The first polarized image of our galaxy's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, has been released1mo ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/pics
So apparently in my absence my husband has hung cat-level wall art. So sophisticated!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/aww
Astronomer here! I was named by Astronomy magazine as one of the “25 Rising Stars in Astronomy” thanks in part to my posts about space on Reddit!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has released the first image of our supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, in polarized light1mo ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/spaceporn
Went into Walgreens and all the drinks are like this. You can then wave your hand to see pictures of what’s in each case, but only know what’s sold out once you open it2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrappyDesign
Astronomer here! Today is my first day as a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/pics
Astronomer here! Call me crazy but after countless hours making Reddit a better place to be in the space/astro subs w my expertise, I find this absolutely ridiculous11mo ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/ChoosingBeggars
JWST team has confirmed the launch went so well its estimated lifetime is now 20 years over 10 years!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/space
Radio astronomer here! I’ve had time recently on the MeerKAT telescope, and this was incidentally in my field of view recently! They’re both galaxies with relativistic jets shooting from supermassive black holes, millions of light years away...3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/space
[OC] I’ve been cross stitching the daily high temperatures in the Boston area this year, and heard you all might like to see what I have so far!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Today is my first day as a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics! :D4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Doctor Astronomer here! Today I became a Doctor of Astronomy via virtual defense!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
I found an old lunar globe where the far side of the moon is still uncharted!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/spaceporn
I found an old lunar globe where the far side of the moon is still uncharted4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
I spent my Saturday night showing off a meteorite collection wearing my geekiest dress ever7yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/geek
[PIC] I won first prize at the fair this weekend for my cross stitch!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
My library still stamps the due date inside the book, and I’m the first person to check this one out in over 15 years4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Astronomer here! Just landed a nerd’s dream job to work on the astronomy section of the Guinness Book of World Records!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Radio astronomer here! Found this cute li’l bow tie in my VLA image I made today and thought y’all might like to see it- it’s actually two jets being shot out of a supermassive black hole millions of light years away!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Went canoe camping for the first time ever in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Rained a ton but this sunset made it all worthwhile [320x568]7yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/EarthPorn
[FO] it took me over a year, but I *finally* finished my cross stitch of the solar system!!!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered the first pulsars, visited my office last week to talk about my science!!! I then gifted her an embroidered pulsar plot profile of the first pulsar she discovered. She loved it!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/space
Not sure if this allowed, but today I returned to the same lecture hall where I took my first physics class to give the weekly colloquium. I got a little emotional thinking about how far I’ve come!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Physics
I have to show off my latest discovery! Might not look like much, but this is radio emission captured by the VLA of a black hole that ripped apart a star...2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Supernova 1987A, which at ~160,000 light years away is the closest exploding star to us since the invention of the telescope. Here's what the remnant looked like with Hubble in 20117yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/space
I submitted my PhD in astronomy yesterday! :D It’s titled Time Domain Imaging of Transient and Variable Radio Sources so I decided to look the part5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
[FO] It’s DONE! This is one of the first released JWST images ever, of the Carina nebula!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
Saw this yesterday in a relative’s house for the next generation to play with. The door still moos when you open it!5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/nostalgia
So I’m at the spring meeting of APS, and I think APS has given me my favorite piece of conference swag ever1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Physics
So trolls, I successfully gave a talk at NASA for the astrophysics division! I dunno what you guys dreamed about as little girls, but this was definitely one of mine!5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/TrollXChromosomes
Anyone interested in what real raw astronomy data REALLY looks like? Here’s an observation I'm working on right now from Chandra X-ray observatory. Orange dots here are ONE photon, yellow are 2-15 photons, the green circle marks my area of interest4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
I found a new radio observation of a black hole that ate a star! Not as pretty as a lot of stuff shared here, but I'm really excited, and thought some of you would like to see what the real image looks like. :)4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
And all her adventures will be about trying to secure hand sanitizer and toilet paper for her family!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/TrollXChromosomes
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered the first pulsars, came to my office to discuss my science!! I made her an embroidered pulsar plot profile of the first one she ever discovered, and she loved it!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
