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Hubs’ Daddy @grandwazk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just finished Radio Universe by @dreochapman.bsky.social having bought a copy after her lecture at @jodrellbank.bsky.social (yes, took a while, must read more). Beautiful, awe-inspiring, life-affirming. Not often those descriptions can be used for a popular science book, but justified!

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Mike Christie @mikechristie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New books in the #cosmology section of my (home made) oak bookshelf by @astroroyalscot.bsky.social and @dreochapman.bsky.social. Both great reads. 🔭

“How to Design a Universe” by Catherine Heymans and “Radio Universe” by Emma Chapman in the cosmology section of my bookcase

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Looking forward to Lincoln Book Festival - only a 20-minute drive for me! I’ll be talking about radio astronomy’s amateur roots and how we can still explore the cosmos from home. Sat 3 Oct, 6pm 🏡 📡 Tickets: lincolnartscentre.co.uk/event/emma-c... #astronomy #bookfestival

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Listening to the Universe - Emma Chapman - Lincoln Arts Centre

Join Dr Emma Chapman, author of Radio Universe, to discover how radio astronomy began with an...

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

On Fridays, members of our astronomy group take turns to bake! This week I have made stem ginger cake and peanut butter cookies 🍪 can’t wait for 4pm!

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’m heading to #NewScientistLive to dig into the hidden universe! Radio waves let us excavate cosmic history, uncovering black holes, the first stars, dark matter, and the deepest layers of spacetime. Come and explore what’s buried in the sky on 11 October. live.newscientist.com @newscientist.com

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Made a nap corner at work and it has been transformative for energy, mood, and quality of afternoon science!

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory - NSF NRAO @thenrao.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 25, 2000 - Dedication of the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). Construction on the GBT began in 1991 and the telescope achieved "First Light" on August 22, 2000. 🗓️ Countdown: 84 days til NRAO’s 70th anniversary! #NRAOat70 #NRAO70years

Jay Lockman (Green Bank Site Director 1993-1998), Phil Jewell (Green Bank Site Director 1999-2005), and George Seielstad (Green Bank Site Director, 1984-1992) pose after the Green Bank Telescope dedication with the Green Bank Telescope sign

Senator Robert C. Byrd and Mrs. Byrd at the Green Bank Telescope dedication

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Radio astronomy as a scientific field was born thanks to this field! 📡 In 1935, the Daventry Experiment demonstrated that radio waves could be used to detect aircraft. A generation of physicists became experts in radar and, when WW2 ended, some turned those skills towards the invisible Universe 🔭

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Genuinely happy for all those that had beautiful clear skies for the solar eclipse, but I’m currently enjoying feeling COLD for the first time in ageeees. I’ll take that as a silver lining to the clouds of yesterday! 🥶☁️☀️

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My cruise ship corridors are giving me #Backrooms flashbacks…

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’ve arrived in Iceland as a Cruise Astronomer, ready to see either the total solar eclipse or a cloudy twilight! Making the most of this beautiful country

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Very kindly @newscientist.com have listed the new book in their "best new popular science books of August 2026" list. The summary made me chuckle - I suppose I kind of always have been a "go big or go home" type of girl. 😂

No small ambition in this next book, either. Astrophysicist Catherine Heymans’s latest is, according to its subtitle, no less than a look at the “science of real and virtual worlds”. At its heart is that wonderful, death-defying question: could we be living in a computer simulation, and how would we even know? It all sounds fascinating, as Heymans, the astronomer royal for Scotland, takes us “on a humorous and mind-bending journey through the science of reality itself”.

From subatomic particles and the cosmic mysteries of dark matter to the secrets of the human senses, we are promised an exploration of “whether humanity could ever create a virtual universe as rich and diverse as our own – and what that means for our sense of self, free will and consciousness”. Not much going on here, then.

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm in Nature! 🤯 Okay, so it may not be for an academic publication, but they described 📡 Radio Universe📚 as “captivating” in their Five of the Best book review! Excuse me while I dance around my living room...💃 🧑‍🩰 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Oh wow. I just misremembered Linkin Park as “Linked In” in the pub quiz. I really have gone corporate with age.

