Professor, Astrophysicist, @UNSWScience. Also Mum, Reader, Proto-Surfer. All opinions my own. She/hers.
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At @UNSWScience we have been investigating the tar balls that washed up on Coogee and other Sydney beaches.
What do we know (and not know!) so far?
Here comes our thread!
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If you'd like to know more about one of the next generation optical telescopes that astronomers will use, the Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile, this is a rather lovely podcast about it abc.net.au/listen/programs/s…
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6 Sep 2024
I'm sure the contributions would also be substantial in Australia but that feels largely unseen by the community.
5 Sep 2024
Our new report with London Economics shows that UK higher education and research contributes a massive £265 BILLION to the economy.🌟
#UniversityImpact
@LE_Education
Find out more: loom.ly/T-7pw68
ALT Map of UK showing economic impact of universities in Scotland, Northern Ireland and each region of England
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27 May 2024
This demonstrates the crowded sky now above us, in a 4-hour 3600-frame time-lapse tracking a sky criss-crossed with satellites (and some aircraft). This was May 9, at latitude 51° N, so only the lowest (southernmost) portion of the sky is in Earth's shadow. #starlink @twanight
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27 May 2024
Great team looking at the fascinating intracluster light with the Euclid telescope!
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27 May 2024
A really important conversation about the impacts of low orbit satellites on radio astronomy with the SKA. Unfortunately, the satellites also have an impact on optical astronomy.
abc.net.au/news/2024-05-27/s…
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24 Apr 2024
Professors - talk to students at conferences and events. Not everyone can just walk up and start a conversation. You have status, and it can be intimidating. Create balance. Smile. Introduce yourself. Ask them about their research.
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12 Apr 2024
Some nice results from our SAMI Galaxy Survey research
9 Apr 2024
1/2 Galaxies become more chaotic as they age, according to new research from @ARC_ASTRO3D.
The study, involving @UNSW researchers, found that the randomness of star motion within galaxies is mostly driven by the age of a galaxy, not its environment or mass as previously thought.
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9 Apr 2024
So good to see this being discussed publicly. Thanks in particular to Celine!
9 Apr 2024
A huge thanks to Professor Celine D'Orgeville for discussing the effects of menopause in the workplace on ABC News, as a respondent to the Women in STEMM submission to the Inquiry on #Perimenopause & #Menopause.
News: youtu.be/i_JI4d-81XQ
Submission: womeninstemm.au/submission-t…
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21 Mar 2024
#SMP2024 day 2 photos. Getting the opportunity to meet and discuss STEM with @PeterKhalilMP and managing to gather (nearly all) the astronomers together. Thanks to @ScienceAU for organizing!
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20 Mar 2024
Attending #SMP2024, representing @AstroSocAus along with @astrogin amongst many others! So excited to meet everyone and hear all the lessons.
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13 Mar 2024
Last week I had the privilege of representing the Australian astronomy community on the Council of the intergovernmental @ESO in Germany. I also got to take a selfie with a model of the amazing Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile @AstroAustralia @UNSWScience
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21 Feb 2024
Wonderful to see this exciting research from A/Prof. Christian Wolf and
@StromloANU
colleagues, discovering this outstanding beast, thanks to
@ESO observations!
📣 Using ESO's #VLT, astronomers have characterised a truly record-breaking #quasar! 1/
Discover more: eso.org/public/news/eso2402/…
Artist's impression by ESO/M. Kornmesser
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6 Feb 2024
Brilliant news! I can’t wait to see Sue’s lecture!
5 Feb 2024
Theoretical physicist @sue_coppersmith has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of granular materials, biomaterials, magnetism & quantum computing.
We are thrilled to announce Susan as our 2024 Women In Physics Lecturer.
Read more: aip.org.au/Women-in-Physics-…
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It's going to be an exciting 2024, I look forward to working with @AstroAustralia to represent Australia on @ESO Council.
14 Dec 2023
As we wrap up 2023... big thanks to our outgoing committee members & welcome to new appointees starting Jan 2024! Huge thanks also go to @MatthewColless for representing Australia on @ESO Council. Congrats & thanks to @curiousbutton77 who will be taking on this important role.👏
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We're doing lots of work preparing to observe this important light with @VRubinObs. Our paper comparing Observable and Simulated Intracluster Light Fractions with LSST-like images has just been accepted by #MNRAS @RoyalAstroSoc @UNSWScience @mireiamontesq ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/20…
4 Dec 2023
What if we told you that the space between galaxies in a cluster isn't empty?...😱
It's filled with stars! This ghostly glow is called intracluster light, and it's been hard to study because it's incredibly faint.
Until Rubin, that is ➡️ rubinobservatory.org/news/fo…
ALT A smattering of hundreds of galaxies of different shapes and sizes against a black background, Semi-opaque teal blobs surround and connect many of the galaxies, tracing the distribution of the countless wandering stars that make up the intracluster light. The ghostly teal glow is primarily concentrated in an irregular shape around the galaxies in the center of the image, but some larger individual galaxies off to the sides have their own separate glows.
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Sarah Brough retweeted
16 Oct 2023
One of the many benefits of full @ESO membership for Australia would be the opportunity to access time on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) – which feels like a very apt name for this incredible piece of infrastructure, currently under construction in Armazones, Chile.
📷ESO
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Love this! I have some thoughts but would also like to see my papers published...
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