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Meghan Gray

@emeegray.bsky.social

Professor of Astronomy. Midlands.

311 Followers  |  309 Following  |  8 Posts  |  Joined: 24.08.2023  |  1.3844

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Congratulations Helen!

26.06.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Once I was beset by anxiety but I pushed the fear away by studying the sky, determining when the moon would come out and where the sun would appear in the morning"
- Louise Bourgeois
#WomensArt

23.04.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 364    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

This is an excellent tip!

29.03.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

also institutions.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

17.03.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Can art help scientists better understand the quantum universe?
YouTube video by New Scientist Can art help scientists better understand the quantum universe?

Can art help scientists better understand the quantum universe?
@newscientist.com interviews Dr Ulrike Kuchner and Prof Silke Weinfurtner at the spectaculr "Cosmic Titans" exhibition @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBN4...

17.03.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We're excited to chair the "A multi-scale and multi-tracer view of the cosmic web" session - with @emeegray.bsky.social @apontzen.bsky.social, @abdrake.bsky.social, Tianyi Yang, and me!

07.03.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

For those who don’t know, Jonathan is *the* person who keeps track of stuff in space, a key part of the information ecosystem for anyone who studies or writes about satellites. He now needs some help to keep doing this. (1/2)

22.01.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 281    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

On 5 March this year, the second Postgraduate Women in Physics conference will take place in Nottingham, with great speakers and chances to network and showcase your research.

UK friends please help us advertise this event by sharing with PhD students you know!

www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/f...

14.01.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject On December 24th, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for environmental impact assessment. This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world [1]. The industrial megaproject is planned to be located just 5 to 11 kilometres from telescopes at Paranal, which would cause irreparable damage to astronomical observations, in particular due to light pollution emitted throughout the project’s operational life. Relocating the complex would save one of Earth's last truly pristine dark skies.

The skies above Paranal are at risk from a proposed industrial megaproject.Β 

This would be located in the vicinity of ESO's Observatory. If constructed, it would irreparably impact astronomical observations.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2501/
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πŸ“· ESO/P. HorΓ‘lek

10.01.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 28

Congratulations on both accomplishments!

19.12.2024 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.

12.12.2024 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 889    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 56

Could I be added please? I'm working on galaxy evolution and environment.

15.11.2024 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
It's okay to FAIL exams - Sixty Symbols
Professor Philip Moriarty on why failure is not the end of the road... More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓Also in this little collection of videos...The Problem... It's okay to FAIL exams - Sixty Symbols

Students, parents, teachers! Are you or someone you support anxiously awaiting UK A-level/Highers results?

If the outcomes are not as expected, all is not lost. There are always options (believe it or not)

My colleague Philip Moriarty: from failure to Professor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZJT...

06.08.2024 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Adding another voice to the chorus to say please rest, rest, and rest some more. Hope you have a swift recovery.

10.10.2023 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1