So the week after the "Star Trek Strange New Worlds" talked about "Strong Force Neutrinos" this happens.... www.science.org/content/arti...

World’s biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle

It’s far too early to declare a discovery, physicists with the LZ detector say

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RIP Tim Curry 😭

Tim Curry: Uncorrupted Space

Alt: Tim Curry: Uncorrupted Space

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Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Just remember that Tim Curry had a key role in Hunt for the Red October! I also now can't read the book without casting him as the Medical Officer.

Give a big joyful "SPAAAAAAAYSSSSS" for our boy today.

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Rest in peace to one of the best to ever do it.

Saw a post on Facebook that I now can't find pointing out that (at least some) witches in history were probably just neurodiverse women (not that we can diagnose historical figures) and I can't stop thinking about how much sense that makes.

That time when you realise you brain can probably run stellar evolution models faster than a computer can... the only problem is getting the data out into a paper is a bit tricker. 🤣😂😢

Nnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're going to lose Swift.... 😢 www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...

A mission to stop a space observatory from falling to Earth has failed. Here’s what happens next

A satellite called LINK that recently launched to boost the orbit of a falling space observatory won't be able to carry out its daring rescue mission after all.

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Latest paper from my group -- looking at possible gravitational wave signals from primordial black holes interacting with the black holes at the centres of galaxies, with my excellent student Laura Burn and Nelson Christensen. cosmology.auckland.ac.nz/2026/08/17/p...

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

We calculate the gravitational wave signal from encounters between primordial black holes and the super massive black holes at the centres of galaxies.

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Humble brag time. I just swam 1.5km (in just over an hour, so only four times slower than elite pace 😂🤣). Not bad for someone who two years ago had been dealing with pericarditis.... Feeling - Fantastic!

The main downside to being a Robbie Williams fan is that eventually YouTube starts queuing up Take That songs.

Okay these are some pretty amazing observations of the Sun and posted in RNZ!!!!! www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/9...

Sun's swirling surface captured in spectacular detail by world's largest solar telescope

The Sun's surface is constantly churning with hot, glowing plasma.

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I don't know who needs it but I'm sending the Universe a positive spherical cow moo!

Spherical Cow Transformation

ALT: Spherical Cow Transformation

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1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment

The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.

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The Dutch equivalent of Cass, (except it’s a proper scientific review not pseudoscientific drivel like Cass) has wholeheartedly endorsed puberty-blockers and full gender affirming care for young trans people.

Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment

The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.

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Best comment from Co-pilot: "After all, the official university leadership competency framework is sadly silent on the important question of whether a Deputy Dean should sing Angels in the car on the way home. 🎵 Personally, I think that omission should be corrected in the next review cycle. 😁"

That time on a Saturday when you're slowly inflating your stellar models into gas clouds rather than trying to explode them in supernovae.

Now I’m starting to write more about them with two new accepted conference proceedings arxiv.org/abs/2606.26296. arxiv.org/abs/2607.07592. I think these works add to the discussion and I hope will help us broaden the understanding of the diversity of possibilities of life in the Galaxy.

Indigenizing the Drake Equation: how Indigenous methods can help us understand life in the Milky Way Galaxy

The Drake Equation is a thought experiment whose purpose is to understand the ingredients necessary for life and advanced technological civilizations to exist on other worlds in our galaxy. However, b...

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I need more coffee.

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor that blew through our solar system, might have been a truly ancient relic. A new analysis of its unusual composition suggests the comet could be up to 12 billion years old, dating from the earliest era of our galaxy. 🧪🔭 esawebb.org/news/weic2613/

Best LLM comment on a piece of writing: "So yes—“not over Doctor Who-ing people” was exactly the right editorial call. 👍".

Last year I was visited the Department of Physics at University of Oxford to give the 2025 Pride in Physics lecture. The live recording went wrong so here is the re-recorded version! youtu.be/KyQ--OldFRg Thank you @astrojake.bsky.social for inviting me and running this really important series!

From Section 28 to the Matchgirls' Strike, moments of progress have been met with panic, hostility and attempts to claw back control. Anti-trans backlash may be no different.

Behavioural science has a practical lesson for us to fight back against transphobia

The behavioural science concept of ‘extinction bursts’ might be useful for the Trans+ community

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An amazing opportunity to come and do astrophysics and/or space technology at the University of Auckland! Also the scope of the role is broad so if you like the idea of living in Aotearoa New Zealand, apply! jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...

Lecturer - Te Kura Mātai Ahupūngao | Department of Physics

Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandTe Whare Pūtaiao | Faculty of Science is the leading science faculty in Aotearoa New Zealand and one of the largest in Australasia....

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Co-pilot knows me so well: "Add a few light-touch humorous lines (very “Jan-style”) to help land the message without losing authority."

I don't care what time it is, it's time for cheese and crackers!

"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why." The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩‍🔬🧪🔭 ✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NZ First wrote their definitions bill after anti-trans hate group SUFW showed them a petition demanding such a bill. They gathered 2,245 signatures in 4 months This petition *against* the bill just surpassed that in less than 4 hours ❤️ Please stand with us our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...

E Tū E Kī: They Don’t Speak for Us - Block the Definition of Woman Bill

The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...

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Just remember that if you're left handed you have an advantage in physics exams as you don't have to put your pen down to use the right-hand rule.... 😂 www.rnz.co.nz/life/relatio...

Raising a left-handed child in a right-handed world

Don’t hand a spoon to Maple's right, the typically happy two-year-old will meet you with a scowl.

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