Outreach

Public outreach activities

• Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (University of Southampton, United Kingdom): Organised science exhibit on neutron stars two years running. Coordinated teams of about 10 volunteers and engaged with members of public, particularly young families (7th May 2022, 18th Mar. 2023).

Media engagement

• New Scientist: “Lightest neutron star ever found could contain compressed quarks” (24th Oct. 2022)
• Press for Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. article “Modelling neutron star mountains”:
  • Live Science: “Neutron star ‘mountains’ may be blocking our view of mysterious gravitational waves” (21st Jul. 2021)
  • The Register: “Moutains on neutron stars are not even a millimetre tall due to extreme gravity” (21st Jul. 2021)
  • The Independent: “Scientists find tiny mountains on neutron stars that are a fraction of a millimetre tall” (19th Jul. 2021)
  • Royal Astronomical Society press release: “A bug’s life: millimetre-tall mountains on neutron stars” (19th Jul. 2021)
  • Gizmodo: “Neutron Stars Have Mountains That Are Less Than a Millimeter Tall” (18th Jul. 2021)
  • New Scientist: “Neutron stars are remarkably smooth thanks to their intense gravity” (24th May 2021)