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| 1. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie Cosmologist, pilot, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Author: #EndOfEverythingBook. Personal account. She/her. Dr. Waterloo, Ontario astrokatie.com/book 13 years on Twitter 426,429 followers | 492 |
| 2. |  NASA@NASA There's space for everybody. ✨ Pale Blue Dot nasa.gov 14 years on Twitter 62,798,456 followers | 480 |
| 3. |  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 15 years on Twitter 621,669 followers | 422 |
| 4. |  astrobites@astrobites Digestible summaries of the latest astronomy research. Written by an international team of grad students for undergrads! Supported by the @AAS_Office. #scicomm All over the world astrobites.org 11 years on Twitter 19,552 followers | 409 |
| 5. |  Dr. Jessie Christiansen@aussiastronomer NASA Planet Hunter | Project Scientist NASA Exoplanet Archive | 2022 @TEDFellow | Science consultant | Whovian | My views are not the views of NASA | She/her Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/christia/ 8 years on Twitter 39,578 followers | 387 |
| 6. |  NASA Webb Telescope@NASAWebb Launched: Dec. 25, 2021. First images revealed: July 12, 2022. Follow along as the world's most powerful space telescope continues to #UnfoldTheUniverse! Lagrange Point 2 webb.nasa.gov 13 years on Twitter 2,432,200 followers | 385 |
| 7. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Buy my art! etsy.com/shop/elakdawal… 🪐 Planetary scientist, space boffin, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA lakdawalla.com/emily 14 years on Twitter 173,582 followers | 385 |
| 8. |  Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz@RocketToLulu Co-founder/astronomer @JustSpaceOrg, movement artist. Space exploration ethics, exoplanets, social justice. Opinions mine. Pronouns: they/them Chicago, IL notnotrocketscience.com/workshops-and-… 11 years on Twitter 23,262 followers | 383 |
| 9. |  Jonathan McDowell@planet4589 Astronomer at (but not speaking for) the Center for Astrophysics, working on Chandra, commenting on space launches. Orbital Police. All plots/images CC-BY Somerville, MA, USA planet4589.org 13 years on Twitter 137,402 followers | 368 |
| 10. |  Sarah Tuttle,🌻@niais ..who else is a woman left with, but herself.. Rebuilding with joy. Full-tilt bozo. #Cassandra #Cyborg #Doikayt #Hineni she/her Pandemic Dystopian PNW 14 years on Twitter 22,357 followers | 367 |
| 11. |  chrislintott@chrislintott Astronomer, zookeeper and journalist, based at University of Oxford. Oxford zooniverse.org 13 years on Twitter 36,888 followers | 365 |
| 12. |  Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew Astronomer with the European Space Agency. Based at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, supporting JWST. Opinions are my own 🇧🇪🇬🇧 Baltimore skendrew.github.io 15 years on Twitter 15,619 followers | 363 |
| 13. |  Astronomy Picture Of The Day@apod Each day a different image of our universe along with a brief explanation. Find all the APOD language and social media mirrors at apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about… Earth apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.… 15 years on Twitter 1,467,133 followers | 351 |
| 14. |  Barack Obama@BarackObama Dad, husband, President, citizen. Washington, DC obamabook.com 15 years on Twitter 133,298,397 followers | 349 |
| 15. |  Dr./Prof. Sarah Hörst@PlanetDr Associate Prof of PlanetSci @JohnsHopkins and Titan evangelist. “I tried to pick my battles until the battles picked me.”[email protected] she/her https://t.co/rMewX5tmh3 Baltimore, MD, USA etsy.com/shop/PlanetDr 13 years on Twitter 65,672 followers | 348 |
| 16. |  AstroBetter@astrobetter Blog and Wiki for professional astronomers. astrobetter.com 13 years on Twitter 6,758 followers | 347 |
| 17. |  Grant Tremblay@astrogrant Astrophysicist at the @CenterForAstro | @Harvard & @Smithsonian. Vice President @AAS_Office, Chair @NASA PhysPAG EC, Shill @NewGreatObs. He/His. Views my own. Cambridge, MA granttremblay.com 13 years on Twitter 13,996 followers | 345 |
| 18. |  Bryan Gaensler 📡🧲@SciBry Director of @DunlapInstitute at @UofT. Astronomer, science-fiction connoisseur, rugby league devotee, perplexed parent, 🇦🇺🇨🇦. Opinions ∉ UofT. Toronto, Canada he/him bryangaensler.net 13 years on Twitter 11,887 followers | 344 |
| 19. |  David W Hogg@davidwhogg peace, cosmology, stars, exoplanets, engineering, data analysis, emcee, wobble, The Cannon, Astrometry.net, The Joker, #openscience, #otherpeoplesdata New York City / Lenape Land dwh.gg/dwhogg 11 years on Twitter 10,529 followers | 343 |
| 20. |  Julianne Dalcanton@dalcantonJD Astrophysicist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics & the University of Washington. PI of the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT). 10 years on Twitter 9,495 followers | 337 |
| 21. |  ESA@esa European Space Agency, keeping you posted on European space activities. Please see our Privacy Notice: esa.int/connectwithus Europe esa.int 13 years on Twitter 1,514,766 followers | 332 |
| 22. |  Prof. Abel Méndez@ProfAbelMendez Planetary Astrobiologist and Director of the @PlanetaryHabLab. Looking at habitable worlds from the Arecibo Observatory. #exoplanets #astrobiology #habitability Arecibo, Puerto Rico phl.upr.edu 12 years on Twitter 21,033 followers | 328 |
| 23. |  astrotweeps: Pratik (@astrogandhi)@astrotweeps A new astronomer/planetary scientist tweeting about space each week! astrotweeps.wordpress.com 6 years on Twitter until last tweet (2020-Dec-06) 11,216 followers | 328 |
| 24. |  Prof. Karen Masters 💫⭐️✨@KarenLMasters Astrophysics Prof @haverfordedu Investigating galaxies with @GalaxyZoo @SDSSurveys @MaNGAsurvey. Co-author: "30s Universe"; "30s Space Travel". British. She/her Philadelphia, PA klmasters.sites.haverford.edu 13 years on Twitter 10,846 followers | 313 |
| 25. |  Associate Professor Jan (JJ) Eldridge@astro_jje NZ theoretical astrophysicist studying exploding binary stars. Lecturer, Speaker, Sci-fi addict, feminist, non-binary trans woman. Pronouns: she/her/them/they. Auckland, New Zealand jjeldridge.blogs.auckland.ac.nz 9 years on Twitter 12,689 followers | 312 |
| 26. |  Fraser Cain@fcain 🚀 Space and astronomy journalist since 1999, publisher of @universetoday Courtenay, British Columbia about.me/frasercain 15 years on Twitter 46,339 followers | 310 |
| 27. |  Hubble@NASAHubble The official Twitter account for the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, managed and operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Goddard Space Flight Center nasa.gov/mission_pages/… 14 years on Twitter 8,278,327 followers | 309 |
| 28. |  The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein@IBJIYONGI Asst Prof: Theoretical Physics/Astro/STS. LA Times Book Prize for #DisorderedCosmos. all #BLACKandSTEM/all Jewish. queer/agender/woman/she. tweets by/for me🖖🏽 Made by East L.A./now: NH & MA profcpw.com 14 years on Twitter 103,061 followers | 309 |
| 29. |  NASA JPL@NASAJPL NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages many of NASA's robotic missions exploring Earth, the solar system and our universe. Tweets from JPL's News Office. Pasadena, Calif. jpl.nasa.gov 13 years on Twitter 3,767,162 followers | 307 |
| 30. |  ESO@ESO The European Southern Observatory designs, builds & operates world-class observatories on the ground for the benefit of society #ESO60Years 🇨🇱 @ESO_Chile Garching, Germany eso.org 14 years on Twitter 152,794 followers | 305 |
| 31. |  SpaceX@SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft Hawthorne, CA spacex.com 13 years on Twitter 24,656,267 followers | 297 |
| 32. |  Curiosity Rover@MarsCuriosity Your friendly neighborhood NASA Mars rover. Exploring the Red Planet since 2012. Team headquartered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 🚀 @NASAJPL Gale Crater, Mars mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ 14 years on Twitter 4,350,368 followers | 297 |
| 33. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physics, philosophy, complexity; thinking, writing, talking. @JohnsHopkins & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. He/him. Baltimore, MD preposterousuniverse.com 13 years on Twitter 319,886 followers | 295 |
| 34. |  Ethan Siegel@StartsWithABang "Some blogger who doesn’t even write a single paper in a decade." #Cosmology Science writer, astrophysicist, author, communicator. He/him or they/them. Portland, OR startswithabang.com 11 years on Twitter 31,252 followers | 295 |
| 35. |  Kelle Cruz@kellecruz Astronomy Prof at @Hunter_College, @AMNH, and #BDNYC. Founder, editor of @AstroBetter & CEO of @ScienceBetter. Coordinator of @Astropy. CFO of @startorialist. New York, NY 13 years on Twitter 5,746 followers | 295 |
| 36. |  Nature Astronomy@NatureAstronomy A Nature journal dedicated to presenting the very best research across the disciplines of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and planetary science.📡 London, England nature.com/natastron/ 6 years on Twitter 38,770 followers | 294 |
