Most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen - highlining during the eclipse was magical!!!

I’m honored and so very grateful to have been named a Matthew Isakowitz Fellow! Thank you Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship

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Are you an undergrad interested in doing an internship this summer with me and two other amazing scientists? It involves field work, lab work, Europa, geysers, and adventure! Deadline is Feb 16. Details:
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Wonderful to finally be back in a #spacesuit for the first time since being pregnant! Smiles all around with my husband and baby there to watch me submerge at the NASA's Johnson Space Center #neutralbuoyancylab . Luca Parmitano and I evaluated tasks for upcoming #spacewalks on the International Space Station -…

I’m so excited for the #OSIRISREx sample return tomorrow! Check out this video to learn more about this incredible mission.

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Hello #Prospective #graduate students,
I am conducting informal online meet-ups with any student who is interested in joining my lab #LEAP UTSA to do #planetary #geochemistry #research related to #Mars and #OceanWorlds #Europa and #Enceladus . Email if interested. Pls share. Thx!

Rye's Book 'Astro Rye Give it a Try' is currently available online at Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Walmart. Grab your copy today and be sure to tell a friend! Rye is also getting ready for her annual #astroRyanBdaycleanup so stay tuned 💜 #astroryegiveitatry #Ryeaskswhy

Is it an abuse of power that my 1st day intro presentation for the undergrad tutorial I’m teaching included the following:

“This slide has nothing to do with the course but I just feel like my cats deserve to be told they’re very good boys”

The slide/pics in question:

Since so many have asked, here’s my hot take on the spherules Loeb found and the manuscript he’s loudly rushed to the world. These are pretty typical cosmic spherules. Had he done the *obvious*--a control sample 100 km away from the meteor--he’d have found the same thing. 1/20

This reminds me a lot of how 50% (yes, 50%!) of American men believe that they could land a commercial airplane with no training or instruction 🙃