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| 1. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie Cosmologist, pilot, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow. Author: "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)". Personal account. She/her. Dr. Raleigh, NC astrokatie.com/book 12 years on Twitter 400,205 followers | 420 |
| 2. |  NASA@NASA There's space for everybody. ✨ Pale Blue Dot nasa.gov 13 years on Twitter 47,842,592 followers | 392 |
| 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 14 years on Twitter 616,429 followers | 364 |
| 4. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Planetary scientist, space boffin, moon maven, lagrangian lieutenant, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA lakdawalla.com/emily 13 years on Twitter 172,315 followers | 347 |
| 5. |  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 10 years on Twitter 15,121 followers | 329 |
| 6. |  Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz@RocketToLulu Astronomer @AdlerPlanet, co-founder @JustSpaceOrg, multimedia artist. Ethics of Mars exploration, exoplanets, social justice. Opinions mine. Pronouns: they/them Chicago, IL patreon.com/notnotrocketsc… 10 years on Twitter 21,384 followers | 322 |
| 7. |  chrislintott@chrislintott Astronomer, zookeeper and journalist, based at University of Oxford. Oxford zooniverse.org 12 years on Twitter 34,080 followers | 320 |
| 8. |  Sarah Tuttle, Princess of Quite A Lot@niais Astrophysicist. We're not going to be shady, just fierce. She/they. Rebuilding with joy. Full-tilt bozo. (img credit @makowwka - Thank you!!) #Cassandra Pandemic Dystopian PNW fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/316… 13 years on Twitter 19,901 followers | 309 |
| 9. |  Dr. Jessie Christiansen@aussiastronomer NASA Research Scientist | @NASAExoArchive | Exoplaneteer | Usual grab-bag of nerd-doms | My views are not the views of NASA, neither are my tweets! | She/her Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/christia/ 7 years on Twitter 26,807 followers | 308 |
| 10. |  Dr./Prof. Sarah Hörst@PlanetDr Associate Prof of Planetary Sci @JohnsHopkins and Titan evangelist. “I try not to hope and fail utterly” [email protected] she/her https://t.co/jpB4wH9Of8 Baltimore, MD, USA etsy.com/shop/PlanetDr 12 years on Twitter 62,460 followers | 307 |
| 11. |  astrotweeps: Pratik (@astrogandhi)@astrotweeps A new astronomer/planetary scientist tweeting about space each week! astrotweeps.wordpress.com 7 years on Twitter 11,554 followers | 304 |
| 12. |  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 13 years on Twitter 10,646 followers | 303 |
| 13. |  Barack Obama@BarackObama Dad, husband, President, citizen. Washington, DC obamabook.com 14 years on Twitter 129,874,487 followers | 298 |
| 14. |  Jonathan McDowell@planet4589 Astronomer at (but not speaking for, duh) the Center for Astrophysics, working on Chandra and quasars, and commenting on space launches. All plots/images CC-BY Somerville, MA, USA planet4589.org 12 years on Twitter 85,583 followers | 297 |
| 15. |  Bryan Gaensler 📡🧲@SciBry Astronomer, Director of @DunlapInstitute at @UofT. Science-fiction connoisseur, rugby league devotee, displaced Antipodean, perplexed parent. Opinions ∉ UofT. Toronto, Canada he/him bryangaensler.net 12 years on Twitter 11,435 followers | 296 |
| 16. |  AstroBetter@astrobetter Blog and Wiki for professional astronomers. astrobetter.com 12 years on Twitter 6,635 followers | 296 |
| 17. |  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.… 13 years on Twitter 1,372,943 followers | 292 |
| 18. |  Julianne Dalcanton@dalcantonJD Astrophysicist at the University of Washington. Principal Investigator of the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT). 9 years on Twitter 9,232 followers | 290 |
| 19. |  David W Hogg@davidwhogg cosmology, stars, exoplanets, engineering, data analysis, training, emcee, wobble, The Cannon, Astrometry.net, The Joker, #openscience, #otherpeoplesdata New York City / Lenape Land dwh.gg/dwhogg 10 years on Twitter 9,140 followers | 290 |
| 20. |  ESA@esa European Space Agency, keeping you posted on European space activities. Please see our Privacy Notice: esa.int/ESA/Connect_wi… Europe esa.int 12 years on Twitter 1,270,987 followers | 274 |
| 21. |  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 11 years on Twitter 19,361 followers | 273 |
| 22. |  Prof. Karen Masters 💫⭐️✨@KarenLMasters Professor of astrophysics @haverfordedu. Investigating galaxies with @GalaxyZoo @SDSSurveys @MaNGAsurvey. Touch a galaxy @TactileUniverse. British. She/her. Philadelphia, PA klmasters.sites.haverford.edu 12 years on Twitter 10,140 followers | 272 |
| 23. |  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 8 years on Twitter 11,806 followers | 268 |
| 24. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physics, philosophy, complexity; thinking, writing, talking. @Caltech & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. He/him. Los Angeles preposterousuniverse.com 12 years on Twitter 288,085 followers | 267 |
| 25. |  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/ 13 years on Twitter 4,196,305 followers | 266 |
| 26. |  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 12 years on Twitter 7,791 followers | 263 |
| 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 12 years on Twitter 6,807 followers | 261 |
| 28. |  The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein@IBJIYONGI Chanda not Shanda. Theoretical: Physics | Astro | Feminist #STS. all #BLACKandSTEM/all Jewish. queer/agender/woman. Wrote: #DisorderedCosmos. tweets by/for me. DurhamNH/CambridgeMA/EastLos profcpw.com 13 years on Twitter 91,919 followers | 259 |
| 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 12 years on Twitter 3,403,305 followers | 257 |
| 30. |  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 12 years on Twitter 5,712 followers | 257 |
| 31. |  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 8 years on Twitter 8,683 followers | 256 |
| 32. |  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 12 years on Twitter 10,324 followers | 254 |
| 33. |  SpaceX@SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft Hawthorne, CA spacex.com 12 years on Twitter 17,640,913 followers | 252 |
| 34. |  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 eso.org 12 years on Twitter 118,090 followers | 252 |
| 35. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ 12 years on Twitter 14,536,527 followers | 249 |
| 36. |  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 11 years on Twitter 22,307 followers | 248 |
| 37. |  Fraser Cain@fcain 🚀 Publisher of https://t.co/LPesFhSlvS 🔭 Co-host of https://t.co/95YROdwjHg ☄️ Named after asteroid 2000 WM68 Thanks to Kurzgesagt for the avatar. Courtenay, British Columbia about.me/frasercain 14 years on Twitter 42,871 followers | 246 |
| 38. |  BenneHolwerda@BenneHolwerda Extra-Galactic Astronomer & dad. Dust, galaxy morphology, supernovae, galaxy evolution. University of Louisville. Opinions & typos my own. He/him Louisville, KY 13 years on Twitter 3,090 followers | 245 |
| 39. |  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 13 years on Twitter 6,791 followers | 244 |
| 40. |  Maria Womack@StarzanPlanets Astrophysicist & planetary scientist • NSF Atmospheric & Geospace program director • AAS Journals SciEditor #PlanetaryScienceJournal • AAS/DPS Secy • my tweets Zoomlandia & Rivertrails 12 years on Twitter 5,003 followers | 244 |
| 41. |  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 4,788 followers | 244 |
| 42. |  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 12 years on Twitter 535,438 followers | 243 |
| 43. |  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 11 years on Twitter 29,381 followers | 243 |
| 44. |  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 12 years on Twitter 807,651 followers | 242 |
| 45. |  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/… 13 years on Twitter 7,124,450 followers | 241 |
| 46. |  Dr. Tanya Harrison@tanyaofmars Professional Martian🔴Fmr ops + science team @NASAPersevere @MarsCuriosity @MarsRovers + more🌍Director of Science Strategy @planet Fed (she/her)🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇨🇦 Washington DC + Toronto tanyaharrison.com 12 years on Twitter 48,422 followers | 241 |
| 47. |  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 12 years on Twitter 3,034,241 followers | 240 |
| 48. |  Mike Brown@plutokiller Astronomer, planet hunter, Pluto killer, bear whisperer, finger-wrapped dad. Dangerous secularist. He/him. Pasadena, CA mikebrown.caltech.edu 12 years on Twitter 64,763 followers | 240 |
| 49. |  Brooke Simmons@vrooje Distracted astrophysicist researching galaxies & black holes & other interesting things. Also planetaryresponsenetwork.org lead. (She/her) United Kingdom vrooje.github.io 12 years on Twitter 9,330 followers | 240 |
| 50. |  Meg Urry@Meg_Urry Yale physics prof, likes supermassive black holes, teaching, writing, increasing participation in STEM, my family Yale University urrylab.yale.edu 9 years on Twitter 5,206 followers | 240 |
| 51. |  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/ 5 years on Twitter 33,371 followers | 239 |
| 52. |  Alessondra Springmann@sondy aka Sondy. asteroids, comets, @AreciboRadar/🇵🇷 love, cacti 🌵, geology, rare disease/healthcare advocacy, puns, cat herding @ObservatoryCats. she/her Chukson / Tucson, AZ sondy.com 11 years on Twitter 9,397 followers | 238 |
| 53. |  Dr Rachael Livermore@rclivermore Astrophysicist | Science Communicator. She/her. Videos of my public talks at bit.ly/SciTalks London, England rlivermore.com 13 years on Twitter 8,004 followers | 238 |
| 54. |  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 10 years on Twitter 28,034 followers | 237 |
| 55. |  Alex Parker@Alex_Parker Planetary astronomer and artist exploring the origin and history of our solar system. He/him. Boulder, Colorado alexharrisonparker.com 12 years on Twitter 32,512 followers | 236 |
| 56. |  ☄Ashley🔭Lindalía☄@That_Astro_Chic 🔭🪐Planetary Astrochemist⚗🔬|The Realest In The Streets|@BlackInAstro Founder| @BlackInChem & @BlackInPhysics Co-Founder|Incoming PhD student @HowardU Chicago, IL, USA,🌍 today.com/paid-content/w… 10 years on Twitter 24,369 followers | 234 |
| 57. |  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 11 years on Twitter 13,281 followers | 233 |
| 58. |  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〉 astropartigirl.com 11 years on Twitter 64,533 followers | 232 |
| 59. |  Dr. Moiya McTier@GoAstroMo Folklorist to the stars, and astrophysicist to the folks! Host of @ExolorePod. she/her #scicomm #BiInSci #BlackandSTEM #worldbuilding New York, NY moiyamctier.com 7 years on Twitter 14,621 followers | 232 |
| 60. |  ★ dr amanda bauer ★@astropixie Deputy Director of Rubin Observatory Operations, she/Dr, #CosmicVertigo space podcast abc.net.au/radionational/… Tucson, AZ amandabauer.blogspot.com 13 years on Twitter 9,381 followers | 232 |
| 61. |  David Spergel@DavidSpergel Astrophysicist at Princeton University and Flatiron Institute Princeton NJ astro.princeton.edu/~dns 7 years on Twitter 8,010 followers | 231 |
| 62. |  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 8 years on Twitter 11,328 followers | 230 |
| 63. |  Dr. Caitlin Casey@astrocaits Prof at the University of Texas at Austin🤘🏼, astronomer ✨, mom 👶🏻, & urban homesteader! 🐷🐔😻🤠. Big fan of justice. she/hers Austin, TX as.utexas.edu/~cmcasey 7 years on Twitter 5,024 followers | 228 |
| 64. |  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 drbecky.uk.com 12 years on Twitter 23,968 followers | 226 |
| 65. |  Prof. Emily Levesque 🤓✨🔭📚🏳️🌈@emsque Astronomer, professor, author, weird star enthusiast. Get THE LAST STARGAZERS, my book of astronomy stories & adventures, at thelaststargazers.com Seattle, WA thelaststargazers.com 11 years on Twitter 7,590 followers | 226 |
| 66. |  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/ 7 years on Twitter 6,987 followers | 226 |
| 67. |  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 12 years on Twitter 4,156 followers | 225 |
| 68. |  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 11 years on Twitter 12,765,932 followers | 223 |
| 69. |  LIGO@LIGO Official Twitter of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. We detect gravitational waves! Email: [email protected] Livingston, LA and Hanford, WA ligo.org 13 years on Twitter 109,285 followers | 222 |
| 70. |  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… 11 years on Twitter 2,635 followers | 222 |
| 71. |  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 13 years on Twitter 1,942,666 followers | 221 |
| 72. |  Dr. Emily Petroff@ebpetroff Astronomer. Project Manager in training. Veni Fellow at the University of Amsterdam 🇳🇱 and PM in the CHIME/FRB Collaboration in Canada 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 Kitchener, ON, Canada ebpetroff.com 8 years on Twitter 11,131 followers | 219 |
| 73. |  ESA Science@esascience Science @ The European Space Agency, keeping you posted on European space science activities All over the Universe! esa.int/science 11 years on Twitter 390,555 followers | 218 |
