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| 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 11 years on Twitter 357,333 followers | 360 |
| 2. |  NASA@NASA Explore the universe and our home planet with NASA 🌎 We usually post in EDT. nasa.gov 12 years on Twitter 38,481,310 followers | 331 |
| 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 13 years on Twitter 615,251 followers | 313 |
| 4. |  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 12 years on Twitter 168,981 followers | 313 |
| 5. |  astrobites@astrobites Digestible summaries of the latest research in astrophysics, written by graduate students. Astrobites is supported by the @AAS_Office. #scicomm All over the world astrobites.org 9 years on Twitter 12,127 followers | 269 |
| 6. |  chrislintott@chrislintott Astronomer, zookeeper and journalist, based at University of Oxford. Oxford zooniverse.org 11 years on Twitter 32,231 followers | 267 |
| 7. |  astrotweeps@astrotweeps Admins • @astrotweeps • A new astronomer/planetary scientist tweeting about space each week. astrotweeps.wordpress.com 6 years on Twitter 10,900 followers | 266 |
| 8. |  Dr./Prof. Sarah Hörst@PlanetDr Asst Prof of Planetary Sci @JohnsHopkins and Titan evangelist. “I try not to hope and fail utterly” [email protected] she/her https://t.co/KTdjav31lU Baltimore, MD, USA etsy.com/shop/PlanetDr 11 years on Twitter 60,263 followers | 263 |
| 9. |  Sarah Tuttle@niais Astrophysicist. We're not going to be shady, just fierce. Professor. 100% problematic. She/her. RT = you're on my dance team. #BlackLivesMatter, every day. Pandemic Dystopian PNW 12 years on Twitter 17,425 followers | 262 |
| 10. |  Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew Astronomer with the European Space Agency. Based at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. Astronomy, running, bikes. Opinions my own. 🇧🇪🇬🇧 Baltimore skendrew.github.io 12 years on Twitter 9,737 followers | 258 |
| 11. |  Lucianne Walkowicz@RocketToLulu Astronomer @AdlerPlanet, co-founder @JustSpaceOrg, multimedia artist. Ethics of Mars exploration, exoplanets, social justice. Opinions mine. Pronouns: they/them Chicago, IL instagram.com/shutdownstem/ 9 years on Twitter 17,560 followers | 256 |
| 12. |  Barack Obama@BarackObama Dad, husband, President, citizen. Washington, DC obama.org 13 years on Twitter 120,314,639 followers | 253 |
| 13. |  Astronomy Picture Of The Day@apod Each day a different image of our universe along with a brief explanation. For issues with this account contact @astronomyblog otherwise apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsub… Earth apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.… 12 years on Twitter 1,317,497 followers | 253 |
| 14. |  AstroBetter@astrobetter Blog and Wiki for professional astronomers. astrobetter.com 11 years on Twitter 5,877 followers | 253 |
| 15. |  Julianne Dalcanton@dalcantonJD Astrophysicist at the University of Washington. Principal Investigator of the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT). 8 years on Twitter 8,464 followers | 249 |
| 16. |  🪐🛰 Dr. Jessie Christiansen 🪐@aussiastronomer NASA Research Scientist | Exoplaneteer | She/her | Mum of twins | Married to @PFHopkins_Astro | Tweets are my personal views, and do not represent NASA Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/christia/ 6 years on Twitter 21,619 followers | 248 |
| 17. |  David W Hogg@davidwhogg astronomy, cosmology, stars, exoplanets, inference, engineering, data analysis, emcee, The Cannon, Astrometry.net, The Tractor, #openscience, #otherpeoplesdata New York City dwh.gg/dwhogg 9 years on Twitter 8,326 followers | 247 |
| 18. |  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/ 11 years on Twitter 4,064,601 followers | 244 |
| 19. |  Jonathan McDowell@planet4589 I'm an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, working on Chandra and quasars, and commenting on space launches and space activities. Somerville, MA, USA planet4589.org 11 years on Twitter 34,979 followers | 244 |
| 20. |  Bryan Gaensler 📡🧲@SciBry Astronomer, Director of @DunlapInstitute at @UofT, @LRP2020 co-chair. Sci-fi connoisseur, rugby devotee, displaced Antipodean, perplexed parent. Opinions ∉ UofT Toronto, Canada he/him bryangaensler.net 10 years on Twitter 10,906 followers | 244 |
| 21. |  ESA@esa European Space Agency, keeping you posted on European space activities. Europe esa.int 11 years on Twitter 1,120,342 followers | 239 |
| 22. |  Prof. Karen Masters 💫⭐️✨@KarenLMasters Professor of astrophysics @haverfordedu. Investigating galaxies with @GalaxyZoo @SDSSurveys. Touch a galaxy @TactileUniverse. British. She/her. Philadelphia, PA klmasters.sites.haverford.edu 11 years on Twitter 9,388 followers | 238 |
| 23. |  SpaceX@SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft Hawthorne, CA spacex.com 11 years on Twitter 11,985,764 followers | 231 |
| 24. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physicist, @Caltech & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. Biggest Ideas in the Universe videos: bit.ly/biggestideas Los Angeles preposterousuniverse.com 11 years on Twitter 260,883 followers | 230 |
| 25. |  M. Womack@StarzanPlanets Astrophysicist @FSI_Orlando #AreciboObservatory • AAS Journals Scientific Editor #PlanetaryScienceJournal Asteroid (229614) • FRAS #ObservingRun Washington, DC fsi.ucf.edu/maria-womack-p… 10 years on Twitter 5,029 followers | 230 |
| 26. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ 11 years on Twitter 14,074,183 followers | 226 |
| 27. |  Dr./Prof. Renée Hložek@reneehlozek South African cisgender, bisexual woman Assist. Astrophysics Prof., Rhodes scholar (and lover of loud karaoke), Senior TED Fellow. Feminist scientist. She/her Toronto, Ontario reneehlozek.com 10 years on Twitter 6,676 followers | 226 |
| 28. |  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 11 years on Twitter 3,014,608 followers | 221 |
| 29. |  Molly Peeples@astronomolly Astronomer in the Science Policies Group @STScI playing with galaxies & gas, real & fake. #Hubble, #JWST, #RomanST pay the bills; opinions are my own. She/her. Baltimore, MD, z=0 molly.science 7 years on Twitter 8,288 followers | 220 |
| 30. |  Fraser Cain@fcain Publisher of universetoday.com, co-host of astronomycast.com. Named after Asteroid 158092. Courtenay, British Columbia about.me/frasercain 13 years on Twitter 41,904 followers | 219 |
| 31. |  Kelle Cruz@kellecruz Astronomy Prof at @Hunter_College, @AMNH, and #BDNYC. Liveable streets. @Spurs. Founder, editor of @AstroBetter & CEO of @ScienceBetter. Coordinator of @Astropy New York, NY astrobetter.com 11 years on Twitter 5,475 followers | 219 |
| 32. |  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 11 years on Twitter 3,022,217 followers | 217 |
| 33. |  Alex Parker@Alex_Parker Planetary astronomer and artist exploring the origin and history of our solar system. He/him. Boulder, Colorado alexharrisonparker.com 11 years on Twitter 31,934 followers | 217 |
| 34. |  #JusticeforBreonna Prescod-Weinstein 🙅🏽♀️@IBJIYONGI tweets by/for me only. all Black/all Jewish. Prof: Particle Physics & Astro & feminist #HistSTM. queer/agender woman/she. creator: Decolonising Sci Reading List DurhamNH/CambridgeMA/Wakanda profcpw.com 12 years on Twitter 72,342 followers | 216 |
| 35. |  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 10 years on Twitter 16,354 followers | 215 |
| 36. |  Associate Professor Jan (JJ) Eldridge@astro_jje NZ theoretical astrophysicist studying exploding binary stars. Lecturer, Speaker, Sci-fi addict, feminist, femme trans enby. Pronouns: she/her/them/they. Auckland, New Zealand jjeldridge.blogs.auckland.ac.nz 7 years on Twitter 9,435 followers | 215 |
