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- One of Australia’s most ambitious physics experiments that will search for Dark Matter is shaping up below regional Victoria. @astrokatie.com & @rami.spaceaustralia.com visited the site to see the project taking shape. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/aust... #SpaceAustralia 📸 F. Morrison/SUPL 🔭
- After nearly a decade of work, scientists, engineers and researchers from @darkmatteraus.bsky.social @ozgrav.bsky.social and the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) expect to begin first data-taking this year -- a major milestone that could reshape our understanding of the Universe.
- Huge thanks to the OzGrav, ARC-DMPP and SUPL teams who supported and facilitated this visit in 2025. #SpaceAustralia
- Two new papers have used data from JWST and ESO's VLT to help uncover new details of the chaos amongst the stars: Apep @rami.spaceaustralia.com spoke with one of the paper's lead authors @astroryan.bsky.social about this incredible system. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-a... #SpaceAustralia 🔭
- For only the third time ever, a glitch event has been observed on a millisecond #pulsar. @rami.spaceaustralia.com chats with lead author and PhD candidate Bhavnesh Bhat about the significance of this important, yet rare, event. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/new-gli... #SpaceAustralia 📸 NASA SVS
- One of astronomy's most inspiring figures, Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell was in Sydney this week. @cosmicrami.com sat down for an interview with her, discussing the impact of her discovery and community advocacy legacy. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/inte... #SpaceAustralia 📸 Uni. of Cambridge
- "Millisecond pulsars, whilst remarkably stable, may not be the perfect timekeepers we once thought they were" New research by @cosmicrami.com outlines how a pulsar throwing a tantrum could impact precision timing experiments. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/puls... #SpaceAustralia 📸 NASA SVS 🔭🧪
- The results of a four-year analysis on PSR J1713+0747 have indicated that the millisecond pulsar underwent a significant profile change event, whose origin can be traced to the magnetosphere of the star - with massive disruptions to the polarisation. #SpaceAustralia 📸 @cosmicrami.com 🔭🧪📡
- But is PSR J1713+0747 the only millisecond pulsar with profile variability? And what are the implications of this for high-precision timing experiments, such as searching for gravitational waves? Read @cosmicrami.com article: www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/puls... #SpaceAustralia 📸 D. Champion 🔭🧪
- And a big thank you to @astrokatie.com for a mammoth effort across so many events! Thank you to our excellent partners too: @sydneyideas.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @ozgrav.bsky.social @darkmatteraus.bsky.social @queersinscience.bsky.social @wheelercentre.bsky.social, Macquarie Uni, Swinburne Uni!
- I had a wonderful time in Australia! Massive thanks to Chris Stewart and the @sydney.edu.au International Science School for bringing me over and to @cosmicrami.com and @spaceaustralia.com for arranging all my other talks and events! 🙏🏼
- We're excited for tonight's @sydneyideas.bsky.social talk with @astrokatie.com (and hosted by @taramurphy.bsky.social) at Sydney Uni! The event has sold out! Folks in #Melbourne - events next week are also selling fast, so get tickets. More info: www.spaceaustralia.com/news/dr-kati... 🧵 👇
- First up for #Melbourne, we have our Science Communication panel, hosted by @ozgrav.bsky.social and at Swinburne Uni. featuring @astrokatie.com, Dr Kirsten Banks, Dr Sara Webb, and @cosmicrami.com. Moderated by Prof. Alan Duffy. Grab your FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/science-co...
- Then, later on that evening in #Melbourne will be @astrokatie.com at Swinburne University / @ozgrav.bsky.social for a public lecture on 'The End of Everything' This is SELLING FAST, so grab your tickets ($) from here not to miss out: www.swinburne.edu.au/events/2025/...
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View full threadAnd lastly, for #Melbourne, come along to a special @queersinscience.bsky.social event at The Oxford Scholar to hear from our queer scientists across different fields, as well as @astrokatie.com This is at around 80% capacity already, so get in quick! (FREE) queersinscience.org.au/event/queer-...
