Robert Ferdman 📡💥

Dad, husband, astronomer, and faculty at the University of East Anglia

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

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[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

What an amazing feat of precision by NASA yesterday!
https://t.co/WFbIl3YPsc

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

Seems to pretty much sum things up right now…

[Jolyon Rubinstein @JolyonRubs]

Tuesday

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

The beginning of an era!

[NASA @NASA]

It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.

Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of @NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: https://t.co/63zxpNDi4I

[NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb]

🎯 Target(s) acquired!

The targets of Webb’s first images have been announced: https://t.co/6BNlHANxTd

✨ SMACS 0723

✨ WASP-96b

✨ Southern Ring Nebula

✨ Stephan’s Quintet

✨ Carina Nebula

Tune in July 12 as we reveal Webb’s first images & #UnfoldTheUniverse.

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

…And there is our last view of the #JWST (bottom left) after telescope separation — on its way to its final destination: L2, where it will full deploy!

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

Here we go, folks!! 😬🙏🏼🤞🏼 Go #JWST!!

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

@d_dabed @AlbertEinstein Yes these are related to the PPN formalism. They are (typically) lower-order manifestations related to observable parameters, and are theory-independent. With this system, we have had to actually introduce higher-order terms for orbital precession, for example.

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

I am truly honoured to have been a part of this 16-year journey. We observed many millions of ticks from this remarkable space-clock, the Double Pulsar; over 100 years since formulating general relativity, @AlbertEinstein can still say, “I told you so!”

https://t.co/9JVT5Ebk1a

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This is just amazing!

[Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell]

NASA's Parker Solar Probe plunged deep into the Sun's corona & passed directly through streamers of solar plasma. The view out the window was...staggering. https://t.co/LLy8fB2dmZ

[New Scientist @newscientist]

A pair of pulsars in a tight embrace have proved Einstein right again https://t.co/IuB5lTCZ0J

[UEA Research @UEAResearch]

Our researchers have been part of a 16-year long project to challenge Einstein’s theory of relativity! The team looked to the stars (a pair of extreme stars called pulsars) through 7 telescopes around the world 👉 https://t.co/FyXy2pBogf
#ThinkingWithoutBorders @UEAPhysics

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

And another excellent article by Australian colleague Dr Adam Deller:

https://t.co/B3OeuzZqrG

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

Here is a really cool video with animations about the Double Pulsar, created by colleagues at West Virginia University:

https://t.co/SAUihMBNHY

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Amazing! #GravitationalWaves from the merger of #BlackHole-#NeutronStar binaries detected by @LIGO and @ego_virgo!
https://t.co/vEqf9rzLA7

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

Congrats to Prof Catherine for her appointment as @AstroRoyalScot - the fist woman to hold any Astronomer Royal position in the Uk! I was a lowly PhD while she was postdoc, also at @UBC, and I could think of no better fit!

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

@adammarkbrazier Like the mighty AFR...!

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

Kudos to ⁦@UEA_VC⁩ for acknowledging without reservation that systemic racism exists in UK universities and must be dismantled. I am even prouder to be a part of ⁦@uniofeastanglia⁩ and will do what is needed to achieve equity. https://t.co/8WA95pNkDV

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Heartbreaking to follow the recent developments in India. The global community must step up and immediately offer the assistance needed. #CovidIndia

[Robert Ferdman 📡💥 @rferdman]

@adammarkbrazier Yes thankfully they have kept to their intended timeline. Let’s hope the full second jab round goes smoothly