Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Devonshire Grassington AKA The Drovers Darrowby #Yorkshire 020
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Classic duck strategy, follow for 5 mins, encircle then attack 🦆 Grassington Yorkshire 000
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Lovely day exploring Shibden Hall, sadly Ms Jones wasn't in 😀 #yorkshire 110
Reposted by RichAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026#Edinburgh! What are you doing on Friday night? Come to my book launch at Dynamic Earth! There will be: 🍺 A bar 🎶 Music 💃 Dancing (well, I'll be dancing from all the excitement) 🪐 Planetarium 360 visuals 🧪 Science + a little bit of philosophy 🎟️: dynamicearth.org.uk/event/how-to... 🏴🔭 88138
Reposted by RichAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...justgiving.comHelp raise £70000 to Save Parton Kirk – JustGiving CrowdfundingIʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page. 14278201
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It's here 🥳 @astroroyalscot.bsky.social new book How to Design a Universe, been looking forward to reading this for months 230
Reposted by RichThe Register @theregister.com · 05/09/2026BepiColombo sheds its ride and starts the final glide to Mercurytheregister.comBepiColombo sheds its ride and starts the final glide to MercuryEight year after launch, Mercury probe and its Mercury Transfer Module consciously uncouple as orbit approaches 0133
Reposted by RichSkyCalPro | Kev @skycalpro.com · 30/08/2026Adopt a pixel from the Roman Space Telescope- i got mine! science.nasa.gov/mission/roma...science.nasa.govAdopt a Pixel Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope - NASA ScienceNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a next-generation space observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, 1126
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Messier 33 Triangulum Galaxy C8 Edge HD, ASI2600MC 5x600s (50mins) Still trying to sort out focus issues with C8 #astrophotography telescopius.com/pictures/vie... 0397
Reposted by RichTerry Pratchett & Rob Wilkins @terryandrob.bsky.social · 26/08/2026GNU Tim Curry 328068
Reposted by RichKat @quantumkat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Late post! My Aug 12 total solar eclipse timelapse from Spain. Frame alignment was a headache, none of my usual tools worked, so I ended up doing it manually before assembling the video. Sony A7S + Quark Chromosphere + TS61EDPH #Eclipse2026 #Astrophotography 2599
Reposted by RichRobert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown completed the mission over upstate New York in 27 minutes, reaching an altitude of 1,100 feet and using just $5 worth of electricity. www.heartaerospace.com/newsroomheartaerospace.comNewsroomPress releases, company news, and perspectives on the road to commercial hybrid-electric flight. 913223
Reposted by RichTomb💀Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 13/08/2026in honor of the IBM PC's 45th anniversary today, here is the original prototype motherboard! which side is your favorite? 1928680
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Apparently when Premier Inn web site glitches and changes check in from sept to TODAY NOW you can't amend or cancel as NOW (8:30pm) is after 1pm last amend time, took my money for flex booking tho, no cust support till 8am either 🤬 010
Reposted by RichNASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Eclipse Totality hits Spain! #SolarEclipse 221934889
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It's well under way #eclipse #Grantham #Lincolnshire #astronomy 271
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Dusted off the Lunt Ha scope ready for the #eclipse later 🤞 #astronomy 050
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 09/08/2026First semi-successful image with C8 after dusting it off and fitting an EAF. Taken much tinkering to get even close to focusing in NINA. Bubble Nebula NGC 7635 ASI 2600MC Pro, 10x600s (1hr) telescopius.com/pictures/vie... #Astrophotography #PixInsight @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social 14412
Reposted by RichRoyal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Next Wednesday we'll be treated to the most impressive solar eclipse visible from the UK in almost 30 years! ☀️🌒 Don't forget though, you'll need your certified eclipse glasses to view it safely! 😎 Find out more about what you need and how best to view the eclipse 👉️ www.ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre... 1217
Reposted by RichAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Sadly it's not just #JodrellBank losing funding, with deep cuts across the board for UK astronomy. One example is the HiPERCAM project whose funding has been entirely cut to save £50K/yr - peanut-levels of £s. Spectacular fast transient science lost, for what? 🔭😡 www.zmescience.com/science/astr...zmescience.comOne of Astronomy’s Fastest Cameras May Stop Operating Over a $67,000 Funding GapThe camera that checked JWST’s clock is losing its funding. 18354160
