A list of astronomers with over 100 followers. This list includes astrophysicists, cosmologists, planetary scientists, space scientists, and related professionals. Also see Physicists on Mastodon.
| # | Account | Followers |
| 1. |  Katie Mack@[email protected] Google Scholar page Video channel Joined 2017-Apr-02 Last posted 2023-Mar-17 | 33,513 |
| 2. |  Erin M. May, PhD@[email protected] Professional Astrophysicist. Crafting Enthusiast. You can find me studying atmospheres of planets around far away stars with space telescopes (she/her) Header picture is from a simulation of the atmosphere of an Earth-like exoplanet. Other things I like and will occasionally toot about: Star Trek, Knitting, Books, Cats Previous Instance: @_astronoMay (all follows welcome, no need to ask!) Website: https://erinmmay.github.io/ Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/_astronomay Personal Account: @[email protected] Etsy Mastodon Account: @[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-06 Last posted 2023-Mar-11 | 10,574 |
| 3. |  Chanda Prescod-Weinstein@[email protected] Assistant Professor. I do theoretical physics and astrophysics and Black feminist science, technology and society studies. I won a 2021 LA Times Book Prize for my book #DisorderedCosmos. I am all #BLACKandSTEM and all Jewish. queer/agender/woman/she. posts by/for meππ½ Website: http://cprescodweinstein.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI Substack: http://chanda.substack.com Verified by: http://fedified.com Joined 2022-Nov-06 Last posted 2023-Feb-27 | 10,156 |
| 4. |  Emily Lakdawalla@[email protected] Planetary scientist, space boffin, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. π³οΈβπ she/her. Order my Curiosity book: http://amzn.to/2mlisaL Buy my art: https://elakdawalla.etsy.com Website: https://lakdawalla.com Newsletter: https://elakdawalla.beehiiv.com/ Blog and Patreon: https://patreon.com/elakdawalla Etsy Store: https://elakdawalla.etsy.com Video channel Joined 2017-Nov-14 Last posted 2023-Mar-20 | 6,058 |
| 5. |  Dr. Victoria Grinberg@[email protected] - she/her - professional PhD astrophysicist - #ClimateCrisis & Astronomers for Planet Earth @a4e - #scicomm / #wisskomm β #VicisAstro - English & German - living between Zuid-Holland (55%), SΓΌddeutschland (30%) and on the road (15%; preferably by train, but it does not always work out) - private account, opinions own, not speaking for my employer Professional website: https://www.sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de/~grinberg/ Astronomy & Climate Crisis at the LISA Symposium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8jnr_Hlu_w&t=2394s Astronomers for Planet Earth: https://astronomersforplanet.earth/ Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Oct-30 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 3,326 |
| 6. |  Dr. Anna Hughes@[email protected] Making eggs and taking names | astrophysics PhD working in quantum computing | Vancouver, BC Joined 2022-Oct-31 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 3,172 |
| 7. |  Prof. Sam Lawler@[email protected] Professor of astronomy, farmer of goats. Asteroid (42910). Pronouns: she/her Writing from: Canadian Treaty 4 territory (Saskatchewan) Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Apr-25 Last posted 2023-Mar-24 | 3,080 |
| 8. |  Kelly Lepo@[email protected] Astronomer | Science communicator | Adult Lisa Simpson Education and Outreach Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute supporting JWST Personal account β Views are my own Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-03 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 2,663 |
