Grateful for Earth's global magnetic field today. Protecting us from cosmic radiation and putting on a light show?! Mars could never 💅

Want to see the aurora? Tonight might be the night! There have been a bunch of coronal mass ejections (big flares of plasma) from the Sun that are all arriving at Earth today and tonight. theconversation.com/aurora-likel...

I've been thinking a bit about how talking about aliens affects how we share new astronomy discoveries, so I wrote an article about it 👽🔭🧪 theconversation.com/is-it-aliens...

Are you a grad student interested in writing for Astrobites, or do you know one? We're recruiting! Apply by November 26 :) astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...

ARC says Discovery Projects outcomes will be tomorrow (Tuesday). Linkage Projects (2025, round 1) on Wed. Over past ~year, it's often been at about 11am (Canberra). My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately. ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs

Hailstone from the balcony in Brisbane, this storm is intense! Even after melting a bit it's bigger than a 50 cent piece!

Stopping in to say hi to one of my fav telescopes on the way to Siding Spring Observatory! Tonight, I'm on a panel in a pub in Coonabarabran. Siding Spring is an optical Observatory, but I'm a radio astronomer. So I had to stop in at the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) first! 🔭📡

2 out of 3 Aussies will be changing their clocks forward this weekend, but why do the days get longer? Find out in my article on daylight savings: theconversation.com/daylight-sav...

Did you even see the eclipse if you don't post a fuzzy phone camera photo of it? 🌚

It's cleared up in Sydney and I can see the shadow creeping across the Moon! 🥳🌚🔭

Lunar eclipse fans, there's a total lunar eclipse this weekend! All of Australia (and a bunch of other countries) will be able to see all the best bits. The eclipse will be in the evening of Sunday the 7th or the morning of Monday the 8th of September 🧪🔭🌝 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

On my way to Adelaide to talk about radio astronomy and radio stars! 🌟 www.assa.org.au

There's a black moon on Saturday! Sounds very cool, but is it actually cool? I wrote an article for @aunz.theconversation.com about this very recent term for a "special" new moon 🌚🧪🔭 theconversation.com/whats-a-blac...

It's the first day of National Science Week in Australia, so here's a friendly astronomy PSA: the Perseid meteor shower is not for us It's not a great meteor shower for those of us down under. For more info, check out this article by Prof Horner: theconversation.com/everyones-ta... 🧪📡

I'm the voice of an audiobook! Not something I ever thought I'd do, but I was so excited when Dr Karl asked me to voice the audiobook version of Vital Science It was loads of fun, thanks to the fantastic reading material and the amazing producer I worked with at Bolinda Audio

I heard that Chiron was in retrograde, but I didn't even know what Chiron was... I wrote an article about it so you can learn about Chiron too! 🧪🔭 theconversation.com/move-over-me...

Join us at the Chau Chak Wing museum to National Science Week! I'll be giving a talk, exact time TBD

Totally agree! But it could also be because they measured this using X posts and X posts only... so a contributing factor could be that women scientists have bailed from that terrible place and are posting their science results elsewhere

This image is just too good! 🤩 some awesome work by Ryan and team!

OK, so what are we gonna name Betelgeuse's new friend? It's fun that astronomers found that Betelgeuse has a little buddy, but Betelgeuse A and Betelgeuse B just doesn’t roll off the tongue... anyone have ideas? 🧪🔭 share.google/idDc5XW1eIXJ...

Congratulations to the legendary Josh! Our team uses DSTools extensively, and I'll be showing a bunch of plots from DSTools in my talk tomorrow. Such important software for radio transient science! #RadioAstronomy

The 12th of July marks the 3 year anniversary of the first JWST image release 🛰 find out what my top 3 cool JWST science results are by listening here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🧪🔭

"Waiting for the SKAO telescopes to be built" Especially with the exciting outlooks and potential science being presented at the SKAO Science Meeting as we speak! 📡👀 #SKAO2025

Sydney Radio astronomers represent! 😎

So many radio astronomers all in one place! The SKAO Science Meeting begins 📡 #SKAO2025

Getting ready for the first day of the SKAO General Science meeting tomorrow! Who knew that this many radio astronomers could fit in one small German town?

