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Through its materials, resources, and programs, the ASP promotes public science interest, engagement, and literacy through the awe and wonder of astronomy and related fields. Founded in 1889, the ASP is the first national astronomy organization in the US.
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Congrats @ohdearz.bsky.social on receiving the Nancy Grace Roman Award from ASP for promoting gender equity snd inclusion in astronomy and related fields! It was awesome to be there and see all the amazing things! Truly well deserved!

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November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“Science is a way of seeing, not just knowing.”

On what would have been Carl Sagan’s 91st birthday we celebrate one of #science’s greatest storytellers — a reminder that curiosity & wonder unite us all.

💫 Read @shanilv.ca reflection:
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#CarlSaganDay #Astronomy #ASP
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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So much astronomical excellence in this picture from @astrosociety.org gala! 🔭 L to R: Kate Daniel (Arizona prof), Angela Twum, @astrolatinaa.bsky.social, Alejandra Rosselli-Calderon (UCSC grads), @katycosmiq.bsky.social (CSUSB prof), @capricephillips.bsky.social (Sagan Fellow at UCSC), and me.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Excited to attend the @astrosociety.org gala tonight & receive the Nancy Grace Roman Award! I read about her life & career on my way here. Did you know she was responsible for making NASA data archives public so that everyone could benefit, not just PIs? Such an amazing impact on our field. 🔭
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Flying to SFO for the @astrosociety.org gala! Sitting next to two chatty people who are sharing their stories. One is going to Fiji for diving, the other is traveling internationally to an unknown destination that his wife picked! I am like a fly on the wall listening to their adventures.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We are so happy to see @juliaastro.org leading a #JuliaLang workshop at #AAS247!

Our inaugural #Astro101 for @unistellar.bsky.social #smart #telescope users introduced 30 participants to #Julia for data analysis — showing how #smartscope users can explore #astronomy with professional-grade tools.🧪🔭
Would you or your colleague like to improve the performance of your data analysis? Then please join us at our @julialang.org workshop at the 247th @aas.org meeting on Jan 3, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ. The regular registration deadline is Nov 7.

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#aas247 #JuliaLang #astrocode
AAS 247: Registration | American Astronomical Society
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October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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#Science and #scienceeducation are in real danger. Funding is vanishing, public trust is fading, and even 136-year-old institutions like @astrosociety.org face an uncertain future.

This #NationalEstatePlanningWeek consider a legacy that keeps #curiosity alive. Fund #wonder:
🔭 bit.ly/ASP-Legacy-G...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#Physics & #astronomy thrives when 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 has a way in.
#Science is our quest to understand why the #cosmos is the way it is & 𝘯𝘰𝘵 some other way. #Informal #education isn’t a “bonus” — it’s the bridge between #discovery & #society. It's how we share what we've learned. This #APS paper hits the 🎯.
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I love the quote from #Yale’s Dr. Schoelkopf that puts today’s #physics #NobelPrize in context.

Mirroring the evolution of the #internet, quantum 3.0 will be the era of working #quantum #computing. With it, an explosion of knowledge that transforms how we discover, compute, & perhaps even think. 🔭🧪
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Dr. Jean Turner, who has been awarded the 2025 Jansky Lectureship, will deliver the 60th Annual Jansky Lecture, "Exploring the Dusty Origins of Star Clusters" :

📍Charlottesville, VA - October 30
📍Green Bank, WV - November 2
📍 Socorro, NM - November 21

More info: science.nrao.edu/science/jans...
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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#Immigrants have long made significant & disproportionate contributions to the #Physics #NobelPrize. Today’s news is more than a triumph of #quantum #science — it’s a story about what we get right when we open doors, not close them.

www.boundless.com/blog/u-s-imm...
#PublicEducation #ScienceMatters
October 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🎃✨ Halloween is older than you think!
Its roots reach to the stars — to a time when our ancestors tracked the Sun’s halfway point between equinox and solstice. They called it a cross-quarter day — a cosmic threshold between light & dark, life & death, summer & winter.

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October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎃 Halloween’s roots are written in the #stars.🔭🧪

Before candy & costumes, it marked a cross-quarter day — when ancient #skywatchers tracked the Sun’s halfway point between #equinox & #solstice.

