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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Want to help discover a black hole? Our scientists are calling on amateur astronomers to join the Black Hole Hunters project. No telescope needed - just a phone, tablet or laptop and your curiosity. 🔗 tr.ee/Pu83kY @spacesouthcentral.bsky.social @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @esa.int

A black hole against the Milky Way, shown as a dark circle surrounded by warped rings of starlight. Brown, gold and pink clouds of gas and dust and distant stars fill the background.

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Judy Schmidt @geckzilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

all dogs go to heaven, but all spacecraft go to heaven only temporarily

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 04/08/2026

For World Space Week 2026, we're teaming up with Pokémon to unite space exploration and a universe of imagination. More to come soon. ⚡https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Branding_and_Partnerships/ESA_and_Pokemon_team_up_to_celebrate_World_Space_Week #WorldSpaceWeek2026 #PokemonxESA

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

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"Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976", overlaid with a bold “MONK DEBUNKED” stamp.

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Peter Clark @lightbulb500.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A heads up that abstract submissions for this years National Astronomy Meeting in Birmingham (UK) close on April 2nd! Plenty of interesting sessions, and not just because I'm organising one of them 👀 We'd love to see you at the 'First results from the next generation of transient surveys' session!

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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Revolutionary new space telescope @4most-eu.bsky.social has captured its first data from the universe. Our scientists are part of the team behind the super-scope and say it’ll reveal how galaxies and black holes formed. Read more 👉 tr.ee/ba4NEs

The VISTA 4MOST, a large, intricate astronomical device, housed inside an industrial facility. The structure features a prominent circular component with visible wiring and metal framework, supported by a sturdy blue frame with stairs and a raised platform for access.

The VISTA mountain top observatory stands on rocky terrain under a clear night sky, with the Milky Way stretching across and a bright planet shining above.

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Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Researchers at the University of Portsmouth and UFRGS in Brazil say the cosmic behemoth is close to the theoretical upper limit of what is possible in the universe and is 10,000 times heavier than the black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

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'Most massive black hole ever discovered' is detected

Astronomers have discovered potentially the most massive black hole ever detected. The cosmic behemoth is close to the theoretical upper limit of what is possible in...

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 15/07/2025

Two governments took The News Agents to secret court for two years via a constitutionally unprecedented superinjunction to stop you from hearing this story. The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6...

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The secret court that silenced the News Agents...until now

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SpaceAustralia.com @spaceaustralia.com · 05/06/2025

An Emerging Risk To #RadioAstronomy 📡 Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from @icrar.bsky.social has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands. @cosmicrami.com writes about this new study. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin... 📸 Astro_Work 🔭 #SpaceAustralia

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Peter Clark @lightbulb500.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Didn't have this level of political chaos on the bingo card today 👀

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Peter Clark @lightbulb500.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Hey everyone! Its time for a paper thread! My first here on Bluesky 😁 This time on the weird and wonderful transient AT 2018dyk 😎 You can read along in this thread, or if you'd prefer to get straight to the paper you can find it ... Via MNRAS: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Vaccines do not contain any fetal tissue or cells, nor do they contain any cells derived from fetal materials.

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Sarah’s rules of looking for life with only chemical signatures: 1) the smaller the molecule(s) the more likely they can also be produced by abiotic processes 2) one molecule, if it can be produced by any abiotic process, will never be enough to definitively claim detection of life

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

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... 🔭 🧪

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Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

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Peter Clark @lightbulb500.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Off to start my first day at Southampton Uni and of course the train is delayed 😂 Thankfully not by much (for now 🤞)

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Peter Clark @lightbulb500.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

So myself and a group of friends are off to Denmark 🇩🇰 for a Lego themed day trip today Are we deranged? Quite possibly. Follow along for fun and chaos 😂

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Sophie Newman @sophienewman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Today we have a new video on the channel Field of View! We chat with Sravan Kumar, a cosmologist at the University of Portsmouth, all about different theories in physics and whether we can connect them to observations! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA3l...

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How do you prove a theory? | Physics Chat with Sravan Kumar

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James Trayford @trayford.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Follow the (growing) Starter Pack for the Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation (ICG) - Find out about our investigations into Gravity, Galaxies, Sonification & more at the University of Portsmouth, UK 🌌🔭 go.bsky.app/SScAL4f

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Peter Clark @lightbulb500.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Feels like the right time to jump ship 😅 Hi Bluesky 😃

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