See the Sun like never before with most detailed images yet. 🧪 ☀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

See the Sun like never before with most detailed images yet

New images and footage of the Sun show "whirlpools" of activity that it has not been possible to see before.

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Recently got a Seestar S30 Pro and I am super chuffed with it. Haven't had much time to play around with it but I managed to capture this quick image of the Sun on Friday evening where you can see AR 14482 in the middle! 🌞😎

Space weather update 🌞 Unsettled–active conditions possible 2 Jul as a CME from 27 Jun arrives. G1–G2 storm conditions likely by 3 Jul from the CME associated with the X1.1 flare on 30 Jun. Aurora chances rise for Northern UK, cloud/light permitting. 🛰️

I'm happy to share our Royal Society Theo Murphy special issue on solar atmospheric abundances is out in Phil Trans A 🌞 I wrote the intro — 16 papers, almost a third led by early-career scientists. Thanks to Guest Editors D. Long, D. Brooks & D. Baker! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/issue/3...

Volume 384 Issue 2323 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A | The Royal Society

Influential themed journal issues across the physical mathematical and engineering sciences.

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Today is the hottest day of the year, recorded in Suffolk (UK) from where I have just escaped to photograph the Sun. Mad dogs and Englishmen eh? #astronomy #astrophotography

SolarSteph 🌞@stephyardley.bsky.social · last mo.

While we are currently being buffeted by high-speed solar wind from a coronal hole all eyes 👀 are on active region 14478 as it has developed into a complex region known as "beta-gamma-delta". These regions are often very flare productive and so it is worth watching as it rotates into view. 🌞💥

Still watching this monster active region, now called AR4478. Not only is it huge, but it has the strongest magnetic complexity. Could be interesting. Unfortunately, this would be a bad time to watch aurora displays because the moon is so full. #astronomy #astrophotography

While we are currently being buffeted by high-speed solar wind from a coronal hole all eyes 👀 are on active region 14478 as it has developed into a complex region known as "beta-gamma-delta". These regions are often very flare productive and so it is worth watching as it rotates into view. 🌞💥

Looks like the Sun has woken up again with more active regions on the disk. There is a complex active region 14478 that is rotating into view that we have been watching with Solar Orbiter, although it has been fairly quiet so far let's see what it has in store for us! 🌞🛰️

Some great news this morning! ESA has extended the Solar Orbiter mission‼️🌞🛰️ Solar Orbiter will continue to give us even better views of the Sun's poles as its orbital inclination increases. Plasma Observatory has been recommended as ESA's M7, with the formal decision expected in November. 🛰️

☀️The Sun's at it again‼️A filament eruption + M-class flare from AR 4461 has launched a CME our way expected to arrive early on Mon 8 June. A G3 (strong) storm watch is in effect. Best aurora will be over Canada, US, and northern Scotland (limited by reduced darkness).

After multiple CME arrivals it seems Earth is now being buffeted with a high-speed stream from a coronal hole. There are no further Earth-directed CMEs forecast so for now we expect G1-G2 conditions at first, getting quieter later on. ⚡️

Looks like the Bz is finally shifting southwards, a moderate storm watch has been issued....🌞💨🛰️🌍️

Update: A CME did arrive early this morning so the forecasts were pretty accurate! However, the impact was relatively weak with a northward magnetic field, meaning no geomagnetic storm. Let's see how the situation evolves… 🌍🧲👀

Thanks to active region 4455 multiple eruptions are now on their way to Earth. A G3 (strong) storm watch is now in effect with the eruptions set to arrive early on 5 June according to HUXt. Mid-latitude aurora possible, but you'll be competing with summer skies! 🌞💨🛰️🌍️

I had a nice view of the blue moon 🌕

We have a PhD project opportunity starting in September 2026 led by @lukebarnard.bsky.social, supported by me and @mathewjowens.bsky.social It's on Solar Wind - Magnetosphere Coupling at the Giant Planets. Deadline is June 12th. You can apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

IOP President Paul Howarth and I have today written to Science Minister Lord Vallance calling for a full impact assessment of proposed STFC cuts to particle physics, astronomy and nuclear (PPAN) research.

Beautiful Sun Halo! 🌞😇😍

The four Artemis II astronauts are no longer orbiting Earth, but are now headed towards the Moon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Update: The CME has most likely already glanced us (see slight rise in EPAM) or it is a near miss, which could be due to the interaction with the coronal hole. G1-G2 still likely in the next few days due to the coronal hole influence 🌞💨🛰️🌍

Everyone has a dark side, even the Sun... Introducing 'Inspector Smile', Chapter 1 ☀️ 🌬️ This comic strip recap brings you up to speed with the Smile mission, ahead of launch on 9 April. 🔭 🧪

#solarstorm modeling results - our ELEvo model predicts arrival at Earth of the large solar storm from earlier today around 12:17 UTC (±6.17h) on Mar 31. We continue to monitor the situation closely and will provide updates as new data comes in. 💫 #SpaceWeather

There's a fast Earth-directed CME with arrival predicted between late 31st and midday 2nd. Why such a huge window? Well, we now routinely run 6 ensemble forecasts (each with 500 runs) swxforecastlab.org/forecasts.html A person with a watch knows the time. A person with 3000 is never sure!

There was an X1.5 solar flare from AR 4405 this morning that is associated with an Earth-directed eruption. It looks like this eruption will be a glancing blow therefore a moderate (G2) geomagnetic storm watch has been issued. According to HUXt this CME will indeed hit Earth late on 31st. 🌞💨🛰️🌍️

"Research funding cuts threaten a whole generation of scientists". Op-ed in Research Professional News today by Mike Lockwood and me. #STFCcuts #SaveUKAstronomy www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Research funding cuts threaten a whole generation of scientists - Research Professional News

UK will suffer lasting consequences from disrupted talent pipeline, say Mike Lockwood and James Wild

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Breaking: Looming physics cuts a ‘failure’, says science committee chair. Chi Onwurah says science minister and UKRI leadership must “bear responsibility” and “win back trust”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

The Science, Innovation & Tech committee have written the most amazing letter to DSIT/UKRI/STFC: "What is clear is that, despite your assertions to the contrary... widespread cuts have been proposed before adequate consultation with those affected was undertaken. This is wholly unacceptable" 💪🔭⚛️🧪

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here is my run-down of today's Science, Information & Technology Committee hearing (House of Commons) where @jonbutterworth.bsky.social @si-wills.bsky.social & I argued for no funding cuts, & Prof. Michele Doughtery explained why they were needed. The public gallery again packed with physicists 🔭👩‍🔬⚛️

Full worm moon is WORMIN.

#heliophysics 😂

Randall Munroe@xkcd.com · 5mo ago

Solar Warning xkcd.com/3215/

Open Lecturer in Planetary Science position at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Dorking) The successful applicant will be expected to perform research using data from the Rosalind Franklin Mission, but also other planetary bodies, such as the Moon and the Outer Planets icy moons. ☄️🔭🧪