| 74. |  Dr. Kaitlin Rasmussen@toomanyspectra twitter’s spectroscopist ✨ astronomy post-doc @UMich 😎 non-binary ✊ sci-fi writer & consultant 🚀 avi loeb’s replacement 🏳️🌈 she/they Ann Arbor, MI kaitlinrasmussen.com 2 years on Twitter 9,967 followers | 218 |
| 75. |  Catherine Q.@CatherineQ Astrophysicist, science communicator, over-thinker. One of @HuffPostscience Top 30 Physicists to follow. @AucklandUni @AucklandSpace space person. Dogs rule. Auckland, New Zealand 12 years on Twitter 41,134 followers | 215 |
| 76. |  SarcasticRover@SarcasticRover Doing a science on the red planet. Not @MarsCuriosity. Portrait by @badportraits. Written by @jfiliatrault. 4th Rock From the Sun 8 years on Twitter 908,722 followers | 213 |
| 77. |  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 13 years on Twitter 45,163 followers | 213 |
| 78. |  Sarah Ballard@hubbahubble Habitable worlds, kindness, fiction, etc. At ~75 km/s*Mpc! One half of @drssarahcare Cambridge, MA drballard.space 7 years on Twitter 3,564 followers | 213 |
| 79. |  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 9 years on Twitter 4,077 followers | 212 |
| 80. |  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 11 years on Twitter 2,647 followers | 212 |
| 81. |  Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield Canadian Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Earth chrishadfield.ca 10 years on Twitter 2,365,706 followers | 211 |
| 82. |  Dan F-M@exoplaneteer Astronomer & scientific software developer. Associate Research Scientist at @FlatironCCA (he/him) NYC dfm.io 10 years on Twitter 3,708 followers | 211 |
| 83. |  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 1 year on Twitter 2,802,728 followers | 210 |
| 84. |  Planetary Society@exploreplanets Your role in space exploration starts here. Join CEO @BillNye and shape our future in the cosmos. Pasadena, CA planetary.org 10 years on Twitter 236,698 followers | 207 |
| 85. |  Dr. Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), jungles and spiders. Champagneophile. PhD. (she/her) 🇱🇧🇺🇸 nadiadrake.com 10 years on Twitter 29,735 followers | 207 |
| 86. |  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 10 years on Twitter 8,504 followers | 207 |
| 87. |  Bruce Macintosh@bmac_astro Stanford professor. Astronomer: exoplanets, instruments, astropolicy. Principal investigator for the Gemini Planet Imager. He/him. Black lives matter. Stanford, CA 3 years on Twitter 2,938 followers | 207 |
| 88. |  Dr Jess Wade 👩🏻🔬💉💉@jesswade 제시카 imperial college research fellow. @500womensci + @wikipedia + chiral materials + Raman spectroscopy enthusiast. she/her. least useful doctor in my family. London, England 12 years on Twitter 48,927 followers | 206 |
| 89. |  Dr. Nicole Gugliucci is VISITING THE FAM!@NoisyAstronomer A physics professor who loves education, astronomy, dogs, books, weights, and good trouble. She/her ❤️💜💙 Tweets mine; RT/like≠endorse New Hampshire, USA 13 years on Twitter 21,413 followers | 206 |
| 90. |  NASA's Juno Mission@NASAJuno Exploring Jupiter. Follow @nasasolarsystem for the latest updates. missionjuno.swri.edu | nasa.gov/juno Jupiter 12 years on Twitter 768,836 followers | 205 |
| 91. |  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 12 years on Twitter 6,427 followers | 205 |
| 92. |  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 11 years on Twitter 5,892 followers | 204 |
| 93. |  STARtorialist@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/collections/fa… 7 years on Twitter 5,483 followers | 203 |
| 94. |  Shit Academics Say@AcademicsSay A social experiment | @prof_nch chronicle.com/article/Academ… 7 years on Twitter 354,770 followers | 202 |
| 95. |  RealScientists | Siva@realscientists Real science from real scientists, writers, communicators, artists & clinicians. This week, it's Siva Shakthi A (@sivashakthia) Everywhere realscientists.org 8 years on Twitter 90,182 followers | 202 |
| 96. |  Rubin Observatory@VRubinObs The Rubin Observatory will produce the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). Cerro Pachon, Chile rubinobservatory.org 12 years on Twitter 11,192 followers | 202 |
| 97. |  Bill Nye@BillNye "Great Big World of Science" now available everywhere books are sold Los Angeles, CA bit.ly/2Q0EGLf 12 years on Twitter 6,138,872 followers | 201 |
| 98. |  James Davenport, PhD@jradavenport Dad, astronomer, professor, maker of data & science things. Studying stars, looking for aliens. All opinions are my own. #BlackLivesMatter Seattle, WA jradavenport.github.io 9 years on Twitter 3,955 followers | 200 |
| 99. |  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 11 years on Twitter 48,736 followers | 198 |
| 100. |  Dr. Laura Lopez@ohdearz Associate professor of astronomy @OSUastro/@ohiostate studying the birth & death of stars with all the telescopes. She/her 🇲🇽 🇺🇲 8 years on Twitter 2,874 followers | 198 |
| 101. |  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 12 years on Twitter 738,066 followers | 197 |
| 102. |  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 12 years on Twitter 68,070 followers | 197 |
| 103. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Independent science journalist, correspondent for Nature. THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING: bit.ly/2GIoKJ6. witzescience-at-gmail-dot-com. She/her/hers. Boulder, CO alexandrawitze.com 12 years on Twitter 23,254 followers | 197 |
| 104. |  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 10 years on Twitter 3,373 followers | 197 |
| 105. |  Sarafina Nance@starstrickenSF Astrophysics PhD student & @NSF fellow @UCBerkeley. Author of LITTLE LEO’S FASCINATING WORLD OF ASTRONOMY (9.7.21). Cancer-fighting BRCA2 previvor. She/her 🇪🇬 P.O.Box 457 Berkeley, CA 94701 starafina.com 5 years on Twitter 129,397 followers | 196 |
| 106. |  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… 13 years on Twitter 3,908 followers | 196 |
| 107. |  Johanna@johannateske She/her/hers. Astronomer, runner, feminist, vegan, Nats fan, Peloton fan. Washington, DC johannateske.squarespace.com 7 years on Twitter 2,813 followers | 195 |
| 108. |  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 12 years on Twitter 702,410 followers | 194 |
| 109. |  Rose DF@_Astro_Nerd_ Living with my feet on the ground, and my heart in the Cosmos. | She/Ella | Caribeña 🇩🇴 New York, NY rosedf.space 6 years on Twitter 48,563 followers | 194 |
| 110. |  Kamala Harris@KamalaHarris Fighting for the people. Wife, Momala, Auntie. She/her. Official account is @VP. Washington, DC joebiden.com 12 years on Twitter 18,710,656 followers | 192 |
| 111. |  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 12 years on Twitter 2,167,183 followers | 192 |
