Astronimouse
@astronimouse.bsky.social
A mouse living in the old Cambridge Observatory. I love old books and everything astro-historical.
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Rain stopped play (work) so made a poster for #ChristmasCardDay instead. Appearing on postboxes soon! 🥳🎄📮🎉
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Rain stopped play (work) so made a poster for #ChristmasCardDay instead. Appearing on postboxes soon! 🥳🎄📮🎉
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In October we hosted a workshop bringing together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how the UK can better adapt to climate risks that originate beyond its borders. Read the summary on our website: #ClimateChange #ClimateAdaptation #COP30 royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Adapting to International Climate Risks | Royal Society
Summary note from a workshop on how the UK can adapt to international climate change risks.
royalsociety.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In October we hosted a workshop bringing together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how the UK can better adapt to climate risks that originate beyond its borders. Read the summary on our website: #ClimateChange #ClimateAdaptation #COP30 royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
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Read the full letter from ten Fellows of the Royal Society to the Prime Minister, following the announcement of the outcome of the Curriculum and Assessment Review last week: royalsociety.org/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Read the full letter from ten Fellows of the Royal Society to the Prime Minister, following the announcement of the outcome of the Curriculum and Assessment Review last week: royalsociety.org/news/2025/11...
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This is the peculiar spiral NGC 1511, which lies approximately 50 million light-years away in the constellation Hydrus.
Astronomers will use Hubble observations of the galaxy to investigate how matter cycles from interstellar clouds to stars and back again 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
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Astronomers will use Hubble observations of the galaxy to investigate how matter cycles from interstellar clouds to stars and back again 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is the peculiar spiral NGC 1511, which lies approximately 50 million light-years away in the constellation Hydrus.
Astronomers will use Hubble observations of the galaxy to investigate how matter cycles from interstellar clouds to stars and back again 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
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Astronomers will use Hubble observations of the galaxy to investigate how matter cycles from interstellar clouds to stars and back again 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
🔭
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Today #COP30 begins, bringing together world leaders.
Our scientists & experts will be taking part in events on climate science and action.
Follow our channels to keep up to date with events we are involved in.
Our scientists & experts will be taking part in events on climate science and action.
Follow our channels to keep up to date with events we are involved in.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Today #COP30 begins, bringing together world leaders.
Our scientists & experts will be taking part in events on climate science and action.
Follow our channels to keep up to date with events we are involved in.
Our scientists & experts will be taking part in events on climate science and action.
Follow our channels to keep up to date with events we are involved in.
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Our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting: Friday 21st November at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting: Friday 21st November at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome
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ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
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🚨 Archive Job Alert 🚨
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨 Archive Job Alert 🚨
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
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Autumn settles over Oxford 🍂✨
📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford, EstherJohnsonPhotography, Juncao_Oxford & @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford, EstherJohnsonPhotography, Juncao_Oxford & @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Autumn settles over Oxford 🍂✨
📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford, EstherJohnsonPhotography, Juncao_Oxford & @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford, EstherJohnsonPhotography, Juncao_Oxford & @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
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#Museum30 theme 9 is #map. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has 1630 edition of "Atlas minor, ou Briefve description de tout le monde" by Flemish cartographer, philosopher & mathematician Gerardus Mercator. He gave his name to Mercator Projection. He is best known for…/👇
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I finally paid a visit to Tartu Old Observatory today, and saw Struve's Fraunhofer telescope (lovingly conserved but Paolo Brenni)
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I finally paid a visit to Tartu Old Observatory today, and saw Struve's Fraunhofer telescope (lovingly conserved but Paolo Brenni)
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Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
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#Museum30 theme 8 is #stitch. Some books in historic collection of Dunblane’s Leighton Library, due to wear & tear, have binding which has come loose, revealing stitching of pages. Help by adopting a book, & have your name associated with book www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/adopt-a-book...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#Museum30 theme 8 is #stitch. Some books in historic collection of Dunblane’s Leighton Library, due to wear & tear, have binding which has come loose, revealing stitching of pages. Help by adopting a book, & have your name associated with book www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/adopt-a-book...
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Come see her in the main hall at Christchurch Mansion. Plan a visit: ipswich.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/christ...
Visit Christchurch Mansion | Ipswich Museums
This beautiful Tudor mansion boasts over 500 years of history and the biggest collection of Gainsborough and Constable paintings outside of London!
ipswich.cimuseums.org.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Come see her in the main hall at Christchurch Mansion. Plan a visit: ipswich.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/christ...
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Our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting. Meet up with local astronomy enthusiasts: Friday 21st November at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting. Meet up with local astronomy enthusiasts: Friday 21st November at 8PM Rectory Cottages, Church Green Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6BJ. All welcome
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Attention UK astronomers and space scientists! 🪐🔭
Want to help shape global policy and direction within the astronomy community? Why not join the International Astronomical Union.
