The Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) honoured six astronomers at its Annual Scientific Meeting in Adelaide this week, including two ANU scientists.
After winning the ANU Open Day 3 Minute Thesis competition, PhD student Suryashree Aniyan from the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics is now off to the ANU grand final as a wild-card entrant.
It’s hard to imagine what might be happening within the collective minds of a group of students at the exact moment an astrophysicist and science communicator with global rock star status walks into a room.