Join us during the global 100 Hours of Astronomy. Try our simple stargazing challenges and add your marker to our UK/Ireland map. Come to 100hours.online during the event and we'll explain it all. You just need to look up!

OH ok so that's what it's about, that makes so more sense than actually wanting to build one there

These are always lovely but this one is something special

Got a minute free? Take a look at a great bit of sci comm, with absolutely fantastic pictures. I learned a lot! slothconservation.org/anteaters-th...

Had great fun this week meeting the team at Brighton Astro and giving a talk about sharing our passion for space. Love their fresh take on an astronomy society; am feeling very inspired! Check them out if you're in the area: brightonastro.com

New research in @nature.com shows my favourite Australian moth - the bogong - navigates by the stars. Bogongs used to migrate in huge numbers during spring and summer, with local people gathering for moth feasts in areas around modern Canberra (where I grew up). They’re now endangered 🧪🇦🇺✨

I feel like I've been waiting to see this film forever, it's been teased for years. Premiere today.

There are some great films coming up today, can't wait to get going.

Fulldome Festival Brno here we go! Probably my favourite event of the year (other than the Andover Astronomical Society Star-b-cue, obviously)

Made it to Prague. OK then let's see what this LED stuff is all about ...

Noirlab's new planetarium film 'Messengers of Space and Time' is now available for 2k/4k FREE download from noirlab.edu/public/news/... . Rubin & Gemini telescopes & multi-messenger astronomy. High quality show with original score (I helped with the storyboarding & script).

So who's going to the Prague LED Planetarium opening and/or Fulldome Festival Brno? It's going to be a fantastic week. I'm especially interested to see the films H20 and Little Eve, but its the unexpected films that are often the most exciting.

A song thrush has set up shop within earshot of my desk and it's just the loveliest thing

@gattikko.bsky.social Buenos días, también desde Almería

"Preventing the addition of new debris is no longer sufficient. We must now actively clean up the space environment to halt the onset of a chain reaction that could render heavily utilised regions unusable. Immediate and decisive action is necessary." Read the ESA Space Environment Report 2025 👇

Thanks little buddy. You did good.

Am getting a huge flood of applications from all around the world as the IPS Planetarium Education Fellowship deadline approaches. Am excited to see what studies you have all thought up!

🧪 The NSF director is lying to you. Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵

If you're a planetarian and into this mindblowing story of how our detection of time-domain events like supernovas, asteroids, comets, and omg-what-even-is-thats is about to hit 10 million PER NIGHT, changing astronomy forever, heads up there's a new free film out from NSF Noirlab soon (I wrote it).

New info for anyone animating Io surface scenes right now! www.sciencenews.org/article/doze...

We're looking for a physics engagement officer here in Oxford - lots of delivery, part of a great team and working mostly with local 11-15 year olds. It's a half time position, and suits flexible working. Details below, or ask if you have any questions: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Nice to see two of 'my' shows featured by Edinburgh! For Voyager, I helped rewrite the English translation and with the voice direction. And I led the National Astronomy Week 'Chasing the Moon' planetarium collaboration that spawned this live show, which was presented across the UK.

A visit to Royal Observatory Greenwich planetarium: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A big power company wants to build a huge industrial complex near Paranal, the top astronomical site in the world (VLT, ELT etc.). Here is a petition for physics/astro professionals 🧪🔭, please consider signing. Even if you're not, pls help raise awareness by sharing the links in the petition. Thx! 🙏

Learning about meeting astronauts at science museums, in Spanish. The adult, Eddy, is very excited - for him astronauts are Apollo era heros. The child, Junior, is not - for him anyone can be an astronaut if they are rich enough.

Ok so National Astronomy Week 2025 is done and dusted! This event runs about every 4-5 years, and only when there's something awesome for people to look up at. Any bright ideas what we should feature for the next event?

Throwback to how the Moon looked on the first day of National Astronomy Week. How will it look tomorrow, on the last day? And where will it be? (Somewhere exciting!)

