Image of a spider on the Anglo-Australian Telescope all-sky camera. Spider is on the left edge and appears twice the size of the AAT dome seen at the edge on the right.
Similar situation, but Australian vibes:
It only returns to the communities lucky enough to have societies with high-impact journals. Meanwhile, I (and many of my fellow Aussie astronomers) are now facing a reality where we can’t afford to publish: read&pub agreements have failed & grant funding is too limited to cover the costs.
‘Corns, ‘Corns, ‘Corns!
Stars In Mega Bad-Ass Database
Hand holding a democracy sausage (beef sausage in bread with tomato sauce) with election candidate corflutes in the background
Australian democracy at its finest #auspol #2025federalelection #ausvotes
Up the May!
Happy birthday, amazing lady!!
Really appreciate all you do :)
It’s not life. It’s not a biosignature.
I’m so tired.
Can I please have a cluster?! I gave a tutorial yesterday to my 3rd yr stellar Astro class on clusters and isochrone fitting, so this is very timely 😁
Scrub a dub 🫧 ...except no scrubbing the delicate observatory optics!
We don't use cloths or lens cleaner to clean the giant camera lenses. Instead, our summit staff use a high-speed stream of carbon dioxide "snow" to push debris off of the glass surface.
🔭🧪
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OMG I didn’t realise that you got Round the Twist in the UK!! Loved that show. I remember visiting some of their filming locations while on holiday as a kid.
Or screen print/paint/stencil on to an old shirt?
… i already had plans for this weekend but I guess I have new ones now. Will I ambitious start this craft project, get distracted/bored/tired part way through and then abandon it unfinished for several months..? Most likely.
I now want a t-shirt with ‘Science is a team sport’ on it. Or a mug. Or both!
I had to use google to find a paper 😩
I have decided to come over to the Blue-side since it seems most of my favourite people from the other place are here now 😁
