Dr Vicky Fawcett
@astrofawcett.bsky.social
Astronomy Research Associate at Newcastle University studying active galaxies ✨ Science communicator, music lover, #WomenInSTEM
www.astrofawcett.com
www.astrofawcett.com
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Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @uniofbath.bsky.social and online 🔭
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @uniofbath.bsky.social and online 🔭
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @uniofbath.bsky.social and online 🔭
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social
Had a great time visiting @unisouthampton.bsky.social, presenting my latest work on outflows in DESI QSOs ✨
Now on to Portsmouth!
Now on to Portsmouth!
October 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Had a great time visiting @unisouthampton.bsky.social, presenting my latest work on outflows in DESI QSOs ✨
Now on to Portsmouth!
Now on to Portsmouth!
That's a wrap on another great #STEMFest in Newcastle!
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀
It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀
It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
That's a wrap on another great #STEMFest in Newcastle!
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀
It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎
It was a great event, talking to thousands of primary, secondary, and sixth form students about space! 🚀
It's been a busy #WorldSpaceWeek, speaking to students, giving a school talk, and being part of Meet a Scientist with Dynamic Earth 🌎
Looking forward to this tomorrow!
I will be discussing my latest work, linking outflows, radio, and dust in DESI QSOs ✨
I will be discussing my latest work, linking outflows, radio, and dust in DESI QSOs ✨
Our other discussion about galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei will take place at the Geological Society. 🌌✨
Get an online or in-person ticket at: ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...
Get an online or in-person ticket at: ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Looking forward to this tomorrow!
I will be discussing my latest work, linking outflows, radio, and dust in DESI QSOs ✨
I will be discussing my latest work, linking outflows, radio, and dust in DESI QSOs ✨
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be at this year's #stemfest in Newcastle!
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be at this year's #stemfest in Newcastle!
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
Reposted by Dr Vicky Fawcett
Über 150 internationale Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler diskutieren diese Woche am AIP beim 18. Potsdamer Thinkshop. Der Thinkshop mit dem Titel „The Role of Feedback in Galaxy Formation“ bietet Raum für neue Ideen und interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit. 💫
#astrophysics #galaxy #potsdam
#astrophysics #galaxy #potsdam
July 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Über 150 internationale Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler diskutieren diese Woche am AIP beim 18. Potsdamer Thinkshop. Der Thinkshop mit dem Titel „The Role of Feedback in Galaxy Formation“ bietet Raum für neue Ideen und interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit. 💫
#astrophysics #galaxy #potsdam
#astrophysics #galaxy #potsdam
First time visiting @aippotsdam.bsky.social this week presenting a poster on my recent dusty QSO work 🔭
July 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
First time visiting @aippotsdam.bsky.social this week presenting a poster on my recent dusty QSO work 🔭
Reposted by Dr Vicky Fawcett
Lots of @newcastleuni.bsky.social representation at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week! ✨
First up, @astrofawcett.bsky.social talking about evidence for a blow-out phase in dusty QSOs 💨
#NAM2025Durham
First up, @astrofawcett.bsky.social talking about evidence for a blow-out phase in dusty QSOs 💨
#NAM2025Durham
July 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Lots of @newcastleuni.bsky.social representation at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week! ✨
First up, @astrofawcett.bsky.social talking about evidence for a blow-out phase in dusty QSOs 💨
#NAM2025Durham
First up, @astrofawcett.bsky.social talking about evidence for a blow-out phase in dusty QSOs 💨
#NAM2025Durham
Great talk at the @nam25-durham.bsky.social EDI session by @izgarland.bsky.social
Favourite (paraphrased) quote on why outreach is important: 'Astronomy is a hobby, disguised as a profession, paid for by the tax payers. I think the least we can do is to make our work accessible to the tax payers.’
Favourite (paraphrased) quote on why outreach is important: 'Astronomy is a hobby, disguised as a profession, paid for by the tax payers. I think the least we can do is to make our work accessible to the tax payers.’
July 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Great talk at the @nam25-durham.bsky.social EDI session by @izgarland.bsky.social
Favourite (paraphrased) quote on why outreach is important: 'Astronomy is a hobby, disguised as a profession, paid for by the tax payers. I think the least we can do is to make our work accessible to the tax payers.’
Favourite (paraphrased) quote on why outreach is important: 'Astronomy is a hobby, disguised as a profession, paid for by the tax payers. I think the least we can do is to make our work accessible to the tax payers.’
