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.
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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
Neato!
FRB 20251229A detected with 25 meter Dwingeloo radio telescope, which is run by the pro-amateurs team!
Very nice work, folks! 🙌🏽 👏🏽
📡🔭
FRB 20251229A detected with 25 meter Dwingeloo radio telescope, which is run by the pro-amateurs team!
Very nice work, folks! 🙌🏽 👏🏽
📡🔭
Last Thursday, a group of European radio telescopes (HyperFlash / ÉCLAT) detected a flash from the repeating Fast Radio Burst discovered end of December. We also detected this burst!
Our detection came in too late to be included in the telegram, but here it is!
www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17588
Our detection came in too late to be included in the telegram, but here it is!
www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17588
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Neato!
FRB 20251229A detected with 25 meter Dwingeloo radio telescope, which is run by the pro-amateurs team!
Very nice work, folks! 🙌🏽 👏🏽
📡🔭
FRB 20251229A detected with 25 meter Dwingeloo radio telescope, which is run by the pro-amateurs team!
Very nice work, folks! 🙌🏽 👏🏽
📡🔭
Isn't it neat that for nearly all humans (and other beings who use the stars) on our planet, we all share a common intrigue or even sense of pattern matching at some point in our lives, with the constellation Orion.
It's like a connection between humans who have looked up over all of time.
It's like a connection between humans who have looked up over all of time.
-7 degrees Fahrenheit in the Uintah Mountains of Utah. It was worth it. Met an elk, and a fox. Found what I came for.
January 10, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Isn't it neat that for nearly all humans (and other beings who use the stars) on our planet, we all share a common intrigue or even sense of pattern matching at some point in our lives, with the constellation Orion.
It's like a connection between humans who have looked up over all of time.
It's like a connection between humans who have looked up over all of time.
SGR A* IS A MASSIVE GAY.
I always knew it.
I always knew it.
QUEER EVERYTHING. QUEER HARDER. QUEER NOW AND TOMORROW AND YESTERDAY. QUEER THE FUTURE.
QUEER THE BLACK HOLE AT THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY EVERYTHING IS QUEER NOW
QUEER THE BLACK HOLE AT THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY EVERYTHING IS QUEER NOW
January 10, 2026 at 2:59 AM
SGR A* IS A MASSIVE GAY.
I always knew it.
I always knew it.
This extreme heat we're having in early January just reminded me of the catastrophic January 2003 fires that ripped across Canberra and destroyed parts of the Mount Stromlo observatory.
Wrote about it a few years ago for @spaceaustralia.com:
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/how-...
📸 me (2020)
🔭🧪
Wrote about it a few years ago for @spaceaustralia.com:
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/how-...
📸 me (2020)
🔭🧪
January 10, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This extreme heat we're having in early January just reminded me of the catastrophic January 2003 fires that ripped across Canberra and destroyed parts of the Mount Stromlo observatory.
Wrote about it a few years ago for @spaceaustralia.com:
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/how-...
📸 me (2020)
🔭🧪
Wrote about it a few years ago for @spaceaustralia.com:
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/how-...
📸 me (2020)
🔭🧪
Reading: '2025 State of the Geomagnetic Field Report' 🌏🧲🧭
Summary points:
- Nth magnetic pole travelling faster than Sth magnetic pole (36 km/year vs 9 km/year)
- South Atlantic Anomaly continues to grow
- Two models: WMM2025 and WMMHR2025 are accurate
Report:
www.ncei.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
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Summary points:
- Nth magnetic pole travelling faster than Sth magnetic pole (36 km/year vs 9 km/year)
- South Atlantic Anomaly continues to grow
- Two models: WMM2025 and WMMHR2025 are accurate
Report:
www.ncei.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
🧪
January 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Reading: '2025 State of the Geomagnetic Field Report' 🌏🧲🧭
Summary points:
- Nth magnetic pole travelling faster than Sth magnetic pole (36 km/year vs 9 km/year)
- South Atlantic Anomaly continues to grow
- Two models: WMM2025 and WMMHR2025 are accurate
Report:
www.ncei.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
🧪
Summary points:
- Nth magnetic pole travelling faster than Sth magnetic pole (36 km/year vs 9 km/year)
- South Atlantic Anomaly continues to grow
- Two models: WMM2025 and WMMHR2025 are accurate
Report:
www.ncei.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
🧪
Putting my notes together for my next article. Gonna set up some interviews with key people this week.