| 37. |  ESO@ESO The European Southern Observatory is the most productive observatory in the world. We design, build & operate some of the most advanced telescopes in the world. Garching, Germany 11 years on Twitter 100,964 followers | 214 |
| 38. |  Prof. Emily Rice, Ph.D.@emilylurice Astronomer at @macaulayhonors, @GC_CUNY, @AMNH, #BDNYC, #CUNYAstro; @AstronomyOnTap HQ; CEO‼️of @startorialist. Not @djcarlysagan 😜 She/her Occupied Lenape&Wappinger Land emilylrice.me 12 years on Twitter 6,242 followers | 214 |
| 39. |  Mike Brown@plutokiller Astronomer, planet hunter, Pluto killer, bear whisperer, finger-wrapped dad. Dangerous secularist. Pasadena, CA mikebrown.caltech.edu 11 years on Twitter 64,203 followers | 213 |
| 40. |  Michele Bannister@astrokiwi Planetary astronomer @UCNZ, poet, hunter of new & strange worlds. Connoisseur of fuzzy dots of light. Asteroid (10463). she/her Ōtautahi mtbannister.github.io 11 years on Twitter 9,816 followers | 213 |
| 41. |  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 10 years on Twitter 27,739 followers | 211 |
| 42. |  Jedidah Isler, PhD@JedidahIslerPhD Astrophysicist / Professor / Relentless Dreamer / Innovator / Founder & Host @VanguardSTEM / Senior @TEDFellow / @NatGeo Explorer [she] JedidahIslerPhD.com 9 years on Twitter 20,224 followers | 210 |
| 43. |  ★ dr amanda bauer ★@astropixie Head of Edu&Outreach for Rubin Observatory & Deputy Director of Rubin Operations. #CosmicVertigo space podcast abc.net.au/radionational/… Tucson, AZ amandabauer.blogspot.com 12 years on Twitter 9,564 followers | 208 |
| 44. |  Grant Tremblay@astrogrant Astrophysicist at the @CenterForAstro | @Harvard & @Smithsonian. Previously @NASA Einstein Fellow @Yale, Fellow @ESO, SDAS regular @STScI. He/His. Views my own. Cambridge, MA granttremblay.com 11 years on Twitter 6,084 followers | 208 |
| 45. |  Dr. Tanya Harrison@tanyaofmars 🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈 Professional Martian 🔴 Former mission ops @MarsCuriosity, @MarsRovers & more. 🌍 Manager of Science Programs @planetlabs Fed 👩🚀 Views=my own. Washington DC + Toronto tanyaofmars.com 11 years on Twitter 36,801 followers | 206 |
| 46. |  MC Stardust ✨@Summer_Ash #BlackLivesMatter I seem really confident and I talk about space. #TeamRadio #defectiveheartgirlsolutions 1/2 of @startorialist, opinions=mine (she/her) Socorro, NM shop.startorialist.com 10 years on Twitter 13,430 followers | 206 |
| 47. |  Meg Urry@Meg_Urry Yale physics prof, likes supermassive black holes, teaching, writing, increasing participation in STEM, my family Yale University urrylab.yale.edu 8 years on Twitter 4,801 followers | 206 |
| 48. |  Brooke Simmons@vrooje Distracted astrophysicist researching galaxies & black holes & other interesting things. Also planetaryresponsenetwork.org lead. (She/her) United Kingdom vrooje.github.io 11 years on Twitter 9,036 followers | 204 |
| 49. |  Dr Rachael Livermore@rclivermore Astrophysicist | Science Communicator. She/her. Videos of my public talks at bit.ly/SciTalks London, England rlivermore.com 12 years on Twitter 7,990 followers | 204 |
| 50. |  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/… 12 years on Twitter 6,552,096 followers | 203 |
| 51. |  NASA Webb Telescope@NASAWebb NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will give us an amazing look at the universe! It will launch in 2021. RT, likes, and/or @mentions do not imply endorsement. Greenbelt, Maryland jwst.nasa.gov 11 years on Twitter 436,964 followers | 203 |
| 52. |  Alessondra Springmann@sondy aka Sondy. asteroids, comets, @AreciboRadar/🇵🇷 love, cacti 🌵, geology, autoimmune disease/healthcare advocacy, puns, cat herding @ObservatoryCats. she/her Chukson / Tucson, AZ sondy.com 10 years on Twitter 9,164 followers | 203 |
| 53. |  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 11 years on Twitter 673,671 followers | 201 |
| 54. |  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… 6 years on Twitter 4,147 followers | 201 |
| 55. |  Alyssa A. Goodman@AlyssaAGoodman Astronomy Professor at Harvard, CoDirector of Science at Radcliffe Institute. President of glue solutions, inc. gluesolutions.io. Massachusetts cfa.harvard.edu/~agoodman 11 years on Twitter 4,062 followers | 200 |
| 56. |  Catherine Q.@CatherineQ Astrophysicist, science communicator, over-thinker. One of @HuffPostscience Top 30 Physicists to follow. @AucklandUni @ScienceUoA space person. Dogs rule New Zealand CatherineQ.com 11 years on Twitter 41,668 followers | 199 |
| 57. |  David Spergel@DavidSpergel Astrophysicist at Princeton University and Flatiron Institute Princeton NJ astro.princeton.edu/~dns 6 years on Twitter 6,755 followers | 198 |
| 58. |  BenneHolwerda@BenneHolwerda Astronomer at large (mostly harmless). University of Louisville. Opinions & typos obv my own. Louisville, KY 11 years on Twitter 2,610 followers | 196 |
| 59. |  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 7 years on Twitter 10,556 followers | 195 |
| 60. |  ☄Ashley🔭Lindalía☄@That_Astro_Chic 🚀🔭📡Astrochemist⚗🧪🔬|Planetary Scientist👩🏾🔬🪐|The Realest In The Streets|Rapper on Weekends🤦🏾♀️😂🤷🏾♀️|Magical & Trill💫|#BlackInAstroWeek Founder Chicago, IL, USA,🌍 today.com/paid-content/w… 9 years on Twitter 17,294 followers | 194 |
| 61. |  Sophia Gad-Nasr@Astropartigirl I do cosmology and astroparticle theory. I pick apart the Universe to figure out how it works. Science Advisor. UCI PhysSci Scicomm Fellow. 🇵🇱✡🇪🇬☪️ She/her 🐶|Los Angeles〉+ 🐹|Irvine〉 astropartigirl.com 10 years on Twitter 47,415 followers | 193 |
| 62. |  SarcasticRover@SarcasticRover Doing a science on the red planet. Not @MarsCuriosity. Portrait by @badportraits. Written by @jfiliatrault. 4th Rock From the Sun 7 years on Twitter 935,829 followers | 190 |
| 63. |  ESA Science@esascience Science @ the European Space Agency ESA, keeping you posted on European space science activities. Noordwijk, The Netherlands esa.int/science 10 years on Twitter 354,544 followers | 190 |
| 64. |  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/ 4 years on Twitter 26,250 followers | 190 |
| 65. |  Dr Pamela L Gay #BlackLivesMatter@starstryder Come for the science, stay for the typos. All opinions & ideas are my own. Patreon.com/starstryder Edwardsville, IL starstryder.com 12 years on Twitter 43,981 followers | 189 |
| 66. |  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 8 years on Twitter 4,141 followers | 189 |
| 67. |  Dr. Caitlin Casey@astrocaits Prof at the University of Texas at Austin🤘🏼, extragalactic astrophysics, big fan of my animal crew: 🐷🐔😽! Feminist. Science = truth seeking. she/hers. Austin, TX as.utexas.edu/~cmcasey 6 years on Twitter 3,585 followers | 188 |
| 68. |  NASA Solar System@NASASolarSystem We are NASA's Planetary Science Division. Ride along with us as we explore the worlds of our solar system. Formerly @CassiniSaturn: solarsystem.nasa.gov/cassini Milky Way Galaxy solarsystem.nasa.gov 12 years on Twitter 1,650,131 followers | 187 |
| 69. |  NASA's Juno Mission@NASAJuno Exploring Jupiter to improve our understanding of the planet's origins and the formation of planetary systems. missionjuno.swri.edu nasa.gov/juno Jupiter 11 years on Twitter 769,850 followers | 187 |
| 70. |  Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield Canadian Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Earth chrishadfield.ca 9 years on Twitter 2,392,423 followers | 186 |
| 71. |  Sarah Ballard@hubbahubble Habitable worlds, kindness, fiction, etc. At ~75 km/s*Mpc! One half of @drssarahcare Cambridge, MA drballard.space 6 years on Twitter 3,496 followers | 186 |
