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🚨 Exciting New Science🚨

Could astronomers have finally found the key to solving one of the Universe's strangest mysteries?

In recent years, the emergence of a new class of objects known as Long-Period Transients (LPTs) has baffled radio astronomers. These bizarre objects emit powerful radio pulses every few minutes to hours - but their behaviour shouldn't really be possible according to our current understanding of how other objects, like pulsars, emit radio waves.

Now, a newly discovered white dwarf binary system may be providing the strongest clue yet. Some researchers are even describing it as a potential "Rosetta Stone" for understanding these mysterious objects.

I had a chat with PhD candidate Kovi Rose from the University of Sydney about this discovery, what makes this system so unusual, and how it could help unravel the mystery of LPTs.

Check out my latest feature article on #SpaceAustralia here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/new-long-period-transient-reveals-its-secrets

📸 Animation: C. Knox & J.P. Pritchard

#RadioAstronomy #astrodon #astrophysics #LongPeriodTransients

🚨 Exciting New Science🚨

Could astronomers have finally found the key to solving one of the Universe's strangest mysteries?

In recent years, the emergence of a new class of objects known as Long-Period Transients (LPTs) has baffled radio astronomers. These bizarre objects emit powerful radio pulses every few minutes to hours - but their behaviour shouldn't really be possible according to our current understanding of how other objects, like pulsars, emit radio waves.

Now, a newly discovered white dwarf binary system may be providing the strongest clue yet. Some researchers are even describing it as a potential "Rosetta Stone" for understanding these mysterious objects.

I had a chat with PhD candidate Kovi Rose from the University of Sydney about this discovery, what makes this system so unusual, and how it could help unravel the mystery of LPTs.

Check out my latest feature article on #SpaceAustralia here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/new-long-period-transient-reveals-its-secrets

📸 Animation: C. Knox & J.P. Pritchard

#RadioAstronomy #astrodon #astrophysics #LongPeriodTransients

🚨 Exciting New Science🚨

Could astronomers have finally found the key to solving one of the Universe's strangest mysteries?

In recent years, the emergence of a new class of objects known as Long-Period Transients (LPTs) has baffled radio astronomers. These bizarre objects emit powerful radio pulses every few minutes to hours - but their behaviour shouldn't really be possible according to our current understanding of how other objects, like pulsars, emit radio waves.

Now, a newly discovered white dwarf binary system may be providing the strongest clue yet. Some researchers are even describing it as a potential "Rosetta Stone" for understanding these mysterious objects.

I had a chat with PhD candidate Kovi Rose from the University of Sydney about this discovery, what makes this system so unusual, and how it could help unravel the mystery of LPTs.

Check out my latest feature article on #SpaceAustralia here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/new-long-period-transient-reveals-its-secrets

📸 Animation: C. Knox & J.P. Pritchard

#RadioAstronomy #astrodon #astrophysics #LongPeriodTransients

🚨 Exciting New Science🚨

Could astronomers have finally found the key to solving one of the Universe's strangest mysteries?

In recent years, the emergence of a new class of objects known as Long-Period Transients (LPTs) has baffled radio astronomers. These bizarre objects emit powerful radio pulses every few minutes to hours - but their behaviour shouldn't really be possible according to our current understanding of how other objects, like pulsars, emit radio waves.

Now, a newly discovered white dwarf binary system may be providing the strongest clue yet. Some researchers are even describing it as a potential "Rosetta Stone" for understanding these mysterious objects.

I had a chat with PhD candidate Kovi Rose from the University of Sydney about this discovery, what makes this system so unusual, and how it could help unravel the mystery of LPTs.

Check out my latest feature article on #SpaceAustralia here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/new-long-period-transient-reveals-its-secrets

📸 Animation: C. Knox & J.P. Pritchard

#RadioAstronomy #astrodon #astrophysics #LongPeriodTransients

🚨 Exciting New Science🚨

Could astronomers have finally found the key to solving one of the Universe's strangest mysteries?

In recent years, the emergence of a new class of objects known as Long-Period Transients (LPTs) has baffled radio astronomers. These bizarre objects emit powerful radio pulses every few minutes to hours - but their behaviour shouldn't really be possible according to our current understanding of how other objects, like pulsars, emit radio waves.

Now, a newly discovered white dwarf binary system may be providing the strongest clue yet. Some researchers are even describing it as a potential "Rosetta Stone" for understanding these mysterious objects.

I had a chat with PhD candidate Kovi Rose from the University of Sydney about this discovery, what makes this system so unusual, and how it could help unravel the mystery of LPTs.

Check out my latest feature article on #SpaceAustralia here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/new-long-period-transient-reveals-its-secrets

📸 Animation: C. Knox & J.P. Pritchard

#RadioAstronomy #astrodon #astrophysics #LongPeriodTransients

@CosmicRami really nice article, I found it very easy to read for a non-scientist folk like me. Does #SpaceAustralia have any RSS feed? I can't find any

@CosmicRami really nice article, I found it very easy to read for a non-scientist folk like me. Does #SpaceAustralia have any RSS feed? I can't find any

@CosmicRami really nice article, I found it very easy to read for a non-scientist folk like me. Does #SpaceAustralia have any RSS feed? I can't find any

@CosmicRami really nice article, I found it very easy to read for a non-scientist folk like me. Does #SpaceAustralia have any RSS feed? I can't find any

@CosmicRami really nice article, I found it very easy to read for a non-scientist folk like me. Does #SpaceAustralia have any RSS feed? I can't find any

Black holes that “shouldn’t” exist

According to astrophysicist, some black holes within a certain mass range should not exist. That’s because their massive progenitor stars are expected to violently self-destruct in what’s known as a pair-instability supernova, leaving nothing behind.

New research led by Monash University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) student, Hui Tong, has now revealed indirect evidence for this long-theorised pair-instability mass gap using data from gravitational-wave detections.

Tong and the team of researchers found the strongest evidence to date, through inferred observations, that nature really does avoid forming black holes of a particular mass range. The findings have been published in the journal, Nature.

Read the latest #SpaceAustralia article written by Shanika Galaudage, exploring this fascinating result and what it means for black hole formation: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/black-holes-should-not-exist

📸 S. Galaudage

#astrodon #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Blackholes

Black holes that “shouldn’t” exist

According to astrophysicist, some black holes within a certain mass range should not exist. That’s because their massive progenitor stars are expected to violently self-destruct in what’s known as a pair-instability supernova, leaving nothing behind.

New research led by Monash University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) student, Hui Tong, has now revealed indirect evidence for this long-theorised pair-instability mass gap using data from gravitational-wave detections.

Tong and the team of researchers found the strongest evidence to date, through inferred observations, that nature really does avoid forming black holes of a particular mass range. The findings have been published in the journal, Nature.

Read the latest #SpaceAustralia article written by Shanika Galaudage, exploring this fascinating result and what it means for black hole formation: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/black-holes-should-not-exist

📸 S. Galaudage

#astrodon #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Blackholes

Black holes that “shouldn’t” exist

According to astrophysicist, some black holes within a certain mass range should not exist. That’s because their massive progenitor stars are expected to violently self-destruct in what’s known as a pair-instability supernova, leaving nothing behind.

New research led by Monash University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) student, Hui Tong, has now revealed indirect evidence for this long-theorised pair-instability mass gap using data from gravitational-wave detections.

Tong and the team of researchers found the strongest evidence to date, through inferred observations, that nature really does avoid forming black holes of a particular mass range. The findings have been published in the journal, Nature.

Read the latest #SpaceAustralia article written by Shanika Galaudage, exploring this fascinating result and what it means for black hole formation: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/black-holes-should-not-exist

📸 S. Galaudage

#astrodon #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Blackholes

Black holes that “shouldn’t” exist

According to astrophysicist, some black holes within a certain mass range should not exist. That’s because their massive progenitor stars are expected to violently self-destruct in what’s known as a pair-instability supernova, leaving nothing behind.

New research led by Monash University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) student, Hui Tong, has now revealed indirect evidence for this long-theorised pair-instability mass gap using data from gravitational-wave detections.

Tong and the team of researchers found the strongest evidence to date, through inferred observations, that nature really does avoid forming black holes of a particular mass range. The findings have been published in the journal, Nature.

Read the latest #SpaceAustralia article written by Shanika Galaudage, exploring this fascinating result and what it means for black hole formation: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/black-holes-should-not-exist

📸 S. Galaudage

#astrodon #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Blackholes

Black holes that “shouldn’t” exist

According to astrophysicist, some black holes within a certain mass range should not exist. That’s because their massive progenitor stars are expected to violently self-destruct in what’s known as a pair-instability supernova, leaving nothing behind.

New research led by Monash University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) student, Hui Tong, has now revealed indirect evidence for this long-theorised pair-instability mass gap using data from gravitational-wave detections.

Tong and the team of researchers found the strongest evidence to date, through inferred observations, that nature really does avoid forming black holes of a particular mass range. The findings have been published in the journal, Nature.

Read the latest #SpaceAustralia article written by Shanika Galaudage, exploring this fascinating result and what it means for black hole formation: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/black-holes-should-not-exist

📸 S. Galaudage

#astrodon #Astrophysics #Astronomy #Blackholes

Tomorrow morning, Australia will play a vital role in supporting #ArtemisII through the @canberradsn - the CDSCC (and as part of Australia's national science agency, CSIRO)

I spoke with folks at CDSCC, along with Associated Prof. Alice Gorman (Dr Space Junk), folks at NASA and more about this historical mission.

The CDSCC is not the only Aussie team that is working with the Artemis II mission - researchers from the Australian National University are also testing emerging technology that allows data to be transmitted via lasers, instead of radio waves at Mount Stromlo.

Importantly, Artemis II is going to set some new records that have not been attempted for 54 years.

And for the first time, the first woman, the first person of colour and the first non-American will travel to lunar space.

Godspeed, humans! Ad Astra!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-key-role-artemis-lunar-return-missions

📸 R.Mandow / Nic Vevers / ANU / ULA

#SpaceAustralia #SpaceExploration #Moon #MoonLanding #NASA #Astrodon

Tomorrow morning, Australia will play a vital role in supporting #ArtemisII through the @canberradsn - the CDSCC (and as part of Australia's national science agency, CSIRO)

I spoke with folks at CDSCC, along with Associated Prof. Alice Gorman (Dr Space Junk), folks at NASA and more about this historical mission.

The CDSCC is not the only Aussie team that is working with the Artemis II mission - researchers from the Australian National University are also testing emerging technology that allows data to be transmitted via lasers, instead of radio waves at Mount Stromlo.

Importantly, Artemis II is going to set some new records that have not been attempted for 54 years.

And for the first time, the first woman, the first person of colour and the first non-American will travel to lunar space.

