Reposted by Christopher BerryElizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 4h12 days until the launch of the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) to explore the moons of Mars and return a sample from Phobos. This meanwhile, is a white lotus moon cake. It is unlikely that Phobos and Deimos are made from white lotus, but you never know… 0182
Reposted by Christopher BerryRNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 07/10/2026📢 The hoiho/yellow eyed penguin could be extinct in less than a decade as a respiratory disease continues to wipe out a significant proportion of the chick population on the mainland.rnz.co.nzRace for vaccine to save hoiho/yellow eyed penguin 02213
Reposted by Christopher BerryRiker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026borg assimilation opt out 13652159
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Great work by Ananya, who did an internship with us as part of the GET-GO exchange with LIGO India! 050
Reposted by Christopher BerryUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026Nottingham today. Everywhere tomorrow. 2,700 staff put at risk. 600+ jobs targeted. At least 48 courses facing closure. What happens here sets the template for the sector. Stand with Nottingham. 16746
Reposted by Christopher BerryChristopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🔭 Anyone interested in applying for a RAS Fellowship or 1851 Fellowship at @uofgravity.bsky.social, please get in touch! We have a great gravitational-wave group ⚛️ These fellowships are great for those coming straight from a PhD. We have internal deadlines, so we need to know who's interested soon 0910
Reposted by Christopher BerryProf Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Fabulous that humanity has regained the ability to image the Earth's entire auroral oval from orbit. Well done to the whole SMILE/UVI team! 👏 Note how the whole oval seen here is in daylight These ultraviolet images were captured during the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere 👀 0103
Reposted by Christopher BerryConor Fitzpatrick @fitzparticle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@robinbisson.bsky.social doing great work here. If I were on @ukri.org's STFC council I'd be very unhappy with the chair altering approved minutes I'm named on without consultation. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...researchprofessionalnews.comNew evidence raises questions for UKRI on edited STFC minutes - Research Professional NewsFunder insists amended minutes are “accurate summary”, despite differing with slide presented to council 131
Reposted by Christopher BerryAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I absolutely love the idea of everyone across the world, looking up at the cosmos, together. Join in the international fun for 100 hours of stargazing! The challenges start this Thursday! 🔭🎢🧪⚛️ ℹ️: 100hours.online 55321
Reposted by Christopher BerryMatt Henderson @matthen.com · 26/09/2026How have the constellations changed since humans first looked up? Has the big dipper always pointed to Polaris? Has Polaris always been the North star? (nope!) 211119
Reposted by Christopher BerryLIGO Scientific Collaboration @ligo.org · 25/09/2026The latest issue of the @ligomagazine.bsky.social is now out with all the latest #GravitationalWaves news! Read it for free at ligo.org/wp-content/u... 🔭🧪⚛️🎶 0197
Reposted by Christopher BerryLISA Community @lisacommunity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What do black holes and comic books have in common? More than you'd think. 📖 Read it for free: blackholecomicbook.com 286
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🔭 Anyone interested in applying for a RAS Fellowship or 1851 Fellowship at @uofgravity.bsky.social, please get in touch! We have a great gravitational-wave group ⚛️ These fellowships are great for those coming straight from a PhD. We have internal deadlines, so we need to know who's interested soon 0910
Reposted by Christopher BerryLucien Heurtier @lucienheurtier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Excellent article about the crisis faced by physics research in the UK: Brian Cox: "I have no idea who mandated this shift or why they think it’s a good idea, but from my perspective it’s a disaster. I urge the new Burnham government to step in..." 🧪🔭 www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...thetimes.comBrian Cox: Physics in Britain is facing a crisisThe celebrity physicist has joined officials in condemning the UK’s decision to withdraw £45 million in funding from the Large Hadron Collider 12812
Reposted by Christopher BerryThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Higher education is good, actually. 76526
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I was 8 years too. Definitely a good pick. And the ducks are great! 020
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I didn't realise you were a Churchillian. How were the ducks? 220
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think so—this and similarly decorated desserts like cupcakes, sundaes, trifles… 031
Reposted by Christopher BerryNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t. 61261351