| 37. |  BenneHolwerda@BenneHolwerda Extra-Galactic Astronomer & dad. Dust, galaxy morphology, supernovae, galaxy evolution. University of Louisville. Opinions & typos my own. He/him Hij/Hem Louisville, KY 14 years on Twitter 4,425 followers | 294 |
| 38. |  Molly Peeples@astronomolly Astronomer in the Science Policies Group @STScI & @jhuphysicsastro playing with galaxies & gas, real & fake. #Hubble pays the bills; opinions are mine. She/her. Baltimore, MD, z=0 molly.science 9 years on Twitter 9,947 followers | 293 |
| 39. |  Dr./Prof. Renée Hložek@reneehlozek South African cisgender, bisexual woman Assoc. Astrophysics Prof., Rhodes scholar (and lover of loud karaoke), Senior TED Fellow. Feminist scientist. She/her Toronto, Ontario reneehlozek.com 13 years on Twitter 6,876 followers | 293 |
| 40. |  Dr. Kaitlin Rasmussen@toomanyspectra twitter’s spectroscopist ✨ astronomy post-doc @UW 😎 non-binary ✊ science & sci-fi writer 🚀 avi loeb’s replacement 🏳️🌈 she/they Seattle, WA kaitlinrasmussen.com 3 years on Twitter 21,938 followers | 289 |
| 41. |  NASA Exoplanets@NASAExoplanets We're the NASA team looking for planets and life beyond our solar system. We represent all of NASA's missions looking for – and finding – new worlds. Beyond exoplanets.nasa.gov 13 years on Twitter 1,295,201 followers | 288 |
| 42. |  Michele Bannister@astrokiwi Planetary astronomer @UCNZ, poet, hunter of new & strange worlds. Connoisseur of fuzzy dots of light. Asteroid (10463). Pākehā; she Ōtautahi mtbannister.github.io 13 years on Twitter 10,590 followers | 286 |
| 43. |  Dr. Caitlin Casey@astrocaits Prof at @UTAustin🤘🏼, Astronomer ✨, mom 👶🏻, & urban homesteader! 🐷🐔😻🤠. Big fan of justice & Earth 🌎, lots of typos 🤷🏼♀️. she/her Austin, TX as.utexas.edu/~cmcasey 8 years on Twitter 6,964 followers | 285 |
| 44. |  Brian P Schmidt@cosmicpinot An overly busy Cosmologist who is Vice Chancellor of the ANU, Wine maker, Dad & Husband. 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics Canberra Australia msowww.anu.edu.au/~brian 12 years on Twitter 32,469 followers | 282 |
| 45. |  Prof. Emily Levesque 🤓✨🔭📚@emsque Astronomy prof @UW, author of #TheLastStargazers (bit.ly/2JC7Yhn), 2022 @FulbrightPrgrm Scholar & @GuggFellows, weird star enthusiast, human exclamation point Seattle, WA thelaststargazers.com 12 years on Twitter 8,390 followers | 282 |
| 46. |  Emily Rice@emilylurice Astronomer at @macaulayhonors, @GC_CUNY, @AMNH, #BDNYC, #CUNYAstro; @AstronomyOnTap HQ; CEO of @startorialist. Not @djcarlysagan 😜 She/her Occupied Lenape&Wappinger Land emilylrice.me 15 years on Twitter 6,745 followers | 282 |
| 47. |  David Charbonneau@ExoCharbonneau Exoplaneteer and Professor of Astronomy at Harvard. Girl Scout leader, hockey coach, and proud father of four daughters and future presidents. Harvard University cfa.harvard.edu/~dcharbon/Site… 7 years on Twitter until last tweet (2021-Jan-22) 4,749 followers | 282 |
| 48. |  Jedidah Isler, PhD@JedidahIslerPhD Astrophysicist / Strategist / Relentless Dreamer / Innovator / Founder @VanguardSTEM / she/her / These are my words (only) and I said what I said JedidahIslerPhD.com 10 years on Twitter until last tweet (2021-Jul-22) 21,816 followers | 281 |
| 49. |  Dr. Tanya Harrison@tanyaofmars Professional Martian now on Earth as Director, Strategic Science Initiatives @planet 🔴Fmr ops+science @NASAPersevere @MarsCuriosity @MarsRovers+more 🌈🇺🇸🇨🇦 Seattle + Toronto tanyaharrison.com 13 years on Twitter 58,526 followers | 280 |
| 50. |  Dr. Moiya McTier@GoAstroMo Actual astrophysicist, lifelong folklorist, professional worldbuilder. Host of #FateandFabled on PBSDS and @ExolorePod 🌍 Author of THE MILKY WAY 📖 she/her New York, NY moiyamctier.com 8 years on Twitter 17,565 followers | 280 |
| 51. |  ☄Ashley🔭Lindalía☄@That_Astro_Chic 🔭Astrochemist🔬|The Realest In The Streets| @BlackInAstro Founder| @BlackInChem Co-Founder| Ice Giants Queen 🧊🥶❄️☁️ | Planetary Science PhD student @HowardU Chicago, IL, USA,🌍 today.com/paid-content/w… 11 years on Twitter 25,863 followers | 277 |
| 52. |  Jane Rigby@janerrigby Astronomer studying galaxies, @NASAWebb Ops Project Scientist, @AAS_Office Trustee, queer parent UU BLM human. She/her. Views mine. RT != agree DC Metro 11 years on Twitter 10,165 followers | 277 |
| 53. |  Brooke Simmons@vrooje Distracted astrophysicist researching galaxies & black holes & other interesting things. Also planetaryresponsenetwork.org lead. (She/her) United Kingdom vrooje.github.io 14 years on Twitter 9,483 followers | 277 |
| 54. |  Dr. Rachael Beaton@rareflwr41 migrant astronomer currently at Princeton; 'i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night' - sarah williams princeton, nj sites.google.com/site/rachaellb… 12 years on Twitter 3,903 followers | 276 |
| 55. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ 13 years on Twitter 14,829,209 followers | 275 |
| 56. |  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC US Representative,NY-14 (BX & Queens). In a modern, moral, & wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. 💯% People-Funded, no lobbyist💰. She/her. Bronx + Queens, NYC ocasiocortez.com 12 years on Twitter 13,426,990 followers | 273 |
| 57. |  Brian Cox@ProfBrianCox Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. The Earth, with everyone else briancoxlive.co.uk 13 years on Twitter 3,078,825 followers | 273 |
| 58. |  LIGO@LIGO Official Twitter of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. We detect gravitational waves! Email: [email protected] Livingston, LA and Hanford, WA ligo.org 14 years on Twitter 114,265 followers | 272 |
| 59. |  Sophia Gad-Nasr@Astropartigirl I do cosmology and astroparticle theory. I pick apart the Universe to figure out how it works. Science Advisor. Dark Matter hunter. 🇵🇱✡️🇪🇬☪️ She/her 🐶|Los Angeles〉+ 🐹|Irvine〉 patreon.com/Astropartigirl 12 years on Twitter 72,378 followers | 272 |
| 60. |  Risa Wechsler@RisaWechsler astrophysicist. cosmologist. maker of universes, surveyer of the skies. professor of physics @stanford, director of @kipac1. talks: bit.ly/risamovies San Francisco risawechsler.com 10 years on Twitter 11,323 followers | 271 |
| 61. |  Meg Urry@Meg_Urry Yale physics prof, likes supermassive black holes, teaching, writing, increasing participation in STEM, my family Yale University urrylab.yale.edu 10 years on Twitter 5,272 followers | 270 |
| 62. |  Mike Brown@plutokiller Astronomer, planet hunter, Pluto killer, bear whisperer, finger-wrapped dad. Dangerous secularist. He/him. Pasadena, CA mikebrown.caltech.edu 13 years on Twitter 65,413 followers | 268 |
| 63. |  John O'Meara@astronomeara Chief Scientist @keckobservatory Father, Astronomer, science policy nerd. Cosmic Origins Science Lead for #LUVOIR. Tweets are my own. (he/him) Kamuela, Hawaii 13 years on Twitter 3,698 followers | 268 |
| 64. |  David Spergel@DavidSpergel Astrophysicist at Princeton University and Flatiron Institute President, Simons Foundation. Views are my own. New York NY simonsfoundation.org/people/david-s… 8 years on Twitter 9,111 followers | 267 |
| 65. |  Maria Womack@StarzanPlanets Astrophysics, Planetary, Atmospheric, and Geospace Sciences • AAS Journals • AAS/DPS #TeamComet #PlanetaryScienceJournal • HPC & AI/ML • personal account On the river in my canoe linkedin.com/in/mariawomack 13 years on Twitter 4,965 followers | 267 |
| 66. |  Bruce Macintosh@bmac_astro Astronomer: exoplanets, instruments, astropolicy, sarcasm, geekness. Director, University of California Observatories. (Opinions my own.) He/Him. Santa Cruz, CA 4 years on Twitter 4,277 followers | 265 |
| 67. |  Dr Rachael Livermore@rclivermore Astrophysicist | Science Communicator. She/her. Videos of my public talks at bit.ly/SciTalks London, England rlivermore.com 14 years on Twitter 8,493 followers | 263 |
| 68. |  ESA Science@esascience Science @ the European Space Agency, keeping you posted on European space science activities All over the Universe! esa.int/science 12 years on Twitter 425,409 followers | 258 |
| 69. |  Dr Becky Smethurst@drbecky_ Astrophysicist researching how supermassive black holes affect galaxies (s/h). I get overly enthusiastic about space on YouTube: youtube.com/drbecky Oxford, England linktr.ee/drbecky 13 years on Twitter 42,862 followers | 257 |
| 70. |  Dr. Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer at @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, current overuser of emojis 🤷♀️. Champagneophile. PhD. (she/her) 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 nadiadrake.com 11 years on Twitter 33,254 followers | 257 |
| 71. |  Dr. Alex Parker@Alex_Parker Exploring the origin, history, and fate of our solar system and the life within it at @SETIInstitute. Founder, @astraeusocean. He/him. Bellingham, WA alexharrisonparker.com 13 years on Twitter 32,442 followers | 257 |
| 72. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Independent science journalist, correspondent for Nature, president of @SciWriRockies. witzescience-at-gmail, she/her. Born at 325 ppm CO2. Boulder, CO alexandrawitze.com 13 years on Twitter 24,639 followers | 256 |
| 73. |  Alyssa A. Goodman@AlyssaAGoodman Astronomy Professor at Harvard. President of glue solutions, inc. gluesolutions.io. Founder or Path-to.org. Views are my own. Massachusetts cfa.harvard.edu/~agoodman 13 years on Twitter 8,793 followers | 256 |
| 74. |  MC Stardust ✨@Summer_Ash 🚀I seem really confident and I talk about space.🛰 Co-founder @startorialist✨ #BlackLivesMatter #TeamRadio📡 #defectiveheartgirlproblems💔opinions=me (she/her) Socorro, NM summerash.com 12 years on Twitter 13,049 followers | 255 |
| 75. |  Prof Anna Watts@drannawatts Professor of Astrophysics @ Univ. of Amsterdam. Neutron stars (explosions, dense matter), X-ray astronomy. Mom, Migrant. Particles in stars blah blah. Amsterdam staff.fnwi.uva.nl/a.l.watts/ 8 years on Twitter 7,503 followers | 255 |
| 76. |  NASA Solar System@NASASolarSystem We are NASA's Planetary Science Division. Ride along with us as we explore the worlds of our solar system. Milky Way Galaxy solarsystem.nasa.gov 14 years on Twitter 2,366,145 followers | 253 |
| 77. |  ★ dr amanda bauer ★@astropixie Yerkes Observatory Deputy Director + Head of Science and Education. Rejuvenating the largest refracting telescope in the world. Wisconsin amandabauer.blogspot.com 14 years on Twitter 9,428 followers | 253 |
| 78. |  Dr. Laura Lopez@ohdearz Associate professor of astronomy @OSUastro/@osuccapp/@ohiostate studying the birth & death of stars with all the telescopes. She/her 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 9 years on Twitter 4,726 followers | 253 |
| 79. |  Dr Jess Wade 👩🏻🔬💉💉💉@jesswade 제시카 @imperialcollege research fellow. @500womensci + @wikipedia + chiral materials + Raman spectroscopy enthusiast. she/her. least useful doctor in my family. London, England 13 years on Twitter 56,315 followers | 252 |
| 80. |  Dan F-M@exoplaneteer (he/him) Astronomer & scientific software developer. Associate Research Scientist @FlatironCCA & Editor @JOSS_TheOJ NYC dfm.io 11 years on Twitter 4,391 followers | 251 |
| 81. |  Dr. Emily Petroff@ebpetroff Project Manager. Former Astronomer. PM in the CHIME/FRB Collaboration in Canada 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 (she/her) Dog mom to Delta the Corgi (🐶) Kitchener, ON, Canada ebpetroff.com 9 years on Twitter 11,770 followers | 247 |
| 82. |  James Davenport, PhD@jradavenport Dad, astronomer, professor, maker of data & science things. Studying stars, looking for aliens. All opinions are my own. #BlackLivesMatter he/him Seattle, WA jradavenport.github.io 10 years on Twitter 4,956 followers | 247 |
| 83. |  Sarah Ballard@hubbahubble Habitable worlds, kindness, fiction, etc. At ~75 km/s*Mpc! One half of @drssarahcare Cambridge, MA drballard.space 8 years on Twitter 3,537 followers | 247 |
| 84. |  NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover@NASAPersevere NASA Mars rover. Launch: July 30, 2020. Landing: Feb. 18, 2021. Hobbies: Photography, collecting rocks, off-roading. 🚀 Team HQ @NASAJPL Jezero Crater, Mars mars.nasa.gov/mars2020 2 years on Twitter 3,070,821 followers | 246 |
| 85. |  Jackie Faherty@jfaherty Astrophysicist at @AMNH. Enthusiast for bringing the cosmos to the public @backyardworlds #womeninscience #BDNYC #manhattanhenge #astronomy #scicomm New York, NY jackiefaherty.com 13 years on Twitter 7,302 followers | 246 |
| 86. |  Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Order books at chrishadfield.ca/books Earth chrishadfield.ca 12 years on Twitter 2,367,315 followers | 245 |
| 87. |  Rubin Observatory@VRubinObs Get ready for a new era in astronomy with Rubin Observatory! Cerro Pachon, Chile rubinobservatory.org 14 years on Twitter 13,673 followers | 245 |
| 88. |  Jonathan Fortney • Vaccinate! • #BLM@jjfplanet @ucsc Professor & Director of Other Worlds Laboratory. Planetary Astrophysics: Exoplanets & Solar System. Father, Husband, Softballer, Runner, Minnesotan. Santa Cruz, CA jfortney.sites.ucsc.edu 10 years on Twitter 5,403 followers | 242 |
| 89. |  astro-ph-leaks@LeaksPh Eavesdropping on tex-source comments in papers posted to astro-ph 3 years on Twitter 5,679 followers | 241 |
| 90. |  Johanna@johannateske She/her/hers. Astronomer, runner, feminist, vegan, Nats fan, Peloton fan. Washington, DC johannateske.squarespace.com 8 years on Twitter 3,105 followers | 241 |
| 91. |  Dr Chiara Mingarelli@Dr_CMingarelli Gravitational-wave astrophysicist. Associate Research Scientist at @FlatironCCA, Assistant Prof. at @UConn, @NANOGrav enthusiast. she/elle/lei New York, NY chiaramingarelli.com 11 years on Twitter 9,585 followers | 240 |
| 92. |  NASA Goddard@NASAGoddard Your friendly neighborhood space flight center. 👩🔬🚀 Welcome to the largest community of scientists, engineers and technologists on planet Earth. Greenbelt, MD USA nasa.gov/goddard 13 years on Twitter 885,618 followers | 239 |
| 93. |  Natalie Batalha@nbatalha Professor of Astrophysics & Director of Astrobiology, UC Santa Cruz. Silicon Valley, California 13 years on Twitter 10,447 followers | 239 |
| 94. |  Matthew Kenworthy@mattkenworthy Associate Professor of Astronomy at Leiden Observatory - exoplanet imaging and giant ring transit searches. Keen on giving public talks and outreach. He/him. Leiden, The Netherlands kenworthy.space 11 years on Twitter 4,016 followers | 237 |
| 95. |  Sarafina Nance@starstrickenSF Astrophysics PhD student & @NSF fellow @UCBerkeley. Analog astronaut. Author. BRCA+ cancer previvor. @SI_Swimsuit model. @Forbes 30u30. She/her🇪🇬 P.O.Box 457 Berkeley, CA 94701 beacons.ai/starstrickensf/ 7 years on Twitter 136,083 followers | 236 |
| 96. |  SarcasticRover@SarcasticRover Doing a science on the red planet. Not @MarsCuriosity. Portrait by @badportraits. Written by @jfiliatrault. 4th Rock From the Sun 10 years on Twitter 894,999 followers | 235 |
| 97. |  Shit Academics Say@AcademicsSay A social experiment | @prof_nch chronicle.com/article/Academ… 9 years on Twitter 366,129 followers | 235 |
| 98. |  Dr Pamela L Gay@starstryder Come for the science, stay for the typos. All opinions & ideas are my own. Patreon.com/starstryder Edwardsville, IL starstryder.com 14 years on Twitter 46,086 followers | 235 |
| 99. |  Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her/hers)@astraughnomer Black Lives Matter. @nasa Astrophysicist for #JWST From Arkansas. Hiker, yogini, Great Dane mom, pilot, @PearlJam superfan #FirstGen Personal account - my views Lukin's linktr.ee/astraughnomer 11 years on Twitter 22,476 followers | 235 |
| 100. |  Benjamin Pope@fringetracker Astronomer - he/him Meanjin benjaminpope.github.io 9 years on Twitter 3,569 followers | 235 |
| 101. |  NASA's Juno Mission@NASAJuno Exploring Jupiter. Follow @nasasolarsystem for the latest updates. missionjuno.swri.edu | nasa.gov/juno Jupiter 12 years on Twitter until last tweet (2021-Feb-25) 754,401 followers | 234 |
| 102. |  Sara Seager@ProfSaraSeager Prof. Seager is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist at MIT. A pioneer in the vast world of exoplanets, she's on a quest for the holy grail: another Earth. Cambridge, MA seagerexoplanets.mit.edu 11 years on Twitter 14,591 followers | 234 |
| 103. |  Samaya Nissanke (she/her) 💙@samayanissanke Astrophysicist, gravitational waves, black holes and neutron stars, working mum, spokesperson & associate prof @GRAPPAInstitute @UvA_Amsterdam, opinions my own Amsterdam, the Netherlands 8 years on Twitter 3,769 followers | 234 |
| 104. |  Royal Astronomical Society@RoyalAstroSoc We encourage and promote astronomy, solar system science, and geophysics in the UK and worldwide. Burlington House, London ras.ac.uk 12 years on Twitter 52,646 followers | 233 |
| 105. |  Planetary Society@exploreplanets Find your place in space. Become a member today at planetary.org Pasadena, CA planetary.org 12 years on Twitter 258,310 followers | 232 |
| 106. |  Catherine Q.@CatherineQ Astrophysicist, science communicator, over-thinker. @AucklandUni @AucklandSpace space person. Dogs rule. Autoimmune disease. 🇳🇿🇺🇸 Auckland, New Zealand 13 years on Twitter 40,913 followers | 230 |
| 107. |  American Astronomical Society (AAS)@AAS_Office Mission of the AAS is to enhance & share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe as a diverse & inclusive astronomical community. Tweet≠endorsement Washington, DC, USA aas.org 11 years on Twitter 11,329 followers | 230 |
| 108. |  P(David|Kipping) ∝ P(Kipping|David) P(David)@david_kipping Exoplanets & Exomoons, Cool Worlds Lab, Columbia University. Be kind to one another. Manhattan, NY coolworldslab.com 13 years on Twitter 10,348 followers | 230 |
| 109. |  Meg Schwamb@megschwamb Planetary scientist & astronomer at Queen’s University Belfast: KBOs, Planet Four(Mars), MBCs(Comet Hunters),LSST SSSC co-chair. Opinions tweeted are my own Belfast, UK megschwamb.com 12 years on Twitter 5,981 followers | 230 |
| 110. |  STARtorialist (Emily)@startorialist Science + Fashion shop & blog co-founded by professional astronomers @emilylurice & @Summer_Ash, 🚀 w/ COO @debkovalsky & CFO @kellecruz Tweets by CEO Emily ✨ The Universe shop.startorialist.com 8 years on Twitter 5,738 followers | 229 |
| 111. |  Bill Nye@BillNye Science Guy and CEO of @exploreplanets. Check out my new show 'The End is Nye' on @Peacock. Los Angeles, CA masterclass.com/billnye 13 years on Twitter 6,079,397 followers | 227 |
| 112. |  Rose DF@Rose_D_Luna Moon gazing Caribeña 🇩🇴 | She/Ella. https://t.co/fUvV2uhHaj Opinions are my own. Manhattan, NY rosedf.space 8 years on Twitter 52,187 followers | 225 |