Godspeed, humans! Ad Astra!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-key-role-artemis-lunar-return-missions

📸 R.Mandow / Nic Vevers / ANU / ULA

#SpaceAustralia #SpaceExploration #Moon #MoonLanding #NASA #Astrodon

Tomorrow morning, Australia will play a vital role in supporting #ArtemisII through the @canberradsn - the CDSCC (and as part of Australia's national science agency, CSIRO)

I spoke with folks at CDSCC, along with Associated Prof. Alice Gorman (Dr Space Junk), folks at NASA and more about this historical mission.

The CDSCC is not the only Aussie team that is working with the Artemis II mission - researchers from the Australian National University are also testing emerging technology that allows data to be transmitted via lasers, instead of radio waves at Mount Stromlo.

Importantly, Artemis II is going to set some new records that have not been attempted for 54 years.

And for the first time, the first woman, the first person of colour and the first non-American will travel to lunar space.

Godspeed, humans! Ad Astra!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-key-role-artemis-lunar-return-missions

📸 R.Mandow / Nic Vevers / ANU / ULA

#SpaceAustralia #SpaceExploration #Moon #MoonLanding #NASA #Astrodon

Tomorrow morning, Australia will play a vital role in supporting #ArtemisII through the @canberradsn - the CDSCC (and as part of Australia's national science agency, CSIRO)

I spoke with folks at CDSCC, along with Associated Prof. Alice Gorman (Dr Space Junk), folks at NASA and more about this historical mission.

The CDSCC is not the only Aussie team that is working with the Artemis II mission - researchers from the Australian National University are also testing emerging technology that allows data to be transmitted via lasers, instead of radio waves at Mount Stromlo.

Importantly, Artemis II is going to set some new records that have not been attempted for 54 years.

And for the first time, the first woman, the first person of colour and the first non-American will travel to lunar space.

Godspeed, humans! Ad Astra!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-key-role-artemis-lunar-return-missions

📸 R.Mandow / Nic Vevers / ANU / ULA

#SpaceAustralia #SpaceExploration #Moon #MoonLanding #NASA #Astrodon

Tomorrow morning, Australia will play a vital role in supporting #ArtemisII through the @canberradsn - the CDSCC (and as part of Australia's national science agency, CSIRO)

I spoke with folks at CDSCC, along with Associated Prof. Alice Gorman (Dr Space Junk), folks at NASA and more about this historical mission.

The CDSCC is not the only Aussie team that is working with the Artemis II mission - researchers from the Australian National University are also testing emerging technology that allows data to be transmitted via lasers, instead of radio waves at Mount Stromlo.

Importantly, Artemis II is going to set some new records that have not been attempted for 54 years.

And for the first time, the first woman, the first person of colour and the first non-American will travel to lunar space.

Godspeed, humans! Ad Astra!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-key-role-artemis-lunar-return-missions

📸 R.Mandow / Nic Vevers / ANU / ULA

#SpaceAustralia #SpaceExploration #Moon #MoonLanding #NASA #Astrodon

Could a powerful geomagnetic storm be the reason 8,000 Victorian homes suddenly lost power in January this year?

I had a chat with Dr Richard Marshall from Australian Bureau of Meteorology Space Weather about the origin of solar storms and the risks they present to our communities and critical infrastructure.

So great to be able to have such fantastic and professional insights about these important events and how we, as a society, need to mitigate against them.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/earthly-impacts-solar-storms

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #SolarStorm #geomagneticstorm #Astrodon #heliophysics

Could a powerful geomagnetic storm be the reason 8,000 Victorian homes suddenly lost power in January this year?

I had a chat with Dr Richard Marshall from Australian Bureau of Meteorology Space Weather about the origin of solar storms and the risks they present to our communities and critical infrastructure.

So great to be able to have such fantastic and professional insights about these important events and how we, as a society, need to mitigate against them.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/earthly-impacts-solar-storms

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #SolarStorm #geomagneticstorm #Astrodon #heliophysics

Could a powerful geomagnetic storm be the reason 8,000 Victorian homes suddenly lost power in January this year?

I had a chat with Dr Richard Marshall from Australian Bureau of Meteorology Space Weather about the origin of solar storms and the risks they present to our communities and critical infrastructure.

So great to be able to have such fantastic and professional insights about these important events and how we, as a society, need to mitigate against them.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/earthly-impacts-solar-storms

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #SolarStorm #geomagneticstorm #Astrodon #heliophysics

Could a powerful geomagnetic storm be the reason 8,000 Victorian homes suddenly lost power in January this year?

I had a chat with Dr Richard Marshall from Australian Bureau of Meteorology Space Weather about the origin of solar storms and the risks they present to our communities and critical infrastructure.

So great to be able to have such fantastic and professional insights about these important events and how we, as a society, need to mitigate against them.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/earthly-impacts-solar-storms

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #SolarStorm #geomagneticstorm #Astrodon #heliophysics

Could a powerful geomagnetic storm be the reason 8,000 Victorian homes suddenly lost power in January this year?

I had a chat with Dr Richard Marshall from Australian Bureau of Meteorology Space Weather about the origin of solar storms and the risks they present to our communities and critical infrastructure.

So great to be able to have such fantastic and professional insights about these important events and how we, as a society, need to mitigate against them.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/earthly-impacts-solar-storms

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #SolarStorm #geomagneticstorm #Astrodon #heliophysics

Excited to share my first #SpaceAustralia feature article for 2026 about an exciting and ambitious project that is unfolding 1km below the surface in regional Victoria.

