CosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@rami.spaceaustralia.com
Astronomer, driving The Dish📡 to study pulsars in my PhD. Also, founded SpaceAustralia.com. Also, love a bit of astrophotography. Also, do everything with my little mate, Max. Also, Ultra-Gay. He/Him.
Pinned
Been a while since an intro & lots of new folks following. So, about me:
1. #RadioAstronomy PhD candidate studying pulsars
2. Started @spaceausdotcom.bsky.social #SciComm
3. Part of @queersinscience.bsky.social fam
4. Live in Sydney with hubby and #BalmainMax
5. Love hiking, astrophotography
1. #RadioAstronomy PhD candidate studying pulsars
2. Started @spaceausdotcom.bsky.social #SciComm
3. Part of @queersinscience.bsky.social fam
4. Live in Sydney with hubby and #BalmainMax
5. Love hiking, astrophotography
Look, this is no laughing matter, as Measles is a very serious risk, but the alert for the Measles infectious person outlines their entire movement over the whole weekend (incl. the Oasis concert) and boy oh boy this is a really busy weekend schedule!
12:40am post-concert maccas hit!
12:40am post-concert maccas hit!
Measles - Measles public exposure locations in NSW
Current measles exposure locations and guidance on how to stay safe and protect others.
www.health.nsw.gov.au
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Look, this is no laughing matter, as Measles is a very serious risk, but the alert for the Measles infectious person outlines their entire movement over the whole weekend (incl. the Oasis concert) and boy oh boy this is a really busy weekend schedule!
12:40am post-concert maccas hit!
12:40am post-concert maccas hit!
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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Offworld Colonies with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow” @drspacejunk.bsky.social @cosmicrami.com (1h05m35s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00255/
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Tell people! Tips at the9pmedict.com/tip.
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Tell people! Tips at the9pmedict.com/tip.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Offworld Colonies with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow” @drspacejunk.bsky.social @cosmicrami.com (1h05m35s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00255/
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Tell people! Tips at the9pmedict.com/tip.
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Tell people! Tips at the9pmedict.com/tip.
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Shenzhou-20 crew coming home on the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft: SZ-21 undocked from Tiangong at 0314 UTC with astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie aboard. CMSEO revealed there's a Shenzhou-20 spacecraft's return capsule window glass developed a minor crack and thus unsafe
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Shenzhou-20 crew coming home on the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft: SZ-21 undocked from Tiangong at 0314 UTC with astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie aboard. CMSEO revealed there's a Shenzhou-20 spacecraft's return capsule window glass developed a minor crack and thus unsafe
Ha! The timing (pun!)
There's a new Shapiro Delay on millisecond pulsar paper out on arXiv today from Thankful, looks interesting:
arxiv.org/abs/2511.10529
I love how we all have a pulsar that sends us into a twist ... from the abstract:
"lessons learned from this troublesome pulsar" 😁
There's a new Shapiro Delay on millisecond pulsar paper out on arXiv today from Thankful, looks interesting:
arxiv.org/abs/2511.10529
I love how we all have a pulsar that sends us into a twist ... from the abstract:
"lessons learned from this troublesome pulsar" 😁
In some binary systems that feature a millisecond pulsar and a high mass companion, in a nearly edge on inclination config, we can measure Shapiro Delay as the pulsar passes behind the companion in orbital conjunction and the pulses are slightly delayed due to space-time curvature.
It’s neat!
It’s neat!
When Einstein proposed general relativity he laid out three tests: the precession of Mercury's perihelion, deflection of light by the sun, and gravitational redshift.
Irwin Shapiro proposed a fourth test #OTD in 1964: the gravitational time delay of light. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Irwin Shapiro proposed a fourth test #OTD in 1964: the gravitational time delay of light. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ha! The timing (pun!)
