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Katie Mack
@AstroKatie
Cosmologist, pilot, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. , CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Author: #EndOfEverythingBook. Personal account. She/her. Dr.
Waterloo, Ontarioastrokatie.com/bookJoined April 2009

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That feel when your phone is pinging so constantly from the politics group text that you sneak a peek under the patio bar table to see what the 70 new messages are about and you get to share the good news with your colleagues 🥰
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Physiotherapist told me I’m not allowed to sit for more than 15 minutes at a time until my injury is resolved and while it is VERY inconvenient to get up and pace three times every hour while attending a conference it is also very good and honestly recommended 🚶🏼‍♀️
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This weekend has been a kind of mini-meeting for a group of Ontario/Quebec dark matter researchers and it has been AMAZING to connect with so many of my new local(-ish) colleagues & learn about the exciting work everyone is doing. Very happy to be part of this research community!
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Fun video about runway numbers! Another fun fact (that makes sense if you know how runways are numbered) is that if you take the numbers on either end of the runway and subtract the smaller one from the larger one you always get 18.
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Latest video: youtube.com/watch?v=qD6bPN
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It's been 10 years since the "7 Minutes of Terror" video and it remains one of my favorite space videos of all time. And since it was released, we've done the skycrane maneuver not once, but *TWICE*
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Space telescopes are amazing and all but it’s pictures like this one taken by actual people from their backyards that reminds me that all these wonders are just RIGHT UP THERE in the SKY and all it takes is a couple mirrors and lenses and you can LOOK RIGHT AT THEM 🪐🔭🤯
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View of tonight's #Saturn, my first for this season. 1000 x 12 ms RGB in Celestron 8" at f/10.
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This thread is a journey and a lesson
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When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.
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[bargaining with my sciatic nerve] “If you let me get in and out of a chair without excruciating pain I promise I will have perfect posture and do regular core-strengthening exercises from now on”
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Read my book before entropy takes us all! 😱 (This tweet is not an endorsement of books as rabbit food.)
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Just finished @AstroKatie incredible 2020 book. And, as always, my rabbits enjoyed it by contributing to entropy.
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I was mostly offline for several days and I seem to have missed a lot of discourse and I am so glad
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I don’t have a lot of “this is how you should work” opinions because everyone works differently but for me, I’ve found that it’s UTTER FOLLY to not take at least a day off work after returning from travel, even if that travel was vacation.
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We celebrate the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible. She partnered with us to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts, and inspired generations to reach for the stars.
View of Star Trek actor Nichelle Nichols in the CAPCOM area of the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in 1977. Image taken during filming of promotional movie designed to aid in recruiting minorities as candidates for Space Shuttle Astronaut positions.
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Just arrived back home after a whirlwind trip to #OSH22. So many cool people, so much awesome technology, endless incredible stories. Great especially to hang out with and crew. Looking forward to next year already!
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