Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker
@ColourfulCosmos
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Perth, Western Australia
Joined June 2018
I'm joining the Xodus. I can't bear what the owner of this website stands for. See you over on @colourfulcosmos.bsky.social .
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Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens. @ColourfulCosmos from @CurtinUni has all the details 👇
theconversation.com
Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens.
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We're hearing a lot of buzz and excitement for @ColourfulCosmos' talk at #APRIM2023 on long transients -- her plenary session is 9am local time today so don't miss it! https://t.co/jDdWAtkmQw
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aprim2023.org
APRIM 2023 will be organized in hybrid more, in-person in Koriyama City, Japan and online.In-person participants and speakers will join the conference at Big Pallet Fukushima in Japan.Virtual...
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Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens. @ColourfulCosmos from @CurtinUni has all the details 👇
theconversation.com
Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens.
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Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens. @ColourfulCosmos from @CurtinUni has all the details 👇
theconversation.com
Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens.
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And I'm advertising for PhD positions, too! (Aus/NZ students only I'm afraid!)
Hey - if you're an undergrad student and want to work with @ColourfulCosmos on some of those radio transients we've been talking about, then we've got the summer project for you:
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A long-period radio transient active for three decades, by Natasha Hurley-Walker @ColourfulCosmos and co-authors: https://t.co/m6MkCoHXYo Check out the News & Views by Victoria M. Kaspi highlighting the remarkable foresight of scientists in bygone years: https://t.co/Vv579SRZLN
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Exciting discovery led by our partners @ICRAR-@CurtinUni using @mwatelescope, with follow up observations from fellow SKA precursors ASKAP & MeerKAT: a new type of stellar object that challenges our understanding of the physics of neutron stars!
In research published today in @nature, ICRAR astronomers using the @mwatelescope and led by @ColourfulCosmos discover what may be a 'long-period #magnetar' - a new kind of slowly spinning star whose radio emissions "shouldn’t be possible".
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In research published today in @nature, ICRAR astronomers using the @mwatelescope and led by @ColourfulCosmos discover what may be a 'long-period #magnetar' - a new kind of slowly spinning star whose radio emissions "shouldn’t be possible".
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An international team led by astronomers from Curtin University and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has discovered a new type of stellar object that challenges our...
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This is another great example of the complementarity of radio facilities. Congrats to the international team behind the result, inc. lead author @ColourfulCosmos, co-chair of the SKAO's Extragalactic Continuum Science Working Group! Read the @Nature paper:
nature.com
Nature - The discovery of a long-period radio transient, GPM J1839–10, prompted a search of radio archives, thereby finding that this source has been repeating since at least 1988.
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Astronomers from @ICRAR using the @mwatelescope and three @CSIRO_ATNF telescopes have discovered a new type of stellar object that upsets our understanding of neutron stars. 🌟 Here's why we're excited: https://t.co/4Cya5Lam3J 📷 | Pete Wheeler #Magnetar
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A team of astronomers, lead by @ColourfulCosmos, used the @mwatelescope to discover a long-period radio transient that has been active for almost three decades. The object was confirmed in archival data from the #VLA and the #GMRT, with detections going as far back as 1988!
Once found by the team at@CurtinUni, the object was confirmed by observations from @CSIRO_ATNF, @SKA_Africa, @ESA_XMM & @IAC_Astrofisica – and found in archives at @TheNRAO and @NCRA_Outreach as far back as 1988.
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Read on to hear my theory on the "aliens of the gaps" 🖖
Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens. @ColourfulCosmos from @CurtinUni has all the details 👇
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You asked me whether we'd found any other weird slowly-repeating radio sources and all I could say was: "watch this space". Until today! We've found a new object - and this one breaks all the rules!
In research published today in @nature, ICRAR astronomers using the @mwatelescope and led by @ColourfulCosmos discover what may be a 'long-period #magnetar' - a new kind of slowly spinning star whose radio emissions "shouldn’t be possible".
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Great to attend the Faculty of Science and Engineering Excellence 2022 Awards @CurtinUni. Many congratulations to @ColourfulCosmos who is a winner of the Mid-Career Research Award. 🥳 🎉
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Results just released from @NANOGrav and international partners show - for the first time - the signature of long-wavelength gravitational waves rippling through space. (1/n)
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Fun to use some very complex and technical equipment to capture the solar eclipse today!
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Gorgeous videos of the meteor in the comments. Enjoy! 🌠
🚨ATTENTION! A small asteroid is expected to safely impact the French-English channel in ~4 hours time, 03:00:03 UT tomorrow. Object size is around ~1 meter and should appear as bright as the Moon momentarily as it enters the atmosphere. Approx visibility circle posted below. 1/
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