Last year, I had the incredible opportunity to visit the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) with Dr Katie Mack and explore the ambitious efforts of the SABRE South experiment. Shielded from cosmic rays by a kilometre of rock, this lab offers the ideal conditions to search for the faint whispers of dark matter, which still accounts for 25% of all matter in the Universe—and yet remains completely undetected.

Check out the article (and yes, check out our funky boots in the clean room!) and keep a lookout for exciting news of the detectors switching on later in 2026.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-dark-matter-quest

📸 F. Morrison / SUPL

#DarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #CosmicRays

Excited to share my first #SpaceAustralia feature article for 2026 about an exciting and ambitious project that is unfolding 1km below the surface in regional Victoria.

Last year, I had the incredible opportunity to visit the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) with Dr Katie Mack and explore the ambitious efforts of the SABRE South experiment. Shielded from cosmic rays by a kilometre of rock, this lab offers the ideal conditions to search for the faint whispers of dark matter, which still accounts for 25% of all matter in the Universe—and yet remains completely undetected.

Check out the article (and yes, check out our funky boots in the clean room!) and keep a lookout for exciting news of the detectors switching on later in 2026.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-dark-matter-quest

📸 F. Morrison / SUPL

#DarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #CosmicRays

Excited to share my first #SpaceAustralia feature article for 2026 about an exciting and ambitious project that is unfolding 1km below the surface in regional Victoria.

Last year, I had the incredible opportunity to visit the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) with Dr Katie Mack and explore the ambitious efforts of the SABRE South experiment. Shielded from cosmic rays by a kilometre of rock, this lab offers the ideal conditions to search for the faint whispers of dark matter, which still accounts for 25% of all matter in the Universe—and yet remains completely undetected.

Check out the article (and yes, check out our funky boots in the clean room!) and keep a lookout for exciting news of the detectors switching on later in 2026.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-dark-matter-quest

📸 F. Morrison / SUPL

#DarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #CosmicRays

Excited to share my first #SpaceAustralia feature article for 2026 about an exciting and ambitious project that is unfolding 1km below the surface in regional Victoria.

Last year, I had the incredible opportunity to visit the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) with Dr Katie Mack and explore the ambitious efforts of the SABRE South experiment. Shielded from cosmic rays by a kilometre of rock, this lab offers the ideal conditions to search for the faint whispers of dark matter, which still accounts for 25% of all matter in the Universe—and yet remains completely undetected.

Check out the article (and yes, check out our funky boots in the clean room!) and keep a lookout for exciting news of the detectors switching on later in 2026.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-dark-matter-quest

📸 F. Morrison / SUPL

#DarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #CosmicRays

Excited to share my first #SpaceAustralia feature article for 2026 about an exciting and ambitious project that is unfolding 1km below the surface in regional Victoria.

Last year, I had the incredible opportunity to visit the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) with Dr Katie Mack and explore the ambitious efforts of the SABRE South experiment. Shielded from cosmic rays by a kilometre of rock, this lab offers the ideal conditions to search for the faint whispers of dark matter, which still accounts for 25% of all matter in the Universe—and yet remains completely undetected.

Check out the article (and yes, check out our funky boots in the clean room!) and keep a lookout for exciting news of the detectors switching on later in 2026.

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/australias-dark-matter-quest

📸 F. Morrison / SUPL

#DarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #CosmicRays

Excited to now share this story; papers have been accepted!

Apep is an awesome system, unlike any other we know about. It is named after the Egyptian God of Chaos - because, well, it is chaos!

Two Wolf-Rayet systems orbited by a third supergiant. As all their winds collide, they form these beautiful structures that have now been observed with #JWST and ESO's VLT.

I had a chat with fellow student from Macquarie Uni. Ryan White who has led one of the two papers that are released about this.

My latest for #SpaceAustralia

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-amongst-chaos-apep

📸 NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Simulation: Yinuo Han (Caltech), Ryan White (Macquarie University); Visualization: Christian Nieves (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Apep #Science #WolfRayet

Excited to now share this story; papers have been accepted!

Apep is an awesome system, unlike any other we know about. It is named after the Egyptian God of Chaos - because, well, it is chaos!

Two Wolf-Rayet systems orbited by a third supergiant. As all their winds collide, they form these beautiful structures that have now been observed with #JWST and ESO's VLT.

I had a chat with fellow student from Macquarie Uni. Ryan White who has led one of the two papers that are released about this.

My latest for #SpaceAustralia

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-amongst-chaos-apep

📸 NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Simulation: Yinuo Han (Caltech), Ryan White (Macquarie University); Visualization: Christian Nieves (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Apep #Science #WolfRayet

Excited to now share this story; papers have been accepted!

Apep is an awesome system, unlike any other we know about. It is named after the Egyptian God of Chaos - because, well, it is chaos!

Two Wolf-Rayet systems orbited by a third supergiant. As all their winds collide, they form these beautiful structures that have now been observed with #JWST and ESO's VLT.

I had a chat with fellow student from Macquarie Uni. Ryan White who has led one of the two papers that are released about this.

My latest for #SpaceAustralia

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-amongst-chaos-apep

📸 NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Simulation: Yinuo Han (Caltech), Ryan White (Macquarie University); Visualization: Christian Nieves (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Apep #Science #WolfRayet

Excited to now share this story; papers have been accepted!