| 112. |  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 12 years on Twitter 3,231 followers | 192 |
| 113. |  Jonathan Fortney • Vaccinate! • #BLM@jjfplanet @ucsc Professor & Director of Other Worlds Laboratory. Planetary Astrophysics: Exoplanets & Solar System. Father, Fiancé, Softballer, Runner, Minnesotan. he/him Santa Cruz, CA jfortney.sites.ucsc.edu 9 years on Twitter 3,895 followers | 191 |
| 114. |  P(David|Kipping) ∝ P(Kipping|David) P(David)@david_kipping Exoplanets & Exomoons, Cool Worlds Lab, Columbia University. He/Him Manhattan, NY coolworldslab.com 12 years on Twitter 8,162 followers | 190 |
| 115. |  Elon Musk@elonmusk 12 years on Twitter 58,876,244 followers | 189 |
| 116. |  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 & authors Cambridge, MA, USA 8 years on Twitter 13,497 followers | 189 |
| 117. |  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 14 years on Twitter 30,910,273 followers | 188 |
| 118. |  Natalie Batalha@nbatalha Professor of Astrophysics & Director of Astrobiology, UC Santa Cruz. Silicon Valley, California 12 years on Twitter 7,621 followers | 188 |
| 119. |  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 9 years on Twitter 7,210 followers | 188 |
| 120. |  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 11 years on Twitter 5,760 followers | 188 |
| 121. |  iamstarnerd@iamstarnord On a ship. The dude abides, the churn does not. he on it. iamstarnord.com 11 years on Twitter 3,618 followers | 188 |
| 122. |  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 until last tweet (2020-Jul-02) 2,472 followers | 188 |
| 123. |  Adam Burgasser@browndwarfs astrophysicist, professor, and preferably in the water. on a plane, or San Diego pono.ucsd.edu/~adam 10 years on Twitter 2,205 followers | 188 |
| 124. |  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/… 6 years on Twitter 395,088 followers | 187 |
| 125. |  Ed Yong@edyong209 Science writer at The Atlantic. Many words; some awards. Author of I Contain Multitudes (2016). Married to Liz Neeley. Parent to Typo edyong.me (he/him) At home theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ 12 years on Twitter 344,463 followers | 187 |
| 126. |  Dr. Amber Straughn@astraughnomer Black Lives Matter. @nasa Astrophysicist for #JWST From Arkansas. #ActOnClimate Pilot, yogini, Great Dane mom, @PearlJam superfan #FirstGen she/her Tweets mine Lukin's amberstraughn.com 10 years on Twitter 15,219 followers | 187 |
| 127. |  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… 12 years on Twitter 4,301 followers | 187 |
| 128. |  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 13 years on Twitter 289,453 followers | 186 |
| 129. |  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) 438,108 followers | 185 |
| 130. |  Shannon (we're already in space) Stirone 💀@shannonmstirone Writer. Find me in @NYTimes @TheAtlantic @Longreads @washingtonpost @PopSci @Wired @Esquire, others. Opinions are mine. she/her Vega shannonstirone.com 7 years on Twitter 40,777 followers | 185 |
| 131. |  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 12 years on Twitter 9,270 followers | 185 |
| 132. |  ESA Gaia@ESAGaia Science with 1 billion objects in three dimensions ESA cosmos.esa.int/gaia 12 years on Twitter 25,009 followers | 184 |
| 133. |  Dr. Jennifer L. Hoffman ✨🏠@astroprofhoff Astronomer, associate professor, alto, auntie, ailurophile. She/her. University of Denver Denver, CO grammai.org/jhoffman/ 7 years on Twitter 3,654 followers | 184 |
| 134. |  Karin Sandstrom@karinsandstrom Astronomer. Assistant Professor at UC San Diego. Lover of coffee, interstellar dust, California, nerdy stuff. she/her San Diego, CA karinsandstrom.github.io 12 years on Twitter 2,957 followers | 184 |
| 135. |  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 10 years on Twitter 2,834 followers | 184 |
| 136. |  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… 5 years on Twitter 14,490 followers | 183 |
| 137. |  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 7 years on Twitter 7,910 followers | 183 |
| 138. |  Jane Rigby@janerrigby Astronomer studying black holes & galaxies w/ telescopes on Earth & in space, helping build @NASAWebb. Queer parent scientist UU activist. Views mine. DC Metro janerigby.net 10 years on Twitter 5,110 followers | 183 |
| 139. |  Jason Major@JPMajor Sharing space news and beautiful views of the Universe. #FullyVaccinated. He. Him. His. Expect the unstated /s. Warwick, RI lightsinthedark.com 11 years on Twitter 48,456 followers | 182 |
| 140. |  Geert Barentsen@GeertHub Astrophysics PhD & Software Engineer at NASA. 🔭🖥 Loves bicycles, mountains, and vegan waffles. 🚲🏔🧇 San Francisco, CA geert.io 12 years on Twitter 3,797 followers | 182 |
| 141. |  President Biden@POTUS 46th President of the United States, husband to @FLOTUS, proud dad & pop. Tweets may be archived: whitehouse.gov/privacy WhiteHouse.gov Under 1 year on Twitter 13,049,996 followers | 181 |
| 142. |  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 13 years on Twitter 2,557,895 followers | 181 |
| 143. |  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 13 years on Twitter 23,553 followers | 181 |
| 144. |  Brian Keating@DrBrianKeating Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor @UCSanDiego Astrophysicist | Author: Losing The Nobel Prize (@wwnorton). @SimonsObs. Hosting Brilliant 🧠s @ImpossibleClips San Diego, CA youtube.com/DrBrianKeating… 10 years on Twitter 17,416 followers | 181 |
| 145. |  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 10 years on Twitter 2,421 followers | 181 |
| 146. |  Prof. Lisa Harvey-Smith@lisaharveysmith Astrophysicist, Australian Government @WomenInSTEMau Ambassador. Author. Signed books: lisaharveysmith.com. Presenter: @ABCtv Stargazing Live. Ultramarathoner Australia lisaharveysmith.com 9 years on Twitter 23,699 followers | 180 |
| 147. |  Astro Union@IAU_org Founded in 1919, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) promotes and safeguards the science of astronomy through international cooperation. iau.org 7 years on Twitter 13,583 followers | 180 |
| 148. |  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 10 years on Twitter 13,016 followers | 180 |
| 149. |  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 10 years on Twitter 8,414 followers | 180 |
| 150. |  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/ 8 years on Twitter 7,898 followers | 180 |
| 151. |  Eric Mamajek@EricMamajek Star & exoplanet whisperer, space yinzer. Statements & opinions my own. Lover of all things space, Earth, Sun. Pittsburgh Penguins & Steelers fan. DC Statehood 10 years on Twitter 3,326 followers | 179 |
