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Andy Newsam

@astroandyn.bsky.social

Astronomer, enthusiast and manic hand-waver. All views my own, etc. He/Him/His

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.

Sadly 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...

One of Astronomy’s Fastest Cameras May Stop Operating Over a $67,000 Funding Gap

The camera that checked JWST’s clock is losing its funding.

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Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · last mo.

Astronomy needs dark, quiet skies, but light and radio pollution from growing space activity is putting them at risk. 🛰️ The Group of Friends for Dark and Quiet Skies has created a survey to help inform international discussions on protecting our Dark and Quiet Skies - and wants to hear from you. ⤵️

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Rachel Willie@racheljwillie.bsky.social · last mo.

Who wants to come and work in my lovely department for a year? We’re looking for someone with expertise in 18th / 19th c literature while one of my brilliant colleagues is taking up a BA mid career fellowship. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSD064/l...

Lecturer in English Literature (12 Months Fixed Term) at Liverpool John Moores University

An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in English Literature (12 Months Fixed Term) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · last mo.

Are you a teacher or do you work in a UK school keen on helping students view the August eclipse safely over the school holidays? Go Stargazing UK have more than 250,000 discounted eclipse glasses to give out. Want to find out more? Visit ukeclipse.com/get-solar-ec... #Augusteclipse ☀️🌑🕶️

Get solar eclipse glasses - UK Eclipse

Why you need eclipse glasses to view a partial solar eclipse On 12th August 2026, skywatchers across the UK will be treated to a spectacular partial solar eclipse — but it’s vital to remember that…

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Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In August this year, people across the UK will have the chance to witness one of the most dramatic solar eclipses in decades. ☀️🌑🕶️ Although the eclipse will not be total in the UK, more than 90% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon from many locations, creating a deep partial eclipse. ⤵️

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reposting for the Sunday morning reading crowd with a free-to-read link that isn't behind the Nature paywall! 🔭⚛️🧪👩‍🔬 📖: rdcu.be/floXQ

All the evidence points to a healthy, world-class research community underpin-ning a key innovation pipeline from which future transformative technology and break-through science will emerge.Yet, despite all this success, 30% funding cuts have been proposed for UK astrophysics research
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why." The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩‍🔬🧪🔭 ✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

World View: A change in UK policy jeopadizes the future of UK astrophysics - By Catherine Heymans The latest budget proposal announced by the largest UK science funding agency threatens to severely affect UK astrophysics research. My colleagues and I are fighting back.
Andy Newsam@astroandyn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very excited that two of the 7 Award Lecturers worked with me during their PhDs. Maybe I'm doing something right ;-)

British Science Association@britsciassoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're excited to announce our British Science Festival #BSF26 Award Lecturers: seven innovative early-career researchers committed to sharing their work with non-specialist audiences. Southampton | 16-20 Sept Full programme to come in early July! www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/announc...

Dr Hannah Dalgleish@hannahsuzanne.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm the Award Lecturer of the Social Sciences category at the British Science Festival this year! I'll be talking about my research on the complex relationships between lighting, safety, and inequality in our cities at night. How might we design healthy, just, and convivial nighttime environments?

British Science Association@britsciassoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're excited to announce our British Science Festival #BSF26 Award Lecturers: seven innovative early-career researchers committed to sharing their work with non-specialist audiences. Southampton | 16-20 Sept Full programme to come in early July! www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/announc...

Eamonn Kerins@eamonnkerins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm going to call it. On top of capturing the far side of the Moon, Earthshine on the far side, the solar corona (maybe some zodiacal light), Saturn, Mars and Mercury... this #artemis2 photo includes Neptune!! Just out of frame on the left were Venus and Earth. I mean, mind-blowing! 🧪🔭🚀🌙👩‍🚀

Artemis 2 image of a solar eclipse by the Moon. Saturn (nearest to the Moon), Mars and Mercury (farthest) are in a line to the lower right of the Moon. I've drawn a red box to highlight the region another image zoomed into. The box contains Saturn, Mars, and even Neptune.This image zoomed in to the area of sky containing Saturn on the left and Mars on the right. Between them I've drawn a yellow circle. In the middle of the circle is a faint spec of light visible just above the image noise. It lies at the location of Neptune.A Stellarium view of the sky at the time of the Artemis 2 solar eclipse photo. The view shows the sky from Earth, but the relative locations of the planets and stars from the vantage point of Artemis 2 will be identical at the resolution of the image. The location of Neptune is indicated between Saturn and Mars.
Eamonn Kerins@eamonnkerins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

And for those wanting to know more about the region of space in the background, here's the image superimposed on top of a #stellarium view.

Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Why not come and visit the brilliant 'Our Fragile Space' exhibition here at the Royal Astronomical Society... The free display about space debris, which opened to the public last week, will be in Burlington House courtyard until 10 May. 🛰️ 🚀 🔭

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