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A list of astronomers with over 1,000 followers. This list includes astrophysicists, cosmologists, planetary scientists, space scientists, and related professionals. Also see Physicists on Twitter.
| # | Account | Peer followers |
| 1. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie Cosmologist, writer, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow. Author: 'The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)'. Personal account. Waterloo, Ontario astrokatie.com/book Google Scholar page Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 3% new, 81% replies, 9% retweets, 6% quotes On 3,965 user lists 357,935 followers | 360 |
| 2. |  Phil Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. My Bad Astronomy blog: syfy.com/badastronomy I use likes for bookmarks; no endorsement implied. He/him. Boulder about.me/philplait Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 14% new, 65% replies, 7% retweets, 13% quotes On 12,397 user lists 615,313 followers | 313 |
| 3. |  Lady Lakdawalla of Baltis Vallis@elakdawalla Solar System Specialist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist, author, speaker, asteroid 274860. Views are my own & not those of employer. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 9% new, 65% replies, 18% retweets, 8% quotes On 4,662 user lists 168,971 followers | 313 |
| 4. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 43% new, 52% replies, 1% retweets, 4% quotes On 44,896 user lists 14,082,761 followers | 226 |
| 5. |  Prof. Nicole Gugliucci, Doctor of the Sky@NoisyAstronomer Physics prof, ed research, astro, scicomm. Social justice padwan. Geek, 🏋️♀️, dog mom. She/her 🏳️🌈 Tweets mine. RT≠endorse. Snark may be repaid with snark. New Hampshire, USA Google Scholar page Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 8% new, 37% replies, 45% retweets, 10% quotes On 1,007 user lists 21,384 followers | 185 |
| 6. |  Becky Smethurst@drbecky_ Astrophysicist researching how supermassive black holes affect galaxies. I get overly enthusiastic about space on YouTube: youtube.com/drbecky Oxford, England drbecky.uk.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 5% new, 84% replies, 4% retweets, 8% quotes On 240 user lists 13,005 followers | 183 |
| 7. |  David Kipping@david_kipping Exoplanets & Exomoons, Cool Worlds Lab, Columbia University Manhattan, NY coolworldslab.com Google Scholar page Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 9% new, 42% replies, 35% retweets, 14% quotes On 178 user lists 6,280 followers | 161 |
| 8. |  James Davenport, PhD@jradavenport Dad, astronomer, maker of data & science things. Studying stars, looking for aliens, uploading YouTube videos. All opinions are my own. #BlackLivesMatter Seattle, WA youtube.com/james-davenport Google Scholar page Video channel 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 8% new, 49% replies, 35% retweets, 8% quotes On 171 user lists 3,349 followers | 160 |
| 9. |  TrueSciPhi / Kelly Truelove@TrueSciPhi A window on science, philosophy, and mathematics communities on social media, by Kelly Truelove (physics PhD). Images: TrueSciPhi.art. Austin, Texas TrueSciPhi.org Google Scholar page Video channel 5 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 40% new, 9% replies, 35% retweets, 16% quotes On 277 user lists 8,467 followers | 153 |
| 10. |  Peter Coles 🇮🇪 🌈 🇪🇺 🎷 🎶@telescoper Theoretical astrophysicist specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it (e.g. jazz, opera, poetry & crosswords). Pronouns: he/him. #FBPE Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland telescoper.wordpress.com Google Scholar page Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 24% new, 29% replies, 35% retweets, 13% quotes On 307 user lists 6,324 followers | 149 |
| 11. |  Ian J. O'Neill@astroengine @NASAJPL Media Relations Specialist. Astrophysicist, science communicator, wannabe sci-fi author. Impatiently awaiting the AI takeover. Opinions are mine. Wear A Mask, Wash Your Hands astroengine.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 34% new, 29% replies, 31% retweets, 6% quotes On 1,305 user lists 36,673 followers | 138 |
