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Anthony Peter Rushton
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Anthony Peter Rushton
@Astronomer
Astronomer Dr. Rushton, PhD in Radio Astronomy, passionate about the universe, aerospace and planet earth. Follow for cutting-edge research and discoveries
Otterbourne, Hampshire, UK
arushton.github.io
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Jul 18, 2025
    I’ve never been a coldplay fan, but this week I’m like a sky full of star - or at least that’s what my HR manager says 🤣
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Jul 22, 2016
    Best slide title ever...
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    chrislintott
    @chrislintott
    Jul 22, 2016
    A synergistic synergy of synergies (from @tom_kitching shown by @drmattjarvis) #lsstgalaxies
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    May 14, 2018
    Cannot believe I've only just discovered @ohmyzsh, what amazing terminal tools! ohmyz.sh life++
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Feb 15, 2016
    If I accidentally look at my data outside of a log-scale - it makes me want to cry #astronomicalProblems
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Jan 4, 2019
    This is partly what threw me out of academic research and into industrial research. #brexit is killing UK blue skies research, a unique British asset that has taken centuries to build up.
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    Sarah Kendrew
    @sarahkendrew
    Jan 3, 2019
    Despite assurances from the government I fear Catherine is right that blue skies research will suffer after #brexit. Big loss for UK astronomy, gain for Germany.
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    May 7, 2019
    OMG, Microsoft is releasing a modern command-line terminal (with Ubunutu/Bash support)! Did Hell just freeze over? theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527…
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Jun 8, 2016
    Giving my last Oxford Astrophysics tutorial this afternoon - the next paper the my students see will be real thing.
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Mar 20, 2014
    Happy equinox everyone!
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Feb 5, 2022
    I need help buying telescope equipment for Otterbourne Primary School can anyone help? @RoyalAstroSoc @RoyalObs @ROGAstronomers
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Jun 23, 2015
    @tigerrrboy This is the study I remember reading about newscientist.com/article/dn3008…
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Feb 19, 2021
    Very exciting news today (which I made a very small contribution towards) is the discovery that the black hole Cygnus X-1 is much further away than we previously thought:
    dailymail.com
    First black hole ever detected in 1964 is 50% BIGGER than thought
    Named Cygnus-X-1, it was the first black hole to be confirmed, and existence lost legendary British physicist Sir Stephen Hawking a bet nearly 50 years ago.
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Jun 25, 2013
    You know entropy isn't what it used to be.
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    May 20, 2010
    Scientists around the world are currently shouting "it's alive" http://bit.ly/8X5fRD #Synthetic_life
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    Anthony Peter Rushton
    @Astronomer
    Jun 20, 2012
    All 786 known planets to scale (credit: xkcd) xkcd.com/1071 - amazing