| 9. |  Dr. Abbie βοΈ@[email protected] "Formidable person of science." Art + STEM + culture outreach at the #MSU #Museum π‘ #astrodon, #WomenInSTEM, nerd doctor of black holes and neutron stars π₯ science literacy π©π»βπ» data science & #FOSS π mental health π§ #BiInSci π³οΈβπ knitter π§Ά Posts β employers. Please have something in your profile/post history indicating who you are before following! BLM. No TERFs. No SWERFs. Alt stuff β‘οΈ @abbie π¦ΉββοΈ Mom stuff π @abbie π€° Pronouns: she/her Location: Michigan Website: https://abigailstevens.com/ Currently reading: "The Past Is Red" by Catherynne M. Valente Joined 2022-Nov-05 Last posted 2023-Mar-06 | 2,426 |
| 10. |  Sarah HΓΆrst@[email protected] Associate Prof of Planetary Science at Johns Hopkins and Titan evangelist. βI tried to pick my battles until the battles picked me.β- Taylor Swift she/her http://sarahhorst.com Twitter: twitter.com/planetdr Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PlanetDr Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Apr-25 Last posted 2022-Apr-25 | 2,413 |
| 11. |  carolynporco@[email protected] Voyager & Cassini! AAS Carl Sagan Medal 2010. Caltech Distinguished Alum 2011. Asteroid Porco 7231. Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley. Thinker. Living my best life. Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2023-Mar-14 | 1,885 |
| 12. |  Heloise F. S. π»:BlobhajReach:@[email protected] Dr. Heloise F. Stevance. Computational Astrophysicist Powered by Python and chocolate snacks :fatpikachu: :thonking: Website: https://www.hfstevance.com Google Scholar page Joined 2023-Feb-14 Last posted 2023-Mar-17 | 1,813 |
| 13. |  Natalie Batalha@[email protected] Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Director of Astrobiology, UC Santa Cruz Joined 2022-Oct-30 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 1,214 |
| 14. |  Elizabeth Tasker@[email protected] UK astrophysicist working at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Author of 'The Planet Factory'. Very into planets, cats and virtual reality (sometimes together). @girlandkat on twitter. Personal web: https://girlandkat.com/ Professional web: https://www.elizabethtasker.com/ Joined 2022-Nov-06 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 1,192 |
| 15. |  Michele Bannister@[email protected] Planetary astronomer UCNZ, poet, hunter of new & strange worlds. Connoisseur of fuzzy dots of light. Asteroid (10463). PΔkehΔ; she orcid: Joined 2022-Oct-27 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 1,181 |
| 16. |  Prof. Karen Masters@[email protected] #Astrophysics prof at #Haverford college. Investigating #galaxies with #GalaxyZoo, MaNGA, SDSS, GBT. #Extragalactic radio #astronomer. Co-author: "30s Universe"; "30s Space Travel". British. She/her My website: https://klmasters.sites.haverford.edu/ Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Masters/e/B09KSVYWF9?ref_=pe_1724030_132998060 ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-0846-9578 Github: https://github.com/karenlmasters Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-03 Last posted 2023-Mar-17 | 967 |
| 17. |  Sarah Barah Bo Barah (Tuttle)@[email protected] She's here, she's there, she's EVERY-fucking-where.... (Really, an astrophysicist in Seattle.) Tired, bi, Jewish, surrounded by love and chaos. Joined 2017-Nov-21 Last posted 2022-Dec-14 | 938 |
| 18. |  Rachel Kirby@[email protected] π« Studying a PhD in space science while learning to live gently on our own special planet π§Ά sew / knit / make πͺ she/herβ¨fibreandspace.com Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2022-Nov-10 | 928 |
| 19. |  Sarah Kendrew@[email protected] Astronomer & Instrument Scientist, European Space Agency. Working on JWST operations at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. π§πͺπ¬π§ Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Apr-25 Last posted 2023-Mar-17 | 895 |
