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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Science for Fiction podcast from @sffoundation.bsky.social is back with a new episode where we talk to @planetgreaves.bsky.social about searches for the pebbles that combine to build planets, and the quest for life elsewhere in our own Solar System. open.spotify.com/episode/5bEC...

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From Pebbles to Aliens

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Would be even better with VERVE along as a sidekick to look for reduced chemistry in the clouds as a sign of disequilibrium chemistry @planetgreaves.bsky.social

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Science for Fiction has now made the leap to cyberspace as the Science for Fiction podcast, made in conjunction with the @sffoundation.bsky.social The first episode is me interviewing @defjaf.bsky.social about his new book The Random Universe. Have a listen! apple.co/44A5GIg

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Science for Fiction

Science Podcast · Real science that inspires science fiction, from the latest in cosmology to the strangest biology. Brought to you by the Science Fiction Foundation.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/12/2025

Wooo it's up! New paper alert! I will write a summary thread about this paper tomorrow morning when I'm not quite as mentally exhausted! "An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643 Not […]

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

🧵 To mark 80 years of discovery, we invited the public to join us in a celebratory project – Cosmic Threads – a community quilt inspired by Jodrell Bank’s rich legacy. Now, we’re delighted to share the results with you in a brand-new exhibition: ow.ly/lv6N50XCNyM

A snapshot of the community quilt, featuring panels depicting scenes from space, captioned: 'Cosmic Threads Community Quilt Exhibition. Launching 24 January, 2026.'

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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A Cornell-led team said this month that it has created the first “color key” of microorganisms that live in Earth’s clouds. The idea? If similar color signatures show up in an exoplanet’s clouds, it could be a clue that something alive is hiding there. Read more: buff.ly/O1SFwyM 📸 Pixabay/EarthSky.

World with olive green, white and blue and text.

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Dr James O'Donoghue 🪐 @interplanetary.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We have a PhD opportunity at the University of Reading focused on analysing Jupiter and Saturn auroral observations! Title: Investigating Earth-like responses to the Solar Wind in Gas Giant Upper Atmospheres Supervisor: me! Full description/application portal: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Dr Megan Argo @astromeg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

It’s #supermoon time! If you have clear skies tonight (not likely in NW England…!) do have a look. Your brain is not good at measuring the size and brightness of things on the sky, so you might not be able to tell, but a full moon is always nice to look at! 🌕 Spoke to BBC 5 Live about it at 6.55am.

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Eric Mamajek @ericmamajek.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

If comets are like cats, and planetary scientists have been studying domestic cats, tigers, leopards, jaguars, etc., of our solar system for many years, then comet 3I/ATLAS barges in like a serval or ocelot on an unbound e=6 orbit from somewhere else 😂. But it still purrs and scratches #3IATLAS

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Marc Kuchner | Author @marckuchner.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

So the Earth has quasi-moons! What is the difference between a moon and a quasi moon? (And which one should I howl at?) #astronomy #news #nature #astrophotography

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

My weekend post: learning to be difficult as a teenager. Good practice for coping with academic life as an adult occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...

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Mrs Handley and the Whippets (Learning to be Difficult) | Athene Donald's Blog

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Tonight! Come and hear about how we landed on the Moon (and play along at home), how the BBC laughed at my coffee cup, and how I was almost lured into espionage.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar! Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them! Sales will fund our '26 Native Plant Project Pre-order now, they’ll ship in early November! Squidfacts.net

A spread of the calendar opened to November. two cuttlefish hover over a reef where the female has laid eggs with tiny little baby cuttlefish in them.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

This is the article - about a possible connection between black holes and dark energy. There now seems to be evidence for this from both DESI and earlier observations I was involved with 🧪🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-d...

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Are Black Holes Creating Dark Energy?

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

So today I celebrate the work of @carersinstemm.bsky.social who are calling for systemic changes to funding, policy & culture to support carers in STEM. Funders & employers must listen if they recognise and value the importance of a diverse workforce.👩‍🔬🧪 Read their report 👉 carersinstemm.co.uk 8/9🧵

A Carers Guide for Institutions
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Ensure institutional expense policy allows for the reimbursement of care-related costs including dependant and co-carer travel expenses.
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Update and align institutional financial reimbursement policy with funder T&C’s relating to care-giving costs.
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Establish institutional policy and disseminate to line managers and expense approvers to avoid inconsistent implementation and support.
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Provide flexible carers grants for all staff and students with minimal administrative burden to flexibly support ad-hoc care and do not mandate online attendance.
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Consider the competing demands of meeting sustainability goals and the requirement to support carers (e.g. trains, flight times on weekends).
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Decouple measures of research impact and esteem from travel opportunities with updated academic guidance.
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Allow for family-friendly travel accommodation options including booking outside of approved institutional travel providers.
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Provide a per-diem (a daily allowance) option for complex trips to reduce
administrative burden on carers.
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When hosting an event, ensure risk assessments and insurance policy align to allow access to those under the age of 18.

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ESO @eso.org · 03/10/2025

ICYMI, our VLT identified an enormous growth spurt in a rogue planet, which is eating up six billion tonnes of gas & dust a second! The discovery sheds new light on how such planets form. Discover more in our video 👇 Full story: www.eso.org/public/news/eso2516 🔭 🧪 #exoplanets #planetsci

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planetgreaves.bsky.social @planetgreaves.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

"Weather reports for distant worlds"? - this project sounds so exciting!

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The government is shut down, but they can't stop me from posting stuff here. At Mars this weekend, it's all eyes on the skies. NASA's robotic explorers – in orbit and on the ground – will attempt observations when Comet 3I/ATLAS cruises past the Red Planet on Oct 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtQH...

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NASA Spacecraft Observe Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as It Approaches Mars

YouTube video by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A new study says potentially #dangerous nearby #asteroids could be invisible to astronomers. These space rocks share #Venus' orbit and spend most of their time hidden by the sun's glare. They could come perilously close to #Earth: buff.ly/xbor8VE 📸 Valerio Carruba/ Google Gemini/ Agência FAPESP.

Swarm of many dark rocky asteroids near a planet with swirling brownish and whitish clouds.

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JazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

So exhausting..

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planetgreaves.bsky.social @planetgreaves.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Picturing the mars colonists sprinting outa the way...

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Elizabeth Stanway @tiylaya.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

New #ScienceandSF blog post! Today in #CosmicStories, I'm taking a look at Living Starships - featuring Star Trek, Babylon 5, Farscape and works by Justina Robson, Kameron Hurley and others. www.warwick.ac.uk/CosmicStorie... Comments always welcome.

Title and link to blog with image of living ship Moya from television series Farscape.

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

From Joe Williams: Planets should form aligned with their host protoplanetary discs. So why does this star have a planet and disc that aren’t at all in line? 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/09/18/f...

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Get back in line! A disc that won’t stay aligned with its planet

Planets should form aligned with their host protoplanetary discs. So why does this star have a planet and disc that aren't at all in line?

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