The clue: being stuck between a rock and deep space.
📸 me (2022)
The clue: being stuck between a rock and deep space.
📸 me (2022)
January 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Putting my notes together for my next article. Gonna set up some interviews with key people this week.
The clue: being stuck between a rock and deep space.
📸 me (2022)
The clue: being stuck between a rock and deep space.
📸 me (2022)
Something quirky.
DYK that around this time of year, around Murriyang (CSIRO Parkes radio telescope) and the city of Parkes is the Elvis Festival?!
Yep! Still going and people still flock to the festival!
Read more about it here: www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au
📸 The Senior
DYK that around this time of year, around Murriyang (CSIRO Parkes radio telescope) and the city of Parkes is the Elvis Festival?!
Yep! Still going and people still flock to the festival!
Read more about it here: www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au
📸 The Senior
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Something quirky.
DYK that around this time of year, around Murriyang (CSIRO Parkes radio telescope) and the city of Parkes is the Elvis Festival?!
Yep! Still going and people still flock to the festival!
Read more about it here: www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au
📸 The Senior
DYK that around this time of year, around Murriyang (CSIRO Parkes radio telescope) and the city of Parkes is the Elvis Festival?!
Yep! Still going and people still flock to the festival!
Read more about it here: www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au
📸 The Senior
A mosquito just tried to get me but I got it first and then I entombed it in sticky tape and will now bury it so that it survives for millions of years and future humans can bring back today’s humans and let them roam around a fenced park eating the tourists of the future.
Life finds a way.
Life finds a way.
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
A mosquito just tried to get me but I got it first and then I entombed it in sticky tape and will now bury it so that it survives for millions of years and future humans can bring back today’s humans and let them roam around a fenced park eating the tourists of the future.
Life finds a way.
Life finds a way.
eeeek, look at all that gunk in the atmosphere from the fires off the coast of east Australia, heading towards NZ.
📸 Himawari-9 (10:10 AEDT)
📸 Himawari-9 (10:10 AEDT)
January 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
eeeek, look at all that gunk in the atmosphere from the fires off the coast of east Australia, heading towards NZ.
📸 Himawari-9 (10:10 AEDT)
📸 Himawari-9 (10:10 AEDT)
And so begins the extremely hot day for our city.
43°C 🥵🥵🥵
Remember to keep hydrated, stay indoors for most part of the day (unless you’re going to the beaches!), and look after pets and wildlife.
#Sydney
43°C 🥵🥵🥵
Remember to keep hydrated, stay indoors for most part of the day (unless you’re going to the beaches!), and look after pets and wildlife.
#Sydney
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
And so begins the extremely hot day for our city.
43°C 🥵🥵🥵
Remember to keep hydrated, stay indoors for most part of the day (unless you’re going to the beaches!), and look after pets and wildlife.
#Sydney
43°C 🥵🥵🥵
Remember to keep hydrated, stay indoors for most part of the day (unless you’re going to the beaches!), and look after pets and wildlife.
#Sydney
Finger nail growth should be a standard unit of measure.
Along with the Moon moving away from us, it’s also about the speed at which plate tectonics drift.
Next time you cut your nails think about the Moon moving away from the Earth or the plate you’re sitting on drifting by about as much! 💅
Along with the Moon moving away from us, it’s also about the speed at which plate tectonics drift.
Next time you cut your nails think about the Moon moving away from the Earth or the plate you’re sitting on drifting by about as much! 💅
The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth. 🌕🧪
It drifts about 3.8 cm (1.5 in) farther each year, roughly the rate your fingernails grow. Earth’s tides transfer energy to the Moon, nudging it into a higher orbit.
The Earth–Moon system is still evolving. 🤯
It drifts about 3.8 cm (1.5 in) farther each year, roughly the rate your fingernails grow. Earth’s tides transfer energy to the Moon, nudging it into a higher orbit.
The Earth–Moon system is still evolving. 🤯
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Finger nail growth should be a standard unit of measure.
Along with the Moon moving away from us, it’s also about the speed at which plate tectonics drift.
Next time you cut your nails think about the Moon moving away from the Earth or the plate you’re sitting on drifting by about as much! 💅
Along with the Moon moving away from us, it’s also about the speed at which plate tectonics drift.
Next time you cut your nails think about the Moon moving away from the Earth or the plate you’re sitting on drifting by about as much! 💅
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HIRING: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore is searching for a Office of Public Outreach Division Head. The person would lead the science communication and public outreach activities for the Institute.
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
HIRING: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore is searching for a Office of Public Outreach Division Head. The person would lead the science communication and public outreach activities for the Institute.
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
Apply today or share this post with your network: https://bit.ly/4qeUTMt
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/3 Where are you going to find people to spend dozens of hours creeping middle-school Instagrams and local papers to find pictures of those kids? Where will a visionary site owner give you the technology to make nude pix of the kid, and cherish you doing so, and a community to give you likes?
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
/3 Where are you going to find people to spend dozens of hours creeping middle-school Instagrams and local papers to find pictures of those kids? Where will a visionary site owner give you the technology to make nude pix of the kid, and cherish you doing so, and a community to give you likes?
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/2 I mean, if you hear that Renee Good had a 15-year-old child and you want to post AI pictures of that child naked, you think you'll get any help with that here? With these stuck up libs? No. Not in this bubble! Read the Atlantic if you doubt me.
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
/2 I mean, if you hear that Renee Good had a 15-year-old child and you want to post AI pictures of that child naked, you think you'll get any help with that here? With these stuck up libs? No. Not in this bubble! Read the Atlantic if you doubt me.
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Look, people, let’s stop being so judgmental about folks who stay on Twitter/X. There are fewer Nazis here, sure, but if a woman gets murdered by an ICE agent and you want to see her corpse in a bathing suit, where are you on Bluesky? Out of luck, that’s where.
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Look, people, let’s stop being so judgmental about folks who stay on Twitter/X. There are fewer Nazis here, sure, but if a woman gets murdered by an ICE agent and you want to see her corpse in a bathing suit, where are you on Bluesky? Out of luck, that’s where.
Have a girl friend staying with us tonight and I asked her if she had seen Sinners yet and she said no so we watched Sinners (my 4th time) and she loved it to and I am still *really* enjoying this film and this song is still pretty epic.
Gonna win lots of awards for sure!
Gonna win lots of awards for sure!
All day, and I mean, ALL DAY, this song from #Sinners has stuck with me since we saw the film last night .... so good (just like the movie).
This scene was particularly awesome, and the song was extremely perfect for it. 10/10.
This scene was particularly awesome, and the song was extremely perfect for it. 10/10.
Miles Caton - I Lied to You | Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Have a girl friend staying with us tonight and I asked her if she had seen Sinners yet and she said no so we watched Sinners (my 4th time) and she loved it to and I am still *really* enjoying this film and this song is still pretty epic.
Gonna win lots of awards for sure!
Gonna win lots of awards for sure!
Sentinel-2 image of the fire to the East of Albury.
It's big, about 10km across (roughly derived from scale).
Second image from Himawari-9.
It's big, about 10km across (roughly derived from scale).
Second image from Himawari-9.
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Sentinel-2 image of the fire to the East of Albury.
It's big, about 10km across (roughly derived from scale).
Second image from Himawari-9.
It's big, about 10km across (roughly derived from scale).
Second image from Himawari-9.
Yikes, these are getting much bigger 😢
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Yikes, these are getting much bigger 😢
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A closer view of one of the fires from Sentinel-2 today bsky.app/profile/soar...
🚨 A large bush fire west of Seymour, Australia can be seen burning brightly on satellite imagery captured today. Direct Map Link: tinyurl.com/5c6zxjc3
#Bushfire #Victoria #Australia #Fire
#Bushfire #Victoria #Australia #Fire
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
A closer view of one of the fires from Sentinel-2 today bsky.app/profile/soar...
oh boy, those bushfires in Victoria are looking like they are getting bigger as the day progresses.
You can see them from space.
Hope folks, pets, livestock and wildlift down there on the ground are ok and got out in time.
Himawari-9 image (12:40 AEDT)
You can see them from space.
Hope folks, pets, livestock and wildlift down there on the ground are ok and got out in time.
Himawari-9 image (12:40 AEDT)
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
oh boy, those bushfires in Victoria are looking like they are getting bigger as the day progresses.
You can see them from space.
Hope folks, pets, livestock and wildlift down there on the ground are ok and got out in time.
Himawari-9 image (12:40 AEDT)
You can see them from space.
Hope folks, pets, livestock and wildlift down there on the ground are ok and got out in time.
Himawari-9 image (12:40 AEDT)
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If you need a little beauty in your life right now, take a moment to lose yourself in this gorgeous piece that I commissioned from @anyachalina.bsky.social for @autonocast.bsky.social.
I call it "City of Dreams" and I can't wait to hang a high quality print of it in my home.
I call it "City of Dreams" and I can't wait to hang a high quality print of it in my home.
January 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
If you need a little beauty in your life right now, take a moment to lose yourself in this gorgeous piece that I commissioned from @anyachalina.bsky.social for @autonocast.bsky.social.
I call it "City of Dreams" and I can't wait to hang a high quality print of it in my home.
I call it "City of Dreams" and I can't wait to hang a high quality print of it in my home.
OMG I love this analogy! 10/10 👏👏👏
We search for the GWB using pulsars.
“You can picture lots of people in a swimming pool,” said Prof. Comerford. “They’re all creating their own waves, and the waves overlap. That’s what the gravitational wave background is like.”
We search for the GWB using pulsars.
“You can picture lots of people in a swimming pool,” said Prof. Comerford. “They’re all creating their own waves, and the waves overlap. That’s what the gravitational wave background is like.”
University of Colorado Boulder: New Study Examines a Gravitational Wave Mystery www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...
New study examines a gravitational wave mystery
Ripples in space and time constantly churn through the universe, forming what's called the "gravitational wave background." A new study examines why these waves
www.colorado.edu
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
OMG I love this analogy! 10/10 👏👏👏
We search for the GWB using pulsars.
“You can picture lots of people in a swimming pool,” said Prof. Comerford. “They’re all creating their own waves, and the waves overlap. That’s what the gravitational wave background is like.”
We search for the GWB using pulsars.
“You can picture lots of people in a swimming pool,” said Prof. Comerford. “They’re all creating their own waves, and the waves overlap. That’s what the gravitational wave background is like.”
Footage coming out of Iran is incredible. I have zero ways of verifying it, so will leave it to others to share once they verify it.
Huge protests.
I really hope this tips the scales in favour of the people of Iran.
47 years is a very long time.
Huge protests.
I really hope this tips the scales in favour of the people of Iran.
47 years is a very long time.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Footage coming out of Iran is incredible. I have zero ways of verifying it, so will leave it to others to share once they verify it.
Huge protests.
I really hope this tips the scales in favour of the people of Iran.
47 years is a very long time.
Huge protests.
I really hope this tips the scales in favour of the people of Iran.
47 years is a very long time.
This was an excellent question, and to his credit, Isaacman gave a reasonable answer. The point he made about continually learning is key takeaway IMO.
ISS in LEO is a good testing ground for these scenarios.
Going to deeper space (Moon, Mars) is still not well understood but ongoing learning.
ISS in LEO is a good testing ground for these scenarios.
Going to deeper space (Moon, Mars) is still not well understood but ongoing learning.
Q: What in-space medical capabilities would Isaacman like to see as we prepare for Moon / Mars bases?
A: ISS is already really well equipped. This is a learning experience that will inform future lunar base and deep space missions to Mars.
A: ISS is already really well equipped. This is a learning experience that will inform future lunar base and deep space missions to Mars.
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
This was an excellent question, and to his credit, Isaacman gave a reasonable answer. The point he made about continually learning is key takeaway IMO.
ISS in LEO is a good testing ground for these scenarios.
Going to deeper space (Moon, Mars) is still not well understood but ongoing learning.
ISS in LEO is a good testing ground for these scenarios.
Going to deeper space (Moon, Mars) is still not well understood but ongoing learning.
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There still will be a US presence on the ISS with Chris Williams remaining aboard. Crew 12 is set to launch in February, and they will be looking to see if it can launch earlier.
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
There still will be a US presence on the ISS with Chris Williams remaining aboard. Crew 12 is set to launch in February, and they will be looking to see if it can launch earlier.