| 113. |  nature@Nature Research, News, and Commentary from Nature, the international journal of science. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: go.nature.com/naturebriefing Worldwide nature.com 14 years on Twitter 2,414,606 followers | 224 |
| 114. |  Dr. Mia de los Reyes@MiaDoesAstro Astronomy postdoc / Stanford Science Fellow. She/her/hers, Filipina-American, rock climber, aerialist, avid eater of baked goods. Views my own. Palo Alto, CA mdlreyes.github.io 5 years on Twitter 11,996 followers | 224 |
| 115. |  Adam Burgasser@browndwarfs astrophysicist, professor, and preferably in the water. on a plane, or San Diego pono.ucsd.edu/~adam 12 years on Twitter 2,324 followers | 224 |
| 116. |  Dr. Anna Hughes@AnnaGHughes astrophysics PhD working in quantum computing | here for nerd stuff & jokes Vancouver 5 years on Twitter 39,179 followers | 223 |
| 117. |  ESA Gaia@ESAGaia Science with 1 billion objects in three dimensions ESA cosmos.esa.int/gaia 13 years on Twitter 30,448 followers | 223 |
| 118. |  Karin Sandstrom@karinsandstrom Astronomer. Associate Professor at UC San Diego. Lover of coffee, interstellar dust, California, nerdy stuff. she/her San Diego, CA karinsandstrom.github.io 13 years on Twitter 3,315 followers | 223 |
| 119. |  Kamala Harris@KamalaHarris Fighting for the people. Wife, Momala, Auntie. She/her. Official account is @VP. Washington, DC joebiden.com 13 years on Twitter 20,105,228 followers | 222 |
| 120. |  iamstarnerd@iamstarnord he/him • On a ship. • On a tramline. • Feeling the churn. • Director of https://t.co/9dpWNdMLji on it. iamstarnord.com 12 years on Twitter 3,819 followers | 222 |
| 121. |  Joe Biden@JoeBiden Husband to @DrBiden, proud father and grandfather. Ready to build back better for all Americans. Official account is @POTUS. Washington, DC joebiden.com 15 years on Twitter 35,848,599 followers | 221 |
| 122. |  RealScientists | looking for volunteers@realscientists Real science from real scientists, writers, communicators, artists & clinicians. We're currently looking for volunteers - link pinned, get in touch! Melbourne, Australia medium.com/@realscientists 9 years on Twitter 90,633 followers | 221 |
| 123. |  Jason Wright@Astro_Wright Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State. Son, husband, father, scientist, teacher, student, human, Earthling. Mostly posting astronomy. Mostly. State College, PA, USA sites.psu.edu/astrowright/ 10 years on Twitter 8,120 followers | 221 |
| 124. |  Peter Edmonds@PeterDEdmonds Work in astronomy publicity after surviving an astrophysics PhD & postdocs. Interested in #science & #scicomm. Opinions are mine & RTs aren't endorsements. peterdedmonds.blogspot.com 10 years on Twitter 4,023 followers | 221 |
| 125. |  Eric Mamajek 🇺🇸🇺🇦@EricMamajek Star & exoplanet whisperer, space yinzer, Mamachecker of things. Statements & opinions my own. Pittsburgh Penguins & Steelers fan. DC Statehood 11 years on Twitter 3,493 followers | 221 |
| 126. |  Peter Gao@PlanetaryGao Staff Scientist @ Carnegie EPL. Planetary and exoplanet atmospheres. He/Him/His. Black Lives Matter. Trekkie. Opinions are my own. 8 years on Twitter 7,402 followers | 220 |
| 127. |  Dr. Elisabeth Newton@EllieInSpace Astronomer, educator and assistant professor @Dartmouth College. Also a climber, baker, crafter & @astrobites co-founder. She/her. Hanover, NH dartmouth.edu/~ernewton 11 years on Twitter 3,044 followers | 220 |
| 128. |  Prof. G not at #DragonCon anymore but my ❤️ is@NoisyAstronomer A physics professor who loves education, astronomy, dogs, books, weights, and good trouble. She/they Tweets mine; RT/like≠endorse New Hampshire, USA 14 years on Twitter 21,189 followers | 219 |
| 129. |  Lee Billings@LeeBillings Science journalist covering space and physics for @sciam. Author of Five Billion Years of Solitude, a book on the search for alien Earths. Opinions are my own. New York City leebillings.com 13 years on Twitter 9,585 followers | 219 |
| 130. |  Elizabeth Tasker@girlandkat UK astrophysicist working at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Author of 'The Planet Factory' and writer for @nexssmanyworlds (views are my own~) Japan about.me/elizabethtasker 10 years on Twitter 8,319 followers | 219 |
| 131. |  SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)@adsabs A digital library portal of over 16 million records in astronomy & physics, operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | s.si.edu/legal ui.adsabs.harvard.edu 11 years on Twitter 4,966 followers | 219 |
| 132. |  Dr Michelle Collins@michelle_lmc Astrophysicist working on Local Group galaxies. Soft spot for Andromeda. Keen runner. All views my own. RT != endorsement. She/her Guildford, England therunningastronomer.com 13 years on Twitter 3,849 followers | 219 |
| 133. |  The SETI Institute@SETIInstitute Our mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and share that knowledge. Mountain View, CA seti.org 13 years on Twitter 732,253 followers | 218 |
| 134. |  sanjana curtis!@sanjanacurtis astrophysicist | chasing supernovae, kilonovae and the origin of elements | here for jokes and scicomm | postdoc @uchicago | she/her | #BiInSci 🏳️🌈 Chicago, IL 6 years on Twitter 38,666 followers | 218 |
| 135. |  Priyamvada Natarajan@SheerPriya @Yale astrophysicist, works on exotica in the universe: dark matter, black holes; Author: Mapping the Heavens • https://t.co/DuzePWpq2N New Haven, CT amazon.com/gp/aw/d/030020… 6 years on Twitter 15,292 followers | 218 |
| 136. |  President Biden@POTUS 46th President of the United States, husband to @FLOTUS, proud dad & pop. Tweets may be archived: whitehouse.gov/privacy Text me: (302) 404-0880 WhiteHouse.gov 1 year on Twitter 25,609,450 followers | 217 |
| 137. |  Dr James O'Donoghue@physicsJ Planetary scientist, science communicator and amateur animator 🪐. Previously @NASA, now @JAXA_en. Next: applying for UK positions! Tokyo-ish youtube.com/c/Interplaneta… 11 years on Twitter 189,210 followers | 217 |
| 138. |  Thomas Zurbuchen@Dr_ThomasZ Associate Administrator, @NASA Science Mission Directorate Washington, DC science.nasa.gov 11 years on Twitter 98,094 followers | 217 |
| 139. |  Hannah Wakeford@StellarPlanet She/Her | Exoplanet scientist | Lecturer @BristolUniPhys |@exo_cast podcaster | Co-author of Bang!! |@STARGATE_collab EC member| @BSACDIVER | opinions = my own Bristol, UK stellarplanet.org 11 years on Twitter 4,953 followers | 217 |
| 140. |  Alberto Conti@albertoconti Astrophysicist - Tweets are my own, at least in this multiverse. he/him --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_C… Colorado, USA en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_C… 14 years on Twitter 3,932 followers | 217 |
| 141. |  Caprice Phillips@CapricePhillips @OSUAstro PhD Candidate|Visiting Scientist @AMNH|brown dwarfs & exoplanets|👩🏾💻🔭@BlackInAstro VP|plan(e)t mom 🪴/🪐|she/her/hers capricephillips.github.io 10 years on Twitter 9,174 followers | 216 |
| 142. |  Elon Musk@elonmusk 13 years on Twitter 106,503,168 followers | 215 |
| 143. |  Dr. Anna Frebel@annafrebel Astronomer & stellar archaeologist searching for the oldest stars in the universe (yes, they are 12-13 billion yrs old!); also professor at MIT & author Cambridge, MA, USA 9 years on Twitter 13,726 followers | 215 |
| 144. |  Meredith Rawls@merrdiff Astronomer & data management for @VRubinObs. Also: mom, violist, scicommer, bike commuter, Episcopalian. Keep looking up, it's not *all* satellites. She/her. Seattle, WA staff.washington.edu/mrawls 12 years on Twitter 5,973 followers | 215 |
| 145. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. #scicomm #womeninSTEM she/her 🇨🇦🇺🇸 West Coast about.me/mikamckinnon 13 years on Twitter 69,591 followers | 214 |
| 146. |  Astro Union@IAU_org Founded in 1919, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) promotes and safeguards the science of astronomy through international cooperation. iau.org 8 years on Twitter 17,461 followers | 214 |
| 147. |  Dr. Abbie 💖💜💙@abigailStev Art + STEM outreach💡 astronomer🔭 science literacy👩🏻💻 data sci🐍 mental health🧠 #BiinSci🏳️🌈 knitter🧶 [email protected]🦣tweets≠employer. She/her. Anishinaabeg/Odawa land abigailstevens.com 11 years on Twitter 3,750 followers | 213 |
| 148. |  Adrian Price-Whelan@adrianprw Assc. Research Scientist @FlatironCCA; Asst. Director of Scientific Software @simonsfdn; @astropy; music; adrian.pw (he/him). Black Lives Matter. new york, ny adrian.pw 11 years on Twitter 3,342 followers | 213 |
| 149. |  Ruth Angus@ruthangus Curator & Prof. of Astrophysics @AMNH & @FlatironCCA (she/her). I study stars, planets, and the Milky Way. Views my own. New York, NY ruthangus.github.io 11 years on Twitter 2,512 followers | 213 |
| 150. |  CERN@CERN #CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest particle physics lab, home of the #LHC. French: @CERN_FR Geneva home.cern 14 years on Twitter 2,610,786 followers | 212 |
| 151. |  HUBBLE@HUBBLE_space Official @ESA feed for #Hubble Space Telescope — the space-based observatory which has revolutionised modern astronomy. #BFFinSpace with @ESA_Webb space esahubble.org 12 years on Twitter 862,751 followers | 212 |