- Folks in #Sydney, interested in #ScienceCommunication and near Macquarie Uni. - there's a fun SciComm panel tomorrow at lunch feat. @astrokatie.com, @cosmicrami.com, Dr Paige Erpf & Prof. Ronika Power discussing why translating science matters. [Free event] mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- Look who's coming to #Sydney & #Melbourne! We're thrilled to be working with Australian institutions to host @astrokatie.com at events in both cities in July 2025. All event dates, times and tickets here: www.spaceaustralia.com/news/dr-kati... Individual events listed in thread below 🧵👇 1/6
- First in line in #Sydney: Come see @astrokatie.com public lecture on 'The End of Everything', hosted by @taramurphy.bsky.social at @sydney.edu.au 300+ people have already registered for this! There's also a book signing opportunity at this event. www.sydney.edu.au/engage/event... 2/6
- Then we're off to #Melbourne! Come along to a fun discussion on #ScienceCommunication with a panel featuring @astrokatie.com, @cosmicrami.com, Dr Kirsten Banks, Dr Sara Webb and moderated by Prof. Alan Duffy. Hosted by @ozgrav.bsky.social at Swinburne Uni. www.ozgrav.org/event/scienc... 3/6
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View full threadAnd last but not least, come along to a special @queersinscience.bsky.social event, where @astrokatie.com and four other queer scientists will be sharing about their work and how their queerness has shaped their professional journey in STEM. queersinscience.org.au/event/queer-... #Melbourne 6/6
- An Emerging Risk To #RadioAstronomy 📡 Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from @icrar.bsky.social has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands. @cosmicrami.com writes about this new study. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin... 📸 Astro_Work 🔭 #SpaceAustralia
- Radio frequency interference from Starlink not only spans the narrowband intended emissions but also broadband unintended emissions, coming from propulsion and avionics. This RFI is unregulated and affects key science goals. Starlink can appear in ~30% of all sky images. 📸 Grigg et al. 2025 📡🔭
- This new study, from Dylan Grigg at Curtin University, is not the first to study the impacts of Starlink on #RadioAstronomy, but is the largest of its kind and quantifies how this type of radio frequency interference - that comes from above - will impact the mega-science SKA project. 📸 DISR 📡🔭
- A multiwavelength glimpse at a space oddity! Astronomers from @icrar.bsky.social have led a global team to reveal new insights into the growing population of Long-Period Transients. Check out the article from @cosmicrami.com here: www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/aska... #SpaceAustralia 📸 ICRAR
- What makes ASKAP J1832-0911 stand out from the rest of the Long-Period Transients is that, for the first time, coincident X-ray emission, along with radio emissions, have also been detected from such an object, thanks to the Chandra X-ray Observatory. 📸 Ziteng (Andy) Wang / @icrar.bsky.social
- Researchers have found a way to measure Earth's dynamic ionosphere using smartphones, with GPS signals offering insights into this turbulent region of our atmosphere. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/your-sm... by @cosmicrami.com 📸 Kast, Smith, Google Research Software Engineers #SpaceAustralia
- What could these objects be? Astronomers have started looking at other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum to try and learn more about the 'Long-Period Transients'. Article now updated to also feature quotes from Dr. Ziteng Wang (+ @colourfulcosmos.bsky.social ) @icrar.bsky.social
- An emerging class of objects in #RadioAstronomy, mostly discovered in the last few years, still can't be explained. Two new multi-wavelength studies might have answers. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/mult... by @cosmicrami.com #SpaceAustralia 🔭🧪 📸 @colourfulcosmos.bsky.social /MWA/Curtin/ICRAR
- An emerging class of objects in #RadioAstronomy, mostly discovered in the last few years, still can't be explained. Two new multi-wavelength studies might have answers. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/mult... by @cosmicrami.com #SpaceAustralia 🔭🧪 📸 @colourfulcosmos.bsky.social /MWA/Curtin/ICRAR
- MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array team has announced evidence for the Gravitational Wave Background (GWB)! @cosmicrami.com had a chat with lead author @astromattmiles.bsky.social from @ozgrav.bsky.social www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/mpta... 📸 C. Knox/Swinburne/OzGrav/SARAO #SpaceAustralia 🔭🧪 1/3
- MeerKAT's excellent sensitivity gives us the most detailed map of the GWB - and an interesting feature has appeared! @pinkastrophysicist.bsky.social from @monashastro.bsky.social / @ozgrav.bsky.social discusses these findings. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/mapp... 📸 R. Nathan #SpaceAustralia
- The three papers published have been led (or co-led) by early career researchers from Australia, working as part of international teams. These exciting new findings support the June 2023 results from other pulsar timing array campaigns which announced similar evidence of the GWB. 3/3
- 1 in 100 billion! The double pulsar system, where both pulsar beams point at us, offers astronomers a unique chance to study extreme astrophysics. @cosmicrami.com chatted with @astromelow.bsky.social on his new paper. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/unve... #SpaceAustralia 🔭📡🧪 📸M. Kramer/MPIfR
- Europa Clipper is heading to the Jovian system. A small, icy moon there offers the possibility of it being habitable. @helen-e-mc.bsky.social examines the path that led to the start of this exciting mission. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/europa-... 📸 New Horizons/NASA/JHUAPL/SRI #SpaceAustralia 🔭
- Spectacular APOD today of the aurora over NZ, captured by Tristian McDonald from Lindis Pass on the South Island. 🔭 It even features the central region of our Milky Way Galaxy and the satellite Magellanic Clouds in the background. 📸 @apod.shinyakato.dev | apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24101...
