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The PRELIFE project of the Origins Center Netherlands has 15 PhD projects!

Are you a MSc graduate in Physics, Earth Science, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Maths, Education? Want to reconstruct the conditions on Earth when life originated in the Hadean? Come join us!

www.originscenter.nl/prelife/
PRELIFE network - Origins Center
The origin of life remains one of the greatest mysteries in science. While many theories have been proposed, no single explanation has yet gained universal agreement. That’s where the PRELIFE consorti...
www.originscenter.nl
May 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Within the context of the interdisciplinary PRELIFE consortium me and Wim van Westrenen are advertising a joint PhD position on the surface water levels and atmospheric composition of the earliest Earth: www.formingworlds.space/phdposition2.... Deadline: 10th June. Please share! 🌋🌏🧬
Image credit: Mark Garlick
May 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Are you a geophycisist/petrologist with a taste for numerical modeling and transdisciplinary collaboration?

Apply now, and until June 10, for our vacant PhD position on Hadean Paleogeography, in context of the Origins Center's PRELIFE project!

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD: Geodynamic Exploration of Emergence and Evolution of Hadean Paleogeography
Do you want to geodynamically model what Earth's surface may have looked like when life emerged? Join us in this PhD project!
www.uu.nl
May 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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xsteinlausx.bsky.social
Ever wondered what the Hadean ocean looked like? 🌊🌊🌊

Come work with us on 🧪silicate weathering experiments🧪 simulating the geochemistry of the first ocean and be part of a large consortium investigating the origin of life #prelife.
@ingeloes.bsky.social

Apply here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
May 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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First group done! One more to go. #SciComm #Astrochemistry #ALMA #Weekendschool
A screen showing a slide "Wat doen wij vandaag?" Below is paper plates with plastic atoms, worksheets showing spectral lines of different elements, diffraction glasses, and Orion Nebula worksheets and stickers.
January 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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So I was more or less offline (playing Horizon Forbidden West) from December 25 til January 7, and I missed the end of the competition, but I'm happy to see that Io won!
spacemarschall.net Dr. Raphael Marschall @spacemarschall.net · Dec 30
🚨🚨🚨
What a ride!
The winner of #planetaryScience image of 2024 is:

1/2 Phobos over Mars (139 votes = 48%)
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦

2/2 Io, the volcanic moon of Jupiter (148 votes = 52%) 🎉🎊🥳
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦

Total votes: 287

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill, @kevinmgill.bsky.social
A true color image of Io as imaged by Juno on December 30, 2023 during its closest flyby. This is the closest a spacecraft got in the past 20 years. North is up and this side of Io faces Jupiter. The ↄ-shaped black spot is Loki Patera, to its north is the black spot Amaterasu Patera volcano and further north is the Dazhbog Patera also a black spot. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Io_imaged_by_Juno_spacecraft.png NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill A true color image of Io as imaged by Juno on December 30, 2023 during its closest flyby. This is the closest a spacecraft got in the past 20 years. North is up and this side of Io faces Jupiter. The ↄ-shaped black spot is Loki Patera, to its north is the black spot Amaterasu Patera volcano and further north is the Dazhbog Patera also a black spot. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Io_imaged_by_Juno_spacecraft.png NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
January 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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My favorite astronomical object 😍
spacemarschall.net Dr. Raphael Marschall @spacemarschall.net · Jan 16
The Pillars of Creation as you've never seen them before 🤩

It's a 3D Multiwavelength Exploration using Hubble and JWST data 🔭
ericlagadec.bsky.social Eric Lagadec @ericlagadec.bsky.social · Jan 16
Attachez vos ceintures: je vous propose un voyage à 7000 années-lumière, dans les piliers de la Création. On va visiter une pouponnière d'étoiles. Des nuages de gaz et de poussière s'effondrent et forment des étoiles.
(Images reconstituées à partir d'observations des télescopes Hubble et JWST)
January 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
astrochemist-v.bsky.social
Tomorrow, I'm teaching a guest lesson for IMC Weekendschool students about light and telescopes. This is the third year in a row, and it's always a lot of fun, but I didn't have a chance to go check my supplies until today. The uni turns the lights off out of hours, which is great for energy 😅
January 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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today's vibe:
a watercolor painting of a hamster pouring water into a coffeepot from a blue kettle, next to him on the table is a hand crank coffee grinder
November 28, 2023 at 9:11 PM
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MINDS. JWST-MIRI Reveals a Peculiar CO2-rich Chemistry in the Drift-dominated Disk CX Tau
astrobiology.com/2024/12/mind... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astronomy #JWST
MINDS. JWST-MIRI Reveals a Peculiar CO2-rich Chemistry in the Drift-dominated Disk CX Tau - Astrobiology
Radial drift of icy pebbles can have a large impact on the chemistry of the inner regions of protoplanetary disks.
astrobiology.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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1st semi-final of ✨ #planetaryScience image of 2024 ✨

Mars vs. Earth 🧪⚛️

In the thread below, vote by ❤️ing the image you want to see advance to the final.

