Keighley Rockcliffe
@kerockcliffe.bsky.social
in no particular order: she/her, exoplanet astronomer, cat mom, cheese lover, Bruins fan, Dunkin connoisseur, 🏳️🌈, kdrama enthusiast, trying to be a halfway decent human being 🍉
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They’ve indiscriminately fired 10% of NASA employees.
I don’t need to remind you that NASA’s budget is less than 1% of the entire federal budget but I will. Here’s what that looks like, it’s pennies. www.popsci.com/real-cost-na...
I don’t need to remind you that NASA’s budget is less than 1% of the entire federal budget but I will. Here’s what that looks like, it’s pennies. www.popsci.com/real-cost-na...
The Real Cost Of NASA Missions
What is the price of awe and amazement?
www.popsci.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
They’ve indiscriminately fired 10% of NASA employees.
I don’t need to remind you that NASA’s budget is less than 1% of the entire federal budget but I will. Here’s what that looks like, it’s pennies. www.popsci.com/real-cost-na...
I don’t need to remind you that NASA’s budget is less than 1% of the entire federal budget but I will. Here’s what that looks like, it’s pennies. www.popsci.com/real-cost-na...
Moving into my own place for the first time! I'm a real adult!
December 3, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Moving into my own place for the first time! I'm a real adult!
Not Alie @ologies.bsky.social referring to veins as "blood tunnels" 💀💀💀💀💀
November 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Not Alie @ologies.bsky.social referring to veins as "blood tunnels" 💀💀💀💀💀
I gave a talk for PLUNCH and the UC Santa Cruz folks were so nice and welcoming! Highly recommend 😊 plus you're basically giving a talk on Endor 🌲🌲🌲
Hey folks! We're currently accepting nominations for the UC Santa Cruz planetary lunch (PLUNCH) seminar in winter and spring. Self-nominations encouraged! Nomination form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
UC Santa Cruz PLUNCH Astronomy Seminar Nomination Form
Planetary Lunch (PLUNCH) at UC Santa Cruz has been ongoing for nearly 20 years and contains weekly seminars by visiting researchers. Topics span both exoplanetary and solar system science, typically w...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:15 PM
I gave a talk for PLUNCH and the UC Santa Cruz folks were so nice and welcoming! Highly recommend 😊 plus you're basically giving a talk on Endor 🌲🌲🌲
getting caught up in coding interactive plots ✌️
November 26, 2024 at 9:11 PM
getting caught up in coding interactive plots ✌️
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There is a global climate catastrophe underway, multiple genocides happening, a housing and unhoused people crisis, a child poverty crisis, people are struggling to afford food and what are moderate Democrats and GOP concerned about?
"Where people pee."
These fascists don't want us to survive.
"Where people pee."
These fascists don't want us to survive.
November 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
There is a global climate catastrophe underway, multiple genocides happening, a housing and unhoused people crisis, a child poverty crisis, people are struggling to afford food and what are moderate Democrats and GOP concerned about?
"Where people pee."
These fascists don't want us to survive.
"Where people pee."
These fascists don't want us to survive.
yes I'm going to take all my anger at the world out on this motion-sensor sink that won't work unless I do the hokey pokey
November 20, 2024 at 8:00 PM
yes I'm going to take all my anger at the world out on this motion-sensor sink that won't work unless I do the hokey pokey
Dr. Oz are you kidding me
November 19, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Dr. Oz are you kidding me
Ken-tastic talk on BARBIE (Bayesian Analysis...exo-Earths) from @nertushka.bsky.social 🩷🩷🔭🪐
November 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Ken-tastic talk on BARBIE (Bayesian Analysis...exo-Earths) from @nertushka.bsky.social 🩷🩷🔭🪐
hey bluesky, it's been a while 👋
November 18, 2024 at 11:08 PM
hey bluesky, it's been a while 👋
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A new interpretation of JWST spectra suggests that exoplanet K2-18b is a gas-rich world without a habitable surface rather than a life-supporting ocean world. aasnova.org/2024/03/11/k... 🪐🧪
K2-18b May Not Be Habitable After All - AAS Nova
A new interpretation of JWST spectra suggests that exoplanet K2-18b is a gas-rich world rather than an ocean planet.
