Sarah Kendrew
@sarahkendrew.bsky.social
European Space Agency Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. Team Lead for the MIRI instrument on JWST. Runner, dog mum, cyclist. 🇬🇧🇧🇪 Opinions my own.
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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"There’s something outrageous about the stripping away of the politics of Wuthering Heights...most students understand that the novel is not really a love story...revenge, class struggle, power, whiteness" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"There’s something outrageous about the stripping away of the politics of Wuthering Heights...most students understand that the novel is not really a love story...revenge, class struggle, power, whiteness" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just finished this really interesting novel about social media, new media, and haters. Overall I think it’s a very good think piece about online mobs, new media, and the way we engage in a lot of projection on social media.
#BookSky
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
#BookSky
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
The Worst Thing I've Ever Done Audiobook on Libro.fm
A timely debut novel from an exciting new voice in women's fiction about cancel culture and appearance versus reality.It's an ordinary Tuesday morning when Ruby Williams' name starts trending online.S...
libro.fm
February 18, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Just finished this really interesting novel about social media, new media, and haters. Overall I think it’s a very good think piece about online mobs, new media, and the way we engage in a lot of projection on social media.
#BookSky
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
#BookSky
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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Needed a good news story this morning and this was it. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Different but the same’: how Arsenal are keeping disabled fans in the game
In tandem with Game Day Vision, the Premier League club are improving the matchday experience for supporters with a variety of conditions
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Needed a good news story this morning and this was it. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Great article from @rboyle31.bsky.social on mysterious Little Red Dots and how they might represent a class of objects we've never really seen before: a stellar atmosphere powered by black hole accretion.
stay tuned for a spicy alternative take that should appear on the arXiv later this week! 🧪🔭
stay tuned for a spicy alternative take that should appear on the arXiv later this week! 🧪🔭
What are JWST’s Little Red Dots? Astronomers may finally have an answer www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Weird ‘Little Red Dots’ in space are something we’ve never seen
Astronomers are racing to understand mysterious ancient objects that pepper James Webb Space Telescope images
www.scientificamerican.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Great article from @rboyle31.bsky.social on mysterious Little Red Dots and how they might represent a class of objects we've never really seen before: a stellar atmosphere powered by black hole accretion.
stay tuned for a spicy alternative take that should appear on the arXiv later this week! 🧪🔭
stay tuned for a spicy alternative take that should appear on the arXiv later this week! 🧪🔭
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Latest news on Artemis II: call-to-stations this evening for the launch control team to begin countdown for Thursday’s Wet Dress Rehearsal
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal: Countdown Begins - NASA
The countdown for the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal is underway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
www.nasa.gov
February 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Latest news on Artemis II: call-to-stations this evening for the launch control team to begin countdown for Thursday’s Wet Dress Rehearsal
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
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Only 2 left!! THIS WEEK ONLY, and then it's gone!! Don't miss out on "Full Story @ the Walters: An Independent Museum Tour Centering Black History & Histories of Empire"!
Final two Full Story @ the Walters tours:
Thursday, Feb. 19, 5:30pm
Saturday Feb. 21, 10:00am *low ticket availability*
Final two Full Story @ the Walters tours:
Thursday, Feb. 19, 5:30pm
Saturday Feb. 21, 10:00am *low ticket availability*
February 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Only 2 left!! THIS WEEK ONLY, and then it's gone!! Don't miss out on "Full Story @ the Walters: An Independent Museum Tour Centering Black History & Histories of Empire"!
