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Want to make a wish on a shooting star? #DoLookUp! The #Leonids meteor shower is peaking, courtesy of the Earth ploughing through the debris left by Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. 🔭🧪

1 Get away from streetlights
2 Take blanket ☕
3 Lie back - 10 mins 👁️ dark adapt
4 🌠Wow
www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me...
Look Up to See the Leonids Light Up the Night Skies
Check out our meteor shower animation to find out how, where, and when to see these shooting stars.
www.timeanddate.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
I love it that everyone loves a #supermoon. Tonight is the night so #DoLookUp!

Fine print: this astronomical event comes with a expectation-management disclaimer:
*The Supermoon is only 15% brighter than a normal full moon and I personally can not tell the difference 🤔
*Every moon is SUPER🔭🥳
astroroyalscot.bsky.social Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · Nov 16
If you've got clear skies, go outside and wave at our neighbour who is looking particularly stunning tonight. And if you have them, root out the binoculars to get a closer look at the grey maria: ~3.5 billion years ago these were seas of molten lava 🤓 #supermoon 🔭🧪
A moonlit beach with ripples in the sand. The water is reflecting the moon light with tiny fluffy clouds in the sky. In the foreground is the wooden breaker and a red metal marker with the number 2 on the top of it.
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
caringdoctors.bsky.social
De destructieve olie-industrie kiest ervoor de mensheid sneller naar zijn ondergang te brengen. Stem 🗳️ op partijen die de olie subsidies stoppen, die klimaatactie prioriteren en ecocide strafbaar stellen. #dolookup #actnow #sixthextinction www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’
New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
jantina.bsky.social
#dolookup
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 10
Firefighters in New Jersey and New York were working on Sunday to contain the latest of several recent wildfires in the region, where the first forecast rainfall in weeks was expected to bring little relief to areas experiencing drought conditions.
As Wildfire Burns in New Jersey and New York, Rain Offers Little Relief
The fire, the latest of several in the region over the weekend, had caused one death and was not contained as of Sunday afternoon, officials said.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2024 at 11:13 PM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
🔊Calling London and the South East: you're the only place in the UK with clear skies for the 1st night of National Astronomy Week: 1st-9th Feb!

#DoLookUp at the crescent moon which tonight lies between Venus and Saturn.

Check astronomyweek.org.uk to find✨🔭 events near you this week! #NAW2025
A sky map showing where the moon will be, each night during National Astronomy week, relative to the planets Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mars. The constellations of Orion and Pegasus are also marked. Underneath the sky map there are nine panels showing how the moon changes from a crescent to a very almost full moon over the course of the 9day "week". A map of the South East of England showing a cloud cover forecast for 20:00 on 1st Feb. It's clear for London, Dover, Norwich and Cambridge. Chasing the moon - a map of the UK with markers for every event happening for national astronomy week
February 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
caringdoctors.bsky.social
Waarom houden we nog steeds een destructief dierlijk voedselsysteem in stand, terwijl het zorgt voor voedsel- en watertekorten (veevoer) en een bedreiging is voor de wereldbevolking door de toenemende kans op een nieuwe zoönose pandemie. #dolookup www.destentor.nl/binnenland/n...
Nieuwe pandemie ligt op de loer: ‘Vogelgriep via koemelk, het is echt zorgwekkend’
Vogelgriep kan zorgen voor een nieuwe pandemie met de omvang van de coronacrisis, zegt hoogleraar Chantal Rovers. Het gaat nu in de VS massaal rond onder koeien. ,,Dat zijn ook zoogdieren, heel zorgwe...
www.destentor.nl
March 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
🔊It's gravity assist day! Today Mars will bend the #EuropaClipper trajectory towards Jupiter. At 17:57(UK)/12:57(EST) 🛰️Clipper will be just 550 miles above Mars’ surface, testing its thermal imager & radar. So #DoLookUp to Mars and give Clipper a little wave 👋🥳

ℹ️ www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-e... 🔭🧪
A dot at the centre represents the Sun. Three concentric circles show the increasingly larger orbits of Earth, Mars and Jupiter. A swirly blue curve shows the path of Europa Clipper from its Earth launch on 14th Oct 2024, meeting Mars on the 1st March 2025, a second Earth gravity assist on the 12th March 2026, and on to Jupiter and its moon Europa on the 11th of April 2030. This is Europa, a silvery orb in the darkness. The ice surface is covered in deep criss-crossing cracks.
March 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
wiringthebrain.bsky.social
⬆️ This is why we don't have time for diarrhea Donny and his fossil fuel fetish. We need concerted action NOW! #DoLookUp
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
jaapdvrs.bsky.social
Smelten gletsjers ging afgelopen jaren razendsnel, veel gletsjers halen einde eeuw niet. En we blijven maar doen alsof er niets aan de hand is. #gletsjers #klimaatcrisis #stopfossiel #dolookup

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Smelten gletsjers ging afgelopen jaren razendsnel, veel gletsjers halen einde eeuw niet
Volgens de organisatie de de omvang van gletsjers monitort, is er sinds 1975 een blok ijs ter grote van Duitsland met een dikte van 25 meter gesmolten.
nos.nl
March 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
caringdoctors.bsky.social
Zo snel gaat de ecologische destructie door de mensheid. Satellietbeelden tonen de verdwijning van de IJslandse Okjökull, de eerste gletsjer die officieel dood is verklaard als gevolg van door de mens veroorzaakte klimaatverandering. #DoLookUP www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
1st glacier declared dead from climate change seen in before and after images
Satellite images taken more than three decades apart show the disappearance of Iceland's Okjökull, the first glacier to be officially declared dead as a result of human-caused climate change.
www.livescience.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
A call to the UK folk on 3rd Jan @ 15:40: #DoLookUp to the South! #Venus is right above the crescent moon and it's stunningly gorgeous to see it in the daylight. 🔭

