Caltech Astro Outreach @CaltechAstro
Follow me to keep up to date on Caltech Astronomy Outreach events! outreach.astro.caltech.edu Pasadena, CA Joined September 2011-
Tweets2K
-
Followers3K
-
Following37
-
Likes1K
What are the prospects of people actually living on Mars? How do astronomers use high-altitude balloons to put telescopes nearly into space? Join our next Astronomy on Tap, featuring the NASA JPL Chief Engineer of the Mars Perseverance Rover: outreach.astro.caltech.edu/aot
Happening tonight!
How frequently do comets and asteroids pass near the Earth? How do we detect these objects and ensure they do not pose a threat to us? Join us for a 30-minute lecture followed by guided stargazing with telescopes: outreach.astro.caltech.edu
Recently, members of our department made a thrilling discovery using JWST to detect a giant planet orbiting in the habitable zone around our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. To read more about this important result, see the NASA article here: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/…
Join us this Friday night to learn about pulsing stars, supernovae, asteroids, and other cosmic fireworks and our efforts to track them!
Join us this Friday night to learn about pulsing stars, supernovae, asteroids, and other cosmic fireworks and our efforts to track them!
¡Esta noche!
Esta semana
Do you want to learn more about exploding stars? This week's Astronomy on Tap speaker Dr. David Vartanyan shared a awesome 15-minute presentation on the topic and his talk is now up on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=ren7Kh…
What causes the cosmic flashes that we see in the sky? What will the new Rubin Observatory observe when it begins operation in a few months? Join us for a 30-minute lecture about the cosmic fireworks and astronomical transients, followed by telescopes. outreach.astro.caltech.edu
Happening tonight!
Learn how scientists "Find Stars About to Die" and supernova explosions with Dr. Daichi Tsuna. He gave a recent Astronomy on Tap presentation on the topic, and it is now up on our YouTube channel. Check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=wmbEBQ…
¿Qué es un agujero negro y cómo sabemos que existe? Acompáñenos en una charla de 30 minutos sobre agujeros negros, seguidas por una sesión de 90 minutos de preguntas y respuestas con un grupo de astrónomos y a la vez una sesión de observaciones. outreach.astro.caltech.edu
How did our Solar System form, and how does it compare with other planetary systems around our galaxy? Last Friday, we hosted Adolfo Carvalho to discuss this topic at our Stargazing Lecture. His wonderful presentation is now up on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=A0pFhj…
How will NASA use a helicopter to explore Saturn's moon Titan? What triggers a star to explode in a powerful supernova? Join us Monday, August 4th at 7:30PM as we discuss these topics and more at our next Astronomy on Tap. outreach.astro.caltech.edu/aot
Happening tonight!
Join us this Friday night to learn about the formation of our Solar System followed by telescopes and an extended Q&A!
Join us this Friday night to learn about the formation of our Solar System followed by telescopes and an extended Q&A!
What exactly is dark matter, and why do scientists believe that it exists? Our Astronomy on Tap last week featured a presentation by Caltech scientist Isabel Sands all about the topic! Check out the link below to watch it: youtube.com/watch?v=T30Yrp…
Happening tonight at 7:30PM!

Space Telescope Scien... @SpaceTelescope
144K Followers 851 Following Mission Operations Center for NASA's Webb Space Telescope (#NASAWebb). Science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and upcoming Roman Space Telescope.
Dr. Mia de los Reyes @MiaDoesAstro
12K Followers 1K Following Astronomy professor at Amherst College. She/her/hers, Filipina-American, rock climber, aerialist, avid eater of baked goods. Views my own.
astrobites @astrobites
22K Followers 753 Following Digestible summaries of the latest astronomy research. Written by an international team of grad students for undergrads! Supported by the @AAS_Office. #scicomm
Shreyas Vissapragada @astroshrey
3K Followers 2K Following workin on planets @CarnegieAstro; previously @CenterForAstro, @Caltech, & @Columbia; he/him/his
Grant Tremblay @astrogrant
19K Followers 7K Following Personal account. All views are 💯% my own and do not represent those of any institutions I'm affiliated with. No tweets here are newsworthy 😬
☄️Ashley🔭Linda... @That_Astro_Chic
22K Followers 3K Following 🔭Astrochemist| The Realest In The Streets| @BlackInAstro Founder| @NASA FINESST| Ice Queen ❄️🌨| Fairy Godmother of Astro 🧚🏽| PhD student @HowardU
Caltech @Caltech
129K Followers 614 Following The California Institute of Technology aims to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education.