Final two Full Story @ the Walters tours:
Thursday, Feb. 19, 5:30pm
Saturday Feb. 21, 10:00am *low ticket availability*
Final two Full Story @ the Walters tours:
Thursday, Feb. 19, 5:30pm
Saturday Feb. 21, 10:00am *low ticket availability*
Jeans in a sauna - lest the Nordic countries could detest the US government even more
February 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jeans in a sauna - lest the Nordic countries could detest the US government even more
I already reposted this earlier, but wanted to highlight the contributions of our @stsci.edu postdoc Pierluigi Rinaldi who is going hard after these LRDs & doing awesome work. His paper on Virgil is based in-part on our MIRI deep imaging survey, MIDIS, find it here: scixplorer.org/abs/2025ApJ.... 🔭
February 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I already reposted this earlier, but wanted to highlight the contributions of our @stsci.edu postdoc Pierluigi Rinaldi who is going hard after these LRDs & doing awesome work. His paper on Virgil is based in-part on our MIRI deep imaging survey, MIDIS, find it here: scixplorer.org/abs/2025ApJ.... 🔭
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What are JWST’s Little Red Dots? Astronomers may finally have an answer www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Weird ‘Little Red Dots’ in space are something we’ve never seen
Astronomers are racing to understand mysterious ancient objects that pepper James Webb Space Telescope images
www.scientificamerican.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
What are JWST’s Little Red Dots? Astronomers may finally have an answer www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Great (depressing) interview with former WaPo editor Marty Baron - by @arusbridger.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s ‘death spiral’
Podcast Episode · Media Confidential · 02/16/2026 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Great (depressing) interview with former WaPo editor Marty Baron - by @arusbridger.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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What Sarah said.
For me one of the most disturbing aspects of the links between Epstein and academia is that the power and incentive structures that encouraged this entanglement are all still in place. Structurally, nothing has changed.
I‘ve mentioned that thanks to the Epstein tranche I learned that one of my PhD advisors, Lee Smolin, continued to have contact with Epstein after 2007, which is not the impression I had
It’s weird to say the least for my professional past to become a public story that demands feminist analysis
It’s weird to say the least for my professional past to become a public story that demands feminist analysis
February 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
What Sarah said.
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Pure moral panic. How, precisely, would a child who experiments with a different haircut or pronouns get “locked in” to a trans identity?
The parents who had no problem letting her identify as trans suddenly restrict her from identifying as cis? It makes no sense.
The parents who had no problem letting her identify as trans suddenly restrict her from identifying as cis? It makes no sense.
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Pure moral panic. How, precisely, would a child who experiments with a different haircut or pronouns get “locked in” to a trans identity?
The parents who had no problem letting her identify as trans suddenly restrict her from identifying as cis? It makes no sense.
The parents who had no problem letting her identify as trans suddenly restrict her from identifying as cis? It makes no sense.
For me one of the most disturbing aspects of the links between Epstein and academia is that the power and incentive structures that encouraged this entanglement are all still in place. Structurally, nothing has changed.
I‘ve mentioned that thanks to the Epstein tranche I learned that one of my PhD advisors, Lee Smolin, continued to have contact with Epstein after 2007, which is not the impression I had
It’s weird to say the least for my professional past to become a public story that demands feminist analysis
It’s weird to say the least for my professional past to become a public story that demands feminist analysis
Lee Smolin pauses working relationship with Perimeter Institute after being named in Epstein files
Lee Smolin has been asked to “pause” his work by the Perimeter Institute as they review ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.therecord.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
For me one of the most disturbing aspects of the links between Epstein and academia is that the power and incentive structures that encouraged this entanglement are all still in place. Structurally, nothing has changed.
Graduate Trainee positions at @science.esa.int !
Kick start your space career! Until 28 February, you can apply to around 100 ESA Graduate Trainee positions if you've recently graduated or are in your final Master's year.
Check out all conditions here 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car...
#ESArecruits
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Check out all conditions here 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car...
#ESArecruits
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February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Graduate Trainee positions at @science.esa.int !
should have tagged @hogg.bsky.social in this post - forgot he was on bsky!
"Every person is a human being, whose personal development is more important than our short-term scientific accomplishments" - and more bangers in this from David Hogg (spoiler: it's about AI!) arxiv.org/abs/2602.10181 🔭
Why do we do astrophysics?
At time of writing, large language models (LLMs) are beginning to obtain the ability to design, execute, write up, and referee scientific projects on the data-science side of astrophysics. What implic...
arxiv.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
should have tagged @hogg.bsky.social in this post - forgot he was on bsky!
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Hot take: If you are thinking about observation planning, and if you have choices, you should choose the plan that maximizes your long-term future-discounted information gain.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Hot take: If you are thinking about observation planning, and if you have choices, you should choose the plan that maximizes your long-term future-discounted information gain.
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🚀 Docking success!
#Crew12 arrived at the International Space Station on 14 February at 20:15 GMT/21:15 CET, with Sophie Adenot on board, officially starting mission #εpsilon.
esa.int//Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Official_start_of_ESA_astronaut_Sophie_Adenot_s_epsilon_mission
#Crew12 arrived at the International Space Station on 14 February at 20:15 GMT/21:15 CET, with Sophie Adenot on board, officially starting mission #εpsilon.
esa.int//Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Official_start_of_ESA_astronaut_Sophie_Adenot_s_epsilon_mission
February 14, 2026 at 10:56 PM
🚀 Docking success!
#Crew12 arrived at the International Space Station on 14 February at 20:15 GMT/21:15 CET, with Sophie Adenot on board, officially starting mission #εpsilon.
esa.int//Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Official_start_of_ESA_astronaut_Sophie_Adenot_s_epsilon_mission
#Crew12 arrived at the International Space Station on 14 February at 20:15 GMT/21:15 CET, with Sophie Adenot on board, officially starting mission #εpsilon.
esa.int//Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Official_start_of_ESA_astronaut_Sophie_Adenot_s_epsilon_mission
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New response to any criticism of my podcasts just dropped
February 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
New response to any criticism of my podcasts just dropped
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‘It's almost impossible, knowing what we know now, to not say that Global Counsel was a vehicle for Peter Mandelson to try and realise financially his political connections.’
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social on Mandelson and Epstein, on the podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social on Mandelson and Epstein, on the podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
On Politics: Mandelson and the Private Life of Power
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 11/02/2026 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
‘It's almost impossible, knowing what we know now, to not say that Global Counsel was a vehicle for Peter Mandelson to try and realise financially his political connections.’
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social on Mandelson and Epstein, on the podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social on Mandelson and Epstein, on the podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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Love u to the moon and back. ❤️
The European Service Module is the powerhouse of the Orion spacecraft that will soon ferry astronauts towards the Moon and back during Artemis II. Our module provides life support for the astronauts. 😌
Tag your life support today!
The European Service Module is the powerhouse of the Orion spacecraft that will soon ferry astronauts towards the Moon and back during Artemis II. Our module provides life support for the astronauts. 😌
Tag your life support today!
February 14, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Love u to the moon and back. ❤️
The European Service Module is the powerhouse of the Orion spacecraft that will soon ferry astronauts towards the Moon and back during Artemis II. Our module provides life support for the astronauts. 😌
Tag your life support today!
The European Service Module is the powerhouse of the Orion spacecraft that will soon ferry astronauts towards the Moon and back during Artemis II. Our module provides life support for the astronauts. 😌
Tag your life support today!
For our first date my partner took me on safari to Kruger. I lived in the UK (he in S Africa). Remember to say yes to the crazy ideas!
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
For our first date my partner took me on safari to Kruger. I lived in the UK (he in S Africa). Remember to say yes to the crazy ideas!
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Relevant reading also for #PlanetaryScience folks
"Every person is a human being, whose personal development is more important than our short-term scientific accomplishments" - and more bangers in this from David Hogg (spoiler: it's about AI!) arxiv.org/abs/2602.10181 🔭
Why do we do astrophysics?
At time of writing, large language models (LLMs) are beginning to obtain the ability to design, execute, write up, and referee scientific projects on the data-science side of astrophysics. What implic...
arxiv.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Relevant reading also for #PlanetaryScience folks
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
I was thinking just last week how the decline in the WaPo leaves the door wide open for the Banner to become the paper of record for the Baltimore-Washington region.
Baltimore Banner gobbling up what the Washington Post is casting off.
The Baltimore Banner's EIC Audrey Cooper announced in an email to staff that The Banner will expand its coverage to include D.C.-area sports teams, including the Nationals and Commanders.
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I was thinking just last week how the decline in the WaPo leaves the door wide open for the Banner to become the paper of record for the Baltimore-Washington region.