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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Gearing up for the first launch of #Celeste! 🛰️ 🌎
ESA’s Celeste mission is set to lift off no earlier than 24 March aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from New Zealand.
ESA’s Celeste mission is set to lift off no earlier than 24 March aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from New Zealand.
February 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Gearing up for the first launch of #Celeste! 🛰️ 🌎
ESA’s Celeste mission is set to lift off no earlier than 24 March aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from New Zealand.
ESA’s Celeste mission is set to lift off no earlier than 24 March aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from New Zealand.
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Selling stars is big business. If you missed my written rant about it last week, you can listen to me rant about it on the ABC instead 😆
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🔭🧪
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🔭🧪
Lab Notes: Why buying a star name is nonsense - ABC listen
A quick online search reveals multiple paid services for naming stars as commemorative gifts. You'll be provided with a certificate and a map for finding your star in the sky. But these names are not ...
www.abc.net.au
February 20, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Selling stars is big business. If you missed my written rant about it last week, you can listen to me rant about it on the ABC instead 😆
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🔭🧪
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🔭🧪
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“Losing My Religion”was released 35 years ago today. The lead single from Out Of Time earned multiple GRAMMY Awards, topped charts worldwide, and helped redefine what alternative rock could sound like on mainstream radio.
More here: i.craftrecordings.com/rem-outoftime
More here: i.craftrecordings.com/rem-outoftime
February 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
“Losing My Religion”was released 35 years ago today. The lead single from Out Of Time earned multiple GRAMMY Awards, topped charts worldwide, and helped redefine what alternative rock could sound like on mainstream radio.
More here: i.craftrecordings.com/rem-outoftime
More here: i.craftrecordings.com/rem-outoftime
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Wrote about hidden Black History in Baltimore with a local historian about how much more you are connected with a story if you can breathe the air where it happened. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: Baltimore is Black history. You’re driving by it right now.
COLUMN | A local historian and explorer has created a vibrant Instagram page that he hopes helps Baltimoreans feel the importance of this often-maligned but very special place.
www.thebanner.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Wrote about hidden Black History in Baltimore with a local historian about how much more you are connected with a story if you can breathe the air where it happened. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Quite the dystopian headline. How do we need a judge to rule on this?! And in case you think it's just the headline: no, no it is not. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
February 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Quite the dystopian headline. How do we need a judge to rule on this?! And in case you think it's just the headline: no, no it is not. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Business Operations Division Head to lead our Business Resource Center which supports functions critical to the organization’s business infrastructure: https://bit.ly/4s3md0H
February 19, 2026 at 6:40 PM
OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Business Operations Division Head to lead our Business Resource Center which supports functions critical to the organization’s business infrastructure: https://bit.ly/4s3md0H
#openscience !!
Looking for an internship opportunity and interested in the impact of open science?
Come work with us to investigate the impact of NASA’s open science activities!
stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/course-off...
Come work with us to investigate the impact of NASA’s open science activities!
stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/course-off...
STEM Gateway
stemgateway.nasa.gov
February 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
#openscience !!
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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