| 152. |  Samaya Nissanke 💙@samayanissanke Astrophysicist, gravitational waves, black holes and neutron star obsessor, working mum, spokesperson @GRAPPAInstitute @UvA_Amsterdam Amsterdam, the Netherlands 7 years on Twitter 3,121 followers | 179 |
| 153. |  Benjamin Pope@fringetracker Astronomer - he/him Meanjin/Brisbane benjaminpope.github.io 8 years on Twitter 3,044 followers | 179 |
| 154. |  Dr. Anna Hughes@AnnaGHughes Astrophysics PhD working in quantum computing. Snowboarder, violinist, & prog enthusiast | She and her Vancouver, British Columbia 4 years on Twitter 32,700 followers | 178 |
| 155. |  Dr. Abbie 💖💜💙@abigailStev Astronomer in Michigan (she/her) 👩🏻💻 black holes & neutron stars 🔭 #SciComm 🌌 mental health 🧠 data sci 🐍 #BiinSci 🏳️🌈 knitter 🧶tweets≠NSF,MSU,UM Anishinaabeg/Odawa land abigailstevens.com 10 years on Twitter 3,143 followers | 178 |
| 156. |  HUBBLE@HUBBLE_space The official feed of ESA/Hubble. The Hubble Space Telescope is the space-based observatory which has revolutionised modern astronomy. space esahubble.org 11 years on Twitter 714,217 followers | 177 |
| 157. |  Matthew R "Amongst The Vaccinated" 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 10 years on Twitter 29,911 followers | 177 |
| 158. |  Mia de los Reyes@MiaDoesAstro Astro PhD student. She/her/hers, Filipina-American, rock climber, aerialist, avid eater of baked goods. Views my own. Pasadena, CA astro.caltech.edu/~madlr/index.h… 4 years on Twitter 6,765 followers | 177 |
| 159. |  SAO/NASA ADS@adsabs adsabs.harvard.edu 10 years on Twitter 3,848 followers | 177 |
| 160. |  Adrian Price-Whelan@adrianprw astrophysics @ Flatiron Institute (CCA); galaxy dynamics, binary stars; @astropy developer; music; github.com/adrn (he/him). Black Lives Matter. new york, ny adrian.pw 10 years on Twitter 3,031 followers | 177 |
| 161. |  Hannah Wakeford@StellarPlanet She / Her | Exoplanet explorer - Lecturer in Astrophysics @BristolUniPhys - @STARGATE_collab EC member| @exo_cast podcaster | @BSACDIVER | opinions are my own Bristol, UK stellarplanet.org 9 years on Twitter 3,844 followers | 175 |
| 162. |  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 9 years on Twitter 161,081 followers | 174 |
| 163. |  TrueSciPhi / Kelly Truelove@TrueSciPhi A window on science, philosophy, and mathematics communities on social media, by Kelly Truelove (physics PhD). Lists: TrueSciPhi.org. Images: TrueSciPhi.art. Austin, Texas TrueSciPhi.org 6 years on Twitter 9,877 followers | 174 |
| 164. |  Thomas Robitaille 🇪🇺@astrofrog Scientific software developer, lead developer of Glue, co-ordinator for the Astropy project, open development advocate. United Kingdom thomasrobitaille.com 12 years on Twitter 2,684 followers | 174 |
| 165. |  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 12 years on Twitter 1,445 followers | 174 |
| 166. |  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 10 years on Twitter 360,443 followers | 173 |
| 167. |  Alan Duffy@astroduff Professor in Astrophysics and Director of Space Institute at @Swinburne, Lead Scientist of @RiAus Melbourne alanrduffy.com 9 years on Twitter 20,850 followers | 173 |
| 168. |  Peter Coles 🇮🇪 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🎹🎷🎼🎶@telescoper 'Self-proclaimed astrophysicist' specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it (e.g. jazz, opera, poetry & crosswords). Pronouns: he/him/his Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland telescoper.wordpress.com 11 years on Twitter 6,503 followers | 173 |
| 169. |  Sloan Digital Sky Surveys@sdssurveys Tweeting about mapping the Universe @APOGEEsurvey @eBOSSurvey @MaNGASurvey Apache Point Observatory. sdss.org 8 years on Twitter 6,976 followers | 172 |
| 170. |  Juan Carlos Munoz@astro_jcm Astronomer • @ESO Media Officer • I used to collect photons with huge telescopes, now I tell you all about it! • he/him • Opinions own • https://t.co/H9MIPL4Y0g Garching bei München, Deutschl linkedin.com/in/juan-carlos… 4 years on Twitter 5,714 followers | 172 |
| 171. |  Caprice Phillips@CapricePhillips OSU Astro PhD Student|LSSTC DSFP Fellow|brown dwarfs & exoplanets|ExoExplorer|#BlackInAstro👩🏾💻🔭|@BlackInAstro lead organizer|plan(e)t mom 🪴/🪐|she/her capricephillips.github.io 9 years on Twitter 7,833 followers | 171 |
| 172. |  Dr. Carl E. Fields 💥@carlnotsagan Computational astrophysicist | RPF Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow @ LANL | #ForbesUnder30 | Formerly @asu, @michiganstateu | @BlackInAstro | he/him Santa Fe, NM carlnotsagan.com 7 years on Twitter 10,425 followers | 170 |
| 173. |  Mark Marley@astromarkmarley Prof., Dept. Head & Director, Dept. of Planetary Sciences & LPL, Univ. of Ariz. Personal account - opinions expressed here are mine alone. Blackbody-free zone. Mountain View, California lpl.arizona.edu/faculty/mark-m… 11 years on Twitter 4,231 followers | 170 |
| 174. |  BlackPhysicists@BlackPhysicists Arlington, VA and Worldwide 12 years on Twitter 26,412 followers | 169 |
| 175. |  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/ 12 years on Twitter 5,464 followers | 169 |
| 176. |  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 12 years on Twitter 1,548,378 followers | 168 |
| 177. |  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 12 years on Twitter 2,260,624 followers | 167 |
| 178. |  Dr. James O'Donoghue@physicsJ Planetary Space Scientist @JAXA_en, previously @NASA. Observer of Jupiter and Saturn. Tweets my own Between Mount Fuji and Tokyo youtube.com/jayphys85/vide… 10 years on Twitter 131,446 followers | 167 |
| 179. |  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 13 years on Twitter 43,181 followers | 166 |
| 180. |  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 dranicole.com 6 years on Twitter 3,486 followers | 166 |
| 181. |  Greta Thunberg@GretaThunberg Climate- and environmental activist with Asperger’s Born at 375 ppm Sverige ClimateEmergencyEU.org 3 years on Twitter 5,017,937 followers | 165 |
| 182. |  PHD Comics@PHDcomics Life (or the lack thereof) in Academia. Comic strip by Jorge Cham. Instagram.com/phd_comics phdcomics.com 13 years on Twitter 295,303 followers | 165 |
| 183. |  astro-ph-leaks@LeaksPh Eavesdropping on tex-source comments in papers posted to astro-ph 2 years on Twitter 3,748 followers | 165 |
| 184. |  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 12 years on Twitter 135,874 followers | 164 |
| 185. |  Joss Bland-Hawthorn@JossBlandHawtho All things novel, beautiful, poetical, historical, astrophysical, mathematical, technological. Sydney, Australia physics.usyd.edu.au/~jbh/ 7 years on Twitter 2,606 followers | 164 |
