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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I had a fantastic time in Lund which hosted this year’s Particle days. In addition to a very inspiring meeting, they showed us around the impressive European Spallation Source facilities

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

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Declaration — Math and AI

Read the declaration and add your name.

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I seem to get a science novel recommendation every time I visit Oslo. This one is about Ellen Gleditsch, who worked with Marie Curie and Norway‘s 2nd female professor. She also features heavily in Dava Sobel‘s fantastic „The elements of Marie Curie“ for those who prefer english. Excited to dig in!

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So nice to be briefly back in beautiful Oslo

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For the past six months @mariaa.bsky.social and I have been working on creating an improved research experience on atproto. It's now live! Check out: lea.ac

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Lea: research-oriented social media

Introducing a beta-version of our new research-focused social media platform

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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Search for neutrino emission from blazar γ--ray flares accounting for possible neutrino time delays" by Egor Podlesny & iFoteini Oikonomou (Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim, Norway) doi.org/10.33232/001...

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Search for neutrino emission from blazar $γ$-ray flares accounting for possible neutrino time delays | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics

By Egor Podlesnyi, Foteini Oikonomou. The study investigates high-energy neutrino emissions associated with blazar flares, using data from IceCat-1, MOJAVE, CGRaBS, and Fermi-LAT. A slight correlation...

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Happy to be back in beautiful Erice for the International Cosmic Ray Astrophysics School.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Universe has lost a mighty force. Farewell to a dear friend, wonderful scientist, and excellent co-conspirator. www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/in...

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In memoriam Ralph Wijers, astrophysicist (1964–2026)

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Can’t wait to start reading what Carney and Pepper are up to in the 80s! I was hoping for some plain old-school hip hop, but loving @colsonwhitehead.com’s eclectic 80’s mix

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I had a wonderful time visiting the Computational Relativistic Astrophysics group at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam. It was fascinating to learn about their latest work and I greatly enjoyed the discussions and warm hospitality.

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Got to visit the KATRIN experiment again! This time with my almost finished PhD student Egor Podlesnyi who also gave a very nice talk at KIT this week. Its been a pleasure watching him approach the finish line in such outstanding form.

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

1/11 Imagine having a detailed map of the youngest & hottest stars in the #MilkyWay — the ones that form & die within just a few million years. A research team (Quintana et al.) has recently completed exactly that using Gaia DR3 data, reaching out to 2 kpc (~ 6,520 ly) from the Sun.🔭⚛️🧪 #galactic

Here’s how OB-type stars are spread across our local Milky Way, out to 2 kpc from the Sun.
The red and pink patches reveal the denser concentrations of these young stars. Among the standout features are the Sagittarius-Carina arm, Cepheus Spur, the big empty Perseus Gap, and associations such as Cyg OB2 and Ori OB1.

Credit: Figure 5 (right panel) – Quintana et al. 2026

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef) @nikhef.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Four more detector strings have been added to the @km3net.bsky.social neutrino detector in the deep sea off the coast of Toulon. The French section of the particle telescope now has 42 strings. www.nikhef.nl/en/news/four...

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Four more new lines added to the KM3NeT neutrinotelescope - Nikhef

Four more detector strings have been added to the KM3NeT neutrino detector in the deep sea off the coast of Toulon. The French section of the particle telescope...

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thank you to the incredible Roots for an amazing evening in Paris. They played a 2.5h set, connected so warmly with the audience, and even sang in french. Noone stopped jumping and dancing including the band.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Um..... so I did a thing 🫣 📽️: youtube.com/shorts/krnxj... Indie 📕: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/how-... Amazon 🔗: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Design-U... 🔭👩‍🔬🎢

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Exciting new Announcement!!

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Happy to be in beautiful Görlitz this week for the Kavli-IAU Global Coordination workshop. Thanks to @samayanissanke.bsky.social and the team for bringing us together.

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

On the last day of our two-month residency at CAS in Oslo, Bing Zhang from IHEP Beijing who’s been here as a member of my group spontaneously joined me for the ecotrail 21K run. It was a wonderful way to say goodbye to Oslo and to conclude our fruitful time here together.

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Oslo, I will miss your beautiful lilac trees

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A very special afternoon at the Abel Prize ceremony in Oslo. Honoured to witness Gerd Faltings receive the 2026 Abel Prize by Crown Prince Haakon with this wonderful crew.

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Jupiter, Venus, and crescent moon on tonight’s flight home. Gratulerer med dagen 🇳🇴

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Anne Green @ultrawimp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Physicists: please consider signing this open letter of support: nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/ The University wants to cut a third of academic and related staff from the School of Physics and Astronomy.

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Save Nottingham Physics and Astronomy

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I’ve read many books about black holes, but this is my first one in Norwegian. Also a first: it revolves around a murder at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo. My colleagues at ITA recommended it, and I’m enjoying it so far! @spmness.bsky.social

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

One month into my Oslo stay, one of the unexpected highlights has been the nature. In today’s run in Bygdøy I encountered forest, deer, many types of ducks, sea views, which feel unreal just a few km from the city centre.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

Send your name to the moon for free with the Artemis mission - deadline for sign up today. www3.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-a… #astrodon #Moon #Artemis #astronomy

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Ethan Vishniac 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸 @ethan-vishniac.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

youtu.be/KsLS2jkxZZE 🔭 AAS Journal Author Series: Glennys Farrar on 2025ApJ 994L 7 Glennys Farrar (New York University) chats about her article on specific predictions of the cutoff energy of various nuclei for binary neutron star mergers being the principle source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.

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AAS Journal Author Series: Glennys Farrar on 2025ApJ...994L...7F

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In beautiful Bad Honnef for the 5th Graduate School on Astroparticle Physics indico-sfb1491.epp.physik.tu-dortmund.de/event/87/ove...

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Yesterday, I had the privilege to visit the KATRIN experiment at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and experience the breathtaking scele of it up close. Many thanks to Dr Markus Steidl for the tour.

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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Sometimes you stumble over to a packed breakout session at your big annual academic conference and learn that some billionaires have decided to build not one, but FOUR, complementary new telescope facilities, and build them fast Well OK then! Happy new year! From their pockets to our skies! 🔭

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Congratulations to Dr Domenik Ehlert for successfully defending his PhD thesis! I could not have asked for a more brilliant first PhD student, and am very excited to see where his work takes him next!

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A big milestone today! Domenik Ehlert holding his freshly printed PhD thesis! The defence is in 3 weeks and I couldn’t be prouder of the work that’s gone into this. Congratulations on reaching this stage! The finish line is in sight!

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

It was wonderful to host Teresa Bister, Damiano Fiorillo, Karri Koljonen, and Bing Theodore Zhang at NTNU to kick-off our Centre of Advanced Study Oslo Collaboration!

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Researchers’ Night at NTNU last Friday! Our group brought a 3D-printed mini-array of Auger surface detectors and talked to high school students about cosmic rays and black holes.

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

During #ICRC2025 we had the immense fortune to be shown around the Jungfraujoch research station. We saw, among other things, the neutron monitor and the guestbook signed by Pierre Auger and his students in 1934-38.

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Foteini Oikonomou @astro-foteini.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Polar stratospheric clouds over Trondheim today

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