do you have a non academic job with a bachelors degree in physics or astronomy? please fill out my survey form to be featured in introductory astronomy courses at Iowa state!!!

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AAS Journal Author Series: Amber Young on 2024PSJ.....5....7Y

Amber Young (Northern Arizona University, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) chats about her article on Earthlike exoplanets.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

update !

𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.

Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).

🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet

We are hiring several post-bac positions at NASA Goddard! This is a single application for 8+ positions where you can list your preferred project(s). I am involved in hiring at least one so please feel free to reach out with any questions!
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you can tell Taylor Swift is not an academic because of “now and then she re-reads the manuscript” could NOT be me

The Planetary Society strongly opposes the sudden, indiscriminate dismissal of more than 1,000 scientists, engineers, and explorers at NASA — the largest involuntary workforce reduction since the end of the Apollo program.

Read more on our stance. ⬇️

I don't know what to say about LA except that we elected a climate denialist as our next president.

Are you a person of color wanting to find community at the @aasoffice.bsky.social meeting next week? Are you a first time attendee or a senior scientist?

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why does my vet have better wifi than my office

Apply to & advertise the AAS CSMA Micro-grants program! Offers grants of >$500 to support BIPOC undergrads to pay grad school application fees, GRE testing fees, virtual conference registrations, or to purchase textbooks and research supplies. Deadline is October 13! aas.org/posts/news/2...

The takeaway? If students are using AI to cheat, it's not because they're lazy or uninterested. It's because we've created a society and an education system where failing academically means falling into precarity, but where students rarely get the support they need to succeed. 6/