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UK Eclipse Times for England, Scotland and Wales!🌞 If you want a precise time for your exact location you can search on here. www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk Who's ready?! Fingers crossed for clear skies!! 🤞🤞

The UK will experience a partial solar eclipse on Wednesday 12 August. The extent of the Sun's coverage and the timing of maximum obscuration will differ across the country. Never look directly at the sun; use a pinhole projector or certified eclipse glasses to view it.

Damaging new guidance from the EHRC will shut out Trans people from daily life simply for existing, and anyone who doesn't conform to narrow ideas of how people should look could face suspicion and confrontation. We are taking a stand against this attack on human rights.

If you're in the UK, especially if you're Cisgender, today is a good day to start wearing a Trans Pin. That bastard EHRC guidance comes into effect today, and we need to know who our friends are.

Did I travel all the way to #JodrellBank this morning for a 5min TV interview? Yes reader, I did. Did I then persuade the fab e-MERLIN Director Simon Garrington to let me climb inside the Lovell Telescope? Well, if you can't flex a Royal title occasionally, then what is the point of having it? 😇🔭🧪

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.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 4w 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.” 🔭🧪

🔊Calling #Edinburgh: 5th Aug, Dynamic Earth, @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social and I will be joining forces for a day of free activities to get you ready for the 90% partial solar eclipse 6pm-8pm 12th August! 👩‍🔬🔭🧪 Big thanks to @iop.org for funding the event 🥳 ℹ️: dynamicearth.org.uk/event/get-re...

Astronomical Society of Edinburgh@astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · 3w ago

www.astronomyedinburgh.org/event/partia... We'll be holding an event on Calton Hill to view the partial solar eclipse on 12th August. We'll have some solar telescopes with us and lots of eclipse glasses so that people can view the eclipse safely. Remember THE SUN IS DANGEROUS TO OBSERVE.

Latest Beano has the Bash Street Kids go to parliament...

TODAY'S THE DAY! We can't wait to welcome you all to the National STEM Learning Centre later today for the start of this year's BIG Event! #BIGEvent26

Crossing the first of many bridges on way down to York for The BIG Event by @big-stem-network.bsky.social. first up, The Tay Bridge!

CHECK OUT THE NEW BEST DEMO TROPHY! Many thanks to last year's hosts, The Royal Institution of Great Britain for making this fantastic trophy for the winner of this year's Best Demo Competition. If you're coming to the BIG Event and would like to enter, email event@big.uk.com. #BIGEvent26

No less than 60 million stars in one image. It's possible thanks to ESA's Euclid mission. For just one day, Euclid turned its gaze to the crowded heart of the Milky Way and captured the largest, most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's centre in visible light. Let's dive deeper 👇 🔭 🧪 ☄️ 1/8

There's just 3 weeks to go, and we have a question. Are you coming to the BIG Event? Join us in person or online for an incredible lineup of sessions, workshops and hands on interactives. 📆 15th - 17th July 📍 National STEM Learning Centre, York 🎟️ Tickets at www.big.uk.com/BIGEvent2026

Important advice on safely observing the August #eclipse, and choosing safe eclipse glasses. We sourced our eclipse sunglasses through @gostargazing.bsky.social www.astronomyedinburgh.org/2026/06/15/o... 🔭

Observe the eclipse safely this August - Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

On 12 August 2026 you will be able to see a partial solar eclipse from the UK. If the weather cooperates it's going to be an amazing spectacle with about 90% of the Sun covered as seen from Edinburgh....

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The image in the magazine is a still from our animated legacy campaign, created by Aardman Animations, the team behind Wallace & Gromit, a few years ago. It was designed at the time to bring a sense of warmth and storytelling to the message, though we understand it is not to everyone’s taste. (3/4)

If you're looking for stuff to buy for #PrideMonth my friend Robin has a great selection of #Pride pins.

Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️@canopyrobin.com · 2mo ago

Having an absolute nightmare of a day. My new pin I was releasing for #Pride has a misprint. If you still want one that I've corrected with sharpie, they're available at canopyrobin.etsy.com but oh my god I've just lost so much money from my transition fund 😫

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

What could it possibly be? Where could we be taking An Evening of Unnecessary Detail later this year? And will I be there?* *Spoilers for the last bit, I definitely will be.

Spoken Nerd@fotsn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oh would you look at that? Two new dates for your diary? What could it possibly be? Best add October 24th and November 30th to your diaries, save the date and keep your eyes peeled! Next show is sold out, but tickets available for September 9th! Grab em at fotsn.com/tickets

Hot news from the summit at @eso.org Paranal: MOONS has a new home! 🥳 Built in Edinburgh, this beast has 1000 robotic eyes, ready to capture & analyse the light collected from millions of stars in the Milky Way and millions of galaxies in the early Universe. Huge congrats to the MOONS team! 🧪🔭

personal lifelong side quest to fix these every time I see it. the red cord needs to hang all the way to the ground so people can reach it if they fall.

JOSH AWARD 2026 WINNER We are thrilled to announce that the 2026 winner of the Josh Award is Alyssa Siriyan, and her project entitled 'What Remains'. To learn about Alyssa's project, and about what the Josh Award is, head to big.uk.com/Josh.

📺️ WATCH 📺️ Why not check out this short film - officially released today - following the journey of how the Isle of Rum became just the UK's second International Dark Sky Sanctuary. 'Rum's Dazzling Dark Skies' was made with the help of an RAS grant. 🎥🍿✨👉️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5uX...

Rum's Dazzling Dark Skies

Rum’s Dazzling Dark Skies, funded by a grant from the Royal Astronomical Society, reveals the journey of how the Isle of Rum became the first place in Scotland to achieve Dark Sky Sanctuary status.…

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I think that a lot of talks in academia refuse to shy away from the classic "intro, methods, results, ..." format, and I think it's very limiting Talks aren't papers, and don't have to be structured like one! I've been trying out different presentation formats recently and it has been going well🧵

Yes. Somewhat remarkable that such folks seem now to be regarded as a fringe group.

Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Me! I am one of those academics and you can be one too!

When I go to powerpoint now the first option is to create a presentation using Copilot. Mate, I don't know what I'm saying yet - how can you?

Dogs are sulking cos I didn't take them to the polling station.

Last night, I was one of the recipients of a Decadal Award from @prideinstem.bsky.social. I've been spending some time thinking of the last 5 years of my LGBTQ+ and asexual advocacy work. It's something I fell into, and I'm so grateful for the opportunities and support I've received.

Hey, just @samsighs.bsky.social checking in! The BIG Event 2026 is still open for bookings and we'd love to see you there! Time to grab a ticket? www.big.uk.com/BIGEvent2026

#artemis #tunnocks