Byron Usmar

Scientist.... Teacher..... Time traveler

[Dan Andrews @DanielAndrewsMP]

If you want to get on the beers, we've all got to get on the vaccines.

[CanberraDSN 📡 @CanberraDSN]

Remembering the dramatic end of the @CassiniSaturn #OTD in 2017, as the spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere.
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So glad we had so many space friends here join us to share the happy, the sad, and the wonder of it all. #CassiniAus
[Photos @martin_o]

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

@TwoPaddocks As if I needed more reason to love Sam Neill.

[Fred Watson @StargazerFred]

Here’s one of Australia’s big contributions to NASA’s mission to land its Perseverance rover on Mars. The ⁦@CSIRO⁩ ⁦@CanberraDSN⁩ DSS43 antenna at Tidbinbilla, beautifully photographed by Alex Cherney. It’ll be tracking the spacecraft tonight!

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

Two icons.

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

She’s the only friend I’d skip school for.

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

Great article... Alan Finkel's 2020s vision: 'We must cultivate the natural curiosity and capabilities of children'

https://t.co/Yi197M3gAa

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

@TaikaWaititi congratulations!

[HerstoryIreland @HerstoryIreland]

The legendary @jimfitzpatrick created this new art of #Brigid, Ireland’s matron Saint and Triple Goddess, for the 2020 #Herstory Light Festival on #StBrigidsDay #EPICwomen

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

Living the dream.

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

Absolutely devastating.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Ecologists at the University of Sydney and WWF Australia estimate that a billion animals has died in Australia’s bushfires.
“Over a billion would be a very conservative figure,” says Chris Dickman from the University of Sydney. #AustraliaFires
https://t.co/b1DHgrGUSd

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Wow, this is unbelievable! I share this great honour with everyone in the #FridaysForFuture movement and climate activists everywhere. #climatestrike https://t.co/2t2JyA6AnM

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

@KrystalDeNapoli @rtsreconf @AboriginalAstro

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

@KrystalDeNapoli @rtsreconf @AboriginalAstro Amazing talk. Thankyou.

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

A powerful voice of the generation with a clear message: https://t.co/op0itZRnAD

[triplejHack @triplejHack]

"It's their world": Sir David Attenborough praises young people protesting for climate change, and slams Scott Morrison for bringing a lump of coal into Parliament in 2017.

#ClimateChange #ClimateSummit2019 #DavidAttenborough

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

@astro_katross @spacejayk For the moon landing anniversary just past, the Parkes Visitor Information Centre ordered a new range of socks that feature the Dish.

[Dr Kirsten Banks @AstroKirsten]

Everyone stop what you're doing! I have a @Wikipedia page now!

https://t.co/rMx0ZBTsDx

Thank you @FranklinWomen for making this a reality and building up representation of more awesome women in STEMM in the media!

#FWonWiki #WomeninSTEMM

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

The Apollo 11 mission patch:
No American flag.
No space hardware.
No Astronaut names.
In that regard, unique among space emblems.

Affirmation that walking on the Moon was an achievement of the human species, to be shared by all.

[Byron Usmar @MrUsmar]

Good luck!

[Dr Kirsten Banks @AstroKirsten]

I'm so excited!! IT'S TONIGHT! Watch me geek out about space and science on national TV once again! Tonight 9:35pm AEST!