To my lovely LC-friends, there is some excellent low-energy vicarious living to be had at the NamibiaCam. Live feed from a watering hole in the Namib Desert! youtube.com/watch?v=ydYDqZ…

Super Blue Moons! 🤗 the mismatch between "wow super rare event" media excitement and the prof astronomer "it's not actually blue and only slightly brighter than normal". Whatever whenever the moon is gorgeous so #dolookup - still pretty super tonight! bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-…

Oddly enough, one of the best ways to learn about dark matter is through its interaction with light. (Gravitationally!) You can explore, and learn about, gravitational lensing in The Hunt for Dark Matter web app gravitational-lensing.explored.info

The one gift #LongCovid has given me: my dear friend @DrGrounds. And "what a small world" twist! Turns out her Dad wrote the book I taught myself A-level physics from, when I was off-school with #MECFS aged 17! DrG give me this 🎁today "an oak tree from this little acorn" 🥰❤️

The White House has directed Nasa to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies 🌕 Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans Prof Catherine Heymans tells #R4Today 'there are serious safety risks for communication and navigation' if a standard time can't be agreed.

Are you a freelance #scicomm evaluator in Scotland/North England? If yes, please apply to work with me, Andy Lawrence and our team, to assess the impact of dark sky telescope experiences at Scotland's Outdoor education centres. 🧪🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ℹ️: ifa.roe.ac.uk/phds-jobs-fell…

#Aurora on Portobello beach Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. It was so very bright at one point that you could see the slow rainfall of colours across the sky with your very own eyes. Special thanks go to the Sun & atmosphere for putting on such a spectacular show for us tonight!!

👇A wide-ranging interview, on dark matter, dark energy, NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory, our Scottish Youth Telescope Network, #scicomm, inequality and #LongCovid. “Science not talked about is science not done as far as I'm concerned” By Sarah McArthur 🗞️: edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/if-you-cant-…

A gorgeous sunny day in Edinburgh: perfect for counting all the sunspots! There is a new beast in town, #sunspot AR3780 I've got a new insta account scot.starry.skies: check out my sunspot-cloud-dance movie! 📽️instagram.com/stories/highli… ℹ️: spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activ…

Taps microphone: anyone still out there? If you've been missing my tweets🤔come over to the blue skies - you'll find me there with the same handle. In the meantime here is me getting super excited about the Vera Rubin Observatory!