- Last week, Larryn Rae’s spectacular shot of the red aurora took out the best in category at the Astronomy Photography of the Year awards - first for Aurora Australis. @helen-e-mc.bsky.social discusses this win, and what aurora are. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/aurora-... #SpaceAustralia 🔭🧪
- The rapidly growing market of smart telescopes is leading the way in making #astrophotography more accessible and interesting to wider audiences. @cosmicrami.bsky.social compared the Seestar S50 to the more traditional setup. 🔭📸 www.spaceaustralia.com/news/democra... #SpaceAustralia 📸 R. Mandow
- This time of year is always great to check out meteor showers! Read: The ultimate sky guide to catching meteor showers from your backyard, written by @jontihorner.bsky.social & Dr Tanya Hill a little while back for #SpaceAustralia www.spaceaustralia.com/index.php/ne... 📷 J. Sullivan/Flickr 🔭🧪
- Astronomers suggest that Omega Centauri, a massive globular cluster orbiting our Galaxy, likely has a 20,000 solar mass black hole in its core. @cosmicrami.bsky.social spoke with Uni. of QLD's Dr Baumgardt, a co-author on the paper. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/omega-c... 📷 ESO 🔭🧪 #SpaceAustralia
- Australian astronomers, using Murriyang (Parkes radio telescope) data & working with NICER researchers have made the most precise measurements of the nearest millisecond pulsar to Earth. @cosmicrami.bsky.social outlines results: www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/clos... 📷 C. Knox/OzGrav/Swinburne 🔭🧪
- A new population of neutron stars, but with long spin periods, is emerging. Could astronomers be on the brink of something new? @cosmicrami.bsky.social speaks to Manisha Caleb, lead author of this exciting new paper. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/popu... #SpaceAustralia 🔭🧪 📸 Carl Knowx/OzGrav
- Research from Macquarie University PhD student Sarah Caddy has shown that bright stars can be observed during daylight hours, as well as tracking Earth's satellites. @cosmicrami.bsky.social spoke with Sarah about her work www.spaceaustralia.com/news/seeing-... #SpaceAustralia 📸 Caddy et al. 2024
- Aussie astronomers have used Murriyang (Parkes radio telescope) to confirm the closest millisecond pulsar to the Galactic Centre! @cosmicrami.bsky.social spoke to @astromelow.bsky.social about this exciting new science. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/millise... #SpaceAustralia 📸 Heywood / R. Mandow
- A new paper reports that VFTS 243, a massive binary system featuring an O-class star and a 10 solar-mass black hole companion might have formed through the 'complete collapse scenario'. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/black-h... by @cosmicrami.bsky.social 📸 ESO / l. Calçada #SpaceAustralia 🔭
- 'Only The Astronauts' gives voice to our iconic and sometimes contentious inanimate space objects. @cosmicrami.bsky.social spoke with Ceridwen Dovey about her innovative blend of fiction, humanities, and the history of space exploration. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/only-as... #SpaceAustralia 🔭📚
- Happy B’day, CDSCC! 🎉 We absolutely love that Australia happens to play such a vital role in the critical infrastructure of global space comms. Check out our feature articles about Canberra DSN here: www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/canb... www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/when...
- EXCITING NEWS! The first SKA-low antennas are being installed today in Australia! Here's a feature article by @cosmicrami.bsky.social (2021) that outlines the road that has led to the development of the world's largest radio telescope: www.spaceaustralia.com/index.php/fe... 📸 M. Goh/ICRAR/Curtin
