Vanessa Moss

Adventures of the Cosmic Pudding & sidekick Vanessa: astronomy, telescopes, data, @sauronschedules, #scicomm... also @futuremeetings! #SuperstarsofSTEM ✨

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

Yay for #TFOMversary! A whole year of online meeting adventures 🥳 if you’re wondering why I go on about #TFOM here’s a helpful thread 🧵😁 I hope we can continue to explore this interesting new normal and find ways to make astronomy, science and the world more connected! 🌎🌍🌏

[The Future of Meetings @futuremeetings]

This week marks our #TFOMversary - one year exactly since the #TFOM symposium took place! To celebrate, we will be sharing some tweets summarising outcomes as well as reflections by those who have been involved in @futuremeetings over the past year. Watch this thread! 🧵

[Emily Kerrison @EmilyKerrison]

As well as presenting at the #IAUGA2024, I was lucky enough to be part of the @futuremeetings work led by @cosmicpudding exploring hybrid access at large scale. Check out our write up now in @NatureAstronomy! 👀💫

[CSIRO_ATNF @CSIRO_ATNF]

Did you know the @IAU_org #IAUGA2024 was a chance to test #hybrid technology at a large scale?

A recent comment in @NatureAstronomy, led by our astronomer @cosmicpudding, explores successes and challenges of the hybrid #conference model: https://t.co/fkPZqYygFT @astronomy2024

[QueersInScience @QueersInScience]

"It is vital to recognise that data and mathematics are not neutral tools; they wield significant power. As scientists, we know that evidence-based policy is at the heart of sound decision-making."

QIS Statement on LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in the 2026 Census: https://t.co/r9N19BlvHU

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

@WalkaboutMG Yay, looks fun!!! Can you sneak in a Spirit rover? There are two important missions I’d currently go to Mars for: 1) rescuing Spirit and 2) acquiring Martian opals 😄 love the little radio telescopes!

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

Phew, Week 1 of #astronomy2024 is complete and it’s been a wild and intense and pretty amazing week! I have done an awful job of sharing so far, but here are some pics from #WomensDay2024!! ❤️

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

Looking forward to this Women's Day event taking place tomorrow, 11:00-14:00 SAST as part of #astronomy2024 !! You can register here: https://t.co/KGEGmAHQir 🙌 #CapeTown #CapeTownCity #CTICC

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

Definitely *not* distracting @govender from his interviews advertising the awesomeness of #astronomy2024 to the world ✌️ @AstroCharlesT

[Dr Charles Takalana @AstroCharlesT]

Still moving in and starting to get comfortable! Waiting to welcome the world of astronomy to Africa.⁩ #astronomy2024 ⁦@govender⁩ @astronomy2024⁩ ⁦@AfricaAstronomy ⁩⁦@cosmicpudding⁩

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

It's 5 days later and I still haven't found the penguins!!! I have failed, @AstroCharlesT - but I know where all the #astronomy2024 venues are now, does that count 😁

[Dr Charles Takalana @AstroCharlesT]

⁦@cosmicpudding⁩ ready to show us where the penguins are at. @astronomy2024

[The Future of Meetings @futuremeetings]

One of our currently-active #TFOM projects has been working with @IAU_Outreach to develop a technology solution that enables people to gather virtually and celebrate amazing #astrophotography! You can register for free to join one of the two events: https://t.co/73IZIsJ8ZO 🌌📸🏆

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

Classic #Sydney: there's an awesome meteor shower coming, with a fortunately-timed new moon for dark skies (see this great summary article by @jacinta_bowler: https://t.co/RvDPOYgYHN) and what does Sydney do? exactly what you expect 😅 Come on weather, be nice!! 🌠

[Dr. Andrea Gokus @andreagokus]

How much did astronomers actually travel in terms of distance in 2019 in total? More than 300 times to the moon and back! Or, to put it in astronomical units: more than 1.5 AU!

https://t.co/e1DYQk4Miw
My🧵summarizing our paper, written together with members of @Astro4Earth:

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

After so many years of planning for me to visit for a school talk (we’ve played bball for > 10 years!), we finally made it happen! Today I visited Regentville Primary to chat with their Year 3 and 4 students about our cosmic address 😁 #SuperstarsofSTEM @ScienceAU @CSIRO_ATNF 🌌

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

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[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

On this #IWD2022, let's have a chat about a great pioneer in #radioastronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott 🙌 Many know of her awesome work in early studies of #solar radio activity, but do you also know about the struggles she faced as a female scientist in the 1940s? 👩‍🔬🧵 1/n #astronomy

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

Happy #IWD2024! It's the time of year when I tend to reflect on how much harder it was for past #WomenInScience, where I wonder if I'd have persisted with as much determination as they did, and where I re-commit to doing whatever I can to make the future better than today 🙌🌏

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

On this #IWD2022, let's have a chat about a great pioneer in #radioastronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott 🙌 Many know of her awesome work in early studies of #solar radio activity, but do you also know about the struggles she faced as a female scientist in the 1940s? 👩‍🔬🧵 1/n #astronomy

[Kevin Govender @govender]

So for those who tend to leave things to the very last minute (#astronomers 😉), the exact deadline is midnight UTC-12. Basically if it's still 1st March anywhere in the world, you can still submit your abstracts/grants/early bird registration. And yes, you can pay later.

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

@WalkaboutMG 🧐😱🤢🫠💀

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

@DrLarryMarshall do you know about the imposter @DrLaryMarshall?

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

@WalkaboutMG Seems like a dead link? 🥲

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

It also features a bit of love for one of our favourite #online #VR social activities: the ever-awesome @WalkaboutMG ❤️💕🙌 #TFOM

[Vanessa Moss @cosmicpudding]

We (@futuremeetings) wrote a chapter for the upcoming book edited by Travis Rector “Climate Change for Astronomers” on #TFOM and the important role of #online in #astronomy 🎉😁 with a shout out to the great paper by @ProfHollan and @ScottStornetta 🙌 coming your way in 2024!! 🎊