Soheb Mandhai, PhD
@theastrophoenix.bsky.social
Astrophysicist/ Sci-Artist/Start-Up. I love 3D modelling and printing (among other hobbies + puns). Research: GW/EM + Spider Pulsars + Galaxy Dynamics. Happy to talk art or physics (or anime/zelda/FF/JRPGs)!
Links: https://linktr.ee/theastrophoenix
Links: https://linktr.ee/theastrophoenix
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Soheb Mandhai
Hi there! I'm an astrophysicist that loves creating space-themed 3D and 2D art! If you like what you see here, you can follow my art on Instagram and Facebook with the tag @TheAstroPhoenix.
theastrophoenix.gumroad.com
A self-plug:
If you're interested in having space themed art created for your projects, consider commissioning me! All details below or feel free to send me a DM.
Also, my planet shader: Terra Ball Gen (I love puns) is available for you to buy.
theastrophoenix.gumroad.com
If you're interested in having space themed art created for your projects, consider commissioning me! All details below or feel free to send me a DM.
Also, my planet shader: Terra Ball Gen (I love puns) is available for you to buy.
theastrophoenix.gumroad.com
Sick and tired of the dehumanisation of refugees. Shabana Mahmood comes from an adjacent ethnic background to me. Our ancestors faced similar discrimination to the one she's now pushing for.
No different from ilk of Sunak, Patel, Braverman, and Yusuf.
No different from ilk of Sunak, Patel, Braverman, and Yusuf.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Sick and tired of the dehumanisation of refugees. Shabana Mahmood comes from an adjacent ethnic background to me. Our ancestors faced similar discrimination to the one she's now pushing for.
No different from ilk of Sunak, Patel, Braverman, and Yusuf.
No different from ilk of Sunak, Patel, Braverman, and Yusuf.
And that's a wrap supervising and judging another excellent student hackathon at the University of Manchester!
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And that's a wrap supervising and judging another excellent student hackathon at the University of Manchester!
A sofa shop is probably one of the few places where "take a seat" can be interpreted literally.
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A sofa shop is probably one of the few places where "take a seat" can be interpreted literally.
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The #GR24Amaldi16 art gallery is now online! Some really amazing pieces on display - I especially like the papier mâché and clay one by Riccardo Buscicchio
(And of course all of @theastrophoenix.bsky.social's art but does that need to be said?)
🐡🔭🧪
uofgravity.github.io/amaldi-art/
(And of course all of @theastrophoenix.bsky.social's art but does that need to be said?)
🐡🔭🧪
uofgravity.github.io/amaldi-art/
GR AMALDI 2025 ART SHOW
uofgravity.github.io
September 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The #GR24Amaldi16 art gallery is now online! Some really amazing pieces on display - I especially like the papier mâché and clay one by Riccardo Buscicchio
(And of course all of @theastrophoenix.bsky.social's art but does that need to be said?)
🐡🔭🧪
uofgravity.github.io/amaldi-art/
(And of course all of @theastrophoenix.bsky.social's art but does that need to be said?)
🐡🔭🧪
uofgravity.github.io/amaldi-art/
If you've taken the trains in the UK, remember the three Ss. See it, Say it, Sorted.
September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you've taken the trains in the UK, remember the three Ss. See it, Say it, Sorted.
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A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip.
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Famine Confirmed in Gaza
UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and safe, sustained humanitarian access to deliver urgently needed supplies.
www.unicefusa.org
August 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip.
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
After watching the Devil's Plan, I am now hooked one Nine Man's Morris/Mills. So simple but so deep.
August 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
After watching the Devil's Plan, I am now hooked one Nine Man's Morris/Mills. So simple but so deep.
This is insidious.
Revealed: Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.
www.972mag.com/microsoft-82...
The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.
www.972mag.com/microsoft-82...
Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
Microsoft developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.
www.972mag.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is insidious.
Had the great pleasure of visiting Rare studio earlier in the year - it felt like I was thrown back into the worlds of games like Banjo and Kazooie!
40 years of @rare.co.uk.
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
August 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Had the great pleasure of visiting Rare studio earlier in the year - it felt like I was thrown back into the worlds of games like Banjo and Kazooie!
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40 years of @rare.co.uk.
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
August 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
40 years of @rare.co.uk.
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛
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BREAKING: At least 29 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks while waiting to receive food aid in southern Gaza's Rafah.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/img1q1
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/img1q1
July 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
BREAKING: At least 29 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks while waiting to receive food aid in southern Gaza's Rafah.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/img1q1
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/img1q1
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Yes, really enjoyed speaking at UoL today and meeting Soheb! Totally going to roll him into a tent for @emfcamp.bsky.social next year with his amazing art! :D
Fantastic day today - Had some excellent talks at the University of Leicester. Featuring @liedra.net on video game ethics, and Prof. Yukun Lai on using ML techniques to reconstruct 3D information from 2D images. Also had the privilege to present my work on sci-art communication! Many ideas shared!