| 72. |  Bill Nye@BillNye Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. Los Angeles, CA billnye.com 11 years on Twitter 6,004,954 followers | 185 |
| 73. |  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 12 years on Twitter 21,386 followers | 185 |
| 74. |  Planetary Society@exploreplanets Your role in space exploration starts here. Join CEO @BillNye and shape our future in the cosmos. Pasadena, CA planetary.org 9 years on Twitter 221,744 followers | 184 |
| 75. |  LIGO@LIGO Official Twitter of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. We detect gravitational waves! YouTube: youtube.com/ligovirgo Livingston, LA and Hanford, WA ligo.org 12 years on Twitter 103,102 followers | 183 |
| 76. |  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 11 years on Twitter 12,908 followers | 183 |
| 77. |  Emily Levesque 🤓✨🔭📚@emsque Astronomer, professor, author, weird star enthusiast. Preorder THE LAST STARGAZERS, my book of astronomy stories & adventures, at thelaststargazers.com Seattle, WA thelaststargazers.com 10 years on Twitter 6,041 followers | 181 |
| 78. |  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/ 6 years on Twitter 5,948 followers | 181 |
| 79. |  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 11 years on Twitter 63,968 followers | 180 |
| 80. |  Ethan Siegel@StartsWithABang The Universe is: Expanding, cooling, and dark. It starts with a bang! #Cosmology Science writer, astrophysicist, author, Forbes & NASA columnist. Portland, OR forbes.com/sites/startswi… 9 years on Twitter 22,365 followers | 180 |
| 81. |  Dr Chiara Mingarelli@Dr_CMingarelli Gravitational-wave astrophysicist. Associate Research Scientist at @FlatironCCA, Assistant Prof. at @UConn. Views my own. New York, NY chiaramingarelli.com 9 years on Twitter 7,446 followers | 179 |
| 82. |  Dr Jess Wade 👩🏻🔬@jesswade 제시카 physics/chemistry @imperialcollege. @500womensci + @wikipedia + chiral materials + Raman spectroscopy enthusiast. she/her. least useful doctor in my family. London, England 11 years on Twitter 42,239 followers | 178 |
| 83. |  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… 12 years on Twitter 3,959 followers | 178 |
| 84. |  Nature News & Comment@NatureNews From the news team at Nature, the international journal of #science. Daily newsletter: go.nature.com/naturebriefing, open for news tips: go.sn.pub/NewsTips Worldwide nature.com/news 11 years on Twitter 2,063,555 followers | 176 |
| 85. |  Shit Academics Say@AcademicsSay A social experiment | @prof_nch chronicle.com/article/Academ… 6 years on Twitter 331,412 followers | 176 |
| 86. |  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 11 years on Twitter 292,253 followers | 176 |
| 87. |  Moiya McTier@GoAstroMo Astrophysicist & Folklorist ⭐️ Worldbuilder & host of Exolore podcast 🎤 #scicomm #BiInSci #BlackAndSTEM | she/her ✊🏽 https://t.co/Kk8WBhm1Kb New York, NY anchor.fm/exolore 6 years on Twitter 8,809 followers | 176 |
| 88. |  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 10 years on Twitter 5,514 followers | 176 |
| 89. |  Elon Musk@elonmusk 11 years on Twitter 36,464,656 followers | 175 |
| 90. |  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/… 5 years on Twitter 396,024 followers | 175 |
| 91. |  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… 10 years on Twitter 2,161 followers | 173 |
| 92. |  Dan F-M@exoplaneteer I write code for good & astrophysics. Associate Research Scientist at @FlatironCCA (he/him) NYC dfm.io 8 years on Twitter 3,294 followers | 172 |
| 93. |  The SETI Institute@SETIInstitute We believe we are conducting the most profound search in human history — to know our beginnings and our place among the stars. Not involved with [email protected] Mountain View, CA seti.org 11 years on Twitter 699,861 followers | 170 |
| 94. |  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) 453,401 followers | 169 |
| 95. |  Real Scientists | Ashley@realscientists Real science from real scientists, writers, communicators, artists & clinicians. This week, Ashley Walker (@That_Astro_Chic) Everywhere realscientists.org 7 years on Twitter 85,608 followers | 169 |
| 96. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), jungles and spiders. Champagneophile. PhD. (she/her) 9 years on Twitter 27,327 followers | 169 |
| 97. |  Dr. Emily Petroff@ebpetroff Astronomer.Reader.Random number generator. Veni Fellow studying fast radio bursts 📡💥 at the University of Amsterdam in the API 🏳️🌈 The Netherlands ebpetroff.com 6 years on Twitter 9,795 followers | 169 |
| 98. |  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 11 years on Twitter 5,691 followers | 169 |
| 99. |  STARtorialist@startorialist Where science meets fashion and scientists get FABULOUS! Blog & pop-up shop by professional astronomers @Summer_Ash & @emilylurice 🌟💖Online shop now open! 🚀 The Universe shop.startorialist.com 6 years on Twitter 4,873 followers | 169 |
| 100. |  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 11 years on Twitter 638,978 followers | 168 |
| 101. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Independent science journalist, contributor to THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING (bit.ly/2GIoKJ6). witzescience-at-gmail-dot-com. She/her/hers. Boulder, CO alexandrawitze.com 11 years on Twitter 22,386 followers | 168 |
| 102. |  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 7 years on Twitter 2,489 followers | 167 |
| 103. |  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 10 years on Twitter 7,482,737 followers | 166 |
| 104. |  Rubin Observatory@VRubinObs The Rubin Observatory will produce the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). Cerro Pachon, Chile vro.org 11 years on Twitter 8,307 followers | 166 |
| 105. |  Michelle Collins@michelle_lmc Astrophysicist working on Local Group galaxies. Soft spot for Andromeda. Keen runner. All views my own. RT != endorsement Guildford, England therunningastronomer.com 11 years on Twitter 2,615 followers | 166 |
| 106. |  Matthew R "Who Owns An Asteroid?" Francis@DrMRFrancis Writer of science, fiction, and comics. Wearer of jaunty hats. Profile portrait by @sciencecomic . He/him. bowlerhatscience.org 9 years on Twitter 25,920 followers | 165 |
| 107. |  Robert McNees@mcnees Professor & physicist. Black holes, quantum gravity, cosmology. Rocky Top. Tar Heel. RTs are spooky action at a distance. Opinions are mine, not my employer’s. Chicago, z=0 jacobi.luc.edu 12 years on Twitter 19,459 followers | 164 |
| 108. |  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 annafrebel.com 7 years on Twitter 13,393 followers | 164 |
| 109. |  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 10 years on Twitter 33,499 followers | 163 |
| 110. |  Ed Yong@edyong209 Science writer at The Atlantic. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, a New York Times bestseller. Married to Liz Neeley. edyong.me (he/him) At home theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ 11 years on Twitter 242,525 followers | 162 |
| 111. |  Jason Major@JPMajor Sharing space news and beautiful views of the Universe while I #StayAtHome Warwick, RI lightsinthedark.com 10 years on Twitter 39,582 followers | 162 |
| 112. |  Johanna@johannateske She/her/hers. Astronomer, runner, feminist, vegan, #Nats fan, Peloton fan Pasadena, CA johannateske.squarespace.com 6 years on Twitter 2,590 followers | 162 |
| 113. |  David Kipping@david_kipping Exoplanets & Exomoons, Cool Worlds Lab, Columbia University Manhattan, NY coolworldslab.com 11 years on Twitter 6,274 followers | 161 |
