Amplifying the Black experience in space-related fields | Creators of #BlackSpaceWeek | Founded by @That_Astro_Chic, EST. 2020 ✉️ blackinastro@gmail.com
It’s #BlackSpaceWeek 2026! We’re starting off with our annual roll call.
If you’re a Black person who does Space-related things, introduce yourself and tell us what cool things you do using the hashtags #BSW2026 and #StellarSoundtrack!
ALT Black background flyer with stars and neon space graphics. Large pink-and-cyan title reads “ROLL CALL,” followed by “Meet the Black In Astro Team!” Ten team members are displayed in gray name-card panels with headshots and roles: Ashley Walker (President), Dr. Caprice Phillips (Vice President), Keshawni Ivory (Events Director), Rob Washington (Public Relations Chair), Dr. Nia Butler-Craig (Aerospace Chair), Cheyenne Polius (Social Media Director), Dr. Dakotah Tyler (Co-Event Director), Dr. Tania Joseph (International Impact Chair), AJ Link (Space Humanities Chair), and Brynë Hadniott (Data Visualization Chair). A final card features Karina Barboza (Social Media Assistant). Decorative orbit and atom illustrations appear throughout. Bottom text encourages participation in space-related activities and includes the hashtag #BSW2026. A Black In Astro logo appears in the lower-left corner.
Calling all radio astronomy PhDs!
An exciting Post-Doctoral Fellowship with RATT & Breakthrough Listen is now open. Join the team using the BLUSE backend on the MeerKAT telescope for groundbreaking SETI, astrobiology, and radio transient research! 👽📡
📍 Hosted at Rhodes University or SARAO (Cape Town) 🗓️ Deadline: 30 June 2026
Read the full requirements and apply here 👇 sarao.ac.za/news/post-doctor…#MeerKAT#RadioAstronomy#SETI#Postdoc#AstronomyJobs#SARAO
Call for applications for SARAO Freestanding Undergraduate Scholarships for 2027 will open on the 1st June 2026
Read application guide
sarao.ac.za/researchandstudy…
New chapter unlocked. 🎓➡️🩺
Spelman Biology Graduate (Cum Laude)
Incoming Morehouse School of Medicine M.S. Student
The mission continues: medicine, research, health equity, and the stars.
Last December, I walked into Dr. Burnham’s lab with my mom and quietly thought, “I belong here.”
Now this summer I will be a volunteer in her lab the Burnham Lab at @MSMEDU. 🤯
Representation matters.
Full circle moment.
Science Week continues to bring world-class STEM to rural KZN! Today’s programme is taking place in Umzimkhulu at Clydesdale Senior Secondary School. The BRICS Astronomy Magazine team is also on the ground, engaging with learners and distributing copies of the magazine! ⭐️
Defending my PhD in aerospace engineering as the 4th Black woman to do so at Georgia Tech during the 100th Black history month was >>>>
First generation college student
First generation Doctor
6.5 years of masters PhD done. I GOT OUT and I’m a helluva engineer!🚀
IPAC's Visiting Graduate Student Research Fellowship (#VGSRF) is accepting applications!🥳
✨Gain research experience and mentoring from IPAC scientists
✨Access large science datasets
✨Receive a monthly stipend
Browse the projects and apply by 3/31: ipac.caltech.edu/page/gradua…
ALT This image contains information about the 2027 IPAC Visiting Graduate Student Research Fellowship (VGSRF) program. The Call for Applications is now open for graduate students who hold U.S. citizenship, national, or permanent resident status by the application deadline, which is Mrach 31, 2026. Applicants may be currently enrolled at US or non-US institutions. Learn more about the program at https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/graduate-fellowship-2027.
The National Society of Black Physicists honors Dr. Eileen Gonzales. Dr. Gonzales was named the Vera Rubin Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2025. Read the full feature here: nsbp.org/page/bhm2026.
#NSBP#NSBPBHM#BHM#Gonzales
Congrats to Dr. Kate Alexander & Dr. Carl Fields on winning 2025 Scialog Awards, for their groundbreaking research with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to study black holes, stellar explosions & the universe's first massive objects: bit.ly/3ZkGvGJ
The gas and dust is being light up by young stars currently forming deep with in. Probably not unlike the environment our solar system formed from 4.5 billion years ago
Crazy to think that, in a few billion years, there’s a chance one of these stars will be hosting life
Image I got of the Orion Nebula last night from LA 🔭 Can’t see it with the naked eye, but this is located directly below the infamous 3-stars making up Orion’s Belt
NOW BOOKING!
Available for speaking and moderated conversations this February and March.
Let’s make your next event unforgettable.
📩 Bookings & inquiries:
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