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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.

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Prof Lucie Green @luciegreen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

These images show very clearly how the eclipse shadow disappeared into the sunset

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Glitchy timelapse movie of yesterday's #eclipse from Dorset, UK. A headland full of hippies. There was a lot of whooping, but they told me to be quiet... Taken with a #SeestarS50

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SolarSteph 🌞 @stephyardley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

5/ To view the eclipse find somewhere that is open and/or on high ground and look to the west preferrably soemwhere cloud free.🌳🌊☁️ If it’s clear after dark, the Perseids meteor shower peak the same night too ☄️🌌✨

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SolarSteph 🌞 @stephyardley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

1/ T-minus 1 day until the solar eclipse ‼️🌞🌑 Please remember to wear certified eclipse glasses not sunglasses! 😎 Greenland 🇬🇱, Iceland 🇮🇸, and Spain 🇪🇸 will see a total eclipse but UK will still see a 90+% partial eclipse, the most significant since 1999. More info below👇

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Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Dame Chi Onwurah, Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: “I am concerned that, a fortnight on from the new government taking office, we are yet to see a detailed statement about what the abolition of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will mean in practice.”

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What are government’s plans for science, innovation and tech policy? Committee seeks explanation - Committees - UK Parliament

After the Government announced plans to break up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and distribute its responsibilities amongst other departments, MPs have written to three S...

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Proud Changemakers 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @proudchangemakers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today, the EHRC's updated Code of Practice has come into force across England, Wales and Scotland, providing guidance for organisations on how to interpret and apply the Equality Act following the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex. Find out more here: transactual.org.uk/know-your-ri...

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Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"A recent survey found that nearly 80% of early-career physicists were considering leaving the UK after the funding crisis. The loss of even a fraction of that would be a blow for UK science and also national growth. The task now is to persuade them to stay." www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a physics brain drain

Funding crisis could lead to an exodus that would be a blow for British science and national growth

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Inspired to get out and commune with nature today. RIP #BillOddie thanks for all the joy, despite the demons.

A space scientist with sun-glasses and baseball hat stands in front of the lake at the wildlife centre in Newbury, UK. Geese and ducks are in the background.

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Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If you have been watching today's news coverage of STFC's cuts to astronomy projects, I invite you to step into my time machine and review this 2008 BBC report. Sounds familiar, right?

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Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Preparing to head home from NAM 2026 in Birmingham. Conversations reflected the challenges facing our community, but the sense of optimism remains. The science was outstanding and the passion and talent of students and early career researchers were impossible to miss. Tired but re-energised!

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Our new @solarstormwatch citizen science project launched today! Can you spare time to help us identify times when the skies in the Arctic are clear? You will see beautiful #aurora and will help us to improve our #spaceweather research. www.zooniverse.org/projects/lep...

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Clear Skies - Kiruna | Zooniverse - People-powered research

Can you tell us when the skies are clear? You may even see an aurora!

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Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

What was the "Carrington Event" and who was the astronomer it was named-after? Catch me talking to @chrislintott.bsky.social on this month's episode of the BBC's The Sky at Night: 10pm, Monday 8 June on BBC Four. #spaceweather #heliophysics #astronomy

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Congratulations to the wonderful @sarahrosewatson.bsky.social who today successfully defended her PhD to become #DrWatson! Sarah has been studying how #solarwind affects #comets so her friends even baked a suitably cosmic cake to celebrate.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Yes the #cumulous clouds were beautiful this evening, but it was the sun that was the... er, star. #timelapse

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Time lapse of the sunset over Oxfordshire last night.So much going on! #sundog to the right at the start,planes leaving con-trails, then #Venus, #Jupiter & the #Moon set in sequence, the orbital plane of the planets compressed into a line viewed from Earth, like peas on a plate viewed from the side!

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Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Heading to London to give my lecture at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social. Was disappointed that the train at Platform 5 was not mine!

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Mars - Clouds over Terra Cimmeria - ESA Mars Express HRSC Full size 5k image: flic.kr/p/2sdpsHP 🔭🧪 Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 2025-07-24 South is up HR211_0000 ND3+GR3+BL3

A close view of Mars from orbit, showing a dusty reddish surface covered in impact craters, with thin whitish high altitude clouds stretching along the upper limb of the planet against black space.

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Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Spent the morning fanboying with some Carrington-related artefacts at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social. Amazing to get the chance to view these sketches which are - if you are a #spaceweather aficionado - the G.O.A.T. ☀️ 🔭

Richard Carrington’s original observing sketch of the massive sunspot group on 1 September 1859 that was responsible for what is now known as the “Carrington event”.

