Astro. Soc. Aus.

From @abcnews, featuring @AstroSocAus Council Member @nightskymelb: "Exploding nova T Coronae Borealis could be on show for the first time in 80 years. Here's how to spot it" abc.net.au/news/science/2…

A theoretical sample of radio galaxies and how they influence their neighbourhood got Sophie Young (@UTAS_) the Bok Prize for outstanding research by an honours student. Congratulations Sophie. Read more about all six winners of the ASA astronomy prizes: aip.org.au/News/13377131

17mil social media views & millions more via news media is part of @SaraWebbScience's (@Swinburne) impressive outreach presence. Congrats to Sara for the David Allen Prize for exceptional achievement in astronomy communication by @AstroSocAus. Read more: aip.org.au/News/13377131

A huge congratulations to astrophysics Honours graduate Sophie Young who has received the prestigious @AstroSocAus 2024 Bart Bok Prize for her research exploring the distant Universe 👏 Read more: utas.au/BartBokPrize

The recipients are: @SaraWebbScience @MatthewColless @shyam_astro @astrophyzic @aaronrobotham @CFederrath @Astro_Katherine & Sophie Young from @Swinburne @ANUmedia @UTAS_ @RutgersU @CSIRO @UWANews @ICRAR Highly commended: @SabineBellstedt @parallel_v Tamsyn O’Beirne More at scienceinpublic.com.au/media-releases…

Very impressed by the @futuremeetings team to enable networking at the annual @AstroSocAus meeting (using @Spatial_io)! Here's my avatar at the CO2 emission comparison from an in-person vs. virtual #ASA2024 meeting (created by TFOM member Glen).

🎉 Congrats to OzGrav affiliate @SaraWebbScience on winning the David Allen Prize! Sara has been recognised for her impressive outreach presence, covering critical topics such as Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Women in Astronomy, and the Mysteries of the Universe 🙌 @AstroSocAus

Congratulations to our astronomer Dr Andrew Zic @astrophyzic, for receiving the @AstroSocAus Louise Webster Prize 2024! Andrew is using observations of pulsars to search for gravitational waves. More at scienceinpublic.com.au/media-releases…

Congratulations to five @ARC_ASTRO3D-affiliated researchers for awards @AstroSocAus announced today! Matthew Colless (ANU), Kate Harborne (UWA), Aaron Rowbotham (UWA), Christoph Federrath (ANU) and Tamsyn O'Beirne. 🤩 astro3d.org.au/national-recog…

I was recently commissioned to design this artwork for the @AstroSocAus Annual Science Meeting which is happening online next week ✨ If you're attending #ASA2024, come and say hi at the @futuremeetings virtual booth! #SciArt #SciComm

Interested in submitting your article to Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia? Click here for more information. 📚 cup.org/4d5SP3e #Astronomy #ASA @AstroSocAus

Did someone say... a giant tilted world? 🌏 Read more via @abcnews: bit.ly/49zM0oM. @JontiHorner 💫

#Astrofest2023 is THIS MONTH! Join us at Curtin Stadium on November 18 for a FREE night of telescopes and talks, sky photos and sci-fi costumes, family-friendly activities and food trucks! Details & registration at astronomywa.net.au/astrofest

"When I was a child in the 1970s, seeing a satellite pass overhead in the night sky was a rare event. Now it is commonplace..." @CurtinUni's @stingay explains how Starlink satellites are "leaking" signals that interfere with radio telescopes. #Echobox=1697172116-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theconversation.com/starlink-satel…

We're advertising!! Lot's of postdoc positions open within OzGrav, including two at Monash! The Monash job ad is linked below, and other jobs linked in the thread. Please pass this on, and get in touch if interested! @ARC_OzGRav @MonashAstro Monash: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/…

Some kangaroos on the hop near our #ASKAP antenna 24, Janimaarnu, at #Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, our Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory csiro.au/en/about/facil…

During the 2020 Rapid #ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) around 3 million galaxies across the entire southern sky were mapped in just 300 hours. A million of them had never been seen before! More on #RACS: research.csiro.au/racs/

Check out my new post on The Conversation @ConversationEDU: Russia has declared a new space race, hoping to join forces with China. Here's why that's unlikely theconversation.com/russia-has-dec… @MQSciEng @MQPhysAstro

🌌 Discover the mind-bending concept of "gravitational-wave memory"! Astrophysicists, including OzGrav's A/Prof Paul Lasky, explore how colliding black holes may leave lasting imprints on space-time. Learn more: newscientist.com/article/mg2593… @LaskyPaul @MonashUni @newscientist

☄️Did you catch Melbourne's light show last night? Experts @SansomScience @CurtinUni @astrogin @Swinburne @Macquarie_Uni @drspacejunk @flinders @mjibrown @MonashUni and @tallstarman explain what was likely crashing through our atmosphere 👀it here: scimex.org/newsfeed/exper…