aasnova.org
March 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM
A new interpretation of JWST spectra suggests that exoplanet K2-18b is a gas-rich world without a habitable surface rather than a life-supporting ocean world. aasnova.org/2024/03/11/k... 🪐🧪
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I recently did a stand up comedy set about the random and terrible theories engineers email to astronomers worldwide. I suspect we'll all be hearing a bunch of wacky nonsense from Muskerton on a regular basis imminently.
March 13, 2024 at 9:41 AM
I recently did a stand up comedy set about the random and terrible theories engineers email to astronomers worldwide. I suspect we'll all be hearing a bunch of wacky nonsense from Muskerton on a regular basis imminently.
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Wow today's astrobite is so cool I bet the person who wrote it is pretty cool too ngl
Small but Mighty: Disk Chemistry in an M-Dwarf System
Today’s paper takes a look at circumstellar disks’ chemistries, and addresses how their chemical composition can be impacted by their host stars.
astrobites.org
February 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Wow today's astrobite is so cool I bet the person who wrote it is pretty cool too ngl
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🎉 Drumroll, please! We're thrilled to announce the launch 🚀 of our Queer Science Competition! Express your creativity and celebrate LGBTQ+ trailblazers in STEMM with a short essay or video. Dive into the details at prismexeter.com/qsc 📷#QSC2024
PRISM Exeter - QSC
prismexeter.com
February 1, 2024 at 10:44 AM
🎉 Drumroll, please! We're thrilled to announce the launch 🚀 of our Queer Science Competition! Express your creativity and celebrate LGBTQ+ trailblazers in STEMM with a short essay or video. Dive into the details at prismexeter.com/qsc 📷#QSC2024
I want to help my department implement an astro-related python coding workshop for undergrad and grads to take. Is there anything like that out there already that y'all recommend?? 🔭
February 3, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I want to help my department implement an astro-related python coding workshop for undergrad and grads to take. Is there anything like that out there already that y'all recommend?? 🔭
First wave of rejections leaving me waiting for a job... 🔭🧪
February 2, 2024 at 8:51 PM
First wave of rejections leaving me waiting for a job... 🔭🧪
Really interesting bite!
From @dodici.bsky.social: The centers of galaxies are full of all sorts of fascinating phenomena. Learn about one of the newest — discovered only in the last five years — and how it can tell us about the stars that live in these unique environments. 🔭🧪
astrobites.org/2024/01/24/q...
astrobites.org/2024/01/24/q...
How bursts of X-rays from galactic centers could teach us about the stars that live there
The centers of galaxies are full of all sorts of fascinating phenomena. Learn about one of the newest — discovered only in the last five years — and how it can tell us about the stars that live in...
astrobites.org
January 25, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Really interesting bite!
The fact that no betting platform has done a commercial with Troy Bolton's famed "Bet On It" is a travesty
January 25, 2024 at 12:49 AM
The fact that no betting platform has done a commercial with Troy Bolton's famed "Bet On It" is a travesty
First rejection email of the season 👏 it's a part of the field, it's a part of life, and I'm going to be okay
January 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
First rejection email of the season 👏 it's a part of the field, it's a part of life, and I'm going to be okay
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Ron DeSantis should be forced to carry his Presidential campaign to term.
January 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Ron DeSantis should be forced to carry his Presidential campaign to term.
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Thisn👇👇👇
"The Moon is an ancient relative, and we should be careful, diligent and respectful when visiting her." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Stop sending human remains to the Moon
The Peregrine lander was due to deposit several people’s ashes on the Moon. The Navajo Nation is calling for broader discussion. The Peregrine lander was due to deposit several people’s ashes on t...
www.nature.com
January 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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They're all in the same state as me now 😭 leave us alone!!!!
Getting political ads in New Hampshire right now is *wild*
January 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM
They're all in the same state as me now 😭 leave us alone!!!!