| 12. |  Dr James O'Donoghue@physicsJ Planetary Scientist @JAXA_en, previously @NASA @BU_Tweets @uniofleicester. Jupiter & Saturn, rings, aurora & animations. Opinions mine. #BLM Tokyo, Japan youtube.com/jayphys85 Google Scholar page Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 8% new, 69% replies, 9% retweets, 15% quotes On 623 user lists 69,344 followers | 121 |
| 13. |  Dr Maggie Lieu@Space_Mog Astrophysicist at @uniofnottingham. Researching the dark Universe with stats, ML & @ESA_Euclid. Youtuber. Science presenter. Past: ESA/UoB/UCLA/UKC Community of Madrid, Spain youtube.com/channel/UClO6T… Google Scholar page Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 67% replies, 15% retweets, 2% quotes On 141 user lists 5,223 followers | 112 |
| 14. |  Dr. Brian May@DrBrianMay Rocket Ship Builder 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 brianmay.com Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 98% new, 1% replies, 1% retweets, 0% quotes On 3,302 user lists 1,069,662 followers | 111 |
| 15. |  Geraint F. Lewis@Cosmic_Horizons Cosmologist, Galactic Archaeologist. Proud Silurian, Australian immigrant, & author of @AFortunateUni with @lukebarnesastro. Sydney cosmic-horizons.blogspot.com Google Scholar page Video channel 6 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 58% replies, 21% retweets, 3% quotes On 82 user lists 2,683 followers | 93 |
| 16. |  Sarah Pearson@spacewsarah Postdoctoral Research Fellow at @FlatironCCA, PhD in astrophysics from @Columbia U., galactic dynamics, stellar streams 🚀, creator of Space with Sarah @YouTube New York City/Copenhagen drsarahpearson.com Google Scholar page Video channel 4 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 27% new, 20% replies, 47% retweets, 6% quotes On 37 user lists 1,526 followers | 78 |
| 17. |  Franco Vazza@franco_vazza Astrophysicist at @Unibomagazine, @IRA_INAF and @HambObs. Funded by @ERC_Research for the #MAGCOW project to study the cosmic web. Uncredited contents by me. Bologna, Local Group cosmosimfrazza.myfreesites.net Video channel 4 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 14% new, 43% replies, 35% retweets, 6% quotes On 19 user lists 1,330 followers | 69 |
| 18. |  Paul M. Sutter@PaulMattSutter Astrophysicist, Agent to the Stars New York, NY pmsutter.com Google Scholar page Video channel 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 56% new, 5% replies, 38% retweets, 0% quotes On 299 user lists 12,341 followers | 58 |
| 19. |  Dr Emma Osborne 💫@Emmanigma Astrophysicist ✨ Multi-Award Winning Science Presenter • Creator of the #ExtraordinaryUniverse • Badass 🚀 Bath, England emmalouiseosborne.com Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 48% replies, 36% retweets, 6% quotes On 72 user lists 4,975 followers | 44 |
| 20. |  Sébastien Carassou 🌎@FlashCordon Docteur en astrophysique, vidéaste (#LeSOW, @StringTheoryFR, @Billes2sciences), cofondateur de @Asso_Conscience et @EnDirectDuLabo (Crédit PP: K. Zihnioglu) Le cosmos est mon campement. sebastiencarassou.com Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 11% new, 15% replies, 71% retweets, 4% quotes On 333 user lists 17,039 followers | 25 |
| 21. |  Umut Yildiz@umutayildiz Deep Space Telecom 📡 & Dr. #Astrophysics 🚀 @NASAJPL/@Caltech • My Opinions • #tekcareuzay • #SciComm • #Skeptic • In Science We Trust • https://t.co/yZZZbdIXYR Los Angeles, CA youtube.com/c/umutyildiz Google Scholar page Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 11% new, 45% replies, 34% retweets, 11% quotes On 322 user lists 490,920 followers | 16 |
| 22. |  Dr. Selçuk Topal@astronomTurk Astrofizikçi | Working on Galaxies | PhD @UniofOxford Alumni | Kurucu @gelecekuzayda | https://t.co/n6ubhwe3X0 | Astro-video 👉 https://t.co/oOMeNk08JE Turkey astronomselcuk.com Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 32% new, 59% replies, 5% retweets, 4% quotes On 105 user lists 46,192 followers | 9 |