New research from @monashastro.bsky.social @ozgrav.bsky.social has shown that some stars live young, burn bright, then just blow themselves up! ⭐💥 Article and graphics by @astronerdika.bsky.social www.spaceaustralia.com/news/black-h... 📸 S. Galaudage #SpaceAustralia

Forbidden black holes?! 👀 Check out this article about a really fun study led by PhD student Hui Tong 🤩 Looking at colliding black holes with gravitational waves, we are able to learn about the massive stars that formed them! #Astrophysics #BlackHoles #GravitationalWaves

Pure evil.

Autotuning gravitational-wave detectors using the chirps of the cosmos! ⚫⚫🎶🎛️ Meet #GW240925 and #GW250207, two new, LOUD #GravitationalWave detections that have enabled us to use astrophysical calibration to tune our laser interferometers 🖼️ : @astronerdika.bsky.social, @sbisco.bsky.social 🔭🧪⚛️☄️

I love these infographics by @astronerdika.bsky.social! So colourful And a wonderful explanation of the new science from @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social & KAGRA 🐚

Our latest discoveries—two of the loudest gravitational-wave signals ever: #GW240925 and #GW250207 Using these signals, and our understanding of binary black holes, we can verify that our detectors are correctly calibrated ligo.org/science-summ... 🧪⚛️☄️🔭

Happy #BlackHoleWeek! 🖤 My black hole chonk chart is back, now with real LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA data ✨ More gravitational-wave detections are on the way, so this chart may need another update very soon. 😎 #BlackHoles #GravitationalWaves #SciComm @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social

Welcome to #BlackHoleWeek! 🕳️ Time to catch up on the latest discoveries made by our space missions about these mind-blowing cosmic objects 👇 1/4 🔭 🧪

Did folks know it’s #BlackHoleWeek?! Resharing this to celebrate! Follow the journey from theory to discovery 😎 #Astrophysics #BlackHoles

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

Martin Weisskopf, who helped shape modern X-ray astronomy and was the Chandra Project Scientist for many years, died last week at the age of 84. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that people write letters of support to sustain the mission. www.berryhillfh.com/obituaries/m...

Just a snippet of the seminar I gave at Cardiff Uni! ✨ Great to see some of my colleagues and friends face-to-face again. Massive stars are very cool, and I use black holes to study them 😎 #Astrophysics #Postdoclife

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

I’m at @issibern.ch this week! 😎 An intl. team has gathered to discuss all things SPIN about stellar mass black holes. I haven’t met most of the team before, so excited to form new collaborations! #Astrophysics #Research

Was GLUED to the livestream of the lunar flyby while on a 10hr flight ✈️ These brave astronauts will be home soon. Integrity, you’ve got this! 💪 #Artemis #Astronaut #Moon #NASA

It’s been 10 years since the discovery of GWs was announced to the world! ✨ It’s also Intl Day of Women & Girls in Sci 💜 Here’s something to celebrate both—a symposium ft. women in GW science! 👩‍💻 Register here: indico.global/e/glorious-w... #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #GW10Years

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

Sign and share our open letter urging the LVK to take action against the destruction of Gaza! Anonymous option available. Read: bit.ly/GWSol-OpenLetter Sign : forms.gle/qfhrF8KEkYdp...

What has happened in the 10 years since #GW150914? @space.com picks their top 10 discoveries. What are yours? www.space.com/astronomy/li... by @robleascijorno.bsky.social #GW10Years 🔭 ⚛️ 🧪

The @ligo.org and @egovirgo.bsky.social collaborations officially announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves #OTD in 2016. Hard to believe we are ten (ten!) years into the gravitational wave era of astronomy and astrophysics. A remarkable tool for understanding our Universe. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️

Daniel Williams @daniel-williams.co.uk joined our collaboration on 14 September 2015 at the start of his PhD. He shares his perspectives on the last decade and things to come astronomersdiary.substack.com/p/celebratin... #GW10Years 🔭🧪⚛️ #AcademicSky

OTD 10 years ago, LIGO detected gravitational waves for the first time. Here's how @castelvecchi.bsky.social reported on it: www.nature.com/articles/530...

It’s been 10 years since the discovery of GWs was announced to the world! ✨ It’s also Intl Day of Women & Girls in Sci 💜 Here’s something to celebrate both—a symposium ft. women in GW science! 👩‍💻 Register here: indico.global/e/glorious-w... #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #GW10Years

Seven women. Seven careers. Seven pieces of advice. For #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience we’re celebrating the voices and wisdom of women shaping science and technology across Europe. #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM www.youtube.com/shorts/BNk-b...

