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Rita Tojeiro

@ritatojeiro.bsky.social
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Astrophysicist at the University of St Andrews. I like to think about large scale structure, galaxies, inclusive pedagogy, and higher education. I also like cake, chips, running, and Pearl Jam. ritatojeiro.co.uk

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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Relatedly, my colleague Victoria Bradbury makes amazing art about witch persecution.. and she has a show on at the Glasgow School of Art this weekend! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/threads-po...
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An Exhibition; About a Videogame; About Witch Persecution; Victoria Bradbury; US-UK Fulbright Commission GSA Scholar;
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Rita Tojeiro @ritatojeiro.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Come work with me! I'm hiring a postdoctoral research fellow to work on the link between large scale structure and galaxy evolution using DESI data. The position is for 3 years, starting Oct 1st 2026. Details in the link below. www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Research Fellow - AR3245
Research Fellow - AR3245, School of Physics and Astronomy Salary: £38,784 - £42,254 per annum Start Date: 1 October 2026 Hours: 36.25 hours per week Fixed Term - 36 months, <p style="text-align: justi...
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
🔊Calling #Dundee! Mills, the UK's 1st public observatory, is about to turn 90! This time last year looming budget cuts threatened its closure forever, but overwhelming public support saved it🥳. Do join us for the 90th🎂birthday celebrations on the 27th Oct! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔭 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
The fantastic UK network of science and discovery centres needs your help to survive and thrive! Sign this letter urging the UKGov to stop excluding science from the financial support that is available for other museums, art galleries & theatres 🙏🧪🔭👩‍🔬🎢 👉✉️: www.sciencecentres.org.uk/openletter20...
Catherine having a laugh at the Aberdeen science centre with three girls playing with a powerful fan.Catherine chatting to an interested girl in front of an arch they've just built.Catherine and two kids looking earnestly at some marshmallows in a glass jar that is about to become a vacuum.Catherine looking through a giant lens.  She has a mask on.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/07/2025
📣📣 BOOK NEWS 📣📣 I'm excited to share the cover and release date of Book #2, #EdgeOfSpaceTime, which is now available for PREORDER!! You can order from ANY bookstore, including your local indie! More details on preordering here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... What's the book about? 🧵
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THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME

The universe reimagined -- through pop culture, poetry, and theoretical physics.

From the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos

image of the cover of the book which features circular artwork in the center, one half of it a black and white pattern and the other half a neon rainbow pattern

PREORDER NOW Coming 4/7/26 
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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
A beautiful essay by cosmologist Mark Neyrinck, full of helpful real-world analogies for explaining the shape and evolution of large-scale structure in the universe 🔭
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Rita Tojeiro @ritatojeiro.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Got a surprise cake and bubbly at group meeting today. It is one of the best red velvet cakes I've had ever. Also there was bubbly. Also my students are the best. Also the promotion is nice, too. 😊
Cake covered in white icing with the word Prof written in green
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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
"It is unclear what would happen to operations at the observatory if the office were to close. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to comment, writing in an email, 'As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios.' " www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/c...
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Famous Climate Observatory’s Lease May End Because of DOGE (Gift Article)
NOAA, the nation’s leading climate science agency, may lose dozens of offices, including one that is key to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
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Rita Tojeiro @ritatojeiro.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We're excited to chair the "A multi-scale and multi-tracer view of the cosmic web" session - with @emeegray.bsky.social @apontzen.bsky.social, @abdrake.bsky.social, Tianyi Yang, and me!
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NAM 2025 Durham @nam25-durham.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Abstract submissions are open for NAM 2025! Here's what sessions are on offer as part of our Cosmology & Large-scale Structure strand! Submit your abstracts here: conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/abst... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social
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Michelle Collins @runningastronomer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The amazing results from our large Hubble program, led by Alessandro Savino! These deep images allowed us to measure their detailed star formation histories, and we see they are not as we would expect when comparing to the Milky Way 🔭🧪
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The Twin Dome @timfife.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Getting the Twin Dome ready for the Observatory Open Night. An installation from day into night. 15th March 6pm - 9pm. University of St Andrews
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Ken Rice @kenrice.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Elon and the Royal Society
There’s an Open Letter to the President of the Royal Society expressing dismay at the continued silence and apparent inaction from the Royal Society over the Fellowship awarded in 2018 to Elo…
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