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A mouse living in the old Cambridge Observatory. I love old books and everything astro-historical.
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royalsocietypublishing.org
The number of low-quality or fraudulent publications is rising to hundreds of thousands per year. It is time to reevaluate current publishing models and outline a global plan. Read the 'Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration': royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #RSOS 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'severe' geomagnetic storm. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'Severe' geomagnetic storm
Activity on the surface of the Sun means the chance of the Northern Lights shining over the UK is high this week as Elizabeth Rizzini explains.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The obligatory selfie from this morning's trip to the BBC Studios in Edinburgh: another awesome set of listeners questions answered for BBC Radio 4 Inside Science 🤓
Catherine smiling nervously at the camera with headphones on in front of a microphone. The red "on air" light being her is lit up.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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britishlibrary.bsky.social
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.

To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.

Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
A person reaches for an item from a shelf of books.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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bgs.ac.uk
🗓️ Artificial Intelligence for Natural Hazards Workshop - Thursday 20th November

Are you an industry or research institution interested in the applications of AI in Earth Observation and natural hazards?
A graphic, which shows an image of the Colosseum, a satellite and an AI brain with 'AI for Natural Hazards, Rome'. To the right is the BGS logo and the words 'join online: 8.30AM to 12PM GMT, Thursday 20th November'. Below is a QR code which links to the Eventbrite page.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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science.esa.int
#CometInterceptor will be the first mission to visit a comet coming directly from the outer reaches of the Sun's realm, carrying material untouched since the dawn of the Solar System.

Part of #CosmicVision, Comet Interceptor is an ESA-led mission in collaboration with JAXA.

1/ #CM25 🔭
Illustration showing spacecraft A, probe B1 built by JAXA and probe B2, and the suite of instruments they each carry, alongside other important components. The instruments and parts are colour coded according to four categories: blue for Dust, Fields and Plasma (DFP) instrument suite, orange for Plasma instrument suite, red for other scientific instruments, and green for important components.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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stsci.edu
STScI has three goals: 1) to excel in the science operations of NASA's current and future astrophysics missions; 2) to advance astronomical research, archives, and tools for scientific discovery; and 3) to make astronomical information accessible to all: https://www.stsci.edu/ 🔭 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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royalastrosoc.bsky.social
Only a few days left! 📅⌛

Time is running out to submit applications for the Norman Lockyer Fellowship, offered to outstanding candidates to enable them to pursue research in the UK in the disciplines advanced by the RAS.

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November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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letterappsoc.bsky.social
Rain stopped play (work) so made a poster for #ChristmasCardDay instead. Appearing on postboxes soon! 🥳🎄📮🎉
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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royalsociety.org
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
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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
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science.esa.int
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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A spiral galaxy, tilted away so that it is seen mostly from the edge. The disc of the galaxy glows blue from its centre, due to younger stars in the spiral arms. There are large and small patches of gas, glowing in red and pink colours, where new stars are forming. Webs of dark dust are spread over the disc. The glow of the disc fades into a dark background, with a couple of stars.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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metoffice.gov.uk
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.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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mkastronomy.bsky.social
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
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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
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
🚨 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...
Five photographs of the Modern Records Centre: Two students walking outside the main entrance. A view down the aisle of one of our strongrooms. A student looking through a photograph album in our seminar room. Digitisation Assistant at work scanning a volume. A view of our searchroom, with an Archive Assistant handing out a document to a researcher.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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ox.ac.uk
Autumn settles over Oxford 🍂✨

📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford, EstherJohnsonPhotography, Juncao_Oxford & @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
Sunset view of Christ Church's Meadow Building, with a 'Please keep off the grass' sign in the foreground and ivy climbing the walls. View of All Souls College, Oxford, showing its ornate Gothic architecture, with ivy displaying autumnal red leaves in the foreground against a clear blue sky. View of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford with its distinctive green dome, framed by nearby buildings and autumn leaves. Autumn leaves frame the view of Magdalen College tower in Oxford under a clear blue sky.
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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leightonlibrary.bsky.social
#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)
Early 19thC classical building with a drum-shaped 'dome' or tower, with trees in foreground. Early 20thC equatorially mounted telescope inside a rotatable drum. The glorious 1824 Fraunhofer telescope with a German equatorial mount - all brass and mahogany - with two windows in the background.
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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)! 😅
Illustration of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, featuring an intricate architectural drawing of the historic building with detailed facade, numerous windows, and figures dressed in academic robes seated in the foreground. Engraving of the interior of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, featuring detailed architecture with arched ceilings, rows of books, and figures walking between the bookshelves. Aerial view of the Radcliffe Camera surrounded by Oxford University's historic buildings, with a cloudy sky above. Aerial view of the historic University of Oxford, showcasing intricate architecture and a person walking across the courtyard.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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leightonlibrary.bsky.social
#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
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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
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mkastronomy.bsky.social
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
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royalastrosoc.bsky.social
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...
International Astronomical Union and Royal Astronomical Society logos on a starry background.
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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thevicsoc.bsky.social
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!
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM