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NEWS & MEDIA
Record-Breaking Cosmic Explosion Challenges Astronomers’ Understanding of Gamma-Ray Bursts
UNC press release
NOIRLab press release
on media outlets including
National Geographic
Rare sighting of luminous jet spewed by supermassive black hole
Nature article
University of Maryland press release
In global media (quasi-complete
list including CNN, Reuters, Times,
Forbes, EuroNews, FoxNews, BBC,
New Scientist and more!)
Credit: Carl Knox/OzGrav
The Zwicky Transient facility unveiled yet another extremely rare cosmic event! We witnessed a star being tidally disrupted and consumed by a supermassive black hole, which launched a luminous beam of light and material towards Earth about 8.5 billion years ago. The transient source was named AT2022cmc.
Interview in Science Magazine
Article by Zack Savitsky with title: "Radio bursts from ‘zombie’ black holes excite astronomers"
Interview in Science Magazine
Article by Dan Clery with title: "All-seeing telescope will snap exploding stars, may spy a hidden world"
Astronomy on Tap - Los Angeles!
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With:
Dr Cameron Hummels
Prof. Rachel Bezanson
for
Caltech Astro
Podcast:
From milliseconds to years: How fast transient objects appear and disappear in the sky?
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With Reza Katebi & Rahul Kashyap
for
The Edge of Science
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Interview:
A bar talk with the expert
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With journalist Iris Andreoni and in collaboration
with our friends from Make You Greener and L'Ecopost
Article: Inside the amazing, crazy hunt for super-powerful space energy
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Published on The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald
image: D. Futselaar
When Art meets Astronomy...
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"Deeper Darker Brighter"
Hawthorn Town Hall, VIC
12 May - 1 July 2018
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In collaboration with the "Deeper Wider Faster" astronomy program
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Find out more about the Artists:
Pamela Bain
Carolyn Lewens
image: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick, Wikimedia Commons
Astronomers shocked by massive supernova that keeps exploding for more than 600 days
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Interview published on The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Canberra Times
image: Carl Knox
image: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet
Video:
"We've discovered gravitational waves,
what's next?"
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Similar (better) version of the video on Twitter
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