I'm excited to take part in Dragonfly Mental Health's Global Migration on October 10th, celebrating World Mental Health Day and raising awareness about #MentalHealth#academia. I'll be delivering a Basics of Burnout Seminar at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, USA

For Day 2 of #SpacetoberChallenge#Spacetober@aurorakess.bsky.social#SapcetoberChallenge_04#SciArt

The cotton wool gives the piece a soft look, similar to the nebula's cloud-like appearance, while the hot glue creates and highlights sharp details, enhancing the nebula's "witch-like" profile. 4/4

The blue color of the nebula is due to interstellar dust reflecting Rigel's light, which is more efficiently scattered by blue wavelengths. I used hot glue and cotton wool to create a 3D effect - adding texture and depth to the artwork. 3/4

Its nickname comes from its uncanny resemblance to the profile of a caricature witch's head, complete with a hooked nose and pointed chin. This eerie-looking nebula is illuminated by the bright blue star Rigel, located in the nearby constellation Orion. 2/4

Mixed media Witch Head Nebula. The Witch Head Nebula, also known as IC 2118, is a reflection nebula located about 900 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. 🐡🔭 #Sciart#spaceart#witch 1/4

Thanks Laurence 🥰

I really enjoy watching videos of acrylic pours and it was very fun to incorporate the technique for these paintings 1. Impressions of a gas giant 2. Impressions of an exo-moon 3. Impressions of Mercury 4. Impressions of Mars. #SciArt#spaceart#planet#acrylicpouring

Calculations suggest that IC 2163 is currently moving past NGC 2207, having made its closest approach about 40 million years ago. However, IC 2163 lacks the energy to escape NGC 2207's gravitational pull. Eventually, billions of years from now, they will merge into a single, more massive galaxy. 7/7

Cream represents new data from the JWST's MIRI instrument (mid-infrared), which traces thermal dust emission and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) features. (6/7)