Andrew Pontzen
I do cosmology. Previously music. Prof at Durham, director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology from Jan 2026. Funded by Royal Society and ERC. Author of THE UNIVERSE IN A BOX pontzen.uk/book
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- This was enormous fun to make for Radio 4 - thanks to everyone at the LBNL heavy element group for being so welcoming
- Today, our EDGE simulations are in Nature with the brilliant @astroeth.bsky.social paper on the formation of globular clusters, the clumps of ancient stars that have puzzled astronomers for centuries. Turns out to happen all by itself when you crank up the resolution. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Excellent news, and two of the nicest people in astronomy too. Just saying.
- Congratulations Prof Ryan Cooke from our Department of Physics - the joint recipient of the 2025 Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize, for his work with Prof Max Pettini @cambridgeastro.bsky.social. measuring the composition of the Universe just after the Big Bang.👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by Andrew PontzenIs anything in the #Universe truly invisible? Prof @apontzen.bsky.social in our Department of Physics joins Prof Hannah Fry and @daraobriain.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4’s Curious Cases, 10am (BST), Saturday 19 April, to discuss: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #comedy #physics #curiouscases
- Reposted by Andrew PontzenIf you're into your science podcasts, check out BBC R4 Inside Science this week, as the lovely @apontzen.bsky.social, @amsterdammed.bsky.social and I have a nice long geeky chat about the new dark energy results from @desisurvey.bsky.social 🤓 📻: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #cosmology 🔭
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- I think I like this idea too…
- This is wonderful for so many reasons. Lawrence Bragg at the Royal Institution. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwjc...
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- Turns out stars aren’t just giant blobs after all! When individual stars are resolved in galaxy simulations, things change a lot. Beautiful work from Eric Andersson, Martin Rey + EDGE team arxiv.org/abs/2409.08073
- First day in a new institution. Status: ready for new challenges!
- Is it just me or is making decent docs with sphinx actually a total nightmare? Writing docs is hard enough without the toolset being so obtuse
- A huge thrill to talk in the RI lecture theatre again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Pe...
- My final plug for this event at The Royal Institution on Monday - find out how algorithms and physics combine to teach us about the universe... www.rigb.org/whats-on/uni...
- Shameless self-promotion, but what better new year gift can you buy for yourself than an evening at the Royal Institution? Dark matter, genius algorithms and hidden figures from science history collide - should all be fun: www.rigb.org/whats-on/uni...
- Writing unit tests for parallel code 😱 send help
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