| 152. |  Ed Yong@edyong209 Science writer at The Atlantic. Many words; some awards. Author of AN IMMENSE WORLD. Married to Liz Neeley. Parent to Typo. edyong.me (he/him) At home theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ 13 years on Twitter 402,898 followers | 211 |
| 153. |  Jason Major@JPMajor Sharing awesome space news and amazing views of our fascinating Universe. Warwick, RI lightsinthedark.com 12 years on Twitter 61,224 followers | 211 |
| 154. |  James Tuttle Keane@jtuttlekeane planetary scientist 🪐 JPL 🚀 science illustrator 🎨 trekkie 🖖 dog dad 🐶 married to @dearestantoine 💖 Pasadena 🌹views are my own 🏳️🌈 he/him Pasadena, CA jamestuttlekeane.com 8 years on Twitter 9,972 followers | 211 |
| 155. |  NASA New Horizons@NASANewHorizons After exploring Pluto & its moons in July 2015 the New Horizons spacecraft encountered Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth on Jan 1 2019, the farthest flyby in history. Solar System nasa.gov/mission_pages/… 8 years on Twitter 396,115 followers | 210 |
| 156. |  Shannon (we're already in space) Stirone 💀@shannonmstirone Writer. Mars is a hellhole. In the @NYTimes @TheAtlantic @Longreads @washingtonpost @PopSci @Wired @Esquire, & others. Opinions are mine. she/her New York City shannonstirone.com 8 years on Twitter 42,657 followers | 210 |
| 157. |  Mark McCaughrean@markmccaughrean Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration @esa / JWST Science Working Group Interdisciplinary Scientist / Co-founder @spacerockslive / Opinions very much own Wassenaar, The Netherlands markmccaughrean.net 7 years on Twitter 15,095 followers | 209 |
| 158. |  Juan Carlos Munoz@astro_jcm Astronomer • @ESO Media Officer • Won't shut up about space • #scicomm • he/him • Astrophotography: https://t.co/H9MIPL4Y0g Munich eso.org/~jmunoz 5 years on Twitter 7,700 followers | 209 |
| 159. |  Erin M. May, PhD@_astronomay Astrophysicist | Exoplanet Atmospheres 🪐🔭| Habitable Zone =/= Habitable! | books/yarn/cats | she/her, tweets my own https://t.co/rqgzyrDExI On a less than 2R_Earth planet ErinMMay.com 10 years on Twitter 9,251 followers | 208 |
| 160. |  Mark Marley@astromarkmarley Personal account. Prof., Dept. Head & Director, Dept. of Planetary Sciences & LPL, Univ. of Ariz. Bringing Planetary Science to Exoplanets & BDs since 1996. Tucson, Arizona lpl.arizona.edu/faculty/mark-m… 12 years on Twitter 5,131 followers | 208 |
| 161. |  Geert Barentsen@GeertHub Astronomer in foggy San Francisco. 🔭🌁 Loves stars, planets, bicycles, mountains, and vegan waffles. ✨🪐🚲🏔🧇 San Francisco, CA geert.io 13 years on Twitter 3,824 followers | 208 |
| 162. |  JC Holbrook@astroholbrook Astrophysicist, Cultural Astronomer, Filmmaker. Black Suns vimeo.com/ondemand/black… TV The Science Tourists: y2u.be/KNjrP9IuAAE. Edinburgh, UK uwcastro.org/our_team/holbr… 13 years on Twitter 4,369 followers | 207 |
| 163. |  Robert McNees@mcnees Professor, physicist. Black holes, quantum gravity, cosmology. Rocky Top. Tar Heel. RTs are spooky action at a distance. Opinions mine, not employer's. He/him. Chicago, z=0 jacobi.luc.edu 14 years on Twitter 26,851 followers | 206 |
| 164. |  Prof. Lisa Harvey-Smith@lisaharveysmith Astrophysicist, Australian Government @WomenInSTEMau Ambassador, ABC Stargazing Live. @FutureYouOz, Author. Books: lisaharveysmith.com Australia lisaharveysmith.com 10 years on Twitter 25,551 followers | 206 |
| 165. |  TrueSciPhi / Kelly Truelove@TrueSciPhi Science, philosophy, & mathematics podcast and Twitter lists at TrueSciPhi.org, by Kelly Truelove (he/him, physics PhD). Images: TrueSciPhi.art. Austin, Texas TrueSciPhi.org 7 years on Twitter 10,224 followers | 206 |
| 166. |  Yvette Cendes@whereisyvette Hungarian-American radio astronomer @CenterforAstro, alias /u/Andromeda321. Only person who's been to Everest Base Camp AND punched by a wild mountain gorilla New England yvettecendes.com 12 years on Twitter 17,716 followers | 205 |
| 167. |  Dianna Cowern@thephysicsgirl Science Video Creator ⥊ MIT Physics grad https://t.co/wlVq9lURTE Plz respond to tweets w bad puns 8000 pc from Sagittarius A* patreon.com/physicsgirl 10 years on Twitter 176,168 followers | 204 |
| 168. |  Dr. Jennifer L. Hoffman 💉😷✨@astroprofhoff Astronomer, alto, auntie, ailurophile. She/her. University of Denver, @Chamberlin_Obs Denver, CO grammai.org/jhoffman/ 8 years on Twitter 3,696 followers | 204 |
| 169. |  NewHorizons2015@NewHorizons2015 The First Space Mission to Explore Planet Pluto--Ride Along Via Principal Investigator Alan Stern's Private New Horizons Twitter Feed. Follow Stern @AlanStern Deeeeep Space 14 years on Twitter 290,307 followers | 203 |
| 170. |  John Asher Johnson@astrojohnjohn Sayer of words, typist of things, one who professes professionally, figurer of things out, player of basketball, abuser of language. Views expressed r mine Cambridge, MA 9 years on Twitter 2,450 followers | 203 |
| 171. |  ESA Rosetta Mission@ESA_Rosetta ESA spacecraft that studied Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko & sent @philae2014 to its surface. Mission completed 30 Sep 2016. Follow @esascience for latest news rosetta.esa.int 5 years on Twitter until last tweet (2016-Sep-30) 429,820 followers | 200 |
| 172. |  PHD Comics@PHDcomics Life (or the lack thereof) in Academia. Comic strip by Jorge Cham. Instagram.com/phd_comics phdcomics.com 14 years on Twitter 333,743 followers | 200 |
| 173. |  James Bullock@jbprime Dean @UCIPhysSci - Professor @UCIPhysAstro - Astrophysicist Cosmologist - Fan of @UCImath @UCIchemistry @UCIESS @UCIrvine - Mumbler on @ScienceChannel #HTUW Irvine, California, USA physics.uci.edu/~bullock/ 13 years on Twitter 6,041 followers | 200 |
| 174. |  Caroline Morley@AstroCaroline Assistant Prof at UT Austin, modeler of substellar atmospheres Austin, TX carolinemorley.com 9 years on Twitter 3,119 followers | 200 |
| 175. |  Dr. Buzz Aldrin@TheRealBuzz Apollo XI Astronaut & Moonwalker; Gemini 12; West Point; USAF Col, Korean War Vet; MIT ScD.; Human SpaceFlight Inst Founder. Advancing concepts to reach Mars. buzzaldrin.com 13 years on Twitter 1,567,305 followers | 199 |
| 176. |  Dra. Nicole 🏳️🌈@jazztronomy Astrophysicist turned social impact entrepreneur | CEO of Movement Consulting (@moveboldly) | She/They/Ella | #LatinaInSTEM | I have the best ideas Catlanta dranicole.com 7 years on Twitter 3,671 followers | 199 |
| 177. |  Greta Thunberg@GretaThunberg Climate- and environmental activist with Asperger’s Born at 375 ppm Sverige fridaysforfuture.org 4 years on Twitter 5,052,903 followers | 196 |
| 178. |  Brant Robertson@brant_robertson Proud father of triplets. Theoretical astrophysicist, @ucsc. Exploring the distant universe with @NASAWebb. Prev. @UW, @Harvard, @UChicago, @Caltech, @the_IAS. Santa Cruz, CA robertson.sites.ucsc.edu 10 years on Twitter 2,978 followers | 196 |
| 179. |  National Radio Astronomy Observatory | NRAO@TheNRAO The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation. Social media policy: bit.ly/2qNhpB3 Charlottesville, VA nrao.edu 13 years on Twitter 41,744 followers | 195 |
| 180. |  Prof. Brian Keating@DrBrianKeating Teaching science with animations & dad jokes • Chancellor’s Professor @UCSanDiego • Scientist @SimonsObs • 3x Bestselling Author• Host @Into_Impossible Podcast San Diego, CA BrianKeating.com 11 years on Twitter 23,430 followers | 195 |
| 181. |  Dr. Carl E. Fields💥@carlnotsagan Computational astrophysicist simulating stellar explosions. RPF Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow @LosAlamosNatLab. #Forbes30u30, Science 2021. He/Him. Santa Fe, NM carlnotsagan.com 8 years on Twitter 10,086 followers | 195 |
| 182. |  Josh Peek@jegpeek Associate Astronomer and Head of Data Science at @stsci. Principal Investigator @MAST_News. Research Scientist at @JHU. Occasional tweets all my own. Baltimore jegpeek.space 13 years on Twitter 1,647 followers | 195 |
| 183. |  Philae Lander@Philae2014 On 12 November 2014 I landed on comet #67P as part of @ESA_Rosetta. I am operated by @DLR_en's Lander Control Center LCC in Cologne. Interplanetary Space dlr.de/en/rosetta 11 years on Twitter 351,818 followers | 194 |
| 184. |  XKCD Comic@xkcdComic XKCD comic feed with images and mobile friendly links. Unofficial, feed run by @dghubble and @poseidonlabs xkcd.com 8 years on Twitter 395,514 followers | 193 |
| 185. |  Sloan Digital Sky Surveys@sdssurveys Tweeting about mapping the Universe @APOGEEsurvey @eBOSSurvey @MaNGASurvey Apache Point Observatory. sdss.org 9 years on Twitter 7,638 followers | 193 |
| 186. |  International Space Station@Space_Station NASA's page for updates from the International Space Station, the world-class lab orbiting Earth 250 miles above. For the latest research, follow @ISS_Research. Low Earth Orbit nasa.gov/station 9 years on Twitter 7,045,109 followers | 192 |
| 187. |  Scientific American@sciam Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world. New York City scientificamerican.com 14 years on Twitter 4,145,274 followers | 191 |
| 188. |  Science Magazine@ScienceMagazine The world's leading outlet for cutting-edge research in all areas of science. Follow @NewsfromScience for stories from our news team. Washington, DC & Cambridge, UK science.org 13 years on Twitter 3,012,026 followers | 191 |
