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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 (a.k.a. Dr Katherine J Mack) astrophysicist/cosmologist, writer, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. Author: 'The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)' Waterloo, Ontario astrokatie.com/book Google Scholar page Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 6% new, 77% replies, 11% retweets, 6% quotes On 4,174 user lists 349,173 followers | 336 |
| 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 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 11% new, 68% replies, 5% retweets, 16% quotes On 12,839 user lists 616,997 followers | 294 |
| 3. |  Emily Lakdawalla@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 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 69% replies, 7% retweets, 8% quotes On 4,830 user lists 167,764 followers | 293 |
| 4. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 58% new, 41% replies, 1% retweets, 0% quotes On 47,394 user lists 13,805,688 followers | 219 |
| 5. |  Prof. Nicole Gugliucci, Doctor of the Sky 👩🏫📡✨@NoisyAstronomer Physics professor, education researcher, astronomer, scicommer, advocate for equity in STEM. Geek, crossfitter, dog mom. She/her. 🏳️🌈 Tweets mine; RT≠endorse New Hampshire, USA noisyastronomer.com Google Scholar page Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 14% new, 48% replies, 24% retweets, 14% quotes 21,326 followers | 175 |
| 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: 16% new, 67% replies, 10% retweets, 8% quotes On 215 user lists 11,528 followers | 168 |
| 7. |  James Davenport, PhD@jradavenport Astronomer, dad, maker of data & science things. Studying stars, looking for aliens, uploading YouTube videos. All opinions are my own. Seattle, WA youtube.com/james-davenport Google Scholar page Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 14% new, 45% replies, 35% retweets, 6% quotes On 169 user lists 3,185 followers | 151 |
| 8. |  David Kipping@david_kipping Exoplanets & Exomoons, Cool Worlds Lab, Columbia University Manhattan, NY coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu Google Scholar page Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 45% replies, 23% retweets, 13% quotes On 179 user lists 5,627 followers | 148 |
| 9. |  TrueSciPhi / Kelly Truelove@TrueSciPhi A window on science, philosophy, and mathematics communities on social media, by Kelly Truelove (physics PhD). Photo info at instagram.com/TrueSciPhi. Austin, Texas TrueSciPhi.org Google Scholar page Video channel 4 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 52% new, 13% replies, 27% retweets, 8% quotes On 280 user lists 7,911 followers | 142 |
| 10. |  Ian J. O'Neill@astroengine @NASAJPL Media Relations Specialist. Astrophysicist, science communicator & advisor, wannabe sci-fi author. Patiently awaiting the AI takeover. Opinions = mine. Wherever Baby Yoda Lives astroengine.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 28% new, 41% replies, 25% retweets, 7% quotes On 1,336 user lists 36,811 followers | 134 |
| 11. |  Dr. Brian May@DrBrianMay Rocket Ship Builder 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 brianmay.com Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 100% new, 0% replies, 0% retweets, 0% quotes On 3,456 user lists 1,045,041 followers | 111 |
| 12. |  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 6 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 15% new, 74% replies, 7% retweets, 4% quotes On 139 user lists 5,054 followers | 105 |
| 13. |  Dr James O'Donoghue@physicsJ Planetary Scientist @JAXA_en, previously @NASA @BU_Tweets @uniofleicester. Jupiter & Saturn, rings, aurora & making animations. 🇬🇧 in 🇯🇵. Tweets mine Tokyo, Japan youtube.com/jayphys85 Google Scholar page Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 8% new, 71% replies, 10% retweets, 10% quotes On 508 user lists 49,202 followers | 99 |
| 14. |  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: 24% new, 53% replies, 22% retweets, 0% quotes On 86 user lists 2,577 followers | 86 |
| 15. |  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 3 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 28% new, 20% replies, 47% retweets, 6% quotes On 40 user lists 1,530 followers | 73 |
| 16. |  Paul M. Sutter@PaulMattSutter Astrophysicist, Agent to the Stars New York, NY pmsutter.com Google Scholar page Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 56% new, 11% replies, 33% retweets, 0% quotes On 305 user lists 12,906 followers (follows 0.59 accounts per follower) | 59 |
| 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 3 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 36% replies, 42% retweets, 6% quotes On 21 user lists 1,212 followers | 58 |
| 18. |  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, 51% replies, 33% retweets, 6% quotes On 78 user lists 5,042 followers | 40 |
| 19. |  Sébastien Carassou 🌎 #ResteChezToi@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 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 15% new, 25% replies, 59% retweets, 2% quotes On 343 user lists 16,486 followers | 24 |
| 20. |  Umut Yildiz@umutayildiz Deep Space Telecom📡 & Dr. #Astrophysics🚀 @NASAJPL/@Caltech • My Opinions • #SciComm • https://t.co/IfARWRjAp5 • In Science We Trust #tekcareuzay • #Skeptic Los Angeles, CA umutayildiz.com Google Scholar page Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 2% new, 69% replies, 17% retweets, 10% quotes On 375 user lists 482,270 followers | 15 |
| 21. |  Dr. Selçuk Topal@astronomTurk Astrofizikçi | PhD @UniofOxford Alumni | Founder of @gelecekuzayda | Uzay hakkında her şey için 👉 https://t.co/oOMeNk08JE | Official Account | #bilim #uzay Turkey astronomselcuk.com Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 6% new, 91% replies, 1% retweets, 2% quotes On 114 user lists 45,024 followers | 9 |