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Thayne Currie
@AstroThayne
Astrophysicist @ Subaru/UTSA. Exoplanets, Direct Imaging. Pro-immigrant. Likes scientific rigor. Empiricist. The Enlightenment was a good thing.
Texas/Hawaii
subarutelescope.org/staff/currie/
Joined May 2019
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    Thayne Currie
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    Apr 13, 2023
    Today, we are excited to report the publication of our paper in Science on the discovery of HIP 99770 b w/ Gaia/Hipparcos astrometry & direct imaging w/ the Subaru & Keck Telescopes on Maunakea science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @ScienceMagazine @esa @SubaruTelescope @SubaruTel_Eng 🧵
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    Thayne Currie
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    Aug 31, 2022
    Replying to @MuellerSheWrote
    Comes out swinging right away
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    Thayne Currie
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    Aug 26, 2021
    Replying to @RepThomasMassie
    Wait until you hear about plans for the govt to make you carry a card WITH YOUR ADDRESS and HEIGHT and WEIGHT (holy crap!) whenever you drive a car!
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    Thayne Currie
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    Apr 22, 2022
    Replying to @JDVance
    "but has never made a memorable speech." Dude, were you in a coma during the entire 2008 presidential campaign? Because I remember quite a few memorable speeches.
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    Thayne Currie
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    Aug 31, 2022
    Replying to @AstroThayne and @MuellerSheWrote
    Oh boy ...
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    Thayne Currie
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    Jan 6, 2023
    Say hello to James, born this day to my wife and I in San Antonio
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    Thayne Currie
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    Aug 31, 2020
    Borrowed from a friend's FB page
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    Thayne Currie
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    Apr 4, 2022
    Everyone, say hello to AB Aurigae b! Embedded protoplanet imaged in 10+ separate data sets over 13 years. Possibly first direct evidence for planet formation by disk instability nature.com/articles/s4155…
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    Thayne Currie
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    Apr 4, 2022
    Here's Hubble the astrodog inspecting the image of the protoplanet AB Aur b with the Hubble Space Telescope
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    Thayne Currie
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    Mar 12, 2022
    Replying to @IAPonomarenko
    Looks like the Kremlin bots are hard at work
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    Thayne Currie
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    Apr 6, 2022
    I'm tempted to reply "okay, will do".
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    Thayne Currie
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    Aug 5, 2021
    Replying to @lindyli
    who need sunscreen on the beach when you have that level of shade that Pres. Biden just threw.
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    Thayne Currie
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    Jan 14, 2022
    Replying to @davidlnoll
    "I favor the Save The Planet From Destruction Act but I do not favor carving out a filibuster exception to pass it" - Sen. Sinema
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    Thayne Currie
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    May 31, 2022
    I can report some exciting news, since it now seems ok to do so … In March, I accepted a faculty position in exoplanets in the Dept of Physics & Astronomy at U. of Texas-San Antonio @UTSA_PhyAst . Later this summer, I formally start at UTSA as Associate Professor. 🧵