Dr Jake Taylor
@astrojake.bsky.social
Astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. Researching the atmospheres of exoplanets.
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Dr Jake Taylor
@astrojake.bsky.social
· Mar 23
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www.tiktok.com
For those unaware, I post videos on TikTok about Astrophysics (🔭) and Oxford things, if you are interested, you can watch the videos here: www.tiktok.com/@astrojaket?...
Morgan McSweeney gone! Many more to go, anyone who had a connection to Mandelson (and Epstein) needs to be removed from government.
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Morgan McSweeney gone! Many more to go, anyone who had a connection to Mandelson (and Epstein) needs to be removed from government.
Reposted by Dr Jake Taylor
Listeners to Radio 4’s Inside Science today get an essay from me in defence of astronomy as pure research. Please listen in and let me know what you think.
Show starts 4.30pm GMT here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Show starts 4.30pm GMT here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Listeners to Radio 4’s Inside Science today get an essay from me in defence of astronomy as pure research. Please listen in and let me know what you think.
Show starts 4.30pm GMT here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Show starts 4.30pm GMT here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Feeling like Gale Weathers bangs in Scream 3
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Feeling like Gale Weathers bangs in Scream 3
I love Olympics opening ceremonies, Mariah was amazing. I’m ready to become a diehard expert in a random winter sport for the next few weeks. Go Team GB! 🇬🇧
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I love Olympics opening ceremonies, Mariah was amazing. I’m ready to become a diehard expert in a random winter sport for the next few weeks. Go Team GB! 🇬🇧
Reposted by Dr Jake Taylor
Sorry for the preview pic in your feed, but we've posted a thoughtful story by @dangaristo.bsky.social that delves into the tangled web of relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and various scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known
Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Sorry for the preview pic in your feed, but we've posted a thoughtful story by @dangaristo.bsky.social that delves into the tangled web of relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and various scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Epstein and his friends did is the most disgusting thing to happen in modern history, yet it’s barely making it on the news. Why? It needs to be plastered everywhere, the perpetrators names need to be revealed. Victims won’t have justice until the perpetrators are revealed.
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
What Epstein and his friends did is the most disgusting thing to happen in modern history, yet it’s barely making it on the news. Why? It needs to be plastered everywhere, the perpetrators names need to be revealed. Victims won’t have justice until the perpetrators are revealed.
Reposted by Dr Jake Taylor
Want to learn more about #space and #solarsystem research going on at Oxford?
Join us Feb 24 at Jesus College for our big public outreach event:
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/digital-hub-...
We'll have short talks, opportunities to ask an expert, and service by the Market Tap!
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
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Join us Feb 24 at Jesus College for our big public outreach event:
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/digital-hub-...
We'll have short talks, opportunities to ask an expert, and service by the Market Tap!
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
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February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Want to learn more about #space and #solarsystem research going on at Oxford?
Join us Feb 24 at Jesus College for our big public outreach event:
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/digital-hub-...
We'll have short talks, opportunities to ask an expert, and service by the Market Tap!
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
🔭🧪
Join us Feb 24 at Jesus College for our big public outreach event:
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/digital-hub-...
We'll have short talks, opportunities to ask an expert, and service by the Market Tap!
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
🔭🧪
Last year, based on the previous funding cuts, professors in our field told us to start planning for a backup career. Now we are facing more funding cuts, they should probably just train us explicitly for the backup career.
The mood music is very bleak for UK astronomy funding at the moment.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities
UK’s research funding body says best scientists are taking posts overseas due to lack of job stability at home
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Last year, based on the previous funding cuts, professors in our field told us to start planning for a backup career. Now we are facing more funding cuts, they should probably just train us explicitly for the backup career.
Reposted by Dr Jake Taylor
AI can accelerate scientific discovery, but only if we maintain rigor through open data, simplicity, and human understanding. Don't delegate ethics.
Read this article in full via @ox.ac.uk https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/ #AI #science #research #physics #astrophysics
Read this article in full via @ox.ac.uk https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/ #AI #science #research #physics #astrophysics
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
AI can accelerate scientific discovery, but only if we maintain rigor through open data, simplicity, and human understanding. Don't delegate ethics.
Read this article in full via @ox.ac.uk https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/ #AI #science #research #physics #astrophysics
Read this article in full via @ox.ac.uk https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/ #AI #science #research #physics #astrophysics
Olivia Benson would have had this Epstein stuff wrapped up by now
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Olivia Benson would have had this Epstein stuff wrapped up by now
Food tastes better wearing a gown
February 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Food tastes better wearing a gown
Harvard needs to take a long hard look at the professors they employ…
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Harvard needs to take a long hard look at the professors they employ…
Reposted by Dr Jake Taylor
Me, on astronomy funding crisis, on the @ox.ac.uk website: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02... 🔭🧪
Expert Comment: Cuts to fundamental research will hurt the UK’s
Chris Lintott, Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford’s Department of Physics, responds to the news that University funding for astronomy and physics research will be cut by almost a third.
www.ox.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Me, on astronomy funding crisis, on the @ox.ac.uk website: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02... 🔭🧪
Reposted by Dr Jake Taylor
A significant #SolarFlare is currently underway on the Sun! The flare was so bright, it has caused saturation and diffraction patterns in images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Early data also seems to suggest the flare was eruptive.
February 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
A significant #SolarFlare is currently underway on the Sun! The flare was so bright, it has caused saturation and diffraction patterns in images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Early data also seems to suggest the flare was eruptive.
