
evgenya shkolnik
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evgenya shkolnik
@evgenya
Professor of Astrophysics @SESEASU, Associate Director @II_ASU, Principal Investigator of SPARCS and UV-SCOPE




When the Sun burps, the ejected blob typically weighs 2 trillion tons, going a million mph, sometimes directly at us. Likely a big factor in Earth's early development of life: kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/research-ne… @KyotoU_News (2012 video from @NASA: youtu.be/sg3NAdOYp8Q)








At our hearts, we are seekers, and today we celebrate a scientific milestone! Nearly 30 years after the first discovery of a world orbiting a Sun-like star beyond our solar system, @NASA’s Exoplanet Archive reached 6,000 confirmed exoplanets. 🎉 Read more: go.nasa.gov/46IvXW0


Online this afternoon … a visionary project on the possibilities of alien life 👽led by @claire_i_webb , featuring planets imagined by @leecronin @ProfSaraSeager @Kriegmerica @Estelle_inspace and more