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Do psychics cancel events due to “foreseen circumstances”? 🤔

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

July #WokeratiBookClub Radio Universe: how to explore space without leaving Earth by @dreochapman.bsky.social A fascinating look at the use of radio waves in studying the universe. Enjoying & learning as I unwind after work. A shame that this week the UK cut funding for radio astronomy 🪐

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Jodrell Bank is a gateway to the stars, a 📡 telescope that translates the radio universe into colours our eyes can see. It is my happy place, a truly inspiring monument. And it’s going to shut unless they find funding. “Heartbroken” doesn’t quite cover it. 🔭💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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Michelle Collins @runningastronomer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

If Dyson spheres exist in the universe, we might be able to find them if they are nearby. In this episode I talk about a paper that follows up candidate Dyson spheres with JWST! No 👽 tech found yet. But maybe one day 🔭☄️🧪

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Stuck on a train because there is someone on the track and I’ve had to put my AirPods in due to the level of vitriol: “just run them over!” “Teach him a lesson, we’re just trying to get on with our lives!” … people, the person is clearly unwell in some respect, have some fricking compassion.

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

An honour to be on Woman’s Hour today, and chat with the incredible women in the Green Room. And so nice to talk about 🔭science🧪 and not just the issues faced by women in STEM.

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

When you moan SO MUCH that you can’t eat the prop-sweets on set that the BBC send you this… 😳 #noregrets

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Classic. The day I stumble in exhausted, hair unwashed, and disillusioned with the world… I apparently do my best work! Science revives me 🔭❤️🥰 watch here: youtu.be/00BL35sKJfY?...

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A lady should never leave the house without her meteorites ☄️ #space #astronomy #nerd

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The clouds allowed an early night last night (no stargazing for me!) so enjoyed an early morning cup of tea overlooking the lake instead. Bliss.

Two camping chairs with a table overlooking a lake

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Camping time! My suitcase is half clothes, half telescopes 🔭 😁 Dwarf II ✅ Binoculars ✅ Astronomy magazines ✅ #holiday #stargazing #astronomy #camping

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Kyle Mann @kylemann.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I just finished your book! “The Echoing Universe” since I’m in the States. I checked it out from my library after hearing you on Talk Nerdy with Dr Cara Santa-Maria and I really enjoyed it! Thank you for the journey! 🙌 And congratulations! 🥳

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Jonathan Pritchard @pritchardjr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Horrified to learn that the Particle Physics and Astronomy groups at Sussex University are facing a proposed 35% cut in staff numbers! That would be devastating to a high quality department.

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Woooo! Radio Universe is named in New Scientist’s Best Books of the first six months of 2026! Why, thank you 🤩 🔭📡❤️

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Well, that’s terrifying. ChatGPT just recommended I delete my lecture notes on the need for more regulation of AI as this would “soon be seen as an outdated view”. 🫠

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Are you planning an event for the August Partial Solar Eclipse? Make sure you have ordered GENUINE eclipse glasses from @gostargazing.bsky.social! gostargazing.co.uk/solar-glasse... There are a lot of fakes around and using them risks real and lasting damage to eyesight.

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Solar glasses for the August partial eclipse

Get discounted glasses for yourself, your friends, family, colleagues and outreach organisation, in support of Astronomers Without Borders

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Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Many pro astrophysicists receive unsolicited letters from amateurs with new but subtly wrong physics theories, often about relativity and from retired engineers. This cute new paper is a perfect reply & I love how it uses cyclotrons & transponders & radar 🧪🔭 arxiv.org/abs/2605.21660

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Relativity for Retired Engineers

We provide some guidance and examples to clear up common misconceptions about special relativity. These misconceptions often come from trying to express the truths of special relativity in Newtonian t...

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I came out of Disclosure Day yesterday brimming with emotion, “10/10, no notes! Superbly, ridiculously, wonderful!” My partner thought I was being sarcastic. “God I know, 3/10 at a push, terrible.” Me: 😬😨😮 … “if I hadn’t of married you last month this honestly might have been a dealbreaker.”

