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
Posts about Mars and space exploration, and processes images taken on Mars.
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@Del_4Ri@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
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
Astrophotographer and space enthusiast who takes astonishingly detailed photos from his backyard telescope.
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@stargazerrob@mastodon.online
Posts creative commons and public domain videos related to space, both contemporary and historical.
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@openspacevids@tilvids.com
Journalist covering science, space and technology. Presents “Far Out” for the American public broadcaster PBS, and is a writer for Wired and StarTrek.com.
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@skrishna@mastodon.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
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
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
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
Mars scientist, works on Mars geochemistry as part of the NASA Mars Science Lab team.
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@debarati@mastodon.online
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
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
Research astrophysicist at Stanford University, currently studying black holes and x-ray activity in space.
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@AdiFoord@mastodon.online
Posting extensively about the exploration of the surface of Mars by NASA and other space agencies.
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@PaulHammond51@fosstodon.org
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
Not a spy, but actually the science editor of technology news site CNET.
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@dctrjack@aus.social
Peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and planetary science.
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@NatureAstronomy@astrodon.social
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
Creates small highly stylised models of spacecraft in the “Smol Space Program”. They have working solar panels to power their lights.
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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
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
NASA engineer working on fuel cells for upcoming lunar missions, formerly shuttle flight controller.
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@absolutspacegrl@mastodon.social
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
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
Amateur astronomer who posts lots of interesting stuff about astronomy and space.
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@citizen_astro@mastodon.lol
Professional astronomer who researches black holes and neutron stars.
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@alstev@scholar.social
Project helping students talk to astronauts on the International Space Station via amateur radio equipment, hopefully inspiring them to pursue a career in STEM subjects. There are also repeaters for ham radio fans to take part.
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@ARISS_Intl@mastodon.hams.social
American research astronomer at the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics, currently mapping the Milky Way.
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@rdrimmel@mstdn.social
British multidisciplinary academic research network studying and promoting the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life.
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@ukseti@astrodon.social
Researcher posting about satellite communications, space, astronomy and related topics.
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@AkaSci@fosstodon.org
Artist creating striking oil paintings in a pop art style featuring pop culture, astronauts, dinosaurs and social commentary.
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@scottlistfield@mastodon.social
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
Systems engineer at NASA JPL, working on Europa Clipper probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa, Perseverance and Curiosity rovers on Mars.
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@astroptere@masto.ai
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
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 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
Creates astronomy-related pictures of stars, planets and other space stuff based on publicly released images.
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@spacegeck@astrodon.social
Engineer and photographer who posts about space and especially the exploration of Mars.
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@tom30519@fosstodon.org
Astrophysicist at NASA JPL and Caltech, currently studying black holes and working on the NASA NuSTAR satellite.
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@thomasconnor@mstdn.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