Dr. Dakotah Tyler

09/20/2026

Background image: Captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. Many of those specks of light are entire galaxies, millions or even billions of light years away. Some of those photons had been traveling for billions of years before reaching the telescope, offering a window into the history of time in our universe.

Each galaxy may contain billions or even trillions of planets that we’ll never know about. And here we are, with our own slice of time to do something with.

📷 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

09/19/2026

Gravity is described by General Relativity as the warping of spacetime by massive objects. But did you know that time dilation is mostly responsible for planets orbiting stars, and not solely the warping of the space itself!

09/18/2026

Astronomers recently discovered the youngest planet yet! A super-Jupiter called Elias 2-24 b is under a million years old, making it younger than we thought that it would take for a planet to get that massive!

09/18/2026

On my walk today I ran uncovered a conspiracy of crows. How can I win them over? Do they return to the same gathering or did my intrusion burn that location? Please advise!

09/18/2026

Paid partnership with the Field Museum.

Walking through the Field Museum really puts the scale of prehistoric life into perspective. From Patagotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, to Quetzalcoatlus soaring overhead, and of course SUE the T. rex, some of these animals are almost impossible to comprehend until you’re standing right next to them.

09/17/2026

Quantum Tunneling—The fact that quantum particles don’t have well defined edges ends up being critical for fueling stars, and all life on Earth, including mine and yours!

09/17/2026

Stars can cause planets to evaporate by energizing the gas in the planets atmosphere. This process is called photoevaporation and can lead to significant mass loss for a planet!

09/16/2026

Folks getting creative with the hate I love to see it 😭

09/16/2026

09/15/2026

Space fact or fiction: Part 2