Apep is an awesome system, unlike any other we know about. It is named after the Egyptian God of Chaos - because, well, it is chaos!

Two Wolf-Rayet systems orbited by a third supergiant. As all their winds collide, they form these beautiful structures that have now been observed with #JWST and ESO's VLT.

I had a chat with fellow student from Macquarie Uni. Ryan White who has led one of the two papers that are released about this.

My latest for #SpaceAustralia

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-amongst-chaos-apep

📸 NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Simulation: Yinuo Han (Caltech), Ryan White (Macquarie University); Visualization: Christian Nieves (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Apep #Science #WolfRayet

Excited to now share this story; papers have been accepted!

Apep is an awesome system, unlike any other we know about. It is named after the Egyptian God of Chaos - because, well, it is chaos!

Two Wolf-Rayet systems orbited by a third supergiant. As all their winds collide, they form these beautiful structures that have now been observed with #JWST and ESO's VLT.

I had a chat with fellow student from Macquarie Uni. Ryan White who has led one of the two papers that are released about this.

My latest for #SpaceAustralia

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-amongst-chaos-apep

📸 NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Simulation: Yinuo Han (Caltech), Ryan White (Macquarie University); Visualization: Christian Nieves (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Apep #Science #WolfRayet

Well, here's some very exciting news!

I've been wanting to share this for a few months, but had to await the pre-print to drop.

A NEW GLITCH EVENT ON A MILLISECOND PULSAR HAS BEEN OBSERVED!

These events are extremely rare - only two others since MSPs were discovered.

Glitches are more commonly observed in the younger, canonical pulsar population as MSPs are much older and should have sorted out these types of disruptive events over their evolution.

That's what makes them so stable!

OR ... maybe they're not as stable as we once thought ...

This new paper predicts that we should see a glitch per MSP once every 400 years or so.

Glitches, profile changes .... as our instruments become more sensitive and datasets expand in time, we're starting to see that MSPs might not be as stable as we once thought ...

That's really important!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/new-glitch-millisecond-pulsar

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Astrodon #Astrophysics #Science #Pulsars

Well, here's some very exciting news!

I've been wanting to share this for a few months, but had to await the pre-print to drop.

A NEW GLITCH EVENT ON A MILLISECOND PULSAR HAS BEEN OBSERVED!

These events are extremely rare - only two others since MSPs were discovered.

Glitches are more commonly observed in the younger, canonical pulsar population as MSPs are much older and should have sorted out these types of disruptive events over their evolution.

That's what makes them so stable!

OR ... maybe they're not as stable as we once thought ...

This new paper predicts that we should see a glitch per MSP once every 400 years or so.

Glitches, profile changes .... as our instruments become more sensitive and datasets expand in time, we're starting to see that MSPs might not be as stable as we once thought ...

That's really important!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/new-glitch-millisecond-pulsar

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Astrodon #Astrophysics #Science #Pulsars

Well, here's some very exciting news!

I've been wanting to share this for a few months, but had to await the pre-print to drop.

A NEW GLITCH EVENT ON A MILLISECOND PULSAR HAS BEEN OBSERVED!

These events are extremely rare - only two others since MSPs were discovered.

Glitches are more commonly observed in the younger, canonical pulsar population as MSPs are much older and should have sorted out these types of disruptive events over their evolution.

That's what makes them so stable!

OR ... maybe they're not as stable as we once thought ...

This new paper predicts that we should see a glitch per MSP once every 400 years or so.

Glitches, profile changes .... as our instruments become more sensitive and datasets expand in time, we're starting to see that MSPs might not be as stable as we once thought ...

That's really important!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/new-glitch-millisecond-pulsar

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Astrodon #Astrophysics #Science #Pulsars

Well, here's some very exciting news!

I've been wanting to share this for a few months, but had to await the pre-print to drop.

A NEW GLITCH EVENT ON A MILLISECOND PULSAR HAS BEEN OBSERVED!

These events are extremely rare - only two others since MSPs were discovered.

Glitches are more commonly observed in the younger, canonical pulsar population as MSPs are much older and should have sorted out these types of disruptive events over their evolution.

That's what makes them so stable!

OR ... maybe they're not as stable as we once thought ...

This new paper predicts that we should see a glitch per MSP once every 400 years or so.

Glitches, profile changes .... as our instruments become more sensitive and datasets expand in time, we're starting to see that MSPs might not be as stable as we once thought ...

That's really important!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/new-glitch-millisecond-pulsar

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Astrodon #Astrophysics #Science #Pulsars

Well, here's some very exciting news!

I've been wanting to share this for a few months, but had to await the pre-print to drop.

A NEW GLITCH EVENT ON A MILLISECOND PULSAR HAS BEEN OBSERVED!

These events are extremely rare - only two others since MSPs were discovered.

Glitches are more commonly observed in the younger, canonical pulsar population as MSPs are much older and should have sorted out these types of disruptive events over their evolution.

That's what makes them so stable!

OR ... maybe they're not as stable as we once thought ...

This new paper predicts that we should see a glitch per MSP once every 400 years or so.

Glitches, profile changes .... as our instruments become more sensitive and datasets expand in time, we're starting to see that MSPs might not be as stable as we once thought ...

That's really important!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/new-glitch-millisecond-pulsar

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Astrodon #Astrophysics #Science #Pulsars

I am so very excited to share this story. Def. a career highlight!