Reposted by RichDr Libby Jones @anywaythewind.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I wouldn’t be a professional astronomer today if not for a school trip to Jodrell Bank as a kid. It’s hard to overstate how much inspiration this place gives future scientists. Devastating news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained. 26523
Reposted by RichAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I'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...bbc.co.ukJodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained. 561345704
Reposted by RichChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained. 57743320
Reposted by RichSky News @news.sky.com · 10/07/2026Wally Funk, the oldest woman to travel into space, dies aged 87news.sky.comWally Funk, the oldest woman to travel into space, dies aged 87Wally Funk, the oldest woman to travel into space, has died aged 87. 0193
Reposted by RichAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Um..... so I did a thing 🫣 📽️: youtube.com/shorts/krnxj... Indie 📕: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/how-... Amazon 🔗: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Design-U... 🔭👩🔬🎢youtube.comExciting new Announcement!! 2317541
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Did way better than expected, then again been speaking the language for a considerable time, don't think Stephen Fry has anything to worry about tho 😀 vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app 040
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 27/06/2026The fabulous #BBMF DC3 #Dakota just flew over our house and did couple of circuits of #Grantham #Lincolnshire 260
Reposted by RichJim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili.bsky.social · 26/06/2026My new YouTube channel, "Unbaffled", is here. It's where I'll be exploring the biggest ideas in science. Our founding principle is that science doesn’t have to be baffling. The first video (on time travel) is here: youtu.be/c63XUCGg9hM Do subscribe, like, etc 722163
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Sitting in pilot seat of Gloster Meteor at Coventry Air Museum can only conclude designed for someone foot shorter than me 😀 050
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 27/05/2026First time visit to #Chatsworth House #Derbyshire, unbelievable amount of history far too much to see in one visit 020
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Great day out visiting Haddon Hall, Note to self don't choose hottest day of year next time 🥵 120
Reposted by RichThe Register @theregister.com · 24/05/2026The Virtual OS Museum opens its doorstheregister.comThe Virtual OS Museum opens its doorsA massive compilation of historic OSes and the emulators to run them 12920
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Helimed 29 air ambulance landing in Grantham this a afternoon 110
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 28/04/2026So much for Ofcom's 'One Touch Switch' for broadband, didn't work so now apparently have to pay Vodafone another month for service they're no longer providing 😡 130
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Quick pause on drive back from Lincoln to admire 'On Freedoms Wings' sculpture, unfortunately can't get much closer until opens in May 032
Reposted by RichWebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 03/04/2026In April 1991, Gopher system was created at the University of Minnesota as a text-based system that used the hierarchical menu structure for navigation. #InternetHistory 42949140
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Last peaceful afternoon walk along shore at Brid before returning to Lincolnshire, this'll be heaving with tourists at weekend when season starts 021
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Bracing walk along shore from Sewerby to Fraisthorpe, every sort of weather from sun to hail 022
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Great visit to Castle Howard, shame about weather but house and grounds are stunning 032
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Finally after many years got to see Harbour porpoises swimming along coast at Scarborough 021
Rich @richbamford.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Gannet at @rspb.bsky.social Bempton Cliffs Flamborough this afternoon 121
Reposted by RichClare Burke @thesherdnerd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026New exhibition opening tomorrow curated by @uonclassarch.bsky.social Prof. Chris Loveluck and Ann Inscker from Nottingham Museums and Galleries. Free entry www.lakesidearts.org.uk/exhibition/t... 🖼🏺🧪 #archaeology #history #Nottingham 067
Reposted by RichAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 25/01/2026"It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie; She shines sae bright to wyle us hame, But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee!" Lots of despair & sadness watching the 🇺🇸news today. I'm hoping Burns can lift your spirit today. 🏴Happy #BurnsNight🏴 📷@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social 615229
