Natalie Williams

Gravitational Wave PhD Student @unibirmingham 🎓 sci comm 🪐 puzzle enthusiast 🧩 (she/her) ✨🔭 🍜

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

about a decade late to the game, but just getting on twitter to talk about astronomy, science communication and inevitably at some point animal crossing

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

@nxwestmidlands is the 76 diverted away from Dawlish Road today?

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

I'm giving a talk tomorrow "Aliens, Galaxies and the Big Bang: Introducing the James Webb Space Telescope" as part of the University of Birmingham's Astronomy in the City event! Free for all ages with a live Q&A afterwards ✨🔭
https://t.co/gX6UwIVdqH

[BIGWaves @UoBIGWaves]

This latest catalog includes 35 new events detected in the second half of @LIGO ‘s third observing run, 32 of which are likely to be binary black hole mergers, and two neutron star-black hole #NSBH mergers. This brings the total number of detections to 90!

[BIGWaves @UoBIGWaves]

Natalie says, ‘After watching the very first gravitational wave detection as a first year undergraduate, having the opportunity to contribute to the O3b catalogue in the first year of my PhD feels like a true full circle moment.’

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

It was a fantastic show for the sunset!

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

Had a great time chatting about the science of sunsets whilst a pretty spectacular one took place, thank you @befestival for having me!

[Geraint Pratten @grntprttn]

Monumental new results from @LIGO @ego_virgo @KAGRA_PR! First confirmed detections of a #NeutronStar #BlackHole binary! Wonderful to see contributions from @UoBIGWaves @eps_unibham @unibirmingham to this discovery! 👏👏👏👏

[BIGWaves @UoBIGWaves]

"By studying these mergers and hearing the final cries of a NS before it plunges into a BH, we can start piecing together theoretical predictions with real observations" @cosmic_bae_ a PhD student studying how novel effects in NS mergers will be observable in next-gen detectors!

[BIGWaves @UoBIGWaves]

🎉🎉🎉Groundbreaking new result from @LIGO @ego_virgo and @KAGRA_PR! First confirmed detection of a #NeutronStar #BlackHole binary! Full paper below!

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

So amazing to be part of LIGO for these first #NeutronStar #BlackHole detections! Congratulations to everyone involved in this paper!

[LIGO @LIGO]

Today @LIGO @ego_virgo & @KAGRA_PR have exciting news: the first ever confirmed detections of a #NeutronStar #BlackHole binary merger. Find out more at https://t.co/RKdgwo92IK and read our discovery paper, published today in ApJ letters https://t.co/GlcmP5syJ4

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

A chasm of black holes is the best I can think of right now🤔

[LIGO @LIGO]

We have discovered many black holes, but what do you call a collection of black holes? @NYTScience reports on the quest to find a #BlackHolesCollectiveNoun https://t.co/FxTaJC6Vp1

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

Happy 5th birthday #GW150914 (I made this cake a few years ago but it feels appropriate) 🎉🎂

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

Announced 5 years ago today! Watching the announcement as a first year, I had no idea I'd be doing a PhD in it 5 years later 🌌

[LIGO @LIGO]

Our first @LIGO @ego_virgo #GravitationalWaves detection #GW150914 was from the merger of two #BlackHoles more than a billion light years away, "shaking" spacetime by less than a million millionth the width of a hair. Find out lots more about #GW150914 at https://t.co/eyls4ciA0i

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

#IAmAPhysicist starting my PhD @UoBIGWaves in gravitational waves to look far into the universe by observing how wobbly spacetime is 🔭🌌 #WomenInScienceDay #WomenInScience

[Institute of Physics @PhysicsNews]

Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and to celebrate, we’ll be retweeting your selfies all day. So tweet us a picture telling us what you do in physics and share using #IAmAPhysicist.

#WomenInScience #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScienceDay #WomeninPhysics

[Carla Suciu 🐌 @sparkofcarla]

Remember @DragScience has a show coming up next month! Don’t leave it too late to get your tickets, our lineup is shaping up to be spectacular! Don your party outfit and come celebrate a mix of drag, cabaret, comedy and science!

Get your tickets: https://t.co/N0NxhOlaWK

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

Here I was thinking puzzles and back pain were independent side effects of age, but it turns out they are linked and in this paper I will

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

After spending all weekend doing a puzzle over the coffee table I have a very sore back. So if I needed a sign I'm gerting old here it is. Worth it though.

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

call me basic but Saturn is the best 🤷‍♀️

[Glasgow Science Centre @gsc1]

Natalie from @GSCPlanetarium at Glasgow Science Centre will be sharing three amazing facts about the ringed planet in today's #GSCAtHome 🪐

Perfect for budding astronomers of all ages! 🔭

https://t.co/8LMM2jWfbW

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

@caitlinray_m how was this so fast. I'm scared.

[Natalie Williams @cosmic_bae_]

about a decade late to the game, but just getting on twitter to talk about astronomy, science communication and inevitably at some point animal crossing