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Hey DMV area, I’m the host of Science Cafe at Busboys and Poets.
Come to our event next week!
www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
Roman Space Telescope Could Image 100 Hubble Ultra Deep Fields at Once, stay tuned for latest updates on Roman Space Telescope as NASA gets ready to launch it into the space. hubblesite.org/contents/new... #RomanSpaceTelescope #Space
Thank you for the lovely article!
@stewardobservatory.bsky.social
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Bear Down! Proud Wildcat astrophysicist here ❤️💙
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We typically select two students per year. Our funding comes entirely from private donors, so consider donating if you’re able! The majority of our funding has come from screenings showing the documentary about my life, contact me if you’d like to host a screening: www.spacehopecharityfilm.com
Funding ($10k over 4 years) can be used for conference travel or laptops or anything the student needs, even food or flat tires if that’s their situation. For more information, see www.woodysstars.org
Flyer for Woody’s Stars. Applications open now and due November 3rd. $2500 yearly funding and mentorship program for University of Oregon physics students. Funds are allocated to opportunities that accelerate academic and professional learning. Underrepresented groups in the field of physics and those pursuing astronomy are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information, see www.woodysstars.org
Please share this with folks pursuing physics at the University of Oregon! I started an enrichment fund and mentorship program in honor of my late son. Folks that are historically excluded from STEM are strongly encouraged to apply.
Skycards (basically Pokémon Go but using real-time flight radar to catch planes in your local area)
Bill Nye and over 300 other space advocates asked Congress to fund NASA (and NSF). As one of the people who spoke to members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, I’m feeling hopeful. Everyone I met with was in strong support of funding NASA.
Selfie of 5 humans including author of this post on the far left and Bill Nye “the science guy” in the center
Spent my day talking to Congress to #SaveNASAScience with Bill Nye and The Planetary Society
Screenshot of an email from NASA addressed to Charity Woodrum. It starts by saying “Thank you for applying for the Astronaut Candidate Program. I regret to inform you that you have northern selected. As you may know, over 8,000 applications…”
I’m framing this! It’s a rejection letter. I applied to the astronaut program and was not selected. I’ve never been so proud of a rejection. I didn’t get it, but I was qualified to apply, and I’m proud of that.
Yay! Congrats prof!
The petition link is in the article - if you’re in the local DMV community you can sign for support!
My amateur astronomer friends are my favorite. And yes, y’all can’t shut up haha! I can’t either, so maybe I can blame y’all for that? Some of my favorite public talks have been for amateur astronomy groups.
As an undergrad, I learned a lot from amateur astronomers, love amateur astronomy!
Yeah, we overlapped for a year there then! I’m sure I’ll be back in Tucson eventually and we should all go have tacos together!
Ahh! I wish we had met while I was at the University of Arizona! Thank you for listening ✨
Listened to @radiolab.bsky.social's episode on @charitywoodrum.bsky.social's path to astrophysics, and it reminded me a lot of my wife's trajectory--started out as a veterinarian, got completely emotionally burnt out, went back to school, and is now pursuing a PhD in physics on neutrino physics
A blue shirt with the quote “NASA was built to do the near impossible” -Jared Isaacman
A shirt in the NASA Goddard gift center. I’m sure it was ordered before his nomination was withdrawn
I heard folks are using the “showerhead water pressure” executive order for this
For the last couple weeks, I’ve been thinking I had something due on August 13th but couldn’t figure it out. I realized it’s the one year anniversary of defending my PhD! Here are some photos with my amazing PhD advisor, Professor Marcia Rieke. She got me a cake and some champagne to celebrate.
Holy crap this was a good @radiolab.bsky.social
Kudos to @lutimestwo.bsky.social and @charitywoodrum.bsky.social
Honestly just loved this storytelling
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If you listen to just one podcast episode this week, make it this one. Not only is Dr Woodrum’s story an incredible encouragement to persevere through adversity, but is also a poignant reminder that, even in the darkest places, there is light to be found, literally and metaphorically.
Carl Sagan: We’re all stardust
Evil Carl Sagan: We’ll all be stardust
This is a must-listen podcast episode. Dr. Woodrum’s personal story is devastating and inspiring, yes, but her science is at least as compelling. I’m left in total awe and yearning to learn more about quiescent galaxies and late star formation.
Dr. Woodrum’s story is inspirational. It reminded me why space is worth exploring: love.
Give this a listen for sure. So grateful to work with Charity at NASA Goddard - she is an incredible scientist and amazing human! ❤️
Thank you, Sanjana ❤️
There are some people who are a light in this world. When sad things happen around us or to us, and cynicism starts to creep in, we can look to them and still see the best of humanity. Charity is one of those people. Please give this beautiful radiolab episode a listen ❤️
This episode was so moving in the most beautiful ways but do have many tissues on hand. Thank you so much Dr. Woodrum for sharing your story.
I was actually on a long walk yesterday to work off some of the nervousness about the podcast going live. I stopped to give my dog a break and read some messages I received about the episode, similar to this one, and I started publicly crying too. Thank you for listening and for the solidarity 💖