| 114. |  Jane Rigby@janerrigby Astronomer @nasa studying black holes & galaxies w/ telescopes around world & in space, helping build @NASAWebb. Queer parent scientist UU activist. Views mine. DC Metro janerigby.net 9 years on Twitter 5,047 followers | 160 |
| 115. |  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 8 years on Twitter 3,349 followers | 160 |
| 116. |  iamstarboard@iamstarnord Anti-racist AF. AI in the Sky. #BlackandStem #EthicsInAI #ThisIsBlackLight thisisblacklight.com deepskieslab.ai My opinions only. he/him/his on it. iamstarnord.com 10 years on Twitter 3,042 followers | 160 |
| 117. |  Karin Sandstrom@karinsandstrom Astronomer. Assistant Professor at UC San Diego. Lover of coffee, interstellar dust, California, nerdy stuff. San Diego, CA karinsandstrom.github.io 11 years on Twitter 2,815 followers | 160 |
| 118. |  Bruce Macintosh@bmac_astro Stanford professor. Astronomer: exoplanets, instruments, astropolicy. Principal investigator for the Gemini Planet Imager. He/him. Black lives matter. Stanford, CA 2 years on Twitter 2,264 followers | 160 |
| 119. |  ESA Gaia@ESAGaia Science with 1 billion objects in three dimensions ESA cosmos.esa.int/gaia 11 years on Twitter 23,092 followers | 159 |
| 120. |  James Tuttle Keane@jtuttlekeane planetary scientist 🪐 | science illustrator 🎨 | trekkie 🖖 | dog dad 🐶 | he/him | 🏳️🌈 | married to @dearestantoine 💖 | Pasadena 🌹 | views are my own Pasadena, CA jamestuttlekeane.com 6 years on Twitter 7,371 followers | 159 |
| 121. |  Geert Barentsen@GeertHub NASA Scientist in Silicon Valley. Belgian, like waffles. Mountain View, CA geert.io 11 years on Twitter 3,644 followers | 159 |
| 122. |  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 9 years on Twitter 374,900 followers | 158 |
| 123. |  Dr. Amber Straughn@astraughnomer @NASA astrophysicist for #JWST. Arkansas native #ClimateChangeIsReal Pilot, yogini, Great Dane mom, @PearlJam fan #BLM #FirstGen she/her Tweets mine Lukin's amberstraughn.com 9 years on Twitter 14,796 followers | 158 |
| 124. |  Brian Keating 🔭@DrBrianKeating Chancellor’s Professor @UCSanDiego Dir:@SimonsObs CoDir:@imagineUCSD Author: LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE 🥇 https://t.co/tcM4dZj8u5 @WWNorton @LosingTheNobel @YouTube👇 San Diego, CA bit.ly/BkYouTube 9 years on Twitter 9,007 followers | 158 |
| 125. |  Rose DF@_Astro_Nerd_ Living with my feet on the ground, and my heart in the cosmos. | Physics + Astronomy | Caribeña 🇩🇴/ Bilingue | She/Her/Ella. 📍New York, NY rosedf.net 5 years on Twitter 37,979 followers | 157 |
| 126. |  Prof. Lisa Harvey-Smith@lisaharveysmith Astrophysicist, Australian @WomenInSTEMau Ambassador, Author #WhenGalaxiesCollide, #UnderTheStars, Presenter ABC Stargazing Live, Ultramarathoner Australia lisaharveysmith.com 8 years on Twitter 20,367 followers | 157 |
| 127. |  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 11 years on Twitter 8,836 followers | 157 |
| 128. |  Dr. Jennifer L. Hoffman ✨🏡@astroprofhoff Astronomer, associate professor, alto, auntie, ailurophile. She/her. University of Denver Denver, CO grammai.org/jhoffman/ 6 years on Twitter 3,427 followers | 157 |
| 129. |  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 12 years on Twitter 2,568,541 followers | 156 |
| 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 8 years on Twitter 5,176 followers | 155 |
| 131. |  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… 10 years on Twitter 4,042 followers | 155 |
| 132. |  Matthew Kenworthy@mattkenworthy Associate Professor of Astronomy at Leiden Observatory - exoplanet imaging and giant ring transit searches. Keen on giving public talks and outreach. Leiden, The Netherlands kenworthy.space 9 years on Twitter 2,769 followers | 155 |
| 133. |  HUBBLE@HUBBLE_space The official feed of ESA/Hubble. The Hubble Space Telescope is the space-based observatory which has revolutionised modern astronomy. space spacetelescope.org 10 years on Twitter 628,333 followers | 154 |
| 134. |  Adam Burgasser@browndwarfs astrophysicist, professor, and preferably in the water. on a plane, or San Diego pono.ucsd.edu/~adam 9 years on Twitter 2,092 followers | 154 |
| 135. |  Astro Union@IAU_org Founded in 1919, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) promotes and safeguards the science of astronomy through international cooperation. iau.org 6 years on Twitter 10,854 followers | 153 |
| 136. |  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 5 years on Twitter 8,467 followers | 153 |
| 137. |  Josh Peek@jegpeek Principal Investigator @MAST_News. Data Science and astronomy at @stsci and JHU. Statements do not reflect the position of any employer, obvi. Baltimore stsci.edu/~jegpeek/ 11 years on Twitter 1,375 followers | 153 |
| 138. |  Jason Wright@Astro_Wright Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State. Son, husband, father, scientist, teacher, student, human. Mostly posting astronomy. Mostly. State College, PA, USA sites.psu.edu/astrowright/ 7 years on Twitter 6,903 followers | 152 |
| 139. |  Meredith Rawls@merrdiff Stellar astronomer and data management for @VRubinObs. Also: mom, violist, scicommer, bike commuter, Episcopalian. Keep looking up. (She/her) Seattle, WA staff.washington.edu/mrawls 10 years on Twitter 5,291 followers | 152 |
| 140. |  Jonathan Fortney | OMG Wear a Mask! | BLM!@jjfplanet @ucsc Professor & Director of Other Worlds Laboratory. Planetary Astrophysics: Exoplanets & Solar System. Father, Partner, Softballer, Runner, Minnesotan.he/him Santa Cruz, CA owl.ucsc.edu 8 years on Twitter 3,278 followers | 152 |
| 141. |  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 9 years on Twitter 2,471 followers | 152 |
| 142. |  Alan Stern@AlanStern Scientist. Space Explorer. Author. Speaker. Optimist. Pilot. Dad. Not necessarily in that order. Follow my New Horizons Twitter feed @NewHorizons2015 too! Niwot, CO alanstern.space 11 years on Twitter 40,409 followers | 151 |
| 143. |  Alan Duffy@astroduff Professor in Astrophysics at @Swinburne and Lead Scientist of @RiAus Instagram.com/profalanduffy Melbourne australiascience.tv/covidsafe-trac… 7 years on Twitter 22,099 followers | 151 |
| 144. |  Natalie Batalha@nbatalha Eukaryote on planet Earth using self-awareness and empathy to experience love and seek knowledge. Astronomer involved in search for life on exoplanets. Silicon Valley, California 11 years on Twitter 6,797 followers | 151 |
| 145. |  Marc Kuchner@marckuchner Astrophysicist, Songwriter. Greenbelt, MD marketingforscientists.com 11 years on Twitter 5,639 followers | 150 |
| 146. |  Thomas Robitaille 🇪🇺@astrofrog Scientific software developer, lead developer of Glue, co-ordinator for the Astropy project, open development advocate. United Kingdom thomasrobitaille.com 11 years on Twitter 2,532 followers | 150 |
| 147. |  John O'Meara@astronomeara Chief Scientist @keckobservatory Father, Astronomer, science policy nerd. Cosmic Origins Science Lead for #LUVOIR Chair AAAC. Tweets are my own. (he/him) Kamuela, Hawaii 10 years on Twitter 2,061 followers | 150 |
| 148. |  Ruth Angus@ruthangus Curator & Prof. of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History @AMNH & Flatiron Institute @FlatironCCA. I study stars and exoplanets. New York, NY ruthangus.github.io 9 years on Twitter 1,955 followers | 150 |
| 149. |  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 10 years on Twitter 6,321 followers | 149 |
| 150. |  Hannah Wakeford@StellarPlanet She / Her | Exoplanet explorer - @STARGATE_collab EC member - Lecturer in Astrophysics @BristolUniPhys | @exo_cast podcaster | @BSACDIVER | opinions are my own Bristol, UK stellarplanet.org 8 years on Twitter 3,210 followers | 149 |