| 20. |  Jane Rigby@[email protected] Astronomer studying galaxies, Ops Project Scientist for JWST, AAS Trustee, queer parent BLM UU human. Views mine, all mine! Joined 2022-Nov-02 Last posted 2023-Jan-18 | 730 |
| 21. |  Stephanie Deppe, PhD (she/her)@[email protected] Content Strategist at Vera Rubin Observatory. Making science fun! #scicomm β’ planetary astronomer β’ Michigander in CA β’ she/hers Website: https://www.spacescisteph.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SpaceSciSteph Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacescisteph Joined 2022-Nov-11 | 692 |
| 22. |  Meg Schwamb@[email protected] Planetary scientist & astronomer at Queenβs University Belfast: KBOs, Planet Four(Mars), exoplanets (Planet Hunters NGTS) ,LSST SSSC co-chair. Opinions posted are my own website: https://megschwamb.com/ Joined 2022-Apr-25 Last posted 2023-Mar-17 | 655 |
| 23. |  Emily Hunt@[email protected] Astronomy PhD student. Works with machine learning & star clusters. Queer π³οΈβπ, trans (she/her), vegan. #Python #Astronomy #Astrodon #MachineLearning #LGBT #Tech Location: Germany Website: https://emilydoesastro.com GitHub: https://github.com/emilyhunt Joined 2022-Nov-24 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 629 |
| 24. |  Dr. Julia V. Seidel@[email protected] -Fellow at ESO in Chile based at #Paranal observatory -Won't shut up about the climate. Ours and extra-terrestrial. -Bi, loves trains, hates starlink. -π©πͺ -> π«π· -> π¬π§ -> π¨π΄ -> π¨π-> π¨π± hashtags: #astronomy #exoplanets #astrophysics #climate pronouns: she/her, sie/ihr politics: ΓΌberzeugte GrΓΌne Joined 2022-Nov-02 Last posted 2023-Mar-22 | 619 |
| 25. |  Sibylle Anderl@[email protected] Astrophysik, Philosophie, Schreiben. Joined 2022-Oct-31 Last posted 2023-Mar-15 | 557 |
| 26. |  Renee Hlozek@[email protected] About: South African cisgender, bisexual woman Assoc. Astrophysics Prof., Rhodes scholar (and lover of loud karaoke), Senior TED Fellow. Feminist scientist. She/her Joined 2022-Nov-02 Last posted 2023-Jan-19 | 554 |
| 27. |  Bibiana Prinoth@[email protected] Stalking the atmospheres of hot exoplanets as a PhD student at Lund Observatory, Sweden. Passionate about #scicomm, #outreach and #teaching. From Switzerland to the stars πͺπ₯ #Astronomy #Astrophysics #PhDlife #Exoplanets #PhD #astrodon #PlanetStalker #astronomer #astrophysicist Website: https://bprinoth.github.io Instagram: https://instagram.com/astro.bibi_ Pronouns: she/her Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-01 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 539 |
| 28. |  Julianne Dalcanton@[email protected] Astrophysicist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics and the University of Washington. @dalcantonJD on Twitter. Joined 2022-Oct-27 Last posted 2023-Jan-28 | 536 |
| 29. |  Michelle Collins@[email protected] Astronomer at the University of Surrey. Runner. Fan of dresses with pockets. Studies the smallest galaxies to learn about dark matter and galaxy evolution Joined 2022-Oct-28 Last posted 2022-Nov-22 | 500 |
| 30. |  Dr Ashley Nova@[email protected] Cosmic Babe. Astronomer. ML researcher. SFF Author. She/They. Trans, polyam, queer, ADHD. Google Scholar page Patreon page Joined 2022-Nov-18 Last posted 2023-Mar-21 | 482 |
| 31. |  Kristin Block@[email protected] spacecraft pro, musician, disabled, union member. opinions are my own and queer. this is my birdonym. Twitter: https://twitter.com/marsmaven Post: marsmaven Joined 2018-Aug-08 Last posted 2022-Dec-18 | 476 |
| 32. |  Dr. Megan Tannock@[email protected] Astronomy PhD. Dog Lover. Academic turned video game programmer working on #SpaceEngine. (she/her) Twitter: https://twitter.com/AstronomerMegan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astronomermegan/ Website: https://megantannock.wixsite.com/home Joined 2022-Oct-30 Last posted 2023-Mar-10 | 403 |
