PhD thesis submission dance for Yves Kini, who has despatched his masterwork to the committee gods.

bb-8 from star wars says happy beep on his back

Alt: BB8 from star wars does a happy beep

I still find it wild to be co-authoring dark matter papers (like some kind of undercover cosmologist) but I leave that part to Chanda and Nathan 😅

New dark and dense matter in neutron stars paper, led by Nathan Rutherford and @chanda.bsky.socialarxiv.org/abs/2410.00140

Probing fermionic asymmetric dark matter cores using global neutron star properties

It is possible for asymmetric dark matter (ADM) to accumulate in neutron star interiors and affect their global properties. Considering the effects of this accumulation, neutron star mass-radius measu...

We kunnen niet meer wachten, fossiel moet de wereld uit. Teken het burgerinitiatief en roep de Tweede Kamer op om zich actief in te zetten voor een bindend verdrag! #AfscheidVanFossielafscheidvanfossiel.nl?utm_campaign...

"This week's staff meeting has been cancelled"

a drawing of a girl with pink hair

Alt: Anya from Spy X family looks sneakily happy (yes I know I should value staff meetings but FREE HOUR)

OMG arXiv is down too?

a cartoon of a green alien with a surprised look on his face and the words doooomed !!! below him

Alt: Cartoon green alien yells "doomed"

My favourite magnetar (neutron stars with CRAAAAAZY high magnetic fields) is bursting again! Gamma-ray freakout FTW! www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=16838

Our tooth fairy, who foolishly at some point got stuck working in Dutch, has also left notes of apology for not getting there due to the INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF TEETH LOST IN THE AREA that night.

Huge congratulations to Sera Markoff @profsera.bsky.social on her installation as member of the KNAW (the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences)! 🔭 🌟

The family have come in as a Tau, an Anti-up quark and an Anti-down quark.