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New paper out from ARC PhD student Toby Toby Rodel 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦖🪐 "Using real lightcurves we calculate the detectability of simulated transits, determining how many planets should be found by TESS. We conclude that there should be more long-period planets discovered." arxiv.org/pdf/2402.07800…

A huge congrats to ARC member Aaron Monson Dr Aaron Monson on winning the FameLab NI Final! His 3-minute talk on the different types of stars in the night sky was out of this world! He now goes on to compete in the UK Final in June. QUB - Maths&Physics Queen's University Belfast 🎓 NI Science Festival

"I came to Queen’s in 1975 as an 18-year-old undergraduate student and never left. I have had an association with Queen’s for all of my adult life. “While I hope I have made an overall positive contribution to Queen’s during my time here, I also believe the reverse is also true

It was an absolute honor to be asked to write a guest essay for the New York Times Opinion on the upcoming total solar eclipse. Massive thank you to Eliza Barclay for the referral. Astrophysics Research Centre @ QUB QUB - Maths&Physics #Eclipse2024 #EclipseMéxico2024

#EclipseSolar2024 is happening today, but to ensure you have the best experience, make sure to follow all the safety rules. DON'T LOOK AT THE SUN! Doing so can cause incredible damage to your eyes. Check out our video on how to avoid this! #SolarEclipse2024 #Eclipse2024 #Solar

Undergraduate Summer Internship Opportunities! ARC is pleased to host several 8-week summer internships for Summer 2024 with research projects in Supernova and Exoplanet science, and a project creating public engagement resources. More details available: qub.ac.uk/research-centr…

Amazing views of totality from ARC senior lecturer Ryan Milligan who was in Mexico for the solar eclipse this week 🤩

5 new planet candidates discovered thanks to the help of citizen scientists! New paper from ARC PhD student Sean O'Brien details the discovery of potential planets outside our solar system that professional astronomers didn't catch, but public volunteers working together did

Our very own Dr Meg Schwamb and PhD student Sean O'Brien sending out a call on UTV for planet hunters! (timestamp: 1:13 to 6:38) itv.com/utvprogrammes/…

A week today I will be off to CheltSciFest to compete in UK final of the FameLab science communication competition. I'm excited to share how we learn about the stars and how YOU can get involved in helping us do so! Thanks to NI Science Festival & MATRIX NI for the regional final.

It's official, we have our very own, real life planetary defender! Professor Alan Fitzsimmons from Astrophysics Research Centre @ QUB is gearing up to take part in the #HeraMission, European Space Agency's first ever #PlanetaryDefence mission, to help ward off the threat of an #asteroid crashing into Earth. “Hera is a

Is it possible to deflect asteroids heading towards Earth? Professor Alan Fitzsimmons of Queen's University Belfast 🎓 talks about the European Space Agency's latest launch ☄️🚀 #KayBurley SS

A huge congratulations to Ken (Ken Smith) and David (David Young)! Their expertise power the ATLAS, Pan-STARRS, and PESSTO surveys, with Ken’s databases storing billions of sky detections and David's software aiding rapid source classification and observation.

This week QUB - Maths&Physics are delighted to host Dr Thomas Rimmele, Director of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, as part of the Sir Harrie Massey Colloquia. Presenting an overview of DKIST and its instruments, and examples of first science results. Info:go.qub.ac.uk/Slkbc

Astrophysics Research Centre @ QUB is advertising a PhD project with me mining the first Solar System data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time . Applications due: Feb 7 qub.ac.uk/research-centr…

Some highlights from our #BuildtheUniverse workshops yesterday as part of #NISF2025! Participants explored the structure of the sun, what's inside a planet, and how we see black holes!