Huei Sears, PhD 🌟
@starlights.bsky.social
✨ she/her ✨ astrophysicist studying supernovae + GRBs ✨ @ Rutgers U
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Next Astro On Tap Philly: January 15th, 6 PM at Fergie's Pub, 1214 Sansom Street. This time, Dr. Huei Sears will tell us about the oldest light in the Universe via similarly old 2010s pop music, while Prof. Federica Bianco will cover the robots that have overrun Astronomy. See you there!
soooo excited to presenting at @astroontapphilly.bsky.social
with @fedhere.bsky.social !!! hope to see you there !!!
🧪🔭👩🔬🎵🤖
with @fedhere.bsky.social !!! hope to see you there !!!
🧪🔭👩🔬🎵🤖
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Thank you US Senator Mark Kelly for welcoming #AAS247 attendees to Arizona and for your continued support of the astronomical sciences. We’re grateful for your ongoing advocacy for science and discovery. #ExploreAstronomy
Photo by © CorporateEventImages/Todd Buchanan 2026 🔭
Photo by © CorporateEventImages/Todd Buchanan 2026 🔭
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Thank you US Senator Mark Kelly for welcoming #AAS247 attendees to Arizona and for your continued support of the astronomical sciences. We’re grateful for your ongoing advocacy for science and discovery. #ExploreAstronomy
Photo by © CorporateEventImages/Todd Buchanan 2026 🔭
Photo by © CorporateEventImages/Todd Buchanan 2026 🔭
soooo excited to presenting at @astroontapphilly.bsky.social
with @fedhere.bsky.social !!! hope to see you there !!!
🧪🔭👩🔬🎵🤖
with @fedhere.bsky.social !!! hope to see you there !!!
🧪🔭👩🔬🎵🤖
Next Astro On Tap Philly: January 15th, 6 PM at Fergie's Pub, 1214 Sansom Street. This time, Dr. Huei Sears will tell us about the oldest light in the Universe via similarly old 2010s pop music, while Prof. Federica Bianco will cover the robots that have overrun Astronomy. See you there!
January 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
soooo excited to presenting at @astroontapphilly.bsky.social
with @fedhere.bsky.social !!! hope to see you there !!!
🧪🔭👩🔬🎵🤖
with @fedhere.bsky.social !!! hope to see you there !!!
🧪🔭👩🔬🎵🤖
Reposted by Huei Sears, PhD 🌟
Happy new year! Quanta is hiring a senior editor who will work across all our subject areas - biology, math, physics and more. Feel free to reach out with any questions about the role + working here, come be my new coworker
simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...
simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...
Senior Staff Editor, Quanta Magazine
POSITION SUMMARY Quanta Magazine is seeking a senior staff editor to support the award-winning magazine’s coverage across all parts of the newsroom. This senior staff editor will work on developing ne...
simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Happy new year! Quanta is hiring a senior editor who will work across all our subject areas - biology, math, physics and more. Feel free to reach out with any questions about the role + working here, come be my new coworker
simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...
simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...
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A gorgeous sunset over the curling pond.
January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
A gorgeous sunset over the curling pond.
Reposted by Huei Sears, PhD 🌟
A new type of telescope designed to accelerate a new sort of astronomy was completed this year on a mountaintop in Chile. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will relentlessly sweep across the heavens.
Learn more about Science's 2025 #BOTY and the runners-up: https://scim.ag/3MGESjx
Learn more about Science's 2025 #BOTY and the runners-up: https://scim.ag/3MGESjx
January 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
A new type of telescope designed to accelerate a new sort of astronomy was completed this year on a mountaintop in Chile. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will relentlessly sweep across the heavens.