| 189. |  Alan Stern@AlanStern Planetary Scientist.Suborbital Astronaut . Pilot. Author. Speaker. Dad. Optimist.Not necessarily in that order. Follow my New Horizons Twitter @NewHorizons2015. Niwot, CO alanstern.space 14 years on Twitter 43,522 followers | 191 |
| 190. |  BlackPhysicists@BlackPhysicists Arlington, VA and Worldwide 13 years on Twitter 27,310 followers | 191 |
| 191. |  Peter Coles 🇮🇪🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@telescoper Theoretical astrophysicist specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it (e.g. jazz, opera, poetry, crosswords). Editor-in-chief @OJ_Astro. He/him/his. Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland telescoper.wordpress.com 12 years on Twitter 6,993 followers | 191 |
| 192. |  Black In Astro@BlackInAstro Celebrating and amplifying the Black experience in space-related fields. Founder: @That_Astro_Chic, EST. 2020 ✉️ [email protected] Worldwide linktr.ee/blackinastro 2 years on Twitter 5,855 followers | 191 |
| 193. |  Astropy@astropy This is the official twitter account for the Astropy project. Earth astropy.org 11 years on Twitter 4,672 followers | 191 |
| 194. |  Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz@astroenrico living in a plastic universe full of wondrous chance | astrophysicist | stellar mortician | equity and diversity advocate | ted | [email protected] | he/him |🇲🇽 t.ted.com/ktUidmR 2 years on Twitter 1,973 followers | 191 |
| 195. |  Hubble Space Telescope@HubbleTelescope News from the Hubble Space Telescope operated by the Space Telescope Science Institute (@spacetelescope, @stsci) in partnership with NASA. hubblesite.org/news 14 years on Twitter 323,009 followers | 190 |
| 196. |  Matthew R Francis@DrMRFrancis Science writer, physicist, wearer of jaunty hats. Toss a coin to your freelancer. Profile portrait by @sciencecomic , banner by @wrycritic . He/him. bowlerhatscience.org 12 years on Twitter 29,975 followers | 190 |
| 197. |  Dr. Arianna Long@astroarianna @NASA Hubble Fellow @UTAstronomy | Chief Program Officer @VanguardSTEM | PhD @UCIPhysAstro | #BlackinAstro #BLACKandSTEM | she/her ariannalong.space 13 years on Twitter 5,463 followers | 190 |
| 198. |  Chandra Observatory@chandraxray Chandra's ongoing mission is to study the X-ray Universe. Operated for NASA by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Legal: s.si.edu/legal In orbit chandra.si.edu 14 years on Twitter 368,464 followers | 189 |
| 199. |  Leo C. Stein 🦁@duetosymmetry Physics Prof @ U of MS. Black holes, gravitational waves, general relativity & beyond. Formerly @Caltech @MIT @Cornell. Need thin pizza + fruity coffee. He/him Oxford, MS duetosymmetry.com 13 years on Twitter 11,435 followers | 188 |
| 200. |  Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell Opening minds @openmind_mag. Supporting literacy @sci_project. Unfolding research @AmSciMag. Casting pods with @BillNye. Writing all around. Brooklyn, NY openmindmag.org 13 years on Twitter 85,311 followers | 187 |
| 201. |  Space Telescope Live@spacetelelive What is @HubbleTelescope looking at? –Reference images from @STScI Digitized Sky Survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 13 (not actual Hubble images) Low Earth Orbit spacetelescopelive.org 6 years on Twitter 39,211 followers | 187 |
| 202. |  Dr Claudia Antolini 🌌🚀#BLM she/her 🐯@CA_AstroComm #Scicomm | astronomer | space wizard | demisexual | #STEMinist | @BIGchats vice chair | #mentalhealth | immigrant | @tigerinstemm 🇮🇹🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (own views) United Kingdom 4 years on Twitter 24,509 followers | 187 |
| 203. |  Alan Duffy@astroduff Professor in Astrophysics and Director of Space Technology and Industry Institute at @Swinburne Melbourne alanrduffy.com 10 years on Twitter 21,290 followers | 187 |
| 204. |  Thomas Robitaille 🇪🇺@astrofrog Scientific software developer, lead developer of Glue, co-ordinator for the Astropy project, open development advocate. United Kingdom thomasrobitaille.com 13 years on Twitter 2,688 followers | 187 |
| 205. |  Erik Tollerud@eteq Astrophysicist, Python coder, and general lover of nature in all its forms. Tweets are my own. He/him/his. Baltimore, MD stsci.edu/~etollerud 13 years on Twitter 2,679 followers | 187 |
| 206. |  NASA_TESS@NASA_TESS We've moved! Please follow us @NASAExoplanets & @NASAUniverse for the latest on NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). nasa.gov/tess-transitin… 6 years on Twitter until last tweet (2020-Jan-31) 52,323 followers | 186 |
| 207. |  Bobak Ferdowsi@tweetsoutloud He / him. Space exploration fan | Works at NASA JPL | Wears a mask | Black Lives Matter | Opinions are mine | polka dots forever Pasadena, CA instagram.com/tweetsoutloud 13 years on Twitter 135,364 followers | 185 |
| 208. |  Vice President Kamala Harris@VP Vice President of the United States. Wife to the first @SecondGentleman. Momala. Auntie. Fighting for the people. whitehouse.gov 5 years on Twitter 13,608,153 followers | 184 |
| 209. |  National Science Foundation@NSF Explore #NSFfunded research that is transforming the world. / Social media policy: bit.ly/smpnsf Alexandria, VA nsf.gov 14 years on Twitter 1,258,523 followers | 184 |
| 210. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal 🎥Emmy-Nominated Host Emily's Wonder Lab / XplorationOuterSpace ✍🏻Reach for the Stars/Ada Lace/Stay Curious & Keep Exploring 💡WVU/MIT from WV, she/her amzn.to/3Ha4myR 13 years on Twitter 124,609 followers | 183 |
| 211. |  Jill Tarter@jilltarter Earthling, chief cheerleader for SETI, setiQuest, and the Allen Telescope Array Jack's wife - Shana's mom - Li Yao and Clara's grandma Earth in the Cosmos setistars.org 11 years on Twitter until last tweet (2021-Feb-16) 6,501 followers | 183 |
| 212. |  Marc Kuchner@marckuchner Astrophysicist, Author, Songwriter. Citizen Science Officer @NASA. Tweets are my own. Greenbelt, MD marketingforscientists.com 13 years on Twitter 5,688 followers | 183 |
| 213. |  Kirsten Banks@AstroKirsten Wiradjuri Astrophysicist 🌌 Science Communicator 🚀 Doctor of TikTokery🤳 PhD Candidate 📚 Boring Machine 😂 Boss Lady of Science 🔬 @IndigenousLF Ambassador 📖 Gadigal Land (Sydney, NSW) astrokirsten.com.au/linkinbio 5 years on Twitter 41,364 followers | 182 |
| 214. |  Franck Marchis@AllPlanets Planetary astronomer at the SETI Institute, CSO at Unistellar, husband, dad & crossfit athlete balancing his life. Tweet about space, our planet & human rights. San Francisco franckmarchis.com 12 years on Twitter 7,472 followers | 182 |
| 215. |  Hugh Osborn@exohugh Hunting exoplanets with @NASA_TESS & @ESA_CHEOPS. Occasional science blogger/podcaster (for @exo_cast). Expert procrastinator. 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺|🇫🇷🇨🇭🇺🇸|🌍 Cambridge, MA, USA hughosborn.co.uk 13 years on Twitter 3,201 followers | 182 |
| 216. |  Dustin Lang@dstndstn Astronomer/IT staff at @Perimeter. Farm-raised left-handed vegetarian Canadian socialist. Tweets often astronomical/computational/scatological. he/Dr Waterloo, Canada dstn.astrometry.net 8 years on Twitter 2,101 followers | 182 |
| 217. |  Eric Agol@AgolEric Astronomer, astrophysicist, professor. He/him. 9 years on Twitter 1,688 followers | 182 |
| 218. |  New Scientist@newscientist The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters. Worldwide newscientist.com 13 years on Twitter 4,237,839 followers | 180 |
| 219. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News. Lifelong astronomy nerd. Queer Jewish mom. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Not Quite Boston, MA sciencenews.org/author/lisa-gr… 13 years on Twitter 9,876 followers | 180 |
| 220. |  Dr Emma Chapman@DrEOChapman Author of ‘First Light’, astrophysicist @UniofNottingham, radio astronomer, @royalsociety research fellow. Anti-harassment and equalities campaigner. Nottingham, England dremmachapman.wordpress.com 5 years on Twitter 7,526 followers | 180 |
| 221. |  Universe Today@universetoday Universe Today - universetoday.com, a website about space and astronomy. Tweets are probably coming from @fcain Courtenay, British Columbia universetoday.com 13 years on Twitter 312,493 followers | 179 |
| 222. |  Dr. Phil Metzger@DrPhiltill Planetary scientist at @UCF. CoFounder NASA KSC SwampWorks. Space Mining. Space Settlement. Science. Instagram @drphiltill Orlando, FL philipmetzger.com 9 years on Twitter 86,732 followers | 179 |
| 223. |  David Grinspoon@DrFunkySpoon Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. 👽🚀🎸🎵🌎❤️ Biosphere One funkyscience.net 11 years on Twitter 31,290 followers | 179 |
| 224. |  J@astrocrash Scientist and engineer. Star destroyer. Also maps. Maintain the Open Astronomy Catalogs (astrocats.space, @AstroCatalogs). San Diego, CA 13 years on Twitter 2,275 followers | 179 |
| 225. |  Dr. Mae Jemison@maejemison 1st woman of color in space, Astronaut, Physician, Engineer, Educator, Futurist, Leader 100 YearStarship, Area Peace Corps Medical Officer. Don't doubt, dare! Houston, Texas drmae.com 12 years on Twitter 56,579 followers | 178 |
| 226. |  Mike Boylan-Kolchin@MBKplus Astronomy professor @UTAustin working on theoretical astrophysics and cosmology. Proud father. Views expressed here are mine. Austin, TX as.utexas.edu/~mbk/ 9 years on Twitter 4,890 followers | 178 |
