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Dr. Moiya McTier

@goastromo.bsky.social

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“Genuinely funny astrophysicist” “Artemis reincarnated” “I want to be her when I grow up” Cat mom! Expert in space, folklore, & worldbuilding. Host of things, writer of stuff, speaker of words, actor apparently moiyamctier.com

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · 2d

New author photos by @constar24.bsky.social are loading for Mothers of Invention 🥰 but here are some outtakes ☀️

Moiya facing away from the camera in a gold and white drapey dress standing in a grassy patch by a lake shore with trees and sun shingling bright in the e background

Moiya smiling over her shoulder in a gold and white drapey dress standing in a grassy patch by a lake shore with trees and sun shingling bright in the e background

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · 22d

The book was definitely written with cats in mind 😊

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torrie @tswizzy.blacksky.app · 24d

Had to go a bit out of my way cause someone didn’t put it back in the right place at one lib, but excited for my next read from @goastromo.bsky.social ✨🙌🏾

Hardback version of the Milky Way by Dr. Moira McTier

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hey I don’t make the rules here 👐🏽 I follow his lead

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 13

I mean, it’s literally illegal to move when they’re on you, so your bosses is asking you to be a criminal

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 12

I knowwwww 😍

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 12

No reasonable person could blame you!

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 12

He really is

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 12

If I’m ever late to meet you, know it’s because I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving my baby

Cosmo the cat laying on top of Moiya’s feet on a green carpet with a fan and bookcase in the background. He’s looking up at the camera with his green eyes

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 10

Help, please!

This is a long shot but… a couple weeks ago someone posted a link to their AI educational resources with info on its history and development. I lost track of it and can’t remember the name of the institution 😤

Could yall drop your favorite AI primers below?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beautiful! Spooky! I love it 😍

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · Sep 5

I curated a fun back-to-school list for Pocket Casts for people looking to learn new things from actual experts!

Go check it out if that sounds like something you’d enjoy ☺️

blog.pocketcasts.com/2025/09/03/d...

A photo of me with the text “guest curator, Dr. Claire Aubin, Host of This Guy Sucked” over a background of podcast cover art

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 1

You’ll be getting a signed copy in the mail in a year!

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Sep 1

I finished writing my book, yall!! 🥳 out next summer, so I can take a moment to rest 😮‍💨

Screenshot of notes app where Moiya checked off her book chapters as she wrote them. They are:

- Terpsichore, spandex
- Cleo, Humanity has a problem
- Calliope, internet
- Erato, birth control
- Thalia, media networks
- Euterpe, jazz
- Melpomene, flight
- Polymnia, electricity
- Ourania, telescope

Publishing date: August 18, 2026

Cover of Moiya’s upcoming book, Mothers of Invention! Orange background with shards from a broken ceramic vase depicting different inventions like the lightbulb and spinning wheel. Subtitle: a history of creativity from the Greek muses. By Dr. Moiya McTier

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yeah, he’s writing the whole thing!

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Aug 30

And my editor is a bee who has promised to donate her knees for the project!

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Aug 29

🤫🤫 don’t tell my editor, but I hired a ghost writer for my book and I’m paying him in scratches and kibble

Aerial view of Cosmo the cat’s paws on moiya’s laptop keyboard with a word document open and a notebook to the side.

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yes Smokey!! ❤️

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DGC Ontario @ontariodgc.bsky.social · Aug 20

Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."'

variety.com/2025/film/fe...

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Aug 19

lol you weren’t kidding! He looks like an adorable meanie 😆

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Smokey 😍😍

Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Aug 19

But I bet that cat doesn’t play about you! I love a grumpy looking cat tbh 😆

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Cosmo is making sure I keep up my writing progress. Only 364 days until this book comes out! #MothersOfInvention

Moiya laying on her stomach on her couch with Cosmo the cat nestled against her side

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · Aug 19

Most stars form in clusters! 🔭🧪☄️ #galactic

In a new paper led by @alexis-space.bsky.social, we show that >80% of stars in the local Milky Way formed in clusters.

This is *much* higher than other recent estimates (~15%), and supports more traditional 'clustered' models of star formation!

How many stars form in compact clusters in the local Milky Way?

Two main models coexist for the environment in which stars form. The clustered model stipulates that the bulk of star formation occurs within dense embedded clusters, but only a minority of them survi...

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