From @astroryan.bsky.social: Stream in to today’s paper to understand how tearing apart dwarf galaxies can reveal the shape of the dark matter haloes of hungry galaxies. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/06/22/hungry-hungry-galaxies/

Hungry Hungry Galaxies: How does the shape of a galaxy’s halo affect its appetite?

Stream in to today’s paper to understand how tearing apart dwarf galaxies can reveal the shape of the dark matter haloes of hungry galaxies.

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From @astroryan.bsky.social: Much is still unknown about how Saturn’s rings came to be, but today’s authors shed some light on the structure by looking right into the darkness… ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/05/19/e...

Shining a Light on the Shadowy Movements in Saturn’s Rings

Much is still unknown about how Saturn’s rings came to be, but today’s authors shed some light on the structure by looking right into the darkness…

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It's my opinion that the Australian Labor government is making a huge mistake, curtailing current and future students by not going through with ESO membership after 2027 -- literally closing our eyes to the Universe! Check out some words by me in my latest Astrobites article:

Astrobites@astrobites.bsky.social · 3mo ago

From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social and Jayde Willingham @jaydewst.bsky.social : Literally and figuratively, Australia is closing its eyes to the future of astronomy. Where does that leave its next generation of students? ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/05/01/a...

Are we totally wrong about how much dust there is at high redshifts? 🌌 🔭 ☄️ ...You'll have to read my very first paper to find out! It just became available on arxiv, but I'll be posting a simplified annotated version and a blog post in the coming weeks too. arxiv.org/abs/2603.17429

EMU/GAMA: Refining Dust Extinction Corrections for Hα Luminosity Functions Using Radio-Based Calibration

We present a novel approach to correcting H$α$ luminosity functions for dust extinction by calibrating against radio-based star formation rates (SFRs), using data from the Evolutionary Map of the Univ...

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From @jaydewst.bsky.social: Ever been confused by a plot online or in a paper? This post decodes the secret language of astrophysics plots so you can finally read the universe like a pro. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/04/17/secrets-of-plots-in-astro/

The Secret Language of Astrophysics Plots

Ever been confused by a plot online or in a paper? This post decodes the secret language of astrophysics plots so you can finally read the universe like a pro.

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Tomorrow’s Mirror:

From Grace Piroscia: Today’s authors propose upgrades to the VLTI that will allow us to search for signs of life on distant worlds. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/03/23/guest-a-pricey-path-to-habitable-planets-expanding-the-vlti-to-directly-probe-exoplanets/

Guest: A Pricey Path to Habitable Planets: Expanding the VLTI to Directly Probe Exoplanets

Today’s authors propose upgrades to the VLTI that will allow us to search for signs of life on distant worlds.

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From @astroryan.bsky.social: There’s no sugar on this doughnut – might we need to ditch tori for large nuclear disks around active galactic nuclei? Today’s authors peer deep into NGC 4151 to find out! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/03/17/ngc-4151-with-my-binocular-eyes/

I spy with my large binocular eyes: a dusty torus around a supermassive black hole?

There’s no sugar on this doughnut – might we need to ditch tori for large nuclear disks around active galactic nuclei? Today’s authors peer deep into NGC 4151 to find out!

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given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports

i should be able to log mandatory induction videos on letterboxd. my critiques must be heard

Me in the Criterion Closet: wow Hollow Man, what a film Criterion employee: you aren’t allowed to bring movies in Me in the Criterion Closet shaking my sleeves in an odd way: wow Hollow Man 2, what a film

We'll also shortly be advertising a PhD position alongside this postdoc - so if you or anyone you know wants to do a PhD project on this please get in touch!

Benjamin Pope@benjaminpope.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Very happy to advertise a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science position with me and Christian Schwab at Macquarie University in Sydney. We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.

Very happy to advertise a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science position with me and Christian Schwab at Macquarie University in Sydney. We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science

PRIMARY DETAIL - Salary Package: $109,272 - $117,108 (HEW Level A.6-A.8) - plus 17% employer's superannuation contribution and annual leave loading. - Full time, 3 year fixed-term role - Macquarie Uni...

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in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around

From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social : There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...

What’s the (Lagrange) point?

There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points!

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your top 5 home cooked breakfasts of 2025, wrapped 5. june 11- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink 4. september 3- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink 3. february 23- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink 2. november 14- two h

Stories from #SpaceAustralia in 2025: Checking out the God of Chaos — Apep — using JWST and the VLT. This unique triple stellar system is wild! Some nice work on one of the papers here led by fellow Macquarie University student Ryan White! 🔭

SpaceAustralia.com@spaceaustralia.com · 9mo ago

Two new papers have used data from JWST and ESO's VLT to help uncover new details of the chaos amongst the stars: Apep @rami.spaceaustralia.com spoke with one of the paper's lead authors @astroryan.bsky.social about this incredible system. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-a... #SpaceAustralia 🔭

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024

I don’t know how these people have gotten guns, but there needs to be a crackdown. We cannot be like the US and allows this shit to happen. It’s unclear how many victims there are, but I hope for a speedy recovery for them. Fuck those shooter cunts.

Philip K Dick movies all have names like CORTICAL IMPASSE and are based on short stories called like "Let's See What's Going On Down at the Brain Factory"

From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social : What does a stellar breakup look like? So dramatic that the stars can’t wait to get away from each other! Today’s authors use physics to search for the one who got away. ⚛️🔭☄🧪 astrobites.org/2025/12/09/s...

It’s not you, it’s me. I just need several parsec of space.

What does a stellar breakup look like? So dramatic that the stars can’t wait to get away from each other! Today’s authors use physics to search for the one who got away.

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Every ad for AI is like Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!! AI: get sock Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this

wow, what a title !!! Rutgers University feature on me + GRB 250702B! It was so nice to work with Kitta on this. Hope you enjoy the read ! 🧪🔭👩🏼‍🔬☄️🦖 www.rutgers.edu/news/astroph...

Astrophysicist Helps Decode One of the Universe’s Strangest Explosions

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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟@starlights.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I am so elated to share with you the NASA press release on the mysterious GRB 250702B! It features comments from me about our JWST/NIRCam imaging, which Alyssa Pagan at @stsci.edu made a beautiful compilation of for you to see. Please read to learn more !!! 🧪🔭☄️👩‍🔬🦖 science.nasa.gov/science-rese...

"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried

Every wondered how we know that supermassive black holes are so supermassive? Well one trick is to watch how light echoes around them, using "reverberations" to map how big they are. In my latest paper I close out the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES) to measure the masses of hundreds of SMBH.

Ryan White reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on simulations that explore whether a baby neutron star repeatedly diving into the envelope of its inflated companion star could be the cause of bumpy supernova light curves. aasnova.org/2025/12/02/b... 🔭

Bumpy Road Ahead: Can Binary Interactions Make Supernovae Periodically Brighter?

Astrobites reports on simulations that explore whether a baby neutron star repeatedly diving into the envelope of its inflated companion star could be the cause of bumpy supernova light curves.

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This is a staggering cool JWST image of one of the most terrifying star systems I have ever seen. Apep is a monster… *three* monsters, actually, and blasting out radiation and dust and junk at speeds to freeze the soul. Read all about it! badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo... 🔭 🧪

A ridiculously jaw-dropping JWST image of a fantastically terrifying star system

Apep consists of three immense and immensely powerful stars blasting out a fierce dusty wind

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