Dr Amanda Bauer
@amandabauer.bsky.social
Astronomer, Deputy Director of Yerkes Observatory, still willing to try...
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Anywho, as I tell the young people in my life whom I love deeply, this is your time to create beautiful works of art, to throw the most fun parties you can for no money, and to fight like hell for a future worthy of you. This is NOT a time to retreat into yourself and to forgo the world.
July 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Anywho, as I tell the young people in my life whom I love deeply, this is your time to create beautiful works of art, to throw the most fun parties you can for no money, and to fight like hell for a future worthy of you. This is NOT a time to retreat into yourself and to forgo the world.
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We're getting SO CLOSE to the reveal of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first images on June 23! So let's take a walk down memory lane 🎞️
Come with us through 10 memorable moments from the past 10+ years of building Rubin 🔭
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📷: H. Stockebrand
Come with us through 10 memorable moments from the past 10+ years of building Rubin 🔭
🧵
📷: H. Stockebrand
June 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We're getting SO CLOSE to the reveal of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first images on June 23! So let's take a walk down memory lane 🎞️
Come with us through 10 memorable moments from the past 10+ years of building Rubin 🔭
🧵
📷: H. Stockebrand
Come with us through 10 memorable moments from the past 10+ years of building Rubin 🔭
🧵
📷: H. Stockebrand
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SAVE COSMIC SCIENCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS!
I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.
h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.
I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.
h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.
Fund astronomy, not genocide.
You can help save cosmic science for future generations. This figure by Skylar Grayson shows how much the univese we will be cut off from studying using...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
SAVE COSMIC SCIENCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS!
I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.
h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.
I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.
h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.
Excited to see this - my calendar is marked!
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025! 🔭🧪
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
May 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Excited to see this - my calendar is marked!
First 🍀 of the season found!
May 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
First 🍀 of the season found!
"Unlike at most other observatories in the early 20th century, women working at Yerkes Observatory were able to earn graduate degrees. Here are some of their stories." Article by Kristine Palmieri in Physics Today
doi.org/10.1063/PT.3...
doi.org/10.1063/PT.3...
They were astronomers
Unlike at most other observatories in the early 20th century, women working at Yerkes Observatory were able to earn graduate degrees. Here are some of their sto
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November 7, 2023 at 2:54 PM
"Unlike at most other observatories in the early 20th century, women working at Yerkes Observatory were able to earn graduate degrees. Here are some of their stories." Article by Kristine Palmieri in Physics Today
doi.org/10.1063/PT.3...
doi.org/10.1063/PT.3...
Here is a nice article on the influence my undergrad days at the University of Cincinnati had on my career.
www.uc.edu/news/article...
www.uc.edu/news/article...
UC grad finds success following her passion, studying the stars
Amanda Bauer might have spent her career travelling the globe with a degree in French, but the future had other plans. Instead, she found her calling in astronomy through UC’s College of Arts and Sc...
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October 10, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Here is a nice article on the influence my undergrad days at the University of Cincinnati had on my career.
www.uc.edu/news/article...
www.uc.edu/news/article...