| 227. |  Laura Kreidberg@lkreidberg Exoplanets 🌐, atmospheres 🌩️, aliens 👽| Director of the APEx Department at the MPIA | she/her Heidelberg, Germany mpia.de/en/apex 7 years on Twitter 3,345 followers | 178 |
| 228. |  Joss Bland-Hawthorn@JossBlandHawtho All things novel, beautiful, poetical, historical, astrophysical, mathematical, technological. Sydney, Australia physics.usyd.edu.au/~jbh/ 8 years on Twitter 2,849 followers | 178 |
| 229. |  ESA Operations@esaoperations From Earth orbit to deep space: sharing the excitement of realtime mission operations at the European Space Agency #WhereMissionsComeAlive 🛰🕹️ #SpaceSafety Darmstadt, Germany esa.int/operations 13 years on Twitter 333,428 followers | 177 |
| 230. |  The Emancipation of Keke@keshawnrants KeShawn Ivory, astrophysics phd student. keep the hateration/holleration out this dancery. he/they Nashville, TN youtube.com/channel/UCdZSk… 11 years on Twitter 13,315 followers | 177 |
| 231. |  Overheard On Astroph@OverheardOnAph Eavesdropping on tex-source comments in papers posted to astro-ph Under 1 year on Twitter until last tweet (2014-Oct-21) 2,264 followers | 177 |
| 232. |  Prof Ferah Munshi@fdmtweets Assistant Prof at GMU; she/hers; see @theNBodyShop for collaboration updates. constraining DM with cosmological sims. tweets/likes my own. nhn.ou.edu/~munshi/reborn/ 11 years on Twitter 2,064 followers | 177 |
| 233. |  Dr. Eileen Gonzales@EGonzales788 51 Peg b fellow @CornellAstro | @BlackInPhysics co-founder | @GC_CUNY Physics Ph.D. | Brown Dwarf Atmospheres | #BlackandSTEM | #LatinaInSTEM | Lindy hopper Ithaca, NY ecgonzales.github.io 7 years on Twitter 2,494 followers | 176 |
| 234. |  Sarah Jane Schmidt@sjs917 Ex-astronomer turned data scientist. Feminist, hobby hopper, and video/board gamer. She/her/hers. #biInSTEM #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights Berlin, Germany sarahjaneschmidt.com 10 years on Twitter 1,544 followers | 176 |
| 235. |  NASA Voyager@NASAVoyager The official account for NASA’s twin Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft, the longest operating spacecraft in deep space. 🛰 Mission team headquartered at @NASAJPL Interstellar space voyager.jpl.nasa.gov 12 years on Twitter 816,150 followers | 175 |
| 236. |  Dr. Heloise Stevance@Sydonahi computational astrophysicist, educator, occasionally French Pale blue dot hfstevance.com 10 years on Twitter 22,559 followers | 175 |
| 237. |  Dr. Haley Wahl@hwahl16 Science writer @MITLL | Newly-minted physics PhD | Pulsar fan ⭐️ | Golden retriever mom 🐕| Jigsaw puzzler 🧩, cream puff enthusiast, @astrobites alum | She/her haleymwahl.wixsite.com/hwahl 11 years on Twitter 9,397 followers | 175 |
| 238. |  Jo Dunkley@j_dunkley Professor of Physics and Astrophysics at Princeton. Author of Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide. She/her. Princeton, NJ jodunkley.com 10 years on Twitter 4,613 followers | 175 |
| 239. |  Alysa Obertas@AstroAlysa Queer & disabled astronomer @uoftastro & @CITA_ICAT. Dynamics, planets, & ballet. Tweets reflect opinions of Sailor Galaxia, not my employer. She/her 👩🔬💃 Toronto, Ontario uoft.me/alysa 7 years on Twitter 3,878 followers | 175 |
| 240. |  Tom Barclay@mrtommyb PhD astrophysicist at NASA GSFC | UMBC faculty. Operations Scientist for Roman Space Telescope. I like planets. Also listening to punk rock. Tweets are my own. Silver Spring, MD tombarclay.com 13 years on Twitter 3,329 followers | 175 |
| 241. |  Prof. Lucie Green@Dr_Lucie Physics Prof at UCL, chair of governors @ucl_academy. Sun & space. Chief Stargazer @popastro. Book: amzn.to/2nitfmi UK luciegreen.com 12 years on Twitter 23,600 followers | 174 |
| 242. |  AAS Press Office@AAS_Press Astronomy news from the Press Office of the American Astronomical Society, managed by Dr. Susanna Kohler. Note: Tweeting is not endorsing, only informing. aas.org/press 11 years on Twitter 7,629 followers | 174 |
| 243. |  Jayne Birkby@jaynebirkby Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. I study the atmospheres of other worlds beyond the Solar system. Oxford, United Kingdom users.ox.ac.uk/~phys2149 12 years on Twitter 2,923 followers | 173 |
| 244. |  Astronomy Meetings@astromeetings Sharing astronomy meeting twitter links. Send me your conference title, #tag and url, **when the meeting starts**, and I'll RT to distribute. @AstroRJS 8 years on Twitter 1,816 followers | 173 |
| 245. |  SPACE.com@SPACEdotcom News coverage and conversation about space science, astronomy and exploration. Part of @futureplc NYC SPACE.com 14 years on Twitter 1,215,077 followers | 172 |
| 246. |  Giant Magellan Telescope@giantmagellan World’s most powerful telescope designed to discover the unknown. The Universe Awaits. Chile giantmagellan.org 11 years on Twitter 11,559 followers | 172 |
| 247. |  Scott Kelly@StationCDRKelly Former NASA Astronaut & retired US Navy Captain | #YearInSpace | @KepplerSpeakers | NY Times Bestselling Author | Inquiries please email: [email protected] Denver, CO linktr.ee/StationCDRKelly 13 years on Twitter 5,316,335 followers | 171 |
| 248. |  NASA Mars@NASAMars NASA’s official Twitter account for all things Mars. Join us as we explore the Red Planet! Fourth Planet From the Sun mars.nasa.gov 14 years on Twitter 1,249,401 followers | 170 |
| 249. |  Sky & Telescope@SkyandTelescope The Essential Guide to Astronomy | We provide the world's leading compendium of information about the science and hobby of astronomy. Cambridge, Mass. skyandtelescope.com 13 years on Twitter 125,714 followers | 170 |
| 250. |  Dr Joanna Barstow@DrJoVian STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow at Open University @OU_SPS. Astromum x2. STEM Ambassador, sci outreacher, FRAS. Christian, singer, bookworm. She/her. 9 years on Twitter 2,928 followers | 170 |
| 251. |  Dr. Elisabeth Mills@astronomills Astronomy professor @UnivofKansas, eater of food, perfectly normal human worm-baby, she/her, #BiInSci. All swears my own. Kansas, USA mills.ku.edu 3 years on Twitter 2,236 followers | 170 |
| 252. |  Courtney Dressing@AstroDressing Assistant professor of astronomy, exoplanet scientist, dog lover, gardener, baker, & crafter. Views are my own. #WomeninSTEM 👩🚀#lgbtstem 🏳️🌈 she/her California, USA w.astro.berkeley.edu/~dressing 5 years on Twitter until last tweet (2020-Jan-22) 2,131 followers | 170 |
| 253. |  bugatti spaceships 🚀👩🏾🚀@astronaia Gods Grace | 24 | Aerospace Engineer | PhD Student | NASA Space Fellow | #ForbesUnder30 | Future Astronaut ✨ she/her | opinions mine, biz inq: @JenniferKeene Atlanta, GA linktr.ee/astronaia 6 years on Twitter 37,047 followers | 169 |
| 254. |  Judy Schmidt@SpaceGeck may all your guide stars be acquired Modesto, CA 10 years on Twitter 15,430 followers | 169 |
| 255. |  Jason Kalirai@JasonKalirai Astrophysicist and Civil Space Mission Area Executive @JHUAPL. Excited about space exploration and enabling new science with amazing missions. Tweets mine. Highland, MD jasonkalirai.com 11 years on Twitter 2,596 followers | 169 |
| 256. |  Liz Landau@lizlandau By day @NASA & freelance @NYTimes @WIRED @NatGeo @SmithsonianMag et al. Former @CNN reporter. Alumna @Princeton & @Columbia. Views mine. lizlandau.com District of Cute Pandas 13 years on Twitter 16,811 followers | 168 |
| 257. |  John Debes@JohnDebes COS Branch @stsci. @diskdetective, @backyardworlds, and @NASARoman CGI. Planetary systems around young stars/white dwarfs. Opinions are my own. He/Him Geektown, USA stsci.edu/~debes/ 9 years on Twitter 1,484 followers | 168 |
| 258. |  Brian Greene@bgreene Theoretical Physicist, Author, Co-founder @WorldSciFest, Professor of Mathematics & Physics, Columbia University New York, NY briangreene.org 10 years on Twitter 1,047,819 followers | 167 |
| 259. |  NASA InSight@NASAInSight The InSight mission studies the early evolution of terrestrial planets. Launched May 5, 2018. Landed Nov. 26, 2018. Elysium Planitia, Mars mars.nasa.gov/insight 10 years on Twitter 749,552 followers | 167 |
| 260. |  Institute of Physics@PhysicsNews The IOP is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK & Ireland, with an active role in promoting co-operation in physics around the world. UK iop.org 13 years on Twitter 221,950 followers | 167 |
| 261. |  Dr. Tana Joseph@TanaDJoseph South African intersectional feminist. Astronomer. EDI advocate. Entrepreneur @Astro_Comms #scicomm Loves shoes & swearing. All views my own. She/her 🌈🌈 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4 years on Twitter 8,130 followers | 167 |
| 262. |  Prof. Erika Hamden@ErikaHamden Astronomy Professor at University of Arizona. Making UV detectors better, building telescopes. Intense about a lot of things! 2019 @TEDFellow Tucson, AZ ehamden.org 7 years on Twitter 2,860 followers | 167 |
| 263. |  ALMA Observatory📡@almaobs Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, is an international partnership of @ESO, @TheNRAO and @prcnaoj_en in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. Atacama · Chile almaobservatory.org 8 years on Twitter 49,974 followers | 166 |
