We are also massive gossips and canβt keep embargo secrets very well at all. Especially astronomers!
#science #astronomy
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We are also massive gossips and canβt keep embargo secrets very well at all. Especially astronomers!
#science #astronomy
Needed this! Love all my astronomy buddies so very much π₯°
We liked to call him Apopquiz when we were kids :D
Oh do let me know when you are in town! We can get drinks πΉ
See this full thread for all the ways we are showing how bad the STFC cuts to science will be With ways you can help us get the word out and just say no to cutting a generation of science and the foundation of future projects #scienceπ§ͺ #astronomyπ
Want to know some of the amazing things we are learning about silicates check out these two amazing researchers! #exoplanets
So excited to be joining the @cosmicshambles.com crew @latitudefestival.bsky.social this year! We will be talking all things #exoplanets so grab a ticket and join in the Shambles fun!
A new @exocast.bsky.social episode is here! yes we are back with some great shows coming your way in 2026
#astronomyπ #science #podcast
STScI is opening its doors for a celebration of creativity at the intersection of art, science, and community on May 6 at 6 p.m.!
The evening will feature an art exhibit of works by local artists inspired by space and astronomy.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/share/17HoRP1ZxM/
Starting this Friday, four separate #JWST programmes will be exploring physical processes in Jupiter's atmosphere and ionosphere. We're asking amateur astronomers to help provide context imaging over the next few weeks to understand how the atmosphere is changing with time. #planetaryscience
Listeners to Radio 4βs Inside Science today get an essay from me in defence of astronomy as pure research. Please listen in and let me know what you think.
Show starts 4.30pm GMT here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Early-career researchers are rightly worried about the road ahead, and have drafted an open letter to UKRI & #STFC, calling for a "strategic correction" to avoid irreversible loss of curiosity-driven UK research - an essential part of future discoveries, tech, & growth. bsky.app/profile/si-w...
Just won with my old trivia team and got three shout outs from the awesome host. It feels good to be back. #OceanBoat
I've updated my post on the funding crisis heading for British astronomy: docs.google.com/document/d/1.... UKRI made clear that astro and particle physics are being subject to unique cuts due to rising costs elsewhere. This looks like a deliberate decision not to fund fundamental physics. π π§ͺ
i love Becky Chambers. re-read the wayfarer series just recently. I like the galaxy and the ground within the best I think but they are all great character pieces.
Question: Do I re-read the first two Percy Jacksonβs to cleanse myself of the atrocious decisions made in the Disney+ series, or keep going through discworld for the millionth time?
I guess I could also read something new but I have a cold and need comfort reading right now.
Illustration of the JWST mirror on a space background with different space images in each segment
STScI has released the timeline for the #JWST Cycle 6 Call for Proposals. The proposal deadline is September 30, 2026. Read more: ow.ly/U5vL50Y6AOr
This is devastating. The skills that astronomers learn are invaluable to society, many going into industry, the civil service, science communication, β¦ such drastic cuts will have terrible consequences in the long run.
Wow congratulation. I was hoping to get you to Bristol for a panel at Easter but I see you have awesome life plans! Very well deserved.
Explore the cosmos at the RWA πͺπ
We've partnered with the Royal West of England Academy to today launch a new exhibition 'Cosmos: the art of observing Space', which explores the documentation of celestial mechanics by artists deeply inspired by observations of space.
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A great paper examining the hot Jupiter HAT-P-30b, lead by final-year PhD student Alastair Claringbold (@exoarcturus.bsky.social), as a part of the BOWIE ALIGN program. The program aims to understand how migration history impacts atmosphere composition. #exoplanets
www.arxiv.org/abs/2601.13104
A reminder that I and a bunch of awesome people are doing stand-up about science in Kings Cross on the 28th. This will be excellent. Tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/684234.
Excited to be heading to London on January 25th for a concert of sorts at King's Place Theatre near Kings Cross for "Bach the Universe and Everything" Where I will be talking about exoplanets and their exotic clouds πͺπ¦οΈ interspersed with music from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment!
ICYMI: Over the winter holidays, my student's paper on KELT-9b was accepted: arxiv.org/abs/2512.19662!
With the Hubble Space Telescope's STIS instrument, we find enormous escape of metal ions from the hottest hot Jupiter, KELT-9b! πͺππ«
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Are you a @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fellow, science communicator, educator, student or member of a local astronomical society? We need your help!
We'll be holding a one-day #RASreach event for Education and Outreach in Manchester on Friday 27 March.
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Read this message and in a rush have just taken all of the Christmas decorations down. That was a close one! would have been bad luck and they would have had to stay up til Feb 2nd otherwise π¬
Damn I got Moribund too! was hoping for something nice to bring up the mood not one to confirms it π
Fully funded opportunity for bachelors and masters students to come work at MPIA in summer 2026!
Terrarium in a large rectangular fish tank. The moss and gravel is made to look like the forest moon of Endor from Star Wars and a small model of an Ewok and R2D2 are in the foreground
Got a wonderful gift from a former postdoc today! A terrarium based on The forest moon of Endor complete with its own little Ewok & R2D2 π
The tank was previously used on BBC The Sky at Night to demonstrate optical depth in a planetary atmosphere. A happy repurposing & joyful addition to my office
Desk with spotlight lamp, microphone and camera set up for filming.
Doing some filming for a potential project this morning. I always get so nervous before filming things. The more prep for something there is the more nervous I become. Very much more comfortable with the hit and hope method. But nevertheless here we go!