Sophie Newman
@sophienewman.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Portsmouth generating synthetic observations of high-z galaxies 🌌 Lover of crafts and tea 🧵☕
https://sophie-newman.github.io
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It's a very happy first-author paper day for me! In this thread I'll explain some of the exciting results from my paper
nicknamed 'Cloudy-Maraston' with the aid of doodles inspired by the amazing work of @clairelamman.bsky.social !
arxiv.org/abs/2501.03133
nicknamed 'Cloudy-Maraston' with the aid of doodles inspired by the amazing work of @clairelamman.bsky.social !
arxiv.org/abs/2501.03133
Hi friends! Please go give love to my new astro Instagram account! www.instagram.com/sophie_phys?...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hi friends! Please go give love to my new astro Instagram account! www.instagram.com/sophie_phys?...
me right now in nyc
all i am saying is that in mid september it should be cool enough for me to wear a hoodie outside during the day
September 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
me right now in nyc
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Using white dwarf lensing to resolve accretion flows. Sophie L. Newman et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10674
September 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Using white dwarf lensing to resolve accretion flows. Sophie L. Newman et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10674
I'm excited to announce that after two years, my Masters project has finally been submitted to MNRAS and is available to read on arXiv! 1/4
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10674
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10674
September 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm excited to announce that after two years, my Masters project has finally been submitted to MNRAS and is available to read on arXiv! 1/4
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10674
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10674
I'm SO excited to write the follow up paper to our April Fools Day paper after The Life of a Showgirl comes out - was our Taylor expansion correct? Will there be 12 ± 5 unique astrophysics words in her next album?! arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
August 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm SO excited to write the follow up paper to our April Fools Day paper after The Life of a Showgirl comes out - was our Taylor expansion correct? Will there be 12 ± 5 unique astrophysics words in her next album?! arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
A super fun video tour of the amazing outreach work done we did this week! #astroedu
Take a whistle stop tour of @esa.int’s Euclid mission exhibit at this year’s GoodWood #FestivalOfSpeed with James, an Outreach Co-ordinator at The University of Edinburgh… (1/6) 🧵
July 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A super fun video tour of the amazing outreach work done we did this week! #astroedu
Had such a fun time explaining the wonders of @eucliduk.bsky.social to those at @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social yesterday! Time to spot some F1 cars today! 🏎️
July 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Had such a fun time explaining the wonders of @eucliduk.bsky.social to those at @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social yesterday! Time to spot some F1 cars today! 🏎️
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It’s Day 3 at the the @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social #FestivalofSpeed Future Lab.
Our #HumansOfEuclid have had an early start, back and ready to share the mysteries of the dark Universe all over again! 🌌🕸️
Our #HumansOfEuclid have had an early start, back and ready to share the mysteries of the dark Universe all over again! 🌌🕸️
July 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It’s Day 3 at the the @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social #FestivalofSpeed Future Lab.
Our #HumansOfEuclid have had an early start, back and ready to share the mysteries of the dark Universe all over again! 🌌🕸️
Our #HumansOfEuclid have had an early start, back and ready to share the mysteries of the dark Universe all over again! 🌌🕸️
Excited to be helping out with this tomorrow!!
Thanks to support from @esa.int and @sussex.ac.uk, #HumansOfEuclid from UK universities are at the Goodwood #FestivalOfSpeed!
Today, Astronaut Tim Peake dropped by to learn about more about the Dark Universe. If you’re visiting #FOS near Chichester this weekend, be like Tim and come say hi!
Today, Astronaut Tim Peake dropped by to learn about more about the Dark Universe. If you’re visiting #FOS near Chichester this weekend, be like Tim and come say hi!
July 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Excited to be helping out with this tomorrow!!
finally got through my official offer letter from @flatironinstitute.org ... Alexa play Welcome to New York by Taylor Swift 🗽
July 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
finally got through my official offer letter from @flatironinstitute.org ... Alexa play Welcome to New York by Taylor Swift 🗽
being given money to buy books because I like talking to teenagers about physics and happen to be good at it? sounds like a great deal to me
June 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
being given money to buy books because I like talking to teenagers about physics and happen to be good at it? sounds like a great deal to me
game changer
June 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
game changer
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RIP, Ed, you steely-eyed missile man
real heroes use duct tape
real heroes use duct tape
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
May 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
RIP, Ed, you steely-eyed missile man
real heroes use duct tape
real heroes use duct tape
A bizarre day of doing physics outreach at Portsmouth Comic Con! Never thought I'd be dressed as Feyre from ACOTAR while teaching others how to make a JWST model 👀
May 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A bizarre day of doing physics outreach at Portsmouth Comic Con! Never thought I'd be dressed as Feyre from ACOTAR while teaching others how to make a JWST model 👀
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There's a press release out now for a galaxy discovered in JWST data described as the "oldest known spiral galaxy" noirlab.edu/public/news/...
..which is funny, because from a different (perhaps more correct) perspective, it's the youngest!
1/🧵
..which is funny, because from a different (perhaps more correct) perspective, it's the youngest!
1/🧵
NSF NOIRLab Astronomer Discovers Oldest Known Spiral Galaxy in the Universe - The discovery tells astronomers that galaxies resembling the Milky Way can develop much earlier in the Universe than was p...
