Skylar Grayson
@skylargrayson.bsky.social
Astrophysics PhD Candidate ✨ studies black holes and galaxy evolution 🌌Science Communicator (find me other places at “Space According to Skylar”)
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Skylar Grayson
@skylargrayson.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hi 🦋, I’m Skylar! I’m an astrophysics PhD candidate and a science communicator ✨ I do research on how black holes impact the galaxies they live in (amongst other things) but on here I talk about all sorts of stuff in the realm of space news, physics, astronomy, and general life in science stuff 🥰
As light travels through an expanding universe, it changes. And those changes can have some interesting implications for how we perceive time… 🧪🔭
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As light travels through an expanding universe, it changes. And those changes can have some interesting implications for how we perceive time… 🧪🔭
My favorite experience: looking around the room during a conference session and realizing there’s not a single other woman there. It doesn’t happen frequently but it does still happen, and that is absolutely wild.
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My favorite experience: looking around the room during a conference session and realizing there’s not a single other woman there. It doesn’t happen frequently but it does still happen, and that is absolutely wild.
If you’re a PhD student, don’t fall into the trap of only caring about your research and nothing else. I love what I do for a living, but it’s not all that I am. There’s so much more waiting for you out there.
December 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you’re a PhD student, don’t fall into the trap of only caring about your research and nothing else. I love what I do for a living, but it’s not all that I am. There’s so much more waiting for you out there.
We’ve taken images of two supermassive black holes…why not more? 🧪🔭
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We’ve taken images of two supermassive black holes…why not more? 🧪🔭
One of the most impressive equation slides I’ve ever seen at a conference 😂 as the speaker said: don’t try to understand it, you shouldn’t try to understand it
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
One of the most impressive equation slides I’ve ever seen at a conference 😂 as the speaker said: don’t try to understand it, you shouldn’t try to understand it
In a shocking turn of events, the interstellar comet is still an interstellar comet and not an alien spaceship 🧪🔭
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
In a shocking turn of events, the interstellar comet is still an interstellar comet and not an alien spaceship 🧪🔭
Paper day!!! My most recent first-author paper is officially published. I’ll make a post breaking it down soon but TLDR I compared X-Ray observations of hot gas around galaxies to cosmological simulations and it looks like simulations aren’t consistently able to match the real universe! 🔭🧪
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Paper day!!! My most recent first-author paper is officially published. I’ll make a post breaking it down soon but TLDR I compared X-Ray observations of hot gas around galaxies to cosmological simulations and it looks like simulations aren’t consistently able to match the real universe! 🔭🧪
Life update 🥹💚
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Life update 🥹💚
I find this fundamental misunderstanding of science so fascinating. Eventually I’ll have figured out my thoughts enough to articulate why, but for now just gonna drop it here for your reactions 😅
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I find this fundamental misunderstanding of science so fascinating. Eventually I’ll have figured out my thoughts enough to articulate why, but for now just gonna drop it here for your reactions 😅
Have you heard our standard model of cosmology might be wrong? A new paper puts forth some interesting evidence, let’s discuss! 🧪🔭
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Have you heard our standard model of cosmology might be wrong? A new paper puts forth some interesting evidence, let’s discuss! 🧪🔭
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. So where’s the evidence? 🔭🧪
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. So where’s the evidence? 🔭🧪
If you live in the Phoenix area, come hear me talk at Four Peaks tomorrow!!!
Next Event Alert!!! Tuesday, Nov 4, join us at Four Peaks for extragalactic night! Come learn from ASU researchers about galaxies far far away ✨
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If you live in the Phoenix area, come hear me talk at Four Peaks tomorrow!!!
ScIenTistS aRe bEinG pAId tO hiDe tHiNgS frOM Us.
Y’all we literally PAY thousands of dollars to publish in open access journals so that things AREN’T hidden!!! We love people knowing about the science that we do!
Y’all we literally PAY thousands of dollars to publish in open access journals so that things AREN’T hidden!!! We love people knowing about the science that we do!
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ScIenTistS aRe bEinG pAId tO hiDe tHiNgS frOM Us.
Y’all we literally PAY thousands of dollars to publish in open access journals so that things AREN’T hidden!!! We love people knowing about the science that we do!
Y’all we literally PAY thousands of dollars to publish in open access journals so that things AREN’T hidden!!! We love people knowing about the science that we do!