| 151. |  Dr. Abbie✊✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽@abigailStev #ActualLivingScientist (she/her) 👩🏻💻 NSF fellow @msu_astro & @michiganastro 🔭 compact objects 💥 #OpenSource 🐍 #SciComm 🌟 #BiInSci 💖 tweets≠NSF,MSU,UM Anishinaabeg/Odawa land abigailstevens.com 9 years on Twitter 2,616 followers | 149 |
| 152. |  New Scientist@newscientist The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters. Tweets by @SamWong1. Subscribe here: https://t.co/Qy4NedNoxG Worldwide newscientist.com 11 years on Twitter 3,701,494 followers | 148 |
| 153. |  Dr. Buzz Aldrin@TheRealBuzz Gemini 12 & Apollo XI Astronaut & Moonwalker; West Point; USAF Col, Korean War Vet; MIT Founder, Human SpaceFlight Institute Founder buzzaldrin.com 11 years on Twitter 1,511,459 followers | 147 |
| 154. |  Laura Lopez@ohdearz Astronomy professor @ohiostate studying birth & death of stars with all of the telescopes. She/her 7 years on Twitter 2,106 followers | 147 |
| 155. |  Universe Today@universetoday Universe Today - universetoday.com, a website about space and astronomy. Tweets are probably coming from @fcain Courtenay, British Columbia universetoday.com 11 years on Twitter 299,173 followers | 146 |
| 156. |  Dianna Cowern@thephysicsgirl Science YouTuber in her own universe. #MIT physics. Please respond to tweets w/ bad puns. I HAZ PATREON! 8000 pc from Sagittarius A* patreon.com/physicsgirl 8 years on Twitter 139,894 followers | 146 |
| 157. |  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 sciencemag.org 11 years on Twitter 1,721,759 followers | 145 |
| 158. |  Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell Casting pods with @BillNye on Science Rules. Making magazines @discovermag and @AmSciMag. Writing all around. Science-curious. Brooklyn, NY discovermagazine.com/outthere 11 years on Twitter 72,436 followers | 145 |
| 159. |  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… 4 years on Twitter 12,763 followers | 145 |
| 160. |  Dr Jane MacArthur@Jane_MacArthur Planetary scientist studying @UKAntarcticMets, martian meteorites and comet Stardust. Fellow & elected Councillor @RoyalAstroSoc #RAS200 #Violinist #FCA Manchester janemac.org 11 years on Twitter 7,380 followers | 145 |
| 161. |  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/ 10 years on Twitter 4,892 followers | 145 |
| 162. |  Kevin Schawinski@kevinschawinski Co-founder/CEO @modulos_ai Zurich, Switzerland modulos.ai 9 years on Twitter 4,533 followers | 145 |
| 163. |  Eric Mamajek #BlackLivesMatter@EricMamajek Exoplanets and stars, oh my. Avid handwasher. Statements and opinions posted are my own. I don't respond to DM. Maxime opus faciens. Douglass 9 years on Twitter 2,972 followers | 145 |
| 164. |  Shannon Stirone 💀@shannonmstirone Writer. Art Historian. Clever girl. Find me in @NYTimes @washingtonpost @PopSci @TheAtlantic @NatGeo @SciAm @RollingStone @Wired @Longreads. Opinions are mine. Oakland, CA shannonstirone.com 5 years on Twitter 25,732 followers | 144 |
| 165. |  American Astronomical Society (AAS)@AAS_Office Official account of the American Astronomical Society. Its mission is to enhance & share humanity's scientific understanding of the universe. Tweet≠endorsement Washington, DC, USA aas.org 9 years on Twitter 5,773 followers | 144 |
| 166. |  Sloan Digital Sky Surveys@sdssurveys Tweeting about mapping the Universe @APOGEEsurvey @eBOSSurvey @MaNGASurvey Apache Point Observatory. sdss.org 7 years on Twitter 5,404 followers | 144 |
| 167. |  Jo Dunkley@j_dunkley Professor of Physics and Astrophysics at Princeton. Author of Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide. She/her. Princeton, NJ physics.princeton.edu/~jdunkley 8 years on Twitter 4,014 followers | 144 |
| 168. |  Scientific American@sciam Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world. New York City scientificamerican.com 12 years on Twitter 3,861,149 followers | 143 |
| 169. |  SAO/NASA ADS@adsabs adsabs.harvard.edu 9 years on Twitter 3,103 followers | 143 |
| 170. |  Adrian Price-Whelan@adrianprw astrophysics postdoc @ Flatiron Institute (CCA); galaxy dynamics, binary stars; @astropy developer; music; github.com/adrn (he/him). Black Lives Matter. new york, ny adrian.pw 9 years on Twitter 2,691 followers | 143 |
| 171. |  Bobak Ferdowsi@tweetsoutloud Space exploration fan | Wears a mask | Black Lives Matter | Opinions are mine Pasadena, CA instagram.com/tweetsoutloud 10 years on Twitter 125,651 followers | 142 |
| 172. |  Sarafina Nance@starstrickenSF I study supernovae & cosmology | Astrophysics PhD student @UCBerkeley | @NSF fellow | BRCA2 previvor making cancer my bitch | IG: @starstrickensf | she/her 🇪🇬 P.O.Box 457 Berkeley, CA 94701 starafina.com 4 years on Twitter 102,568 followers | 142 |
| 173. |  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 11 years on Twitter 26,798 followers | 142 |
| 174. |  J. Shanahan@Enceladosaurus Data scientist. Astrophysicist. EMT. Passions: #AIEthics, video/boardgame #a11y, & 🍟. Cofounded @AAS_WGAD, created #disabledandSTEM. #EhlersDanlos she/they Washington, DC enceladosaur.us 9 years on Twitter 5,892 followers | 142 |
| 175. |  Benjamin Pope@fringetracker Astronomer - he/him Mannahatta/Gadigal country benjaminpope.github.io 7 years on Twitter 2,793 followers | 142 |
| 176. |  Dr. Phil Metzger@DrPhiltill Planetary scientist at @UCF. CoFounder NASA KSC SwampWorks. Space Mining. Space Settlement. Science. Instagram @drphiltill Orlando, FL philipmetzger.com 7 years on Twitter 75,577 followers | 141 |
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| 178. |  David Grinspoon@DrFunkySpoon Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. 👽🚀🎸🎵🌎❤️ Biosphere One funkyscience.net 8 years on Twitter 26,405 followers | 140 |
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| 180. |  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) 2,986 followers | 140 |
| 181. |  Joss Bland-Hawthorn@JossBlandHawtho All things novel, beautiful, poetical, historical, astrophysical, mathematical, technological. Sydney, Australia physics.usyd.edu.au/~jbh/ 6 years on Twitter 2,357 followers | 139 |
| 182. |  Ian J. O'Neill@astroengine @NASAJPL Media Relations Specialist. Astrophysicist, science communicator, wannabe sci-fi author. Impatiently awaiting the AI takeover. Opinions are mine. Wherever Baby Yoda Lives astroengine.com 11 years on Twitter 36,667 followers | 138 |
| 183. |  Prof. Lucie Green@Dr_Lucie Royal Society Research Fellow, physics Prof at UCL, chair of governors @ucl_academy. Sun & space. Chief Stargazer @popastro. Book: amzn.to/2nitfmi UK luciegreen.com 10 years on Twitter 21,981 followers | 138 |
| 184. |  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 8 years on Twitter 2,505 followers | 138 |
| 185. |  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 11 years on Twitter 299,404 followers | 136 |
| 186. |  HubbleTelescope@HubbleTelescope News from the Hubble Space Telescope operated by @stsci hubblesite.org/news 12 years on Twitter 155,789 followers | 136 |
| 187. |  Greta Thunberg@GretaThunberg 17 year old climate and environmental activist with Asperger’s #climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate Sverige youtu.be/H2QxFM9y0tY 2 years on Twitter 4,157,577 followers | 135 |
| 188. |  NYT Science@NYTScience Science, Medicine, Environment, Space and Cosmos. Sync your calendar with the solar system: nyti.ms/2ECMtej New York, NY nytimes.com/science 13 years on Twitter 1,168,078 followers | 135 |
