Had a wonderful time talking about supermassive black holes and the Vera Rubin Observatory at Pint of Science in Sydney last night! 🔭 @vrubinobs.bsky.social @unisq.bsky.social @pintofscienceau.bsky.social @pintsworld.bsky.social #PintofScience #sydney

Do you like science? Do you like pubs? Well you are in luck! I am giving a talk on supermassive black holes and their dramatic lives in Randwick at the Coach & Horses Hotel on the 20th of May. Tickets below 🔭 pintofscience.com.au/event/pint-o...

My student is doing a space event tonight in Manly, go along if you can! 🔭 #sydney

Redirecting funding from basic science to applied science isn't just wrong because you need to start with basics - because products are assembled out of *many* ideas. It's like asking farmers to pivot from making tomatoes, cheese, grains, mushrooms, herbs, and focus on making pizzas.

We are looking for two new PhD students to join our group at the University of Southern Queensland to work on exoplanet demographics and atmospheres. See AAS ad below. aas.org/jobregister/...

Check out this fun gif of Artemis on its trip to the Moon! @unisq.bsky.social 🔭

Want to come see me talk about supermassive black holes? Grab a ticket to @pintofscienceau.bsky.social on the 20th of May at the Coach & Horses in Randwick. @unisq.bsky.social 🔭 👩‍🔬

Got to talk to Channel 10 today about the NASA press release! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR1t...

We were lucky to get a break in the clouds to see most of the lunar eclipse! My photos are very blurry - but look at this gorgeous shot from UniSQ's Mt Kent Observatory 🔭 @unisq.bsky.social #eclipse

Perhaps if the Herzog protesters had turned up dressed as Nazis the cops would have left them alone

Pushing and injuring a prominent MP who clearly identifies herself as such and who is filming peacefully is the sort of thing you can only do if you expect impunity

Muslim organisations and civil liberties groups have slammed NSW Premier Chris Minns after NSW Police threw punches, used pepper spray, charged into pro-Palestine protesters and forcibly broke up a Muslim prayer group outside Sydney Town Hall yesterday. www.deepcutnews.com/p/unfathomab...

The Town Hall Police Riot needs charges laid against cops who attacked protesters and resignations at the top. A total disaster for social cohesion

There continues to be a lot of conversation on how astronomers and researchers must “deal” with the existing and incoming pollution caused by satellite constellations. But I want to see this reframed into asking: “Why do these companies need this many satellites in orbit?”

Every wondered how we know that supermassive black holes are so supermassive? Well one trick is to watch how light echoes around them, using "reverberations" to map how big they are. In my latest paper I close out the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES) to measure the masses of hundreds of SMBH.

They really need a train station in Bondi

Genuinely I don't understand why this government is trying to dismantle science locally when it's at its most vulnerable point globally. Like, what on earth are they trying to achieve. What's the endgame here. What's the constituency for just vandalizing expensively built societal infrastructure

I was very excited to receive a 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at last night's Queensland Women in STEM awards at the Queensland Museum. Congratulations to all the other award winners and finalists, it was a privilege to be recognised among such an incredible group of leaders in science!

Very excited to be a finalist for the Queensland Museum’s Women in STEM prize, and very honoured to be named alongside such amazing women (like the fabulous @alicetwomey.bsky.social) 👩‍🔬🔭

Check out these fun stickers I made for the Centre for Astrophysics and iLAuNCH! Both are drawings of University of Southern Queensland's Mt Kent Observatory (Queensland's only professional observatory!). p.s. if you want a sticker I have a stash with me, and in the Astro lounge on campus 🤫

Yay Tam! Couldn’t have gone to a more deserving person.

Come and see @unisq.bsky.social astronomers talk and do some Space Trivia at Bribie Island RSL at 11am on Saturday! www.facebook.com/share/1arBCH... @astroshishir.bsky.social @elocinimages.bsky.social

Lovely to see my art out in the world! I made this fun logo for the Stellar and Planetary Research in Greater Sydney (@sprigs.au) group. How many subfields can you spot in the flowers?

greta ily what an outfit

It’s Friday night. I’ve done enough this week. You’ve done enough this week.

Super happy about this paper today led by the brilliant @astroshashank.bsky.social - equations and information theory about what an interferometer really encodes about a stellar surface.

My fabulous student, @elocinimages.bsky.social, is organising Space Bar - an astronomy night on Bribie Island, hosted at the RSL. Come along to hear from @unisq.bsky.social astronomers, do some space trivia, and maybe win a prize ✨

The Global Sumud Flotilla says its fleet of over 50 ships has entered the ‘high-risk zone.’

If LLMs are widely being used to give legal, medical, and financial advice, why are they not being regulated accordingly

The March for Humanity across Australia should be a wake-up call for politicians who refuse to take action to end the genocide. Thousands of people from all walks of life demanding in historic numbers that the government sanction Israel. Labor cannot - must not - ignore them.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 photo from before we were told to turn around by police helicopters and mass texts #sydney #harbourbridge

I’ve seen estimate of 100,000-300,000 people in today’s march. A sobering thought: these are also the conservative (100k) realistic (300k) estimates of people israel massacred in Gaza.

Be there, Sydneysiders!

Just put out an article in @aunz.theconversation.com explaining this beautiful JWST image:

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Come for the meteors, stay for the Milky Way! Was very fun to speak to @caitlinecassidy.bsky.social about meteor showers and the night sky ✨

Foundation (TV) is really good but I cannot get past “Math” 🫠

Excited to be filling in for @jontihorner.bsky.social on ABC Brisbane's Thursday evening astronomy chat for the next couple of weeks! Today we talked about the @desisurvey.bsky.social and how AI can be used in astronomy! Catch up is available here: www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-evenings

“You wouldn’t believe how hard it is right now. Try getting a builder to renovate your holiday house in Portsea – they’re booked up until 2026!"

I understand that these are dark times that call for courage. But keep in mind I am just a baby

What a lovely surprise to find my new copy of Buried by @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is signed! Excited to read 🤩

periodic reminder: if you're on the job market or want to give seminars anywhere, you really want to have a website & your CV and contact details available online!

I ❤️ AAT

Excited to have a new honorary appointment at Macquarie University! I have a desk in the Astronomy building, office 519 if anyone wants to find me 🌌🔭

you know things are bad when the pope thinks you're too right wing

I'm looking for a two year postdoc to work with me at Macquarie University building an Astrostatistics Research Group! We're interested in diverse applicants with previous experience in applying stats/AI/ML in astronomy, especially in relation to exoplanets/stellar astrophysics/instrumentation.

Aussie folks - if you think what is happening in the US to our Trans+ communities is only happening over there, think again. It's starting to gain traction here. Protests have been organised to protect Trans+ youth in cities across Australia on Feb 8th. See details in thread below 👇

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