Yet another brilliant episode in #bbc #evolution series. #chrispackham is an excellent presenter and the underlying narrative and graphics are top-notch. Last night’s episode on “intelligence” really got me thinking!! (😜). Well done to all concerned. TV at its best…

Thank you to everyone who joined us for last night's NAM2026 Conference Dinner & RAS Awards Ceremony in the University of Birmingham's stunning Great Hall. Congratulations again to all of this year's award winners 🏆️🏅

Our final scientific update from NAM2026 concerns NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will search for Earth-like planets when it launches in the 2040s. UK astronomers are a step closer to playing a leading role in the mission, after receiving £3m from the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social. 1/2 ⤵️

I was in the throng here but i don’t think this rocket will work 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤣🔭🚀

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

That's it for NAM2026 🚀🔭 Thank you so much to the organising committee, to our hosts the @unibirmingham.bsky.social and to everyone who came along or joined us online. Next year's NAM will be hosted by the @universityofleeds.bsky.social - we look forward to seeing you there! 👋

Putting two and two together seems to be a bit beyond @thetimes.com

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...

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.

bbc.co.uk

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 3w ago

“What will the Lovell Telescope discover/enable 20 yrs from now? I can’t tell you, and that’s the point. It will either be something extraordinary that none of us can yet predict, or we will defund it and leave Cheshire with a rusting monument to unfulfilled potential and discoveries never made.” 🔭🧪

Good grief! #Renaissance are THE classical progrock band for a mashup at a #bbcproms #prognight but they are murdering #NorthernLights and frankly the band offer more suitable showcase tracks to have chosen 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ - Perhaps you had to be there? Still the night is young… @peterlewis55.bsky.social

Averaging individual frames and using a rejection algorithm can get rid of those pesky satellite trails to get a nice #astrophotography pic... Here's NGC2655 without pollution, shot over several nights from my backyard. What do you see @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social ?

Lt Nono@ltno2.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here is roughly 8h of luminance data (over three nights this past week) with this #astrophotography of NGC2655 done without any rejection algorithm. There's a slight satellite trail pollution don't you think? This is sad, knowing that some companies are willing to make things even worse 😢.

Enjoyed #NAM2026 @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Awards Dinner. Stimulating conversations with young #astronomy researchers i had never met before and who all spoke with such passion for the subject and what it can offer - UK is lucky to have such a community… but i did miss out on a clear night 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣🔭

Good to finally catch up with @planet4589.bsky.social in the flesh! A great asset for Team Space in UK #NAM2026 @ukspaceagency.bsky.social

Community Session #NAM2026 on UK astro-funding and govt support (or not) for sector. Great observations from @astroroyalscot.bsky.social and updates from @ukspaceagency.bsky.social #stfc - “watchful waiting” but praise for @royalastrosoc.bsky.social actions in raising the profile of the sector

Good to be back at #NAM2026 @royalastrosoc.bsky.social #UniofBirmingham. Looking forward to hearing about cutting -edge #astronomy rather than “cutting the edge off” astronomy… the Community session later today will be interesting 🔭👏👏👏 First up - #SpaceSustainability

I prefer #waynerooney take on the show - summed it up nicely… 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

Vanity Fair@vanityfair.com · 2w ago

The FIFA World Cup’s first-ever halftime show was a reminder that the days of sports fans being satisfied with “just” a game are over. Now we need stars, storylines, and spectacle

Great result for #Spain and football to win #worldcup2026 -only one team turned up to play football.

Sadly England failed to win through to the World Cup Final and came across a side that was simply better when it counted at the end. However any Premier League players involved in the latter banner controversy should have some serious questions to consider?🤔

I know my place. Just been asked not to deliver an astrosoc talk tonight because too many of its membership wish to watch France vs Spain #worldcup2026 rather than me #realword 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣 🔭⚽️

A few recent globulars. Trying to use the same workflow for better comparisons between them. #messier2 #messier5 #messier13 #messier14. Can you spot the alien? It's messier 2 - the glob came to us when we merged with its own galaxy 8-10 billion years ago. #EAA #astrophotography 🔭

Very much enjoyed the exoplanet/astrobiology breakfast session at Cosmic Catchup #spacewest in Bristol this morning - stimulating AND caffeine 👏👏👏 @stellarplanet.bsky.social #ritacarvalhoserra @spacesword.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @astrobiologyou.bsky.social #NCC

THIS 👇👏

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · last mo.

Begging news outlets to stop illustrating deadly heat waves with happy beach fun 🏖️😎 and life-saving vaccines with terrifying needle assaults 💉😭. Especially on social media (where many/most people get their news) the photo is the most prominent part of the story; these choices undermine it completely

Enjoyed the tussle between Germany and Ivory Coast #worldcup2026 but what an arrogant guy Julian Nagelsmann seems to be - appalling histrionics throughout. Glad he was out of the frame for Man Utd job.

“Detractors might scoff at Musk’s ambition to die on Mars, but at least the dying part would be easy.” — @henrywismayer.bsky.social #mars #spaceexploration #spacex

The Mars Delusion | NOEMA

Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?

noemamag.com

Not brilliant from where i observe and my iphone against a pair of 20x80 binos is not the best platform for catching this but anyway … #Venus (top) and #Jupiter (bottom) #conjunction -about 1.5deg separation 🔭

[🧵1/2] On Christmas Day 2003, #Beagle2 touched down on Mars only to fall silent and be presumed lost for over a decade... It wasn’t until 2015 that NASA imagery confirmed the spacecraft had landed safely and on target, its silence likely caused by a single solar panel failing to fully deploy.

When Judith Pillinger and I suggested a series of plaques to commemorate #Beagle2, we weren’t sure it would happen - but it has! Yesterday I unveiled the first of 14 commissioned by @ukspaceagency.bsky.social at Leicester #NSC. Yay! Read more in the next link #space #mars 🔭 1/2

From cleanroom to space, relive the beginning of the Smile story, just as it happened👇 We've got for you: 📹 brand new footage  🤳 POV viewing angles  🔊 plus cool beats so turn the volume up!  https://f.mtr.cool/udhhmgcbmc 🔭 🧪 ☀️

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I watched this film at my local town centre. I am aware of the reality of #ClimateChange but found this video to be local and personal. I support every attempt to get this discussion in front of Parliament. The fluff we have today is dwarfed by what’s coming. #nebriefing @claireyoungmp.bsky.social

National Emergency Briefing@nebriefing.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What if the whole country saw the full picture? This is a national emergency. The impacts are already here. But the solutions exist. Communities are watching the People’s Emergency Briefing and discussing what to do next with neighbours and MPs #EarthDay Screenings www.nebriefing.org/screening-map

A bit of fun. Imaging the craters #Copernicus and #Eratosthenes on consecutive nights to see the progress of shadows across the lunar landscape #astronomy #EAA #moon #astrophotography

Happy #TowelDay hoopy froods. As #DouglasAdams noted, the universe is huge, ridiculous, and best approached with a sense of humour and a towel. My towel kept dew off the scope and the universe obligingly sent over a few photons from #Caldwell35 #ComaCluster 320 MLY away #EAA #astrophotography 🔭

Chance last night to catch a #ClairObscure on the Moon known as #LunarX and #LunarV. Just fitted onto my camera video frame so caught 60 secs and then stacked in Astrosurface. I know others have also been hunting including @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social and @peterlewis55.bsky.social 🔭 🌔 ... #moon

My rather limited attempt at honouring #SirDavidAttenborough with an astro image known as "The #Penguin and it's Egg" #NGC2937 #Arp142 #EAA #astronomy #astrophotography🔭