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Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
Grab your tickets now for our May 4th public lecture by world-renowned astrophysicist Prof. Geraint Lewis on The End of Time: The Future History of the Universe. eventbrite.com.au/e/the-end-… #cosmology #astronomy
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Are We Alone? The Search for Extra-terrestrial Life -- by Dr Rod Hill is ASSA's free public lecture at 8pm ACST Wednesday 6 April. Watch the live stream: youtube.com/watch?v=3lKe_-Be…
@SETIInstitute #astronomy #southaustralia #Space #STEM @abcadelaide @ASVAstronomyVic @sydneyobs
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
To finish on a quote from one of my favourite philosophers @timminchin, “Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief; it is just a term which describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome.” @kwoodthorpe
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
Breakthrough Listen is the largest ever scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of civilizations beyond Earth. Our #Parkes telescope is part of the program, helping to survey 1,000,000 of the stars closest to Earth. Pic: Alex Cherney breakthroughinitiatives.org/…
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
Over the Moon 🙃 about Australia’s $50M for a Rover to take oxygen from the lunar dust as part of @NASA’s Return to the Moon and beyond(!) in #Artemis abc.net.au/news/2021-10-12/a…
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
A variable signal aligned to the heart of the Milky Way is tantalising scientists! Published last night in The Astrophysical Journal, PhD student @Andy_Wang2016's research using #ASKAP detected radio waves that could suggest a new class of stellar object: sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/n…
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica is helping us learn about our Universe from elementary particles to the nature of galaxies. Free Public lecture 8pm Wednesday 1 September at the University of Adelaide. #ScienceWeek assa.org.au/events/meetings/…
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
Science friends I need your help! @Aus_ScienceWeek and @ScienceinVR are just over a month away and we have free mini *VR headsets* and stickers for your event if your library, science centre or observatory wants to host a viewing party 🎉 just email [email protected]
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
Videos online! 👀💻
Tristan's talk: youtube.com/watch?v=w2iFnJ0G…
Christene's talk: youtube.com/watch?v=ES0hMjLV…
Starting in ~1 hr. @ICRAR's Tristan Reynolds and Christene Lynch speaking on WALLABY and MWA science ✨🔭🌟. Register to attend (it's free!) here: astro3d.org.au/ecr-seminar-s…
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
🇦🇺 Happy sunday Adelaide
The International Space Station will be visible today to the naked eye (if clouds allow) at 6:17 pm
📲 set your alarm
📲 share best photo
🧑🏼🚀 65 spacefacts.de/english/e_toda…
📸 NASA eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhoto…
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
We're excited to announce the schedule for the ECR Astronomers in Australia Seminar Series! First seminar is 18th of March. Check out astro3d.org.au/ecr-seminar-s… for more info and to register.
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
Have you ever wondered what was the very first star to light up the Universe? That moment in time, when all things began? Well, Professor Lisa Kewley, Director of @ARC_ASTRO3D is leading the hunt.
thebrilliant.com.au/profiles…
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
The Astronomical Society of SA is offering a live tour of the universe this Saturday night. assa.org.au/osp @DavidBevanSA
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
#AffinityPhoto 1.9 introduces #astrophotography stacking, meaning you can now do stacking, tone stretching and retouching all in one app!
I’ve made 6 tutorials for launch, see them at affin.co/astrotuts. Here are some images I’ve been creating so far using this feature..
Astronomical Society of South Australia retweeted
Amazing to see Australian Indigenous culture recognised beyond Earth and in space ✨
A boomerang created by Kaurna man Jack Buckskin was recently sent to space for @NASA-@SpaceX's Crew-1 mission. Watch the video message from astronaut Shannon Walker: bit.ly/2MmPrZY
