#aas225

[startorialist]

I’m extending #SaturdayDIY to #WeekendDIY to share some startorial Halloween costume ideas!

I met Deb and her delightful daughters at AAS 225, after they visited the exhibit hall as part of an event for local school groups. Deb shared her family’s Halloween costumes with us:

My oldest daughter (Jasmine, the sun) also painted our faces. My youngest (Eliana, the moon), used the crater fabric to make the shirt and used silver knit fabric to make the circle skirt. My husband and I attached lights onto our costumes (the stars). Half his jacket had lights in the pattern of the big dipper, and I went with a free-form star pattern.

Watch this space for more startorial costume ideas!

--Emily

[startorialist]

One small #TBT for Tumblr, one BIG TBT for intrepid startorialists! Here’s just a brief glimpse at some of the #astrofashion from #AAS225 I (still!) hadn’t posted until now. I’ll update the post to add names & affiliations & sources later, but perhaps you can recognize xkcd, @jerseymaids, @modcloth, the Kepler field of view, women of science fabric from spoonflower, a handmade Solar System necklace, and more in the meantime!

We’re 80% of the way to our target number of responses, with just over three days left to go! We’ll be closing the survey Sunday night so if you haven’t taken it yet, please do!

--Emily

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[whatshouldwecallastro]

MRW someone introduces themselves even though we've talked science at the last 3 AASs

[whatshouldwecallastro]

Trying to following these 5 minute talks if you doze off for even a second

[computronium]

presenting my first ever research poster at the superbowl of astronomy today everything is good everything is fine

[christinetheastrophysicist]

Eight Newly Validated Exoplanets

Today at the American Astronomical Society's 225th meeting, the Kepler team presented eight new exoplanets. Of these exoplanets, three are located in the habitable zone of their star and two of those three are likely to be rocky planets.

More about the new exoplanets is available in this NASA press release.

Image: The eight newly validated exoplanets. (Credit: NASA)

[whatshouldwecallastro]

MRW I'm supposed to meet people in the lobby and the lobby is empty

[startorialist]

1000 Tumblr followers! Yay!

Perfect timing for #aas225 & our 1 year anniversary! We'll have many more posts live from Seattle this week - watch this space!