Having the opportunity to sit down and have a one-on-one candid chat with the woman who discovered pulsars and changed the course of astrophysics, leading to me being extremely passionate about this topic and eventually moving into a career of pulsar astronomy. Yeah, this was big.

I hope you enjoy this interview, where Prof. Bell Burnell offers some personal insight into the history of the big discovery as well as the legacy of one of astronomy’s most iconic and influential figures.

What an honour it is to tell this story!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/interview-dame-professor-jocelyn-bell-burnell

📸 University of Cambridge

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Pulsars #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrophysics #Science #Astrodon

I am so very excited to share this story. Def. a career highlight!

Having the opportunity to sit down and have a one-on-one candid chat with the woman who discovered pulsars and changed the course of astrophysics, leading to me being extremely passionate about this topic and eventually moving into a career of pulsar astronomy. Yeah, this was big.

I hope you enjoy this interview, where Prof. Bell Burnell offers some personal insight into the history of the big discovery as well as the legacy of one of astronomy’s most iconic and influential figures.

What an honour it is to tell this story!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/interview-dame-professor-jocelyn-bell-burnell

📸 University of Cambridge

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Pulsars #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrophysics #Science #Astrodon

I am so very excited to share this story. Def. a career highlight!

Having the opportunity to sit down and have a one-on-one candid chat with the woman who discovered pulsars and changed the course of astrophysics, leading to me being extremely passionate about this topic and eventually moving into a career of pulsar astronomy. Yeah, this was big.

I hope you enjoy this interview, where Prof. Bell Burnell offers some personal insight into the history of the big discovery as well as the legacy of one of astronomy’s most iconic and influential figures.

What an honour it is to tell this story!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/interview-dame-professor-jocelyn-bell-burnell

📸 University of Cambridge

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Pulsars #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrophysics #Science #Astrodon

I am so very excited to share this story. Def. a career highlight!

Having the opportunity to sit down and have a one-on-one candid chat with the woman who discovered pulsars and changed the course of astrophysics, leading to me being extremely passionate about this topic and eventually moving into a career of pulsar astronomy. Yeah, this was big.

I hope you enjoy this interview, where Prof. Bell Burnell offers some personal insight into the history of the big discovery as well as the legacy of one of astronomy’s most iconic and influential figures.

What an honour it is to tell this story!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/interview-dame-professor-jocelyn-bell-burnell

📸 University of Cambridge

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Pulsars #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrophysics #Science #Astrodon

I am so very excited to share this story. Def. a career highlight!

Having the opportunity to sit down and have a one-on-one candid chat with the woman who discovered pulsars and changed the course of astrophysics, leading to me being extremely passionate about this topic and eventually moving into a career of pulsar astronomy. Yeah, this was big.

I hope you enjoy this interview, where Prof. Bell Burnell offers some personal insight into the history of the big discovery as well as the legacy of one of astronomy’s most iconic and influential figures.

What an honour it is to tell this story!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/interview-dame-professor-jocelyn-bell-burnell

📸 University of Cambridge

#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy #Pulsars #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrophysics #Science #Astrodon

Today was a good day. I got to meet one of my heroes.

Got to spend one-on-one time with the woman who discovered pulsars, Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and interview her for a #SpaceAustralia article 🥺🥺🥺

And she signed a copy of my first-ever PhD paper which I will now have framed and remember forever! 😭😭😭

She is the most humble, nicest person. Just kindness, personified. And such an extremely interesting life - as you can imagine.

I'll publish my article and interview with her in about 12 hours from now (around 8:30am Sydney time) - so keep an eye out for it.

Thanks to Manisha Caleb who took this photo of us.

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon #Science #Astrophysics

Today was a good day. I got to meet one of my heroes.

Got to spend one-on-one time with the woman who discovered pulsars, Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and interview her for a #SpaceAustralia article 🥺🥺🥺

And she signed a copy of my first-ever PhD paper which I will now have framed and remember forever! 😭😭😭

She is the most humble, nicest person. Just kindness, personified. And such an extremely interesting life - as you can imagine.

I'll publish my article and interview with her in about 12 hours from now (around 8:30am Sydney time) - so keep an eye out for it.

Thanks to Manisha Caleb who took this photo of us.

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon #Science #Astrophysics

Today was a good day. I got to meet one of my heroes.

Got to spend one-on-one time with the woman who discovered pulsars, Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and interview her for a #SpaceAustralia article 🥺🥺🥺

And she signed a copy of my first-ever PhD paper which I will now have framed and remember forever! 😭😭😭

She is the most humble, nicest person. Just kindness, personified. And such an extremely interesting life - as you can imagine.

I'll publish my article and interview with her in about 12 hours from now (around 8:30am Sydney time) - so keep an eye out for it.

Thanks to Manisha Caleb who took this photo of us.

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon #Science #Astrophysics

Today was a good day. I got to meet one of my heroes.

Got to spend one-on-one time with the woman who discovered pulsars, Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and interview her for a #SpaceAustralia article 🥺🥺🥺

And she signed a copy of my first-ever PhD paper which I will now have framed and remember forever! 😭😭😭

She is the most humble, nicest person. Just kindness, personified. And such an extremely interesting life - as you can imagine.

I'll publish my article and interview with her in about 12 hours from now (around 8:30am Sydney time) - so keep an eye out for it.

Thanks to Manisha Caleb who took this photo of us.

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon #Science #Astrophysics

Today was a good day. I got to meet one of my heroes.