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Dr Luke Barnard @lukebarnard.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Looking for a PhD position in solar system science? Consider coming to work with me, @interplanetary.bsky.social and @mathewjowens.bsky.social! We have a project on Solar Wind - Magnetosphere Coupling at the Giant Planets. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #heliophysics#aurora#spaceweather

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Solar Wind – Magnetosphere Coupling At The Giant Planets at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Solar Wind – Magnetosphere Coupling At The Giant Planets at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Just to reassure you that the world is still turning. A timelapse of the Moon and Venus setting over Oxfordshire in the UK this evening.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If you're in London on the 19th May, go and see Jim, he's a fantastic speaker.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Amateur astronomers with telescopes equipped with video cameras are requested to look for impact flashes on the Moon tonight, to coordinate with #ArtemisII observations. Details here: www.geodes.umd.edu/impactflash

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Impact Flash! - GEODES: Geophysical Exploration of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System

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Andrew J. Kavanagh @stpkav.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Do we all have our ape costumes ready for when the Artemis crew return?

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I've been following the #ArtemisII mission with amazement but my 4yo self remains unimpressed by the lack of valves and duct-tape.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Cracking solar halo this morning over #RutherfordAppletonLaboratory in Oxfordshire, UK.

The sun through a hazy ice cloud resulting in a spectacular circular halo of light around the sun.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

It's been raining over the UK for what seems like forever but back when it was just cold, I captured a few photons from my back garden. They'd taken 2.5 million years to get there so I figured a few more weeks before I shared them wouldn't hurt. #Andromeda

An image of the Andromeda spiral galaxy orientated vertically against a starry backdrop

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Thanks so much to @mostly-books.bsky.social for hosting my daughter for work experience today. She had a blast! And getting her to write reviews to display with her favourite books? Genius.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The news in haiku: G4 storm rages, Above 8 oktas of cloud, Space Weather FOMO!

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The fascists are organising a carol concert in London to "draw attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage". What would Woody do? Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...

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BILLY BRAGG - PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS

YouTube video by Billy Bragg

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sunyi @sunyidean.com · 04/12/2025

Love it 🙌

Things You Can Make ChatGPT Write for You
- Hayley DeRoche
Your last words
But before them
What to murmur to a lover in bed
What to say in the group chat when someone's
Sister mother brother is dead and
The apology you could never quite get right for a friend And hell why not make the robot compose your proposal
Your wedding toast, too
Your best friend's birthday roast
You could ask it to write a custom lullaby For the baby snuffling at your breast.
You can cradle to grave away
Every warm human word
You could ever have said
And when they chisel your gravestone
For your final rest
We can ask ChatGPT
Because it knew you best

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SolarSteph 🌞 @stephyardley.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

AR 4274 is rotating back into Earth's firing line for the 3rd time! 🌍☀️ It's been busy throwing out eruptions while on the farside, along with other ARs keeping things lively. The recent M-class flare and latest data suggests it may still be quite complex 👀 #SpaceWeather

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Interested in the solar wind? Interested in lightning? Interested in the solar wind AND lightning? Then this could be the PhD for you! Come and work with us at the University of Reading. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

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CR2026_08 – Crocus DLA

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SolarSteph 🌞 @stephyardley.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🚨Here we go‼️🚨 Looks like the third eruption could be just arriving at L1 🌞💨🛰️🌍 #SpaceWeather #Aurora #NorthernLights

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Lou D-H |Red Guitars (currently Undead Guitars) | MD ANT 🥇 @loudhailer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Undead Guitars' Blazing Zombies rise from the ashes of Red Guitars. Happy Halloween! youtu.be/JkqYeJ28XlU

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Blazing Zombies (Official Video)

YouTube video by Undead Guitars (formerly Red Guitars)

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Lou D-H |Red Guitars (currently Undead Guitars) | MD ANT 🥇 @loudhailer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Our single is out today! On all the usual digital platforms, Spotify, iTunes, etc. If you'd like to visit any of the places we are online, our videos, blog etc here is a good place to start. Have look and follow us if you can, it all helps to spread the word: linktr.ee/Undead_Guitars

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Much swearing as my whizzy telescope insisted on a software update as the eclipse ended and clouds rolled in, but I got something!

Full moon with upper right side still in the Earth's shadow as the total lunar eclipse ended. View from Oxfordshire, UK.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

When did we stop talking about lunar eclipses and start talking instead about blood moons? Are we now to avoid their scientific wonder in favour of dread-laden hyperbole?

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Blimey. Earthquake caused waves that shook the ionosphere on the edge of space.

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Andrew J. Kavanagh @stpkav.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The combined DRIIVE and FINESSE workshop has ended at BAS. Two days of fascinating science and planning for future ionospheric campaigns with EISCAT. Great to see brilliant colleagues.

Meeting room of people in chairs watching a slide presentation from a man at a lecturn.

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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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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

It doesn't get reiterated enough that "human on a bicycle" is not only the most efficient way that a person can move, it's the most efficient form of motion ***ever observed in land animals***.

exp-log scale chart showing various animals and forms of human motion with the X-axis being kilograms on an exponential scale and the Y-axis being cost of transport in calories per gram per kilometer on a logarithmic scale

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