Adrian Price-Whelan

Earlier this month, #FlatironCCA hosted a workshop on "Planets in the Galactic Context." Thanks to all who attended! #science #astrophysics #astronomy

Today I replied to an e-mail from a friend I really like, who is awesome and cool and whose e-mails I love to receive. I had been wanting to respond for a while but somehow just… did not. The e-mail I replied to was sent in January, 2024. Why am I like this.

truly, it was only a matter of time github.com/ekzhang/jax-js

We're #hiring for postdoctoral research positions at our Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA)! Come do independent research in areas that have strong synergy with CCA or other Flatiron Institute centers. Applications due by October 31st: https://bit.ly/4iya02C #science #astrophysics

me: ... clod: footgun footgun footgun footgun footgun

Two more days to register for the Gaia Relay! (register by end of September 16)

welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap

Gaia DR4 @esa.int is on Dec 2 🎉 Introducing...The Gaia Relay, coming to a town near you* Dec 1–4 at @flatironinstitute.org Dec 7–11 at @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social Dec 14–18 in @monashastro.bsky.social gaia.lol (*NYC, SB, or Melbourne; otherwise you have to host a meeting!) Are we unhinged? Yes! 🔭

In this episode, we discuss the fact that a globular cluster stream has finally been found in an external galaxy 🤩 it's not just pretty, it also lets us measure the halo mass of the galaxy. Tune in on starxiv.com to hear more 🔭🧪☄️

first day in 4 months with no meetings and I don't know what to do with all of this time 👀

Oops, I forgot to 🔭 !

MULDER [slapping down plane tix]: Hope you packed your rain coat, Scully. SCULLY: Seattle? Mulder it's the weekend, what- MULDER [handing her a file] Confirmed sightings, Scully. This is big SCULLY [eyes wide]: My God Mulder, what am I looking at here? MULDER: The locals are calling it.. JIMOTHY

also relevant: even with the best models, software dev through LLMs can feel like this. but often the nonsensical sandwich cuts are buried _deep_ in the generated code or overall design! www.youtube.com/watch?v=83cD...

some good advice in this thread!

Interested in a 3 year postdoc working on stellar streams and dark matter? Come join our amazing Astro group in Surrey to work with me and Eugene Vasiliev. Details here and the deadline is July 30th. Let me know if you have any questions! jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... 🧪🔭☄️

Beloved Brooklyn metal bar Saint Vitus to reopen in Bushwick gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

Do. Not. Use. Fucking. Sticker. Mule.

whoa - the JWST CMDs of globular clusters in this paper are ridiculous!! arxiv.org/abs/2606.20979

THE ULTIMATE SANDBOX (1984) Acrylic on Canvas - 15” x 24” A whimsical portrait of my daughter Alexa that remains one of my all-time most popular images—and a personal favorite! 1/2

I was just talking about this. AI in a robust social safety net is very different than AI in a scam economy without one.

Did you know that stars have fingerprints? To help you search for them (aka to view how different types of stars have characteristically different spectra in the Gaia RVS region) I created this visualization below, best viewed on desktop! zoehackshaw.github.io/kiel_explore... Happy exploring! 🧪🔭

PROPHECY AT 1420 MHZ. youtu.be/74NluS3jzTo

Am I wrong though?

THE ASTROPHYSICIST (2008) 
Acrylic - 24" x 36" When I started this painting, the major theme concerned the power of the human intellect to light our way into the universe. 
 The balls in the picture came from a conversation I had with my son Adrian. 1/5 #art #bookssky 🪐📚

INFERNO. 18 TRACKS. 70 MINUTES. 2xLP, CD, DIGITAL. 29 MAY 2026. boardsofcanada.com

A cool demonstration of @astropy.org + SunPy functionality with Artemis II! sunpy.org/posts/2026/a... 🔭

Reminder: we are hiring a Research Software Engineer @flatironinstitute.org !

i will keep reiterating it but the mRNA vaccine is one of the most important human inventions in history, next to the printing press and the solar panel, and the fact america is abandoning it is frankly anti-human in all ways possible

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The President's Budget Request proposes a 47% cut to NASA Science, a 55% cut to NSF, and a 13% cut to the DOE Office of Science. AAS President Dr. Dara Norman sent a call to action to AAS members via email today. Urge your members of Congress to reject these cuts now! aas.org/reject-2027-...

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🪐 🤝 🌌 Join us at the Planets in the Galactic Context workshop at the @flatironinstitute.org this September! The goal is to identify and define exciting questions at the intersection of exoplanet and Galactic science. Apply by June 5! planet-galaxy-workshop.github.io 🔭 #galactic #exoplanets

No one likes unnecessary scaffolding. Thankfully, we have a plan — and John Wilson is here to help break it down.

Here's the full chute deployment and splashdown of the Integrity capsule containing the Artemis crew (at 1.5x speed to fit within the Bluesky video limit). Welcome home!

In fifty years when people look back at the past decade or so, the big world-changing technological innovation won't be the chatbot slop machines, it'll be mRNA.