Nicole Gugliucci is at #AAS247
@noisyastronomer.com
Physics professor, astronomer, education researcher, and scicommer who loves dogs, speculative fiction, weights, and good trouble. NH, US. She/They.
Opinions are mine alone. RT≠endorsement. Posts are ephemeral.
I swear a lot.
bio.link/noisyastronomer
Opinions are mine alone. RT≠endorsement. Posts are ephemeral.
I swear a lot.
bio.link/noisyastronomer
Finally finished Pluribus and honestly that shit isn't looking so bad right now...
January 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Finally finished Pluribus and honestly that shit isn't looking so bad right now...
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Logging off this site for a bit
P.S. come to my talk if at #aas247 and be good to yourselves and each other
P.S. come to my talk if at #aas247 and be good to yourselves and each other
Once again working on my #aas247 stuff the night before...
I'm giving a talk in the Special Session "Transforming Astronomy Classrooms: Active Learning in Practice by APS/AAS/AAPT Faculty Teaching Institute Alumni"
2pm in Phoenix Convention Center, 225 B
I'm at 2:10, talking metacognition!
I'm giving a talk in the Special Session "Transforming Astronomy Classrooms: Active Learning in Practice by APS/AAS/AAPT Faculty Teaching Institute Alumni"
2pm in Phoenix Convention Center, 225 B
I'm at 2:10, talking metacognition!
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Logging off this site for a bit
P.S. come to my talk if at #aas247 and be good to yourselves and each other
P.S. come to my talk if at #aas247 and be good to yourselves and each other
This... And my brain can't form the appropriate words anyway
I have nothing to say that won’t get me in trouble but do not assume this means I have nothing to say.
January 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This... And my brain can't form the appropriate words anyway
Forever request.
Also, heh, I'm probably guilty of same at times.
Also, heh, I'm probably guilty of same at times.
Please stop randomly swishing around a laser pointer while giving your talk. #AAS247
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Forever request.
Also, heh, I'm probably guilty of same at times.
Also, heh, I'm probably guilty of same at times.
If you need someone to tell you: you are safe tonight. It’s OK to put down your phone and sleep. The world will still be consuming itself tomorrow. Right now you need rest. Close your eyes and imagine you’re a bird, that you can see the electromagnetic current of the earth.
January 7, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Reposted by Nicole Gugliucci is at #AAS247
Look at this fun thing we made! For fun! Because the world is on fire but music and friends are JOY. @tmbg.bsky.social @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Look at this fun thing we made! For fun! Because the world is on fire but music and friends are JOY. @tmbg.bsky.social @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social
I love everything about this
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I love everything about this
Reposted by Nicole Gugliucci is at #AAS247
It’s Tapir Time
Ume is officially 11 months old and already weighs 483 pounds! 💗 That’s more than halfway to mom Yuna’s impressive 800 pounds. This adorable Malayan tapir is gaining size, confidence, and curiosity by the day, still keeping close to mom while steadily growing into her almost-teen tapir era.
January 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
It’s Tapir Time
This is why I will now be referring to exercise as "maintenance for the meatsack"
gahhh i’m taking a break from art but my brain is still like “why do these bruises on my hips have to be from attempted self-massage and not something funner” *glares up at thread of fanart of a guy who gets a bunch of fun bruises*
January 7, 2026 at 4:52 AM
This is why I will now be referring to exercise as "maintenance for the meatsack"
Once again working on my #aas247 stuff the night before...
I'm giving a talk in the Special Session "Transforming Astronomy Classrooms: Active Learning in Practice by APS/AAS/AAPT Faculty Teaching Institute Alumni"
2pm in Phoenix Convention Center, 225 B
I'm at 2:10, talking metacognition!
I'm giving a talk in the Special Session "Transforming Astronomy Classrooms: Active Learning in Practice by APS/AAS/AAPT Faculty Teaching Institute Alumni"
2pm in Phoenix Convention Center, 225 B
I'm at 2:10, talking metacognition!
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Once again working on my #aas247 stuff the night before...
I'm giving a talk in the Special Session "Transforming Astronomy Classrooms: Active Learning in Practice by APS/AAS/AAPT Faculty Teaching Institute Alumni"
2pm in Phoenix Convention Center, 225 B
I'm at 2:10, talking metacognition!
I'm giving a talk in the Special Session "Transforming Astronomy Classrooms: Active Learning in Practice by APS/AAS/AAPT Faculty Teaching Institute Alumni"
2pm in Phoenix Convention Center, 225 B
I'm at 2:10, talking metacognition!
Listening to Raja GuhaThakurta at #aas247 on various ways of making STEM more accessible to a broader community.
They have a Shadow The Scientist session live in just a few hours where you can follow along with astronomical observing! 🔭
ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More at crest.ucsc.edu
They have a Shadow The Scientist session live in just a few hours where you can follow along with astronomical observing! 🔭
ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More at crest.ucsc.edu
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Exploring the Universe with the International Gemini Observatory. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The Shadow the Scientists initiative is housed under the CrEST (Creating Equity in STEAM) umbrella of initiatives offered by a team at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC).
*Note: StS Zoom ...
ucsc.zoom.us
January 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Listening to Raja GuhaThakurta at #aas247 on various ways of making STEM more accessible to a broader community.
They have a Shadow The Scientist session live in just a few hours where you can follow along with astronomical observing! 🔭
ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More at crest.ucsc.edu
They have a Shadow The Scientist session live in just a few hours where you can follow along with astronomical observing! 🔭
ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More at crest.ucsc.edu
Omg!!!
