Postdoc @univie.ac.at working on star clusters & machine learning Passionate about a better future for science communication via @astrosky.eco 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her), Ⓥ Website: https://emily.space GitHub: https://github.com/emilyhunthttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.spacehttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3ml7dxeaplc22If you are paying for Claude and you claim to care about astronomy or the night sky - think again. 🔭☄️ SpaceX's orbital data center plans would *ruin* ground-based astronomy & the night sky. Anthropic are partnering with them. https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-spacex-compute-deal-colossus/06 May 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7dxeaplc22https://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3ml7ekhlbjs22Repeating for those in the back: Remember how we're all here because Elon Musk is a fascist who fucked up Twitter? Some of the money from your Anthropic subscription will soon be lining his pockets. That's not good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ekhlbjs22https://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3ml7dxeaplc22If you are paying for Claude and you claim to care about astronomy or the night sky - think again. 🔭☄️ SpaceX's orbital data center plans would *ruin* ground-based astronomy & the night sky. Anthropic are partnering with them. https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-spacex-compute-deal-colossus/06 May 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7dxeaplc22https://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3ml62czu7ek25A very technical & interesting paper came out today about the health of the @esa.int Gaia satellite throughout its mission! It includes plots from the monitoring systems about many different things. 🔭☄️ It's crazy how much work goes into running a space telescope 😅 https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.0372106 May 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml62czu7ek25https://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3ml3ra3yggc2a🔭☄️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3ra3yggc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mkwrc2tbwc27🔭☄️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwrc2tbwc27https://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mkuakw2f7c2c"cheap as chips" worked a lot better in the 20th century02 May 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuakw2f7c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mku2mmtpls2cAbsolutely massive for blogging on the atmosphere! Stop using substack! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku2mmtpls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mksv5k6jy22joh rats I forgot to proofread my email and now I just sent something with a 3:1 ratio of exclamation marks to full stops01 May 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksv5k6jy22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mkrjqa43o22rjust because you can write that thinkpiece doesn't mean you should write that thinkpiece01 May 2026 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrjqa43o22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mkqfcrkv7s2jhaving the internet be de-facto controlled by a single US corporation continues to be a really bad thing I'm glad that I mostly degoogled this year, and I strongly encourage others to do the same. "Do no evil" stopped a while ago [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqfcrkv7s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mkq744armk2jI missed this last month, but this catalogue of stellar rotation periods is *insane* in size & scope: 🔭☄️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq744armk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mkoz6jrawc2u"but what about the school kids!!! they can't learn 100s of planets!!!" make them learn the "Classical planets" (8 planets upto Pluto). Then, at the end of the lesson about planets, tell them that there are more planets that they can learn about if they'd like to. Done! 🤷‍♀️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoz6jrawc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mkoyx5cl522uHot take: everything should be a planet. Where is the love for Makemake, Sedna, Eris, Ceres, and more Hotter take: moons are planets. Triton isn't really functionally different to Pluto, except for who its friend is. Hottest take: "dwarf" is a dehumanising word and we shouldn't use it in science [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoyx5cl522uhttps://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/post/3mkoy3dtfts2u🥺 the cutest little observation manager in astronomy: [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoy3dtfts2u