If you’re at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week, check out the North East Astronomy exhibition in TLC39! ✨
July 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If you’re at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week, check out the North East Astronomy exhibition in TLC39! ✨
We need your help to create immersive and accessible educational experiences!
Are you interested in helping make science engaging and accessible to a wider audience? If so, please fill out this short survey about using sound to represent scientific data and concepts in educational shows.
Are you interested in helping make science engaging and accessible to a wider audience? If so, please fill out this short survey about using sound to represent scientific data and concepts in educational shows.
June 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We need your help to create immersive and accessible educational experiences!
Are you interested in helping make science engaging and accessible to a wider audience? If so, please fill out this short survey about using sound to represent scientific data and concepts in educational shows.
Are you interested in helping make science engaging and accessible to a wider audience? If so, please fill out this short survey about using sound to represent scientific data and concepts in educational shows.
June 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Enjoying my first ever EAS at @ucc.ie Cork! 🇮🇪🚀
Come along to session SS26 on Wednesday to hear about outflows and shocks in dusty quasars ✨
Come along to session SS26 on Wednesday to hear about outflows and shocks in dusty quasars ✨
June 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Enjoying my first ever EAS at @ucc.ie Cork! 🇮🇪🚀
Come along to session SS26 on Wednesday to hear about outflows and shocks in dusty quasars ✨
Come along to session SS26 on Wednesday to hear about outflows and shocks in dusty quasars ✨
Very honoured to be giving this year’s Caroline Herschel prize lecture on dusty black holes! ✨
🚨 Announcement! 🚨
Dr Victoria Fawcett, of @newcastleuni.bsky.social, has been named as the winner of the 2025 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Herschel Society and RAS.
Her lecture topic will be: 'Unveiling the secrets of hidden supermassive black holes'.
Dr Victoria Fawcett, of @newcastleuni.bsky.social, has been named as the winner of the 2025 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Herschel Society and RAS.
Her lecture topic will be: 'Unveiling the secrets of hidden supermassive black holes'.
June 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Very honoured to be giving this year’s Caroline Herschel prize lecture on dusty black holes! ✨
Reposted by Dr Vicky Fawcett
Choose the best plan:
- Take a break from work, or…
- Take a break from work to exchange black hole theories with a student🌌
As we wrap up #VolunteersWeek2025, join Vicky! She has been taking part since 2023 and was one of the most active scientists last term.
- Take a break from work, or…
- Take a break from work to exchange black hole theories with a student🌌
As we wrap up #VolunteersWeek2025, join Vicky! She has been taking part since 2023 and was one of the most active scientists last term.
June 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Choose the best plan:
- Take a break from work, or…
- Take a break from work to exchange black hole theories with a student🌌
As we wrap up #VolunteersWeek2025, join Vicky! She has been taking part since 2023 and was one of the most active scientists last term.
- Take a break from work, or…
- Take a break from work to exchange black hole theories with a student🌌
As we wrap up #VolunteersWeek2025, join Vicky! She has been taking part since 2023 and was one of the most active scientists last term.
I'm attending EAS this year in Cork, speaking at the AGN outflow session (SS27) 🌌
If anyone attending would like to have a chat about dusty AGN, please reach out!
#EAS2025Cork
If anyone attending would like to have a chat about dusty AGN, please reach out!
#EAS2025Cork
May 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm attending EAS this year in Cork, speaking at the AGN outflow session (SS27) 🌌
If anyone attending would like to have a chat about dusty AGN, please reach out!
#EAS2025Cork
If anyone attending would like to have a chat about dusty AGN, please reach out!
#EAS2025Cork
Reposted by Dr Vicky Fawcett
Remember to register to be a part of NAM 2025! Presenters need to register by 6th June (next Friday), this includes anyone giving a talk or presenting a poster! All other participants have until 20th June!
#NAM2025durham #community #sciencethroughconnection
#NAM2025durham #community #sciencethroughconnection
May 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Remember to register to be a part of NAM 2025! Presenters need to register by 6th June (next Friday), this includes anyone giving a talk or presenting a poster! All other participants have until 20th June!
