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Rebecca Bowler

@astro_bowler

Astronomer working at @UoMPhysics searching for distant galaxies. Avid cyclist and coffee drinker

Joined September 2018
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RAS day meeting on FRIDAY this week. We've got a great day of talks about multi-tracer views of galaxies in the first few billion years! Join us in London or online, details here: ras.ac.uk/events-and-meeting…
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A huge amount of work goes into building a cycling community, bravo Anna! Station South Cycling Club is awesome (I am biased), join us if you're Manchester way
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I find it mind boggling that we can measure merging supermassive black holes in distant galaxies using pulsars in own galaxy! So much cool physics here.
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@BBCNews29 Jun 2023
Scientists pick up shock waves from colliding galaxies bbc.in/3r5NTHV
Scientists pick up shock waves from colliding galaxies

Scientists pick up shock waves from colliding galaxies

Astronomers may have picked up the first signals from giant black holes spiralling in on each other.

bbc.com
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T ➖ 3⃣ days to targeted launch day 🚀 Here's what to expect on 1 July: 📺 16:30–18:10 #ESAWebTV programme 🚀 17:11 Lift off 🛰️ 17:53 Separation 📡 17:57 Earliest time to acquire Euclid’s signal ℹ️ More info on how to follow the launch esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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Despite having the best data ever, our field is now celebrating writing papers in a few days?? Meanwhile these paper sit in the referee inbox for months and people cannot keep up with the arXiv. And then we dare talk about mental health / worklife balance to the young folks??
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It was fun to chat to @Astro_Jonny about the prospect of discovering the first stars with JWST, and the challenges!
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@QuantaMagazine30 Jan 2023
We may have just gotten a glimpse of the first generation of stars. @Astro_Jonny reports: quantamagazine.org/astronome…

Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe’s First Stars | Quanta Magazine

Theory has it that “Population III” stars brought light to the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope may have just glimpsed them.

quantamagazine.org
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Are cycle paths not generally gritted @SustransNorth @OfficialTfGM ? The Fallowfield Loop in Manchester, a popular cycling route, was treacherous this morning. I saw one guy who'd had a nasty fall on the ice by Sainsbury's and was waiting for an ambulance - not good.
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I'm offering a PhD for start in 2023 at @UoMPhysics to work on distant galaxies, please share! Deadline 12th Jan. jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk…
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Jodrell Bank@jodrellbank8 Dec 2022
We held our annual JBCA science internal symposium @skao a few weeks ago. It was our first fully in-person meeting since 2019. Great to see the wide breadth of research our groups are conducting. Already looking forward to 2023! Photo courtesy @aj_h
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Peter O’Hare@peterohir11 Oct 2022
Manchester road cyclists: End of season challenge. Do it. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sscc-…
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Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew26 Oct 2022
My somewhat cynical take on bullies in academia is that they’re a feature, not a bug. I touched on this with an earlier tweet, but the qualities we commonly associate with “top scientist” in academia are extremely present in the kinds of people who bully others.
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Half way through a remote conference talk the power goes out at the venue and now I'm worried it was because of something I said
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I’ve had 3 requests to referee papers since JWST data dropped. A hidden cost of all these early look papers written in the space of weeks. With the long author lists on a lot of these works it must be hard to find referees (1/2)
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(2/2) I’ve not led a rapid JWST paper, and spending my time clearing up the mess of those who have would make it harder for me to publish full stop. I operate a 1 in 1 out policy for articles, so I’m now saying no.
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Andy@Lets_getcycling11 Aug 2022
A great inaugural ride with @stationsouth cycling club Looking forward to many more
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Another epic cycling weekend thanks @theracingcoll Liverpool to Scarborough with 50% off road #EnglandDuro22 #thisgirlcan #cyclinglife #velovixen
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In the pub watching the footie #Lionesses
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An article about one of the few early JWST papers written by a woman, and the article writes "Santini and his international team" 🤦‍♀️ Come on @universetoday @storybywill, seriously?
Universe Today (@universetoday) profile pictureUniverse Today@universetoday29 Jul 2022
The James Webb is Measuring Distant Galaxies 5-10 Times Better Than any Other Telescope universetoday.com/156939/the… @universetoday @storybywill
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Thanks for the quick reply @storybywill and for amending the article 🙏 It does make a big difference highlighting underrepresented female scientists in the media
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