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Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA)
University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Joined May 2015
Congrats to Prof. Peter Tuthill who was awarded the Michelson Prize for his theoretical work, instrumentation, science and student training in the field of interferometry. See the announcement here:.
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Manisha got some good media coverage for her discovery of an unusual radio transient; her Conversation article was the most-read Australian/NZ article of the week when it was published. See the article here:
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Bring your National Science Week school or community event to life this year by requesting a visit from an astronomer! You can register your interest on the Sydney Institute for Astronomy .
sifa.sydney.edu.au
This year during Science Week the astronomers of the Sydney Institute for Astronomy have specifically set aside the time to bring our exciting science into the community. If your organisation is...
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Congratulations to SIfA PhD students - Simon Weng & Emily Kerrison - chosen as part of the group of ten ECRs to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting:.
science.org.au
From top left: Mr Mark Watson, Dr W Y Sarah Lau, Mr Simon Weng, Dr Barnali Das, Dr Duy Nguyen, Ms Grace Tabi, Mr Jake Horder, Ms Claire Yung, Ms Emily Kerrison, Dr Eugene Sachkou. Ten early-career
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RT @Sydney_Science: The TOLIMAN project led by @sydney_physics scientists, has earned the esteemed Explorers Club flag! 🚀 Prof Peter Tuthil….
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A major paper by Courtney Crawford and team on ~50 of the highest-mass Kepler.red giants appeared last week - well done!.
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RT @JossBlandHawtho: Brilliant "exoplanets & habitable zones" seminar today by @aussieastronomer in the SIfA Seminar Series, University of….
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RT @Sydney_Science: 12 @Sydney_Science PhD students competed for the title of #ThreeMinuteThesis faculty champion. 🏆 . Congrats to our winn….
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Congratulations to Sergio Leon-Saval who was voted in as the new Director of the Institute for Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS) based in the School of Physics:.
sydney.edu.au
The Institute of Photonics and Optical Science draws in researchers and teaching expertise from all areas of optics and photonics. Learn more about our network.
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Congratulations to the GALAH team🎉, a project led by USyd, who have just passed an important milestone. After almost a decade, we reached our one-millionth stellar spectrum. The DR4 data release happens later this year.
galah-survey.org
GALactic Archaeology with HERMES
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Congrats🎉 to ex-SIfA PhD student, Dr Rasel Hossen, who was awarded two prizes based on his PhD, and published papers. Faculty of Science Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement.Faculty of Science Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis.
sydney.edu.au
Learn more about faculty prizes and awards established to recognise students for their outstanding academic achievement in various units or programs of study.
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May Gade Pedersen was quoted in a recent Scientific American article:.
scientificamerican.com
Scientists have developed a new model to predict how much “gravity waves” could alter a star’s brightness
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RT @Sydney_Science: Prof Peter Tuthill from @sifa_astro has announced a partnership with Spiral Blue for the TOLIMAN Space Telescope Missio….
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The University of Sydney has teamed up with Spiral Blue for the TOLIMAN space telescope mission. Backed by the Breakthrough Initiatives and led by Professor Peter Tuthill, the TOLIMAN space satellite...
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RT @AstroAustralia: Welcome to #ACAMAR9! The check-in desk is now open at @VinesResort in Perth, WA. The ACAMAR9 workshop is supported by T….
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RT @CSIRO: Not every star can be this cool. 😎. @Sydney_Uni astronomers using @CSIRO_ATNF's ASKAP telescopes found the coolest star ever tha….
csiro.au
CSIRO astronomers and ATNF telescopes were part of the effort that detected radio emissions from a dwarf star that's cooler than a campfire.
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RT @funfactscience: @PlotAstro @SpaceAusDotCom @sifa_astro Fair enough, here's the figure from the published version
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RT @NatureAstronomy: A Bayesian-based analysis of 190 cosmologically distant quasars, photometrically observed over two decades, has reveal….
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