Dra. Junellie Perez

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT MMX??? japan is launching a spacecraft to explore the moons of mars, deploy a little rover onto phobos, AND bring samples from phobos back to earth. THIS IS SO COOL???

🌟 Calling educators in Latin America who teach astronomy: This opportunity is for you! Applications for Summer Stars LATAM 2026 are now open! 🔭🧪 📍 La Serena, Chile | Cerro Pachón | Cerro Tololo 📅 Dec. 14–18, 2026 ⏰ Applications open through Sep. 21 ls.st/2026

This morning's launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from the Kennedy Space Center was amazing! Roman is now on a million-mile journey to Lagrange point 2, where it will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets: https://go.nasa.gov/4qIa69I #NASARoman 🔭 Credit: J. Barrientes/STScI.

"We should never forget that Dolly Parton chose not to be a billionaire."

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been enclosed inside the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket’s fairing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida: https://go.nasa.gov/4xZRgNM #NASARoman 🔭 🧪

Are we having more earthquakes than usual? Nope. I make some version of this video at least once or twice a year. .

@ucobservatories.bsky.social is searching for a leader for our outreach and public education programs - looking for a scientist who is passionate about science communication and bringing astronomy to the public. Feel free to reach out with questions or interest! recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02124

You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

🔭 AAS has partnered with @apsphysics.aps.org and other organizations to develop a tool to help you submit unique, personalized comments on harmful proposed changes to federal grants. Please submit a comment by 13 July! www.aps.org/initiatives/...

Hey #AAS248 - don't forget, we have two job ads out at the moment: 1) NASA Exoplanet Archive Staff scientist 🪐✨💾 2) NExScI AI Software developer 🤖💻🌟 Come to the NExScI table in the @caltechipac.bsky.social booth to ask questions! Or find me!

news.ucsc.edu/2026/06/blac... The press release is here! @blackinastro.bsky.social #BlackInAstro

Yahhh! Make sure to sign up to watch the panels and tell your BIA students about the research showcases — which include cash prizes. #BlackInAstro

These are awesome positions where you'll play critical roles in STScI's missions (HST, JWST, Roman)! Definitely apply if interested! Feel free to reach out if you've any questions.

🚨 Today is the deadline to put in your application to attend! It’s a super quick one, just a little info about yourself and your work. events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/2128/

Truly honored and grateful to be part of the 8th class of Bouchet Scholars at @jhu.edu! The work continues! Thank you @jhuartssciences.bsky.social for the highlight ✨️💖

A really rare, cool (and permanent) position has just opened up in the Physics dept of my institute, Uppsala University @uu.se 🇸🇪 for an Associate Prof with specialisation in physics/astro education. An amazing chance to research your own topics *and* education as a topic! #scicomm #iTeachPhysics 🧪🔭

This planet is so hot, rock behaves like water 🌋 Join SETI Live as Moiya McTier and Claire Marie Guimond dive into K2-141 b—a lava world with magma oceans, rock vapor atmospheres, and possible nightside volcanism. 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬 📅 May 7 ⏰ 10 AM PT 💬 Bring your questions! youtube.com/live/nYX2sNg...

Astronomers! @stsci.edu has open Scientist positions to support our missions; these are science-staff positions with guaranteed research time. Check out the details here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/... 🔭

🔭 Chief Executive Officer Search The AAS seeks a strategic, mission-driven CEO to serve as an inspiring advocate for the discipline, the Society, and its members. Full job description: aas.org/jobregister/...

Have expertise in #astronomy education that you'd like to share with the AAS community through a workshop? The AAS Education Committee is now accepting Letters of Intent for the 2027 funding cycle. Letters are due 24 April. aas.org/posts/news/2...

The Annie Jump Cannon Award is presented for outstanding research & promise for future research by a postdoctoral woman researcher. Know someone deserving? Submit nominations by 30 June (self-noms allowed). aas.org/grants-and-p... 🔭 📷 AAS President Dara Norman & 2025 winner Maya Fishbach

#Artemis II lunar flyby images are showing up! 😍 A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon.

⚛️🔭 Hey physics/astronomy science communicators: apply to come to @perimeterinstitute.ca for a workshop in October on how to engage the public in science! Anyone can apply, working in any kind of scicomm (video, audio, text, live performance, whatever it is you do). Check the link for more details!

"Orion, the Moon, and the Earth. EVERYONE, in that picture" - #Artemis II Mission Control.

i'm so sorry we've sent these souls to the moon and they're using outlook?

Registration is ✨OPEN✨ for the 2026 Rubin Community Workshop! Join us July 27–31 at SLAC (250 spots) or virtually. With Data Preview 1 out and LSST Camera data starting to flow, it’s an exciting time for NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory science! 🔭🧪 🔗 project.lsst.org/meetings/rubin2026/

ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY FOR THIS (PAID!) FELLOWSHIP!

#AAS248 The Society's FAMOUS Travel Grants program helps members from historically underrepresented groups attend AAS meetings. Grant requests for the summer meeting (14-18 June 2026) are due by 16 April. aas.org/grants-and-p... 🔭

With Earth Week just over a month away, this year’s theme is "Green telescopes for the pale blue dot": how can we build and design the instrumentation and hardware that we use every day in a sustainable manner? Save the dates and join the conversation! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪

My PhD advisor, Professor Yuk Yung, has passed away. The suddenness of this - I had only become aware of his illness a week ago - is shocking and it’s surreal that he’s gone. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

My first time holding my new book!! 🥹🤓 You can preorder MOTHERS OF INVENTION to tell my publisher I deserve a big marketing push 🙏🏽

It’s Friday night! I’ve done enough this week. You’ve done enough this week.

📢 Applications are open for the 2026 LSST Discovery Alliance Data Science Fellowship! 🔭🧪 Learn the skills needed to work with the huge datasets from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s 10-year survey. Apply by Mar 27: lsstdiscoveryalliance.org/lsst-discovery-alliance-programs/data-science-fellowship