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Radio astronomer and science communicator at the University of Sydney. Die hard Melbourne demons fan. Opinions are my own. www.astrolaura.com
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The days are getting shorter down under and many of us are about to turn our clocks back an hour this weekend, but why do the days get shorter in the winter? theconversation.com/daylight-sav... 🧪🔭

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

I wrote a little love letter to the @esa.int Gaia spacecraft after it was retired last week. I'll miss you Gaia! 🥺🔭🧪 theconversation.com/the-best-spa...

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

Nooooo 😭 now i am tearing up, goodbye Gaia 😭❤️🔭

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I'm not tearing up over a space telescope, I swear 😢 You're the best, Gaia! 🔭

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Saturn's rings have disappeared from view, but have they really vanished? Listen to me chat about Saturn's ring-plane crossing on Lab Notes www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🧪🔭

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

If you're in Sydney on Thursday the 3rd of April, come and see my free public talk! Thursday the 3rd of April, 6:15 PM, Hermann's Bar, Wentworth Building, Butlin Ave, Camperdown NSW 2050 Get your free tickets here: www.rtbevent.com/laura-driessen

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

We only need to discover 10 more moons around Saturn for it to have double the number of all the other planets combined! theconversation.com/saturn-now-h... 🔭🧪 Read more in this article I wrote for @aunz.theconversation.com 🪐

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Maybe these slow rotating weirdos are binary star systems! Find out more in this @aunz.theconversation.com article by Iris de Ruiter theconversation.com/mysterious-r... 🔭🧪

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

JWST observations of our very own black hole (the one at the centre of the Milly Way) show that its brightness changes basically all the time. A very nice ABC News article (including some quotes by me 😎) 🔭🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

submitted 51 days ago • 5 comments

Thanks, Rami! SciComm and radio astronomy unite! I've even written a radio pulsar paper 😎

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

11 years ago today, I finished my first ever astronomy research report at the end of a fantastic summer research project at @icrar.bsky.social! I was still an undergrad and before this project, I thought I'd be a cosmologist. But radio got me hooked and look where I am today!

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

So grateful to be part of such a legendary team with such amazing women in STEM! 📡🌟

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

A new way of finding mysterious fast radio bursts using Australian technology and an Australian telescope! A very cool innovation that's already finding new things www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01... 🧪🔭

submitted 75 days ago • 12 comments