Bruce Macintosh @bmac_astro
5K Followers 1K Following Astronomer on a hiatus here (but not elsewhere). Opinions historical and my own.
Rohan Naidu @Rohan_Naidu
4K Followers 6K Following Astronomer @ MIT. First graduating class of Yale-NUS College, Singapore. 🇮🇳 →🇸🇬 →🇺🇸
Brandon Barker, PhD�... @AstroBarker
2K Followers 1K Following Postdoc Fellow @losalamosnatlab | Astrophysics & Computational Math/Sci PhD @michiganstate丨redneck starboy丨He/Him/His
Leo C. Stein is @duet... @duetosymmetry
17K Followers 1K Following Physics Prof @ U of MS. Black holes, gravitational waves, general relativity & beyond. Formerly @Caltech @MIT @Cornell. Need thin pizza + fruity coffee. He/him
Ryan Rubenzahl @RyanRubenzahl
523 Followers 628 Following Postdoc at @FlatironCCA. PhD @Caltech. Exoplanets, RVs, and staring at the Sun with KPF. Union organizer and bad-pun-maker. 🧗🏻♂️🥎 he/him
Caltech LCSSP @CaltechLCSSP
526 Followers 618 Following Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy at Caltech | Providing a forum for research and debate on topics at the intersection of science, society & policy
Noticias huancayo @huancayo_ciudad
2K Followers 5K Following Las mejores noticias de la ciudad de Huancayo
Yen-Ting Lin @act0022
0 Followers 189 Following
Anjan Gantait @anjan_gant38348
3 Followers 134 Following
silverjets @ninonaprea
2K Followers 5K Following
Bruceywatts @Bruceywatts1
7 Followers 5K Following
आई.साइन�... @isciencekari
14 Followers 194 Following just working towards scientific attitude for myself and for a few others...
gs12345678 @gs95876
0 Followers 21 Following
Sam Greenwood @SamGreenwoodTNS
420 Followers 6K Following I'm Sam Greenwood, Founding Editor of @technewssoure (https://t.co/l00AWQRa5y). Star Trek/Wars fan. @mapleleafs/@leafspr fan. https://t.co/iEJFqDtaP0
Laurence Bloxham @larryphotonic
200 Followers 1K Following Engineering physicist wants the 100year starship and to contribute to continuously improving the human condition.
Intec 2022 @2022Intec67366
15 Followers 394 Following
Vlavwor @Vlavwor825153
11 Followers 752 Following
Pavan Vijay Khadekar @pavan_khadekar
0 Followers 59 Following
Egregium @LiYu68479294
42 Followers 935 Following physics PhD student @Caltech|former undergrad student @uwaterloo
Jeff Cohen | LA @JACOatIL
89 Followers 266 Following Business, Corporate, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Finance & Internet Attorney | Experienced Founder, Investor & Advisor | Views Stated Are My Own
Somnath Maji @SomnathMaj32746
92 Followers 4K Following
Emma Warick @WarickEmma
151 Followers 2K Following
Caleb Mitchell @Frinaia_yade
547 Followers 4K Following My name is Caleb Mitchell. I like to research stocks and travel. I hope to visit every state in the United States.
yu lei @Blazar1919
1 Followers 20 Following
Todd Pearson @ToddPearson12
245 Followers 97 Following Talk about being a Dad and living a healthy lifestyle | working on being better today than I was yesterday
Chandupa Gunasekara @Chandupa_2006
17 Followers 796 Following |Astrophile | Bibliophile | ~FOR NEITHER EVER NOR NEVER GOODBYE~ This is my 2nd account. My previous account @D_Chandupa got compromised.