| 189. |  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 3 years on Twitter 827,423 followers | 135 |
| 190. |  NASA InSight@NASAInSight The InSight mission will study the early evolution of terrestrial planets. Launched May 5, 2018. Landed Nov. 26, 2018. Elysium Planitia, Mars mars.nasa.gov/insight 8 years on Twitter 708,243 followers | 135 |
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| 192. |  Thomas Zurbuchen@Dr_ThomasZ Associate Administrator, @NASA Science Mission Directorate Washington, DC science.nasa.gov 9 years on Twitter 33,693 followers | 135 |
| 193. |  Mark McCaughrean@markmccaughrean Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency. Well aware of the (in)significance of being recycled starstuff. Opinions very much own. Wassenaar, The Netherlands 4 years on Twitter 6,744 followers | 135 |
| 194. |  Juan Carlos Munoz@astro_jcm Astronomer & Science Communicator. Interim Coordinator of @astro4edu. Used to collect photons at @ESO. Check my astro pics: instagram.com/astro_jcm Heidelberg sc.eso.org/~jmunoz 3 years on Twitter 3,936 followers | 135 |
| 195. |  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 11 years on Twitter 2,164 followers | 135 |
| 196. |  Scott Kelly@StationCDRKelly Ret US Navy Capt & Former NASA Astronaut | #YearInSpace | @KepplerSpeakers | NY Times Bestselling Author |#EnduranceMemoir #InfiniteWonder #MyJourneyToTheStars Earth scottkelly.com 10 years on Twitter 5,497,204 followers | 134 |
| 197. |  Intl. 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 7 years on Twitter 3,590,888 followers | 134 |
| 198. |  National Science Foundation@NSF Explore #NSFfunded research that is transforming the world. / Social media policy: bit.ly/smpnsf Alexandria, VA nsf.gov 11 years on Twitter 1,191,189 followers | 134 |
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| 200. |  Tim Peake@astro_timpeake British ESA astronaut & test pilot back on Earth after 6 months in space. Autobiography #Limitless out 15 October: bit.ly/3cJ0BAR UK timpeake.com 8 years on Twitter 1,592,765 followers | 133 |
| 201. |  DNLee@DNLee5 #BLACKandSTEM Auntie, Mammalogist, Diversity & Access to STEM, Unapologetically Intersectional, Mama Panyabuku, TED Fellow, NatGeo Emerging Explorer Midwest, US; Tanzania, Africa openexplorer.nationalgeographic.com/expedition/dnl… 9 years on Twitter 36,375 followers | 133 |
| 202. |  The Zooniverse@the_zooniverse The world's largest and most successful citizen science platform. A collaboration between the University of Oxford, The Adler Planetarium, and friends. Zooniverse HQ zooniverse.org 10 years on Twitter 22,176 followers | 133 |
| 203. |  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 6 years on Twitter 1,474 followers | 133 |
| 204. |  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 9 years on Twitter 586,997 followers | 132 |
| 205. |  Robert Simpson 🌈@orbitingfrog Googler, astronomer, TED Fellow. He/him. Views are my own. UK orbitingfrog.com 13 years on Twitter 30,356 followers | 132 |
| 206. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News. Lifelong astronomy nerd. Queer Jewish mom. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA sciencenews.org/author/lisa-gr… 11 years on Twitter 9,371 followers | 132 |
| 207. |  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 9 years on Twitter 6,659 followers | 132 |
| 208. |  AAS Press Office@AAS_Press Astronomy news from the Press Office of the American Astronomical Society, managed by Dr. Rick Fienberg. Note: Tweeting is not endorsing, only informing. aas.org/media-press 9 years on Twitter 5,879 followers | 132 |
| 209. |  Dra. Nicole@jazztronomy CEO of Movement Consulting (@moveboldly) // Astronomy Ph.D. and STEM equity advocate // She/Her/Ella // #LatinaInSTEM // I have the best ideas Catlanta movebold.ly 5 years on Twitter 3,273 followers | 132 |
| 210. |  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) 2,250 followers | 132 |
| 211. |  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 53,983 followers | 131 |
| 212. |  Katey Alatalo@astrokatey Ph.D. astronomer at STScI, currently housed at Carnegie. Space is amazing! My views are my own. Pasadena, CA stsci.edu/~kalatalo/ 12 years on Twitter 3,374 followers | 131 |
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| 214. |  Institute of Physics@PhysicsNews The Institute of Physics is a leading scientific membership society working to advance physics for the benefit of all. UK beta.iop.org 11 years on Twitter 182,215 followers | 129 |
| 215. |  Carolyn Porco@carolynporco Cassini imaging lead. Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley. National Geographic Eliza Scidmore awardee. I think. I speak. I write. Opinions are my own. CA carolynporco.com 10 years on Twitter 61,628 followers | 129 |
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| 217. |  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 3 years on Twitter 14,721 followers | 129 |
| 218. |  Giant Magellan@GMTelescope A giant next-generation multiple-mirror telescope seeking to unlock the mysteries of the universe. For content in Spanish, follow @GMTelescope_esp. Chile gmto.org 9 years on Twitter 7,687 followers | 129 |
| 219. |  WomanAstro@womanastronomer Promoting astronomy, encouraging women/girls interested in science. WomanAstro.com, etsy.com/shop/WomanAstro New Mexico, USA WomanAstro.com 10 years on Twitter 4,999 followers | 129 |
| 220. |  .Astronomy@dotastronomy Conference series about what happens when hackers, astronomers and the web all get together. The Universe dotastronomy.com 12 years on Twitter 4,090 followers | 129 |
| 221. |  SPACE.com@SPACEdotcom News coverage and conversation about space science, astronomy and exploration. Part of @futureplc NYC SPACE.com 11 years on Twitter 788,322 followers | 128 |
| 222. |  NASA Mars@NASAMars NASA’s official Twitter account for all things Mars. Learn more about our past, current and future Mars missions. Fourth Planet From the Sun mars.nasa.gov 12 years on Twitter 479,708 followers | 128 |
| 223. |  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 11 years on Twitter 114,095 followers | 128 |
| 224. |  Mia de los Reyes@MiaDoesAstro Astro PhD student @Caltech. She/her/hers, Filipina-American, rock climber, aerialist, avid eater of baked goods. Pasadena, CA astro.caltech.edu/~madlr/index.h… 3 years on Twitter 4,243 followers | 128 |
| 225. |  Mark Marley@astromarkmarley Astronomer working for a well known national space agency. Interests include extrasolar planets, brown dwarfs, giant planets. Opinions are mine alone. Mountain View, California google.com/profiles/Mark.… 9 years on Twitter 3,241 followers | 128 |
| 226. |  Dr. Kaitlin Rasmussen@toomanyspectra 👩💻 stellar astrophysicist & exoplaneteer 💫 non-binary ✊ science fiction consultant 🚀 advocate for gender minorities in STEM 🏳️🌈 she/they 💖 South Bend, IN sites.nd.edu/kaitlin-c-rasm… 1 year on Twitter 4,824 followers | 127 |
| 227. |  Astropy@astropy This is the official twitter account for the Astropy project. Earth astropy.org 8 years on Twitter 3,730 followers | 127 |
| 228. |  XKCD Comic@xkcdComic XKCD comic feed with images and mobile friendly links. Unofficial, run by @dghubble xkcd.com 6 years on Twitter 296,237 followers | 126 |
| 229. |  Sabine Hossenfelder@skdh Physicist, blogger, author. Sometimes-songwriter, nighttime-philosopher. Maker of my own misery. she/her Germany backreaction.blogspot.com 12 years on Twitter 40,899 followers | 126 |
| 230. |  Carl E. Fields@carlnotsagan Astrophysics PhD Candidate @msu_astro/@seseasu. Supported by @LosAlamosNatLab and @nsfgrfp. he/him/his. Tempe, AZ carlnotsagan.com 6 years on Twitter 2,497 followers | 126 |
