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submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Astronomy is often described as a visual science, but a purely visual approach to communicate it leaves out a significant part of the population. In this ESO blog post we talked with two experts to learn how we can do better with tactile activities. www.eso.org/public/blog/... 🔭 🧪

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪

submitted 50 days ago • 27 comments

An important point. I’m sure there are a lot of ways scientists and science communicators can do better, but as long as organized and funded political disinformation campaigns are rampant and unconstrained, we’re fighting a real uphill battle.

submitted 50 days ago • 14 comments

What a heartbreaking photograph - the impact of satellite constellations on the night sky. Taken above the Pinnacles in Nambung National Park, Western Australia. Credit: Joshua Rozells

submitted 68 days ago • 41 comments

What a fun week! 🚲

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

So my Dad has been in touch with me twice this week… He does this through the modern medium of email (🤷‍♂️). First email subject line - “Venus”. 🔭 Couple of days later, it’s followed by a second email with a subject line of simply “Pies”. 🥧 Gotta hand it to him, he knows how to get my attention.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks to the team at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh’s Science Centre & Planetarium, you can catch a small glimpse of Euclid’s beautiful new #Q1DataRelease images in their seasonal “What’s Up?” stargazing planetarium show this week! 🤩

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Are you ready for it…? Make room in your calendar for 19th March at 11:00, when stunning results with contributions from UK scientists will be revealed. 🚨 🗓️ #Euclid #Q1Release #Astronomy #Cosmology

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Little smiles: @esa.int just introduced rock legend Dr Brian May as "Astrophysicist and stereoscopic imager"- no mention of his celebrity past 😂. Now how to get my hands on a stereoscope so I can see these fab images of Mars' moon Deimos, over the surface of Mars, in its full 3D glory!! 🤔🔭

submitted 85 days ago • 6 comments

Just in! 📸 The first images from yesterday’s #HeraMission flyby of Mars and its moon Deimos. 👇 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

submitted 85 days ago • 16 comments

Important story about what we’re doing to the upper atmosphere as Musk’s satellites rain into it www.sciencenews.org/article/sate...

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

We're looking for a physics engagement officer here in Oxford - lots of delivery, part of a great team and working mostly with local 11-15 year olds. It's a half time position, and suits flexible working. Details below, or ask if you have any questions: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

submitted 94 days ago • 3 comments

Full marks to fellow cosmologist George Efstathiou 'removing Musk's fellowship could be seen as political interference...But Prof Efstathiou said "If somebody has a disregard for the truth and says things that are blatantly false, then that speaks to their ethical standards. That's not political"'

submitted 94 days ago • 6 comments

Mars climate scientist here. The oceans won't just return. We don't have a good explanation for how Mars had oceans when it did have a thick atmosphere in the paleo record billions of years ago. Everything in the last few months should prove that Musk is an idiot and knows nothing about anything.

submitted 97 days ago • 23 comments

How’s this for a Monday morning? 🤩 A team of #HumansOfEuclid discovered an Einstein ring 💍 in nearby galaxy, NGC 6505. Only possible with the unique capabilities of this wonderful telescope!

submitted 116 days ago • 9 comments

Swapping Edinburgh for Liverpool today this #NationalAstronomyWeek. Not so much of a #planetaryparade this time of day…but maybe a potential title parade coming this May! #YNWA #LFC 😉 🔴

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment

Coming Monday, 10 February, #ESAEuclid will present a new science result. Something... special nearby galaxy something... 😀 #ESA press release is being finalized, consortium blog post written, paper will be in A&A. It will be cool, beautiful, amazing. 🤩 #astronomy #galaxies #space #EuclidLeaks

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment

Last Wed @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social organised some impromptu "sidewalk astronomy" on Portobello's Promenade. Here's me getting ultra excited about seeing the stripes on Jupiter through the 10” Dob 🤩 I took along our new #Seestar S30 who was promptly named "Telly" by 9yo local Evelyn! 🔭

submitted 124 days ago • 10 comments

Are you ready to chase the Moon? 🌖 #NationalAstronomyWeek begins tomorrow, 1st February! You can find out more about how to get involved and an exciting line-up of events across the UK at astronomyweek.org.uk. However, whilst us Earthlings gaze up at the Moon, Euclid won't be joining us... (1/4)

submitted 126 days ago • 1 comment

If you've got clear skies, it's a #DoLookUp moment. Crescent moon, #Saturn and #Venus all in a lovely line to the West! #astrophotography 🧪🔭

submitted 126 days ago • 14 comments

Back at Dynamic Earth today for the UK premiere of Voyager: A Never Ending Journey. You can catch it in their planetarium throughout February half-term. Top tip: stay for the end credit scene! 👽 📡 📀 #Voyager 1’s perspective of our Pale Blue Dot is perhaps now more poignant than ever. 🌍

submitted 126 days ago • 2 comments

Who says you can’t stargaze while waiting to escape the incoming apocalypse? 💨 #PlanetaryParade #StormÉowyn #Astronomy #Edinburgh

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

Want to witness the beauty of half the planets in our solar system? Why not take part in National Astronomy Week! 🪐💫🔭 Running from 1-9 February, it will feature 250 events across the UK, including stargazing nights, planetarium shows & schoolchildren quizzing astronauts 👩‍🚀 ⤵️

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

WOW! You've got to watch all of this. A priest just confronted Trump's fascism to his face. She's so incredibly brave.

submitted 135 days ago • 365 comments

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

submitted 136 days ago • 526 comments

#PlanetaryParade excitement is fantastic! #DoLookUp But I'm baffled by the media saying 25th Jan is a "once in a lifetime event" 🔭🧪 The awesome foursome Mars, Jupiter, Venus & Saturn have been on display for weeks + Neptune & Uranus if you have a telescope. We won't see Mercury until late Feb🤔 🧵1/6

submitted 137 days ago • 35 comments

The Future of Orion xkcd.com/3012

submitted 202 days ago • 295 comments

Download a 'Chase the Moon' printable skyguide to track the Moon across the sky from 1-9 Feb during National Astronomy Week. We'll show you how to use the Moon's position to find a treasure trove of interesting objects in the sky 🤩https://astronomyweek.org.uk/resources/

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

Back to work means being distracted by the views from Blackford Hill again…with very snowy Pentland hills this morning! #Edinburgh

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

What a start to 2025! By coincidence, @notverymedieval.bsky.social was driving us to the Borders tonight. We saw the red alert. As I looked out the car window I could see the silhouetted clouds amongst a glowing white sky. We soon parked up at the roadside and got VERY lucky! #aurora #snow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

submitted 155 days ago • 1 comment

Happy new year! 🥳 On 1st January 1925, Edwin Hubble presented a finding that would forever change our view of the Universe - that there are other galaxies beyond our Milky Way! 100 years later, Euclid is mapping many billions of galaxies. Who knows what we’ll discover together in 2025…?

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments

Aaaaaannd that’s a wrap on #EuclidUK2024! 🎬 After two days of fantastic talks, UK-based Euclid scientists are on their way home… 🏡 (1/4)

submitted 176 days ago • 1 comment

Venus over the Higgs Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh #astronomy

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

It’s Day 2 of #EuclidUK2024 at @royalastrosoc.bsky.social ! Astronomy is all about collaboration, and the coffee breaks are perfect for catching up and meeting new people ☕️

submitted 177 days ago • 1 comment

Today is Day 1 of #EuclidUK2024, where scientists from across the UK are meeting to share their latest updates about the pioneering Euclid Space Telescope! Thanks to the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social for hosting - a beautiful venue 😍

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

Always a pleasure to see my old stomping ground, Dynamic Earth Science Centre & Planetarium, on the way to the Observatory. Looking particularly beautiful against the silhouetted Salisbury Crags this morning! 😍

submitted 182 days ago • 0 comments

1% of the Euclid mission's map of the night sky just dropped... and it's 208 BILLION pixels & 14m galaxies!!! 🤯 😱 🔭 🔬 Never before has such a large map of the night sky been made at this resolution. Image 1 features blue cirrus clouds between stars in the Milky Way. Image 2 is a 600 TIMES zoom!

submitted 233 days ago • 1 comment

As I settle into my new role at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, I’m struggling to take my eyes off this view each morning as I reach Blackford Hill. Stunning! 😍

submitted 188 days ago • 2 comments

Just off BBC Radio Scotland, talking about 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿ScotRail's decision to sign up to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet for all their Highland trains. I think I rather upset presenter Kaye Adams with this story of space junk falling from the sky...😬🔭 ℹ️: www.scientificamerican.com/article/spac...

submitted 200 days ago • 13 comments

Attention any aliens.

submitted 202 days ago • 1 comment

Had a great time at BAP2024, and had a lot of interest and support for the 100 Hours project 🤩 Coming to 100hours.online in just TEN DAYS TIME, on 2 October 🤯

submitted 257 days ago • 0 comments