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Black In Astro ™
@BlackInAstro
Amplifying the Black experience in space-related fields | Creators of #BlackSpaceWeek | Founded by @That_Astro_Chic, EST. 2020 ✉️ [email protected]
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Feb 4, 2021
    #HappyBlackHistoryMonth. Today we are highlighting and celebrating the rock star that is Naia Butler-Craig (@astronaia) . Naia is an Aerospace Engineering PhD Student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is also a co-organizer of #BlackInAstro!
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 20, 2021
    Meet the team for #BlackInAstroWeek2021! First up is @That_Astro_Chic an incoming Atmospheric Science PhD student at @HowardU studying astrochemical phenomena in planetary atmospheres within our solar system. She is also the co-founder of @BlackInChem and @BlackinPhysics
    Ashley wearing a brown sun hat with braids and smiling.
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Aug 6, 2021
    Congratulations to Dr. Manning who just became the first Black person to receive a PhD in Astronomy from UT Austin! 🎉🎊🎊🥳🥳 #BlackInAstro
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    Dr. Sinclaire Manning
    @smanning206
    Aug 6, 2021
    Check out the new handle y'all!!!! YA GIRL GOT HER DOCTORATE!!!!!!
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 3, 2021
    And we are off!🚀 We are so excited to share this year's #BlackInAstroWeek flyer. The dates for this year's event are June 20- June 26! We've got a lot of cool things planned so stay up-to-date on the website and our social medias! #BlackInAstro. Are ya'll as excited as we are?!
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 20, 2021
    Replying to @BlackInAstro
    @astronaia a 3rd year Aerospace Engineering PhD student at @GeorgiaTech with a research focus in electric space propulsion. Her goal is to study and optimize electric propulsion devices, specifically Hall Effect Thrusters, for deep space exploration mission applications
    Naia wearing a purple dress and holding a purple rocket, while wearing a graduation cap.
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 20, 2021
    Replying to @BlackInAstro
    @keshawnrants is a PhD student at @VanderbiltU studying dark matter haloes and large scale structure. Outside of academic matters, KeShawn loves to sing and arrange music and has sung in various ensembles since he was 10 years old.
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 19, 2022
    It would be a great way to celebrate #Juneteenth and kick of #BlackSpaceWeek if we could get to 5k followers today 👀 Spread the word and let everyone know the party has begun! 💃🏽🚀
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 20, 2021
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    Also on our team is Dr. Nia Imara! Dr. Nia Imara is an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at UCSC. She studies stellar nurseries, galactic mass, star formation and detecting exoplanets. She's an artist, activist, and founder of Onaketa. #BlackInAstroWeek2021 #BlackInAstro
    Dr. Nia Imara standing in front of a board with equations wearing a yellow blouse
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 20, 2021
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    Carl E. Fields is an RPF Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. @carlnotsagan focuses on simulations of massive stars, stellar explosions, and astrophysical sources of gravitational waves
    Dr. Carl Fields wearing a Black shirt that reads 'Iron Maiden run to the hills'. He is wearing sunglasses and smiling off into the distance.
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 25, 2021
    Replying to @BlackInAstro
    First up we have a piece from @QosmicQi
    Person with curly hair holding a black hole that is illuminating their face, and there are stars in front of a blue background.
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 20, 2021
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    Meet Dr. Tana Joseph! @TanaDJoseph is a South African astronomer, entrepreneur, science communicator and decolonization/EDI advocate. Her research is focused on X-ray emitting double stars, called X-ray binaries, in galaxies outside the Milky Way.
    Dr. Tana wearing blue lipstick and smiling away from the camera
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 20, 2021
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    @CheyennePolius is a St Lucian Astrophysicist & Science Communicator who completed an Integrated Master's degree in Physics and Astrophysics at The University of Sheffield in the UK. She spends her free time creating Space-related content on various social media platforms.
    Cheyenne wearing a white blouse with a blue blazer and wearing red lipstick and looking towards the camera.
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 18, 2022
    It's almost #BlackSpaceWeek! Here's a thread of everything you need to know for the events coming to you all of next week! #BlackInAstro
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    Black In Astro ™
    @BlackInAstro
    Jun 26, 2021
    It’s #BlackSpace day ✨ and today we want to hear from our #BlackInScicommers who use their talents to communicate astronomy and space related topics to the public! Whether you use social media, or communicate to the local community, we wanna hear ya roll call #BlackSpace!
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