🪐 #Halloween #Astronomy is TOMORROW!
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/HalloweenAstro

#STEMeducation #HalloweenScience
October 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Couldn’t agree more! Vivian’s gift for sparking wonder & awe is extraordinary. She lead our #NASA-funded Eclipse Ambassadors program (reached ~200k people in 47 states) & showed the power of eclipses to #unite. #Australia will be #eclipse central — 2 totals in the next 5 yrs + an annular in 2035!🧪🔭☀️
September 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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And I was so lucky to be at the same conference Vivian was heading “Down Under” for. What an absolute treasure she is! Her talk has got us all inspired and excited for our solar eclipse in 2028!
September 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
🌅 Serendipity! On her trip to Australia, the #ASP’s Vivian White captured a stunning partial solar eclipse at sunrise—likely seen only by her & a few others awake on the plane, as clouds hid it from the islands below. A rare moment, perfectly timed. #Eclipse #Oz #EclipseAtDawn
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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University of Kentucky physics and astronomy professor Gary J. Ferland has been named the 2025 recipient of the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, the highest honor awarded by @astrosociety.org.

https://research.uky.edu/news/uks-gary-ferland-receives-astronomys-highest-lifetime-achievement-award
UK’s Gary Ferland receives astronomy’s highest lifetime achievement award | UK Research
UK physics and astronomy professor Gary J. Ferland has been named the 2025 recipient of the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, the highest honor awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
research.uky.edu
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The @AstroSociety.org is delighted to announce that Dr. Connie Walker, Scientist at the National Science Foundation (#NSF)'s @NOIRLabAstro.bsky.social receives the 2025 Andrew Fraknoi Supporters Award for decades of support and dedication to the #ASP’s mission! 🔭 🧪

𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙉 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀:
bit.ly/4pBczSw
September 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Congrats to my colleague, co-author and friend @kimberlykowal.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Klumpke-Roberts Award from the @astrosociety.org for those "who have made outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy."
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Chandra Press Room :: 2025 Klumpke-Roberts Award is given to Dr. Kimberly Arcand :: 10 September 2025
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September 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
𝗔𝗦𝗣 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀🔭

𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥 - Dr Gary Ferland, UK
𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗝. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗿 - Dr Justin Myles, Princeton
𝗞𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗸𝗲-𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 - Kim Arcand, CXC
𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 - Dr Laura Lopez, OSU
𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗝. 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗻 - William Keith Turner, Carmel Clay Schools

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September 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#ASP joined the Kits Cubed STEM Fair at Oakland Technical High School this weekend!

Organized by Kits Cubed, an Oakland #nonprofit making #STEM fun & accessible, the fair welcomed families to explore hands-on #science. Our team kept #astronomy alive — clouds and all! 🔭 ✨ #ScienceForAll #KitsCubed
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join the world for International Observe the #Moon Night on 10/5. A global celebration of our cosmic neighbor. #ASP’s Theresa Summer shared its history & impact on @PlanetarySociety.bsky.social’s #PlanetaryRadio.🔭🧪

Listen here:
👉 bit.ly/PlanetaryMoo...

Find events:
International Observe the Moon Night
Join NASA and lunar observers around the world in a global celebration of the Moon.
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September 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Could life have started on #Mars & spread to Earth by meteorites? This idea, called #panspermia, is gaining new relevance as evidence mounts that #life once took hold on Mars. We know life arose early on Earth but did it begin elsewhere first? The #ASP’s @shanilv.ca says more about what this means.🧪
From #Viking’s life experiments to #Perseverance’s biosignatures, Mars has whispered the same question for decades: are we alone?

Why is this time different?

Humanity may be on the brink of a cosmic revolution. Read more in my #Substack post. 🔭🧪
👉 bit.ly/Mars-OIU

#Mars #LifeonMars #Astroniology
September 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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#Mars May Have Left Us a Message. Are we listening? 🧪🔭

From #Viking to #ALH84001 to #Perseverance’s new potential #biosignatures in Jezero Crater — we’re on the edge of a #cosmic revolution. It's clear we've reached a tipping point.

The Not So Quiet Revolution in Astronomy:
👉 bit.ly/MarsRevolution
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🌌 BREAKING: Mars may have left us a message. #NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered potential #biosignatures — clues that life may not be unique to Earth.
🔭🧪

“This is the closest we’ve come to recognizing that life on Earth is not unique.”

🔗 MORE: tinyurl.com/OurIslandUni...
#Mars #Astrobiology
September 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM