https://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mwrph4x2z22uAustralian precision engineering is helping power the next generation of gravitational-wave detection. OzGrav researchers at ANU have developed ultra-precise coatings for new LIGO beamsplitters, helping improve the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors. https://www.ozgrav.org/news/ultra-precise-anu-coatings-help-power-the-next-generation-of-gravitational-wave-detectors/01 Oct 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrph4x2z22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mwplklwyj726🎉 Congratulations to OzGrav’s Dr Laura Driessen, a 2026 NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award winner! A fantastic recognition of Laura’s research and commitment to science communication. Congratulations, Laura! 🌟 🔗 https://aips.org.au/tall-poppies/2026-new-south-wales-award-winner/dr-laura-driessen #OzGrav #TallPoppyAwards #Astronomy #WomenInSTEM30 Sep 2026 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwplklwyj726https://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mv2z5eubi22tThree OzGrav researchers have been awarded 2026 ARC Future Fellowships! A huge congratulations to: Dr Manisha Caleb, Dr Daniel Reardon and Dr Cullan Howlett. 🔗 Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/news/three-ozgrav-researchers-awarded-2026-arc-future-fellowships/09 Sep 2026 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2z5eubi22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mufzelizq52fCongrats to OzGrav Chief Investigator Prof Susan Scott, awarded the 2026 Harrie Massey Medal and Prize for her groundbreaking contributions to general relativity, cosmology and gravitational wave science. 🔗 Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/awards/professor-susan-scott-awarded-prestigious-harrie-massey-medal/ #Physics #AustralianScience #WomenInSTEM #ANU31 Aug 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufzelizq52fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3msoud4nvdp24A 90-year-old quantum physics mystery may be closer to being solved. OzGrav Associate Investigator Dr Marcus Lower is part of an international team whose observations could mark the first detection of vacuum birefringence. Published in Nature 👇 https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2026/08/rare-ultra-magnetic-star-the-key-to-solving-a-quantum-cold-case/10 Aug 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoud4nvdp24https://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mrthpmwxzc23Congratulations to Dr Fiona Panther on being named a finalist in the Early Career Scientist of the Year category at the 2026 Premier's Science Awards! Vote for Fiona in the People's Choice Award and read more about her achievement: https://www.ozgrav.org/awards/ozgravs-dr-fiona-panther-named-finalist-for-premiers-science-awards-2026/ #PSA2026 #PremiersScienceAwards30 Jul 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrthpmwxzc23https://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mrql25b5ck2r🎉 Congratulations to OzGrav's Dr Kirsten Banks, who has been named a finalist in the 2026 Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science! Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/awards/ozgravs-dr-kirsten-banks-named-finalist-in-the-2026-australian-museum-eureka-prizes @eurekaprizes.bsky.social #EurekaPrizes28 Jul 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrql25b5ck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mqstqktwsf2h735 curious minds. 3 hours. Countless conversations about science. 🔭✨ OzGrav had a fantastic time at the Blacktown City Family Science Fun Day 2026, where we joined hundreds of families for a morning of hands-on discovery and exploration. A big thank you to Blacktown City Council for hosting us.17 Jul 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqstqktwsf2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mqbkbpklim2oLast week, early career researchers from Australia and Japan came together in Kanazawa for the Joint OzGrav–KAGRA Early Career Researcher School—combining cutting-edge gravitational-wave science with cultural exchange, collaboration and new friendships. Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/news/australia-japan-science-collaboration/10 Jul 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbkbpklim2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mq4sydtx2c2hCongrats to OzGrav Associate Investigator Dr Anais Moller on receiving the Anne Green Prize for Outstanding Research by a Mid-Career Researcher. This well-deserved award celebrates Anais' leadership, innovation & impact in advancing our understanding of the cosmos www.scienceinpublic.com.au/asa2026 https://www.scienceinpublic.com.au/asa2026/#:~:text=can%20think%20fast.-,Dr,-Anais%20M%C3%B6ller%20is08 Jul 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4sydtx2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mpyjhf2ilx2a🕳️ Are all black holes formed the same way? Maybe not. OzGrav Postdoc Dr Sharan Banagiri from Monash University has led a new study that finds merging black holes fall into three distinct families, offering new clues about how these cosmic giants form and evolve. https://www.ozgrav.org/news/scientists-uncover-three-branches-of-the-black-hole-family-tree/06 Jul 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyjhf2ilx2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mphxnt6agr2jHow fast is the Universe expanding? An international team led by OzGrav PI Dr Kelly Gourdji (CSIRO) and OzGrav CI Prof Adam Deller (Swinburne University) has taken a new step towards answering one of cosmology's biggest questions. 🔗 Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/news/new-measurement-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-the-universes-rate-of-expansion/30 Jun 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphxnt6agr2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mp2bxuscda2xWhat happens at the edge of a black hole? Using the loudest gravitational-wave signal ever detected, OzGrav researchers Dr Ling Sun and Neil Lu have developed a new way to study the region closest to a black hole's event horizon. Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/news/scientists-find-a-way-to-study-the-event-horizon-where-light-sound-are-swallowed-for-eternity/24 Jun 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2bxuscda2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mo2wvhhhfc2u🌟OzGrav Outreach Ambassador superstar, Dr Christine Lee, has written a fascinating article for The Pursuit exploring how exploding stars may be communicating with us through gravitational waves. https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/exploding-stars-are-trying-to-talk-to-us-through-gravitational-waves12 Jun 2026 04:50 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2wvhhhfc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mnvhbpnb622jCongrats to Professor David Blair AO on being recognised in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours for his distinguished service to physics, precision measurement science, gravitational-wave research and scientific education. We are incredibly proud of this recognition. https://www.ozgrav.org/awards/ozgrav-congratulates-professor-david-blair-ao-on-kings-birthday-honour10 Jun 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvhbpnb622jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mn7pu2vvwe2yWhat’s causing some of the Galaxy’s most mysterious repeating radio signals? Check out the new study by OzGrav PhD student Kovi Rose published in Nature Astronomy. Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/news/student-astronomer-discovers-rosetta-stone-for-mysterious-cosmic-signals/ @funfactscience.com #OzGrav #Astronomy #SpaceScience01 Jun 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7pu2vvwe2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mmt2cu5nsl2sCongratulations to OzGrav’s Dr Iris de Ruiter on being awarded a prestigious 2026 Gruber Foundation Fellowship in collaboration with the International Astronomical Union. Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/awards/ozgravs-dr-iris-de-ruiter-awarded-prestigious-2026-gruber-foundation-fellowship/27 May 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmt2cu5nsl2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mmrxc2nthc2aThe latest gravitational-wave catalog from the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration has added 161 new detections, bringing the total number of observed signals to 390. Researchers found evidence that black holes may form through multiple different pathways. Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/news/scientists-find-the-universe-has-multiple-ways-of-manufacturing-black-holes/26 May 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrxc2nthc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mmam3gjqzc2zWhat happens after a star explodes? Researchers from OzGrav have completed one of the most sensitive searches yet for continuous gravitational waves from young supernova remnants. https://www.ozgrav.org/news/hunting-for-continuous-gravitational-waves-from-supernova-remnants/20 May 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmam3gjqzc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mlp2kszdqk2wHow do you check the accuracy of instruments designed to detect ripples in spacetime? By using colliding black holes. OzGrav researchers have demonstrated a new way to use gravitational waves themselves to help calibrate the detectors that observe them. Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/news/how-black-hole-mergers-are-helping-scientists-calibrate-the-universes-most-sensitive-instruments/13 May 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp2kszdqk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mktq2lvxhk27OzGrav Director Professor Matthew Bailes has officially launched Swinburne’s Virtual Universe ✨ https://www.ozgrav.org/news/ozgrav-director-professor-matthew-bailes-launches-swinburnes-virtual-universe/02 May 2026 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktq2lvxhk27https://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mkk4gxwmnk2gExclusive: Swinburne’s Virtual Universe! In this piece, OzGrav's Director, Prof Matthew Bailes, shares how this immersive space is transforming the way we explore and communicate astronomy, bringing the Universe to life in ways you can’t experience anywhere else. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=192947363769431628 Apr 2026 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkk4gxwmnk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mkgpkrpfiq2s🍻 Canberra - science meets the pub. OzGrav’s Dr Rowina Nathan and Dr Liana Rauf are speaking at the Canberra edition of Pint of Science, bringing gravitational waves, galaxy mapping, and cutting-edge astrophysics to the stage. 📅 Wed 20 May | 6:30pm 🎟️ $15 https://pintofscience.com.au/event/traversing-the-universe/26 Apr 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgpkrpfiq2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mjxrq5l7cs2cYou can measure a black hole with echoes. OzGrav PhD student Hugh explains how astronomers use the flickering of light around supermassive black holes to measure their mass from afar. Echoes become rulers. https://youtube.com/shorts/40IIQKO9C2w21 Apr 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxrq5l7cs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mjlo76e4bl2oThis week, OzGrav researchers from two of our key programs came together at the University of Melbourne for a Collaboration Planning Workshop — bringing different expertise into the same room, sharing tools and approaches, and creating space to spark new projects.16 Apr 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlo76e4bl2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mj2jzd6hun2wA study led by Anais Möller, Simon Stevenson & Jade Powell has now been featured in Nature Astronomy. The research explores how kilonovae will appear in data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. 🔗 Read the highlight: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02826-509 Apr 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2jzd6hun2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mild45icwb2nWe’re excited to share that OzGrav has been featured on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day 🌌 This stunning visual combines real astrophotography of the Tarantula Nebula with an OzGrav simulation of two black holes in their final “death dance”. 🔗 See the full feature: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/ap260403.html03 Apr 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mild45icwb2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3mihphn3byv2nWhat if some stars explode… and leave nothing behind? 💥 OzGrav-led research has uncovered evidence of pair-instability supernovae—explosions so powerful they completely obliterate the star. 🔗 Read more: https://www.ozgrav.org/news/new-study-finds-evidence-of-cosmic-explosions-with-missing-black-holes01 Apr 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihphn3byv2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ozgrav.bsky.social/post/3migbvexkzy2nCongrats to OzGrav’s Dr Cullan Howlett - awarded the 2026 Pawsey Medal 👏 His research, focused on assembling the largest & most complete map of our universe ever made, has shaped our understanding of the fundamental forces & ingredients that make up the world around us. https://vimeo.com/1164875635/bd8aafe287 https://vimeo.com/1164875635/bd8aafe287?share=copy01 Apr 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:gaql2kosbunncigja4ld6gra/app.bsky.feed.post/3migbvexkzy2n