🗳️ Voting ends on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 4 p.m. CET/10 a.m. EST/7 a.m. PST/midnight JST.
Bracket for the Bluesky Planetary Science Image of 2024" contest, featuring small icon close-ups of 16 images grouped into four quarter finals. The 1st & 2nd quarter-final has been decided. There is a dashed box highlighting the four images of the 4th quarter-final. The four semi-finalists have been chosen. There are finalist placeholders against a lunar surface backdrop.
December 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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Vote vote! Arguably, the first image was prettier, but I love OSIRIS-REx more than any comet 🤩😍
spacemarschall.net Dr. Raphael Marschall @spacemarschall.net · Dec 15
3/4 ORISIS-Rex sample from asteroid Bennu

Image taken by Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold on January 17, 2024.

Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center / Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold
A top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside. Erika Blumenfeld, creative lead for the Advanced Imaging and Visualization of Astromaterials (AIVA) and Joe Aebersold, project management lead, captured this picture using manual high-resolution precision photography and a semi-automated focus stacking procedure. The result is an image that can be zoomed in on to show extreme detail of the sample. The remaining sample material includes dust and rocks up to about .4 in (one cm) in size. Credit: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center / Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold Source: https://images.nasa.gov/details/jsc2024e006057
December 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
astrochemist-v.bsky.social
Don't forget to vote before tomorrow! I'm super pleased that Io won the last round, but this one was a tough choice
spacemarschall.net Dr. Raphael Marschall @spacemarschall.net · Dec 12
3rd quarter-final of ✨ #planetaryScience image of 2024 ✨
This round features the Earth-Moon system 🧪⚛️

In the thread below, vote by ❤️ing the image you want to see advance to the semi-final.

🗳️ Voting ends on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. CET/10 a.m. EST/7 a.m. PST/midnight JST.
Bracket for the Bluesky Planetary Science Image of 2024" contest, featuring small icon close-ups of 16 images grouped into four quarter finals. The 1st & 2nd quarter-final has been decided. There is a dashed box highlighting the four images of the 2nd quarter-final. There are finalist placeholders against a lunar surface backdrop.
December 14, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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Check out this article from STFC about our sonification of astronomical data, and beyond! including a new sonification at the end - perceive multi-scale information about galaxy formation in our cosmological simulations... 🧪🔭⚡🐡. medium.com/big-science-...
The sound of silence: how sound brings space to life
The vacuum of space is famously silent, but what if you were able to use sound to help you visualise the Universe? What would a black hole…
medium.com
December 13, 2024 at 11:22 AM
astrochemist-v.bsky.social
I hope the response is good because school doesn't work for so many students, and teenagers should have their burnout recognized too. I had my first burnout when I was 14, and no one around me was even aware enough to recognize it.
drnaomifisher.bsky.social Dr Naomi Fisher @drnaomifisher.bsky.social · Dec 11
I was scared to write my latest book with Eliza Fricker, The Teenagers Guide to Burnout, and now it’s out, I’m afraid of the response. 1/
December 14, 2024 at 11:55 AM
astrochemist-v.bsky.social
Super cool study *and* it has all of the good open science practices built in 😍
davidimiller.bsky.social Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Dec 9
🚨🚨 Out TODAY in Psych Bulletin!! 🚨🚨

After 5 long years, the NSF meta-analysis I led on children's gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities just came out today in Psych Bulletin!!

In the words of great cultural critic Stefon, it has everything...

doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
a man says " and it has everything " in front of a world map
ALT: a man says " and it has everything " in front of a world map
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December 10, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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🗃 🧪 #medicine #law #anthropology and more - fully funded PhD places at Bristol University for Black UK students. Please share!
December 10, 2024 at 6:41 AM
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New paper! 🧵 Exploring Neurodiversity: An Annotated Reading List 🧵

We annotate 9 themes for readers interested in neurodiversity, including the history of neurodiversity, embracing neurodivergent voices, and shifting perspectives on autism, ADHD, and more.

