Astrophysics postdoc at Swinburne. I tweet intermittently about astronomy, renewable energy and science in general. Opinions are my own.
Melbourne, Australia
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Interested in learning about quasars, pulsars, Mars landing zones and more? Come along to @CASastrophysics on Thursday May 11 at 6pm for talks and telescope viewing! swinburne.edu.au/events/2023…
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Here's a recording of my Clubhouse presentation and Q&A in case you couldn't attend: clubhouse.com/room/xBRYr16w?…
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Keen to hear about my research? I'll be discussing how “Black holes shed light on carbon in the early universe 🕳🪐“ with @ceciletamura, @bobprayd, @sierra_photon, Hansen F., Rebecca Davies. tomorrow at 12:00 pm AEDT on @clubhouse! clubhouse.com/event/my4qGzWO…
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Dr. Rebecca Davies, PhD retweeted
Tracing 13 billion years of history by the light of ancient quasars. A paper today led by @astro_bec @ARC_ASTRO3D @Swinburne has found new evidence for rapid heating in the early universe. In @RAS_Journals doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad29…. Media release at scienceinpublic.com.au/categ…
ALT The rapid emergence of warm carbon and its relationship to the formation of the first stars and galaxies. ASTRO 3D/Swinburne University
ALT Dr Rebecca Davies, ASTRO 3D/Swinburne University
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Dr. Rebecca Davies, PhD retweeted
Having fun at the @ARC_ASTRO3D Trivia Night at the ASTRO3D retreat… see the name of our table, and I PROMISE it was not my idea, but I strongly supported it as soon as it was mentioned by @ThemiyaN ! cc @astro_bec @rmcdermid
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The Australian government's response to climate change so far is hugely inadequate. Sign this petition to let them know that stronger action is needed at COP26! climatecouncil.org.au/action…
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Get to know her our celebrated women astronomers like Jean Brodie, Virginia Kilborn, Rebecca Allen and more. Learn how they are improving our understanding of space ➡️ swi.nu/q7pfg #WorldSpaceWeek
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Check out our new paper on separating emission from stars and black hole accretion in optical integral field data! arxiv.org/abs/1607.05731
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It's all systems go and we are finally collecting our first external galaxy photons for this @SAMI_survey observing run! :)
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Great view of fog in the valley at @SidingSpring :) Our @SAMI_survey observing run starts tomorrow night.
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Dr. Rebecca Davies, PhD retweeted
Celebrating the launch of the brand new Careers with Science & Engineering website! careerswithstem.com/science-… #STEMplusX @STEMedOZ #STEM
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Our latest paper is out today, this one is about how radiation pressure impacts the gas in AGN narrow line regions: arxiv.org/abs/1604.06104
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@AstroChildress @scalzonova also @GalacticSKL and Diane Salim...Lisa's students FTW!
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Our @keckobservatory data as presented in @astro_bec's paper is featured on the @astroucr blog today!
Age of #stars reveals the story of colliding #galaxies, scientists at @UCRiverside discover:astro.ucr.edu/the-age-of-sta… https://nitter.siddz.com/t.co/ifA4WQOYn7
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