There's a new Shapiro Delay on millisecond pulsar paper out on arXiv today from Thankful, looks interesting:
arxiv.org/abs/2511.10529
I love how we all have a pulsar that sends us into a twist ... from the abstract:
"lessons learned from this troublesome pulsar" 😁
There's a new Shapiro Delay on millisecond pulsar paper out on arXiv today from Thankful, looks interesting:
arxiv.org/abs/2511.10529
I love how we all have a pulsar that sends us into a twist ... from the abstract:
"lessons learned from this troublesome pulsar" 😁
Astronomer here.
Can confirm: Aliens are queer AF.
👽 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Can confirm: Aliens are queer AF.
👽 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Astronomer here.
Can confirm: Aliens are queer AF.
👽 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Can confirm: Aliens are queer AF.
👽 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
It always makes me laugh to think about how the constellations were named after things they 'apparently' resembled.
In reality, these folks were on some heavy-duty Class-As to see a Toucan in this lmao.
Importantly - a lot of constellations we use today are Western science constellations!
In reality, these folks were on some heavy-duty Class-As to see a Toucan in this lmao.
Importantly - a lot of constellations we use today are Western science constellations!
Have you seen the constellation #Tucana the Toucan? It's visible year-round from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. This constellation is famous for being home to the Small Magellanic Cloud, a fuzzy patch in the sky that’s actually a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. 🌌🔭
buff.ly/2u5HlNv
📸 EarthSky.org
buff.ly/2u5HlNv
📸 EarthSky.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It always makes me laugh to think about how the constellations were named after things they 'apparently' resembled.
In reality, these folks were on some heavy-duty Class-As to see a Toucan in this lmao.
Importantly - a lot of constellations we use today are Western science constellations!
In reality, these folks were on some heavy-duty Class-As to see a Toucan in this lmao.
Importantly - a lot of constellations we use today are Western science constellations!
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Congratulations #BlueOrigin and #NASA #ESCAPADE! Critically important to understanding our own climate, ESCAPADE will study how Mars went from a warm wet dense atmosphere like Earth's to a barren, cold, thin atmosphere. And Blue Origin had a second successful flight of New Glenn!
LAUNCH! Blue Origin New Glenn launches on its second flight, carrying NASA's ESCAPADE mission from LC-36.
Overview:
nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/ng-2...
Live:
youtube.com/watch?v=9sT4...
Overview:
nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/ng-2...
Live:
youtube.com/watch?v=9sT4...
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Congratulations #BlueOrigin and #NASA #ESCAPADE! Critically important to understanding our own climate, ESCAPADE will study how Mars went from a warm wet dense atmosphere like Earth's to a barren, cold, thin atmosphere. And Blue Origin had a second successful flight of New Glenn!
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Biggest sale I've ever had continues.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Biggest sale I've ever had continues.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Hmmm …. Was just randomly looking at my phone photos from aurora night the other day and I think I can see hints of them from my house!
The reddish-purple hues are not normally there! (the city sky glow normally is)
Warrants taking a closer look at my DSLR pics this weekend…
The reddish-purple hues are not normally there! (the city sky glow normally is)
Warrants taking a closer look at my DSLR pics this weekend…
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hmmm …. Was just randomly looking at my phone photos from aurora night the other day and I think I can see hints of them from my house!
The reddish-purple hues are not normally there! (the city sky glow normally is)
Warrants taking a closer look at my DSLR pics this weekend…
The reddish-purple hues are not normally there! (the city sky glow normally is)
Warrants taking a closer look at my DSLR pics this weekend…
In some binary systems that feature a millisecond pulsar and a high mass companion, in a nearly edge on inclination config, we can measure Shapiro Delay as the pulsar passes behind the companion in orbital conjunction and the pulses are slightly delayed due to space-time curvature.
It’s neat!
It’s neat!
When Einstein proposed general relativity he laid out three tests: the precession of Mercury's perihelion, deflection of light by the sun, and gravitational redshift.
Irwin Shapiro proposed a fourth test #OTD in 1964: the gravitational time delay of light. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Irwin Shapiro proposed a fourth test #OTD in 1964: the gravitational time delay of light. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In some binary systems that feature a millisecond pulsar and a high mass companion, in a nearly edge on inclination config, we can measure Shapiro Delay as the pulsar passes behind the companion in orbital conjunction and the pulses are slightly delayed due to space-time curvature.
