Adam Burgasser
@browndwarfs
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astrophysicist, professor, and preferably in the water.
on a plane, or San Diego
Joined August 2010
RT @UCSanDiego: 🧪🔬STEM Girl Summer, a program created by #UCSD graduate student Robin Glefke, brings female San Diego-area high school stud….
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RT @nytimes: An object that is either a low-mass star or something known as a brown dwarf is hurtling through space. The so-called hypervel….
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The so-called hypervelocity object, which is either a low-mass star or a brown dwarf, is traveling through the Milky Way at around a million miles an hour.
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Another exciting L subdwarf discovery this week led by @zenghuazhang featured on @ESAGaia’s image of the week, this time paired with a white dwarf!
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L subdwarfs in the news today! Story on our “speedy little star” discovered by the @backyardworlds team in the @nytimes today featuring @AstroBicks and @browndwarfs
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The so-called hypervelocity object, which is either a low-mass star or a brown dwarf, is traveling through the Milky Way at around a million miles an hour.
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RT @space_r2: Congratulations Alexia Bravo for spectacular work. This research helps us to identify brown dwarf binaries from other outlier….
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RT @UCSDPhySci: How do astronomers determine the age of the planets and stars?✨ @UCSDAstro Prof Adam Burgasser takes you through the tools….
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RT @KeoluFox: Dear Tourist, .Put your golf bag down ⛳️.Put those dock shoes back in your closet 👞.Hang up that polo shirt 👕. Take a seat. L….
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RT @DMontesG: UNCOVER: JWST Spectroscopy of Three Cold Brown Dwarfs at Kiloparsec-scale Distances.Adam J. Burgasser, et al., AAS.> Ultradee….
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RT @UCSDPhySci: View next April's #SolarEclipse like never before by joining @ucsdastro Adam Burgasser on Holland America Line's Koningsdam….
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Congratulations to @astroganze for his successful PhD defense today! Christian basically did two dissertations in Galactic Archaeology, 1 using low mass stars & brown dwarfs and 1 using stellar streams. Up next: a 5-yr Stanford Science Fellowship .@ucsdastro .@UCSDPhySci
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RT @ProfKelsey: ✨We had a full house this afternoon for the watercolor workshop at #AAS242, and it was the PERFECT way to end the meeting.….
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RT @ProfKelsey: @astrochic73 Lol :). @browndwarfs and I are doing an experiment and hosting a painting workshop on Thursday afternoon after….
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.@coolstarlab is throwing down a "Help us Hack" challenge for the #aas242 hackathon! Help support the hack by donating at and selecting AAS > AAS Hack Day Fund. Any amount helps us and donations >= $50 gets a shout out on Hack page:Â
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RT @AAS_Office: An Interview with AAS President-Elect Dara Norman. Ashley Walker sat down w/ AAS President-Elect Dara Norman to discuss the….
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RT @UCSDPhySci: Tomorrow is #InternationalAstronomyDay, and we have news that is out of this world: the formation of a new Department of As….
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RT @UCSDPhySci: .@UCSanDiego has a new graduate program in astronomy! The program allows students to participate in cutting-edge research w….
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