🌍🌑☀️ SPAIN’S AUGUST ECLIPSE IS A PREVIEW Australia’s 2028 #eclipse will reach millions at home Today's #European eclipse is a timely reminder that in less than two years, #Australia will experience our own total solar eclipse: #AWE2028! Find out more: eclipse.asa.astronomy.org.au/spains-eclip...

Today marks two years to go until the 2028 Australia Wide #Eclipse! 🙌 The total solar eclipse of 22nd July 2028 will be an incredible opportunity for a large part of #Australia to witness #totality 🌏🌑☀️ Find out more: eclipse.asa.astronomy.org.au/two-years-to... #awe2028 #solareclipse #astronomy

Congratulations to the 2026 #ASA prize winners! 🏆 🔭 Grace Blomfield (ANU) 🌌 Dr Maria Luísa Buzzo (Swinburne, now Yale) ✨ Dr Ziteng (Andy) Wang (@curtinuniversity.bsky.social) 🪐 Dr Takafumi Tsukui (ANU) 🤖 Dr Anais Möller (Swinburne) 🔧 Dr @gradientrider.bsky.social (@sydney.edu.au, now Leiden)

The @astrosocaus.bsky.social annual science conference has kicked off here at Australian National University!

Last week marked three years until the 2028 Australian eclipse! ☀️🌑🌏 In just under three years, on 22 July 2028, Australia will experience one of nature’s most breathtaking phenomena – a total solar eclipse. 🔗 Read more here: eclipse.asa.astronomy.org.au/three-years-...

🏅 Anne Green Prize for a Significant Advance or Accomplishment by a Mid-Career Scientist 🏅 Models of galaxy formation across cosmic epochs, A/Prof Claudia Lagos @cdplagos.bsky.social, ICRAR/ UWA 📖 Learn more about SHARK: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRA... Congratulations, Claudia! 👏 🎉 🏆

🏅 Charlene Heisler Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis 🏅 🌌 Detecting gravitational waves with pulsars, Dr Matthew Miles @astromattmiles.bsky.social, Swinburne University (now at Vanderbilt University, USA) Congratulations, Matthew! 👏 🎉 🏆

🏅 Emerging Leaders in Astronomy Software Development Prize sponsored by Australian Research Data Commons 🏅 🌌 Cosmic pulses and stellar bursts: a tool for decoding radio transients, Dr Joshua Preston Pritchard, CSIRO 💻 Check out the code here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Congratulations, Joshua! 👏 🎉 🏆

🏅 Bok Prize for Outstanding Research by an Honours Student or eligible Masters Student 🏅 🌌 Our wandering neighbours – the Hercules stream, Li Yusen, The Australian National University Congratulations, Yusen! 👏 🎉 🏆

Congratulations to my former student Joshua Pritchard for winning this year's @astrosocaus.bsky.social "Emerging Leaders in Astronomy Software Development Prize" for his software package "DStools". Here's a short write-up: www.atnf.csiro.au/news/recogni... #RadioAstronomy

Today marks the release of the @science.org.au 2026-2035 decadal plan for astronomy 🎉 It was officially launched by NCA Chair @drgin.bsky.social, and provides a strategic vision for Australian astronomy over the coming decade. Thank you to all involved! 👏 🌌 🎊 www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

A new plan for Australia to remain an astronomy world-leader

The plan provides the vision and priorities for Australian astronomy over the coming decade. Cover artwork by Noeleen Hamlett, Wajarri Yamaji. Australian scientists are on the verge of answering

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🏅 Louise Webster Prize for Outstanding Research by a Scientist Early in their Post-Doctoral Career 🏅 🌌 Galactic winds stopped big galaxies from growing, Dr Rebecca Davies, Swinburne University 📖 Read the paper here: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024MNRA... Congratulations, Rebecca! 👏 🎉 🏆

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 ASA prizes: Li Yusen, Dr Matthew Miles @astromattmiles.bsky.social, Dr Rebecca Davies, A/Prof Claudio Lagos @cdplagos.bsky.social, Dr Joshua Pritchard and Prof Naomi McClure-Griffiths 👏🏅 Find out more: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/media-releas...