Amplifying the Black experience in space-related fields | Creators of #BlackSpaceWeek | Founded by @That_Astro_Chic, EST. 2020 ✉️ blackinastro@gmail.com

Joined September 2020
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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!
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I’m teaching Calculus 2 this summer at Clark-Atlanta. My students may hate me right now 😂
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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
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Call for applications for SARAO Freestanding Undergraduate Scholarships for 2027 will open on the 1st June 2026 Read application guide sarao.ac.za/researchandstudy…
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New chapter. New lab. Same purpose. Excited to join the Burnham Lab this summer as a volunteer research intern at @MSMEDU. The journey continues. #MorehouseSchoolOfMedicine #Research #WomenInSTEM
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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.
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From Spelmanite to Spelman Alumnae 🎓🩵🥹🙌🏾💙
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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.
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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! ⭐️
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Black Space Week…stay tuned 🤭
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He’s Locked In. Welcome Home Artemis II #MissionComplete
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Ryan is watching the launch from the laundromat 🚀 #nasa #artemisII #Artemis #moon #AstroRyegiveitatry #Orion
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We are sooo proud of our Executive Board member Dr. @astronaia!!! 💜👩🏿‍🚀🚀 Heavy on the Dr.!!!
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!🚀
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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…
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Rye is so excited for her book reading 💜 a.co/d/0ikqb4jj
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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
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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
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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
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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
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NOW BOOKING! Available for speaking and moderated conversations this February and March. Let’s make your next event unforgettable. 📩 Bookings & inquiries: astronautstarbright@gmail.com
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