Giorgia Busso
@giobusso.bsky.social
Astrophysicist working on @ESAGaia in Cambridge. Italian from Venice. Music Listener to (almost) everything. Daily ciclyst.
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Giorgia Busso
@giobusso.bsky.social
· Jan 15
So long and thanks for all the fish! I just observed my last star this morning... #GaiaDPAC and @esa.int Gaia teams will do their best to make some great data releases from the data I gathered! #GaiaDR4 in 2026, #GaiaDR5 around the end of the decade. Keep posted for our news today at 10:00 CET.
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May you live in interesting times, they say. Well, this has certainly been interesting, exciting and long. I am going to miss you girl 💙 #GaiaMission #GaiaDPAC But there is still so much work to do to prepare for next releases! 💪
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Lammers and Winn “On the Exoplanet Yield of Gaia Astrometry” makes breathtaking predictions for the Gaia DR4 data release in December 2026 - around 7500 new exoplanets around nearby stars! It will be revolutionary… and indicate new nearby systems to be imaged… #astrodon #exoplanets ☄️
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Lammers and Winn “On the Exoplanet Yield of Gaia Astrometry” makes breathtaking predictions for the Gaia DR4 data release in December 2026 - around 7500 new exoplanets around nearby stars! It will be revolutionary… and indicate new nearby systems to be imaged… #astrodon #exoplanets ☄️
I miss the time when this was a serious problem.
August 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I miss the time when this was a serious problem.
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I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
🔭 🧪
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
🔭 🧪
Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA
The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
🔭 🧪
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
🔭 🧪
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June is LGBT Pride Month. Love is love. Be your fabulous selves.
A good piece here for any of my friends that want to learn about its history: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/pride-in-the-u…
A good piece here for any of my friends that want to learn about its history: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/pride-in-the-u…
June 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
June is LGBT Pride Month. Love is love. Be your fabulous selves.
A good piece here for any of my friends that want to learn about its history: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/pride-in-the-u…
A good piece here for any of my friends that want to learn about its history: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/pride-in-the-u…
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Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
These are the longest wisteria flowers that I have ever seen.
May 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
These are the longest wisteria flowers that I have ever seen.
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If you know, you know
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you know, you know
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Black Cross, New Mexico (1929) by Georgia O'Keeffe #womensart
April 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Black Cross, New Mexico (1929) by Georgia O'Keeffe #womensart
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Apologies if paywalled for you, but this news piece by Tollefson is partly about my brave and remarkable student Valentina Tardugno Poleo
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(If you have an edu account you can probably get access just by authenticating?)
What is wrong with this country??
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(If you have an edu account you can probably get access just by authenticating?)
What is wrong with this country??
International PhD students make emergency plans in fear of US immigration raids
Arrests of scholars by US President Donald Trump’s administration prompts lawsuit alleging free-speech violations.
www.nature.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Apologies if paywalled for you, but this news piece by Tollefson is partly about my brave and remarkable student Valentina Tardugno Poleo
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(If you have an edu account you can probably get access just by authenticating?)
What is wrong with this country??
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(If you have an edu account you can probably get access just by authenticating?)
What is wrong with this country??
The disappearance of Gaia
Final goodbye to Gaia from China
YouTube video by ESA Gaia Mission
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March 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The disappearance of Gaia
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📣 Euclid releases first batch of survey data, including a preview of its very own deep fields!
With just one scan, #ESAEuclid has already spotted 26 million galaxies 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Let's explore the treasure trove that our #DarkUniverse detective has uncovered 🧵 1/
🔭🧪 #astrosci
With just one scan, #ESAEuclid has already spotted 26 million galaxies 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Let's explore the treasure trove that our #DarkUniverse detective has uncovered 🧵 1/
🔭🧪 #astrosci
March 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Euclid releases first batch of survey data, including a preview of its very own deep fields!
With just one scan, #ESAEuclid has already spotted 26 million galaxies 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Let's explore the treasure trove that our #DarkUniverse detective has uncovered 🧵 1/
🔭🧪 #astrosci
With just one scan, #ESAEuclid has already spotted 26 million galaxies 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Let's explore the treasure trove that our #DarkUniverse detective has uncovered 🧵 1/
🔭🧪 #astrosci
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🔭 Auroral Hummingbird over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Mickael Coulon
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25021...
Image Credit & Copyright: Mickael Coulon
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25021...
February 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Auroral Hummingbird over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Mickael Coulon
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25021...