It’s neat!
It’s neat!
Everyone - big news!
Robyn has new music out - her first since 2018! 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
And I really like it - got the typical Robyn sound, very summery.
Remixes (hopefully Röyksopp, Freemasons 🤞) of this will be excellent.
This morning's #GymTunes ....
Robyn has new music out - her first since 2018! 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
And I really like it - got the typical Robyn sound, very summery.
Remixes (hopefully Röyksopp, Freemasons 🤞) of this will be excellent.
This morning's #GymTunes ....
Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Robyn
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Everyone - big news!
Robyn has new music out - her first since 2018! 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
And I really like it - got the typical Robyn sound, very summery.
Remixes (hopefully Röyksopp, Freemasons 🤞) of this will be excellent.
This morning's #GymTunes ....
Robyn has new music out - her first since 2018! 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
And I really like it - got the typical Robyn sound, very summery.
Remixes (hopefully Röyksopp, Freemasons 🤞) of this will be excellent.
This morning's #GymTunes ....
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You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
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Interesting new #RadioAstronomy result - "Radio burst from a stellar coronal mass ejection"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Interesting new #RadioAstronomy result - "Radio burst from a stellar coronal mass ejection"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thrilled to announce our new Springer Nature paper is now live!
We’ve tuned into a massive stellar storm on the radio! 🌟📡
We’ve tuned into a massive stellar storm on the radio! 🌟📡
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thrilled to announce our new Springer Nature paper is now live!
We’ve tuned into a massive stellar storm on the radio! 🌟📡
We’ve tuned into a massive stellar storm on the radio! 🌟📡
When they continually tell you that queer people are the “perverts” you have to remember — as this week has *really* shown — that attack is the strongest form of defense.
They project their wrongdoings onto the marginalised queer community because we are the distraction from the evil they commit.
They project their wrongdoings onto the marginalised queer community because we are the distraction from the evil they commit.
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
When they continually tell you that queer people are the “perverts” you have to remember — as this week has *really* shown — that attack is the strongest form of defense.
They project their wrongdoings onto the marginalised queer community because we are the distraction from the evil they commit.
They project their wrongdoings onto the marginalised queer community because we are the distraction from the evil they commit.
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Oo! Interesting #GravitationalWave candidate #S251112cm potentially from a *subsolar* mass source
If real, the source is probably has chirp mass ~0.1–0.87 solar masses
False alarm rate 1 in 6.2 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42...
Rating 📏🍬
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If real, the source is probably has chirp mass ~0.1–0.87 solar masses
False alarm rate 1 in 6.2 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42...
Rating 📏🍬
[🧪🔭⚛️]
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Oo! Interesting #GravitationalWave candidate #S251112cm potentially from a *subsolar* mass source
If real, the source is probably has chirp mass ~0.1–0.87 solar masses
False alarm rate 1 in 6.2 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42...
Rating 📏🍬
[🧪🔭⚛️]
If real, the source is probably has chirp mass ~0.1–0.87 solar masses
False alarm rate 1 in 6.2 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42...
Rating 📏🍬
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As always, @cplberry.bsky.social is an excellent source of knowledge for #GravitationalWave science!
Just stumbled across this infographic and link in this thread.
It outlines what’s encoded in the GW signal and what scientists can learn from them.
Very good!
🔭🧪
Just stumbled across this infographic and link in this thread.
It outlines what’s encoded in the GW signal and what scientists can learn from them.
Very good!
🔭🧪
Primarily from the amplitude of the signal. If you would like to know more about how information is encoded in the signal, here is an infographic I helped to make a few years ago
From @ligomagazine.bsky.social ligo.org/wp-content/u...
From @ligomagazine.bsky.social ligo.org/wp-content/u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As always, @cplberry.bsky.social is an excellent source of knowledge for #GravitationalWave science!
Just stumbled across this infographic and link in this thread.
