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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. She/her. Dr. Amherst, MA astrokatie.com/book Google Scholar page Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 4% new, 81% replies, 8% retweets, 6% quotes On 4,099 user lists 375,594 followers | 375 |
| 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: 12% new, 71% replies, 4% retweets, 13% quotes On 12,380 user lists 616,084 followers | 326 |
| 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: 16% new, 53% replies, 23% retweets, 8% quotes On 4,659 user lists 169,825 followers | 321 |
| 4. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 43% new, 45% replies, 0% retweets, 12% quotes On 44,906 user lists 14,248,817 followers | 231 |
| 5. |  Nicole THE MASK GOES OVER YOUR NOSE Gugliucci, PhD@NoisyAstronomer Physics professor with interests in education, astronomy, and other shenanigans. 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: 10% new, 62% replies, 14% retweets, 14% quotes On 999 user lists 21,343 followers | 189 |
| 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: 8% new, 78% replies, 5% retweets, 8% quotes On 257 user lists 14,852 followers | 188 |
| 7. |  James Davenport, PhD@jradavenport Dad, astronomer, maker of data & science things. Studying stars, looking for aliens. 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, 45% replies, 41% retweets, 6% quotes On 176 user lists 3,565 followers | 172 |
| 8. |  P(David|Kipping) ∝ P(Kipping|David) P(David)@david_kipping Exoplanets & Exomoons, Cool Worlds Lab, Columbia University Manhattan, NY coolworldslab.com Google Scholar page Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 62% replies, 21% retweets, 5% quotes On 186 user lists 6,739 followers | 168 |
| 9. |  TrueSciPhi / Kelly Truelove@TrueSciPhi A window on science, philosophy, and mathematics communities on social media, by Kelly Truelove (physics PhD). Lists: TrueSciPhi.org. Images: TrueSciPhi.art. Austin, Texas TrueSciPhi.org Google Scholar page Video channel 5 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 44% new, 12% replies, 35% retweets, 9% quotes On 281 user lists 8,689 followers | 155 |
| 10. |  Peter Coles 🇮🇪 🌈 🇪🇺 🎷 🎶@telescoper Theoretical astrophysicist specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it (e.g. jazz, opera, poetry & crosswords). Pronouns: he/him. Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland telescoper.wordpress.com Google Scholar page Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 33% new, 28% replies, 25% retweets, 14% quotes On 305 user lists 6,357 followers | 152 |
| 11. |  Ian J. O'Neill@astroengine @NASAJPL news media rep for asteroids, comets, robotics, space tech, Earth sciences and the Deep Space Network. Astrophysicist at heart. Opinions are mine. Woodland Hills, California astroengine.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 23% new, 37% replies, 30% retweets, 10% quotes On 1,304 user lists 36,608 followers | 138 |
| 12. |  Dr James O'Donoghue@physicsJ Planetary Astronomer @JAXA_en, previously @NASA @BU_Tweets @uniofleicester. Observer of Jupiter & Saturn. Amateur animator. Tweets my own. ⁷ Tokyo, Japan youtube.com/jayphys85 Google Scholar page Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 6% new, 63% replies, 24% retweets, 7% quotes On 717 user lists 86,124 followers | 135 |
| 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: 22% new, 57% replies, 15% retweets, 6% quotes On 144 user lists 5,330 followers | 117 |
| 14. |  Dr. Brian May@DrBrianMay Rocket Ship Builder 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 brianmay.com Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 96% new, 3% replies, 1% retweets, 0% quotes On 3,306 user lists 1,078,378 followers | 114 |
| 15. |  Geraint F. Lewis@Cosmic_Horizons Cosmologist, Galactic Archaeologist. Proud Silurian, Australian immigrant, & author of @AFortunateUni with @lukebarnesastro. Sydney geraintflewis.com Google Scholar page Video channel 6 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 63% replies, 15% retweets, 4% quotes On 85 user lists 2,811 followers | 98 |
| 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 1,538 followers | 83 |
| 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: 10% new, 50% replies, 35% retweets, 4% quotes On 19 user lists 1,436 followers | 76 |
| 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: 46% new, 19% replies, 36% retweets, 0% quotes On 305 user lists 12,349 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: 12% new, 44% replies, 36% retweets, 8% quotes On 73 user lists 4,919 followers | 47 |
| 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: 5% new, 27% replies, 63% retweets, 4% quotes On 337 user lists 19,179 followers | 26 |
| 21. |  Umut Yildiz@umutayildiz Deep Space Telecom 📡 & Dr. #Astrophysics 🚀at @NASAJPL/@Caltech • @teamtekcareuzay • #SciComm • #Skeptic • My Opinions • In Science We Trust • https://t.co/yZZZbe0yQp Los Angeles, CA youtube.com/c/umutyildiz Google Scholar page Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 61% replies, 27% retweets, 3% quotes On 332 user lists 494,292 followers | 17 |
| 22. |  Selçuk Topal, PhD@astronomTurk Astrofizikçi | Asst. Prof. of Astrophysics | PhD @UniofOxford Alumni, MSc+BSc @AnkaraUni | Founder @gelecekuzayda | https://t.co/oOMeNk08JE | Book @kaoskozmos Turkey instagram.com/drselcuktopal Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 24% new, 59% replies, 13% retweets, 4% quotes On 108 user lists 51,660 followers | 9 |