Kevin Whitley

UofM Astro PhD Student. I study black holes, bake bread, sing songs, and play Melee.
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[Nicolas Trueba, PhD @NicolasTrueba]

My paper on the redshifted disk atmosphere we found in the ultra-compact NS X-ray binary 4U 1916-053 is now up in the arXiv! Check it out here: https://t.co/SG9DjXI3Vy
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[Larissa Markwardt, PhD @LarMarStar]

My first first author paper EVER is now on the arXiv! If you like the Solar System, you should check it out to learn about its coolest space rocks*, Earth Trojans. 1/6

*in my totally unbiased opinion
https://t.co/ENWRfCjstg

[Kayhan Gultekin @kayhangultekin]

Reminder to see @AdiFoord's dissertation talk today in room 312. Teaser pic:

[Advancing Theoretical Astrophysics @ataschool_api]

Group photo!

#ATASchool

[Kevin Whitley @_keV_Whitley]

Was gonna tweet this morning about how you can totally forget how to ride a bike, but then the second time went way better, so I guess they might've been right. #ATAschool #Amsterdam

[Katie Mack @AstroKatie]

SpaceX just launched 60 new satellites, which have been spotted as a chain of bright lights across the sky. As more are launched and orbits change, this could be a very big problem for ground-based astronomy. Musk’s offhand “they can’t be seen at night” is not true or reassuring.

[Tamy Emma Pepin @TamyEmmaPepin]

Congratulations to Katie Bouman to whom we owe the first photograph of a black hole ever. Not seeing her name circulate nearly enough in the press.

Amazing work. And here’s to more women in science (getting their credit and being remembered in history) 💥🔥☄️

[Robert McNees @mcnees]

For comparison, here is the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole alongside a hi-resolution image taken from one of EHT’s simulations. It’s more detailed than I thought it would be. #EHTBlackHole
Image: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration; Hotaka Shiokawa

[Kevin Whitley @_keV_Whitley]

Really incredible to be living in a time where our best evidence for black holes has become "we literally have a picture of one."

#EHTBlackHole #EHT #realblackhole

[NAOJ @prcnaoj_en]

First ever image of #BlackHole🌀 revealed! Japanese researchers contribute to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87.
Read more: https://t.co/KPOdUh5B22 #EHTBlackHole

[Kevin Whitley @_keV_Whitley]

@LMLascaux I'm a (graduate) astronomer and I like to spend my free time baking/cooking (and then eating) food, doing recreational gymnastics, and pushing buttons really fast in Super Smash Bros Melee.

[Kevin Whitley @_keV_Whitley]

The weather in Monterey continues to be flawless. I'm sad that in a couple days I'll have to return to month five of Michigan winter.

[Kevin Whitley @_keV_Whitley]

Great talk by @ErinAstro on a very unique AGN that they saw change from Type 1 to Type 2 in real time! Really cool stuff at #HEAD2019.

[Kevin Whitley @_keV_Whitley]

Whats cooler than a supermassive black hole? Two supermassive black holes! Come check out my poster between 6 and 7:30pm today to chat with me about my work on SMBH binaries. #HEAD2019

Poster is in the Bonsai room, number 106.01.

[Kevin Whitley @_keV_Whitley]

Come start off #HEAD2019 right with a couple of excellent talks on X-ray binaries by my amazing colleagues, Nicolas Trueba and @rmludlam, during this morning's Stellar Compact I session!

Session starts at 8:30am in DeAnza II/III.

[Kevin Whitley @_keV_Whitley]

I'm low on sleep and spent 8 hours traveling today, but my Airbnb gave me free chocolate and a sleep mask, so I'd say things are looking up for me.