It outlines what’s encoded in the GW signal and what scientists can learn from them.
Very good!
🔭🧪
Just stumbled across this infographic and link in this thread.
It outlines what’s encoded in the GW signal and what scientists can learn from them.
Very good!
🔭🧪
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And the nice thing about this event is that it was *not only* tracked by professional astronomers, the amateur astronomy community quickly turned their telescopes towards NGC 3621 to catch the supernova as well.
I watched and imaged it evolving over months from my backyard!
🔭🧪
I watched and imaged it evolving over months from my backyard!
🔭🧪
A cool celestial firework (a supernova!) went off in NGC 3621, - a galaxy ~22 million light-years away - in April of this year, and lots of folks from around the world turned their telescopes to catch it.
It was very bright, even through small apertures.
I tracked it for months!
#Highlights2024
It was very bright, even through small apertures.
I tracked it for months!
#Highlights2024
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And the nice thing about this event is that it was *not only* tracked by professional astronomers, the amateur astronomy community quickly turned their telescopes towards NGC 3621 to catch the supernova as well.
I watched and imaged it evolving over months from my backyard!
🔭🧪
I watched and imaged it evolving over months from my backyard!
🔭🧪
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Whooooaaaa, this is extremely neat!
And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙
In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material.
🔭🧪
And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙
In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material.
🔭🧪
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Whooooaaaa, this is extremely neat!
And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙
In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material.
🔭🧪
And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙
In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material.
🔭🧪
This was so much fun! Take a listen to The 9pm Edict with @drspacejunk.bsky.social and me, on the pod with @stilgherrian.com!
NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Offworld Colonies with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow” @drspacejunk.bsky.social @cosmicrami.com (1h05m35s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00255/
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Tell people! Tips at the9pmedict.com/tip.
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Tell people! Tips at the9pmedict.com/tip.
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This was so much fun! Take a listen to The 9pm Edict with @drspacejunk.bsky.social and me, on the pod with @stilgherrian.com!
How cool! (sound up)
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
How cool! (sound up)
Whooooaaaa, this is extremely neat!
And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙
In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material.
🔭🧪
And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙
In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material.
🔭🧪
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Whooooaaaa, this is extremely neat!
And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙
In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material.
🔭🧪
And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙
In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material.
🔭🧪
There is currently, and there is going to be, a whole lot of screenshots of snippets from the Epstein files.
If you’re going to share it, try (for the love of all things Gaga) put the alt-text in.
Just copy + paste the section you are screen posting. It’s like five clicks.
Dont be lazy.
If you’re going to share it, try (for the love of all things Gaga) put the alt-text in.
Just copy + paste the section you are screen posting. It’s like five clicks.
Dont be lazy.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There is currently, and there is going to be, a whole lot of screenshots of snippets from the Epstein files.
If you’re going to share it, try (for the love of all things Gaga) put the alt-text in.
Just copy + paste the section you are screen posting. It’s like five clicks.
Dont be lazy.
If you’re going to share it, try (for the love of all things Gaga) put the alt-text in.
Just copy + paste the section you are screen posting. It’s like five clicks.
Dont be lazy.
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A little aurora & Milky Way combo from last night. Not too shabby for far southern Oklahoma, eh? #photography
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A little aurora & Milky Way combo from last night. Not too shabby for far southern Oklahoma, eh? #photography
Is there a word in the English language that both conveys extreme joy and excitement for something, as well as deep utter jealousy?
Usage:
“I am _____________ that millions people around the world got to experience and will experience the aurora, but sadly, I did not!”
Photos look amazing!
Usage:
“I am _____________ that millions people around the world got to experience and will experience the aurora, but sadly, I did not!”
Photos look amazing!
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Is there a word in the English language that both conveys extreme joy and excitement for something, as well as deep utter jealousy?
Usage:
“I am _____________ that millions people around the world got to experience and will experience the aurora, but sadly, I did not!”
Photos look amazing!
Usage:
“I am _____________ that millions people around the world got to experience and will experience the aurora, but sadly, I did not!”
Photos look amazing!