Oh and if you want to find it easily: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Oh and if you want to find it easily: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
More detailed and accessible summary coming soon π
Paper day! My latest first-author work is out!! TLDR: I built a suite of simulations based on SIMBA that varies the energetic efficiency of different modes of AGN feedback. We explored how these modes impacted different galaxy and gas properties and uncovered degeneracies in the parameter space π§ͺπ
Lmaoooo I honestly have no idea one is probably on my work desktop and one on my laptop but the third is a mystery π
Dissertation writing off to a strong start π
After a year of chaos and turmoil, Congress gave NASA "nearly everything we were asking for." πͺπ΅ Read about the appropriations bill on the way to President Trump's desk that has sparked, at least for now, hope. @skyandtelescope.bsky.social skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... #nasa #space #trump
Everything is terribleβ¦except for maybe this one thing. Thereβs a sense of relief around the office now, and a bit more hope for science. So letβs enjoy this victory, and keep fighting for the things we believe in!
Native habitat = out getting people excited about science or actually doing science myself??
Episode no. 6264 of a computational astrophysicist desperately trying to connect to the hands-on aspects of her field π
Actually had a blast visiting Kitt Peak today and canβt wait to share more about what I did and learned!! ππ§ͺ
The one big casualty of this budget is Mars Sample Return. But that doesnβt mean we wonβt ever collect the samples our rovers have gathered! There is still funding allocated to future missions to Mars, including ways to bring samples back to Earth. It just doesnβt continue the existing MSR program
This will now go to the senate, where it is very likely to pass! This is FANTASTIC news for astronomy. We spent a lot of last year fearing for the future of our field, but Congressβs rejection of the White House plans restores a lot of hope.
A bit of good news this weekβ¦Yβall may remember this graphic I made, showcasing what the Presidentβs budget request would do to NASAβs science fleet (tldr it would decimate it). Well the house just passed a bill that soundly rejects these cuts, keeping NASA funding roughly the same as last yearπ§ͺπ
Iβm going on a little adventure to somewhere cool todayβ¦ππ
You can find all my papers linked in my website or look me up on arXiv βΊοΈ
Want to hear about some of the cool science our authors are doing at #AAS247? Two of our authors are giving talks today!
Kicking us off at 10:10 AM in room 222c is Skylar Grayson ( @skylargrayson.bsky.social ) with her dissertation talk! π
Happy AAS week to those who celebrate! If youβre attending catch my dissertation talk this morning π
As light travels through an expanding universe, it changes. And those changes can have some interesting implications for how we perceive timeβ¦ π§ͺπ
My favorite experience: looking around the room during a conference session and realizing thereβs not a single other woman there. It doesnβt happen frequently but it does still happen, and that is absolutely wild.
If youβre a PhD student, donβt fall into the trap of only caring about your research and nothing else. I love what I do for a living, but itβs not all that I am. Thereβs so much more waiting for you out there.
Weβve taken images of two supermassive black holesβ¦why not more? π§ͺπ
One of the most impressive equation slides Iβve ever seen at a conference π as the speaker said: donβt try to understand it, you shouldnβt try to understand it
In a shocking turn of events, the interstellar comet is still an interstellar comet and not an alien spaceship π§ͺπ
Haha a paper I just submitted was an attempt to although tbd on how well that worked
Paper day!!! My most recent first-author paper is officially published. Iβll make a post breaking it down soon but TLDR I compared X-Ray observations of hot gas around galaxies to cosmological simulations and it looks like simulations arenβt consistently able to match the real universe! ππ§ͺ
Life update π₯Ήπ
I find this fundamental misunderstanding of science so fascinating. Eventually Iβll have figured out my thoughts enough to articulate why, but for now just gonna drop it here for your reactions π
Have you heard our standard model of cosmology might be wrong? A new paper puts forth some interesting evidence, letβs discuss! π§ͺπ
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. So whereβs the evidence? ππ§ͺ
If you live in the Phoenix area, come hear me talk at Four Peaks tomorrow!!!