"By almost all metrics that we can think of, this is just a bad idea in terms of our long-term use and access to space,” said UBC astronomer Dr. Aaron Boley. @ubcphas.bsky.social futurism.com/space/spacex...

SpaceX's One Million Orbital Data Centers Would Be Debilitating for Astronomy Research, Scientists Say

SpaceX filed plans with the FCC for up to one million satellites designed to function as orbital data centers. Astronomers are not happy.

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Congratulations to UBC astronomer Dr. Ingrid Stairs who has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Stairs studies radio pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts from distant galaxies. @ubcphas.bsky.social @src-rsc.bsky.social youtu.be/Hmzve-6H0ek?...

Royal Society of Canada 2025: Dr. Ingrid Stairs

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The Department of Physics & Astronomy invites young scientists and their families to our free science show on Sunday November 30, 2025 on UBC campus! Come explore science with us as we 'Expand our Senses and movements with Tech!' phas.ubc.ca/2025-faraday... @triumflab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca

What will we see with the WST? An amazing amount to be sure! Find out more with Roland Bacon, on this new double-spectrograph telescope project with the ESO phas.ubc.ca/wst-wide-fie... @science.ubc.ca #astronomy

"Little Red Dots", or very compact early galaxies first detected by the James Webb Space Telescope, are a puzzle: is the light we see from these objects from stars or supermassive black holes? David Setton sheds light on these mysterious sources on Oct 27th. phas.ubc.ca/how-little-r... #astronomy

Have you ever examined presolar stardust? From these original building blocks of our Solar system, we can determine ancient atomic snapshots of the original formation conditions! Learn more with Larry Nittler, speaking at TRIUMF, Tuesday October 21st phas.ubc.ca/supernova-du... @science.ubc.ca

Space dust may not be flashy, but analysis can trace the histories of some of these grains back to the initial stages of planet formation at the dawn of the Solar System. @science.ubc.ca @triumflab.bsky.social @ubceducation.bsky.social phas.ubc.ca/stardust-chr... #astronomy #physics #astrophysics

The UBC Engphys project lab opens TODAY! In honour of Prof. Boye Ahlborn, this space will house more student projects and cutting-edge technological inventions. Thank you Boye and Engphys team Dylan, Miti and Greg for making this space happen! @science.ubc.ca @ubcengineering.bsky.social #physics

Join us with LIGO Director and Caltech faculty David Reitze, for an illuminating 10-year history of discovery using the world's most precise gravitational wave measurement system phas.ubc.ca/gravitationa... @science.ubc.ca @triumflab.bsky.social @universityofbc.bsky.social #physics #astronomy

The Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver seeks an emerging research leader for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair position in Medical Physics. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/307... @science.ubc.ca @ubcmedicine.bsky.social

Do cosmic rays have physical effects across astrophysical environments? Ellis Owen, astroparticle physicist working at RIKEN's Pioneering Research Institute, has answers from high-energy multi-messenger observations. phas.ubc.ca/cosmic-ray-p... @science.ubc.ca #astronomy #astrophysics

We are pleased to announce our 25W Science Slam contestants for this season's Physics & Astronomy Science Slam, Wednesday October 8th on UBC-V campus! Register for your free tickets today! www.eventbrite.com/e/science-sl... #physicseducation #scienceoutreach #sciencecommunication @science.ubc.ca

Condensed matter theorists! Join us with Philip Phillips next Thursday, October 2ndto hear this talk on high temperature superconductivity in cuprates, the Mott problem, the standard theory of metals and superconducting states. phas.ubc.ca/solving-mott... @science.ubc.ca #condensedmatter #physics

“In even moderately busy airspace, there’s a high probability of getting disrupted by re-entering space junk,” says UBC astronomer Dr. Aaron Boley. @ubcphas.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

With Space Junk on the Rise, Is a Catastrophic Event Inevitable?

Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm the ozone layer

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Congratulations to the UBC Science researchers named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada: Drs. William Cheung, Tamara Munzner, Ingrid Stairs, Allan Bertram & Joanna McGrenere. @src-rsc.bsky.social @ubcphas.bsky.social @chem.ubc.ca @cs.ubc.ca ubcoceans.bsky.social‬science.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...da

Five UBC Science researchers join Royal Society of Canada

Five UBC Science professors have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their research in the fields of atmospheric aerosols, marine ecosystems and fisheries, fast radio bursts, c...

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UBC physicists helped detect the loudest black hole merger ever. Spoiler alert: Einstein’s still right. @ubcphas.bsky.social science.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...

‘Loudest’ black hole ever detected, 10 years after Nobel-winning discovery

Scientists celebrate the anniversary of the first gravitational wave ever detected with new results

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@UBC cosmologist Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk is giving a public lecture: Our Quantum Universe - the intersection of quantum mechanics and gravity. @ubcphas.bsky.social Sept 27, 7:15 pm P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver. More info: globalreportingcentre.org/vancouver-in...

How old are Saturn's rings and moons? Join us with Matija Cuk from the SETI Institute who will explore multiple lines of evidence which reveal a past cataclysm that could explain many things, from Titan's eccentricity to the current ring system. phas.ubc.ca/origin-hyper... @science.ubc.ca

PHAS and partner the Vancouver Public Library have a new science discovery series: welcome to "How the Universe Works!" Join us with UBC experts making science accessible! vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6877f... @ires.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca @ubcmath.bsky.social @triumflab.bsky.social #science

Join us for two ASTRO talks: star formation and galaxy bulges, and the slow demise of the Hubble Space Telescope with PHAS Anan Lu and Outer Space Institute Joanne Armstrong. phas.ubc.ca/two-talks-st... @science.ubc.ca @ubcengineering.bsky.social @triumflab.bsky.social #astronomy #physics

The UBC Department of Physics & Astronomy wishes you a wonderful holiday season! Thank you students, staff, faculty and extended physics family for all of your work. We truly appreciate everything you do. @science.ubc.ca @ubcengineering.bsky.social @triumflab.bsky.social #physics #astronomy