Fun Fact Science with Kovi
Astrophysics PhD candidate studying stars that go snap, crackle, and pop - communicating scientist - meme aficionado.
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- Fascinating work by Linda!
- Reverse engineering cosmic dust in the lab... Interesting new result from @sydney.edu.au plasma physics PhD student Linda Losurdo and supervisor David McKenzie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwvp... ⚛️ ☄️🔭 #WomenInSTEM
- #astro plot of the week right here! Really interesting work @conairedeagan.bsky.social
- Reposted by Fun Fact Science with KoviJoin us @sydney.edu.au for the annual Stibbs Lecture. Deciphering the Music of the Stars: Asteroseismology, presented by astrophysicist Professor Conny Aerts. Listen to the music of the stars, and see them in a whole new way! Thurs 12 Feb 6pm. Register: www.sydney.edu.au/science/news... 🔭 ⚛️ ☄️ 🧪
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- "We are not motivated by personal profit, but by the close interrogation of the world around to constantly improve our understanding, and edge closer to the truth." jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
- A much needed glimmer of good news after a tumultuous year of redundancies, uncertainty, and budgetary strain. Here's one interesting takeaway: "NASA has its largest budget in nearly three decades, but has fewer employees than it had in July 1960 at the dawn of the space age."
- Good write-up from @planetarysociety.bsky.social on the budget bill that passed Congress, explaining what space science has gained and lost, and which projects appear to be funded for FY26 (including Uranus, HabWorlds, & contributions to international missions). www.planetary.org/articles/adv...
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- Reposted by Fun Fact Science with KoviSometimes when I'm quickly checking whether someone in my team has classified a #RadioAstronomy source correctly, I paste the coordinates into the Aladin Sky Atlas , and confirm... Yes, it is a star! Such a great #AstroSci tool :) (aladin.cds.unistra.fr)
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- It's very easy, and often justified, to feel negatively about LLMs and their impacts on humanity. This blog post is a great example of an important criticism balanced with constructive suggestions for how to overcome the main pitfalls of using LLMs for learning.
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- Thanksgiving isn't really a thing in Australia but I am certainly thankful to have this majestical floof in my life 🥹
- (un)surprisingly fun
- When people ask what the scientific method looks like, show them this video.
- the internet never fails to disappoint...
- Nothing like taking in a beautiful sunset after presenting your research, especially when you're at a conference about stars 🌟🔭 📸 @astrolaura.com #astronomy #space #sunset #stars
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- a NEW PAPER led the incomparable Dr. Elizabeth Iles (accepted by PASA) quantifies how astronomers might be biased in how they judge galactic bars Turns out that male astronomers are consistently more optimistic than their peers when it comes to measuring length arxiv.org/abs/2511.09908 #astro
- Reposted by Fun Fact Science with KoviThis is your final week to apply for the Professor Harry Messel Research Fellowship. A 3 year position open to women in any area of #Physics or #Astronomy at the University of Sydney @sydney.edu.au Deadline: 16th November ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️
- Excited to announce that we are advertising the Professor Harry Messel Research Fellowship. A 3 year position open to women in any area of #Physics or #Astronomy at the University of Sydney @sydney.edu.au Deadline: 16th November ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
- you can enjoy watching the lightning with me live on this website: www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/weather/ligh...
- spending Friday night waiting for a thunderstorm to pass so that I can start my telescope observations
- ~ Frank, Destination Wedding
- Reposted by Fun Fact Science with KoviI've been thinking a bit about how talking about aliens affects how we share new astronomy discoveries, so I wrote an article about it 👽🔭🧪 theconversation.com/is-it-aliens...
- can't believe we've been complaining for nearly 3000 years
- When you feel the irrepressible urge to constantly check the status of a recently submitted paper:
- surely this is just a temporary bug, right? RIGHT!?
- on to the next one I guess
- Looks like a decent round for astronomy!
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- new correlator who dis?
- Yesterday I had the esteemed privilege of presenting my latest research in front of Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell at a @sydney.edu.au science symposium. What an incredible honour to speak about my work on unknown radio objects in the presence of the person who discovered pulsars! 📸 @cosmicrami.com
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- I'm sure I don't know what you mean...
- just wrapped another recording with another brilliant scientist! (always looking for more nerdy guests 🤓) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by Fun Fact Science with KoviA part of you has existed since almost the moment of creation. 🌌💥🧪 Astrophysicist @erikahamden.bsky.social breaks down how the hydrogen in your body was formed within the first 20 minutes after the Big Bang.
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- posted without context to the #astro feed
