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What. A. Week. 🤩

We spent last week with hundreds of #RubinTeam members in Tucson, AZ and virtually around the world diving into NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory data and science together!

This was the first week-long workshop we've held since the first early data and images from Rubin in June. 🔭🧪

Assuming clear dark skies, there is an increased chance of seeing the aurora Friday and Saturday night. Those in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland have the best chance if the weather is favourable.

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Summer days at the beach looking at pebbles is a pastime that just can't be beaten!

Here BGS' Rock Doc, Clive Mitchell discusses spotting, identifying and collecting the pebbles you can find on Britain's beaches - and the history that these pebbles contain.

www.bgs.ac.uk/news/pebble-...

Our Engagement and Learning Officers are holding exciting events this summer which are now available to book through our website.

Join Jade and Alice to take a peek into our Reading Rooms and learn about our collections by booking on to one of our Youth Glimpse tours.

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Kamchatka earthquake highlights the advances in tsunami early warning systems 🌊 🛰️

BGS Prof David Tappin, Marine Geologist & tsunami expert explains how the Kamchatka event highlighted the improved mitigation measures now in place.

www.bgs.ac.uk/news/kamchat...

The largest black hole merger observed so far involved black holes with masses around 100 times that of the Sun, a range where the conventional formation process of stellar collapse is deemed impossible. The new observations suggest that some black holes form through a multimerger scenario.

And finally, thank you to everyone who attended our Founder’s Day celebrations for 2025, we had a wonderful time and we hope you did too!

As weird as it sounds, infinity comes in many shapes and sizes. Mathematicians study these different notions of infinity to understand the limits of mathematical logic. Tune in to this week’s episode of The Quanta Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...