📷: stellarium-web.org
A relatively bright sky with a crescent moon and bright Venus just about if. From Stellarium https://stellarium-web.org
January 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ianbeestin.bsky.social
#dolookup
Scene from my desk in Derbyshire.
November 14, 2024 at 4:55 PM
curiousnotcritical.bsky.social
Time to #DoLookUp
This treats problem gambling, like other addictions and obesity, as the result of poor choices by individuals, rather than as the predictable result of an environment in which people are encouraged to adopt risky habits.

amp.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on gambling: a public health approach is a good bet | Gambling | The Guardian
<strong>Editorial:</strong> The industry points the finger at individuals. But addiction is a social problem that requires prevention as well as cure
amp.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
WOW - this is a strong one! Portobello beach, Edinburgh, lit up by the Northern Lights @ 18:00!! 🔭
#Aurora #DoLookUp #NorthernLights #astrophotography
Two people (me and my 18yo) standing with bright red lights in the sky behind us. Northern Lights
January 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
caringdoctors.bsky.social
Uit het draaiboek van fascisme; Beëindigen van wetenschap.
Ondertussen is er een klimaat noodtoestand waar we ook de oplossingen voor hebben; duurzame energietransitie én voedseltransitie naar (hoofdzakelijk) plantaardig. #planetaryhealthdiet #dolookup #educate www.wired.com/story/the-ch...
March 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
joseptrigo.bsky.social
AQUEST ÉS EL #TIMELAPSE DEL DIA (DE L'ECLIPSI SOLAR). Obtingut per Pau Montplet i Sanz @astrobreda.bsky.social des de Breda, #Catalunya.
Cada eclipsi és meravellós però també una vengança lunar envers als ignorants terraplanistes, celebrem-ho! 🤩👌👋
#DoLookUp
#MiremADalt
March 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
caringdoctors.bsky.social
Totaal geen media aandacht voor de klimaat noodtoestand;
-branden in Zuid-Korea, 24 doden
-overstromingen in Bolivia, 50 doden
-overstromingen in Australië, Queensland
-100+ branden in de VS, South Carolina
-overstromingen in Oeganda, Kampala, 6 doden
#dolookup abcnews4.com/news/local/f...
Firefighters in North and South Carolina battle multiple wildfires
Firefighters in North and South Carolina were battling multiple wind-driven wildfires Monday in rugged terrain.
abcnews4.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
caringdoctors.bsky.social
Wanneer gaat de politiek, media en mensheid snappen dat ook het zoogdier mens doodgaat zonder wormen, plankton, bijen, vlinders, vogels enz. #dolookup #anthropocene
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Climate change extinctions
Climate change is expected to cause irreversible changes to biodiversity, but predicting those risks remains uncertain. I synthesized 485 studies and more than 5 million projections to produce a quant...
www.science.org
March 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
jantina.bsky.social
#dolookup
stuti.bsky.social Stuti Mishra @stuti.bsky.social · Mar 1
In other news, it is 1st of March and India is already under a heatwave, threatening the wheat crops once again.

An extremely dry winter season is to be blamed, according to IMD, which led to heatwave advisories in the western regions in February.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Summer arrives early and puts India’s staple wheat crop at risk
Key wheat-growing regions could see temperatures rise 6C above average
www.independent.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
Jupiter and the crescent moon are looking absolutely gorgeous together in Edinburgh tonight.

If you're in the Northern hemisphere and have clear skies, #dolookup 🤩 🧪 🔭
Southern hemisphere folks - look out just after sunset.
Rooftops and a golden glow shining out the windows. In the night sky above the roofs there is a bright moon. Just to the left the moon is a bright "star" that is actually Jupiter.
March 13, 2024 at 7:41 PM
arjandeboer.bsky.social
There’s something disturbingly wrong with American optimism and the tendency to see the silver lining in everything.

What is needed to make y’all see corporate America is killing democracy? Rapidly!

#DoLookUp #Act!

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/a...
Canceling ‘The Late Show’ Is Bad News for Late-Night TV, Not for Stephen Colbert
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
apolitosb.bsky.social
I too #dolookup

🔭
January 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
Patchy UK cloud cover forecast for tonight so #DoLookUp for #100HoursUnderOneSky

Challenge 3 is to find the Summer Triangle.
What were you doing when the light left Altair in 2007 & Vega in 1999? It was ~600BCE when the light left Deneb! 🔭🧪
A purply puffy clouded sky with some trees in the foreground and three bright stars marked out with a triangle. The stars are labelled Vega, Deneb and Altair. From https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19634814
October 3, 2024 at 4:09 PM
caringdoctors.bsky.social
“Als je niet meer onderzoekt dat de aarde op weg is naar een ecologische collaps, dan is het probleem er natuurlijk niet meer.” 🤡 #energietransitie #voedseltransitie #dolookup www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...
www.propublica.org
March 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
astroroyalscot.bsky.social
In an unexpected twist of fate, Edinburgh's rain clouds have miraculously cleared to show me this! And I've just realised that it's extra pleasing that tonight we have a half-moon halfway between Jupiter and Venus! 🤓
#DoLookUp #NationalAstronomyWeek 🧪🔭
↙️ Smartphone ↘️ #Seestar telescope
Rooftops with the bright moon high about the house, and the bright light of Venus over the chimney tops A high-res telescope image of the moon. It's half full and full of pockmarks. Taken with a Seestar S30
February 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM