Because: Astrophysics ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Trying to explain the cool things I learnt at University as easily as I can.

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One of my office mates just looked over at my monitor, giggle-snorted, and turned back to his work.

#science

😬😅

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It may not look like much but that 2 has answered so many questions.

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One of my office mates just looked over at my monitor, giggle-snorted, and turned back to his work.

#science

😬😅

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*reads a paper on the noise distribution of a telescope’s measurements*

Me: that looks Gaussian.

*proceeds to look up a Gaussian distribution to double check*

Me: haha I was right!

The next line of the paper: which is Gaussian

Me:

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Ah yes, Nobel season. Aka my annual laugh at how Alfred Nobel ‘simply didn’t care for mathematics’ because that right there is a Mood ™

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Today I started some work with the Gaia archive and having distances makes my plotting so much more fun!!

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oh it totally does, but you can’t hear it because space is a vacuum and sound can’t travel through a vacuum! 

and that’s a good thing, 

because the roar of the sun would clock in at around 120db heard from earth, about the equivalent to having a train’s horn go off three feet from your face. 

constantly. all the time, even at NIGHT. there would be no escape.

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Sound waves may not travel through a vaccum, but we can listen to the sun!!

Because the sun is a plasma sound waves from turbulence are visible on the solar surface; much like ripples on a pond (just far more chaotic).

Astronomers can then measure these ripples to explore the sun’s interior (just like earthquakes here on Earth) and we can also use these to produce a sound:

Also, the sun is often the ‘brightest’ radio source in the sky and actually contributes to radio static.

[lobotomizedskull]

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But if an aside, I’ve been at a conference and so couldn’t participate in climate action today but I’m so proud of all those who did!!!

Go get ‘em!

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I checked the comments and have yet to find one being annoyed at the delays I’m so proud of my city right now 😭

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But if an aside, I’ve been at a conference and so couldn’t participate in climate action today but I’m so proud of all those who did!!!

Go get ‘em!

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Ah yes star forming regions are just regions of firtile gas and dust, thanks for that speaker.

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I’ve also learnt the term ‘spherical cow’ this week. Mostly from people saying ‘this is more of a cow than a spherical one’.

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We had a very contentious comment at a conference this morning ‘the Gould Belt exists’ 😂

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Today’s mood:

Welcome to astrophysics, where 85K is considered ‘warm’ and 3900K is considered ‘coolm

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I’m researching star formation, finding out that matplotlib has little star markers built in has made my year!!!

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Breathtaking view of the Milky Way from the surface of Mars

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the universe is amazing

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it really is

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Yes, we’re PhD students, no, we’re not mature.

(Facilities finally put up the repurposed whiteboard and this was the first thing written on it.)

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Update, apparently we females needed representation:

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Yes, we’re PhD students, no, we’re not mature.

(Facilities finally put up the repurposed whiteboard and this was the first thing written on it.)