An international team led by NSF NOIRLab astronomer Christina Williams has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy known to date. Named Zhúlóng, meaning ‘Torch Dragon’ in Chinese mythology, this ult...
noirlab.edu
April 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There's a press release out now for a galaxy discovered in JWST data described as the "oldest known spiral galaxy" noirlab.edu/public/news/...
..which is funny, because from a different (perhaps more correct) perspective, it's the youngest!
1/🧵
..which is funny, because from a different (perhaps more correct) perspective, it's the youngest!
1/🧵
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April Fools papers on ArXiV are always a good bit of fun, but this one from @sophienewman.bsky.social and Ana Sainz de Murieta on the Astrophysical implications of the Eras Tour is one of the best I've seen.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
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arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
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A Swift analysis of the Eras tour set list and implications for astrophysics research (Taylor's version)
Popular culture plays a significant role in shaping public interest in science, and Taylor Swift's discography frequently incorporates astrophysics terminology. This study examines the occurrence of a...
arxiv.org
April 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
April Fools papers on ArXiV are always a good bit of fun, but this one from @sophienewman.bsky.social and Ana Sainz de Murieta on the Astrophysical implications of the Eras Tour is one of the best I've seen.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
🔭
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
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@sophienewman.bsky.social and Ana Sainz de Murieta absolutely made my day. Thanks for this! 💜
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
This is my favourite day on astro-ph.
Thanks #astronomy for being such a fun field to work in!
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
This is my favourite day on astro-ph.
Thanks #astronomy for being such a fun field to work in!
A Swift analysis of the Eras tour set list and implications for astrophysics research (Taylor's version)
Popular culture plays a significant role in shaping public interest in science, and Taylor Swift's discography frequently incorporates astrophysics terminology. This study examines the occurrence of a...
arxiv.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
@sophienewman.bsky.social and Ana Sainz de Murieta absolutely made my day. Thanks for this! 💜
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
This is my favourite day on astro-ph.
Thanks #astronomy for being such a fun field to work in!
arxiv.org/abs/2503.24188
This is my favourite day on astro-ph.
Thanks #astronomy for being such a fun field to work in!
Had a super lovely day at the Royal Astronomical Society for their Specialist Discussion Meeting titled 'Exploring extreme stellar populations and initial mass function in the Universe' where I gave a talk on the impact of stellar rotation and Wolf-Rayet phase temperatures on high-redshift spectra!
March 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Had a super lovely day at the Royal Astronomical Society for their Specialist Discussion Meeting titled 'Exploring extreme stellar populations and initial mass function in the Universe' where I gave a talk on the impact of stellar rotation and Wolf-Rayet phase temperatures on high-redshift spectra!
New week new Physics Chat video! Start the week well by listening to my friends and I chat to Xan Morice-Atkinson ( @xangma.bsky.social ) about his interesting path into academia! #astroedu www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Ef...
The Many Paths to Academia | Physics Chat with Xan Morice-Atkinson
YouTube video by Field of View
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March 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New week new Physics Chat video! Start the week well by listening to my friends and I chat to Xan Morice-Atkinson ( @xangma.bsky.social ) about his interesting path into academia! #astroedu www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Ef...
late post but I'm always so, so thankful to all the women who have reminded me that I'm not alone in this often hard and isolating environment of academia!! (Image cred: @abbierosie_ on IG) #internationalwomensday
March 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
late post but I'm always so, so thankful to all the women who have reminded me that I'm not alone in this often hard and isolating environment of academia!! (Image cred: @abbierosie_ on IG) #internationalwomensday
Very little research but lots of fun was had today while designing some rockets and learning about concepts such as centre of pressure with fifteen year 8 students who are on the JET Blue Skies programme! #astroedu www.joneggingtrust.org.uk/blue-skies/
February 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Very little research but lots of fun was had today while designing some rockets and learning about concepts such as centre of pressure with fifteen year 8 students who are on the JET Blue Skies programme! #astroedu www.joneggingtrust.org.uk/blue-skies/
10/10 homemade office decor 🌟
February 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
10/10 homemade office decor 🌟
A brainchild project of mine came to life today at our department's yearly outreach event for local families in Portsmouth! It was so satisfying seeing all the prep I did make children super happy 🌟
February 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A brainchild project of mine came to life today at our department's yearly outreach event for local families in Portsmouth! It was so satisfying seeing all the prep I did make children super happy 🌟
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Stargazing at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyards is on tonight from 6 pm! Kids and adults can learn about cosmology, space and navigation, and use some telescopes.
I will be giving a public talk on "A History of the Universe in 40 Million Galaxies" at 6:30.
historicdockyard.co.uk/event/starga...
I will be giving a public talk on "A History of the Universe in 40 Million Galaxies" at 6:30.
historicdockyard.co.uk/event/starga...
Stargazing - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Explore the cosmos with this Stargazing event. Gaze at the stars, learn celestial navigation, and hear from leading astronomers. Interactive activities for all ages.
historicdockyard.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Stargazing at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyards is on tonight from 6 pm! Kids and adults can learn about cosmology, space and navigation, and use some telescopes.
I will be giving a public talk on "A History of the Universe in 40 Million Galaxies" at 6:30.
historicdockyard.co.uk/event/starga...
I will be giving a public talk on "A History of the Universe in 40 Million Galaxies" at 6:30.
historicdockyard.co.uk/event/starga...