I don't care if it's for the geekiest hobby ever, from today I can now brag that I'm a cover girl! [x-post /r/amateurradio]10yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/pics
As an astronomer I was annoyed a bit by the unconscious biases affecting the way the work of a woman were presented in the hype a few days ago. I liked this corrected version a lot better!5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/TrollXChromosomes
Starting the new year on the tiny volcanic island of Saba in the Caribbean. It’s Dutch territory, so the guesthouse owner gave us free Dutch New Years treats to enjoy while admiring the highest point in the Netherlands!5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/travel
I got pretty excited the day I realized you can cross stitch old Mario stuff really well7yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/geek
I began my 30th ski season this weekend! I’ve never been the best or the fastest, and some years were just a day in Ohio, but I’m still proud of myself for reaching this personal milestone3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/skiing
I cross stitched a tribute to the James Webb Space Telescope! The honeycomb is the shape of the mirror once it unfurls in space3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/nasa
Astronomer here! My cross stitch solar system is back from the framer just in time for my institute’s art show this summer!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
I’ve already seen tons of complaints about each one, which seem to boil down to “you’re not progressive enough unless you’re a geriatric man from Vermont”5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/TrollXChromosomes
Not sure if this interests people, but I found a cute radio galaxy in VLA sky survey data! NGC 3310 is ~60 million light years from us, and the emission we see here comes from regions where stars are being born3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
[FO] probably my most satisfying “before and after backstitching” example yet!3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
TFW you’re in Albuquerque and decide to look up the home of your favorite fictional drug dealer4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/breakingbad
Radio astronomer here! I embroidered the stacked plot of pulses from the first discovered pulsar!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
I’ve been keeping track of the weather in the Boston area in cross stitch form. Here’s what I have so far!3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/boston
I took this photo of the Dead Sea from the side of the highway in Israel. I had no idea a desolate wasteland could still be so beautiful. [4150x1697]8yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/EarthPorn
[FO] finally got this back from the framers- just in time to enter my institute’s astronomy art show!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
I cross stitched the Andromeda Galaxy! Like a Monet, it’s best when viewed slightly further back4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
It’s DONE! I cross stitched the Carina Nebula, one of the first JWST images!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Embroidery
[PIC] I was just featured on the local morning news, talking about my cross stitch temperature project this year!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
I got to attend a lecture this weekend by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell! She discovered the first pulsars, but famously did not get the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work. What an inspiring scientist!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Physics
I decided to track the weather for the Boston area this year... in cross stitch! Here’s what I have so far3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/boston
I cross stitched the object I’m researching, a tidal disruption event called Swift J1644+57! (A black hole that ate a star 2 billion light years away.) Left is my work, right is this source in radio as seen by the VLA4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Princess Amalia, the future queen of the Netherlands, off to public high school today alone on her bicycle9yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/pics
We got one of these “Mr. and Mrs.” signs as a wedding gift, and after my defense my husband updated it :)3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/PhD
Yesterday I got to attend a lecture given by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered the first pulsars and famously didn’t get the Nobel Prize for it. What an inspiring astronomer! Link in the comments for those interested in her talk4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Hello, /r/Boston! Time for an update on my cross stitch temperature chart!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/boston
I'm sure they sent this to everyone who applied, but at least I can say I got an email from NASA about my astronaut candidacy!3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/nasa
Every year on April Fools Day astronomers publish joke papers. I feel like this is particular one is a cry for help everyone into astronomy can understand4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
[FO] I’m 7 months pregnant, and just finished this for the nursery! I hope she likes it!8mo ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
Omg. I always wanted to see this since my high school physics textbook had a problem using Smoots, and today I finally did!3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Physics
Radio astronomer here! I embroidered the stacked pulses from the first pulsar ever discovered! (Or, if you prefer, part of the Joy Division album cover.)4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/space
[PIC] there is a cross stitch convention in Nashua, NH right now and I’ve died and gone to heaven with this fabric section alone3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
I am delighted to announce that I have just accepted a faculty position in the physics department at the University of Oregon. I’m gonna be a professor!!!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Andromeda321
My 2021 cross stitch temperature chart for the Boston area is half done!3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/boston
