An interesting #spaceweather story developing. Airbus has made a statement saying that “Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/

NASA have delayed the launch of the ESCAPADE spacecraft on their mission to Mars due to the ongoing space weather disturbances #spaceweather #mars www.space.com/space-explor...

UK aurora chasers: if you have cloud free skies after dark it would be worth taking a look! #aurora #northernlights #SpaceWeather UK Met Office have issued geomagnetic storm watch for G5 storm from 12-Nov 12:00 UTC to 13-Nov 23:59 UTC

Fantastic to hear my Lancaster University colleague Prof Brooke Simmons discussing the northern lights and today's space weather disturbances on the BBC Today Programme this morning! Listen in from 1:23:20 @vrooje.net @lancasteruni.bsky.social #spaceweather #aurora www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Racing through the Belgian countryside as the end of an epic Umeå 🇸🇪 to Lancaster 🇬🇧 train journey draws closer 🚅 A great trip to European Space Weather Week #ESWW2025. Brilliant to catch up with friends and colleagues from around the world. See you in Florence for #ESWW2026!

📣 Shout all about it! 📣 We've got a new award that may be of interest to student scientists. One of our journals, RAS Techniques and Instruments (RASTI), has launched an annual student prize for the 'best' paper published in the journal by a student scientist. 🧑🔬 🔭 ⤵️

This is a great story of flight-free travel: train all the way from Lancaster to Umeå in Sweden. It can be done!

It begins! Starting the journey from Lancaster (UK) to Umeå (Sweden) for the European Space Weather Week conference. Taking the train all the way #flyingless #ESWW2025

Congratulations to @lancasteruni.bsky.social colleague Oleg Kolosov on winning the IOP David Tabor Medal and Prize 🏅👏 www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/oleg-ko...

Had the good fortune of bumping into Max Alexander while at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social last week. Really thrilled to get a copy of the beautiful catalogue from Max's recent "Life in the Sun's atmosphere" exhibition. It was a pleasure to discuss #spaceweather impacts during its creation!

In Kendal for the biennial Bob Graham Club dinner. Chuffed to get my certificate for completing the round in 2024, becoming club member 2899. As the saying goes “it doesn’t cost anything to join the club, you just have to run around a few Lake District fells within 24 hours”.

In London today for my first @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Council meeting at Burlington House as President Elect 🔭

What does last May's stunning Aurora Borealis in the UK have to do with where agribusiness' vehicles should be? The answer is #SpaceWeather. If you missed this week's podcast, featuring @jim-wild.bsky.social, why not listen now? #TransformingTomorrow. @thepaulturner.bsky.social buff.ly/ajDGdPx

Moonrise during the evening run (Nicky Nook, Lancashire) 😍

What an amazing advertisement for work-life balance 🫡 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Why not start the week by listening to my conversation with the #TransformingTomorrow podcast folks about #spaceweather and its impacts on society and business? ☀️🛰️💡🌍

A grand day out running the Tower to Castle Ultra yesterday: Blackpool Tower to Lancaster Castle.

A helpful summary from Nature on some of the challenges facing the U.K. higher education sector (and their background). #highereducation #universities #research #education www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Great to see a solar and space weather mission hitching a ride on the IMAP launch 🚀

Happy 100th anniversary to Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin’s extraordinary thesis!

Phew! It's been a busy day here at the RAS today 😅 We've been having a great time welcoming the public to our HQ for guided tours, scientific fun and comet making as part of this year's Open House Festival. Bygone astronomers Caroline Herschel and her nephew John have also made an appearance! 🔭💫🪐

Some insightful commentary by Lancaster University colleague Prof Paul Ashwin on recent (re)discussions about linking university tuition fees to teaching quality. wonkhe.com/blogs/back-t...

