Michael Cushing

Astronomer, husband, father

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

Two new shows for September!

@UToledo @UToledo_NSM @UToledoAstro

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

We have a faculty position open at UToledo in Astrostatistics/Data Science. Please apply or pass along to interested parties!

https://t.co/01S4NE0KyD

[Dr Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel]

The official e-telegram announcing the newly-discovered moon of the planet Uranus, found by a team using JWST 🔭 . Its temporary name is S/2025 U 1 (it'll eventually get a name from Shakespeare or Pope). Circular orbit so likely a natural satellite.

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

@hbhammel Any way to sign up to get one?

[Grant Tremblay @astrogrant]

In extreme Senate CJS Bill/Report watch mode. Full committee markup Thursday. The bill exists in print. Staffers are seeing it starting ~now. ~Flat NASA? Huge Cut? What about NSF? A *lot* will be revealed this week.

[Alan Stern @AlanStern]

Another first for #NASA New Horizons, now published as a peer reviewed research paper And an TRULY ULTRA COOL one, led by our own @TodLauer . https://t.co/MZ7xGwdIZ0 Reposts please.

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

Looking for a great place to attend graduate school in astrophysics? Come join us at @UToledo!

[University of Toledo Astronomy & Astrophysics @UToledoAstro]

Looking to attend graduate school in astrophysics? Our deadline is Jan 6!

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

@TrentDupuy and that source is???? Cause I want to use it too!

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

@smastrophysics Best TV show ever made. When you are done, listen to the podcast "The West Wing Weekly".

[Caltech IPAC @caltechipac]

NEOWISE took its 26,886,704th and final exposure!

This movie shows the final image compared to the same region with all 10 years of NEOWISE data compiled into one frame.

Read more about the mission’s conclusion and legacy here: https://t.co/E14vcfC0OH

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

The end of an era.

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

Our asteroid and comet-hunting space telescope, NEOWISE, has ended its mission after exceeding expectations for more than 14 years.

Here's a few things you may not know about it! 🧵

[Samuel Beiler @AstronomySam]

Two weeks later, and we’re back again with another paper accepted and on arxiv! https://t.co/kZZmyNjCUJ

🧵 Join me, as I tell you A Tale of Two Molecules, the story of phosphine and carbon dioxide in atmospheric models. It was the best of climes, it was the worst of climes…

[Samuel Beiler @AstronomySam]

Our paper on the JWST spectral energy distributions of 23 Late T and Y dwarfs and their fundamental properties is accepted and available on arxiv! https://t.co/Ur1Dg4ulx2

🧵 A thread with some highlights:

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

@dawne314 We are in Scotland for the month. It is cold and rainy. :)

[Dr Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel]

JWST 🔭 infrared images reveal complex H3+ ionospheric emission above and around Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Possible cause: gravity waves from the lower atmosphere breaking in ionosphere.
Science paper: https://t.co/pzmRJD1hwO
Press release: https://t.co/nwdsf8Xtpc

[Jonathan Fortney @jjfplanet]

#NeverForget

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Dr Bess Stillman of the Mayo Clinic on what it’s like to tell people their loved ones have died.

Stop what you’re doing and watch.

[Michael Cushing @mccushing]

@dawne314 I should add that I try and remember how absurdly good of a job I actually have and how much freedom I have to do what I want. Still, there are days...