| 33. |  Vivian U@[email protected] Astronomer at UC Irvine. Galaxies-black holes enthusiast. Academic mama. She/her/royal we. Come for the science; stay for the nerdiness. #Astrodon #Astronomy #Observer #Galaxies #BlackHoles #Telescopes #Keck #JWST #AcademicMom #Caltech #UHIfA #CfA #UCR #UCPPFP #UCI Website: https://vivian-u.github.io ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1912-0024 Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustTheLetterU ADS: https://tinyurl.com/uiadsquery-vu Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2023-Mar-22 | 394 |
| 34. |  Laura Kreidberg@[email protected] Exoplanets π, atmospheres π©οΈ, aliens π½ | Director of the APEx Department at MPIA Personal website: https://lkreidberg.github.io/ APEx website: https://www.mpia.de/institute/scientific-departments/atmospheric-physics-of-exoplanets Pronouns: she/her Joined 2022-Nov-18 Last posted 2022-Nov-22 | 388 |
| 35. |  Beatriz Mingo@[email protected] The Hitchhiker's Guide to Radio Galaxies π. #Astrophysics postdoc livin' la vida #LOFAR π‘ at the Open University. #EUinUK πͺπΊπ¬π§, #cat minion π, #metalhead π€, #sustainability fan π. Dr/she/her π³οΈβπ. Website: https://www.open.ac.uk/research/people/bm6929 ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-5649-938X LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmingo/ Joined 2022-Nov-05 Last posted 2023-Mar-22 | 338 |
| 36. |  Adina Feinstein@[email protected] asleep by day | astronomer by night | phd candidate at uchicago personal website: https://adina.feinste.in ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-9464-8101 twitter: http://twitter.com/afeinstein20 Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-20 Last posted 2022-Dec-28 | 333 |
| 37. |  Misty Bentz π«@[email protected] She/Her. Professor and astrophysicist. Black holes, cats, and cross-stitch. Website: www.astro.gsu.edu/~bentz Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-05 Last posted 2023-Jan-01 | 307 |
| 38. |  Charity Woodrum@[email protected] β¨ Astrophysics PhD candidate and NSF Fellow at UArizona π΅ NASA JWST Team π Physics BS at UO π¦ First-gen high school grad π Humanitarian Aid Volunteer π she/her Personal website: https://www.charitywoodrum.com Space, Hope and Charity trailer: https://vimeo.com/749418902/description Space, Hope and Charity website: https://www.spacehopecharityfilm.com Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-05 Last posted 2023-Feb-03 | 284 |
| 39. |  Starzanplanets #WearAMask@[email protected] Physicist β’ Astro/Atm/Geospace/Planetary β’ NSF Prog Dir β’ AAS Journals Sci Editorβ’ AAS/DPS Secretary #PlanetaryScienceJournal #TeamCentaurs β’ canoethusiast β’ Photos of rivers, birds, gators & my cat β’ my posts Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Oct-27 Last posted 2023-Mar-24 | 272 |
| 40. |  Karina Voggel@[email protected] Astronomer at the Strasbourg Observatory, working on super-massive black holes in the relics of galaxy nuclei. Can be found running otherwise. Joined 2022-Nov-18 Last posted 2023-Feb-16 | 268 |
| 41. |  Dr Joanna Barstow@[email protected] STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow at the Open University. Astromum x2. STEM Ambassador, sci outreacher, FRAS. Christian, singer, bookworm. She/her. Joined 2022-Nov-04 Last posted 2023-Jan-30 | 261 |
| 42. |  Brooke Simmons@[email protected] Joined 2022-Oct-25 Last posted 2022-Dec-12 | 259 |
