Rachel Gray

Tea drinker, fantasy writer, and gravitational wave astrophysicist.

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

Did my first viva examination today - huge congratulations Dr McGhee!

[UofG Institute for Gravitational Research @UofGravity]

Congratulations to the new Dr Graeme McGhee who successfully passed his viva today

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

@lornarabbit (And he can give more Artic non-fiction recommendations if you'd like)

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

@lornarabbit Not poetry, but Andrew recommends The Arctic: An Anthology, edited by Elizabeth Kolbert. Writings about visiting the arctic from a collection of explorers and novelists throughout history. Apparently it was very good!

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

@lornarabbit That's so cool! How long are you going for?

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

Highly recommend for those with a gravitational waves or cosmology background!

[Tessa Baker @Tessa_M_Baker]

There's currently two positions for postdoctoral researchers to join my team at @UoPCosmology , in #gravitationalwaves and large-scale structure #cosmology. Open for another ~10 days, links below 👇. Please share 🙏 https://t.co/zi9PuYNX8s https://t.co/qOEEPddI1B

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

Anyone who's around in Glasgow on 18th November should come along! It promises to be a surreal experience and I'm incredibly excited to get the chance to go 😄

[UofG Institute for Gravitational Research @UofGravity]

Tickets are selling fast!
Swim amongst sound and water waves in a truly immersive #GravitationalWaves experience
Session 2 is almost at capacity but we still have tickets for our Family Friendly Session 1 (6.30-7.30pm) and Session 3 (8.30-9.30pm).
Tickets: https://t.co/V25nflG6xe

[UofG Institute for Gravitational Research @UofGravity]

Tickets are selling fast!
Swim amongst sound and water waves in a truly immersive #GravitationalWaves experience
Session 2 is almost at capacity but we still have tickets for our Family Friendly Session 1 (6.30-7.30pm) and Session 3 (8.30-9.30pm).
Tickets: https://t.co/V25nflG6xe

[UofG Institute for Gravitational Research @UofGravity]

Congratulations to the new Doctor Michael Williams @michael_j_will who successfully passed his PhD viva this afternoon! Another #TeamUofG @UofGlasgow @UofGPhysAstro @UofGPhysAstro @UofGSciEng @UofGSciEngGrads success!

[Christopher Berry @cplberry]

#SciArt competition: In 2025, @UofGravity are hosting the GR & Amaldi meetings. We would like *you* to design a conference logo. @PhysicsNews are kindly sponsoring a £250 prize! Deadline is 09:50 GMT 14 September

More info: https://t.co/MmWzmF4hw2

[Tessa Baker @Tessa_M_Baker]

Who needs fancy demos, anyway? Maggie and I explain gravitational wave detection with just rubber bands and rocks on @BBCStargazing Sky at Night. Full episode airs on BBC Four at 10pm on Monday. https://t.co/7a4iJdAwM8

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

@daniel_williams Love how they only beep every few minutes so you have to play the most drawn out game of marco polo in order to locate them! (It was the one in the hall outside my flat)

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

Look! New paper!

[Tessa Baker @Tessa_M_Baker]

Very proud to be part of this work, led by @RachelMaryGray . The techniques developed here — under the enigmatic name ‘dark sirens’ — allow us measure the expansion rate of the universe using gravitational waves from @LIGO @ego_virgo 😮 https://t.co/oATYDdJh3c

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

@Tessa_M_Baker One of the benefits (?) of getting your travel booked for you by the university. I only glanced at the Google maps description, which is rather lacking. Who knew a "space-age vibe" meant full on space exploration theme??

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

On my way back from a cosmology conference in Spain, and I had to spend a night in Barcelona. Turns out the hotel I was booked in to had a theme...

[UofG Institute for Gravitational Research @UofGravity]

#GravitationalWaves + Music + Swimming.
If you're in Birmingham tonight then you can check-out this exciting combination, with @UofGravity's Dr Andrew Spencer!
https://t.co/D1WvFmX6XE

[Rachel Gray @RachelMaryGray]

Hey, a cool article about 4th observing run which has just started (as of 20 minutes ago)! Including a quote from yours truly 😉

[University of Glasgow @UofGlasgow]

Researchers from @UofGravity and @UofGPhysAstro are gearing up for the next observing run of the @LIGO gravitational wave detector network, which starts today.

Read about the work they’ve been doing to prepare: https://t.co/uIqp2Yj4Kg

[LIGO Hanford @LIGOWA]

Observing Run #4 (O4)
Has Officially
STARTED!!
🥳
#GravitationalWaves #LIGOVirgoKAGRA #O4 #ObservingRun4

[LIGO @LIGO]

Welcome to the fourth observing run! #O4IsHere

O4 will last 20 months, with @ego_virgo and @KAGRA_PR joining us in the run. We expect the detection rate will be roughly twice in our past observing run

More news linked from https://t.co/kHnyuP8I2I #ObservingRun4