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Graduate Student at RIT Astrophysical Sciences and Technology. Space is my peanut butter and galaxy evolution is my jam. she/her

Rochester, NY
Joined October 2014
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Welcome to Meet the #RWTeam, our new series introducing the people behind Redshift Wrangler! My name is Sadie Coffin (@scoffin_at_you), I am a 3rd year Astrophysics PhD student at RIT (@RITtigers @AstrophysicsRIT) in Rochester, NY.
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Now with an official press release and fancy graphics from the fine people @stsci and @NASA :D nasa.gov/feature/goddard/202…
IT'S TIMEEEE!!! My first paper on our @ceers_jwst data is out, and oh wow, was it an exciting (and exhausting) experience! We found the most distant (to-date) active black hole at the center of a galaxy ~570 Myrs after the Big Bang (>13.2B yrs ago)!! arxiv.org/abs/2303.08918
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Brittany retweeted
Months in the making, the press release on our @ceers_jwst spectroscopy is finally out, highlighting work from @SaturnsWings @DaleKocevski @sfseiji @Richarwirman !
A team including @RITscience researchers have found the most distant active supermassive black hole yet discovered, dating 570 million years after the Big Bang. This exciting @NASAWebb discovery is larger than expected for so early in cosmic time. #space bddy.me/3O377Hm
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Of course Saturn brought its ring light 🪐 Webb took its first near-infrared look at Saturn on June 25. The planet appears dark at this wavelength, as methane gas in its atmosphere absorbs sunlight — but its icy rings stay bright! Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3XtQ5Fr
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How does anyone actually finish a PhD? I'm tired.
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My duty as a NASA employee is to fill my office with as much space memorabilia as possible – at Houston, TX
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Me: I’m going to write today. Me: I’m going to write today. Me: I’m going to write today. Hoover: You should clean. Me: Okay.
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I’m at the point where working on my PhD has me so anxious that the only thing that helps me calm down is working on my PhD 🙄 @AcademicChatter #AcademicChatter
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Let's take a minute to remember #ChatGPT great grandfather
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Calling all black undergrads in physics & astronomy, especially those first generation college students from single parent homes. Here's an opportunity that I wish I had to help get through mother morehouse. TEAM-UP Together Scholarships | @AIP_TEAMUP | spsnational.org/scholarships…
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Do NOT underestimate the importance of a good supervisor
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From the iron in your blood to the calcium in your bones, the stuff that makes 'you' was forged in stars. It's even in your DNA – carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, etc. all came from ancient stars to become planets, puppies and you. Happy #PeriodicTableDay! go.nasa.gov/40AAgxJ
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Know anyone looking for undergraduate research opportunities in Astrophysics? We're launching a new program at UIUC: IDEAS (Illinois Developing Equity in Astrophysics Summer school) publish.illinois.edu/astroid…
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I'm super excited to finally be able to share a video I did with @BestCollegesCom 🎉 It's part of a series called "The Point of Becoming You", encouraging people to pursue advanced degrees.
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📡✨ALMA Scientists find pair of Black Holes dining together in nearby galaxy merger known as UGC 4211, discovered two black holes growing side by side, just 750 light-years apart. almaobservatory.org/alma-sci…
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I'll leave you with this color montage of galaxies in our sample showing the range of morphologies we see! I can't wait to see what we learn from future @ceers_jwst , as well as those in PRIMER and COSMOS-Web!
Today's an exciting day as we are able to finally present the MillenniumTNG (MTNG) project, a collaboration between MPA, Harvard, & Durham that has been a long time in the making. One of our goals has been to combine volume & resolution to enable impressive dynamic range, [1/9]
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With huge thanks to @DavidSpergel + @SimonsFdn, the @AAS_Office alongside partners in TEAM-UP are giving $10,000 checks - just straight-up checks! - to reduce $$ barriers preventing many Black students from completing undergrad degrees in physics & astro. aas.org/grants-and-prizes/te…
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Here’s 8 things you can do to make your life more emotionally stable. Emotional stability is key in feeling content and fulfilled. A THREAD 🧵:
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