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Cosmologist, pilot, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow. Author: "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)". Personal account. She/her. Dr.

Raleigh, NC
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    Katie Mack‏Verified account @AstroKatie 27 May 2014

    Remember scene in Contact where they got a weird signal & called up astronomers all over the world to look? That happens for GRBs. #GRBm31

    4:28 PM - 27 May 2014
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      2. Nurf Hurter‏ @NurfHurter 27 May 2014
        Replying to @AstroKatie

        @AstroKatie is Swift still active?

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      3. Katie Mack‏Verified account @AstroKatie 27 May 2014
        Replying to @NurfHurter

        @NurfHurter Swift is what saw it

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      1. Diamond Form‏ @PaleoGould 27 May 2014
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        @AstroKatie is it primes?

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      2. Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez‏Verified account @eruptionsblog 27 May 2014
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        @AstroKatie I remember having training on GRB response when I worked at the observatory at Williams College.

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      3. Katie Mack‏Verified account @AstroKatie 27 May 2014
        Replying to @eruptionsblog

        @eruptionsblog I had to be trained for supernova response when I worked at the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector. (None happened, alas.)

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      1. SetterSetter‏ @StillTooCold 27 May 2014
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        @AstroKatie Favourite scene of any movie ever made

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      1. Dr Erin Ryan‏ @erinleeryan 27 May 2014
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        @niais @AstroKatie those are better than the call I got in the middle of the night on my last run :-(

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      1. Dr. Caryl Gronwall‏ @carylgronwall 27 May 2014
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        @niais @AstroKatie #GRBinM31 is way better than your standard "Can you go look at our GRB?" call though!

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      1. Michelle Larson, PhD‏ @MichelleBLarson 27 May 2014
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        How science happens! MT @AstroKatie: Rmbr Contact when they got a weird signal & called up astronomers around the world to look? #GRBm31

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      2. Dr. Caryl Gronwall‏ @carylgronwall 27 May 2014
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        @niais @AstroKatie Not officially on Swift-watch this week. But satellite did call me and I've been working on #GRBinM31 or #ULXinM31 .

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      3. Katie Mack‏Verified account @AstroKatie 27 May 2014
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        @carylgronwall @niais So cool!

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