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profannawatts.bsky.social
Professor of Astrophysics @ Univ. of Amsterdam. Neutron stars, pulsars, dense matter, X-ray astronomy. Mom, Migrant. "Particles in stars blah blah". Does science with NICER on the International Space Station and schemes for EVEN BIGGER SPACE TELESCOPES.
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The department has run out of money???

submitted 1 hour ago • 1 comment

OMG the #PercyJackson musical at @theotherpalace.bsky.social . FANTASTIC!

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

X-ray units suck. Counts/keV/CountCount/cm^2/s/erg/CupOfTea^2/AndABiscuit^3 Proposed new units motivated by needs of theory: Useful Radiation and Non-useful Radiation. As long as Useful Radiation > Non-useful we are good.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

ESA's response to Musk's ISS ramblings "The International Space Station is a project involving various international partners. As such, all matters regarding the ISS are discussed together with all space agencies involved."

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Opnieuw een voorbeeld hoe wetenschap misbruikt wordt voor politieke doeleinden. RIVM: claim Wiersma over wetenschappelijke onderbouwing stikstofregels klopt niet - nos.nl/l/2556579

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Our fully-funded @api.uva.nl ASPIRE summer programme for MSc students is now open for applications! Deadline March 10. ASPIRE is aimed at students from under-represented groups, especially from countries where opportunities for research experience are scarce. 🔭 Please share! aspire.science.uva.nl

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

New paper on the arXiv this morning about neutron star pulse profile modeling, led by PhD student Mariska Hoogkamer and featuring statistical sampling archmage @johannesbuchner.bsky.social 🔭🧪 #highenergyastro arxiv.org/abs/2502.13682

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Took me several hours today to work out that the reason why my trousers are incredibly comfy and have pockets is because I apparently grabbed a pair of my husband's this morning. #TooTiredToBeAtWork

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

The Planetary Society strongly opposes the sudden, indiscriminate dismissal of more than 1,000 scientists, engineers, and explorers at NASA — the largest involuntary workforce reduction since the end of the Apollo program. Read more on our stance. ⬇️

submitted 6 days ago • 19 comments

Where are @aas.org and @apsphysics.bsky.social ? If you're working behind the scenes, maybe let your members know? Because right now it's 🦗🦗🦗

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

👏👏👏👏

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Bird account deactivated.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

New note at the greengrocers. I sense a backstory involving epic customer fails.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

How different birds would act on a first date...a thread. (From us to you this #ValentinesDay) 💕👇

submitted 10 days ago • 49 comments

Dutch universities will go on strike! Against the 1.3 billion cuts! March 10: Leiden University March 11: Utrecht University March 13: University Nijmegen March 17: University of Amsterdam March 20: Maastricht University March 27: VU Amsterdam April 10: Tilburg University @woinactie.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

Where are @aas.org and @apsphysics.bsky.social? Why aren’t they listed here? 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

🧪 ⚛️ 🎢

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

So many Group 7/8 kids apparently got full marks on this year's Beverwedstrijd (for informatics and computational thinking) first round that they are going to have to draw lots for places in the national final 🙄

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes it's good to remember we are but one planet in an infinite and mysterious universe. Congratulations to the KM3NeT team for discovering the highest energy neutrino yet! ! 🧪🔭 It's 30x higher energy than what's been seen before, origin unknown but I vote for a supermassive black hole ⚫👈

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw... List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

Latest blogpost on Musk/Royal Society debacle: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve... I look at the reasons that have been given for inaction, and find them wanting. @royalsociety.org

submitted 12 days ago • 27 comments