Ed Rivera-Valentín
@planettreky.bsky.social
Planetary Scientist & Trekker of Planets.
#LatinxInSTEM 🇵🇷 #LGBTQinSTEM 🏳️🌈.
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#LatinxInSTEM 🇵🇷 #LGBTQinSTEM 🏳️🌈.
My posts, my views.
Open position: Scientific Editor for The Planetary Science Journal
Note that this is a paid position via a stipend.
As a current PSJ editor, I’d be happy to answer questions.
aas.org/jobregister/...
Note that this is a paid position via a stipend.
As a current PSJ editor, I’d be happy to answer questions.
aas.org/jobregister/...
Scientific Editor for The Planetary Science Journal | American Astronomical Society
Established in 2020, the American Astronomical Society’s (AAS) Planetary Science Journal (PSJ) has grown to one of the most impactful journals focused on planetary science in the world. To continue th...
aas.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Open position: Scientific Editor for The Planetary Science Journal
Note that this is a paid position via a stipend.
As a current PSJ editor, I’d be happy to answer questions.
aas.org/jobregister/...
Note that this is a paid position via a stipend.
As a current PSJ editor, I’d be happy to answer questions.
aas.org/jobregister/...
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#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
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NASA has a proposal to re-commission the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft for the exact purpose. It's healthy, & up for a 2029 mission—total cost $200 Million, $50 Million already spent. President Trump wants to kill it. Here's more on the OSIRIS-APEX mission - osirisrex.arizona.edu/osiris-apex
September 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
NASA has a proposal to re-commission the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft for the exact purpose. It's healthy, & up for a 2029 mission—total cost $200 Million, $50 Million already spent. President Trump wants to kill it. Here's more on the OSIRIS-APEX mission - osirisrex.arizona.edu/osiris-apex
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NASA released some shape models of four of Saturn's moons. These have every lump and bump; they're not simple spheres.
Here's a test render I did in #Blender showing #Mimas in false color - red is high, blue low. Clearly shows how non-spherical it is!
#sciart #spaceart
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Here's a test render I did in #Blender showing #Mimas in false color - red is high, blue low. Clearly shows how non-spherical it is!
#sciart #spaceart
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September 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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For those who wish to listen to the 10 September #NASA Mars 2020 Rover Perseverance announcement, here's the #YouTube Link www.youtube.com/watch?v=-StZ...
Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding
YouTube video by NASA Video
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
For those who wish to listen to the 10 September #NASA Mars 2020 Rover Perseverance announcement, here's the #YouTube Link www.youtube.com/watch?v=-StZ...
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A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
Trump administration illegally froze billions in Harvard funds, judge rules
The ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision.
n.pr
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
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Just reupping this.
Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.
Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.
I am community sourcing a list of people who are actively in search of MS/PhD students in planetary science/astrobiology/exoplanets for Fall 2026. If you are such a person, please fill out the following google form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Planetary Science MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2026
Crowd sourced list of people who are looking for MS/PhD students to help connect prospective students with advisors so we can do even more fabulous planetary science! (Submitting a response indicates ...
docs.google.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just reupping this.
Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.
Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.
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In order to get a weather forecasting job with the National Weather Service, applicants now have to name at least two Trump Executive Orders and state how they plan to help support them. Which is ridiculous and shame on every MIC that allows that nonsense in their WFO!
September 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In order to get a weather forecasting job with the National Weather Service, applicants now have to name at least two Trump Executive Orders and state how they plan to help support them. Which is ridiculous and shame on every MIC that allows that nonsense in their WFO!
Planetary Defenders (NASA+ Original Documentary)
YouTube video by NASA
youtu.be
August 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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This is a shocking executive order that undermines the very idea of open inquiry. It turns federal grants into dispensations, subject to arbitrary and capricious withdrawal should the recipient say or believe the wrong things.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is a shocking executive order that undermines the very idea of open inquiry. It turns federal grants into dispensations, subject to arbitrary and capricious withdrawal should the recipient say or believe the wrong things.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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“I was threatened with being referred to the FBI... They also threatened to stain my record so I would never get a job again. They also threatened with an extended detention if I didn’t give them the passwords to the student information or to my district files."
Vermont school superintendent detained after trip to Nicaragua
Wilmer Chavarria, the superintendent of the Winooski School District, was held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection while returning to the country after visiting family.
www.wmtw.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“I was threatened with being referred to the FBI... They also threatened to stain my record so I would never get a job again. They also threatened with an extended detention if I didn’t give them the passwords to the student information or to my district files."