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

“Chapman’s analogies are earthly and humorous.” “The heart of the book, though, is driven more by persuasive awe than overly rosy ideas, showing the reader the universe’s strange parts and the inventive humans who seek them out.” Thank you to @sarahscoles.bsky.social for a lovely review 📡 🥰 🔭

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Book Review: How Radio Astronomy Made the Invisible Visible

Emma Chapman's "The Echoing Universe" is a vivid survey of the hidden parts of the cosmos and those who seek them out.

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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The spectacular Venus-Jupiter #conjunction is tonight! 🥳 Shortly after #sunset, brilliant #Venus will appear next to bright #Jupiter. And #Mercury will lie below them in the evening twilight. Watch this video: buff.ly/fSA3rMC Visit EarthSky’s night sky guide: buff.ly/QJkeIZz 📸 EarthSky.org.

2 very bright dots in the sky, side by side. Another dot, this one smaller and fainter, is below them, closer to the horizon.

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

When your enthusiastic science talk is auto-detected as dance 😄💃🔭

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Radio Universe 📚️ has had a makeover in the US... The Echoing Universe! Same amazing and inspiring stories about radio astronomy 📡 🔭 (we're talking black holes, aliens 👽️, and echoing radio waves solving mysteries in our local neighbourhood 🪐) ... just a different title! Buy now! 🇺🇸 a.co/d/0eaIxnXE

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

My department stands to see 20 wonderful colleagues thrown out like they are worthless. These are the most hardworking, kindest and loyal people I have ever worked with. As a research fellow, I am not “at risk” (yet), but I will not be grateful.. or silent. nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/

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Save Nottingham Physics and Astronomy

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Clare Burrage @clareburrage.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Alongside the majority of my colleagues in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Nottingham, I have received a letter telling me I am at risk of redundancy. To my physics friends - please sign this letter to help us save our amazing School nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/

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Save Nottingham Physics and Astronomy

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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/05/2026

JD Vance Still Waiting For Secret Service To Retrieve Him From Secure Hiding Area

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JD Vance Still Waiting For Secret Service To Retrieve Him From Secure Hiding Area

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“Chapman’s writing is accessible, imaginative and compelling.” I’m so grateful to see Radio Universe (UK)/Echoing Universe (US) reviewed by New Scientist ✨📡💫🔭 This piece beautifully captures what I hoped to convey - that science should be open to anyone who wants to feel wonder and curiosity 🤩

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What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe

An imaginative and compelling book reveals how radio waves help us tune in to our universe – and even search for alien civilisations, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

What an evening! Spent two hours with the Delaware Astronomical Society Book Club enjoying great conversation, a dog called Hubble 🐾 and a reading by their Poet Laureate, Doveed Levy (of Comet Shoemaker-Levy fame). Nights like this remind me how inspiring curiosity and community can be, even on Zoom

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

You know when people close their eyes and go to their happy place? 🤩 This is my happy place: The Lovell Telescope, @jodrellbank.bsky.social. Such an honour to stand at the feet of this legend, in front of a sold-out audience of 200, and share my love of the Radio Universe 📡✨

Woman in sunglasses in standing with her arms wide open and smiling, at base of large radio dish telescope on a sunny day.

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Tim Parnell @timcp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

@dreochapman.bsky.social Yes Radio Universe available on Audible 🙏 Downloaded ✅

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🥳Jackpot! 2 awesome books arrived at my door yesterday! @dreochapman.bsky.social & @drlucyrogers.com - what delightful reads all about the magic and wonder of what lies above us. Thank you!! "Up" releases this week! 📙Up: www.penguin.co.uk/books/461507... 📘Radio: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/emma-...

Two books propped up on pillows.
Radio Universe is very sparkly with planets glittering on a black background
Up is light and airy with gorgeous butterflies dancing across the cover.

The same books, now with a cute cat sat in front of them.

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Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I gotta say, launching Artemis II on April Fools’ Day is going to do nothing for the ‘we-never-went-to-the-moon’ conspiracies.

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