It moves! We can watch as the Kepler supernova remnant changes over a quarter of century in X-rays from Chandra. #aas247
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
January 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Omg!!!
NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks https://theonion.com/nasa-discovers-distant-planet-with-conditions-that-could-sustain-rocks/
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Wild.
I feel like all through March/April 2020 I was watching the body count in NYC mounting from afar just living in absolute terror for my fam who lived there and everyone else just forgot?!
I feel like all through March/April 2020 I was watching the body count in NYC mounting from afar just living in absolute terror for my fam who lived there and everyone else just forgot?!
there’s a thread on reddit right now called “was COVID really that bad?” and it is interesting to read people’s accounts five years out
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
January 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Wild.
I feel like all through March/April 2020 I was watching the body count in NYC mounting from afar just living in absolute terror for my fam who lived there and everyone else just forgot?!
I feel like all through March/April 2020 I was watching the body count in NYC mounting from afar just living in absolute terror for my fam who lived there and everyone else just forgot?!
Sadly reminiscing about the days when the AAS conference feed was a FIREHOSE on twitter and here it's just... a dribble.
This came up in one of the sessions, regarding networking and grassroots organizing in the field... we lost a great tool when twitter became a nazi bar 😠
This came up in one of the sessions, regarding networking and grassroots organizing in the field... we lost a great tool when twitter became a nazi bar 😠
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Sadly reminiscing about the days when the AAS conference feed was a FIREHOSE on twitter and here it's just... a dribble.
This came up in one of the sessions, regarding networking and grassroots organizing in the field... we lost a great tool when twitter became a nazi bar 😠
This came up in one of the sessions, regarding networking and grassroots organizing in the field... we lost a great tool when twitter became a nazi bar 😠
single dish software finally going Python!! *fist pump*
#AAS247 attendees - Be sure to stop by the NRAO booth to learn more about the new GBT reduction package, dysh!
➡️ Monday & Wednesday: 5:30 PM
➡️ Tuesday & Thursday: 9:00 AM
➡️ Monday & Wednesday: 5:30 PM
➡️ Tuesday & Thursday: 9:00 AM
January 6, 2026 at 6:10 AM
single dish software finally going Python!! *fist pump*
In personal news, I need to stop being a baby and go see a physical therapist for my mid-back pain that has somehow a become daily nuisance welcome to your 40s
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
In personal news, I need to stop being a baby and go see a physical therapist for my mid-back pain that has somehow a become daily nuisance welcome to your 40s
Enjoying great series of presentations and discussions at the "CSMA Panel on Grassroots Outreach & Mentorship in Today's Climate" at #aas247 also also wondering why the frak this damn site @safety.bsky.app still has still banned AJ Link who is a leader in this community.
#FreeLink #BlackInAstro
#FreeLink #BlackInAstro
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Enjoying great series of presentations and discussions at the "CSMA Panel on Grassroots Outreach & Mentorship in Today's Climate" at #aas247 also also wondering why the frak this damn site @safety.bsky.app still has still banned AJ Link who is a leader in this community.
#FreeLink #BlackInAstro
#FreeLink #BlackInAstro
Go get space BOOKS!!! 🔭
Hey #AAS247! Super bummed I can't be there in person, but should you need an alternative to doomscrolling that:
1) is #allaboutthatspace, 🌌
2) supports @astrosociety.org, ✅
3) keeps $ away from Amazon, 💸
Check out www.asplibraryproject.com for an out of this world library for sale. 📚 🌟
1) is #allaboutthatspace, 🌌
2) supports @astrosociety.org, ✅
3) keeps $ away from Amazon, 💸
Check out www.asplibraryproject.com for an out of this world library for sale. 📚 🌟
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Go get space BOOKS!!! 🔭
Heeey #aas247 people!!!
Arrived in Phoenix. My iPoster is session is TOMORROW (Monday) at 9am and I swear I'll have it finished by then 😉
Hint, it has to do with #AstroEdu #CitSci #RadioAstronomy
Arrived in Phoenix. My iPoster is session is TOMORROW (Monday) at 9am and I swear I'll have it finished by then 😉
Hint, it has to do with #AstroEdu #CitSci #RadioAstronomy
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Heeey #aas247 people!!!
Arrived in Phoenix. My iPoster is session is TOMORROW (Monday) at 9am and I swear I'll have it finished by then 😉
Hint, it has to do with #AstroEdu #CitSci #RadioAstronomy
Arrived in Phoenix. My iPoster is session is TOMORROW (Monday) at 9am and I swear I'll have it finished by then 😉
Hint, it has to do with #AstroEdu #CitSci #RadioAstronomy
Nailed it.
(Is my iPoster done? It is not.)
(Is my iPoster done? It is not.)
Twas the 10th day of Christmas
And all across astronomia
Not one slide deck was finished
Certainly not the one for the extra talk you agreed to give last minute
As all the holiday decorations still caringly hung, what should appear?
But a new international crisis
On this 3rd day of the year
And all across astronomia
Not one slide deck was finished
Certainly not the one for the extra talk you agreed to give last minute
As all the holiday decorations still caringly hung, what should appear?
But a new international crisis
On this 3rd day of the year
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Nailed it.
(Is my iPoster done? It is not.)
(Is my iPoster done? It is not.)