The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to congratulate Professor Michele Dougherty on her appointment as the first female Astronomer Royal. 🔭💫🪐 Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre... ⤵️

Congratulations to the new Astronomer Royal, Prof Michele Dougherty. 👏 Looking forward to working with you Michele! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today’s “energetic” lunchtime run taking in Lancaster University’s various energy projects: steelwork going up for the new Net Zero Energy Centre (an air source heat pump that will provide heat for 95% of campus), the new 52-acre 11.5 MW solar farm and our existing wind turbine! #sustainability

It’s that time of year - lovely to be able to celebrate with three new PhD graduates from the Space & Planetary Physics group at Lancaster University. Congratulations Elliot, George and Wayne! 👏🎓 @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Typically Lancastrian weather for the @lancasteruni.bsky.social Open Day today! ☀️

It’s been a busy week at #NAM2025! Had great fun this evening contributing to the Supermassive podcast panel Q&A @nam25-durham.bsky.social @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

What's the lowest latitude aurora recorded? Has the smartphone changed our ability to detect low-lat aurora? What about human migration? Or geomagnetic pole motion? Does auroral lat scale with storm magnitude? What about sunspot size? It's a long paper. But it covers a lot! #heliophysics

Considering applying for an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship to work in space & planetary physics, astrophysics, or particle physics? #space #astronomy #physics

Over the moon to see Prof Lyndsay Fletcher recognised with an MBE in the King’s birthday honours list 🏅 Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to work closely with Lyndsay on both RAS Council and STFC’s Astronomy Grants Panel. This is thoroughly deserved. Congratulations Lyndsay!

The shock wave signaling the arrival of the early 31 May 2025 halo CME was observed near Earth on 1 June 2025 05:26 UT. Speed is fast (900-1045 km/s, bottom panel), but the magnetic field is not too strong (max 25 nT, top panel). It also arrived at STEREO-A (middle panel). ☀️💥💨 Data from NASA/NOAA

There's a fast CME heading into some fast solar wind and some pre-existing slower CMEs. We're currently putting arrival at noon-to-midnight tomorrow, but this forecast may change as more observations become available. Updates here: research.reading.ac.uk/met-spate/hu...

When your train is so early the station board is self-censoring 😬

Congratulations to Prof Jim Wild, who has been elected as President-Elect of the Royal Astronomical Society! 🔭🌠 Prof Wild's research explores the physics of the natural space environment, including the Northern Lights and space weather 🌌 @jim-wild.bsky.social | @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Had a really fun time at the Windermere Science Festival this afternoon talking about why the northern lights have been visible from the #LakeDistrict in the last year. Has to rate as one of the most beautiful talk venues I’ve visited!

Absolutely thrilled about this appointment! Looking forward to working with RAS Council and staff in the coming years ✨

To quote Luke Skywalker: Look at the size of that thing! #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Nearly home Vienna->Lancaster #Train2EGU

Lancaster to Vienna for the #EGU2025 meeting #flyingless #Train2EGU 🚅

Heading across Europe for the #EGU2025 meeting in Vienna. Time for a snack in Frankfurt before my final train of the journey #Train2EGU 🚄

So who else is heading to #EGU2025 this weekend?

There are 3 space-weather posts opening up at the UK Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre. Please circulate - it would be great to further strengthen the MOSWOC team. careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear... careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear... careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear...

I'm thrilled to be standing as President-Elect in the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Council Elections. I'm standing unopposed, but encourage Fellows of the society to take look at the CVs/statements of the candidates who are standing for other Council roles.

On the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay2025, I'm re-posting the recent announcement that my @lancasteruni.bsky.social colleague Prof Isobel Hook recently won the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal in recognition of her outstanding contributions to astrophysics. Congratulations Isobel! 👏

Happy International Women’s Day! 👩🏾‍🔬👩🏼‍🚀👩🏻‍🔧 To mark #IWD2025, the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social is celebrating some of the women who helped shape the history of astronomy. Follow this thread to find out more… ⤵️

Back in Wales today visiting family. Happy St. David’s day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