Monash Astrophysics researchers study the universe from their secret lair deep in Melbourne's south-east suburbs
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8 Jul 2025
Great to see so many Monash researchers sharing their work at the ASA in Adelaide this week. Great science and great conversations all around.
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15 Apr 2025
🚀 Big news! Our School of Physics and Astronomy celebrates 12 laureates of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics! 🌌
From Higgs bosons to rare particle decays, their work with CERN's LHCb is revolutionising science. 🏆
Read more: ow.ly/Hj3O50VAxqF
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16 Apr 2025
Monash researchers have simulated one of the lightest neutron stars ever—just 1.192 solar masses—bringing us closer to solving a key astrophysics puzzle. A leap forward for supernova science. 🌟🧠 #NeutronStars #Astrophysics #Supernova #MonashScience
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1 Apr 2025
📢 That’s a wrap on LVK Melbourne 2025!
OzGrav was honoured to host this incredible gathering of colleagues from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA here in Australia to collaborate on the future of gravitational wave science.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and contributed 🌏✨
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2 Apr 2025
Today our first year astros did some solar observing 🌞 Lucky for them the Sun is near the peak of its 11 year cycle so we were able to spot some beautiful Sunspots. 🔭😮 Swipe to see them for yourself! ➡ @Monash_Science #sun #telescope
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3 Dec 2024
Exciting news! Monash University’s, Rowina Nathan, has authored a groundbreaking study using the powerful MeerKAT telescope to create the most detailed map of the gravitational wave background to date: shorturl.at/KRXKj
👉 an article on this work: shorturl.at/oS3G1
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13 Nov 2024
Just for fun, here's a visualisation I made of minor bodies in the solar system, revealing a disc-like structure youtu.be/c7fU4DKA0E8?si=cK5z…
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14 Nov 2024
Published in @Nature today, researchers, using tools pioneered by astrophysicists led by @MonashAstro A/Prof. @amanda_karakas, calculated that it took the Sun 10-20 million years to form. #StellarEvolution Read more👇
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14 Nov 2024
With the Leonid meteor shower expecting to hit peak visibility next week, @MonashAstro Associate Professor @MJIBrown shares with @9NewsAUS on how, when and where to catch a glimpse of the annual event ☄️
9news.com.au/national/leonid…
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11 Nov 2024
Huge congratulations to Tom who submitted his PhD thesis “Multi-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Calculations for Asymmetric Stripped-Envelope Supernovae” today ✨🎉💥
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30 Oct 2024
Happy birthday Murriyang! #OnThisDay in 1961 on Wiradjuri Country, we inaugurated Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope – and it’s still going strong over 60 years later, as one of the best single-dish radio telescopes in the world! What have you discovered with #Murriyang?
ALT Image shows CSIRO's Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope, on Wiradjuri Country in NSW. The majestic telescope is glowing in golden hour sunlight.
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31 Oct 2024
A spooky pulsar, jack-o-lantern binary carved pumpkin 🎃 Happy Halloween from Monash Astrophysics ✨ #Halloween #science
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30 Oct 2024
What’s more spooky than a graveyard where stars are shredded by giant black holes? aasnova.org/2024/10/30/month…
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23 Oct 2024
Today, the ARC held an induction for the 2024 Future Fellowship recipients. In attendance were past Fellowship recipients Prof Alan Gamlen (@ourANU), Prof Fleur Johns (@UNSW), and Prof Ilya Mandel (@MonashUni) who shared tips for success on completing a research fellowship.
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21 Oct 2024
In a world where space exploration and planetary defence are becoming increasingly critical, graduates like Mark Fittock play a vital role in shaping the future. Find out about Mark's involvement in the early phases of @esa's Hera mission 🚀
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24 Oct 2024
Congrats to Dr Cameron Bentley @ChemistryMonash and Dr Hoaran Ren @MonashAstro on both winning the Faculty Award for Research Excellence by an ECR 👏👏 Learn more about the #MonashScienceAwards 👉 monash.edu/science/awards
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24 Oct 2024
Dr Fan Liu's ground-breaking paper on planetary ingestion, published in @Nature, offers critical insights into star-planet interactions, challenging existing theories of planetary engulfment @MonashAstro Learn more about the #MonashScienceAwards 👉monash.edu/science/awards
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24 Oct 2024
Congratulations to Monash Astrophysicist Dr Fan Liu who was awarded the Monash Faculty of Science Publication Award for their paper At Least One in a Dozen Stars Shows Evidence of Planetary Ingestion, Nature (2024).
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15 Oct 2024
Today we had our beyond third year event, to encourage undergraduate students to consider further study in physics and astronomy. 🪐🔭 Students mingled with potential supervisors and we are looking forward to welcoming them next year! ✨ @Monash_Science
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8 Oct 2024
Fingerprints of 1M stars reveal Milky Way's history! The Aussie-led GALAH project releases data from the AAT’s 50th birthday. Monash astrophysicist Madeline Howell contributed key spectroscopic data on M4, an ancient globular cluster that holds clues to our Galaxy's formation.
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