Dr Kirsten Banks
@AstroKirsten
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Wiradjuri Astrophysicist 🌌 Science Communicator 🚀 PhD in Astrophysics 📚 Boring Machine 😂 Relatable Intellectual 👩🏽🔬 @IndigenousLF Ambassador 📖
Gadigal Land (Sydney, NSW)
Joined September 2017
Oh wow, hello new space friends! Thank you for joining our space community where we love learning new things and discussing wild space stuff. If you're new here, you probably know me as the dork explaining science in the bath but there's more to me so let me introduce myself!
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RT @gblasco78: @AstroKirsten Uncertainty is about +-800,000 km, not 100,000km, you made nominal-minimum . But in fact the uncertainty is li…
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Why is space dark even though there’s so much light out there? 🤔 Because there’s nothing for the light to bounce off! Most of it just keeps travelling forever, making space look black. Simple, yet mind-blowing.
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I dig into this (and more insane JWST discoveries from this year so far) in my latest YouTube video. I hope you like it!
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A meteor impact was caught on tape... with SOUND... for the first time EVER! A homeowner in Canada walked outside just 2 minutes before this happened. Scientists later confirmed it was a real meteorite. Now we know EXACTLY what a meteor sounds like when it crashes into Earth!
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@terry_maag That seems unlikely. The parent object of Bennu likely formed further out in the solar system.
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The concept and much of the scripting of this video were created by the 2025 cohort of the A.S.T.R.A.L Institute. This focuses on training students in various fields to equip them with a unique set of skills, allowing them to unlock their potential.
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New Saturn fact just dropped: Its rings might be ANCIENT, like 4-billion-years-old ancient! We used to think Saturn’s rings were only 100-400M years old, younger than sharks (450M), because Cassini showed the rings looked clean. BUT, Saturn might have a natural cleaning trick!
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☀️ NASA’s Parker Solar Probe kissed the Sun! On Dec 24, it got within 6.1M km (3.8M mi) and it was AWESOME!
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RT @TikTokComms: What do @DoctorKarl @AstroKirsten @oneminmicro @NSWRFS @SEALIFESydney @austmus @UniMelb & @GilmourSpace have in common?…
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RT @ARC_OzGRav: This student just had their first paper published in Nature Astronomy! Joshua Lee and his team discovered a rotating object…
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RT @GilmourSpace: Congrats to @tiktokaustralia on their new STEM feed! We’re excited to join 🇦🇺creators @astrokirsten & @drkarl to talk all…
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2024 wasn’t just wild on Earth... it was WILDER in the universe! 🚀 Black holes crashing limits, NASA sending cat videos into space, and… Taylor Swift? 🌠 I’ve rounded up the craziest space stories of the year! Check it out here:
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✨ The comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS might outshine Venus! Closest to the Sun Jan 20th. 🌏 Best views: Southern Hemisphere after sunset 💡 Tips: Escape city lights, bring binoculars, look low in the sky Will it dazzle or ghost us? Stay tuned!
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