Me flying on SOFIA last June, the world’s only flying observatory. This picture was taken 43,000 feet above the Southern Ocean, a few hundred miles from Antarctica4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/nasa
I went back to the astronomy library and took a picture of the Pluto globe for you guys! My favorite named region is in the lower left4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Astronomer here! I’m at a conference today and the first talk has a pretty exciting title!5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/BoJackHorseman
[FO] Took me over a year but it’s finally done!! When people ask me years from now what I did during the pandemic I’m just pointing to this...3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
Me flying on SOFIA last June, the world’s only flying observatory, 43,000 feet above the Southern Ocean. The telescope is on the right4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
It turns out when you visit George Washington University’s physics department, you get to sit at George Gamow’s desk where he formulated the Big Bang theory!5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/geek
I found an old moon globe with an uncharted far side! The boundaries marked refer to the Soviet probe Luna 3, so it’s most likely from the early 1960s4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Got to show off my university's meteorite collection last night, wearing my Hubble Deep Field dress!7yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Radio astronomer here! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I thought you guys might like to see what a typical image looks like in radio. Each one of the dots here is (most likely) a supermassive black hole millions of light years away5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
[FO] Astronomer here! I cross stitched the object I’ve been researching lately, Swift J1644+57! (A black hole that ate a star 2 billion light years away.) Left is my work, right is the radio image at 6 GHz taken with the VLA4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
Hello, /r/Boston! Time for the penultimate update on my 2021 cross stitched temperature chart!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/boston
Anne L’Huillier won the Nobel prize in Physics today in the middle of class, and carried on with her lecture after. Dedication!7mo ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Professors
Last week I was lucky enough to meet Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered the first pulsars. As a bit of fan girl art, I embroidered her a pulsar plot profile of the first pulsar she ever discovered. She loved it!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Embroidery
Wow... times are tough, but I felt lucky to catch this sunset this weekend and remember how beautiful the world is (Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire)4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Outdoors
Astronomer here! MeerKAT, the South African radio telescope, took an observation for me last night. EVERY circled object is a previously unknown supermassive black hole beaming relativistic jets into space, millions of light years from us. Thought you guys might like to see it too! [OC]3yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/spaceporn
[WIP] I’m cross stitching the JWST image of the Carina nebula- nebula part done, pretty excited to add in the blue/black of space now!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
I’m at a radio astronomy conference in the Canary Islands and managed to spot a piece of NASA history! The Maspalomas Station was built during the Space Race and tracked Apollo 11, and is now used by the ESA and other nations to track satellites2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/nasa
Not the best pic, but I spotted an otter in Mt Auburn Cemetery yesterday!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/boston
Astronomer here! I cross stitched a radio time lapse of Supernova 1987A as a present for my adviser! All the scaling, coords, and other scientific details are accurate and the same as in our paper5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
Hello from 34,000 feet enroute from Boston to Phoneix! Was super excited to look out and see this beautiful view of my hometown2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/pittsburgh
[FO] “You’ll never stitch again once you have a baby!” Me, meanwhile, finally finishing my Christmas WIP after 3 years5mo ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
Astronomer here! Call me crazy, but after all the work and expertise I’ve done for free on this website, it’s pretty ridiculous that this is the message I’ve gotten from Reddit marketing11mo ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Andromeda321
Call me crazy, but after countless hours making Reddit a better place to be in the astro/space subs w my expertise, I find this absolutely ridiculous11mo ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/u_Andromeda321
Fun times today filming a major documentary in my role as a “black hole expert”!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/u_Andromeda321
My boyfriend loves otters, so while he was away last week I stitched him this!5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/somethingimade
I am delighted to announce that I have just accepted a faculty position in the physics department at the University of Oregon. I’m gonna be a professor!!!1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/u_Andromeda321
My first winter in New England. I know it’s trendy to trash East Coast skiing, but after years in the flatlands I just feel so lucky to be here!4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/skiing
Fun times today filming a big documentary in my role as a “black hole expert!”1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Andromeda321
Today is the 450th anniversary of Tycho’s supernova! Here’s what the remnant looks like today with the Chandra X-ray telescope1yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/spaceporn
JWST team has confirmed its lifetime is now estimated around 20 years instead of 10 years thanks to its flawless launch!2yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/jameswebb
I have a friend working at the South Pole Telescope (SPT) right now. They took a break to build an igloo over the holidays! SPT in the background5yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/Astronomy
[PIC] I got my work featured in the December issue of Cross Stitch Crazy! 😎4yr ⋅ Andromeda321 ⋅ r/CrossStitch