| 231. |  Nature@nature International weekly journal of science. Editorials, News & Views, Comment, Careers and primary research coverage here. For news, please see @NatureNews. London nature.com/nature/current… 8 years on Twitter 1,872,684 followers | 125 |
| 232. |  Science Friday@scifri Brain fun, for curious people. Hosted by @iraflatow. From @WNYCStudios. New York, New York sciencefriday.com 11 years on Twitter 760,174 followers | 125 |
| 233. |  NASA's Dawn Mission@NASA_Dawn My mission has ended, but the science continues. Visit @NASASolarSystem for the latest. Main Asteroid Belt dawn.jpl.nasa.gov 10 years on Twitter 228,429 followers | 125 |
| 234. |  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 12 years on Twitter 199,330 followers | 125 |
| 235. |  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 10 years on Twitter 9,823 followers | 125 |
| 236. |  NASA Spitzer@NASAspitzer NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope - the infrared Great Observatory. Observes asteroids, comets, extrasolar planets, stars, galaxies and more... Pasadena, CA. spitzer.caltech.edu 10 years on Twitter 151,556 followers | 124 |
| 237. |  Daniel Fischer@cosmos4u All things astronomy and space (and then some) - in tiny bits and pieces but mostly with links to more ... :-) Königswinter, Germany skyweek.wordpress.com 11 years on Twitter 13,655 followers | 124 |
| 238. |  Samaya Nissanke@samayanissanke Astrophysicist, gravitational waves, black holes and neutron star obsessor, working mum, spokesperson @GRAPPAInstitute @UvA_Amsterdam Amsterdam, the Netherlands 6 years on Twitter 2,233 followers | 124 |
| 239. |  WIRED Science@WIREDScience Bringing the radiothermally generated heat. The team: @karaplatoni, @JetJocko, @MeganMolteni, @MrMattSimon, @dmoberhaus San Francisco, California wired.com/category/wired… 12 years on Twitter 2,038,987 followers | 123 |
| 240. |  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 9 years on Twitter 8,691 followers | 123 |
| 241. |  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/ 8 years on Twitter 2,214 followers | 123 |
| 242. |  Samantha Cristoforetti@AstroSamantha @ESA astronaut. ISS Exp 42/43. Book in Italian amzn.to/2xNnkc6. In German tiny.cc/3wd3bz. Pre-order in English amzn.to/2Rh1qri. Author royalties to @Unicef. Europe samanthacristoforetti.esa.int 8 years on Twitter 974,689 followers | 122 |
| 243. |  Carnegie Astronomy@CarnegieAstro Bringing you astronomy from The Carnegie Institution for Science: The Observatories in Pasadena, CA, DTM in Washington DC, and Las Campanas Observatory in Chile Pasadena, CA bit.ly/CarnegieAstro 5 years on Twitter 7,791 followers | 122 |
| 244. |  Caroline Morley@AstroCaroline Assistant Prof at UT Austin, modeler of substellar atmospheres Austin, TX carolinemorley.com 7 years on Twitter 2,329 followers | 122 |
| 245. |  Liz B ☆@astro_Liz X-ray and Optical Astronomer at @ESO. ex Instrument Scientist. Bleeding heart liberal & intersectional feminist. All views my own. Ⓥ #WomenInScience She/Her Edinburgh, Scotland 8 years on Twitter 1,746 followers | 122 |
| 246. |  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 9 years on Twitter 68,747 followers | 121 |
| 247. |  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 10 years on Twitter 43,829 followers | 121 |
| 248. |  Stuart@astronomyblog Maker of things. Data wrangler. Co-author of "Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space". Gone far on a bicycle. ✨📡🛰📕📊📈🗺️🚲🏳️🌈 He/him Yorkshire cosmos-book.github.io 13 years on Twitter 8,097 followers | 121 |
| 249. |  Andy Rivkin@asrivkin Planetary astronomer on #TeamAsteroid; Gedankenband member and guitarist; Persistently Obstreperous. He/him הנני #USAstronomyGoodwillAmbassador ⊗ imperturbable-music.blogspot.com 12 years on Twitter 5,657 followers | 121 |
| 250. |  Dr Jen Gupta@jen_gupta Professional space nerd. Expect astronomy, physics, science, sci-fi, outreach, public engagement, dogs, parenting, emo & general geekiness. Own views. [she/her] Winchester, UK jengupta.com 10 years on Twitter 5,248 followers | 121 |
| 251. |  Angela Speck@Stardustspeck Tattooed witchy astrolator; stellar mortician, empress of the eclipse, queen of astromineralogy; SJW; currently living in South Texas -She/Her/Hers- San Antonio, TX stardustspeck.com 9 years on Twitter 2,265 followers | 121 |
| 252. |  Brant Robertson@brant_robertson Proud father of triplets. Theoretical astrophysicist, UC Santa Cruz (@ucsc). Former @UW, @Harvard, @UChicago, @Caltech, @UofA, @the_IAS. Santa Cruz, CA robertson.sites.ucsc.edu 7 years on Twitter 1,421 followers | 121 |
| 253. |  Sarah Jane Schmidt@sjs917 Astronomer currently based in Berlin/Potsdam, working on the coolest (lowest temperature and most awesome) stars. Works toward inclusion. She/her/hers. Berlin, Germany sarahjaneschmidt.com 8 years on Twitter 1,394 followers | 121 |
| 254. |  Brian Greene@bgreene Physicist, Author, Co-founder @WorldSciFest New York, NY briangreene.org 8 years on Twitter 1,004,705 followers | 120 |
| 255. |  Raychelle Burks@DrRubidium #Chemistry Blackademic in the Ivory Tower. #BLACKandSTEM. She/they. Left Coaster in DC. Sarcastic & silly. Tweets = personal ≠ professional. In @CurlyHairMafia. Middle of Nowhere thirtyseven.scientopia.org 9 years on Twitter 30,470 followers | 120 |
| 256. |  SquareKilometreArray@SKA_telescope The SKA will be the world's largest radio telescope, located in Africa & Australia. Tweets from the SKA's Global Headquarters in the UK. Australia and South Africa skatelescope.org 9 years on Twitter 21,349 followers | 120 |
| 257. |  astro-ph-leaks@LeaksPh Eavesdropping on tex-source comments in papers posted to astro-ph 1 year on Twitter 2,194 followers | 120 |
| 258. |  Dustin Lang@dstndstn Astronomer at @Perimeter. Farm-raised left-handed vegetarian Canadian socialist. Tweets often astronomical/computational/scatological. he/Dr Waterloo, Canada dstn.astrometry.net 6 years on Twitter 1,771 followers | 120 |
| 259. |  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 8 years on Twitter 4,366,916 followers | 119 |
| 260. |  Lisa Randall@lirarandall Physicist and author. Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,Warped Passages,Knocking on Heaven's Door,Higgs Discovery. Opinions expressed are not solely my own. 9 years on Twitter 59,226 followers | 119 |
| 261. |  Jeff Foust@jeff_foust Senior writer, @SpaceNews_Inc. You know the drill: retweets aren't endorsements; opinions here are my own. Rockville, Maryland, USA jfoust.com 13 years on Twitter 42,209 followers | 119 |
| 262. |  James@astrocrash Robotics/software engineer. I used to destroy stars for science. Maintain astrocats (astrocats.space, @AstroCatalogs) & Vox Charta (voxcharta.org) Cambridge, MA astrocrash.net 11 years on Twitter 1,989 followers | 119 |
| 263. |  Phil Marshall@drphilmarshall Astrophysicist, into cosmology, gravitational lenses and inference. This is the closest thing I have to a research blog. I'll write more if you tweet at me. San Francisco slac.stanford.edu/~pjm 9 years on Twitter until last tweet (2018-Nov-10) 1,479 followers | 119 |
| 264. |  The Royal Society@royalsociety The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. London, UK royalsociety.org/whats-new/ 11 years on Twitter 296,351 followers | 118 |
| 265. |  Jim Al-Khalili@jimalkhalili Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE FRS @UniofSurrey Distinguished Chair in theoretical physics, author, broadcaster, humanist. "Affable Egghead" (Sunday Times). University of Surrey jimal-khalili.com 10 years on Twitter 156,420 followers | 118 |
