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Chris Scott

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Parent, space scientist, drummer, baker. www.solarstormwatch.com Opinions are my own, apparently.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Dec 11

Happy #ionosphere discovery day everybody!
On this day in 1924, Edward Appleton conducted a neat experiment to prove the existence of a radio-reflecting layer in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
To celebrate, I did a thing. You can watch it here;
youtu.be/JWop2aGKKSE

Appleton's discovery of the ionosphere 11 December 1924

YouTube video by SolarStormwatchable

youtu.be

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 1d

Wow.

Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 1d

See that small, moving splotch?

That's 3I/ATLAS, a comet that formed in a different star system, photographed from Mars orbit by the ESA Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter.

A comet from a DIFFERENT SOLAR SYSTEM photographed by a ROBOT ORBITING MARS

last Friday

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 7d

Well, you would say that.

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · 7d

Looks like a theta aurora to me. Coincidence?
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2014/de...

Image of theta aurora courtesy of ESA. A black and white image taken from space over Antarctica with the sunlit side to the lower left and a theta shaped aurora visible around the magnetic pole on the night side.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Sep 7

Much swearing as my whizzy telescope insisted on a software update as the eclipse ended and clouds rolled in, but I got something!

Full moon with upper right side still in the Earth's shadow as the total lunar eclipse ended. View from Oxfordshire, UK.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Sep 7

When did we stop talking about lunar eclipses and start talking instead about blood moons? Are we now to avoid their scientific wonder in favour of dread-laden hyperbole?

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congratulations Roger!

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Aug 20

Now laugh at my joke!

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Aug 19

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've been in that church. It was genuinely moving.

Entire church begins two-day journey across Swedish city of Kiruna

The landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm looking forward to meeting you!

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Aug 12

This.

Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · Aug 12

Oof, this post from @cindybaldwinbooks.bsky.social is so beautiful, powerful, and resonant: cindybaldwinbooks.substack.com/p/you-dont-o...

You Don't Owe The World Suffering

Being the most unhappy about the state of the world will not save it.

cindybaldwinbooks.substack.com

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Aug 10

Wow.

Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · Aug 10

The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby

When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.

www.nature.com

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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · Aug 10

The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby

When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.

www.nature.com

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jul 30

Blimey. Earthquake caused waves that shook the ionosphere on the edge of space.

G7IZU Radio Reflection Detection @g7izu.bsky.social · Jul 30

Earthquake

The huge M8.8 earthquake at Kamchatka Peninsula last night not only shook the earth. It also generated gravity waves in the atmosphere which echoed around the world, causing the ionosphere to oscillate too.

Amateur DXers around the world have detected variations in the signal strength

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jul 29

Still not sure if that means they liked it or not!

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jul 22

Oh no.

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jul 13

Congratulations Chris, they are lucky to have you! Having crossed paths with you both as a researcher and a science presenter, I can testify that your inclusive and generous approach shines through in everything that you do. Sir Patrick would be proud.

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jul 11

So it might get a bit comety then? @sarahrosewatson.bsky.social can alert observers as to when it will likely encounter fast solar wind streams.

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jul 11

@chrislintott.bsky.social you need to see this!

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jul 5

Genuinely made me laugh out loud

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jul 5

Whatever. Some might say Stop crying your heart out. D'you know what I mean?

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jun 28

So wish I could come, but I can't. I hope it all goes well!

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jun 28

When my mum went to see my dad play cricket, she always knew which one was him by looking for the outfielder hidden in a mist of mosquitos and flailing their arms wildly.

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Andrew J. Kavanagh @stpkav.bsky.social · Jun 27

The combined DRIIVE and FINESSE workshop has ended at BAS. Two days of fascinating science and planning for future ionospheric campaigns with EISCAT. Great to see brilliant colleagues.

Meeting room of people in chairs watching a slide presentation from a man at a lecturn.

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Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jun 23

Oh wow. That's *so* cool.

Chris Scott @profchrisscott.bsky.social · Jun 22

<groan!> It's not just the archaeology that's ancient then!

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