Dr. Adeene Denton

Hello new followers! I'm a planetary scientist that specializes in what happens when planets collide, but I'm also a community radio DJ, trained historian, and professional dancer/choreographer. So naturally most of what I'm posting will be shitposts.

Had the joy of explaining to some scientists at this conference that my radio show, The Search for Planet 9, does not involve me discussing Planet 9, or even science in any way. Planet 9 is a state of mind, you know? It's the Croatian EDM from 1994 we found along the way.

Just turned in my slides for Wednesday's talk on my Moon work for #DPS2026 - if you've been wondering what the deal is with the newest wrinkle in the Moon-forming impact hypothesis, this talk is for you! The only catch is that it's at 8:30 on Wed morning. But I will bring the energy and so can you!

Got my first ever "have you considered writing a book?" AI email today that other folks on here have mentioned, and it really bummed me out because I would LOVE to write a book!! It's sad to only get "scouted" by shitty AI emails 😭

Incredible stuff happening on the Spokane-area Strava routes

we have to think so much less about finding the right candidates and so much more about building political power that makes individual candidates simple stewards of the will of the bases they are accountable to

‘I’m so proud of you’: 18 incarcerated women earn Northwestern University degrees

Phobos is unique in a lot of ways, but one is that its largest crater is named after a woman! Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall worked with her husband to search for the moons of Mars, though ceased helping him with the calculations when he refused to pay her a man’s wages for her work.

Come for the great writing of @bowlerhatscience.org, stay for my increasingly unhinged explanation of how we can form the Moon in under 5 hours (but only sometimes!)

the well-compensated human reviewers are with me, just out of frame

Phobos is unique in a lot of ways, but one is that its largest crater is named after a woman! Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall worked with her husband to search for the moons of Mars, though ceased helping him with the calculations when he refused to pay her a man’s wages for her work.

Save me, Crater Fact Friday...

The old Theia is dead, a new Moon struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters. . . er, new models for the formation of our Moon. Adeene Denton (@spacewhalerider.com) and colleagues showed a way to smooth the process of Moon formation. 🔭🧪 eos.org/articles/was...

Good evening everyone. And a special good evening to the geology-themed license plates I've been seeing around Boulder lately.

We are LIVE! Listen here for some frightful tunes to liven up your afternoon: 1190.radio

Greetings, my beautiful followers - it is Thursday once again! Which means it's time for the The Search for Planet 9, my radio show, coming up at 12 pm PT/3 pm ET! This week I've got a spooky show for you, so I've made a spooky new graphic. Tune in here in ~1.5 hours to get spooked: 1190.radio

Teaching Mars today, you know what that means

If you’re sent a paper to review, remember that you make choices. Choices of which papers to review and why, choices of which standards to apply and why. Rigorous peer review is one of the bedrocks of our field. Where we, as the reviewing community, draw our lines, is where the lines get drawn.

Obviously we all love "Geologists Recommend Eating At Least One Small Rock Per Day" but my actual favorite Onion headline is a tie between these two:

I did a deep dive on my newest paper on AAS's YouTube channel! This one's for the true nerds that want to know all about what material strength is, how giant impact codes work and why we're still not quite sure how the Moon formed. If that's you, this interview is for you!

It would be irresponsible to recommend The Potion to my beloved followers but I must say doing this is an incredible way to send a truly tremendous amount of emails with a high frequency of unusual typos

No, YOU'RE dealing with stress poorly. I, on the other hand, am making and consuming The Potion