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