Five years and one month ago, I had to bail on Manchester and finish my PhD from Melbourne because of a certain pandemic... tonight, I'm flying back to Manchester to visit for the first time since then!

New mysterious radio flashes, now with X-rays! Read all about this extra cool, Nature (!) result 👀 🧪🔭

Looking for something to do tonight? Come hear me talk about my research at The Commercial Hotel for Pint of Science Australia! It's on tonight, the 20th of May, from 7pm to 9pm in Parramatta. Book your spot here: pintofscience.com.au/event/size-m...

For all my Southern Hemisphere early risers, this week is the best time to spot the Eta Aquariid meteor shower! Who doesn't love shooting stars? 🔭🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Come hear me talk about my research at the 2025 Pint of Science Festival! I'll be at The Commercial Hotel, Parramatta, on Tuesday the 20th of May. Book your tickets now: pintofscience.com.au/event/size-m...

The days are getting shorter down under and many of us are about to turn our clocks back an hour this weekend, but why do the days get shorter in the winter? theconversation.com/daylight-sav... 🧪🔭

I wrote a little love letter to the @esa.int Gaia spacecraft after it was retired last week. I'll miss you Gaia! 🥺🔭🧪 theconversation.com/the-best-spa...

Nooooo 😭 now i am tearing up, goodbye Gaia 😭❤️🔭

I'm not tearing up over a space telescope, I swear 😢 You're the best, Gaia! 🔭

Saturn's rings have disappeared from view, but have they really vanished? Listen to me chat about Saturn's ring-plane crossing on Lab Notes www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🧪🔭

If you're in Sydney on Thursday the 3rd of April, come and see my free public talk! Thursday the 3rd of April, 6:15 PM, Hermann's Bar, Wentworth Building, Butlin Ave, Camperdown NSW 2050 Get your free tickets here: www.rtbevent.com/laura-driessen

We only need to discover 10 more moons around Saturn for it to have double the number of all the other planets combined! theconversation.com/saturn-now-h... 🔭🧪 Read more in this article I wrote for @aunz.theconversation.com 🪐

Maybe these slow rotating weirdos are binary star systems! Find out more in this @aunz.theconversation.com article by Iris de Ruiter theconversation.com/mysterious-r... 🔭🧪

JWST observations of our very own black hole (the one at the centre of the Milly Way) show that its brightness changes basically all the time. A very nice ABC News article (including some quotes by me 😎) 🔭🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Thanks, Rami! SciComm and radio astronomy unite! I've even written a radio pulsar paper 😎

11 years ago today, I finished my first ever astronomy research report at the end of a fantastic summer research project at @icrar.bsky.social! I was still an undergrad and before this project, I thought I'd be a cosmologist. But radio got me hooked and look where I am today!

So grateful to be part of such a legendary team with such amazing women in STEM! 📡🌟

A new way of finding mysterious fast radio bursts using Australian technology and an Australian telescope! A very cool innovation that's already finding new things www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01... 🧪🔭

With a lot of tough things happening in the world riggr now, the misinformation that stars are dead when you wish on them feels very mean spirited 🥺 luckily, I looked into it and worked out that the stars we wish on are very much alive 🌟 🧪🔭

For the next couple of days, we have a chance to see a once in 160,000 year event! Comet C/2024 G3 survived its close encounter with the Sun, read more about how to see it here: theconversation.com/a-bright-sun... 🔭🧪

Hear from Joshua, the first author of the latest ASKAP discovery! Interviewed by Dr Kirsten Banks for @ozgrav.bsky.social 🌟🔭🧪

Check out this new cosmic weirdo discovered using @csiro.bsky.social's ASKAP telescope! It spins so slowly that you could watch both the Fellowship of the Ring and the Two Towers and still have time leftover before it finishes a full rotation Read more: theconversation.com/blinking-rad...

Happy 11th birthday to my doggo, Astro! 🎉🎂 here he's pictured living the kind of life of comfort and relaxation only whippets can achieve 😆

Oh look, it's me 😅 Radio telescopes can observe day and night, and the atmosphere isn't a problem 🤷‍♀️ I work on radio stars and often forget that you can't just observe at other wavelengths whenever you like... and sometimes you even need a space telescope!