Finally joined Twitter, only a decade late to the party. The username's maybe a little unintentionally emo, but if I wanted a decent Twitter handle I should have joined in 2009.

Also, the fact that it's not only possible but common to lose a minor planet says a lot about the both the wonder and the existential horror of the vastness of space. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_mino…

Also I don't think it's very fair that a black hole casts a shadow larger than itself, they're existential-crisis-inducing enough as it is already #blackhole

I should add that the #EHTBlackHole is a genuinely gobsmacking image and an astounding feat of observational astronomy, and I'm very glad that my favourite telescope is a part of showing us how little we really know about the universe #JCMT #JamesClerkMaxwellTelescope

First ever image of a #blackhole *and* I get to cling on to my #EuropeanUnion citizenship for a little bit longer. What a day.

As the great Tom Lehrer said, it's very bad form to quote one's own reviews, but: I got a chance to explain what it is I do all day, and in an open-access journal no less!

Relativistic thought experiments seem to be making an odd incursion into reality this week. For their next trick, I hear that NASA are trying to arrange to have a peace treaty signed on a moving train. theguardian.com/science/2019/a…

We had a slightly dramatic #earthquake here earlier (everything's fine, apparently some ceiling panels fell in Taipei) so now I'm reading about the Modified Mercalli Scale instead of working. Impressive how much it relies on having chimneys and pendulum clocks around to check on.

Yay! 🌈🌈🌈 theguardian.com/world/2019/may…

Two great talks Pint of Science UK delivered by Aayush Saxena and Kate Pattle! #pint22

Such a great night! 🔭✨Aayush Saxena @katepattleastro Becky Conybeare Pint of Science UK #pint22

We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*. It’s the dawn of a new era of black hole physics. Credit: EHT Collaboration. #OurBlackHole #SgrABlackHole Link: eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronome…

No, this isn’t a modern rendition of “The Starry Night.” The role of magnetic fields in stellar birth is complicated, but with the help of SOFIA data, astronomers found the limit where magnetic forces outward and gravitational forces inward balance out: tinyurl.com/mwj9e2ss

Because everyone needs a hobby, I've been amusing myself by telling this survey on the reintroduction of the imperial system about the fate of the Mars Climate Orbiter gov.uk/government/con…

Last week, representatives of the international astronomical community gathered in the City of Salta (Argentina) to discuss the scientific perspectives for the LLAMA Observatory!

The SOC and LOC of the Royal Astronomical Society UK National Astronomy Meeting 2023 (hosted at Cardiff University Cardiff Uni Physics) are happy to announce the call for session proposals is now live on the conference website nam2023.org! (1/3)