#NAM2025durham #community #sciencethroughconnection
#NAM2025durham #community #sciencethroughconnection
Very honoured the our project Space Investigators: Astronomy in the North East won the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Engagement and Place Award for Engaging for Cultural Benefit ✨
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: www.spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: www.spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
April 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Very honoured the our project Space Investigators: Astronomy in the North East won the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Engagement and Place Award for Engaging for Cultural Benefit ✨
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: www.spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: www.spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
Enjoyed visiting Scarborough over the weekend and giving a talk at Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society 🔭
April 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Enjoyed visiting Scarborough over the weekend and giving a talk at Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society 🔭
Really cool paper by Carolina Andonie today describing the design and predictions for the 4MOST IR AGN survey, the first large-scale optical spectroscopic survey targeting obscured IR AGN and quasars ✨
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10596
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10596
An obscured quasar census with the 4MOST IR AGN survey: design, predicted properties, and scientific goals
We present the 4MOST IR AGN survey, the first large-scale optical spectroscopic survey characterizing mid-infrared (MIR) selected obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN). The survey targets $\approx 212...
arxiv.org
April 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Really cool paper by Carolina Andonie today describing the design and predictions for the 4MOST IR AGN survey, the first large-scale optical spectroscopic survey targeting obscured IR AGN and quasars ✨
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10596
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10596
Reposted by Dr Vicky Fawcett
📢New paper alert!
Charlie MacMahon explores new ways to train cosmological emulators in order to constrain cosmological models 🖥️🌌
arxiv.org/abs/2504.00552
Charlie MacMahon explores new ways to train cosmological emulators in order to constrain cosmological models 🖥️🌌
arxiv.org/abs/2504.00552
April 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📢New paper alert!
Charlie MacMahon explores new ways to train cosmological emulators in order to constrain cosmological models 🖥️🌌
arxiv.org/abs/2504.00552
Charlie MacMahon explores new ways to train cosmological emulators in order to constrain cosmological models 🖥️🌌
arxiv.org/abs/2504.00552
Reposted by Dr Vicky Fawcett
📢New paper alert!
Carola Zanoletti explores how using PCA-based cuts can provide tighter constrains on modified gravity theories 🌌
arxiv.org/abs/2503.20951
Carola Zanoletti explores how using PCA-based cuts can provide tighter constrains on modified gravity theories 🌌
arxiv.org/abs/2503.20951
April 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢New paper alert!
Carola Zanoletti explores how using PCA-based cuts can provide tighter constrains on modified gravity theories 🌌
arxiv.org/abs/2503.20951
Carola Zanoletti explores how using PCA-based cuts can provide tighter constrains on modified gravity theories 🌌
arxiv.org/abs/2503.20951
Reposted by Dr Vicky Fawcett
Congratulations to the nominees in the Engaging for Cultural Benefit category at this year's Engagement and Place Awards.
Find out more 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/e...
#WeAreNCL
Find out more 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/e...
#WeAreNCL
March 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Congratulations to the nominees in the Engaging for Cultural Benefit category at this year's Engagement and Place Awards.
Find out more 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/e...
#WeAreNCL
Find out more 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/e...
#WeAreNCL
If you're in the North East of England, come along to the Discover Festival hosted by @newcastleuni.bsky.social on the 7th June! ⭐️
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be hosting a drop-in session: Seeing the Invisible in Space 🔭
www.ncl.ac.uk/discover-fes...
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be hosting a drop-in session: Seeing the Invisible in Space 🔭
www.ncl.ac.uk/discover-fes...
March 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If you're in the North East of England, come along to the Discover Festival hosted by @newcastleuni.bsky.social on the 7th June! ⭐️
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be hosting a drop-in session: Seeing the Invisible in Space 🔭
www.ncl.ac.uk/discover-fes...
The @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social team will be hosting a drop-in session: Seeing the Invisible in Space 🔭
www.ncl.ac.uk/discover-fes...
Reposted by Dr Vicky Fawcett
Abstract submissions for NAM 2025 have been extended to 1pm on Monday 31st March!
With over 60 different sessions running across 10 strands, there are so many ways to get involved.
Submit your abstracts here: conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/abst...
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social
With over 60 different sessions running across 10 strands, there are so many ways to get involved.
Submit your abstracts here: conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/abst...
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Abstract submissions for NAM 2025 have been extended to 1pm on Monday 31st March!
With over 60 different sessions running across 10 strands, there are so many ways to get involved.
Submit your abstracts here: conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/abst...
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social
With over 60 different sessions running across 10 strands, there are so many ways to get involved.
Submit your abstracts here: conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/abst...
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social