Astrophiz99-Karlie Alinta Noon

Astrophiz Astronomy Podcasts

Karlie Alinta Noon has just completed her Master's degree in radio astronomy looking at gas accretion onto the Milky Way and is the Indigenous Heritage Office with the Federal Department of Environment & Energy in Canberra, Australia. Karlie is a Gamilaraay astrophysicist, animal lover, greeny & gamer grl with a rich background in science communication including a stint working with the CSIRO. Karlie is the first Indigenous student on the east coast to obtain a double degree in Maths and Science and also the first aboriginal person to graduate with a Masters of Astronomy and Astrophysics Advanced Degree from the Australian National University. **In the sky for observers and astrophotographers:** Our regular feature ‘What’s Up Doc’ is with Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave. He previews the excellent observing opportunities over the next two weeks, and he gives us a the latest news on Betelgeuse and it’s suite of variability rhythms **In the News:** More FRB News. For the first time, astronomers from CHIME have found a fast radio burst (FRB) that repeats on a regular cycle every 16.35 days, Next … More SETI news.. Two days ago Breakthrough Listen released 2 petabytes of data from SETI survey of the Milky Way.