Learn more about Science's 2025 #BOTY and the runners-up: https://scim.ag/3MGESjx
Learn more about Science's 2025 #BOTY and the runners-up: https://scim.ag/3MGESjx
Reposted by Huei Sears, PhD 🌟
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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I remain in awe of the collection of Lego dogs on display at the front desk at Ryan Veterinary. The texture on the poodle 🐩 = 🤌
December 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I remain in awe of the collection of Lego dogs on display at the front desk at Ryan Veterinary. The texture on the poodle 🐩 = 🤌
Reposted by Huei Sears, PhD 🌟
ESA confirms data breach
MILAN — The European Space Agency has confirmed a security breach of unclassified material from science servers following reports on social media. A threat actor claimed to have compromised ESA systems and to have leaked roughly 200 gigabytes of data. According to…
MILAN — The European Space Agency has confirmed a security breach of unclassified material from science servers following reports on social media. A threat actor claimed to have compromised ESA systems and to have leaked roughly 200 gigabytes of data. According to…
ESA confirms data breach
MILAN — The European Space Agency has confirmed a security breach of unclassified material from science servers following reports on social media. A threat actor claimed to have compromised ESA systems and to have leaked roughly 200 gigabytes of data. According to screenshots shared on X by French cybersecurity professional Seb Latom, the actor alleges they were able to steal source code, API tokens, access tokens for multiple ESA systems, confidential documents, system and application configuration files and hardcoded credentials such as embedded passwords and authentication secrets.
spacenews.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ESA confirms data breach
MILAN — The European Space Agency has confirmed a security breach of unclassified material from science servers following reports on social media. A threat actor claimed to have compromised ESA systems and to have leaked roughly 200 gigabytes of data. According to…
MILAN — The European Space Agency has confirmed a security breach of unclassified material from science servers following reports on social media. A threat actor claimed to have compromised ESA systems and to have leaked roughly 200 gigabytes of data. According to…
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At the Kansas City Chiefs game on Dec. 25, Swift didn't just root on Travis Kelce: She also brought some holiday joy to the staff members spending their Christmas Day at Arrowhead Stadium. on.nbcboston.com/ACPSYQY
Taylor Swift handed out this much cash to Chiefs Christmas workers
Taylor Swift handed out cash to the workers at Travis Kelce's Dec. 25 Chiefs game, sparking an emotional reaction from the lucky recipients.
on.nbcboston.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
At the Kansas City Chiefs game on Dec. 25, Swift didn't just root on Travis Kelce: She also brought some holiday joy to the staff members spending their Christmas Day at Arrowhead Stadium. on.nbcboston.com/ACPSYQY
Reposted by Huei Sears, PhD 🌟
This year's gingerbread is the Vera Rubin Observatory! @vrubinobs.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This year's gingerbread is the Vera Rubin Observatory! @vrubinobs.bsky.social
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Kane County has a created a home for a herd of bison to roam in a unique free-range area of the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in rural Sycamore.
Bison roaming in Kane County for first time in 200 years
Kane County has a created a home for a herd of bison in a free-range area of the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in Sycamore.
trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Kane County has a created a home for a herd of bison to roam in a unique free-range area of the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in rural Sycamore.
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A study published in August in Nature shows that the earliest known ankylosaurs had elaborate body armour, including a spiky ornament on their tail. These extreme armour features are unlike those of any other vertebrate, including other ankylosaurs later in their evolutionary history. #Paleosky 🧪
Extreme armour in the world's oldest ankylosaur - Nature
The ankylosaurian dinosaur Spicomellus afer possessed a tail weapon and uniquely elaborate dermal armour.
go.nature.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A study published in August in Nature shows that the earliest known ankylosaurs had elaborate body armour, including a spiky ornament on their tail. These extreme armour features are unlike those of any other vertebrate, including other ankylosaurs later in their evolutionary history. #Paleosky 🧪
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The Euclid Space Telescope is decking the halls with boughs of starlight
Dark Matter Telescope Captures a Sparkling Galaxy Merger
The Euclid Space Telescope is decking the halls with boughs of starlight
www.scientificamerican.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Euclid Space Telescope is decking the halls with boughs of starlight
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A few months ago I wrote about how MrBeast is aid's biggest spokesperson.
Not exactly who I'd choose, but we have to face realities: MrBeast's clean water launch video got 70 times more views than Obama's top pro-USAID tweet
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/mrbeast-is...
Not exactly who I'd choose, but we have to face realities: MrBeast's clean water launch video got 70 times more views than Obama's top pro-USAID tweet
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/mrbeast-is...
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A few months ago I wrote about how MrBeast is aid's biggest spokesperson.
Not exactly who I'd choose, but we have to face realities: MrBeast's clean water launch video got 70 times more views than Obama's top pro-USAID tweet
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/mrbeast-is...