Find out more on how to do so free of charge at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Want to help shape global policy and direction within the astronomy community? Why not join the International Astronomical Union.
Find out more on how to do so free of charge at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Attention UK astronomers and space scientists! 🪐🔭
Want to help shape global policy and direction within the astronomy community? Why not join the International Astronomical Union.
Find out more on how to do so free of charge at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Want to help shape global policy and direction within the astronomy community? Why not join the International Astronomical Union.
Find out more on how to do so free of charge at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
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Come and see the Society at stand E40 at the Historic Buildings Parks & Gardens Event on Tue 11th Nov 2025 from 0900 hrs. Entrance to the event is free for people in the heritage sector + owners of historic properties too. Register on the day QEII Centre, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE
See you there!
See you there!
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Come and see the Society at stand E40 at the Historic Buildings Parks & Gardens Event on Tue 11th Nov 2025 from 0900 hrs. Entrance to the event is free for people in the heritage sector + owners of historic properties too. Register on the day QEII Centre, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE
See you there!
See you there!
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Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why
Astronomers Catch the Milky Way Doing the ‘Wave’
Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why
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The arrival of at least one Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun, brings the likelihood of enhanced geomagnetic activity over the next few nights.
Aurora sightings are possible in northern areas of the UK with a lower chance of glimpses as far south as the Midlands.
Aurora sightings are possible in northern areas of the UK with a lower chance of glimpses as far south as the Midlands.
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The arrival of at least one Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun, brings the likelihood of enhanced geomagnetic activity over the next few nights.
Aurora sightings are possible in northern areas of the UK with a lower chance of glimpses as far south as the Midlands.
Aurora sightings are possible in northern areas of the UK with a lower chance of glimpses as far south as the Midlands.
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Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?
Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?
From night walks with children to switching off streetlights and rewilding areas, naturalists are working to save Europe’s dwindling populations
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?
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With his Vera Historia, the 2nd-century satirist Lucian of Samosata wrote the 1st detailed account of a trip to the moon in the Western tradition and, some argue, also one of the earliest science fiction narratives. Aaron Parrett explores: publicdomainreview.org/essay/l...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
With his Vera Historia, the 2nd-century satirist Lucian of Samosata wrote the 1st detailed account of a trip to the moon in the Western tradition and, some argue, also one of the earliest science fiction narratives. Aaron Parrett explores: publicdomainreview.org/essay/l...
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This new Euclid collage, based on the Q1 data set, presents 28 nearby galaxies observed by Euclid.
Each of the 28 galaxies can be explored directly in ESASky:
www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/e...
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi
Each of the 28 galaxies can be explored directly in ESASky:
www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/e...
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This new Euclid collage, based on the Q1 data set, presents 28 nearby galaxies observed by Euclid.
Each of the 28 galaxies can be explored directly in ESASky:
www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/e...
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi
Each of the 28 galaxies can be explored directly in ESASky:
www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/e...
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi
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A time-lapse of a typical night observing with our remote telescope in Spain: ASERO. On an average night we observe 6 variable stars, a couple of comets and a chosen deep sky object - all selected by our members. 🔭☄️
Sometimes we do live observing, always fun!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n5F...
Sometimes we do live observing, always fun!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n5F...
ASERO Timelapse
YouTube video by Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A time-lapse of a typical night observing with our remote telescope in Spain: ASERO. On an average night we observe 6 variable stars, a couple of comets and a chosen deep sky object - all selected by our members. 🔭☄️
Sometimes we do live observing, always fun!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n5F...
Sometimes we do live observing, always fun!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n5F...
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How do stars generate their magnetic fields? 🧲
Using the ESO 3.6 m telescope, for the first time astronomers have reconstructed the migration of magnetic regions on the surface of a star other than the Sun. 🔭🧪
Learn more: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/magnetic-butterflies/
📷 NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL
Using the ESO 3.6 m telescope, for the first time astronomers have reconstructed the migration of magnetic regions on the surface of a star other than the Sun. 🔭🧪
Learn more: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/magnetic-butterflies/
📷 NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How do stars generate their magnetic fields? 🧲
Using the ESO 3.6 m telescope, for the first time astronomers have reconstructed the migration of magnetic regions on the surface of a star other than the Sun. 🔭🧪
Learn more: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/magnetic-butterflies/
📷 NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL
Using the ESO 3.6 m telescope, for the first time astronomers have reconstructed the migration of magnetic regions on the surface of a star other than the Sun. 🔭🧪
Learn more: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/magnetic-butterflies/
📷 NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL
I've just put some new books out on display in the Hoyle Library Area!
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I've just put some new books out on display in the Hoyle Library Area!