Astrophysicist & Software Engineer for the Hubble, James Webb, and Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescopes @ The Space Telescope Science Institute. Views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3m6iiv6tf7k2uMisread that as LOTR, and it gave me joy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6iiv6tf7k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3m66fkgpaos2vWhen circulating a new paper to collaborators around the holidays is it better to do it: - before the holidays? - after the holidays? - not at all Thoughts? 🤔21 Nov 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m66fkgpaos2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3m3awnt5qwc27I made my son a Hubble Space Telescope, and he seems to like it 😊15 Oct 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3awnt5qwc27https://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lvmjd7s43k2hMy wife and I won the “Adult Science Fair” at our locally brewery. How far down my CV should I add this victory? I’m thinking directly below my name.05 Aug 2025 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvmjd7s43k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lnniov6yyk2jOh my god, it’s: “the straight and narrow path” and not “the straightened arrow path” How am I just learning this?25 Apr 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnniov6yyk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lfoad7itck2zSome people aren’t immediately astonished by images like this, and that fact hurts me inside. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2025 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfoad7itck2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lf535tugtk2nNew paper✨ Some of the dustiest evolved stars might not lose as much mass or produce as much dust as we thought. It’s looking like they might have equatorially enhanced dust envelopes 🍩 possibly shaped by binary companions💫. https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02722v1 @anywaythewind.bsky.social #astronomy #stars07 Jan 2025 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf535tugtk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3ldc5xzrlfs27My favorite citation was when a group cited my dusty wind speed measurements when discussing the weather patterns in the Helmand Basin, Iran. We measured the wind speeds around red giant stars. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021JESS..130..114D/abstract14 Dec 2024 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldc5xzrlfs27https://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3ldc5f4zgu227The more I study dust, the more I start to agree with Daniel Craig.14 Dec 2024 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldc5f4zgu227https://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lchcr3pbuc2pMy wife and I need to settle an argument. True or false: Pasta is noodles04 Dec 2024 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchcr3pbuc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lbtgxuzkzs2mHas anyone else pointed out the fact that the place where they were secretly testing the new stealth bomber was at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center . . . and there’s a not so hidden stealth bomber in THE LOGO!26 Nov 2024 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtgxuzkzs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lbtebovlqz2hOne of the two original designs for the James Webb Space Telescope was for it to be a MOON-BASED! The instruments would be underground, to protect against radiation and meteorites, and the rails in the image were for the hanger-like shield.26 Nov 2024 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtebovlqz2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lbn5en7mt22bSince Trump planned a hasty withdrawal of Afghanistan for Biden’s first months in office I feel like it’s only fair if Biden starts planning a withdrawal of say . . . Guantanamo?23 Nov 2024 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbn5en7mt22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lbibnaofmk27Even in my research, I can’t help but feel a dark force is amassing its armies. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbibnaofmk27https://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lbi3wo2eyc2yCheck out the new press release on our spectacular new VLTI/GRAVITY images of the dusty red supergiant WOH G64! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XYdXe6oexNk&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eso.org%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eso.org&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE21 Nov 2024 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi3wo2eyc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3laxjupsv6c2oToday we got new Hubble imaging data of the dwarf galaxy DDO 68! We’ll use it to better understand how sun-sized stars contributed to the regeneration of the universe, and whether they created the dust that we see at high redshift. https://spacetelescopelive.org/hubble?obsId=01JC830HSQV6G22GF6G0VPMHVP15 Nov 2024 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3laxjupsv6c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3lami6jqnps2nI went to a talk with friends by UFO guy Louis Elizondo. I got to ask the final question of the night and used it to pressure him on “anti-gravity”. The whole experience left me with mixed feeling. They have so much enthusiasm for UFOs, but also astronomy. I feel we need to reach out more to them.10 Nov 2024 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lami6jqnps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevegoldman.bsky.social/post/3kg2rubsyhb25Some stars will slurp up their neighbors, explode, and then they'll both pretend like nothing happened (Goldman et al. 2024) https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv231201984G/abstract08 Dec 2023 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:o7cjhurlhkjy3kywlboygl4t/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg2rubsyhb25