Paper is here: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Alt-text message here: - Image from https://geniuswithin.org/what-is-neurodiversity/ Top centre working left to right 1: Neurodivergence: dyscalculia – innovative thinking, verbal skills-Verbal skills overlaps with DCD / dyspraxia and Creativity overlaps with Dyslexia 2: Neurodivergence: Dyslexia visual thinking creativity and 3D mechanical skills/Creativity overlaps with dyscalculia-Authenticity overlaps with ADHD 3: Condition: ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Attention Dysregulation Hyperactivity Development- Creativity, hyper-focus, Energy and passion/Authenticity overlaps with Dyslexia/hyper-focus overlaps with Tourette Syndrome 4: Neurodivergence: Tourette Syndrome-Observational skills cognitive control, creativity/hyper-focus overlaps with ADHD/Innovative thinking overlaps with acquired Neurodiversity 5: Neurodivergence: Acquired Neurodiversity Adaptability empathy- Innovative thinking overlaps with Tourette Syndrome/Resilience overlaps with Mental Health 6: Neurodivergence: Mental Health Depth of thinking, Expression-Resilience overlaps with Acquired Neurodiversity /Sensory Awareness overlaps with autism 7: Neurodivergence: Autism-Concentration, fine detail processing, memory/Sensory Awareness overlaps with Mental Health/ Honesty overlaps with DCD / dyspraxia 8: Neurodivergence: DCD dyspraxia -Verbal skills, empathy, intuition/Honesty overlaps with Autism/Verbal skills overlaps with Dyscalculia
December 9, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Gotta love Io, the second best moon in the solar system (after Enceladus)
spacemarschall.net Dr. Raphael Marschall @spacemarschall.net · Dec 9
2/4 Io, the volcanic moon of Jupiter, seen by Juno

Image taken by Junocam on December 30, 2023.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill, @kevinmgill.bsky.social
A true color image of Io as imaged by Juno on December 30, 2023 during its closest flyby. This is the closest a spacecraft got in the past 20 years. North is up and this side of Io faces Jupiter. The ↄ-shaped black spot is Loki Patera, to its north is the black spot Amaterasu Patera volcano and further north is the Dazhbog Patera also a black spot. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Io_imaged_by_Juno_spacecraft.png NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
December 9, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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I'm always wary about invoking Fandom in public spaces, but so far, I've only met my science peeps on here and wouldn't mind some fan stuff in my feed.
#StarWars obsessed since 1994, #LotR / #Tolkien since 2001
I got my shrines but they could use a better setup
I'm tired of critics, good vibes only
My Star Waes collection arranged on a bookshelf. Including Forces of Destiny dolls, many books (new and Legends) various action figures, cute boxes that Star Wars socks came in, collectors popcorn buckets, an R2D2 landline phone from the 90s, The Jedi Path, and The Book of Sith. Rey and Kylo Ren are somewhat overrepresented 😅 My Lord of the Rings shrine. Arranged on a small shelf are the collectors edition DVDs, bookmarks, a 3D puzzle of the Golden Hall of Meduseld, various action figures, and artistic cards. My Tolkien book collection. My favorite parts of this are a US first edition Silmarillion that I got for 25 cents at a library used book sale, and the Hobbit graphic novel. Me wearing a dress with the solar system printed on and holding a replica of the sword Narsil and a sparring lightsaber with a magenta blade and black hilt.
December 7, 2024 at 10:16 PM
astrochemist-v.bsky.social
One of the best parts of a #LotR marathon is screaming, "For Gondor!"
lordoftherings.world Lotr Universe @lordoftherings.world · Dec 7
Boromir "Son Of Gondor" -For Gondor! 🛡️
December 7, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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scifri.bsky.social
You’re making your list, checking it twice, for gifts that spark a love of science in the kids in your life.

Mahnaz Dar and Carrie Wolfson join us to highlight some of the top kids' science books of 2024
Science Friday's Picks: The Best Science Books for Kids 2024
You asked for science book recommendations for the kids in your life. Two bookworm experts respond—and share their own favorites.
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December 6, 2024 at 8:41 PM
astrochemist-v.bsky.social
My favorite part of social media in December
spacemarschall.net Dr. Raphael Marschall @spacemarschall.net · Dec 6
📣 Hey folks, It's time to vote on your favorite #planetaryScience image of 2024! 🧪⚛️🚀🛰️☄️🪐🌔

@nickattree.bsky.social, @planettreky.bsky.social, @spacejammie.bsky.social, @asrivkin.bsky.social and helped me select some images. Give them a follow if you aren't already.

Follow this 🧵 to not miss a vote!
Bracket for "BSky Planetary Science Image of 2024" contest, featuring small icon close-ups of 16 images grouped into four quarter-finals. There are finalist placeholders against a lunar surface backdrop.
December 6, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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Alongside my astrochemistry research and collaborating with FORRT folx, I'm working on a paper with fellow #Astronomom Melinda Soares-Furtado (msoaresfurtado.com) and Associate Prof of Human Development and Family Studies Jessica DeGol (pure.psu.edu/en/persons/j...) ...
Dr. Melinda Soares-Furtado - Astrophysicist
msoaresfurtado.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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Our November newsletter is now out! Missed it? Catch it below.

Here we document our project updates 💡, and upcoming events / meetings 📅

Read November newsletter here: mailchi.mp/forrt/forrt-...

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