Professor in Astrophysics and Pro Vice Chancellor Flagship Initiatives at @Swinburne
Joined July 2012
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28 Feb 2024
The world has many challenges in this century that require more science and technology, not less, to address. To make those choices about addressing these challenges, we need a scientifically informed electorate. 1/N
27 Feb 2024
Alan Duffy @astroduff, Professor in Astrophysics and Pro Vice Chancellor Flagship Initiatives at @Swinburne and Professor Steve Chapman, Vice Chancellor @EdithCowanUni discuss all things space at the #UASolutionsSummit.
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May 13
I hear Australia is a nice place to launch from. 😃
It’s no secret that we intend to launch Starship a lot, targeting thousands of flights per year. That cadence will require the ability to launch from many different locations, so we are constantly exploring to find viable sites to expand Starship operations in the future, both domestically and internationally
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Apr 30
We are living in the era of the polycrisis in which unexpected events impact and reinforce each other - for organisations to better prepare and weather such a period requires greater creativity in forecasting such futures and greater flexibility in preparing for these scenarios
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At Swinburne, we established the Futures Catalyst to help our uni prepare for a range of potential scenarios and explore opportunities arising from these challenges in the polycrisis. It was a delight to share this with @Forbes for others to explore too forbes.com/sites/melissawhee…
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My favorite image so far. Orion, built by human hands in just a few years, set against a moment billions of years in the making.
Apr 7
The eclipse from Orion.
On April 6, external cameras attached to the Orion spacecraft's solar array wings captured the Moon backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse.
ALT The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon\u2019s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA
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Tomorrow, we launch.
At sunset tonight, Artemis II waits on the pad, ready to carry astronauts potentially farther than any humans have traveled in more than half a century.
The next era of exploration begins.
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Australia supported us on Apollo and are with us again as we fly astronauts around the moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Australia is supporting humanity’s historic return to the Moon.
@NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon – the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century.
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Endeavoring for not just one, but TWO Moon landings in 2028.
Coming weeks: Artemis II around the Moon
Mid-2027: Artemis III rendezvousing with one or both HLS providers, testing space suits in low Earth orbit
Early 2028: Artemis IV lunar landing
Late 2028: Artemis V lunar landing, beginning work on lunar base
This is how we get back to the Moon with urgency, to stay.
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12 Nov 2025
🚨Aussie stargazers tonight could be a good one 🚨 Map courtesy of the Aurora Australis FB group, and a request to report your sightings to the @TweetAurora team below..! 🤞
11 Nov 2025
The first CME to the party has rung the doorbell at L1! While we wait for more info on Bz, a quick reminder that if you try to see the aurora over the next few days please make a participatory science report to aurorasaurus.org. Clear skies!✨🦕
ALT Graphic reads: Calling all aurora chasers! If you see the Lights tonight, please make a participatory science report to aurorasaurus.org. By providing ground truth data, you can help scientists answer questions and improve models. If yu try and are not able to see aurora, making a negative no report also helps! Make a participatory science report to Aurorasaurus: let's light up the map!
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1 Oct 2025
Hey friends, my company mDetect has been nominated for the People's Choice Award at the 2025 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence - this is a huge honour but to win would be even better 😉
Consider voting for mDetect below:
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15 Sep 2025
Meet NASA leaders past & present, and learn how we’re returning to the Moon at SPACELIVE with @AstroKirsten, Apollo legend Gerry Griffin, @LockheedMartin's Rob Chambers & pioneer JoAnn Morgan. Supported by @Swinburne @astroduff SYD 23 & 24 Oct; CBR 26 Oct; MEL 29 Oct. 🎟 ACT/NSW:
premier.ticketek.com.au/show… VIC monash.edu/performing-arts-c…
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10 Sep 2025
Huge if Australia can participate in one of the world’s largest research and innovation programs, turbocharging outcomes for our nation through this access but also for EU and the world by allowing them to collaborate with our world-class Australian researchers!
10 Sep 2025
UA fully supports the government’s move to explore association to Horizon Europe, having long called for a place in the EU’s key funding program for research and innovation.
Horizon Europe is the world’s largest collaborative research funding scheme and could connect our researchers with billions of dollars in funding and world-class facilities not available at home.
@ayrestim
Read the full media release here: ow.ly/S18h50WUkoo
#auspol #highered #ResearchFunding
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7 Aug 2025
Thanks Tokuro Furuya CG of Japan, for visiting the 🇫🇷🇦🇺Indo-Pacific center for energy transition (FACET) @Swinburne #Melbourne
@FranceAustralia @astroduff @gchaks15 @ludovic_pouille @elebrundamiens @BridgetVallence @michaelgalea @Nicholas_Reece @AlexisAupied @SarahNCumming
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26 Jul 2025
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26 Jul 2025
TestFlight1 Update:
We’re watching the weather and targeting 𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻, 𝟮𝟴 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 (𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧), 𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 for the start of our new launch window.🚀
Follow us at gspace.com/missions for the latest on #TestFlight1
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In our vision for Australian astronomy, the nation reaps the rewards from excellence in fundamental science, innovative technology, and industry partnership.
Read the plan: science.org.au/astroplan2026
🎨 This artwork, by Noeleen Hamlett, is part of the Cosmic Echoes: Shared Sky Indigenous Art Exhibition, which is an SKAO initiative, in collaboration with SARAO, CSIRO and the Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation.
ALT Promotional artwork for Astronomy Decadal Plan 2026-2035, featuring a stylized radio telescope against a vibrant cosmic background, designed by Nooloorn Hamlett. This artwork is part of the Cosmic Shared Sky Indigenous Art Exhibition, in collaboration with CSIRO and the Wajarri Yamatji Aboriginal Corporation.
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"Thanks for flying @SpaceX."
📍 Current Location: Planet Earth
A 2:48pm ET, @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug splashed down, marking the first splashdown of an American crew spacecraft in 45 years. #LaunchAmerica
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5 Jan 2025
RT @dedcena: It’s up! @ConversationEDU article on the practical and ethical issues of lunar mining with the brilliant @astroduff !
https:/…
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11 Nov 2024
Hope you all get the chance to enjoy #PeterAndTheStarcatcher while it’s on at the Arts Centre Melbourne too!
(And on a personal note I finally got to wear my cardigan jacket from #AnthonySquires to a red carpet event 💪)
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11 Nov 2024
A special shout out to the comedic chemistry of @pjhelliar and Colin Lane - can’t believe how many laughs a certain moustached pirate got out of my daughter.
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11 Nov 2024
Hope you all get the chance to enjoy #PeterAndTheStarcatcher while it’s on at the Arts Centre Melbourne too!
(And on a personal note I finally got to wear my cardigan jacket from #AnthonySquires to a red carpet event 💪)
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8 May 2024
Our galaxy sure is a hungry one! 🤤
8 May 2024
Latest from ESA Gaia - streams everywhere! This was anticipated in a string of great papers reviewed by us in 2002 (below), Johnson & Bullock (2005), etc. dating back to at least Ibata et al (1994)...
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