Meg Schwamb
Planetary scientist & astronomer at Queen’s University Belfast: KBOs, Planet Four(Mars), exoplanets (Planet Hunters NGTS) ,LSST SSSC co-chair. Opinions posted are my own. Pronouns: she/her
- Open letter from the planetary science analysis groups (AG) chairs planetarynews.org/Documents/26... ☄️🧪🔭
- I came to the UK because of it being a word leader in astronomy. These cuts are devastating. You want to know the impact of innovation and societal impact of cutting edge astronomy research. Just look for at the camera in your smart phone www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... 🔭🧪
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- Happy First Day! Congrats on the new position!
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- Alternate link: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🔭🧪
- Wrote something about what we're facing in funding for fundamental science - and why it matters: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01... 🔭 🧪 #academicsky #Oxford cc @ox.ac.uk
- Wrote something about what we're facing in funding for fundamental science - and why it matters: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01... 🔭 🧪 #academicsky #Oxford cc @ox.ac.uk
- I'm getting a "You need to log in to view this page" when I click on the link
- New paper alert-Exploring the color distribution in the planetary disk before Neptune's migration. A paper led by former QUB grad student Laura Buchanan who is now postdoc at the University of Victoria: "Col-OSSOS: Investigating the Origins of Different Surfaces in the Primordial Kuiper Belt" ☄️🔭🧪
- These cuts to blue sky research in the UK remind me of the words of Sir J.J. Thomson, who is the discoverer of the electron, that can be found in "A Random Walk in Science" an Anthology compiled by R L Weber. Thomson's words come from a speech: 🧵 🔭 🧪
- The Royal Astronomical Society is gravely concerned at the drastic cuts to support for UK astronomy outlined by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Read our statement 👉 ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
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View full thread"I know well the impression it made on the average spectator, for 1 have been occupied in experiments of this kind nearly all my life, notwithstanding the advice, given in perfect good faith, by non-scientific visitors to the laboratory, to put that aside and spend my time on something useful."
- It's the things we do at the cutting edge of science that have brought the most unexpected leaps forward in progress in other areas of our world. Making scientific research align with government and industry priorities will miss out on the discoveries that will transform our worlds.
- "No, this method is due to an investigation in pure science, made with the object of discovering what is the nature of Electricity. The experiments which led to this discovery seemed to be as remote from humanistic interest-to use a much misappropriated word-as anything that could well be imagined"
- "The apparatus consisted of glass vessels from which the last drops of air had been sucked, and which emitted a weird greenish light when stimulated by formidable looking instruments called induction coils. Near by, perhaps, were great coils of wire and iron built up into electro-magnets."