Got to spend one-on-one time with the woman who discovered pulsars, Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and interview her for a #SpaceAustralia article 🥺🥺🥺

And she signed a copy of my first-ever PhD paper which I will now have framed and remember forever! 😭😭😭

She is the most humble, nicest person. Just kindness, personified. And such an extremely interesting life - as you can imagine.

I'll publish my article and interview with her in about 12 hours from now (around 8:30am Sydney time) - so keep an eye out for it.

Thanks to Manisha Caleb who took this photo of us.

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon #Science #Astrophysics

*** EXCITING NEWS ****

Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is coming to Sydney!

A few of us early-career scientists will be sharing our science and the stage with her.

BUT BUT BUT ... I've been granted a one-on-one interview with her for a #SpaceAustralia article!

What an honour!

I get to spend time / have a chat with the woman who discovered pulsars (the objects that I research) - and then be able to share that story with everyone.

It's a huge thing for me!

To be able to write the story, from first-hand account, of that of a Titan in my field of research / astronomy!

JBB will be in Sydney from next week and is also giving a public lecture at the University of Sydney.

Sadly, it looks like the event has already sold out for those who couldn't grab tickets, but keep an eye out for my SpaceAustralia article - will be released on 21st October!

#Pulsars #Science #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon

*** EXCITING NEWS ****

Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is coming to Sydney!

A few of us early-career scientists will be sharing our science and the stage with her.

BUT BUT BUT ... I've been granted a one-on-one interview with her for a #SpaceAustralia article!

What an honour!

I get to spend time / have a chat with the woman who discovered pulsars (the objects that I research) - and then be able to share that story with everyone.

It's a huge thing for me!

To be able to write the story, from first-hand account, of that of a Titan in my field of research / astronomy!

JBB will be in Sydney from next week and is also giving a public lecture at the University of Sydney.

Sadly, it looks like the event has already sold out for those who couldn't grab tickets, but keep an eye out for my SpaceAustralia article - will be released on 21st October!

#Pulsars #Science #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon

*** EXCITING NEWS ****

Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is coming to Sydney!

A few of us early-career scientists will be sharing our science and the stage with her.

BUT BUT BUT ... I've been granted a one-on-one interview with her for a #SpaceAustralia article!

What an honour!

I get to spend time / have a chat with the woman who discovered pulsars (the objects that I research) - and then be able to share that story with everyone.

It's a huge thing for me!

To be able to write the story, from first-hand account, of that of a Titan in my field of research / astronomy!

JBB will be in Sydney from next week and is also giving a public lecture at the University of Sydney.

Sadly, it looks like the event has already sold out for those who couldn't grab tickets, but keep an eye out for my SpaceAustralia article - will be released on 21st October!

#Pulsars #Science #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon

*** EXCITING NEWS ****

Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is coming to Sydney!

A few of us early-career scientists will be sharing our science and the stage with her.

BUT BUT BUT ... I've been granted a one-on-one interview with her for a #SpaceAustralia article!

What an honour!

I get to spend time / have a chat with the woman who discovered pulsars (the objects that I research) - and then be able to share that story with everyone.

It's a huge thing for me!

To be able to write the story, from first-hand account, of that of a Titan in my field of research / astronomy!

JBB will be in Sydney from next week and is also giving a public lecture at the University of Sydney.

Sadly, it looks like the event has already sold out for those who couldn't grab tickets, but keep an eye out for my SpaceAustralia article - will be released on 21st October!

#Pulsars #Science #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon

*** EXCITING NEWS ****

Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is coming to Sydney!

A few of us early-career scientists will be sharing our science and the stage with her.

BUT BUT BUT ... I've been granted a one-on-one interview with her for a #SpaceAustralia article!

What an honour!

I get to spend time / have a chat with the woman who discovered pulsars (the objects that I research) - and then be able to share that story with everyone.

It's a huge thing for me!

To be able to write the story, from first-hand account, of that of a Titan in my field of research / astronomy!

JBB will be in Sydney from next week and is also giving a public lecture at the University of Sydney.

Sadly, it looks like the event has already sold out for those who couldn't grab tickets, but keep an eye out for my SpaceAustralia article - will be released on 21st October!

#Pulsars #Science #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #JocelynBellBurnell #Astrodon

A personal milestone ✅

I’m incredibly proud to share that my first-ever, first-author paper has been accepted for publication in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA)!

Last week I got to share this work with the pulsar community at the Sardinia Pulsar Conference too.

This project has been at the very heart of my PhD journey so far - a deep, four-year analysis into an unusual and still-mysterious profile change event in one of the most stable and widely used pulsars, PSR J1713+0747. It first appeared on my radar in early 2021 and, since then, it’s been a fascinating and humbling experience trying to unravel what really happened.

In pulsar timing, we rely on the long-term stability of millisecond pulsars to search for phenomena like nanohertz gravitational waves using pulsar timing arrays. But what happens when that stability falters?

This paper explores that very question - examining what changed on this millisecond pulsar, how the polarisation evolved, and what it might mean for the future of precision timing efforts as we prepare for a new generation of ultra-sensitive telescopes.

Seeing this work now out in the world - contributing to the scientific conversation is something I’ve dreamt of for a long time (the last notch to feel like I have fully moved into my science career!). I hope it helps our community better understand the complex and wild behaviour of these exotic stellar clocks.

Read my feature article on SpaceAustralia.com below - and if you have questions about the research, I’d love to chat!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/pulsar-threw-tantrum

📸 R. Mandow et al. 2025

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #SpaceAustralia #Astrodon

A personal milestone ✅

I’m incredibly proud to share that my first-ever, first-author paper has been accepted for publication in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA)!

Last week I got to share this work with the pulsar community at the Sardinia Pulsar Conference too.

This project has been at the very heart of my PhD journey so far - a deep, four-year analysis into an unusual and still-mysterious profile change event in one of the most stable and widely used pulsars, PSR J1713+0747. It first appeared on my radar in early 2021 and, since then, it’s been a fascinating and humbling experience trying to unravel what really happened.

In pulsar timing, we rely on the long-term stability of millisecond pulsars to search for phenomena like nanohertz gravitational waves using pulsar timing arrays. But what happens when that stability falters?

This paper explores that very question - examining what changed on this millisecond pulsar, how the polarisation evolved, and what it might mean for the future of precision timing efforts as we prepare for a new generation of ultra-sensitive telescopes.

Seeing this work now out in the world - contributing to the scientific conversation is something I’ve dreamt of for a long time (the last notch to feel like I have fully moved into my science career!). I hope it helps our community better understand the complex and wild behaviour of these exotic stellar clocks.

Read my feature article on SpaceAustralia.com below - and if you have questions about the research, I’d love to chat!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/pulsar-threw-tantrum

📸 R. Mandow et al. 2025

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #SpaceAustralia #Astrodon

A personal milestone ✅

I’m incredibly proud to share that my first-ever, first-author paper has been accepted for publication in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA)!

Last week I got to share this work with the pulsar community at the Sardinia Pulsar Conference too.

This project has been at the very heart of my PhD journey so far - a deep, four-year analysis into an unusual and still-mysterious profile change event in one of the most stable and widely used pulsars, PSR J1713+0747. It first appeared on my radar in early 2021 and, since then, it’s been a fascinating and humbling experience trying to unravel what really happened.

In pulsar timing, we rely on the long-term stability of millisecond pulsars to search for phenomena like nanohertz gravitational waves using pulsar timing arrays. But what happens when that stability falters?

This paper explores that very question - examining what changed on this millisecond pulsar, how the polarisation evolved, and what it might mean for the future of precision timing efforts as we prepare for a new generation of ultra-sensitive telescopes.

Seeing this work now out in the world - contributing to the scientific conversation is something I’ve dreamt of for a long time (the last notch to feel like I have fully moved into my science career!). I hope it helps our community better understand the complex and wild behaviour of these exotic stellar clocks.

Read my feature article on SpaceAustralia.com below - and if you have questions about the research, I’d love to chat!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/pulsar-threw-tantrum

📸 R. Mandow et al. 2025

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #SpaceAustralia #Astrodon

A personal milestone ✅

I’m incredibly proud to share that my first-ever, first-author paper has been accepted for publication in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA)!

Last week I got to share this work with the pulsar community at the Sardinia Pulsar Conference too.

This project has been at the very heart of my PhD journey so far - a deep, four-year analysis into an unusual and still-mysterious profile change event in one of the most stable and widely used pulsars, PSR J1713+0747. It first appeared on my radar in early 2021 and, since then, it’s been a fascinating and humbling experience trying to unravel what really happened.

In pulsar timing, we rely on the long-term stability of millisecond pulsars to search for phenomena like nanohertz gravitational waves using pulsar timing arrays. But what happens when that stability falters?

This paper explores that very question - examining what changed on this millisecond pulsar, how the polarisation evolved, and what it might mean for the future of precision timing efforts as we prepare for a new generation of ultra-sensitive telescopes.

Seeing this work now out in the world - contributing to the scientific conversation is something I’ve dreamt of for a long time (the last notch to feel like I have fully moved into my science career!). I hope it helps our community better understand the complex and wild behaviour of these exotic stellar clocks.

Read my feature article on SpaceAustralia.com below - and if you have questions about the research, I’d love to chat!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/pulsar-threw-tantrum

📸 R. Mandow et al. 2025

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #SpaceAustralia #Astrodon

A personal milestone ✅

I’m incredibly proud to share that my first-ever, first-author paper has been accepted for publication in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA)!

Last week I got to share this work with the pulsar community at the Sardinia Pulsar Conference too.

This project has been at the very heart of my PhD journey so far - a deep, four-year analysis into an unusual and still-mysterious profile change event in one of the most stable and widely used pulsars, PSR J1713+0747. It first appeared on my radar in early 2021 and, since then, it’s been a fascinating and humbling experience trying to unravel what really happened.

In pulsar timing, we rely on the long-term stability of millisecond pulsars to search for phenomena like nanohertz gravitational waves using pulsar timing arrays. But what happens when that stability falters?

This paper explores that very question - examining what changed on this millisecond pulsar, how the polarisation evolved, and what it might mean for the future of precision timing efforts as we prepare for a new generation of ultra-sensitive telescopes.

Seeing this work now out in the world - contributing to the scientific conversation is something I’ve dreamt of for a long time (the last notch to feel like I have fully moved into my science career!). I hope it helps our community better understand the complex and wild behaviour of these exotic stellar clocks.

Read my feature article on SpaceAustralia.com below - and if you have questions about the research, I’d love to chat!

https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/pulsar-threw-tantrum

📸 R. Mandow et al. 2025

#Pulsars #RadioAstronomy #Astrophysics #SpaceAustralia #Astrodon