| 186. |  Thomas Zurbuchen@Dr_ThomasZ Associate Administrator, @NASA Science Mission Directorate Washington, DC science.nasa.gov 10 years on Twitter 62,683 followers | 163 |
| 187. |  Caroline Morley@AstroCaroline Assistant Prof at UT Austin, modeler of substellar atmospheres Austin, TX carolinemorley.com 8 years on Twitter 2,786 followers | 163 |
| 188. |  Scientific American@sciam Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world. New York City scientificamerican.com 13 years on Twitter 3,988,412 followers | 162 |
| 189. |  Universe Today@universetoday Universe Today - universetoday.com, a website about space and astronomy. Tweets are probably coming from @fcain Courtenay, British Columbia universetoday.com 12 years on Twitter 302,478 followers | 162 |
| 190. |  J. Shanahan@Enceladosaurus Lead ML dev - passions: AI ethics, video game + eSports AI/ML, astrophysics, & #a11y - Cofounded @AAS_WGAD & created #disabledandSTEM - #EhlersDanlos (they/she) Stockholm, Sverige en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Sha… 10 years on Twitter 6,453 followers | 162 |
| 191. |  Marc Kuchner@marckuchner Astrophysicist, Author, Songwriter. Citizen Science Officer @NASA. Tweets are my own. Greenbelt, MD marketingforscientists.com 12 years on Twitter 5,677 followers | 162 |
| 192. |  David Grinspoon@DrFunkySpoon Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. 👽🚀🎸🎵🌎❤️ Biosphere One funkyscience.net 9 years on Twitter 30,490 followers | 161 |
| 193. |  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/yiqhmpgfFs Worldwide newscientist.com 12 years on Twitter 3,977,947 followers | 160 |
| 194. |  Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell Casting pods with @BillNye on Science Rules. Making magazines @AmSciMag. Opening minds @sci_project. Writing all around. Science-curious. Brooklyn, NY discovermagazine.com/outthere 12 years on Twitter 74,710 followers | 160 |
| 195. |  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 12 years on Twitter 32,140 followers | 160 |
| 196. |  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 9 years on Twitter 4,464 followers | 160 |
| 197. |  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 12 years on Twitter 2,393 followers | 160 |
| 198. |  Vice President Kamala Harris@VP Vice President of the United States. Wife to the first @SecondGentleman. Momala. Auntie. Fighting for the people. whitehouse.gov 4 years on Twitter 10,973,018 followers | 159 |
| 199. |  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 8 years on Twitter 5,289,615 followers | 158 |
| 200. |  Dr Claudia Antolini 🌌🚀#BLM she/her 🐯@CA_AstroComm #Scicomm | astronomer | space wizard | demisexual | #STEMinist | @BIGchats secretary | #mentalhealth | immigrant | @tigerinstemm 🇮🇹🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (own views) United Kingdom 3 years on Twitter 24,735 followers | 158 |
| 201. |  Dr. 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 10 years on Twitter 6,929 followers | 158 |
| 202. |  Dr. Phil Metzger@DrPhiltill Planetary scientist at @UCF. CoFounder NASA KSC SwampWorks. Space Mining. Space Settlement. Science. Instagram @drphiltill Orlando, FL philipmetzger.com 8 years on Twitter 84,414 followers | 157 |
| 203. |  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… 12 years on Twitter 9,804 followers | 157 |
| 204. |  Astropy@astropy This is the official twitter account for the Astropy project. Earth astropy.org 10 years on Twitter 4,321 followers | 157 |
| 205. |  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 12 years on Twitter 6,330 followers | 156 |
| 206. |  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) 2,245 followers | 156 |
| 207. |  Mark McCaughrean@markmccaughrean Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration @esa Co-founder @spacerockslive Well aware of the (in)significance of being recycled starstuff. Opinions very much own. Wassenaar, The Netherlands markmccaughrean.net 6 years on Twitter 7,651 followers | 155 |
| 208. |  Kevin Schawinski@kevinschawinski Co-founder/CEO @modulos_ai Zurich, Switzerland modulos.ai 10 years on Twitter 4,516 followers | 155 |
| 209. |  XKCD Comic@xkcdComic XKCD comic feed with images and mobile friendly links. Unofficial, run by @dghubble xkcd.com 7 years on Twitter 363,435 followers | 154 |
| 210. |  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 13 years on Twitter 255,587 followers | 154 |
| 211. |  Hubble Space Telescope@HubbleTelescope News from the Hubble Space Telescope operated by the Space Telescope Science Institute (@stsci, @spacetelescope) in partnership with NASA. hubblesite.org/news 13 years on Twitter 207,063 followers | 154 |
| 212. |  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 4 years on Twitter 22,424 followers | 154 |
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| 214. |  Dr Erin Ryan@erinleeryan Doctor of the flying space rocks who sciences data, curser of #Python, master gardener of @modicello, collector of orchids, tweets mine & not employer's. Near the crabby impact crater erinleeryan.com 11 years on Twitter 3,329 followers | 154 |
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| 216. |  National Science Foundation@NSF Explore #NSFfunded research that is transforming the world. / Social media policy: bit.ly/smpnsf Alexandria, VA nsf.gov 12 years on Twitter 1,214,543 followers | 153 |
| 217. |  Dr. Sanjana Curtis! 🦦@sanjanacurtis astrophysicist | exploding stars and synthesis of elements | postdoc @uva_api currently @ucsc | immigrant 🇮🇳➔🇺🇸 | she/her Santa Cruz, CA 5 years on Twitter 16,168 followers | 152 |
| 218. |  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 11 years on Twitter 5,723 followers | 152 |
| 219. |  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 10 years on Twitter 2,551 followers | 152 |
| 220. |  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 12 years on Twitter 7,589 followers | 151 |
| 221. |  Dr Jane MacArthur@Jane_MacArthur Planetary scientist, likes meteorites. Fellow & elected Councillor @RoyalAstroSoc #Violinist #FCA Manchester janemac.org 12 years on Twitter 7,375 followers | 151 |
| 222. |  Dr Emma Chapman@DrEOChapman Astrophysicist, Royal Society Research Fellow. Author of ‘First Light’, published Nov 2020. Activist on sexual misconduct and toxic culture in academia. London, England dremmachapman.wordpress.com 4 years on Twitter 6,311 followers | 151 |
| 223. |  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) 2,983 followers | 151 |
| 224. |  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 7 years on Twitter 1,761 followers | 151 |
