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Laurie Amen

@laurie-amen.bsky.social
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PhD student in physics @ McGill University 🍁studying the evolution of the Universe using huge radio-frequency maps of cosmic hydrogen 🌌. Also an @astrobites.bsky.social author ✍️ 🙃

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From @laurie-amen.bsky.social: Could “little red dots” and their lesser known cousins, “little blue dots”, be the same astronomical object? Today’s paper puts this recently popular theory to the test by invoking helium reionization. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/10/01/little-red-blue-dots-he/
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Little dots red, little dots blue, well helium has a say too!
Could “little red dots” and their lesser known cousins, “little blue dots”, be the same astronomical object? Today’s paper puts this recently popular theory to the test by invoking helium reionization...
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Laurie Amen @laurie-amen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wrong handle, this is actually my post! @laurie-amen.bsky.social 🙃
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
From @laurie-amen.bsky.social: We still don’t know very much about the mysterious epoch of reionization. In today’s bite, learn about a new way to estimate when reionization started from a correlation drop! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/07/04/correlation-drop-eor/
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Correlation-Dropping Into the Reionization Era
We still don’t know very much about the mysterious epoch of reionization. In today’s bite, learn about a new way to estimate when reionization started from a correlation drop!
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
From @laurie-amen.bsky.social: Did you know that many observed black holes theoretically shouldn’t exist? Today’s paper gathers gravitational wave evidence for how these impossible black holes might have formed. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/05/09/many-mergers-might-fill-mass-gap/
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Many Mergers Might Fill the Mass Gap
Did you know that many observed black holes theoretically shouldn’t exist? Today’s paper gathers gravitational wave evidence for how these impossible black holes might have formed.
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
From @laurie-amen.bsky.social: Lenses aren’t always made of glass, sometimes they’re made of dark matter! How can we tell primordial black holes apart from dark black holes using gravitational microlensing. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️🧪 astrobites.org/2026/04/02/deblurring-dark-compact-objects-with-microlensing/
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Deblurring the Dark Compact Object Picture with Microlensing
Lenses aren’t always made of glass, sometimes they’re made of dark matter compact objects! Today’s paper explores if and how we can tell primordial black holes apart from dark black holes using gravit...
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
From @laurie-amen.bsky.social: Today’s bite explores if highly magnetic compact objects called magnetars could explain where the observed background of high-energy neutrinos in our Universe comes from! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️🧪 astrobites.org/2026/03/11/neutriyes-neutrino/
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Neutri-yes or Neutri-no: Could Magnetars Explain Two Mysteries of the Universe?
Today's bite explores if highly magnetic compact objects called magnetars could explain where the observed background of high-energy neutrinos in our Universe comes from!
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