Prof. Karen Masters    

@KarenLMasters

Professor of astrophysics . Investigating galaxies with . Touch a galaxy . British. She/her.

Philadelphia, PA
klmasters.sites.haverford.edu
Joined February 2009
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    4 hours ago

    Which is your favourite to look at ?

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  2. 8 hours ago

    A new week… a new Slack workspace. Time to do some Slack pruning I think. :)

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    Sep 25

    Animation by compares the global temperature to average pre-industrial levels. Source:

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    Sep 26

    I’d laugh if life under weren’t so bloody tragic.

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  5. Sep 25

    Another beautiful morning to see the past full moon near Philadelphia. :)

    The moon in a blue sky, framed by trees.
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  6. Sep 24

    No... although it's a persistent belief that it does (like the Moon only being up at night).

    Does the Sun always rise in the same direction? 📸 Zaid M. AlAbbadi
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  7. Sep 24

    Excited to have a pen pal this year - I will be writing to a 5th grader from Ohio. :)

    🤔Did you know...on pen pal reveal day, when pre-scientists learn about their , they learn they live; where their letters will travel🌍 Many pre-scientists are hearing about new cities for the first time.
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  8. Sep 24

    Blurry picture of the past full moon just now. Looks like it’ll be a stunning night for ⁦⁩ (BiCo only for our first in person event).

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  9. Sep 23

    Disasters, weather, the scientific method and "just a smidgen of the solar system" (my son's teacher explaining the content of 6th grade science right now).

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  10. Sep 23

    I did the hard thing. Now I am going to stop working early. This has been A WEEK. And it leaks into stuff I have to do for work on Saturday... so there's that too.

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    Sep 23

    Is there a paper you’ve never quite understood? A topic you’d like to cover in your class through use of an Astrobite? Tell us! Through a new feature on our website, you can suggest topics/papers for us to cover!

    Screenshot of part of our homepage showing our new feature 'Suggest a Paper Topic!'
    We have a new website feature! We now have a place where you, our readers, can suggest a topic or paper for us to cover! You can find it at the top right of our home page!
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  12. Sep 23

    (the stuff I need to do involves too much thinking).

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  13. Sep 23

    My procrastination techniques are strong today. I mean I do useful stuff, but it's not the stuff I really need to do right now....

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  14. Sep 23

    Nuclear fusion today in class - always a fun one. There is literally no other possible power source for stars....

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    Sep 23

    An amazing photo taken this week on the night of the full moon (the Harvest Moon🌕) by our own @aitken6826 Callanish Photography💗 @ Calanais Standing Stones and Visitor Centre

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    Sep 22

    Students (including James Garland '22 & Lydia Guertin '24) will present research and Kartik Sheth, assistant director for research infrastructures & science equity at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will give the keynote!

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    Sep 22

    Please join us for the 32nd annual Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium meeting, held virtually "at" Haverford 9/30-10/2.

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    Sep 22

    Summer 2021 was the warmest summer on record for the Earth's land regions (where we all live!). Temperatures for June, July, and August were around 1.5C above preindustrial levels.

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    Sep 22

    Today in the Emerging Writer Series Jen Soong offers a glossary of identity, oppression, and birthright in her incredible essay Token Asian.

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  20. Sep 21

    Tfw you use an online form to register for something and the response is to call the same number that you called in the first place. The number that advertises registering online….

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