| 43. |  PlasmaNerd@[email protected] Space Physics and Space Weather nerd. Working on Artemis, and discovering the secrets of the Aurora and the Magnetosphere. Views are my own. She/Herβ©For my non Science interests, I like photography and gardening. Tags: #SpacePhysics #SpaceWeather #Artemis #Aurora #Magnetosphere #Ionosphere #Heliosphere #DataScience #Photography #Gardening #OpenScience Twitter handel: PlasmaNerd Instagram: Lex_photo sometimes updated website: https://alexahalford.weebly.com/ orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5383-4602 Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-06 Last posted 2023-Mar-22 | 237 |
| 44. |  Alyssa Goodman@[email protected] Message: Help! Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-10 Last posted 2022-Nov-19 | 214 |
| 45. |  Dr Laura Watkins@[email protected] Brit, astronomer, dancer. Likes space and cats. Pronouns: she/her/hers Website: http://www.stsci.edu/~lwatkins Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-15 Last posted 2023-Feb-11 | 214 |
| 46. |  Astronomer Royal for Scotland@[email protected] Catherine Heymans, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Director of the German Centre for Cosmological Lensing, RUB. #LongCovid Joined 2022-Nov-05 | 207 |
| 47. |  Caroline Bertemes@[email protected] Postdoctoral Astrophysicist at Heidelberg Uni. Galaxy Evolution & AGN | Molecular gas | Spatially resolving galaxies. π±πΊ | She/her | #BiInSci π³οΈβπ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carobertemes Webpage: https://cbertemes.github.io/ Joined 2022-Nov-05 Last posted 2023-Jan-29 | 178 |
| 48. |  Dr. L. C. Mayorga@[email protected] #Exoplanets, Seattleite living in Maryland. Half an existential crisis from being productive. She/Her/Royal We. Website: https://lcmayorga.wordpress.com/ My Cat's Instagram (mostly): http://instagram.com/mayorgalc Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-28 Last posted 2023-Mar-09 | 170 |
| 49. |  Sarah Milkovich@[email protected] Planetary geologist, science systems engineer, artist, knitter, and crafter with chronic illness. Opinions my own. She/her π€π€π Joined 2023-Feb-01 Last posted 2023-Mar-21 | 154 |
| 50. |  Marie-Luise Steinmeyer@[email protected] #firstgen PhD fellow at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen | studying the formation of rocky planets | she/her π©πͺπ³οΈβπ Pronouns: she/her Homepage: https://steinmeyer-ml.github.io/ Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2023-Jan-24 | 149 |
| 51. |  Hannah Wakeford@[email protected] She/Her | Exoplanet scientist | Lecturer @BristolUniPhys | @exo_cast podcaster | Co-author of Bang!! | opinions = my own Exoplanet astronomer: Exocast podcaster: Bang!! Author: November MoSista: Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Apr-25 Last posted 2022-Dec-19 | 145 |
| 52. |  Dr. Johanna Hartke@[email protected] Astronomer. FINCA fellow in Turku. Working on galaxy halos, intra-cluster light and planetary nebulae as kinematic tracers. Pronouns: she/her/sie/ihr My website: jhartke.github.io/ Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-08 Last posted 2023-Mar-21 | 145 |
| 53. |  Emma Alexander@[email protected] Astrophysicist and animal enthusiast (she/her) Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Nov-06 Last posted 2023-Mar-17 | 141 |
| 54. |  Sheila@[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-09 | 131 |
| 55. |  Sarah Jane Schmidt :v_bi:@[email protected] Ex-astronomer turned data scientist, living in Berlin. Feminist, hobby hopper, baker, cyclist, and video/board gamer. Bi, polyam, probably autistic. She/her. website: https://sarahjaneschmidt.com/ Joined 2022-Nov-18 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 130 |
| 56. |  Esra Bulbul@[email protected] Astrophysicist working for @erosita_SRG. Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. @ERC_Research Grantee. Previously MIT, Center for Astrophysics|Harvard&Smithsonian, and NASA. 67% Turkish 32% American Google Scholar page Joined 2022-Dec-04 Last posted 2023-Mar-20 | 124 |