Image Credit & Copyright: Mickael Coulon
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25021...
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Great thread! There’s a small (but not zero) chance that 2024 YR4 becomes a menace. The bad news is that we might not know for sure until 2028. The good news is that we should be able to do something about it 😀🔭
The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting out planet in 2032 is now 1.5%, or 1 in 67.
The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth.
But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon.
Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth.
But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon.
Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
a picture of the earth and an asteroid with the national geographic logo
Alt: a picture of the earth and an asteroid heading towards it
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February 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Great thread! There’s a small (but not zero) chance that 2024 YR4 becomes a menace. The bad news is that we might not know for sure until 2028. The good news is that we should be able to do something about it 😀🔭
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We're now into February 2025, and still no outcomes from the 2024 grants rounds. STFC sent an email update to all PIs this morning which basically says no news is still no news, and that they aim to send out the results as soon as they can. 🔭
STFC Astronomy grants round results (due Oct/Nov) are delayed until late Jan, because they're still awaiting the outcome of the govt spending review. Will cause massive uncertainty and stress for everyone involved. 😢 Will also make it impossible for funded projects to start as planned in spring. 🔭
February 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We're now into February 2025, and still no outcomes from the 2024 grants rounds. STFC sent an email update to all PIs this morning which basically says no news is still no news, and that they aim to send out the results as soon as they can. 🔭
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As one of the many international researchers personally invested & ultra proud of what the US Vera Rubin Observatory has and will achieve this👇 is not OK. My heart is sinking for my amazing 🇺🇸-based colleagues. For decades you've led the way for STEM DEI initiatives - time for Europe to step up. 🧪🔭👩🔬
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As one of the many international researchers personally invested & ultra proud of what the US Vera Rubin Observatory has and will achieve this👇 is not OK. My heart is sinking for my amazing 🇺🇸-based colleagues. For decades you've led the way for STEM DEI initiatives - time for Europe to step up. 🧪🔭👩🔬
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
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It was a pleasure to give the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge’s outreach talk last week on black holes.
You can find clips of the video on my social accounts (richardvnd - e.g. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...) or the full talk on the IoA YouTube channel!
You can find clips of the video on my social accounts (richardvnd - e.g. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...) or the full talk on the IoA YouTube channel!
Richard Dyer on LinkedIn: It was a pleasure to give the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge’s outreach…
It was a pleasure to give the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge’s outreach talk last week on black holes! ⚫️
This was my first extended public lecture on…
www.linkedin.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It was a pleasure to give the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge’s outreach talk last week on black holes.
You can find clips of the video on my social accounts (richardvnd - e.g. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...) or the full talk on the IoA YouTube channel!
You can find clips of the video on my social accounts (richardvnd - e.g. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...) or the full talk on the IoA YouTube channel!
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What a perfect face-on spiral that is!
A spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.008 (lookback time 114.4 million years) with coordinates (121.85345, 39.19448).
54 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.008 (lookback time 114.4 million years) with coordinates (121.85345, 39.19448).
54 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
January 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What a perfect face-on spiral that is!
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#Gaia has been the most important mission and community for my career! I have immense respect and gratitude for everyone in DPAC and look forward to the meetings, discoveries, and data ahead. Get some rest, #Gaia! 🔭
The ESA #Gaia mission has delivered the best Milky Way maps to date and taken its last starlight before spacecraft retirement 🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
January 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Gaia has been with us at the Institute of Astronomy for as long as some of us can remember, so its rather sad to see it being retired. But it has been amazingly successful, observing well over a billion stars! www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia
The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of
www.cam.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Gaia has been with us at the Institute of Astronomy for as long as some of us can remember, so its rather sad to see it being retired. But it has been amazingly successful, observing well over a billion stars! www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
May you live in interesting times, they say. Well, this has certainly been interesting, exciting and long. I am going to miss you girl 💙 #GaiaMission #GaiaDPAC But there is still so much work to do to prepare for next releases! 💪
So long and thanks for all the fish! I just observed my last star this morning... #GaiaDPAC and @esa.int Gaia teams will do their best to make some great data releases from the data I gathered! #GaiaDR4 in 2026, #GaiaDR5 around the end of the decade. Keep posted for our news today at 10:00 CET.
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January 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
May you live in interesting times, they say. Well, this has certainly been interesting, exciting and long. I am going to miss you girl 💙 #GaiaMission #GaiaDPAC But there is still so much work to do to prepare for next releases! 💪
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January 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM