Wondering what is the point of an ARC assessment review process if assessors are just asked to amend text removing the most dubious parts of assessments but likely not change the grade. Happened twice in a row. May deter people from even asking for a review in the future @arc-tracker.bsky.social

Honestly this should be a cause for national embarrassment. There's no justifying these timelines, especially the perverse delay between the panel meeting and the final announcement for DPs this year. Somehow grant panels in other countries can handle multiple cycles a year and yet here we are.

ARC Tracker@arc-tracker.bsky.social · 5mo ago

And the newly announced Future Fellowships scheme for 2027 (FT27) will take a full 12 months … BAD!

Congratulations to @icrar.bsky.social PhD student, Amy Attwater, for the publication of her MAUVE-MUSE paper on star formation-driven outflows in satellite galaxies. 🎉 Feedback may be more important than previous thought for quenching galaxies in clusters. arxiv.org/abs/2512.10574

📷 This NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope image shows a sideways spiral galaxy called NGC 4388. 🧪🔭 🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2... @science.esa.int @stsci.edu

The latest @eso.org Messenger includes science highlights from the #MAUVE ESO Large Programme led by astronomers at @icrar.bsky.social, plus a profile of Australian ESO Fellow @ameliafm.bsky.social. eso.org/sci/publicat...

Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn’t miss https://go.nature.com/4ls2K7a

AI for research: the ultimate guide to choosing the right tool

Nature - Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn’t miss.

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The American Astronomical Society is gravely concerned by the deep cuts to NASA science funding reported to be in the draft President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026. Read more here: aas.org/press/aas-st... and take action now: aas.org/urge-nasa-su...

ARC has “paused” future rounds of grant schemes pending outcomes of its NCGP Policy Review. All schemes previously scheduled to open before 1 July this year will go ahead. But next year’s Laureates, Industry Fellowships & Discovery Indigenous won’t. See table👇 & www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese...

Very nice piece. Relevant also for how the field of scientific research is changing www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Our AI future isn't conscious robots with lethal ambition. It might be worse

The future rarely unfolds like we expect. Although Hollywood has given us plenty of technological tropes to worry about, our AI future is much more mundane and much more insidious.

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Our dark Universe detective 🕵️ Euclid has discovered a stunning Einstein ring! 💍 It surrounds galaxy NGC 6505, which is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a distant galaxy behind it. Why is this rare phenomenon so useful for scientists? 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪 #cosmology