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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2h

The eXTP dense matter white paper is published! eXTP is going to be a great telescope for e.g. pulse profile modeling of both rotation-powered and accretion-powered millisecond pulsars. Launching in 2030! #highenergyastro 🔭 #densematter #neutronstars

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025SCPM...

Dense matter in neutron stars with eXTP

In this white paper, we present the potential of the enhanced X-ray timing and polarimetry (eXTP) mission to constrain the equation of state of dense matter in neutron stars, exploring regimes not dir...

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 6h

And for more detailed descriptions of the projects (some still subject to ongoing funding decisions) see here:

api.uva.nl/vacancies/ph...

PhD research topics - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy

PhD research topics

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 6h

Our annual PhD recruitment process @api.uva.nl is open!! Details of the process and projects are here, deadline November 3! 🔭 #astronomy #astrophysics

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD Positions in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Are you passionate about astronomy and cutting-edge research?Join our dynamic team and explore the universe through multiple PhD positions now open! Work on a range of exciting research topics in a co...

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 12h

As every year, I'm sure the work of these people is very good, and well done for that. Hate the game not the players.

Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing much @ppfideas.bsky.social

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The History of Bad Ideas: Nobel Prizes

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Prize for Physics for Men still doing its thing. #yawn

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Jesse Klaver @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl · 3d

Dit zijn geen onschuldige opmerkingen.

Dit is een doelbewust poging van partijen als BBB en PVV om sluipenderwijs de democratische spelregels en grondrechten te ondermijnen.

Sta je op en laat je je horen? Of kijk je weg als het mis gaat?

Dát is waar deze verkiezingen over gaan.

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Casper Albers 🟥 @casperalbers.nl · 2d

Omdat de universiteit daar zelf 40.000 kamers verhuurt, wat een Nederlandse universiteit van de wet niet mag.
En omdat Henk Kamp in Vlaanderen nooit de woningmarkt verpest heeft.
(Dit staat beide trouwens niet in het artikel.)
@koppenverklapt.bsky.social

de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 2d

Op kot in Leuven: waarom het in België wel lukt een studentenkamer te krijgen

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Frans Timmermans @franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl · 4d

Nederland is klaar met de rechtse stilstand.

Wij gaan massaal investeren om de wooncrisis te doorbreken. Wij zorgen dat werken minder belast wordt en kapitaal méér. De sociale meerderheid komt er bij ons het beste uit. Dat is linkse politiek.

Lees hier mijn interview:
www.nd.nl/nieuws/polit...

Frans Timmermans verwijt CDA’er Bontenbal vaagheid over extra defensie-uitgaven: ‘Het halve verhaal’

Het CDA zal alleen in uiterste nood een coalitie over links willen vormen na de verkiezingen, waarschuwt GroenLinks-PvdA-leider Frans Timmermans. In een uitgebreid interview met het Nederlands Dagblad...

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 4d

Conventional wisdom says motherhood should wait for tenure as before you land a permanent post, #academia is just not that family friendly🙁

@carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩‍🔬🧪🔭⚛️

ℹ️: carersinstemm.co.uk

From 2006. A younger and shell-shocked looking Catherine on a balcony holding a very tiny baby with the mountains of Vancouver in the background. The baby is so new, Catherine still has the pregnant bump.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 5d

Kid the Youngest, who has fully absorbed the British family vibe, was today being taught how to write a polite email in Dutch class.

She wrote, very politely, that she knew it all already 🤣

a close up of an older woman with gray hair wearing a black dress and earrings .

Alt: Maggie Smith giving the idea of being trained in politeness by the Dutch some serious British sideeye.

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Athena X-ray observatory @the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu · 6d

🚀 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗫-𝗜𝗙𝗨 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁!
The demonstration model DM1.1 of the X-IFU focal plane assembly (FPA) has been successfully assembled at @sronspace.bsky.social, Netherlands, with contributions from many international partners.

👏 Congrats to X-IFU team!

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 7d

NICER may be out of commission for new observations, will ask about XMM!

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 7d

Are there any xray observations of this one already?

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 7d

This is very very cool!! I knew I should never have called them "boringly stable" 😅

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 9d

A leading Democrat in the Senate just released an important report documenting how NASA has been working to implement the president's proposed budget, not Congressionally approved funds, in slashing missions. Read more ⬇️

SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 9d

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), top Democrat on Senate Commerce Cmte, is out with a Democratic staff report: "The Destruction of NASA's Mission: Whistleblowers Reveal OMB's Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency."
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 8d

A bit of culture tonight at the Nederlands Film Festival! Loved this - Bubbling Baby, a documentary by Sharine Rijsenburg 🎥

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BReJ...

Trailer Bubbling Baby

YouTube video by Nederlands Film Festival

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 9d

I endorse this message.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 10d

😱😱😱

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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 11d

Vandaag staat mijn visie als hypothetische minister van Landbouw, Natuur, en Stikstof in dit prachtige artikel in @volkskrant.nl
Dat stuk is natuurlijk erg kort en simpel, daarom hier een 🧵 van mijn hoofdpunten met wat meer onderbouwing!
www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...

Analyse Wonen, stikstof, migratie: deze wetenschappers weten wél hoe je dat oplost

Hoe zouden wetenschappelijke experts omgaan met de vele uitdagingen waarvoor Nederland staat? De uitkomsten zijn opvallend eenduidig – en hoopgevend.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 11d

Autumn spider friend! Who has picked the best spot in the garden to snag whiteflies. 🕷

A lovely spider in the centre of a spectacular web in our garden.

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Artsen zonder Grenzen @azgnl.bsky.social · 12d

‼️ We hebben geen andere keuze dan onze activiteiten te staken omdat onze klinieken zijn omsingeld door Israëlische troepen. ‼️

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 15d

Nothing makes exam preparation pop like Faith No More's Epic.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 15d

A grant and a paper acceptance before 9.30am is not bad going.

two muppets sitting on a balcony with the words well it 's downhill from here

Alt: Statler and Waldorf (the two old guys from the muppets) are sitting in their balcony saying "Well it's downhill from here"

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16d

NEW WRITING:

I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said.

The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭

Gazan Physicist: "This is happening to human beings like yourself"

New book by Gazan student Wasim Said on life and death during genocide is a cry for justice

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 16d

That I like a different olive oil percentage to the rest of the family 😅

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