| 266. |  NASA's OSIRIS-REx@OSIRISREx NASA's first asteroid sampling spacecraft. I'm on a 7-year mission to return a pristine sample from asteroid Bennu. Asteroid Bennu AsteroidMission.org 12 years on Twitter 94,360 followers | 118 |
| 267. |  Jonathan Amos@BBCAmos BBC Science Correspondent Cambridge, UK bbcnews.com 10 years on Twitter 47,164 followers | 118 |
| 268. |  Dr Dr Matt 'Death Metal Unicorn' Taylor@mggtTaylor I work at the European Space Agency on Comet Interceptor, LOP-Gateway, Swarm/Cluster and still a bit or Rosetta. 501st Dutch Garrison TK67676 EIB. Netherlands my.race-nation.co.uk/sponsorship/en… 7 years on Twitter 32,511 followers | 118 |
| 269. |  Caprice Phillips@CapricePhillips "Get in loser, we're going to do science!"|OSU Astronomy Graduate Student 🪐🔭 🌌|LSSTC DSFP Fellow|brown dwarfs & exoplanets|#BlackandSTEM ✊🏾👩🏾💻|she/her Columbus,OH 8 years on Twitter 4,982 followers | 118 |
| 270. |  Patrick Stewart@SirPatStew 8 years on Twitter 3,495,952 followers | 117 |
| 271. |  Dr. Caryl Gronwall@carylgronwall Astronomer at Penn State University State College, PA astro.psu.edu/~caryl 9 years on Twitter 1,403 followers | 117 |
| 272. |  Hillary Clinton@HillaryClinton 2016 Democratic Nominee, SecState, Senator, hair icon. Mom, Wife, Grandma x3, lawyer, advocate, fan of walks in the woods & standing up for our democracy. New York, NY onwardtogether.org 7 years on Twitter 28,198,773 followers | 116 |
| 273. |  galaxyzoo@galaxyzoo It's Galaxy Zoo! galaxyzoo.org 11 years on Twitter 13,841 followers | 116 |
| 274. |  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 11 years on Twitter 5,493 followers | 116 |
| 275. |  Emma Chapman@DrEOChapman Astrophysicist, Royal Society Research Fellow. Author of ‘First Light’, published Nov 2020. Activist on sexual misconduct in academia. London, England dremmachapman.wordpress.com 3 years on Twitter 5,041 followers | 116 |
| 276. |  Radio Astrology@RadioAstrology Opening new windows in the prediction spectrum. Astrology at long wavelengths. In the stars (and the ISM) 8 years on Twitter 4,352 followers | 116 |
| 277. |  John Debes@JohnDebes Deputy Head of SMO @stsci. @diskdetective, @backyardworlds, and @NASAWFIRST CGI. Planetary systems around young stars/white dwarfs. Opinions are my own. He/Him Geektown, USA stsci.edu/~debes/ 7 years on Twitter 1,291 followers | 116 |
| 278. |  National Geographic@NatGeo Taking our understanding and awareness of the world further for more than 130 years Global nationalgeographic.com 11 years on Twitter 24,119,429 followers | 115 |
| 279. |  President Obama@POTUS44 This is an archive of an Obama Administration account maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Washington, D.C. obamalibrary.gov/research/archi… 3 years on Twitter until last tweet (2017-Jan-20) 14,767,377 followers | 115 |
| 280. |  Lego Academics@LegoAcademics The female academics of the Lego Research Institute take on the challenges of modern academia. CC-BY-NC-SA Lego Research Institute ideas.lego.com/projects/83039 5 years on Twitter 73,288 followers | 115 |
| 281. |  Dan Hooper@DanHooperAstro Physicist and author at Fermilab and the University of Chicago Chicago, IL 2 years on Twitter 6,585 followers | 115 |
| 282. |  Robert Massey@RobertMMassey Dad, Deputy Director @royalastrosoc, chair @lightyear_fdn. Co-author of Moon: Art, Science, Culture w/ @saschaloske. See bit.ly/2PpjMn0 #shortking he/him Bristol (Southville) & London 10 years on Twitter 3,389 followers | 115 |
| 283. |  Dr Joanna Barstow@DrJoVian Lecturer in Astronomy at Open University @OU_SPS. Astromum. STEM Ambassador, sci outreacher, FRAS, ScienceGrrl. Christian, singer, bookworm. She/her. 6 years on Twitter 2,630 followers | 115 |
| 284. |  Derek Fox@partialobs PSU Astronomer, personal twitter. "Every now and then the universe decides to solve one of our outstanding astrophysical mysteries for us, as a treat." Earth astro.psu.edu/~dfox/ 11 years on Twitter 2,531 followers | 115 |
| 285. |  Hugh Osborn@exohugh Hunting exoplanets for @NASA_TESS & @ESA_CHEOPS. Occasional science blogger/podcaster (for @exo_cast). Expert procrastinator. 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺|🇫🇷🇨🇭🇺🇸|🌍 Cambridge, MA, USA hughosborn.co.uk 10 years on Twitter 2,221 followers | 115 |
| 286. |  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 1,877 followers | 115 |
| 287. |  Dr Pauline Barmby@PBarmby Professor & galaxy-observing astrophysicist @westernuphysast, co-chair @LRP2020 (opinions mine). Yarn & SF aficionada, runner. She/her. Traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenausaune, Lenaapeewak, and Attawandaron peoples. pbarmby.github.io 8 years on Twitter 1,702 followers | 115 |
| 288. |  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 10 years on Twitter 1,363 followers | 115 |
| 289. |  Stephanie Juneau@StephaJuneau Associate Astronomer at @NatOIRLab. Scientist for @DataLabAstro. Coffee & dark chocolate addict. Fan of #blackHoles #art #sciart #rockclimbing irfu.cea.fr/Pisp/stephanie… 6 years on Twitter 1,172 followers | 115 |
| 290. |  Amy Mainzer@AmyMainzer Scientist University of Arizona science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Mainzer/ 7 years on Twitter 27,133 followers | 114 |
| 291. |  bugatti spaceships 🚀@astronaia by Gods Grace✨22 💅🏾Aerospace Engineer🚀BS ERAU🦅PhD Student @ GT🐝Pathways @NASAGlenn🛰 NSTR Fellow📚future astronaut👩🏾🚀 she/her - opinions are my own linktr.ee/astronaia 3 years on Twitter 24,784 followers | 114 |
| 292. |  astropolitical/sociophysical@keshawnrants Rice U '18. B.A. in Astronomy+French Studies. Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's-to-PhD Bridge Student. Future planetarium director. Probablement fâché. he/him/his Nashville, TN soundcloud.com/keshawn-ivory 9 years on Twitter 6,615 followers | 114 |
| 293. |  Prof. Erika Hamden@ErikaHamden Astronomy Professor at University of Arizona. Making UV detectors better, building telescopes, observing galaxies. 2019 @TEDFellow Tucson, AZ ehamden.org 5 years on Twitter 2,314 followers | 114 |
| 294. |  Stephen Colbert@StephenAtHome the guy on CBS 11 years on Twitter 18,846,242 followers | 113 |
| 295. |  Dr. Jacquelyn Gill@JacquelynGill Ice Age ecologist in a warming world. Associate Professor at @UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Host of @ourwarmregards. #TeamMuskOx She/her 🏳️🌈 Maine, USA contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com 10 years on Twitter 90,407 followers | 113 |
| 296. |  Tom Barclay@mrtommyb PhD astrophysicist at NASA Goddard | UMBC faculty. TESS mission. Planets orbiting other stars. Listening to punk rock. Tweets are my own. Silver Spring, MD tombarclay.com 10 years on Twitter 2,736 followers | 113 |
| 297. |  NOT ALT WORLD@NotAltWorld #BlackLivesMatter #BlockTheTrolls The #Resistance team against #AltFacts Formerly: Unofficial National Park Service - Account handed down from the Elders Worldwide 5 years on Twitter 1,052,812 followers | 112 |
| 298. |  Simon Porter@AscendingNode Astrophysicist on the @NASANewHorizons mission to Pluto, 2014 MU69, and beyond. Research Scientist at @SwRI. Space, plane, and train dork. Minor planet 11467. Boulder/Lafayette, CO, 1 AU 6 years on Twitter 6,180 followers | 112 |
| 299. |  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… 7 years on Twitter 5,226 followers | 112 |
| 300. |  Arfon Smith@arfon Head of Data Science @stsci. Ex GitHubber. Zooniverse co-founder. Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Open Source Software • https://t.co/C7TiAzKbkX Baltimore, MD arfon.org 13 years on Twitter 4,606 followers | 112 |