July 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Yes, really enjoyed speaking at UoL today and meeting Soheb! Totally going to roll him into a tent for @emfcamp.bsky.social next year with his amazing art! :D
Also won a grant to fund the next stages of my art business (and an overdue computer).
Fantastic day today - Had some excellent talks at the University of Leicester. Featuring @liedra.net on video game ethics, and Prof. Yukun Lai on using ML techniques to reconstruct 3D information from 2D images. Also had the privilege to present my work on sci-art communication! Many ideas shared!
July 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Also won a grant to fund the next stages of my art business (and an overdue computer).
Fantastic day today - Had some excellent talks at the University of Leicester. Featuring @liedra.net on video game ethics, and Prof. Yukun Lai on using ML techniques to reconstruct 3D information from 2D images. Also had the privilege to present my work on sci-art communication! Many ideas shared!
July 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fantastic day today - Had some excellent talks at the University of Leicester. Featuring @liedra.net on video game ethics, and Prof. Yukun Lai on using ML techniques to reconstruct 3D information from 2D images. Also had the privilege to present my work on sci-art communication! Many ideas shared!
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NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
Conferencing is always tricky but EAS has been great so far. Volunteering and Chairing done so far... Tomorrow, I'll be speaking!
June 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Conferencing is always tricky but EAS has been great so far. Volunteering and Chairing done so far... Tomorrow, I'll be speaking!
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BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say
Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
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Hello, hallo, hola and g'day @bsky.app! We're a collection of telescopes, software agents, and actual humans that make up the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) network and collaboration! Follow us to keep up with our adventures in transient astronomy
June 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hello, hallo, hola and g'day @bsky.app! We're a collection of telescopes, software agents, and actual humans that make up the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) network and collaboration! Follow us to keep up with our adventures in transient astronomy
Eid Mubarak friends
June 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eid Mubarak friends
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Public figures, including Steve Coogan and Nadia Sawalha, joined an 18-hour-long vigil in London to read aloud the names of thousands of Palestinian children killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
June 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Public figures, including Steve Coogan and Nadia Sawalha, joined an 18-hour-long vigil in London to read aloud the names of thousands of Palestinian children killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
If chess.com could stop changing its UI every 5 minutes, that'd be swell...
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May 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If chess.com could stop changing its UI every 5 minutes, that'd be swell...
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Yes I know… #BlackHoleWeek is over 😞 but that won't stop me from yapping about black holes! 😂
Here’s a set of infographics highlighting some of the key findings by scientists that helped us get to our understanding of black holes today! ✨
#Astrophysics #BlackHoles
Here’s a set of infographics highlighting some of the key findings by scientists that helped us get to our understanding of black holes today! ✨
#Astrophysics #BlackHoles
May 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Yes I know… #BlackHoleWeek is over 😞 but that won't stop me from yapping about black holes! 😂
Here’s a set of infographics highlighting some of the key findings by scientists that helped us get to our understanding of black holes today! ✨
#Astrophysics #BlackHoles
Here’s a set of infographics highlighting some of the key findings by scientists that helped us get to our understanding of black holes today! ✨
#Astrophysics #BlackHoles
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Ice is fully working 🧊
You choose: walk only 1 space and don't crack the ice, or walk more and crack all the ice you pass through (except the one you currently are).
Walking on cracked ice works the same, but it will transform the tile into water!
#indiegamedev #unreal #steam #turnbase #boardgame
You choose: walk only 1 space and don't crack the ice, or walk more and crack all the ice you pass through (except the one you currently are).
Walking on cracked ice works the same, but it will transform the tile into water!
#indiegamedev #unreal #steam #turnbase #boardgame
May 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ice is fully working 🧊
You choose: walk only 1 space and don't crack the ice, or walk more and crack all the ice you pass through (except the one you currently are).
Walking on cracked ice works the same, but it will transform the tile into water!
#indiegamedev #unreal #steam #turnbase #boardgame
You choose: walk only 1 space and don't crack the ice, or walk more and crack all the ice you pass through (except the one you currently are).
Walking on cracked ice works the same, but it will transform the tile into water!
#indiegamedev #unreal #steam #turnbase #boardgame
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Animation of #Mars during its Noachian Period, 4100-3700 MYa. The period is characterised by high rates of meteorite impacts, volcanism and possibly abundant surface water. However, the water is thought to have been localized rather than spanning the planet ...
#Blender #sciart #spaceart
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#Blender #sciart #spaceart
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May 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Wanna do some cool astronomy from the comfort of your computer? Check out this project. Many minds (myself included) worked hard to make this project possible. We need your help to take it a step further.
With just a few clicks you can contribute to real research.
With just a few clicks you can contribute to real research.
🔭 The Radio Galaxy Zoo: EMU Season 2 is ON! Please join us linking radio sources to their parent galaxies and classify them with simple descriptive tags! www.zooniverse.org/projects/hon...
March 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wanna do some cool astronomy from the comfort of your computer? Check out this project. Many minds (myself included) worked hard to make this project possible. We need your help to take it a step further.
With just a few clicks you can contribute to real research.
With just a few clicks you can contribute to real research.