Farmers Guy @JBLObserv
6 Followers 2K Following
NAOJ ALMA project @NAOJ_ALMA_en
6K Followers 448 Following ALMA, the humanity's new eye on the cool Universe. This account is operated by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Japanese version - @ALMA_Japan
raa online @online_raa
2 Followers 148 Following
Dr. Yu-Dai Tsai @YuDai_Tsai
3K Followers 5K Following LANL Director's Fellow; https://t.co/LNI64k7Q9n; 1. https://t.co/IwEcKjwPN0 2. https://t.co/BBVVLFBsbe
Pelinsu @Pelinsu_alby
7 Followers 75 Following
Murukhsa @murukhsa
364 Followers 3K Following
mark @cagierboot
239 Followers 867 Following
Ozturk Lab @Ozturk_Lab
763 Followers 52 Following Ozturk Lab @Caltech investigates the origins of life and the physics of living systems
Meowmamerica @Meowmamerica
285 Followers 110 Following
Raffitya 🌏💙🩷... @Raffi__Adityaa
1K Followers 6K Following He/Him| 18 y.o| Aroace| Autistic🧠🌈| Deism⚛️| Space Enthusiast🚀🌌| LibSoc ✯🚩🏴| 🇺🇦🇳🇫🇦🇲🇮🇱🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| ✈️🚅⚽️🏀| Eurofan🇪🇺🎶
Albert Einstein Pacup... @albert_pacupac
335 Followers 4K Following https://t.co/6NT9XCcogK https://t.co/V8BNIR9bOy I love Science,Astronomy,Anime, Rockets
Klorro @Klorro6547
105 Followers 2K Following
Tom Greene @TomPGreene
132 Followers 28 Following Personal account and opinions. Executive Director of IPAC and Research Professor at Caltech. Astronomer studying young stars, exoplanets, and space missions
University Icons @universityicons
1K Followers 2K Following Offering fine art photographs of American university architecture. Promoting beloved college campus icons everyday! 600+Colleges & 1000's of images on our site.
Ibrahim Aydin @IbrahimB_Aydin
41 Followers 323 Following Working hard for the Future! Visual Thinker, Lifelong Space Nerd. Always forward.
Peter McCoy @PMccoy13199
0 Followers 48 Following
Caltech @Caltech
129K Followers 614 Following The California Institute of Technology aims to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education.
Tom Greene @TomPGreene
132 Followers 28 Following Personal account and opinions. Executive Director of IPAC and Research Professor at Caltech. Astronomer studying young stars, exoplanets, and space missions
NAOJ ALMA project @NAOJ_ALMA_en
6K Followers 448 Following ALMA, the humanity's new eye on the cool Universe. This account is operated by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Japanese version - @ALMA_Japan
Center for Astrophysi... @CenterForAstro
11K Followers 187 Following @Harvard & @Smithsonian collaboration to ask — and ultimately answer — humanity’s greatest questions about the nature of the universe.
SmithsonianObs (SAO) @saoastro
2K Followers 47 Following Follow us on our new account: @CenterForAstro Privacy terms: https://t.co/ejF5Qe9jG8
Harvard College Obser... @HCObservatory
335 Followers 931 Following The HCO was founded in 1839- Our dedicated team collaborates with the visionary minds at @saoastro, as part of the esteemed @CenterForAstro. #Astronomy🌌✨
Keck Institute for Sp... @KISS_Caltech
415 Followers 166 Following KISS brings together scientists and engineers from @Caltech, @NASAJPL, and beyond to develop innovative new space science missions and technologies.
Carnegie Science @carnegiescience
13K Followers 5K Following The Carnegie Institution for Science is dedicated to scientific discovery and supporting exceptional individuals in an atmosphere of independence.
Caltech IPAC @caltechipac
3K Followers 2K Following IPAC at Caltech partners with NASA, NSF, JPL and the world-wide research community to advance exploration of our Universe.
Gemini Observatory @GeminiObs
14K Followers 285 Following The International Gemini Observatory is operated by @NSF @NOIRLabAstro . Para español siga a @NOIRLabAstroES. Exploring the Universe, sharing its wonders.
Astronomy on Tap TUS @Space_Drafts
474 Followers 365 Following A public talk series at Borderlands Brewing Co. with stargazing, trivia, and beer in the Old Pueblo, AZ! @Space_Drafts is maintained by host @astrolilywhit.