| 225. |  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 12 years on Twitter 318,195 followers | 150 |
| 226. |  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 12 years on Twitter 119,948 followers | 150 |
| 227. |  J@astrocrash Scientist and engineer. Star destroyer. Also maps. Maintain the Open Astronomy Catalogs (astrocats.space, @AstroCatalogs). Cambridge, MA 12 years on Twitter 2,249 followers | 150 |
| 228. |  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 7 years on Twitter 1,849 followers | 150 |
| 229. |  Scott Kelly@StationCDRKelly Ret US Navy Capt & Former NASA Astronaut | #YearInSpace | @KepplerSpeakers | NY Times Bestselling Author |#EnduranceMemoir #InfiniteWonder #MyJourneyToTheStars Denver, CO linktr.ee/StationCDRKelly 11 years on Twitter 5,367,289 followers | 149 |
| 230. |  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) 52,708 followers | 149 |
| 231. |  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 12 years on Twitter 9,567 followers | 149 |
| 232. |  Arianna Long@astroarianna astrophysics PhD candidate @UCIPhysAstro丨Mentor Coordinator @VanguardSTEM & LUMA | @NASEMFordFellow | #BLACKandSTEM | 🐶 & 🌿 mom | she/her ariannalong.space 12 years on Twitter 4,974 followers | 149 |
| 233. |  SPACE.com@SPACEdotcom News coverage and conversation about space science, astronomy and exploration. Part of @futureplc NYC SPACE.com 13 years on Twitter 872,824 followers | 148 |
| 234. |  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 10 years on Twitter 709,413 followers | 148 |
| 235. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal 🎥Emmy-Nominated Science Host Emily's Wonder Lab (Netflix) #XplorationOuterSpace (FOX) ✍🏻author Ada Lace Series 💡WVU/MIT from WV, she/her thespacegal.com 12 years on Twitter 111,240 followers | 148 |
| 236. |  astropolitical/sociophysical@keshawnrants KeShawn Ivory, Astrophysics PhD student at Vanderbilt. Rice U '18 (BA Astro + French Studies). Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge '21 (MA Physics). he/him/his Nashville, TN youtube.com/channel/UCdZSk… 10 years on Twitter 10,244 followers | 148 |
| 237. |  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 6 years on Twitter 8,895 followers | 148 |
| 238. |  Sarah Jane Schmidt@sjs917 Ex-astronomer turned data scientist. Feminist, hobby hopper, and video gamer. She/her/hers. #biInSTEM #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights Berlin, Germany sarahjaneschmidt.com 9 years on Twitter 1,468 followers | 148 |
| 239. |  Institute of Physics@PhysicsNews The Institute of Physics is a leading scientific membership society working to advance physics for the benefit of all. UK iop.org 12 years on Twitter 198,363 followers | 147 |
| 240. |  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 11 years on Twitter 52,998 followers | 147 |
| 241. |  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 11 years on Twitter 23,331 followers | 147 |
| 242. |  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 10 years on Twitter 9,204 followers | 147 |
| 243. |  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/press 10 years on Twitter 7,118 followers | 147 |
| 244. |  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 9 years on Twitter 743,039 followers | 146 |
| 245. |  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 11 years on Twitter 38,850 followers | 146 |
| 246. |  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 11 years on Twitter 23,207 followers | 146 |
| 247. |  Dr. Héloïse Stevance 🖤✨@Sydonahi opinionated astrophysicist || 🖤 𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍 🖤 carl sagan or future Time Lord || derby player || body art enthusiast || she/her Pale blue dot hfstevance.com 9 years on Twitter 22,100 followers | 146 |
| 248. |  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 11 years on Twitter 2,598 followers | 146 |
| 249. |  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 14 years on Twitter 1,167,779 followers | 145 |
| 250. |  Ian J. O'Neill@astroengine @NASAJPL news media specialist 🌍☄️🛰️📡🌕☀️🔭🖖 Solar physicist at heart. Born at 338ppm in CO2. Opinions are mine. He/him Porter Ranch, Los Angeles jpl.nasa.gov/news 12 years on Twitter 36,037 followers | 145 |
| 251. |  John Debes@JohnDebes Deputy Head of SMO @stsci. @diskdetective, @backyardworlds, and @NASARoman CGI. Planetary systems around young stars/white dwarfs. Opinions are my own. He/Him Geektown, USA stsci.edu/~debes/ 8 years on Twitter 1,420 followers | 145 |
| 252. |  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 9 years on Twitter 1,561,710 followers | 144 |
| 253. |  NASA Mars@NASAMars NASA’s official Twitter account for all things Mars. Explore the Red Planet with us. Fourth Planet From the Sun mars.nasa.gov 13 years on Twitter 928,279 followers | 144 |
| 254. |  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/ 13 years on Twitter 3,235 followers | 144 |
| 255. |  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 12 years on Twitter 13,938 followers | 143 |
| 256. |  Peter Gao@PlanetaryGao Sagan Fellow @ UC Santa Cruz. Planetary and exoplanet atmospheres. Soon-to-be staff scientist @ Carnegie EPL. Trekkie. Canadian. He/Him/His. Black Lives Matter. planetarygao.wixsite.com/main 7 years on Twitter 2,750 followers | 143 |
| 257. |  Dr. 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… 7 years on Twitter 1,295 followers | 143 |
| 258. |  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 9 years on Twitter 5,746,767 followers | 142 |
| 259. |  Brian Greene@bgreene Physicist, Author, Co-founder @WorldSciFest New York, NY briangreene.org 9 years on Twitter 1,010,942 followers | 142 |
| 260. |  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 4 years on Twitter 793,808 followers | 142 |
| 261. |  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 11 years on Twitter 62,322 followers | 142 |
| 262. |  Kirsten Banks@AstroKirsten Wiradjuri Astrophysicist 🌌 Science Communicator 🚀 Doctor of TikTokery🤳 PhD Candidate 📚 Boring Machine 😂 Gadigal Land (Sydney, NSW) taplink.cc/astrokirsten 3 years on Twitter 29,053 followers | 142 |
| 263. |  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 10 years on Twitter 24,508 followers | 142 |
| 264. |  Dr. Tana Joseph@TanaDJoseph South African intersectional feminist. Astronomer. Public Speaker. Entrepreneur @Astro_Comms #scicomm Loves shoes & swearing. All views my own. She/her 🌈🌈 Manchester, England 3 years on Twitter 7,603 followers | 142 |
| 265. |  .Astronomy@dotastronomy Conference series about what happens when hackers, astronomers and the web all get together. The Universe dotastronomy.com 13 years on Twitter 4,070 followers | 142 |
