Dr. Jessie Christiansen
@aussiastronomer.bsky.social
Caltech/IPAC Planet Hunter | Chief Scientist, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute | @TEDFellow | Science consultant | General Nerd | My views are not the views of NASA | She/her
Welcome to Cleveland.
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Welcome to Cleveland.
On the topic of Thanksgiving dessert, more incorrect NYT quotes: "You can still excite the senses with a dramatic fruit plate."
bugs bunny says nooo while looking at something
Alt: bugs bunny says nooo while looking at something
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November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
On the topic of Thanksgiving dessert, more incorrect NYT quotes: "You can still excite the senses with a dramatic fruit plate."
A holiday gift for #exoplanets Chrome users: how to set up the coolest exoplanet shortcut ever.
Click the three-dot menu in the upper right -> Settings -> Search Engine -> Manage search engines and site search.
Scroll to site search and click Add. Fill like this and save:
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Click the three-dot menu in the upper right -> Settings -> Search Engine -> Manage search engines and site search.
Scroll to site search and click Add. Fill like this and save:
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November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A holiday gift for #exoplanets Chrome users: how to set up the coolest exoplanet shortcut ever.
Click the three-dot menu in the upper right -> Settings -> Search Engine -> Manage search engines and site search.
Scroll to site search and click Add. Fill like this and save:
(1/2)
Click the three-dot menu in the upper right -> Settings -> Search Engine -> Manage search engines and site search.
Scroll to site search and click Add. Fill like this and save:
(1/2)
Okay I went and looked in the acknowledgments and it sounds like he talked to a few astronomers, including @andyhowell.bsky.social, so presumably THEY used the NASA Exoplanet Archive and Andy Weir wasn’t messing about on the website himself. 😅😭
I am (finally) reading Project Hail Mary and I NEED TO KNOW if Andy Weir visited the NASA Exoplanet Archive during his research phase. 👀
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Okay I went and looked in the acknowledgments and it sounds like he talked to a few astronomers, including @andyhowell.bsky.social, so presumably THEY used the NASA Exoplanet Archive and Andy Weir wasn’t messing about on the website himself. 😅😭
I am (finally) reading Project Hail Mary and I NEED TO KNOW if Andy Weir visited the NASA Exoplanet Archive during his research phase. 👀
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I am (finally) reading Project Hail Mary and I NEED TO KNOW if Andy Weir visited the NASA Exoplanet Archive during his research phase. 👀
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So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
One time my husband and I were asked to bring 'a dessert' to his family's Thanksgiving that we were driving six hours to attend. We made a box brownie mix the night before and brought it in the car with us that day.
Turns out it was THE dessert for 20+ people.
Turns out it was THE dessert for 20+ people.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
One time my husband and I were asked to bring 'a dessert' to his family's Thanksgiving that we were driving six hours to attend. We made a box brownie mix the night before and brought it in the car with us that day.
Turns out it was THE dessert for 20+ people.
Turns out it was THE dessert for 20+ people.
Ohhh I see. They couldn't let Democrats get the credit for the extension, so they waited them out, re-opened the government, *then* extended the subsidies so Trump could get the credit.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ohhh I see. They couldn't let Democrats get the credit for the extension, so they waited them out, re-opened the government, *then* extended the subsidies so Trump could get the credit.
TFW the most anticipated test match in two years is over in two days. #Ashes
a man sitting in a field of yellow flowers
Alt: a man sitting in a field of yellow flowers
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November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
TFW the most anticipated test match in two years is over in two days. #Ashes
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November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Surprise highlight after the DGA #WickedForGood screening - Ava DuVernay sat down with Jon M. Chu to chat about how this moment felt after five years of development and even more of dreams.
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Surprise highlight after the DGA #WickedForGood screening - Ava DuVernay sat down with Jon M. Chu to chat about how this moment felt after five years of development and even more of dreams.
Reposted by Dr. Jessie Christiansen
We got creative with the homemade pretzels tonight. If you squint, maybe you can see the dragon.
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
We got creative with the homemade pretzels tonight. If you squint, maybe you can see the dragon.
Reposted by Dr. Jessie Christiansen
Reposted by Dr. Jessie Christiansen
Not a reference to the wonderful STAR TREK: VOYAGER episode "Distant Origin".
(Where at least some dinosaurs were sentient, developed spaceflight, left Earth, and built a civilization in the Delta Quadrant)
(Where at least some dinosaurs were sentient, developed spaceflight, left Earth, and built a civilization in the Delta Quadrant)
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Not a reference to the wonderful STAR TREK: VOYAGER episode "Distant Origin".
(Where at least some dinosaurs were sentient, developed spaceflight, left Earth, and built a civilization in the Delta Quadrant)
(Where at least some dinosaurs were sentient, developed spaceflight, left Earth, and built a civilization in the Delta Quadrant)
Reposted by Dr. Jessie Christiansen
Wow ok :)
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wow ok :)
Reposted by Dr. Jessie Christiansen
When an impossibly large space meets a ludicrously long time…
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When an impossibly large space meets a ludicrously long time…
Caution: the ten-year-olds have discovered the Macarena. I repeat: the ten-year-olds have discovered the Macarena.
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Caution: the ten-year-olds have discovered the Macarena. I repeat: the ten-year-olds have discovered the Macarena.
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More than ready for more of this:
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
More than ready for more of this:
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The Barmy Army spending longer in a plane to watch the first test than they did actually watching the first test will never not be funny
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Barmy Army spending longer in a plane to watch the first test than they did actually watching the first test will never not be funny
I would simply not swing at a ball bowled at *does math* eighth stump. #Ashes #ArmchairAshes
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I would simply not swing at a ball bowled at *does math* eighth stump. #Ashes #ArmchairAshes
Reposted by Dr. Jessie Christiansen
Reposted by Dr. Jessie Christiansen
and you thought queuing at the co-op took forever
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
and you thought queuing at the co-op took forever