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Bec Nealon

@becastro.bsky.social

Astronomer working at Warwick Astro. Creator of Coding with Sophie. She/her. Views are my own. rebeccanealon.com

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Images of the TW Hya disk from NASA/STScI showing the presence of one shadow seen in 2016 and a series of two shadows seen in 2021. After five years a new shadow had appeared and the shadow seen in 2016 had moved from roughly the 10 o'clock position on the sky to the 7 o'clock position.

Images of the TW Hya disk from NASA/STScI showing the presence of one shadow seen in 2016 and a series of two shadows seen in 2021. After five years a new shadow had appeared and the shadow seen in 2016 had moved from roughly the 10 o'clock position on the sky to the 7 o'clock position.

#HST Cycle 33 results are starting to post! I'm super pumped to announce that I'm leading a long term monitoring project of the TW Hya disk, tracking the evolution of its unique disk shadows 🔭🧪 #astrosci

18.07.2025 14:31 — 👍 40    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

Wanna misalign a disc? Who ya gonna call? 👻

Please enjoy the fantastic summary by @richardalexander.bsky.social of our work on IRAS04125, the enigmatic planet-disc-binary misaligned system which we suggest is from a triple stellar system dissolution. Keep your eyes peeled for further work!

11.04.2025 08:18 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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03.12.2024 19:14 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

Thank you for your efforts, this is a great list! Much appreciated

29.11.2024 19:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Could you please add me too? I do scicomm as well!

29.11.2024 17:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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New achievement unlocked: I'm a regime!
(Full credit to Daniel Price and Callum Fairbairn and his excellent work on eccentric planets)

09.05.2024 21:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Can penguins fly? How do aeroplanes work? Does hand washing actually get rid of germs? How do natural water filters work? I was the guest judge for a primary school science competition so now I know! The best school event I've ever participated in, thankyou Whitnash Primary!

17.04.2024 08:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pleased to showcase the impressive results from our most dedicated coder yet for Coding with Sophie!

18.03.2024 22:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fantastic programmers doing Coding with Sophie at the Resonate Festival today, Warwick Uni #codingwithsophie

10.03.2024 16:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Coding with Sophie is back again with some new experiments* after the holiday break. Get in touch with us if you'd like us at your school!

*Liquid Nitrogen and superconducting magnets not guaranteed at every class.

09.01.2024 13:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Guys if you haven't seen this already CHECK IT OUT. We found that when you take into account that planet forming discs can be curved/warped the dust naturally collects into rings. This has huge implications as @astrohoss.bsky.social brilliantly explains 👇🏻

14.11.2023 19:23 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Honestly a labour of love and nervousness all rolled into one 😅

28.09.2023 06:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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