mission that flew for 19 years starting in 1978, there is a new IUE specific search form and API at @mast-news.bsky.social for you to find IUE data
archive.stsci.edu/contents/new...
#Astronomy #NASA
archive.stsci.edu/contents/new...
#Astronomy #NASA
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
SPARCS and Pandora launched together!!! Two small sats I’m very excited about, and thrilled for my friends and colleagues who have worked on them! 🔭
elmo is standing on a rock with his arms up in the air
ALT: elmo is standing on a rock with his arms up in the air
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January 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
SPARCS and Pandora launched together!!! Two small sats I’m very excited about, and thrilled for my friends and colleagues who have worked on them! 🔭
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
It's happening!!! Pandora is going to space in just over 16 hours (if all goes well). Pandora is going to help us study exoplanet atmospheres, even when their host stars are misbehaving. I am headed up to Vandenberg to watch the launch shortly, and will make a thread about the mission/launch here!
January 10, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It's happening!!! Pandora is going to space in just over 16 hours (if all goes well). Pandora is going to help us study exoplanet atmospheres, even when their host stars are misbehaving. I am headed up to Vandenberg to watch the launch shortly, and will make a thread about the mission/launch here!
Come work at STScI!
HIRING: STScI is searching for a Software Engineer who will help design, develop and maintain the software that transforms raw spacecraft data into high-precision scientific products, directly supporting astronomers around the world and advancing NASA’s mission of exploration: https://bit.ly/49gwZdr
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Come work at STScI!
It's finally here. Pandora is launching this weekend! svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/.
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | NASA’s Pandora Satellite to Explore Exoplanets and Stars
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Pandora mission, which will help scientists untangle the signals from exoplanets’ atmospheres — worlds beyond our solar system — and their stars.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
January 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Come work at STScI!
HIRING: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore is searching for a Office of Public Outreach Division Head. The person would lead the science communication and public outreach activities for the Institute.
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Come work at STScI!
It's finally here. Pandora is launching this weekend! svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/.
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | NASA’s Pandora Satellite to Explore Exoplanets and Stars
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Pandora mission, which will help scientists untangle the signals from exoplanets’ atmospheres — worlds beyond our solar system — and their stars.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
It's finally here. Pandora is launching this weekend! svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14945/.
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
Led by Elisa Quintana and Jesse Dotson (I sit on the science team with many amazing scientists), it has been such fun watching this telescope go from proposal to launch. Get ready to observe some stars and exoplanets!
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
Packed splinter session at #AAS247 for the announcement of The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System—a modular, rapid-response network of four novel observatories designed to democratize access to the cosmos.
Read more about the initiatives here: www.schmidtsciences.org/focus-area-a...
Read more about the initiatives here: www.schmidtsciences.org/focus-area-a...
January 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Packed splinter session at #AAS247 for the announcement of The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System—a modular, rapid-response network of four novel observatories designed to democratize access to the cosmos.
Read more about the initiatives here: www.schmidtsciences.org/focus-area-a...
Read more about the initiatives here: www.schmidtsciences.org/focus-area-a...
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
🚀 The Roman Research Nexus is now LIVE! 🚀
A new cloud-based platform built to help the community prepare for—and fully exploit—data taken with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
A thread 🧵
1/5
#AAS247 #RomanResearchNexus #Nexus #NexusLaunch
🔭☄️
A new cloud-based platform built to help the community prepare for—and fully exploit—data taken with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
A thread 🧵
1/5
#AAS247 #RomanResearchNexus #Nexus #NexusLaunch
🔭☄️
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
🚀 The Roman Research Nexus is now LIVE! 🚀
A new cloud-based platform built to help the community prepare for—and fully exploit—data taken with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
A thread 🧵
1/5
#AAS247 #RomanResearchNexus #Nexus #NexusLaunch
🔭☄️
A new cloud-based platform built to help the community prepare for—and fully exploit—data taken with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
A thread 🧵
1/5
#AAS247 #RomanResearchNexus #Nexus #NexusLaunch
🔭☄️
Remember those red spots next to two white dwarf stars that looked like possible planets in JWST images that we found?
We just had a paper accepted that continues to tell the story.
We just had a paper accepted that continues to tell the story.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remember those red spots next to two white dwarf stars that looked like possible planets in JWST images that we found?
We just had a paper accepted that continues to tell the story.
We just had a paper accepted that continues to tell the story.
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
NEWS: Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to refine the orbit of two Wolf-Rayet stars—named for the Egyptian god of chaos—to a lengthy 190 years and confirmed a third star carves their ongoing carbon dust ejections. 🔭 🧪 (1/6) 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NEWS: Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to refine the orbit of two Wolf-Rayet stars—named for the Egyptian god of chaos—to a lengthy 190 years and confirmed a third star carves their ongoing carbon dust ejections. 🔭 🧪 (1/6) 🧵
My teenage son has composed his first song and has shared it on YouTube. youtu.be/yFpCjoHW0Nw?...
He titled it "Improvement" because it gets better as it goes on. I'm rather impressed with how it came out.
He titled it "Improvement" because it gets better as it goes on. I'm rather impressed with how it came out.
The Song of Improvement (Incomplete)
YouTube video by Padraig Mullally
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November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My teenage son has composed his first song and has shared it on YouTube. youtu.be/yFpCjoHW0Nw?...
He titled it "Improvement" because it gets better as it goes on. I'm rather impressed with how it came out.
He titled it "Improvement" because it gets better as it goes on. I'm rather impressed with how it came out.
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
A little sneak peak from the MEAD survey of white dwarfs within 25 pc using MIRI 10 and 15 micron imaging filters. Visit 101 of the survey captured images of EGGR 199, which is just 16pc away. No planets down to 3 Mjup found nearby the white dwarf! (1/2) #astrosci 🔭
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A little sneak peak from the MEAD survey of white dwarfs within 25 pc using MIRI 10 and 15 micron imaging filters. Visit 101 of the survey captured images of EGGR 199, which is just 16pc away. No planets down to 3 Mjup found nearby the white dwarf! (1/2) #astrosci 🔭
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
As NASA closes Goddard Space Flight Center, Union says: “High profile missions currently supported by the public, Congress and/or the President (e.g., Roman, Dragonfly) will be immediately harmed or endangered.” 🧪🔭
GESTA’s Summary of Goddard Building Closures Status
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is the largest group of scientists, technicians and engineers in the US who develop Earth and space science flight missions. Below is GESTA's understanding of the...
www.gesta-goddard.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
As NASA closes Goddard Space Flight Center, Union says: “High profile missions currently supported by the public, Congress and/or the President (e.g., Roman, Dragonfly) will be immediately harmed or endangered.” 🧪🔭
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
edition.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
#astro if you do research in astronomy, Have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
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Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
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Astrophysics Data System (ADS) User Feedback Survey
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) digital library. Your insights will help us improve the platform and better serve the scientific community. All ...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
#astro if you do research in astronomy, Have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
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In Cycle 2, I was co-PI of the largest volume limited survey of nearby white dwarfs with #JWST. Our first result is out! Out of 56 white dwarfs, one showed a possible candidate companion between projected separations of 0.5"-2" or roughly 10-40 au. 🔭 #astrosci
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
The MIRI Excesses around Degenerates (MEAD) Survey I: A candidate cold brown dwarf in orbit around the nearby white dwarf 2MASS J09424023-4637176
The MIRI Excesses Around Degenerates Survey is a Cycle 2 James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Survey program designed to image nearby white dwarfs in the mid-IR with the MIRI imaging mode. Only a handful...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In Cycle 2, I was co-PI of the largest volume limited survey of nearby white dwarfs with #JWST. Our first result is out! Out of 56 white dwarfs, one showed a possible candidate companion between projected separations of 0.5"-2" or roughly 10-40 au. 🔭 #astrosci
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXi...
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
In the event of a U.S. government shutdown, STScI will extend the James Webb Space Telescope Cycle 5 proposal submission deadline for affected scientists. Details: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news/jwst/2025/jwst-cycle-5-deadline-extension-in-case-of-government-shutdown #NASAWebb 🔭 🧪 ☄️
September 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In the event of a U.S. government shutdown, STScI will extend the James Webb Space Telescope Cycle 5 proposal submission deadline for affected scientists. Details: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news/jwst/2025/jwst-cycle-5-deadline-extension-in-case-of-government-shutdown #NASAWebb 🔭 🧪 ☄️
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
#SciX is created by the #ADS team & operates out of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under a NASA Cooperative Agreement. Created and developed by scientists, for scientists, SciX builds on decades of open research infrastructure and collaboration: https://bit.ly/CfASciXNews
September 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#SciX is created by the #ADS team & operates out of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under a NASA Cooperative Agreement. Created and developed by scientists, for scientists, SciX builds on decades of open research infrastructure and collaboration: https://bit.ly/CfASciXNews
@mast-news.bsky.social and is at Villanova @villanova teaching undergrads from nearby universities. They got a quick overview of NASA mission data available ilat MAST, astroquery, TESS and FITS/ASDF files.
September 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@mast-news.bsky.social and is at Villanova @villanova teaching undergrads from nearby universities. They got a quick overview of NASA mission data available ilat MAST, astroquery, TESS and FITS/ASDF files.
Reposted by Dr. Susan E. Mullally
New HLSP: First results from the Rocky Worlds DDT program are now available at MAST! This release includes calibrated light curves, model fits, preliminary eclipse depth estimation, and auxiliary data for GJ 3929 b. archive.stsci.edu/hlsp/rocky-w... #HLSP #RockyWorlds #JWST #HST #Exoplanets #MAST 🔭
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New HLSP: First results from the Rocky Worlds DDT program are now available at MAST! This release includes calibrated light curves, model fits, preliminary eclipse depth estimation, and auxiliary data for GJ 3929 b. archive.stsci.edu/hlsp/rocky-w... #HLSP #RockyWorlds #JWST #HST #Exoplanets #MAST 🔭