by astro-admin | June 10, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Universe, it is your move!     Dear world, dear universe, dear stars, dear cosmos, Dear astronomy,   A beacon of light since my childhood, Astronomy, You have carried me through   When the circumstances around me were dark and did not make sense, My child self found...

by astro-admin | February 12, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

https://scixplorer.org/abs/2026ApJ...997..143S/abstract Dear colleagues, I would like to share my AGN-related paper that is now published, which is of also personal career significance to me because it is the last paper in my PhD thesis (Turun yliopisto - University...

by astro-admin | February 3, 2026 | Outreach, community service, humanitarian work, Quasar research | 0 Comments

Yay! Open source code release day today!   This one is about making easy grids in 2D,       https://github.com/sndik16/light-GG   Some application ideas or the idea itself also were inspired from my internship at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, where I worked...

by astro-admin | January 31, 2026 | Career conundrums, PhD tips, Quasar research | 0 Comments

Dear Student, Thank you for your interest in Astronomy studies and research in Finland. I am asked the question about such opportunities a lot from people around the world. While I am not an expert, here are a few notes and resources that I started compiling to point...

by astro-admin | January 14, 2026 | Career conundrums | 0 Comments

first parts written while listening to music in Frascati, roof apartment, Rome, Italy at dawn, still dark outside, kids sleeping I am not slow, I am thorough. I don't incorporate black boxes into my calculation or analysis in general, I first investigate and...

by astro-admin | November 27, 2025 | Quasar research | 0 Comments

In English, the word 'spectrometer' is a category word (noun) to describe all instruments which separate somehow a property, such as light, but not only. We can even have 'mass spectrometers'*. In particular, if a spectrometer that deals with light, usually optical,...

by astro-admin | November 23, 2025 | Quasar research | 0 Comments

I started a video series on the topic of galaxy surveys, In celebration of my career advancement to postdoc! It is on a new channel 😀 Playlist here...

by astro-admin | November 7, 2025 | Quasar research | 0 Comments

Are you a researcher in astronomy who writes software? I started submitting my code to the ascl.net, the Astrophysics Source Code Library! I was checking their policies today and it's quite special because it is not for commercially available packages, but focuses on...

by astro-admin | November 6, 2025 | Career conundrums, PhD tips, Quasar research | 0 Comments

Nonlinear career path to astronomy (a smoothie of passion for astronomy, failures, and achievements)   Astronomy books and Astronomy Club activities inspired me growing up. My interest in astronomy begins from my childhood (cliché?), inspired from reading books about...

by astro-admin | November 4, 2025 | Career conundrums, Quasar research | 0 Comments

Today I am thrilled to celebrate a small achievement which I discovered unexpectedly. I found out through happenstance that my PhD Thesis in Astronomy has been downloaded impactfully more times than others in the topic of astronomy from the University of Turku,...