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026What next, attacking the RSPB for helping Canada geese? 110
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I know Pokémon Go some to get people out, but this seems a bit far 130
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026That's why journals come in issues. I think preprints were regular (it's before my time). You could also ask authors to send you copies of articles you were interested in 010
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I heard stories of Martin Rees putting out the preprints in time for morning coffee at the Institute of Astronomy, by which point he had read them all, so you could ask him which ones to read yourself 110
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm old enough to remember going to the library for journal articles. You'd use the photocopier if you wanted a copy. I'm not old enough to remember preprints being mailed around to departments. I think there was a standard form to mail to request them? 111
Reposted by Christopher BerryCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 18/09/2026I'm finally so excited to share this! My second PhD paper, and what I've spent the last year working on ... We've discovered not one, BUT TWO, profile change events on the closest and brightest millisecond pulsar (MSP) to Earth! www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/disc... Let's jump ito a 🧵👇 🔭📡 823457
Reposted by Christopher BerryLucien Heurtier @lucienheurtier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026📢 Are you working in Particle Physics, Astronomy, and Nuclear (PPAN) in the UK? You were sent a survey regarding Early-Career Researchers and the impact of STFC cuts on them. If you didn't, PM me, as we need as many ECRs to fill it asap, and you could help spread it. If you were, fill/spread it!🧪 031
Reposted by Christopher BerryCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 17/09/2026NEW – Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge ✍️ Written by @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social and Anubha Aggarwal @creacleanair.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/JIwsTKV 46525
Reposted by Christopher BerryChristopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Good to see @heraldscotland.bsky.social picking up the story of the chronic shortage of Physics teachers in Scotland www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655294... 🎢⚛️🏴eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.comScotland faces worsening physics teacher shortage, says new IOP reportIOP Scotland is calling for a new 10-year strategy to boost retention, recruitment and retraining. 272
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's a real emergency. We've lots of need for physicis skills, but a risk of the training pipeline completely collapsing in Scotland 010
Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Good to see @heraldscotland.bsky.social picking up the story of the chronic shortage of Physics teachers in Scotland www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655294... 🎢⚛️🏴eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.comScotland faces worsening physics teacher shortage, says new IOP reportIOP Scotland is calling for a new 10-year strategy to boost retention, recruitment and retraining. 272
Reposted by Christopher BerryRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Tapping the sign. There is a solution to the “problem“ of the *scary* (ooooOOOOooh spooky) asylum centre and its to just treat them as normal people and start integrating them into society the moment they get here and just find them homes 123540
Reposted by Christopher BerryCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 16/09/2026NEW – CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ | By @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/SBtfvG3 34528
Reposted by Christopher BerryCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 16/09/2026Western Australia’s wildflower season is happening, and the ASKAP and SKA antennas are surrounded by lots of growth! Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, looks great thanks to the early winter rains! Read more: www.csiro.au/en/news/All/... 📸 CSIRO 38121
Reposted by Christopher BerryPaul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?bbc.co.ukThe Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract showsThe Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows. 21893042833
Reposted by Christopher BerryLIGO Scientific Collaboration @ligo.org · 14/09/2026Happy birthday #GW150914! 11 years ago today, we caught our first gravitational wave, and founded a new type of astronomy A decade later, we now have hundreds of observations! 🔭🧪🎂 413247
Reposted by Christopher BerryDr Shanika Galaudage @astronerdika.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Since then we have seen 390 events! 173
Reposted by Christopher BerrySam @samdolan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026if 50% of the country were to donate £3, we could nearly match today's donations by two crypto-bros 022
Reposted by Christopher BerryEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A small good (arguably v cute) thing happened in my garden a few days ago - a break from the doom scroll 👇🏼🪶 29114