Ryan White
@astroryan.bsky.social
Astrophysics student at Macquarie University, artist, bread obsessed. Studying cool (but actually quite hot) stars 🌟 @astrobites.bsky.social author 🪐 i have art too! @ryanwhiteartist.bsky.social 🖌️
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Ryan White
@astroryan.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
i should be able to log mandatory induction videos on letterboxd. my critiques must be heard
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
i should be able to log mandatory induction videos on letterboxd. my critiques must be heard
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Me in the Criterion Closet: wow Hollow Man, what a film
Criterion employee: you aren’t allowed to bring movies in
Me in the Criterion Closet shaking my sleeves in an odd way: wow Hollow Man 2, what a film
Criterion employee: you aren’t allowed to bring movies in
Me in the Criterion Closet shaking my sleeves in an odd way: wow Hollow Man 2, what a film
February 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Me in the Criterion Closet: wow Hollow Man, what a film
Criterion employee: you aren’t allowed to bring movies in
Me in the Criterion Closet shaking my sleeves in an odd way: wow Hollow Man 2, what a film
Criterion employee: you aren’t allowed to bring movies in
Me in the Criterion Closet shaking my sleeves in an odd way: wow Hollow Man 2, what a film
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We'll also shortly be advertising a PhD position alongside this postdoc - so if you or anyone you know wants to do a PhD project on this please get in touch!
Very happy to advertise a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science position with me and Christian Schwab at Macquarie University in Sydney.
We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.
We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science
PRIMARY DETAIL - Salary Package: $109,272 - $117,108 (HEW Level A.6-A.8) - plus 17% employer's superannuation contribution and annual leave loading. - Full time, 3 year fixed-term role - Macquarie Uni...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:33 AM
We'll also shortly be advertising a PhD position alongside this postdoc - so if you or anyone you know wants to do a PhD project on this please get in touch!
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Very happy to advertise a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science position with me and Christian Schwab at Macquarie University in Sydney.
We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.
We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science
PRIMARY DETAIL - Salary Package: $109,272 - $117,108 (HEW Level A.6-A.8) - plus 17% employer's superannuation contribution and annual leave loading. - Full time, 3 year fixed-term role - Macquarie Uni...
mq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Very happy to advertise a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanet Science position with me and Christian Schwab at Macquarie University in Sydney.
We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.
We'll be working on applying machine learning & differentiable physics models to extremely precise radial velocity surveys.
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in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around
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From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social : There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...
astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...
What’s the (Lagrange) point?
There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points!
astrobites.org
February 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social : There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...
astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...
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your top 5 home cooked breakfasts of 2025, wrapped
5. june 11- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
4. september 3- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
3. february 23- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
2. november 14- two h
5. june 11- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
4. september 3- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
3. february 23- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
2. november 14- two h
January 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
your top 5 home cooked breakfasts of 2025, wrapped
5. june 11- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
4. september 3- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
3. february 23- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
2. november 14- two h
5. june 11- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
4. september 3- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
3. february 23- two hard boiled eggs, salt and pepper, eaten over the sink
2. november 14- two h
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Stories from #SpaceAustralia in 2025:
Checking out the God of Chaos — Apep — using JWST and the VLT.
This unique triple stellar system is wild!
Some nice work on one of the papers here led by fellow Macquarie University student Ryan White!
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Checking out the God of Chaos — Apep — using JWST and the VLT.
This unique triple stellar system is wild!
Some nice work on one of the papers here led by fellow Macquarie University student Ryan White!
🔭
Two new papers have used data from JWST and ESO's VLT to help uncover new details of the chaos amongst the stars: Apep
@rami.spaceaustralia.com spoke with one of the paper's lead authors @astroryan.bsky.social about this incredible system.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-a...
#SpaceAustralia
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@rami.spaceaustralia.com spoke with one of the paper's lead authors @astroryan.bsky.social about this incredible system.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/order-a...
#SpaceAustralia
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December 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Stories from #SpaceAustralia in 2025:
Checking out the God of Chaos — Apep — using JWST and the VLT.
This unique triple stellar system is wild!
Some nice work on one of the papers here led by fellow Macquarie University student Ryan White!
🔭
Checking out the God of Chaos — Apep — using JWST and the VLT.
This unique triple stellar system is wild!
Some nice work on one of the papers here led by fellow Macquarie University student Ryan White!
