Congratulations to Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science professor, science educator and astronomer Keivan Stassun on being named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. 🎉 Learn more about Stassun's work and his recent MacArthur Foundation award. macfound.org/fello…

Surprisingly, not an academic.

Nobel Prize for Machine Learning, an interesting choice!

Another Nobel Prize with a large machine learning component, I see a trend here!

Bicentenary PhD Fellowship available to study the evolution of the universe at the University of Manchester in my project "Artificial Intelligence and the Evolution of the Universe", using Euclid and JWST data to study galaxy formation history. se.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Many new passive galaxies at high-z in new paper out today: arxiv.org/abs/2412.11861

As we all race to finish and submit papers before the holidays, which is great - keep in mind that referees and editors also take time off, so it might be a while before a report arrives!

Galaxy Structure at z > 7: new paper led by Lewi Wescott -- quite a diversity! We quantify the evolution and structure of these first systems - have a look! arxiv.org/abs/2412.14970

Some fun 2025 facts: 2025 is the 1st perfect square year since 1936, and will be the only perfect square year most people reading this will experience - the next is 2116. Also, (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)**2 = 2025, the last year of this sequence was in 1296 and the next is 3025!

New PhD opportunity to study at the University of Manchester and University of Tokyo in a joint PhD on understanding early galaxy formation and evolution. Please share with anyone potentially interested: findaphd.com/phds/project/u…

New Postdoc position at Manchester to work with me on distant galaxies with JWST and Euclid aas.org/jobregister/ad…

happy pi-stein day everyone!

⏰ Have you set your alarm for 12:00 CET / 11:00 GMT today? Be ready to be amazed at the latest treasures uncovered by #ESAEuclid, our #DarkUniverse detective 🕵️ Watch this space for details & this link for a video premiere: youtube.com/watch?v=rXCBFl…

Euclid has released less than 0.5% of its data today, but that is enough for 34 quick release 1 papers published online today, and that’s just the beginning. Much more to come! manchester.ac.uk/about/news/man…

A new type of barred spiral galaxy with very bright outer tidal features. Very short lifetime though. Let's call them X-spirals.

How sad, but what a great mission Gaia was!

New Gravitational Lens system found with JWST in the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) field, led by Dr. Nathan Adams. The second highest redshift lens known and nearly a full Einstein ring! arxiv.org/abs/2504.03571

New Manchester University PhD Fellowship for students from Africa. se.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Joint PhD between Manchester and Tsinghua University to study galaxies and large scale structure in the early universe with the first two years in Manchester. Tight deadline however - April 21st. findaphd.com/phds/project/u…