#astrokirsten

[chiefhuntingbear-is-a-shaman]

6000 Light Years from Earth there's a neutron Magnetar star Headed In Our Direction traveling at the Speed Of Light with 100-Million times the strength of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Device that can tear your body's atoms apart .

Doc HuntingBear

[laurastudarus]

The pandemic has, among many other things, emphasized just how important science is in our daily lives. From the technology that allows us to connect to the vaccines that will eventually let us to return to normal, it’s science, technology, engineering, and math — otherwise known as STEM — that have provided solutions for how we keep moving forward when it feels like everything else stopped. However, despite ongoing attempts to reach gender equality, men still remain the entrenched majority in STEM fields. To change this dire statistic, it’ll mean teaching girls early that the field is not only accessible but is also a place where girls and women are not just wanted but needed. Thankfully, there are already women in position to do just that. To get a fresh look at how exciting the topic can be, we gathered five women using technology, social media, and even subscription boxes to help clear the way for the next generation of women in STEM.

(via Five Women Making STEM More Accessible to Women and Girls)

[kakaimeitahi]

HERE ARE THREE INDIGENOUS SCIENTISTS TO INSPIRE YOU THIS NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK

To mark this week’s science week, we spoke to three Indigenous scientists, about how culture influences their work.

Kirsten Banks is a Wiradjuri Astrophysicist and passionate science communicator. She teaches on a number of different platforms including live-on-stage, broadcasting on NITV, and her own personal Tik Tok profile @AstroKirsten where she talks about the Indigenous link to science.

Her interest in science started with the weather, but it wasn’t until she was taken on a school excursion to see a documentary about the Hubble telescope that space captured her imagination.

On her Tiktok, Banks makes educational shorts about Indigenous Australia’s link to science. She tells us that the knowledge we have in Australia is incredible.

“There are hundreds of different [Indigenous] groups across Australia that have their perspective on the night sky”.

[outsidetheknow]

@AstroKirsten : @PeteSwanton Congratulations! Now, relax and enjoy that guilt-free free time!

@AstroKirsten : @PeteSwanton Congratulations! Now, relax and enjoy that guilt-free free time!

Congratulations! Now, relax and enjoy that guilt-free free time!

— Kirsten Banks (@AstroKirsten) November 12, 2019

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November 12, 2019 at 07:27PM via Twitter https://twitter.com/AstroKirsten

[d-m-bloom]

Take note Mr Morrison https://t.co/0CJnXFth3x

— Kirsten Banks (@AstroKirsten) January 22, 2019

[outsidetheknow]

@Taraustralis : @Antony_Clements @AstroKirsten It’s pure arrogance.

@Taraustralis : @Antony_Clements @AstroKirsten It’s pure arrogance.

It’s pure arrogance.

— Taraustralis (@Taraustralis) October 8, 2019

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October 08, 2019 at 07:52PM via Twitter https://twitter.com/Taraustralis