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Luca Cortese
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🇮🇹🇦🇺 Astronomer and Science Director at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research - University of Western Australia
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astroquokka.bsky.social
Congratulations to @icrar.bsky.social PhD student, Amy Attwater, for the publication of her MAUVE-MUSE paper on star formation-driven outflows in satellite galaxies. 🎉 Feedback may be more important than previous thought for quenching galaxies in clusters. arxiv.org/abs/2512.10574
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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esa.int
📷 This NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope image shows a sideways spiral galaxy called NGC 4388. 🧪🔭

🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2...

@science.esa.int @stsci.edu
A spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on. Its disk is filled with red and blue lights from star-forming nebulae and clusters of hot stars, respectively, as well as thick dark clouds of dust that block the strong white light from its centre. A faint, glowing halo of gas surrounds the disc, fading into the black background. A bluish plume of gas also extends from the galaxy’s core to the lower-right of the image.
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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astroaustralia.bsky.social
The latest @eso.org Messenger includes science highlights from the #MAUVE ESO Large Programme led by astronomers at @icrar.bsky.social, plus a profile of Australian ESO Fellow @ameliafm.bsky.social. eso.org/sci/publicat...
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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nature.com
Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn’t miss

https://go.nature.com/4ls2K7a
AI for research: the ultimate guide to choosing the right tool
Nature - Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn’t miss.
go.nature.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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aas.org
The American Astronomical Society is gravely concerned by the deep cuts to NASA science funding reported to be in the draft President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026. Read more here: aas.org/press/aas-st... and take action now: aas.org/urge-nasa-su...
April 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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arc-tracker.bsky.social
ARC has “paused” future rounds of grant schemes pending outcomes of its NCGP Policy Review.

All schemes previously scheduled to open before 1 July this year will go ahead.

But next year’s Laureates, Industry Fellowships & Discovery Indigenous won’t.

See table👇 & www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese...
Black text on white background. Screenshot from ARC’s Grants Calendar webpage showing which schemes will go ahead next year (upper bullet points), and which will be “paused” pending the outcomes of the review of the National Competitive Grants Program (lower bullet points). Source: https://www.arc.gov.au/funding-research/ARC_grants-calendar
March 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
astroquokka.bsky.social
Very nice piece. Relevant also for how the field of scientific research is changing www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Our AI future isn't conscious robots with lethal ambition. It might be worse
The future rarely unfolds like we expect. Although Hollywood has given us plenty of technological tropes to worry about, our AI future is much more mundane and much more insidious.
www.abc.net.au
March 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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science.esa.int
Our dark Universe detective 🕵️ Euclid has discovered a stunning Einstein ring! 💍

It surrounds galaxy NGC 6505, which is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a distant galaxy behind it.

Why is this rare phenomenon so useful for scientists? 👉
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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#cosmology
A sea of colourful stars and galaxies appear to swim in the vast blackness of space around a hazy halo at centre stage. In the middle of the image, the fuzzy-looking bulb of light in a warm shade of yellow extends around a small bright spot, nestled within a thin light circle that appears to be drawn closely around it. As we follow the central halo’s rim outwards, its brightness dims and blends smoothly into its surroundings. Here, extended discs of shades ranging from a warm purple to golden yellow, and piercing dots of light with sharp diffraction spikes are spread evenly across the image.
February 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM