Thomas Moore
@astronomoore.bsky.social
UK and Irish Astronomer | Final-year PhD at QUB | Tennis Player | Hunting supernovae with ATLAS & ePESSTO | Bayesian fits & SN obs
Rebuilding a social presence in a post-twitter world.
www.astronomoore.com
Rebuilding a social presence in a post-twitter world.
www.astronomoore.com
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Congratulations to Professor Michele Dougherty FRS, who has become the first woman appointed as Astronomer Royal in the post's 350-year history.
#WomenInSTEM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#WomenInSTEM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Congratulations to Professor Michele Dougherty FRS, who has become the first woman appointed as Astronomer Royal in the post's 350-year history.
#WomenInSTEM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#WomenInSTEM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Supernova eyeballing == macrodata refinement
April 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Supernova eyeballing == macrodata refinement
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To clarify: this is only possible thanks to adaptive optics, which corrects atmospheric turbulence and allows us to read those tiny labels 🔭.
xkcd.com/3066/
xkcd.com/3066/
March 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
To clarify: this is only possible thanks to adaptive optics, which corrects atmospheric turbulence and allows us to read those tiny labels 🔭.
xkcd.com/3066/
xkcd.com/3066/
We are so back!
Astronomy Plot of the Week is back!
Submit a great plot/graph/diagram by tagging @plotastro.bsky.social
It does not have to be yours, but it has to include a publicly accessible link (i.e. arXiv, ADS, etc.)
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Submit a great plot/graph/diagram by tagging @plotastro.bsky.social
It does not have to be yours, but it has to include a publicly accessible link (i.e. arXiv, ADS, etc.)
🔭
March 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We are so back!
I am pleased to see my first author work on SN2023zaw published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. The open access article is available here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
SN 2023zaw: The Low-energy Explosion of an Ultrastripped Star - IOPscienceSearchopens in new tab
SN 2023zaw: The Low-energy Explosion of an Ultrastripped Star, Moore, T., Gillanders, J. H., Nicholl, M., Huber, M. E., Smartt, S. J., Srivastav, S., Stevance, H. F., Chen, T.-W., Chambers, K. C., And...
iopscience.iop.org
March 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I am pleased to see my first author work on SN2023zaw published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. The open access article is available here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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Do you wake up wondering what Trump will do next? | Fiona Katauskas
Do you wake up wondering what Trump will do next? | Fiona Katauskas
You’ve just got to take it one day at a time
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Do you wake up wondering what Trump will do next? | Fiona Katauskas
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Reposted by Thomas Moore
SN 2023zaw: the low-energy explosion of an ultra-stripped star. (replaced) T. Moore et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13596
January 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
SN 2023zaw: the low-energy explosion of an ultra-stripped star. (replaced) T. Moore et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13596
Obligatory XC ski stop off
January 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Obligatory XC ski stop off
Some nice work from those involved…
The supernova SN 2022jli was discovered in the spiral arm of the nearby galaxy NGC 157, located 75 million light-years away. Two separate teams studied the aftermath of this explosion and found it to have unique behavior. www.eso.org/public/n...
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Missing link found: supernovae give rise to black holes or neutron stars
Astronomers have found a direct link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and the formation of the most compact and enigmatic objects in the Universe — black holes and neutron stars. With the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) and ESO’s New Technology Telescope (NTT), two teams were able to observe the aftermath of a supernova explosion in a nearby galaxy, finding evidence for the mysterious compact object it left behind.
www.eso.org
January 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Some nice work from those involved…
Enjoying Washington (during breaks in thesis writing and job apps)
January 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Enjoying Washington (during breaks in thesis writing and job apps)
I wish I was as successful at research as ResearchGate thinks I am.
December 31, 2024 at 6:50 PM
I wish I was as successful at research as ResearchGate thinks I am.