Emma Curtis Lake

I'm an observational astrophysicist, so often I call myself an astronomer. My friends often laugh because they have to tell me the latest cool astronomy news.

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Can't wait to give a talk there tomorrow!

[Royal Astronomical Society @RoyalAstroSoc]

@lukejerram @StAlbansCath @NASA It is only being exhibited at the cathedral until 15 February so hurry, hurry, hurry!

Find out more at: https://t.co/Qskqi5GJSe

#NAW #Moon #Art

[Mairi Watson @MairiWatson]

Any information would be gratefully received by @HertsPolice. Our @UniofHerts mobile planetarium is vital for our outreach activities and is recognisable at key regional events.

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Just the beginning of this incredible journey into probing AGN properties in more detail thanks to the new BEAGLE-AGN tool 😀 - might not be written in python, but get in touch if you're interested in using via contact details here https://t.co/jidE3pIojh

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Proud supervisor day! New to the arXiv https://t.co/nSYslxTi0J - remember those cool galaxies in the first JWST data releases that showed us [OIII]4363?! - One of them revealed a high ionisation potential line (work by @JarleBrinchmann) an early indication of all the BHs! (1/n)

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Maddie probed into this further with our modelling assumptions. We can't saying anything definitively so I'm telling you my personal thoughts here - are we seeing higher Ne/O? (WR origin?) Is this possible given nucleosynthesis channels? (5/n)

[Joris Witstok @JorisWitstok]

We confirmed the tiny green blob below to be a galaxy so distant it is seen when the Universe was only 2% of its current age, and… its spectrum came out as a huge surprise! 📈🔭 Read more in the excellent summary by @Kevin_Hainline who first discovered this galaxy 👇

[Ben Burningham @substellarfella]

We're hiring an outreach and public engagement manager for the @UniofHerts Department of Physics, astronomy and maths, part of @SEPhysics https://t.co/FEQqxKYkAu

#PublicEngagement #publicengagementjobs #ScienceOutreach #SciComm #OutreachJobs #SciCommJobs #STEMoutreach #SciEd

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Still trying to make progress with science projects while on shared parental leave without also missing out on these last week's before little one starts nursery. The magic combination: naps (baby), coffee, chocolate and wonderful collaborators!

[Space Telescope Science Institute @SpaceTelescope]

Watch as this video takes you to the farthest galaxy ever detected by #NASAWebb (so far), JADES-GS-z14-0. Read about how the scientists were able to find this galaxy, observed only 290 million years after the big bang: https://t.co/FPeBFqleGA

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

@grobertsborsani @ucl Huge congratulations 🎉 will be great to have you in the UK!

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Such a privilege to give a plenary talk at #NAM2024 in a year when dual roles of mother+milk machine and scientist have made even UK based travel challenging. Sorry to not stay the whole week, but thanks to my family for following me here today so I could show up!

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Ready... (Though can I truly be ready when I've lost my JWST earrings 😭)

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Traveling to London today to talk about #JWST at the Royal Society public exhibit. Come along if you're in the area (last chance tomorrow)

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

This book looks amazing!

[Matt Bothwell @Astronomy_Matt]

Lovely review from @HowItWorksmag 🤩

Astrophysics for Supervillains is out now from @dkbooks.

[Emma Curtis Lake @AstronomerEmma]

Another awesome galaxy with its properties revealed by JADES spectroscopy!

[Jwst Feed @WebbFeed]

JADES-GS-z9-0: a very distant galaxy at redshift of z = 9.4327, forming stars at high rate, with higher than expected abundance of nitrogen relative to oxygen.
https://t.co/EhYIsCyDQ4

[NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day @apod]

What if we could see back to the beginning of the universe? We could see galaxies forming. But what did galaxies look like back then? These questions took a step forward recently with the release of the analysis of a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image that included the most distant object yet discovered. Most galaxies formed at about 3 billion years after the Big Bang, but some formed earlier. Pictured in the inset box is JADES-GS-z14-0, a faint smudge of a galaxy that formed only 300 million years after the universe started. In technical terms, this galaxy lies at the record redshift of z=14.32, and so existed when the universe was only one fiftieth of the its present age. Practically all of the objects in the featured photograph are galaxies.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), B. Johnson (CfA), S. Tacchella (Cambridge), P. Cargile (CfA)

[Royal Astronomical Society @RoyalAstroSoc]

Do you love your astronomy? There's plenty for you to enjoy at this year's @royalsociety Summer Science Exhibition.

Wonder at @NASAWebb and feel the Moon's mountains and craters on a piece of artwork by @lukejerram at the 6-day event, which runs from 2 to 7 July.