🔭
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
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I don’t know how these people have gotten guns, but there needs to be a crackdown. We cannot be like the US and allows this shit to happen. It’s unclear how many victims there are, but I hope for a speedy recovery for them. Fuck those shooter cunts.
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I don’t know how these people have gotten guns, but there needs to be a crackdown. We cannot be like the US and allows this shit to happen. It’s unclear how many victims there are, but I hope for a speedy recovery for them. Fuck those shooter cunts.
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Philip K Dick movies all have names like CORTICAL IMPASSE and are based on short stories called like "Let's See What's Going On Down at the Brain Factory"
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Philip K Dick movies all have names like CORTICAL IMPASSE and are based on short stories called like "Let's See What's Going On Down at the Brain Factory"
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From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social : What does a stellar breakup look like? So dramatic that the stars can’t wait to get away from each other! Today’s authors use physics to search for the one who got away. ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/12/09/s...
astrobites.org/2025/12/09/s...
It’s not you, it’s me. I just need several parsec of space.
What does a stellar breakup look like? So dramatic that the stars can’t wait to get away from each other! Today’s authors use physics to search for the one who got away.
astrobites.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social : What does a stellar breakup look like? So dramatic that the stars can’t wait to get away from each other! Today’s authors use physics to search for the one who got away. ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/12/09/s...
astrobites.org/2025/12/09/s...
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Every ad for AI is like
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Every ad for AI is like
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
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wow, what a title !!! Rutgers University feature on me + GRB 250702B! It was so nice to work with Kitta on this. Hope you enjoy the read !
🧪🔭👩🏼🔬☄️🦖
www.rutgers.edu/news/astroph...
🧪🔭👩🏼🔬☄️🦖
www.rutgers.edu/news/astroph...
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
wow, what a title !!! Rutgers University feature on me + GRB 250702B! It was so nice to work with Kitta on this. Hope you enjoy the read !
🧪🔭👩🏼🔬☄️🦖
www.rutgers.edu/news/astroph...
🧪🔭👩🏼🔬☄️🦖
www.rutgers.edu/news/astroph...
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"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
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Every wondered how we know that supermassive black holes are so supermassive? Well one trick is to watch how light echoes around them, using "reverberations" to map how big they are. In my latest paper I close out the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES) to measure the masses of hundreds of SMBH.
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Every wondered how we know that supermassive black holes are so supermassive? Well one trick is to watch how light echoes around them, using "reverberations" to map how big they are. In my latest paper I close out the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES) to measure the masses of hundreds of SMBH.
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Ryan White reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on simulations that explore whether a baby neutron star repeatedly diving into the envelope of its inflated companion star could be the cause of bumpy supernova light curves. aasnova.org/2025/12/02/b... 🔭
Bumpy Road Ahead: Can Binary Interactions Make Supernovae Periodically Brighter?
Astrobites reports on simulations that explore whether a baby neutron star repeatedly diving into the envelope of its inflated companion star could be the cause of bumpy supernova light curves.
aasnova.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ryan White reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on simulations that explore whether a baby neutron star repeatedly diving into the envelope of its inflated companion star could be the cause of bumpy supernova light curves. aasnova.org/2025/12/02/b... 🔭
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This is a staggering cool JWST image of one of the most terrifying star systems I have ever seen. Apep is a monster… *three* monsters, actually, and blasting out radiation and dust and junk at speeds to freeze the soul.
Read all about it!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...
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Read all about it!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...
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A ridiculously jaw-dropping JWST image of a fantastically terrifying star system
Apep consists of three immense and immensely powerful stars blasting out a fierce dusty wind
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is a staggering cool JWST image of one of the most terrifying star systems I have ever seen. Apep is a monster… *three* monsters, actually, and blasting out radiation and dust and junk at speeds to freeze the soul.
Read all about it!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...
🔭 🧪
Read all about it!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...
🔭 🧪
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
This is absolutely unreal!! Our Webb image in APOD!!!! This is getting framed
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is absolutely unreal!! Our Webb image in APOD!!!! This is getting framed
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(guy running 26 miles) Those trash cans are too far
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
(guy running 26 miles) Those trash cans are too far
i'm seeing cricket posts from people living in the US, trying to discern whether they're trashing england or australia. genuinely a hard exercise
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
i'm seeing cricket posts from people living in the US, trying to discern whether they're trashing england or australia. genuinely a hard exercise