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NASA is being radically reorganized, starting almost immediately.
The Town Hall is here, if you're interested:
video.ibm.com/channel/KKpg...
The Town Hall is here, if you're interested:
video.ibm.com/channel/KKpg...
video.ibm.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NASA is being radically reorganized, starting almost immediately.
The Town Hall is here, if you're interested:
video.ibm.com/channel/KKpg...
The Town Hall is here, if you're interested:
video.ibm.com/channel/KKpg...
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Need data to explain the disastrous proposed cuts to NASA?
Here are seven charts that lay out why The White House’s FY2026 budget proposal poses a historic threat to NASA. www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
Here are seven charts that lay out why The White House’s FY2026 budget proposal poses a historic threat to NASA. www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
NASA's disastrous 2026 budget proposal in seven charts
The White House has put forward a radical, wasteful proposal for NASA. We have the data to prove it.
www.planetary.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Need data to explain the disastrous proposed cuts to NASA?
Here are seven charts that lay out why The White House’s FY2026 budget proposal poses a historic threat to NASA. www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
Here are seven charts that lay out why The White House’s FY2026 budget proposal poses a historic threat to NASA. www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
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Happy pride month! I worked with some LA-based scientists and engineers, and we have a kickstarter for space pride t-shirts! Consider backing!
🛰️🏳️⚧️🚀🏳️🌈🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...
🛰️🏳️⚧️🚀🏳️🌈🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...
June 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happy pride month! I worked with some LA-based scientists and engineers, and we have a kickstarter for space pride t-shirts! Consider backing!
🛰️🏳️⚧️🚀🏳️🌈🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...
🛰️🏳️⚧️🚀🏳️🌈🪐
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...
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This is the #RIF that NASA can expect to endure - a reduction from 17,391 to 11,853 - so ... who will the unlucky 5,538 people be? Meanwhile let's gut the #NASA budget while simultaneously starting a crash program to beat China to #Mars - #EmbraceTheChallenge y'all
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is the #RIF that NASA can expect to endure - a reduction from 17,391 to 11,853 - so ... who will the unlucky 5,538 people be? Meanwhile let's gut the #NASA budget while simultaneously starting a crash program to beat China to #Mars - #EmbraceTheChallenge y'all
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Breaking from @science.org: The Trump administration wants to kill off a host of active and healthy NASA climate and planetary spacecraft. It would be a "leaner, more focused" agency, they say -- and one far less capable of studying the Earth and exploring space.
Dozens of active and planned NASA spacecraft killed in Trump budget request
Proposal would end nearly all new major science missions
www.science.org
May 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Breaking from @science.org: The Trump administration wants to kill off a host of active and healthy NASA climate and planetary spacecraft. It would be a "leaner, more focused" agency, they say -- and one far less capable of studying the Earth and exploring space.
GBO, which was trying to build the nextgen radar after the collapse of Arecibo, is on the decommissioning block… again. Sigh.
May 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
GBO, which was trying to build the nextgen radar after the collapse of Arecibo, is on the decommissioning block… again. Sigh.
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ESA folks finding zeroes for ExoMars, EnVision, Euclid, LISA, Ariel contributions, and so many more in those documents... the damage to international partnerships and trust would be incalculable if this budget proposal comes to pass...
May 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
ESA folks finding zeroes for ExoMars, EnVision, Euclid, LISA, Ariel contributions, and so many more in those documents... the damage to international partnerships and trust would be incalculable if this budget proposal comes to pass...
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"Gemini telescopes will operate at approximately 50% capacity and access to the telescopes at Kitt Peak and Cerro Tololo will be phased out." p 104 of the pdf.
May 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"Gemini telescopes will operate at approximately 50% capacity and access to the telescopes at Kitt Peak and Cerro Tololo will be phased out." p 104 of the pdf.
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BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
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Wow. This proposes cutting over 1300 civil servants from NASA Goddard, a 46% cut in staff.
Also, the budget proposal would cut NASA's civil service workforce by a third.
May 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Wow. This proposes cutting over 1300 civil servants from NASA Goddard, a 46% cut in staff.
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Witness the *proposed* devastation of NASA science. If this concerns you, consider exploring the tools provided to make your opinions known: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...
May 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Witness the *proposed* devastation of NASA science. If this concerns you, consider exploring the tools provided to make your opinions known: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...
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The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.