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 11 February 2016 "LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes" apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap16021... A beautiful artistic interpretation of our first discovery 10 years ago today #GW10Years #OTD 🔭🧪🐚

1/ Today, on the International Day of #WomenInScience, we celebrate all the brilliant women at ESO and beyond for their outstanding work 👩‍🔬 👏 Paula Sánchez Sáez is one of them. She works as User Support Astronomer, helping VLT users prepare their observations. 👇 🔭 🧪 #WomenInSTEM #IDWGS

A decade since I got to update havewedetectedgravitationalwavesyet.com ! #GW10Years

It’s amazing that the field of gravitational wave astronomy is only 10 years old and yet so rich with science & discovery💡✨ Here’s to the next 10 years! 🥂 #GW10Years

10 years ago today, we told the world "We have detected gravitational waves. We did it!" Relive the moment we shared our result with the world www.youtube.com/live/aEPIwEJ... #GW10Years #OTD 🔭🧪⚛️ 🎂

Did you know science stories we repeat, often omit women? 😬 #IncludeHer is developing workshops to counter these narratives ✨ 📘 curriculum-aligned + evidence-based 👩‍🏫 teacher professional dev options Follow us to stay tuned for more details! #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #STEMEducation

"Interaction with police" holy hell www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I am absolutely disgusted. The police used excessive force. And even so, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST! Police were throwing around folks that were peacefully protesting! Shame on you NSW Police, and Chris Minns for defending these actions.

There’s going to be a whole lot of politicians and high-level officials in front of the cameras today after the really disturbing and disgusting behaviour of the Police at yesterday’s protests. I dunno, but inviting a guy who signs his name on bombs, is gonna kinda trigger people 🤷🏼‍♂️

I'll use this as an opportunity to re-share my space artists starter pack. Several of them take commissions and have worked on images for scientific press releases before. Astronomer colleagues, I encourage you to work with real artists for press releases for important results! go.bsky.app/T9Xcq1M

What a mess! 😵‍💫

Haha… hahaha… ha… I have no words…

Finally made it to 2026! ✨ What’s the year been like so far folks? 🤣

Within a week of the tragic and terrorist events that targeted the Jewish community here in Sydney, the Australian Prime Minister has announced a gun buy-back scheme to get guns off our streets. This is just one action item, there are more in the works (like license regulations, max caps, etc.)

A good objective for all of us to see how low this number can get if we really put some effort in. We got a factor of two after Port Arthur — I’d want to see at least an order of magnitude now

What is the best black hole? 🤔 I spent my Thursday night having a very unserious debate with some colleagues at @ozgrav.bsky.social about this. My vote? Cygnus X-1 🖤 And here’s why. I DARE you to disagree 🔥 (this debate was totally worth hopping on a call at 9pm) #BlackHoles #Research

And for the reveal… I picked Cyg X-1 🖤 The icon. The first candidate. ✨ I think some folks missed the memo and named gravitational wave events. Like hang on folks, this is about the best black hole, not the best black hole pair 🤣 #BlackHoles #Astrophysics

And for the reveal… I picked Cyg X-1 🖤 The icon. The first candidate. ✨ I think some folks missed the memo and named gravitational wave events. Like hang on folks, this is about the best black hole, not the best black hole pair 🤣 #BlackHoles #Astrophysics

I will be putting forward a case today on the last @ozgrav.bsky.social -wide call for the year to debate: What is the best black hole? 🖤 So… does anyone have a strong opinion on the best black hole? 👀 (And to clarify, this is not me saying black holes are the best. Neutron stars are, Ok?!)

Attended #GWPAW this week (it’s the Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop), and I got the opportunity to make and present a poster ✨ So I had a little fun with it 🤣 I mean… my poster is pretty WICKED, wouldn’t you agree? 💚🩷 #BlackHoles #WomenInSTEM

For over a decade, #ESAGaia mapped our galaxy with stunning precision, rewriting the story of the Milky Way 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... While Gaia no longer collects new data, its scientific mission is far from over! Upcoming are the Gaia Data Release 4 and the final legacy catalogue. 🔭

Throw back to 3 years ago ⏰ This was the loudest PhD thesis submission I’ve been too… my own! 😂 Just so happened to coincide with the annual @ozgrav.bsky.social retreat. Missing the folks in AUS ❤️ hope to visit again soon! But maybe I should time it with next year’s retreat 👀 #PhD #Astrophysics

Women scientists often do not get recognition and visibility for their achievements as their male peers. Thanks to @indianexpress.com for highlighting stories like ours which go unnoticed, that hopefully will help to change the gender bias that still exists in society.

Required reading from @astroroamer.bsky.social 🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A terrific writeup from @rami.spaceaustralia.com on our recent Apep results and press release! Would highly recommend giving it a read :)

This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators. Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.