Sometimes I feel like debunking conspiracy theories is a waste of time. So many people are simply not interested in the truth. (1/4)
November 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Sometimes I feel like debunking conspiracy theories is a waste of time. So many people are simply not interested in the truth. (1/4)
Let’s talk about why the University of Tokyo just dug a giant cave out of bedrock…🧪🔭
October 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Let’s talk about why the University of Tokyo just dug a giant cave out of bedrock…🧪🔭
It’s not fair that the only way to cure exhaustion from jet lag is to stay awake longer. It is 7 pm and I am sooooooo tired
October 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It’s not fair that the only way to cure exhaustion from jet lag is to stay awake longer. It is 7 pm and I am sooooooo tired
Had 24 hours of travel over the weekend but I just woke up IN JAPAN and I’m here to talk about my ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH what is my life?!?? 🤯
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Had 24 hours of travel over the weekend but I just woke up IN JAPAN and I’m here to talk about my ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH what is my life?!?? 🤯
Reposted by Skylar Grayson
Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
This week I had a family wedding in Canada, gave a seminar talk, submitted FIVE postdoc applications, had my tech review (my PhD committtee decided I’ll be ready to graduate in the spring), and tomorrow I leave for a conference in Japan! I am…so very tired. But also happy 😊😅
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This week I had a family wedding in Canada, gave a seminar talk, submitted FIVE postdoc applications, had my tech review (my PhD committtee decided I’ll be ready to graduate in the spring), and tomorrow I leave for a conference in Japan! I am…so very tired. But also happy 😊😅
Someone asked for a dumbed down summary of my PhD thesis so here you go:
Black holes make galaxies fart but don’t ask any follow ups because that’s just about the extent of our current knowledge.
Black holes make galaxies fart but don’t ask any follow ups because that’s just about the extent of our current knowledge.
October 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Someone asked for a dumbed down summary of my PhD thesis so here you go:
Black holes make galaxies fart but don’t ask any follow ups because that’s just about the extent of our current knowledge.
Black holes make galaxies fart but don’t ask any follow ups because that’s just about the extent of our current knowledge.
What’s the deal with this comet/alien spaceship really? 🧪🔭
October 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What’s the deal with this comet/alien spaceship really? 🧪🔭
Reposted by Skylar Grayson
AoT Valley of the Sun is back for the next event in our monthly series! This October, we’re thrilled to hear from ASU Professor Jim Bell and PhD student Hailey Nelson about an ASU-led mission to the asteroid Psyche. (1/2)
October 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
AoT Valley of the Sun is back for the next event in our monthly series! This October, we’re thrilled to hear from ASU Professor Jim Bell and PhD student Hailey Nelson about an ASU-led mission to the asteroid Psyche. (1/2)
Woooohooooo! I’m very proud of this work and excited to see it published ☺️
October 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Woooohooooo! I’m very proud of this work and excited to see it published ☺️
Sorry that I’ve been a bit quiet of late…in the month of October I have:
-7 fellowship proposals due
-2 invited talks
-1 overseas conference
-2 paper drafts to submit
-19 days of travel
Sooooo I’ve been a little busy preparing for all that 😅
-7 fellowship proposals due
-2 invited talks
-1 overseas conference
-2 paper drafts to submit
-19 days of travel
Sooooo I’ve been a little busy preparing for all that 😅
September 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Sorry that I’ve been a bit quiet of late…in the month of October I have:
-7 fellowship proposals due
-2 invited talks
-1 overseas conference
-2 paper drafts to submit
-19 days of travel
Sooooo I’ve been a little busy preparing for all that 😅
-7 fellowship proposals due
-2 invited talks
-1 overseas conference
-2 paper drafts to submit
-19 days of travel
Sooooo I’ve been a little busy preparing for all that 😅
Cool space news: one of the biggest black holes in the universe is doing something WEIRD!
You probably remember this picture, the first ever image of a black hole, in the galaxy M87. What you’re really seeing here is the disk of gas around the black hole. (1/n)
📸: EHT Collab.🧪🔭
You probably remember this picture, the first ever image of a black hole, in the galaxy M87. What you’re really seeing here is the disk of gas around the black hole. (1/n)
📸: EHT Collab.🧪🔭
September 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Cool space news: one of the biggest black holes in the universe is doing something WEIRD!
You probably remember this picture, the first ever image of a black hole, in the galaxy M87. What you’re really seeing here is the disk of gas around the black hole. (1/n)
📸: EHT Collab.🧪🔭
You probably remember this picture, the first ever image of a black hole, in the galaxy M87. What you’re really seeing here is the disk of gas around the black hole. (1/n)
📸: EHT Collab.🧪🔭