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Fantastic talk by Todd Barber from JPL today about the Mars Rover Spirit and all the back stories!!

Sydney friends, come to see Todd Noaln's seminar (super cool planetary explorer from the US) today at 1PM in E7B T5 and again a public talk: a double act talk from Todd together with colleague Tom Nolan on Wednesday 6PM! http://events.mq.edu.au/…/event-summary-0e0a658a1c9b4de097d….

Here are their bios: http://events.mq.edu.au/…/speakers-0e0a658a1c9b4de097d77375…

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Orsola's article from the Conversation with Tanya Hill.

http://theconversation.com/white-dwarf-merger-is-set-to-prove-supernova-theory-37272?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+10+February+2015+-+2427&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+10+February+2015+-+2427+CID_d56e710aba1bdbee4fe2b43b784f2dd0&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=White%20dwarf%20merger%20is%20set%20to%20prove%20supernova%20theory

White dwarf merger is set to prove supernova theory Two white dwarfs found orbiting each other at the centre of a planetary nebula are now known to have enough mass that they will eventually trigger a special kind of supernova, according to research published…

Some of our awesome third year undergrad students at the AAO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjZq4KRmppE&index=5&list=PLRl3LQExZ1f2c5pvWvsJi_67fkmiz25C4

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Welcome to Matt Owers who has joined us this week as Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow :)

Congrats Lee

http://www.aao.gov.au//news-media/media-releases/2014-young-tall-poppy-science-award-aao-astronomer

2014 Young Tall Poppy Science Award for AAO Astronomer | Australian Astronomical Observatory Astronomer Dr Lee Spitler was recognised amongst New South Wales’ best young scientists at the prestigious Young Tall Poppy Science Awards on Tuesday, 11 November 2014.

And for the scientists, the link to Richard and Lee's article in Nature:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v513/n7518/full/nature13762.html

Richard McDermid and Lee Spitler have recently had quite a bit of media interest in the press release related to their article published in Nature last week.

http://mq.edu.au/newsroom/2014/09/18/dwarf-galaxy-has-bizarre-supermassive-black-hole/

Dwarf galaxy has ‘bizarre’ Supermassive Black Hole Joanna Wheatley | Research, Science & nature

Check out Daniela Carollo's interview on The Academic Minute here:

http://academicminute.org/2014/09/daniela-carollo-macquarie-univeristy-a-star-is-born/

The Physics and Astronomy Departmental Colloquium tomorrow is:

Who: Prof. Bryan Gaensler (Centre for All-sky Astrophysics / The University of Sydney)
When: 12pm, Tuesday September 2nd
Where: E7B T4

Title: "Radio Polarimetry and Cosmic Magnetism"

This about sums it up

http://mq.edu.au/thisweek/2014/07/28/an-astronomical-week-snapped-on-campus/ #.U9Xwdagu5Ak

An astronomical week snapped on campus | This Week At Macquarie University FeaturesPeopleAn astronomical week snapped on campus28 July 2014The Macquarie University’s Research Centre for Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics (MQAAAstro) hosted a fantastic week long program of events, including presentations from some of Australia’s frontline explorers in outer space.On…