Heidi B. Hammel
@hbhammel.bsky.social
planetary astronomer | nearly famous | jwst interdisciplinary scientist | looks just like an ordinary mom | oboist (thoughts expressed here are my own)
Matt, of course I have a doctor with whom I can correspond on matters of import; but sometimes I have non-consequential questions for which I'd like reliable answers
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Matt, of course I have a doctor with whom I can correspond on matters of import; but sometimes I have non-consequential questions for which I'd like reliable answers
That has always been the dream, not just for telescopes but for interplanetary spacecraft as well for good reasons (❤️ for the two Voyager spacecraft, and Spirit and Opportunity on Mars, and more). Alas, NASA's budget simply does not comport with our dreams.
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
That has always been the dream, not just for telescopes but for interplanetary spacecraft as well for good reasons (❤️ for the two Voyager spacecraft, and Spirit and Opportunity on Mars, and more). Alas, NASA's budget simply does not comport with our dreams.
Nah. We want the super-Hubble called Habitable Worlds Observatory! Hundreds of scientists recently met in DC to discuss its remarkable science from our Solar System out to distant galaxies. HWO can answer the question "Are We Alone?" with statistical significance! science.nasa.gov/.../habitabl...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Nah. We want the super-Hubble called Habitable Worlds Observatory! Hundreds of scientists recently met in DC to discuss its remarkable science from our Solar System out to distant galaxies. HWO can answer the question "Are We Alone?" with statistical significance! science.nasa.gov/.../habitabl...
tl;dr = DEI "divide" at universities is driven almost entirely by political ideology (F2 bottom). Both men & women were on average positive re DEI (F2 top); likewise re education level (F2 middle). Re preferred $$ spends (F3)? Men weren't keen on DEI, but political ideology totally dominated.
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
tl;dr = DEI "divide" at universities is driven almost entirely by political ideology (F2 bottom). Both men & women were on average positive re DEI (F2 top); likewise re education level (F2 middle). Re preferred $$ spends (F3)? Men weren't keen on DEI, but political ideology totally dominated.
More details here on the remarkable number of responses to the JWST Cycle 5 call for proposals (2,935 proposals!) here: www.stsci.edu/contents/new...
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
More details here on the remarkable number of responses to the JWST Cycle 5 call for proposals (2,935 proposals!) here: www.stsci.edu/contents/new...
The team realized they'd overextended their analogies and revised their press release to be more accurate: they developed a software tool to correct electronic distortions due to charge bleed within an infrared detector. It's good work! And JWST is awesome. www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
How two Sydney students are sharpening the view from the James Webb Space Telescope
Two Sydney PhD students have found a fix to sharpen the images coming from a key instrument on board the James Webb Space Telescope. Louis Desdoigts and Max Charles are so thrilled, they got a tattoo ...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The team realized they'd overextended their analogies and revised their press release to be more accurate: they developed a software tool to correct electronic distortions due to charge bleed within an infrared detector. It's good work! And JWST is awesome. www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Cool - these were the ones predicted by NSO's GONG network, right?
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cool - these were the ones predicted by NSO's GONG network, right?
Here is a good overview of potential JUICE science at 3I/ATLAS: www.mps.mpg.de/juice-and-3i...
JUICE and 3I/ATLAS: An Unexpected Encounter in Space
3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object to date, is currently traveling through the Solar System and reached its closest point to the Sun yesterday.
In the next days, 3I/ATLAS is barely visible ...
www.mps.mpg.de
November 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Here is a good overview of potential JUICE science at 3I/ATLAS: www.mps.mpg.de/juice-and-3i...
Wasn’t that one of the key science goals of IBEX? www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA Spacecraft Reveals New Observations of Interstellar Matter - NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/ibex
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November 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Wasn’t that one of the key science goals of IBEX? www.nasa.gov/news-release...