| 264. |  Daniel Fischer@cosmos4u All things astronomy and space (and then some) - in tiny bits and pieces but mostly with links to more ... :-) Bochum, Germany skyweek.wordpress.com 13 years on Twitter 14,370 followers | 166 |
| 265. |  Elisa Quintana@elsisrad Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard. Obsessed with space rocks. Tweets are my own. Maryland, USA 13 years on Twitter 3,017 followers | 166 |
| 266. |  Event Horizon 'Scope@ehtelescope We image black holes (M87* (2019), Sgr A* (2022)) with an Earth-sized telescope facebook.com/ehtelescope instagram.com/ehtelescope eventhorizontelescope.org 5 years on Twitter 92,295 followers | 165 |
| 267. |  Dr Tabetha Boyajian@tsboyajian Assistant professor of Astrophysics at #LSU. disrupter of astrophysics; #BoyajiansStar #TabbysStar; all posts here are my own; She/her Baton Rouge, LA wherestheflux.com 13 years on Twitter 9,491 followers | 165 |
| 268. |  NYT Science@NYTScience Science, Medicine, Environment, Space & Astronomy. Sign up for the Science Times email, in your inbox every Tuesday: nyti.ms/2EKZcNt New York, NY nytimes.com/science 15 years on Twitter 1,234,584 followers | 164 |
| 269. |  NExScI: Exoplanet Science Institute Caltech IPAC@NExScI_IPAC We serve the exoplanet science community. Formerly NASAExoArchive. This account is managed by NASA grantees. Not an official NASA account. Pasadena, California nexsci.caltech.edu 9 years on Twitter 13,099 followers | 164 |
| 270. |  J. Hrebinka (Shanahan) 🇺🇦@Enceladosaurus Technical Lead of Applied AI, researching bias + ethics - Passions: eSports ML, astronomy, & #a11y - Cofounded @AAS_WGAD & created #disabledandSTEM (they/she) Stockholm, Sverige en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Sha… 11 years on Twitter 6,594 followers | 164 |
| 271. |  Dr. Victoria Grinberg@vicgrinberg astrophysicist with @esa/@esascience | she/her | #ClimateCrisis & @Astro4Earth | #scicomm/#wisskomm | #Astrophysikerinnen | private account, opinions own Leiden sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de/~grinberg/ 7 years on Twitter 5,825 followers | 164 |
| 272. |  Dr Erin Ryan@erinleeryan Doctor of space rocks, now consultant covering remote sensing, #geospatial & #Python, gardener of @modicello, collector of orchids. Tweets mine & not employer's Near the crabby impact crater erinleeryan.com 13 years on Twitter 3,431 followers | 164 |
| 273. |  Brett Morris, PhD@brettmor Software engineer at @SpaceTelescope with interests in exoplanets and stellar activity. Formerly: @UniBern, @UW, @NASAGoddard, @UofMaryland. Opinions my own. Baltimore, MD brettmorr.is 13 years on Twitter 1,742 followers | 164 |
| 274. |  The Zooniverse@the_zooniverse The world's largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. A collaboration between the University of Oxford, The Adler Planetarium, and friends. Zooniverse HQ zooniverse.org 12 years on Twitter 23,883 followers | 163 |
| 275. |  AAS CSWA@AAS_Women The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy works to improve the status of women in astronomy. Page manager Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht. United States aas.org/comms/cswa/ 10 years on Twitter 2,382 followers | 163 |
| 276. |  Ben Montet@benmontet Astronomer, Scientia senior lecturer at @UNSWPhysics. I study exoplanets and their stars. Chicagoan living in Sydney Sydney, NSW newts.space 11 years on Twitter 1,855 followers | 163 |
| 277. |  Elizabeth Warren@ewarren U.S. Senator, former teacher. Wife, mom (Amelia, Alex, Bailey, @CFPB), grandmother, and Okie. She/her. Official campaign account. Massachusetts elizabethwarren.com 11 years on Twitter 6,043,136 followers | 162 |
| 278. |  Tim Peake@astro_timpeake Soldier, Pilot, Parent, Astronaut. Autobiography #Limitless out now. See link for all books & live tour information linktr.ee/TimPeake UK timpeake.com 10 years on Twitter 1,541,275 followers | 162 |
| 279. |  Jessica Lu@jlu_astro Astrophysicist, Associate Professor @UCBerkeley. Interested in black holes, stars, galactic centers, astronomy instrumentation, adaptive optics. Berkeley, CA astro.berkeley.edu/faculty-profil… 11 years on Twitter 2,156 followers | 162 |
| 280. |  Dr. Stephanie Juneau@StephaJuneau Associate Astronomer at @NOIRLabAstro. Scientist for @DataLabAstro. Fan of #blackholes #dataviz #art #sciart #rockclimbing #coffee stephjuneau.github.io 8 years on Twitter 1,573 followers | 162 |
| 281. |  Stephen Colbert@StephenAtHome Evie’s husband 14 years on Twitter 19,453,031 followers | 161 |
| 282. |  SKA Observatory@SKAO We build and operate cutting-edge radio telescopes to transform our understanding of the Universe and benefit society! Tweets from SKAO Global Headquarters, UK Australia, South Africa, UK skao.int 11 years on Twitter 26,828 followers | 161 |
| 283. |  Carnegie Astronomy@CarnegieAstro Bringing you astronomy from The Carnegie Institution for Science: The Observatories in Pasadena, CA, EPL in Washington DC, and Las Campanas Observatory in Chile Pasadena, CA bit.ly/CarnegieAstro 7 years on Twitter 9,309 followers | 161 |
| 284. |  DNLee@DNLee5 #BLACKandSTEM Auntie, Mammalogist, STEM Diversity, Unapologetically Intersectional, Mama Panyabuku, TED Fellow, NatGeo Emerging Explorer, Explorers Club 50 Midwest, US; Tanzania, Africa about.me/DNLee 12 years on Twitter 39,123 followers | 160 |
| 285. |  Dr Jane MacArthur@Jane_MacArthur Planetary scientist, curator of the UK Antarctic meteorites. Fellow & on committees @RoyalAstroSoc #Violinist #FCA Manchester janemac.org 13 years on Twitter 7,293 followers | 160 |
| 286. |  Samantha Cristoforetti@AstroSamantha @ESA astronaut, living & working aboard the @Space_Station! #Crew4, ISS #Exp67, #MissionMinerva Also on TikTok! tiktok.com/@astrosamantha Europe bit.ly/MissionMinerva 11 years on Twitter 1,010,620 followers | 159 |
| 287. |  Paul Byrne@ThePlanetaryGuy Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Science at Washington University in St. Louis | Planetary Evangelist | he/him/Professor | 🇮🇪 in 🇺🇸 St Louis, MO tinyurl.com/ThePlanetaryGuy 4 years on Twitter 56,643 followers | 159 |
| 288. |  Christopher Berry@cplberry #GravitationalWave astrophysicist (@LIGO). @UofGravity Lecturer, former @NUCIERA Research Professor. Science, education, LEGO & cake. May contain traces of nuts cplberry.com 8 years on Twitter 5,785 followers | 159 |
| 289. |  Flatiron CCA@FlatironCCA The Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) is part of the @FlatironInst, a multidisciplinary institute focused on computation. NYC simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/cente… 5 years on Twitter 3,675 followers | 159 |
| 290. |  Shreyas Vissapragada@astroshrey postdoc workin on planets @CenterForAstro; previously @Caltech & @Columbia; he/him/his Cambridge, MA exoshrey.com 4 years on Twitter 3,271 followers | 159 |
| 291. |  Haley Gomez@astrofairy I'm an Astrophysicist, love books, films astronomy, shoes and dresses. Cardiff haley.gomez.me.uk 9 years on Twitter until last tweet (2019-Feb-26) 2,942 followers | 159 |
| 292. |  Carolyn Porco@carolynporco Voyager & Cassini! AAS Carl Sagan Medal 2010. Caltech Distinguished Alum 2011. Asteroid Porco 7231. Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley. Thinker. Living my best life. CA carolynporco.com 13 years on Twitter 63,377 followers | 158 |
| 293. |  Ian J. O’Neill 🇺🇦@astroengine @NASAJPL news media specialist. Topics include (not limited to): ☄️🛰️📡🪐🌕⚛️ Solar physics PhD. Science communicator, writer. Opinions are mine. he/him Porter Ranch, Los Angeles jpl.nasa.gov 14 years on Twitter 35,638 followers | 158 |
| 294. |  Dr Fiona H. Panther@FiPanther 99% background, 1% astrophysical. Gravitational waves and EM transients @ UWA. Not likelihood free Perth, Western Australia auntiematter.space 13 years on Twitter 4,305 followers | 158 |
| 295. |  Gautham Narayan@gsnarayan Assistant Professor of Astronomy at @illinois_alma. Dark energy, wide-field surveys, supernovae, machine learning, outreach, photography, hiking. (He/him) Champaign, IL gnarayan.github.io 12 years on Twitter 1,593 followers | 158 |
| 296. |  Jess Kirkpatrick@berkeleyjess Jess Kirkpatrick, PhD (she/her) Astrophysicist → Data Scientist Poster Download: https://t.co/UGsSlAq6Nd Purchase Prints: https://t.co/1HIR5PpZeH San Francisco, CA berkeleyjess.blogspot.com 13 years on Twitter 4,902 followers | 157 |
| 297. |  Viviana Acquaviva@AstroVivi I like the Universe, all numbers, and summer. Full prof, not foolproof. Found @CUNY & @FlatironCCA. ML, galaxies, puns, support for minorities in STEM. Brooklyn, NY drvivianaacquaviva.com 7 years on Twitter 2,237 followers | 157 |
| 298. |  Rogue NASA@RogueNASA The unofficial "Resistance" team of NASA. Not an official NASA account. Not managed by gov't employees. Come for the facts, stay for the snark. Washington, DC 5 years on Twitter 762,029 followers | 156 |
| 299. |  Kevin Schawinski@kevinschawinski Co-founder/CEO @modulos_ai | Building Datacentric AI Zurich, Switzerland modulos.ai 11 years on Twitter 4,597 followers | 156 |
| 300. |  Ryan Trainor@crosstrainor astrophysicist / dad / asst. professor at @FandMCollege / student of social justice / visiting scientist “at” @JHUPhysicsAstro / #BlackLivesMatter / he / him. Lancaster, PA ryantrainor.github.io 13 years on Twitter 1,495 followers | 156 |