🔭 Only one weekend of National Astronomy Week left, but there are a load of events still to go, including stargazing events, planetarium shows, online talks, and telescope streaming: astronomyweek.org.uk/events/ ✨🚀🪐

Beautiful photograph for #nationalastronomyweek . I can spot Mars and Orion, can you?

Great photo of today's National Astronomy Week theme: Jupiter! #nationalastronomyweek #lookup

We're doing it all again for National Astronomy Week tonight, live-streaming images of the night sky. Join us at 7pm. astronomyweek.org.uk How's your Chase The Moon PDF coming on?

Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate. (They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase). 1) Go to your account page 2) Hit cancel 3) Change sub back.

If anyone is filling in their Chase the Moon chart but missed seeing it last night, cosmos4u's has captured a perfect view of it's location between the planets (click to see the full photos). Then join the dots in a big circle to find the ecliptic. astronomyweek.org.uk/4-february-t...

The Moon has left Venus far behind. But what's this other bright dot it's heading toward? #chasingthemoon for #nationalastronomyweek

Beautiful photo of Venus setting in New Zealand, followed by the Moon. Notice how this view compares to we see in the UK. The Moon is the same phase, but seen the other way up. It's further from the Sun than Venus, just like we see it. Saturn is lost to the Sun's dying light. #nationalastronomyweek

Anyone out there updating their National Astronomy Week Chasing the Moon chart? Here's what ours looked like after yesterday evening ... where do you think the Moon will be tonight? And what will it look like? astronomyweek.org.uk/chasing-the-...

thanks Meteoblue for updating your weather maps immediately after I posted a thing (ok yes I like that you do regularly update them, it's just ..)

Tonight's Moon - Waxing Crescent Moon seen from the back garden Birmingham UK at around 6.00pm 03-02-25 #photography #moon #lunar #astronony

Today for #nationalastronomyweek we are counting the stars in the Square of Pegasus. This big square of stars is a bit to the right of the Moon this evening. How many can you see? astronomyweek.org.uk/3-february-t...

This was my 1st "pop-up" astro event & I'm💯sold. What a great way of sharing the night sky with random people walking by & meeting the fab folk @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social! Hoping for a clear night this week to repeat the experience for National Astronomy Week 1st-9th Feb! astronomyweek.org.uk

What a great start to #NationalAstronomyWeek at the #DarkSkies event in Hertford. We had a screening of The City Dark film followed by a light switch-off and stargazing with astronomers from Bayfordbury Observatory in Hertford Castle grounds. Frosty and fantastic! #NAW

Ok so your photos are a bit better than mine! 🤩 Gorgeous, and that Moon is going FAST!

Quick snap of the Moon and VENUS in Winchester for day 2 of #nationalastronomyweek

I hope folks enjoyed the live views of Venus, Jupiter, and Mars, which we live-streamed for National Astronomy Week tonight. Here's where The Moon was tonight if you had clear skies to see it near Venus & Saturn. Join us again tomorrow evening: astronomyweek.org.uk

Did you see the lovely crescent Moon close to Venus & Saturn Last night? Fill in your National Astronomy Week Chase The Moon PDF and join us for more live streaming this evening: astronomyweek.org.uk

🚀 What a fantastic launch event for National Astronomy Week last night! 🚀 Here's some more images from the night, which proved to be a great opportunity to see the Moon and Saturn with the naked eye, plus Venus, Jupiter, Mars and the Orion Nebula through Herstmonceux observatory's telescopes. ⤵️

Even the cats are getting into National Astronomy Week! www.astronomyweek.org.uk

Venus, the crescent Moon (illuminated by plenty of Earth shine!), and even Neptune! As seen from Brighton at 6pm this evening. #DoLookUp #NAW2025 #NAW #Moon #Venus #Neptune

Now livestreaming telescopes from Cyprus at www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE3x...

🚀 We have lift off! 🚀 Happy National Astronomy Week everybody! 🔭🪐💫 Who wants to go out and enjoy one of the best 'planet parades' in nearly half a century? Witness the beauty of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with your own eyes through a telescope at a stargazing evening near you. ⤵️