| 266. |  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. 7 years on Twitter 2,848 followers | 142 |
| 267. |  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 1 year on Twitter 1,261 followers | 142 |
| 268. |  bugatti spaceships 🚀👩🏾🚀@astronaia Gods Grace | 23 | Aerospace Engineer | PhD Student | NASA Space Fellow | #ForbesUnder30 | Future Astronaut ✨ she/her | opinions mine, biz inq: @JenniferKeene linktr.ee/astronaia 5 years on Twitter 33,157 followers | 141 |
| 269. |  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/ 9 years on Twitter 2,376 followers | 141 |
| 270. |  Eric Agol@AgolEric Astronomer, astrophysicist, professor. He/him. 7 years on Twitter 1,403 followers | 141 |
| 271. |  Nature Portfolio@NaturePortfolio Nature Portfolio’s high-quality products and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences is dedicated to serving the scientific community. London go.nature.com/natureportfolio 9 years on Twitter 2,300,794 followers | 140 |
| 272. |  Science Friday@scifri Brain fun, for curious people. Hosted by @iraflatow. From @WNYCStudios. New York, New York sciencefriday.com 12 years on Twitter 754,845 followers | 139 |
| 273. |  STEMLORD@upulie Molecular biologist at the intersection of art, science, poetry, tech | |Co-founder, @RealScientists | [email protected]| #BlackLivesMatter Naarm (Melbourne), Australia patreon.com/upulie 10 years on Twitter 39,385 followers | 139 |
| 274. |  Robert Simpson 🌈@orbitingfrog Googler, astronomer, TED Fellow. He/him. Views are my own. UK orbitingfrog.com 14 years on Twitter 29,537 followers | 139 |
| 275. |  Erin M. May, PhD@_astronomay Astrophysics Postdoc | Exoplanet Atmospheres 🪐🔭| 2.0+ R_Earth planets are not rocky! | PRISM not Prism | she/her, opinions my own | https://t.co/rqgzyrVfpg ErinMMay.com 9 years on Twitter 3,295 followers | 139 |
| 276. |  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 11 years on Twitter 1,550 followers | 139 |
| 277. |  ExploreAstro at Caltech IPAC@ExploreAstro Like the universe around us, we've expanded! Now covering more astrophysics from Caltech/IPAC. Formerly NASASpitzer. NASA news: @NASAUniverse & @NASAExoplanets. Pasadena, CA. spitzer.caltech.edu 11 years on Twitter 159,971 followers | 138 |
| 278. |  NASA's OSIRIS-REx@OSIRISREx This account is no longer active. Follow @NASASolarSystem for the latest on NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission #ToBennuAndBack. NASA Solar System nasa.gov/osiris-rex 13 years on Twitter 143,349 followers | 138 |
| 279. |  Sabine Hossenfelder@skdh Physicist, blogger, author, YouTuber, sometimes-songwriter, nighttime-philosopher. Maker of my own misery. rt's/shares/likes are not endorsements she/her Germany youtube.com/c/SabineHossen… 13 years on Twitter 58,693 followers | 138 |
| 280. |  Tom Barclay@mrtommyb PhD astrophysicist at NASA GSFC | UMBC faculty. Deputy Project Scientist for TESS. I like planets. Also listening to punk rock. Tweets are my own. Silver Spring, MD tombarclay.com 12 years on Twitter 2,988 followers | 138 |
| 281. |  WIRED Science@WIREDScience Bringing the radiothermally generated heat. The team: @karaplatoni, @JetJocko, @MrMattSimon San Francisco, California wired.com/category/wired… 13 years on Twitter 2,028,202 followers | 137 |
| 282. |  Haley Wahl@hwahl16 PhD candidate at WVU studying pulsars 📡| Jigsaw puzzler 🧩, cream puff enthusiast, academic mental health advocate | @PulsarBakes creator| #scicomm🪐She/her haleymwahl.wixsite.com/hwahl 10 years on Twitter 7,511 followers | 137 |
| 283. |  WomanAstro@womanastronomer Promoting astronomy, encouraging women/girls interested in science. WomanAstro.com, etsy.com/shop/WomanAstro New Mexico, USA WomanAstro.com 11 years on Twitter 4,955 followers | 137 |
| 284. |  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. 10 years on Twitter 60,833 followers | 136 |
| 285. |  Liz Landau@lizlandau By day @NASA & freelance @NYTimes @WIRED @WashingtonPost @SmithsonianMag et al. Former @CNN reporter. Alumna @Princeton & @Columbia. Views mine. lizlandau.com District of Cute Pandas 12 years on Twitter 14,547 followers | 136 |
| 286. |  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 11 years on Twitter 5,634 followers | 136 |
| 287. |  Prof. Erika Hamden@ErikaHamden Astronomy Professor at University of Arizona. Making UV detectors better, building telescopes, observing galaxies. 2019 @TEDFellow Tucson, AZ ehamden.org 6 years on Twitter 2,570 followers | 136 |
| 288. |  Samantha Cristoforetti@AstroSamantha @ESA astronaut. ISS Exp 42/43. "Diary of an apprentice astronaut” https://t.co/RfDkvPmHgW Italian: http://t.co/uFmdxekojh German http://t.co/bXyFhCb9Ra Author Royalties to @Unicef Europe samanthacristoforetti.esa.int 10 years on Twitter 957,719 followers | 135 |
| 289. |  Dan Hooper@DanHooperAstro Physicist and author at Fermilab and the University of Chicago Chicago, IL 3 years on Twitter 7,686 followers | 135 |
| 290. |  Robert Massey@RobertMMassey Dad, Deputy Director @royalastrosoc. Co-author of Moon: Art, Science, Culture w/ @saschaloske. See bit.ly/2PpjMn0 All views my own. Bristol (Southville) & London 11 years on Twitter 3,702 followers | 135 |
| 291. |  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 6 years on Twitter 2,322 followers | 135 |
| 292. |  Dr Pauline Barmby@PBarmby Professor, galaxy-observing astrophysicist & assoc chair undergrad @westernuphysast (opinions mine). Maker with yarn & words, runner. She/her. Traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenausaune, Lenaapeewak, and Attawandaron peoples. pbarmby.github.io 9 years on Twitter 1,826 followers | 135 |
| 293. |  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 8 years on Twitter 30,893,297 followers | 134 |
| 294. |  Stephen Colbert@StephenAtHome Evie’s husband 12 years on Twitter 19,247,616 followers | 134 |
| 295. |  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/ 12 years on Twitter 2,626 followers | 134 |
| 296. |  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) 2,016 followers | 134 |
| 297. |  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… 10 years on Twitter 1,778 followers | 134 |
| 298. |  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 7 years on Twitter until last tweet (2019-Dec-09) 1,690 followers | 134 |
| 299. |  Jeff Foust@jeff_foust Senior writer, @SpaceNews_Inc, even though Twitter doesn't think I'm a journalist. Tips? DMs open or email [email protected] Rockville, Maryland, USA spacenews.com 14 years on Twitter 54,483 followers | 133 |
| 300. |  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 chemistryworld.com/trace-analysis… 10 years on Twitter 39,085 followers | 133 |