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this position, there are things I'd like to share about our department. Please reach out to me -- I will be generous with my time and information! Good luck to all on the market. (2/2)

In "Star-crossed Clusters," we investigate the discrepancies between asteroseismic ages for individual stars and the ages of their host star clusters. Will this classic tale end in joy or tragedy?? Read for more Happy Valentine's Day ♥️🌸 arxiv.org/abs/2502.09582

Calling all astrophysicists interested in stars! 📷Take our quick (<5 min) survey to share your experience with MESA and help shape its future 📷. Not a MESA user? We’d love to hear about other stellar evolution codes too. Your insights are invaluable! 📷forms.gle/8x88YCpmBo2qx4…

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Election season always reminds me to be grateful that I predict inconsequential matters, like when the Sun will engulf us all in hellfire

Finally someone acknowledging the importance of my demographic

“Basically, if there’s no Betelbuddy, then that means there’s something way weirder going on — something impossible to explain with current physics.” — #FlatironCCA astrophysicist Jared Goldberg on new research into red supergiant star Betelgeuse. simonsfoundation.org/2024/10/21/bet… #astrophysics #science

FYI, it's not just us who think there's a companion there! Check out this result from MacLeod et al., who come to the same conclusion we do, but using astrometric evidence. Their paper: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024arXiv2… Our paper (accepted version now on arxiv): arxiv.org/pdf/2408.09089

@dvcotton Accepted version up! arxiv.org/abs/2408.09089

@dvcotton yes, and we cite it! The accepted version should be in the next arxiv posting

Betelgeuse has a low-mass companion, now accepted to ApJ! uwyo.edu/news/2024/10/u…

@desmond_stellar credit to @aurimontem !

@MeridithJoyceGR „Betelbuddy“ is simply the best name !

Betelgeuse, but make it polytropes today at 4pm UWyo department of mathematics & statistics

@Ashwathihi Thank you for telling me this <3

@MeridithJoyceGR ❤️ Honestly, watching you debug and finding solutions to all these issues during MESA winter school this year left me ':0' and thinking I wanna be this good at debugging and being calm while doing so. :')

my job is hard and competitive and draining but sometimes I get show an undergrad woman how the terminal environment works and watch her squeal with glee, "OMG I'm a hacker!!!"

That debate was....fine #VPDebate2024

@AkAstronomy At least the thinking part!

Watch me awkwardly walk through the forest and talk about stars! BBC's Science's Greatest Mysteries, episode 3: "The Age of the Universe"

See I LIVED in Hungary for two years and still spelled that wrong

My political opinions aside, Americans have no idea how insane and despised Victor Orban is, or even who that is, so using him as a reference point is weird

Someone drop that "concepts of a plan" screenshot so I can describe trying to write grant budget justifications