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 (7 May 2022, 18 Mar 2023).

Media engagement

• New Scientist (24 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 (21 Jul 2021): “Neutron star ‘mountains’ may be blocking our view of mysterious gravitational waves”
  • The Register (21 Jul 2021): “Moutains on neutron stars are not even a millimetre tall due to extreme gravity”
  • The Independent (19 Jul 2021): “Scientists find tiny mountains on neutron stars that are a fraction of a millimetre tall”
  • Gizmodo (18 Jul 2021): “Neutron Stars Have Mountains That Are Less Than a Millimeter Tall”
  • New Scientist (24 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 (19 Jul 2021): “A bug’s life: millimetre-tall mountains on neutron stars”