Not exactly who I'd choose, but we have to face realities: MrBeast's clean water launch video got 70 times more views than Obama's top pro-USAID tweet
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/mrbeast-is...
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The new observatory is going to really shake things up in astronomy. www.iflscience.com/with-the-pow...
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The new observatory is going to really shake things up in astronomy. www.iflscience.com/with-the-pow...
i take this back because they just introduced a character from ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN who is showing Emily (who is from CHICAGO) where he from on her hand & ...
1. the fingers are spread out
2. the hand is backward
3. ann arbor is so much further south
1. the fingers are spread out
2. the hand is backward
3. ann arbor is so much further south
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
i take this back because they just introduced a character from ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN who is showing Emily (who is from CHICAGO) where he from on her hand & ...
1. the fingers are spread out
2. the hand is backward
3. ann arbor is so much further south
1. the fingers are spread out
2. the hand is backward
3. ann arbor is so much further south
just learned about 'Odd Radio Circles' (or ORCs) -- space is full of so many mysteries
arxiv.org/abs/2512.18012
arxiv.org/abs/2512.18012
Widespread Shocks in an Odd Radio Circle Host Galaxy
Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) are a new class of extragalactic object, with large rings of faint radio continuum emission typically spanning 100s of kpc; their origins are unknown. Previous optical spectro...
arxiv.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
just learned about 'Odd Radio Circles' (or ORCs) -- space is full of so many mysteries
arxiv.org/abs/2512.18012
arxiv.org/abs/2512.18012
new from Will !
From Will Golay: Stars that end their lives as the most massive white dwarfs often also have another distant star orbiting an inner binary. Could these tertiary stars play a role in merging the inner binaries into remnant objects that emit fast radio bursts? ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/12/22/t...
astrobites.org/2025/12/22/t...
Triple Double: Do merging white dwarfs produce FRB-emitting remnants?
Half of all stars are in binaries. Stars that end their lives as the most massive white dwarfs often also have another distant star orbiting an inner binary. Could these tertiary stars play a role in ...
astrobites.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
new from Will !
'emily in paris' .... the show that u are
December 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
'emily in paris' .... the show that u are
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May your holidays be full of light — and just the right amount of dark matter 🌌
Happy Holidays from all of us at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! We hope your festive season sparkles with cosmic wonder ✨🔭🧪
Happy Holidays from all of us at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! We hope your festive season sparkles with cosmic wonder ✨🔭🧪
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
May your holidays be full of light — and just the right amount of dark matter 🌌
Happy Holidays from all of us at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! We hope your festive season sparkles with cosmic wonder ✨🔭🧪
Happy Holidays from all of us at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! We hope your festive season sparkles with cosmic wonder ✨🔭🧪
i saw 'waiting for godot' last night in NYC. still such a weird + confusing play but the set was nice and the actors were good. they commissioned a soundtrack for the show which plays before/after -- it's good and def reflects the vibe of the show
open.spotify.com/track/2Zl8Aq...
open.spotify.com/track/2Zl8Aq...
Didi! It's The Other Foot
open.spotify.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i saw 'waiting for godot' last night in NYC. still such a weird + confusing play but the set was nice and the actors were good. they commissioned a soundtrack for the show which plays before/after -- it's good and def reflects the vibe of the show
open.spotify.com/track/2Zl8Aq...
open.spotify.com/track/2Zl8Aq...
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The diversity visa lottery is the closest thing to a "line" to immigrate to the US that exists. Yesterday Kristi Noem suspended it indefinitely.
I've spent the last few years following someone waiting in that line. Today I published his story timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
I've spent the last few years following someone waiting in that line. Today I published his story timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
The End of the Line
More than anything else, the diversity visa lottery gave people a "right way" to come to the US. Kristi Noem just announced she was stopping it.
timhirschelburns.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The diversity visa lottery is the closest thing to a "line" to immigrate to the US that exists. Yesterday Kristi Noem suspended it indefinitely.
I've spent the last few years following someone waiting in that line. Today I published his story timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
I've spent the last few years following someone waiting in that line. Today I published his story timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
sorry for the blur but this was the last of the unannounced 4-truck fire department Christmas parade
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
sorry for the blur but this was the last of the unannounced 4-truck fire department Christmas parade