Astrophotographer who posts amazing photos of the night sky.
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@tinoheuberger@mastodontech.de
Astrophotographer who posts amazing photos of the night sky.
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@tinoheuberger@mastodontech.de
Engineer working on NASA’s Artemis programme for exploring the Moon, including new human missions to the surface.
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@kimberlyblack@mastodon.online
Professor of Astrophysics, author of “Licht im Dunkeln/Light in the Darkness/Licht in de duisternis”, joint winner of the 2011 Spinoza prize. Working on the Event Horizon Telescope project at Radboud University.
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@hfalcke@mastodon.social
Research establishment in Göttingen, Germany which studies all the bodies that make up our solar system including the Sun, the planets, the asteroids etc. The Institute develops scientific instruments that are sent into space on ESA and NASA missions.
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@mpsgoettingen@astrodon.social
Creates astronomy-related pictures of stars, planets and other space stuff based on publicly released images.
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@spacegeck@astrodon.social
Peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and planetary science.
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@NatureAstronomy@astrodon.social
Astrophotographer and space enthusiast who takes astonishingly detailed photos from his backyard telescope.
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@stargazerrob@mastodon.online
American research astronomer at the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics, currently mapping the Milky Way.
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@rdrimmel@mstdn.social
Posts about Mars and space exploration, and processes images taken on Mars.
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@Del_4Ri@mastodon.online
Professional astronomer who researches black holes and neutron stars.
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@alstev@scholar.social
Astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the United States, and previously at (amongst others) the famous Arecibo in Puerto Rico, and the flying telescope SOFIA.
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@Robminchin@mastodon.online
Bot posting the current phase of the moon. Posts once a night.
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@pom@botsin.space
Posting extensively about the exploration of the surface of Mars by NASA and other space agencies.
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@PaulHammond51@fosstodon.org
Research astrophysicist at Stanford University, currently studying black holes and x-ray activity in space.
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@AdiFoord@mastodon.online
Co-ordinates the various EU space services including Galileo sat nav, Copernicus climate satellites, asteroid monitoring etc.
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@EUSPA@social.network.europa.eu
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@euspa@tube.network.europa.eu
Astrophysicist at NASA JPL and Caltech, currently studying black holes and working on the NASA NuSTAR satellite.
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@thomasconnor@mstdn.social
Senior Advisor for Science and Exploration at the European Space Agency, member of the JWST Science Working Group and co-founder of Space Rocks (events that mix together people from entertainment and space exploration).
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
Planetary astronomer who is helping to protect the Earth from asteroids. Rivkin works on NASA’s DART project which is testing ways to steer dangerous asteroids away from us. They are based at John Hopkins University in Maryland, USA.
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@asrivkin@mastodon.social
Research institute in Germany devoted to astrophysics, focusing on cosmic magnetic fields, extragalactic astrophysics and development of research technologies in spectroscopy, robotic telescopes and e-science.
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@AIP_Potsdam@astrodon.social
Astronomer at the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille and teaching at Aix-Marseille Univeristy. Expert on exoplanet detection and characterisation. Involved in the ESA PLATO space mission.
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@AlexSanterne@astrodon.social
Astrophysicist who posts about stars, alien planets, physics, crafts and cats.
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@_astronoMay@astrodon.social
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@SiderealSticker@handmade.social
Planetary Scientist and Assistant Professor at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Investigates atmospheric formation and the deep interiors of rocky exoplanets.
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@timlichtenberg@fediscience.org
Engineer and martian photographer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Also processes images taken by space probes from NASA and other space agencies.
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@kevinmgill@deepspace.social
Staff astronomer at the observatory in Leiden University in the Netherlands, studying the nuclear regions of active galaxies. Also co-founder of Astronomers For Planet Earth, a grassroots pressure group which campaigns to stop global warming.
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@leo@mastodon.green
Researcher posting about satellite communications, space, astronomy and related topics.
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@AkaSci@fosstodon.org
University professor and research astronomer who posts about stars, related phenomena and the telescopes used to observe them.
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@evilscientistca@octodon.social
Astronomer and media officer at the European Southern Observatory, in Chile. The ESO is funded by European countries who wish to observe the sky from the southern hemisphere, and is based in the Chilean desert far from light pollution.
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@astro_jcm@mastodon.online
Professor of astronomy at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. They are also a farmer, and regularly post updates on their farm’s animals.
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social
Amateur astronomer who posts lots of interesting stuff about astronomy and space.
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@citizen_astro@mastodon.lol
Assistant Astronomer the Space Telescope Science Institute, Associate Research Scientist at John Hopkins University, based in the United States. Posts mainly about astronomy, science and machine learning.
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@jwuphysics@mstdn.social
Astrophysicist and senior lecturer at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, and part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. Hunts for exoplanets.
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@eamonn_kerins@astrodon.social
Astronomer at Helsinki University in Finland, interested in exoplanets, planetary systems, stellar activity, astrobiology and more. Has discovered dozens of planets including Proxima B, a potentially habitable planet orbiting our nearest neighbouring star Proxima Centauri.
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@mustapipa@scicomm.xyz
Processes photos taken by spacecraft to make them clearer and more spectacular, and uses free open source software to do so.
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@andrealuck@fosstodon.org
Astronomer at University College Dublin. He’s also a keen astrophotographer who takes pictures of interesting phenomena in the night sky.
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@AstroAnt@mastodon.online
Engineer who posts lots of info and photos about space missions, particularly exploration of the surface of Mars.
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@65dBnoise@mastodon.social
Posts videos about science that are freely available through creative commons and public domain licences.
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@opensciencevids@tilvids.com
Engineer and photographer who posts about space and especially the exploration of Mars.
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@tom30519@fosstodon.org
Education centre in Germany which holds workshops, summer schools and conferences all about astronomy and related topics. Operated by the Max Planck Society, and created in partnership with the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the University of Heidelberg and the City of Heidelberg.
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@hausderastronomie@astrodon.social
Non-profit website about astronomy, posts photos of stars, galaxies and other space phenomena. It posts in English but links to articles in Spanish.
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@umplus@mastodon.online
Instrument scientist at the Australian Astronomical Observatory in Sydney, and is working on the international MAVIS project. Horton posts particularly about telescopes and observatories themselves, including lots of photos.
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@spacelizard@aus.social