U.N. climate chief says two years to save the planet | Reuters reuters.com/world/un-clima…

CHERRY BLOSSOM UPDATE: Japan to gift 250 cherry trees to D.C. to help replace those that are being ripped out this summer for construction work, Japan's prime minister announces at the White House. wtop.com/cherry-blossom…

Bunch of people on Earth: totally crazy that the Moon is set up right for a total solar eclipse—must be so stupendously rare for a planet to have this!

Saturn: hey losers…

Honored to be back on On Point @npr to discuss the Cultural Revolution - what happened, why, and how it's remembered, following its depiction in Netflix's adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi The Three-Body Problem, with Madeleine Dong & host Meghna Chakrabarti:
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We have a new postdoc position on exoplanet atmospheres (any combination of data analysis, forward models, and retrievals): jpl.jobs/job/R4921/Post… Join us for an exciting and rewarding time to develop your science/career, with the opportunity to work on many JWST observations

Al Roker soaks in the eclipse in Dallas 'Oh man!' today.com/news/news/live… via @TodayShow with Jeff Rich Carnegie Science!

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Solar eclipse 2024: How scientists helped North Texans prep for the viewing experience #Eclipse2024 wfaa.com/video/news/wor…

IM IN TEARS

“Get yourself to an eclipse. It’s the best our planet offers.” - chrislintott

I got to see a total solar eclipse everybody! It was honestly just as awesome as they said it would be and I get the honor of reporting on some excellent science during the event.

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A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. “We were surprised by how brazenly the male researchers described their priorities, for example that they actively didn’t respond to emails”

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Are you going to grad school or a current grad student? Looking to be involved with mission science? No prior experience in planetary science, geology, etc required. Students from diverse backgrounds and/or who attend MSIs are encouraged to apply! dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/Student-Opport…

☀️From solar storms to eclipse glasses, to studying the Sun's corona, Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory postdocs Anjali Piette and Michael Wong give the inside scoop about all things eclipse on NOVA | PBS 's 'Great American Eclipse.' #Eclipse24

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The more I run, the more I realize that running is like pizza...

Was it a good run? Was it ok... not very memorable? Or did you have a bad run?

Who cares?! You went running!

Be still my millennial heart

👀 apply to work on JWST with us!!

I'll be on NOVA | PBS tonight! Tune in for 'Great American Eclipse,' which airs at 8 pm, or watch the episode online here! pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vide…

HIGHLY encourage everyone to take this survey. it takes 5-10 minutes to complete and i felt the designers did a really good job capturing the ways that coming from poverty can impact your education and decisions to stay in/leave astronomy. CSMA NEEDS this data!

The first papers from our JWST C1 program, Compositions of Mini-Planet Atmospheres for Statistical Study (COMPASS), are out today! Led by Lili Alderson & Nicole Wallack, supported by an amazing team, if I do say so myself. :) arxiv.org/abs/2404.00093
arxiv.org/abs/2404.01264