Reposted by Dr Jake Taylor
Or not. This has been removed for review by the University. (Who asked me to write it in the first place). You can find it here while they sort themselves out: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Funding piece
Modern astronomy is full of marvels. In recent years we have rejoiced in the success of the James Webb Space Telescope, and been puzzled by the surprisingly vibrant early Universe it is showing us. We...
docs.google.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Or not. This has been removed for review by the University. (Who asked me to write it in the first place). You can find it here while they sort themselves out: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Oxford uni must be so thankful they dodged a bullet with Mandelson
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Oxford uni must be so thankful they dodged a bullet with Mandelson
This Epstein situation is like what happened in Marvel: Agents of SHIELD when they found out Hydra were actually ingrained everywhere and running everything
January 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This Epstein situation is like what happened in Marvel: Agents of SHIELD when they found out Hydra were actually ingrained everywhere and running everything
Five classes I took at university:
1. Physics of the Solar System
2. Physics of Exoplanets (mistakenly written as exoplants, we had a good laugh about this)
3. Planetary Atmospheres
4. Physics of Stars
5. Physics of the Earth
I loved undergrad, it was so much fun!
1. Physics of the Solar System
2. Physics of Exoplanets (mistakenly written as exoplants, we had a good laugh about this)
3. Planetary Atmospheres
4. Physics of Stars
5. Physics of the Earth
I loved undergrad, it was so much fun!
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Intro to Human Evolution
Coffee and Civilization
Foundations of Analytical Chemistry
French: Advanced Conversation I
Art and the Environment (possibly my favorite class ever)
Intro to Human Evolution
Coffee and Civilization
Foundations of Analytical Chemistry
French: Advanced Conversation I
Art and the Environment (possibly my favorite class ever)
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds
History of Western Science & Technology
Archaeology & Prehistory
Quantitative Analysis
Race, Gender, Class & Ethnicity
Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds
History of Western Science & Technology
Archaeology & Prehistory
Quantitative Analysis
Race, Gender, Class & Ethnicity
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Five classes I took at university:
1. Physics of the Solar System
2. Physics of Exoplanets (mistakenly written as exoplants, we had a good laugh about this)
3. Planetary Atmospheres
4. Physics of Stars
5. Physics of the Earth
I loved undergrad, it was so much fun!
1. Physics of the Solar System
2. Physics of Exoplanets (mistakenly written as exoplants, we had a good laugh about this)
3. Planetary Atmospheres
4. Physics of Stars
5. Physics of the Earth
I loved undergrad, it was so much fun!
Damn, even less time for Europeans, who don’t tend to work during the summer, to write proposals. Mid October worked so well!
The JWST Cycle 6 deadline will be September 30th. I don't think past JWST proposal deadlines have coincided with ground-based telescope deadlines.
I have expressed my concerns to the JWST User's Committee Chair and I encourage you to do the same. #astronomy 🔭
www.stsci.edu/jwst/science...
I have expressed my concerns to the JWST User's Committee Chair and I encourage you to do the same. #astronomy 🔭
www.stsci.edu/jwst/science...
JWST Users Committee
The JWST Users Committee provides user advice to the observatory as a whole and ensures operations proceed as expected to maximize the observatory's scientific performance.
www.stsci.edu
January 31, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Damn, even less time for Europeans, who don’t tend to work during the summer, to write proposals. Mid October worked so well!
The arxiv is increasingly papers that are “submitted” or “in review”, the majority of papers today are like this. I feel like I am in the minority who waits for acceptance.
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The arxiv is increasingly papers that are “submitted” or “in review”, the majority of papers today are like this. I feel like I am in the minority who waits for acceptance.
Reposted by Dr Jake Taylor
A New STFC Funding Crisis
The outlook for UK astronomy now looks even more bleak than the dark days of the funding crisis following 2008. It looks like a return to the Bad Old Days.
The outlook for UK astronomy now looks even more bleak than the dark days of the funding crisis following 2008. It looks like a return to the Bad Old Days.
A New STFC Funding Crisis
The outlook for UK astronomy now looks even more bleak than the dark days of the funding crisis following 2008. It looks like a return to the Bad Old Days.
telescoper.blog
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A New STFC Funding Crisis
The outlook for UK astronomy now looks even more bleak than the dark days of the funding crisis following 2008. It looks like a return to the Bad Old Days.
The outlook for UK astronomy now looks even more bleak than the dark days of the funding crisis following 2008. It looks like a return to the Bad Old Days.
I’m guessing even less ERFs are gonna be given out. Thank god the UK government are putting £2 billion into their “AI for Science Strategy” instead of directly funding scientists…
BREAKING: UK physics research and science facilities face ‘substantial’ cuts
Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe
Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe
Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
UK physics research and science facilities face ‘substantial’ cuts - Research Professional News
Exclusive: Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I’m guessing even less ERFs are gonna be given out. Thank god the UK government are putting £2 billion into their “AI for Science Strategy” instead of directly funding scientists…
Netflix be like: here is Law & Order SVU but we only have seasons 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11.
January 28, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Netflix be like: here is Law & Order SVU but we only have seasons 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11.
Netflix doesn’t have a thumbs down button, I wanted to thumbs down a trailer it forced on me to indicate never to show me it again. The only buttons are play, +, or thumbs up… companies need to stop using their platforms to push things we don’t want to see
January 26, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Netflix doesn’t have a thumbs down button, I wanted to thumbs down a trailer it forced on me to indicate never to show me it again. The only buttons are play, +, or thumbs up… companies need to stop using their platforms to push things we don’t want to see