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@AstroKatie

(a.k.a. Dr Katherine J Mack) astrophysicist, occasional freelance science writer, connoisseur of airplane food

Melbourne, Australia, or not
Joined April 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    4 Oct 2015
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    See you soon Melbourne PER ✈️ MEL

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    Also if you visit the Perth area & need a place to stay, stay here: it is close to the dog beach & is fantastic

  4. Flying back to Melbourne today. Had a great time in Perth! Productive chats with colleagues, fun times talking dark matter on my

    Very dark half-shadowed black & white selfie with an airplane in the background (out the window)
  5. Retweeted
    22 hours ago

    Mark your calendars, ! Dr is coming to you! Catch her in a public lecture at Weston Theatre, on 27 July at 7pm.

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    24 hours ago
  7. This is absolutely fascinating stuff. Nice summary by for

  8. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    "Curiosity the key for next generation scientists"

  9. Jul 18
  10. Jul 18

    The calm before the physics storm. Getting ready to tell an auditorium full of high schoolers about dark matter.

    A view of my title slide at the front of an auditorium. Title is "Everything you wanted to know about dark matter but we're afraid to ask"
  11. Jul 18
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    First talk this morning, at Murdoch University, on dark matter. Will use hashtag .

  12. Retweeted
    Jul 18

    The Molecular Shape of You (Ed Sheeran Parody video) |

  13. Jul 18

    I went for a run by the beach & it turned out to be a dog beach & when stretching I was cuddle-attacked by dogs twice & I love this place

    The sun setting over a small park behind a tree in the distance, with some silhouettes of people and dogs. There are cars parked along one side and a tiny sliver of ocean at the horizon.
  14. Jul 17

    Oh look Twitter I'm on an airplane again hello hello MEL ✈️ PER

    Picture of me leaning into the frame in a pic pointing toward an airplane window and the wall. I'm wearing a black jacket and looking surprised or curious or something. There's a little airplane pillow in the background
  15. Jul 17

    Today officially begins my Women in Physics lecture tour. Heading to Perth first -- rest of schedule on page below

  16. Jul 17
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    Cassini already saw a little rainbow on the rings but the color wasn't real, it was just an artifact of the filters

    A view of Saturn behind its rings which cross the image diagonally. On the rings there's a little bright spot, which shows up blue then white then red (left to right) across it
  17. Jul 17

    If you fly out to the Saturn system and approach Enceladus in just the right way you can probably see an ice halo like a rainbow

  18. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    Public lecture on dark matter at University of Western Australia by tomorrow (19/07) at 18:00 in Physics Ross Lecture Theatre

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    Jul 17

    Approximately true color/contrast views of Jupiter processed from the raw PJ7_61 images obtained on July 11, 2017.

  20. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    After the apocalypse, don't look for roaches or pigeons or mice. Look for TARDIGRADES!

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