SAO/NASA Astrophysics... @adsabs
7K Followers 299 Following A digital library portal of over 28M records in sciences, operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | https://t.co/TUiGfsz6dQ
UArizonaHSI @uarizonahsi
1K Followers 3K Following UA is committed to responsively meeting the educational needs of our vibrant & diverse community❤️💙 Designated an HSI in 2018. https://t.co/xWJazsiCUw
PBS SpaceTime @PBSSpaceTime
28K Followers 2K Following A PBS show about the universe! Written and hosted by astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd @matt_of_earth
ESO Chile @ESO_Chile
23K Followers 781 Following Diseñamos, construimos y operamos observatorios terrestres de clase mundial en beneficio de la sociedad | Socio estratégico @ALMAobs_esp | @ESO
Astro On Tap HQ @astronomyontap
3K Followers 353 Following 🌟Scientists & educators reveal how they explore the Universe, at bars & pubs around the world!🌟HQ acct follows satellites, organizers, & venues #AstroOnTap
Astronomy on Tap West... @AoTWestLA
63 Followers 36 Following Astronomers bringing knowledge of the universe to a (currently virtual) bar near you!
UCLA Planetarium @UCLAPlanetarium
402 Followers 119 Following We provide public night sky shows and private school shows for the Los Angeles community, sharing our love (+ knowledge) of space!
Caltech Events @CaltechEvents
3K Followers 906 Following Caltech Events is @Caltech's public events program. We offer the campus & community a gateway to world-class Scientists, Artists & Speakers. #BeckmanAuditorium
Astronomy on Tap LAN @AoTLansing
419 Followers 49 Following Astronomy is made even better with beer! Events feature informal presentations by professional astronomers.
Astronomy on Tap ATX @AoTATX
1K Followers 189 Following 🍻Next Event: January 21st 7:30pm at Celis Brewery 🔭 Monthly meet-ups in Austin, TX to explore the universe one craft-beer at a time!
California Sky @CaliforniaSky
994 Followers 447 Following Aerospace and astronomy related to California. For more information, please go to: https://t.co/WZaphdYIZ5
Caltech PMA Division @PMACaltech
2K Followers 571 Following We are the Division of Physics, Math, & Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (@Caltech). Follow us for updates on the latest research!
Science! The Show @show_science
266 Followers 339 Following A monthly live comedy and science show introducing our audience to the scientists who live next door. (He/ Him/ Sometimes all three of us)
Columbia Astronomy @ColumbiaAstro
4K Followers 270 Following Get all the latest updates about Columbia University Astronomy events!
CityofAstronomy @CityofAstronomy
145 Followers 152 Following We are 12 scientific institutions partnered to celebrate Pasadena, California as the City of Astronomy. Join us June 11-17 for AstroFest 2022!
Cameron Hummels @astrochum
857 Followers 276 Following computational astrophysicist; trail runner; thru-hiker; semicolon enthusiast; research scientist & director of public education at @caltechastro
NSF-DOE Rubin Observa... @VRubinObs
23K Followers 369 Following Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in exquisite detail starting in 2025 🌌 Funded by @NSF and @DOEScience Para español: https://t.co/JXSHsXf9mo
ZTF Survey @ztfsurvey
2K Followers 35 Following The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF; https://t.co/K5mpHM8BpU) is a large time-domain survey. We scan the entire northern sky from Palomar Observatory every two nights!
LIGO @LIGO
109K Followers 295 Following Official Twitter of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. We detect gravitational waves! Email: [email protected]
Arecibo Observatory @NAICobservatory
15K Followers 234 Following Welcome to the AO, home to the world's most powerful radio-radar telescope! An @NSF facility operated by @UCF, @uagm_oficial, & @YangEnterprises.
Griffith Observatory @GriffithObserv
14K Followers 26 Following Griffith Observatory is an L.A. icon, a leader in public astronomy, and one of Southern California's most popular attractions. Admission is FREE!
GROWTH PIRE @GrowthPire
271 Followers 138 Following The sun never rises on the GROWTH network of telescopes! An international project exploring transient cosmic events. Led by @caltech, funded by @NSF PIRE
Carnegie Astronomy @CarnegieAstro
9K Followers 1K Following Bringing you astronomy from The Carnegie Institution for Science: The Observatories in Pasadena, CA, EPL in Washington DC, and Las Campanas Observatory in Chile
Astronomy Picture of ... @apod
1.4M Followers 24 Following Each day a different image of our universe along with a brief explanation.
NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb
3.5M Followers 64 Following The world's most powerful space telescope. Launched: Dec. 25, 2021. First images revealed: July 12, 2022. Verification: https://t.co/ChOEslj1j5