The Astro-Obs group, researching observational astrophysics and cosmology at the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics at Newcastle University. 🌌 🔭📡
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Joined February 2023
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Excited and honoured to be giving the Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture on Thursday 20th November at the @UniofBath and online 🔭
I will be talking about all things supermassive black holes and quasars! 🌌
@RoyalAstroSoc @UniofNewcastle
New paper by PhD student Devang Liya 🎉
This study demonstrates the power of JWST photometry to constrain the SEDs of AGN 📈
Read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2510.26884
Congratulations to Carola Zanoletti for publishing her paper on principal components for modified gravity 🎉✨
Just published on PhysRev D - Principal Components for Model-Agnostic Modified Gravity with 3x2pt data 🌌🎉
One of my favorite plots: our method breaking the degeneracy in modified gravity parameters for LSST Year 1 WL and LSS data!
You can read it here: journals.aps.org/prd/abstrac…
Astro-Obs Newcastle 🔭 retweeted
The @AstroObsNCL team will be at this year's #stemfest in Newcastle!
We'll be exploring invisible light and space with ~3000 students across 3 days! ✨
#rtcnorth
Congratulations Ann Njeri! 🎉
Congratulations to Ann Njeri of @NCLMathsStats on being shortlisted in the Nature Awards Inspiring Women in Science. Through ‘Educate a girl, educate the community,’ she’s empowering girls in rural Kenya & Uganda to thrive in STEM. Good luck in the finals tinyurl.com/3c7n985a
Check out this paper on arXiv today by Carolyn Mill:
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08052
Astro-Obs Newcastle 🔭 retweeted
@blackholephd presenting her poster on dust in nearby AGN with JWST ✨
Lots of @UniofNewcastle representation at @NAM25_Durham this week! ✨
First up, @astro_fawcett talking about evidence for a blow-out phase in dusty QSOs 💨
#NAM2025Durham
Massive congratulations to @Rosedshepherd for winning the #NAM2025Durham 3 minute thesis competition!! 🎉🎉
@astrojocksteph talking about emission line contamination in JWST imaging of nearby Seyferts 🔭
@beththeroman with their poster on multi-scale and multi-tracer 1-point statistics 📊
Astro-Obs Newcastle 🔭 retweeted
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A few photos from the Discover Festival at @UniofNewcastle - great event with lots of engagement from the public! ✨
@cosmicsheargirl @astro_fawcett @Rosedshepherd
Great watching the 3 Minute Thesis @UniofNewcastle final, featuring 3 of our brilliant astro PhD students! ✨
@Rosedshepherd @Cosmoletti Julie Thomas
@3MT_official
Astro-Obs Newcastle 🔭 retweeted
Very honoured the our project Space Investigators: Astronomy in the North East won the @UniofNewcastle Engagement and Place Award for Engaging for Cultural Benefit ✨
Thank you to all the team! 🔭
Find out more here: spaceinvestigators.com
#EngageAwards2025
This interactive exhibition in the Great North Museum: Hancock had amazing reach with children and families across the region. A brilliant and educational project shedding light on our region's contribution to the advancement in space technology 🔭⭐️ #engageawards2025
