Wishing everyone happy and peaceful holidays! ✨🎄🎁 Thank you for following the #MAPSAdvent2025 calendar! #Christmas #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear

On Day 24 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share a selection of photos from the #Canadian #Arctic! 🐻‍❄️ Earlier this year an @es-ucl.bsky.social team went to Resolute Bay, #Nunavut, to test out a KuKa band #radar with different polarisations and a range of other equipment: cpom.org.uk/testing-kuka... #snow #ice

#MAPSAdvent2025 Day 23 🎄 Tune in to Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures on 28th, 29th and 30th Dec presented by Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, the leading space scientist & an honorary research associate of UCL Physics & Astronomy: www.rigb.org/christmas-le... @rigb.org #Christmas #XmasLectures

On Day 22 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we're sharing a few #snowstorm images from Professor @ilankelman.bsky.social (@uclrdr.bsky.social) during his research time in #Boulder, #Colorado, where he looked at stopping weather and climate from becoming disasters. #snow #ice #weather

On Day 21 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we're bringing the light! 🎄 An international team led by Dr @m-abdijalebi.bsky.social & Siming Huang (UCL Institute for Materials Discovery) developed durable #SolarCells that can efficiently harvest #energy from #IndoorLight: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/au... #perovskite

On Day 20 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we show off some of our brilliant academic and professional staff in this year's Spotlights! Browse through and learn more about their role and work at UCL and activities outside of it: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

On Day 19 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we're sharing examples of gravitational lenses that #Euclid #space #telescope, whose massive visible-light camera was built by a UCL-led team, captured in its first observations of the Deep Field areas 🌌 Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA.

#MAPSAdvent2025 Day 18: Santa-saurus at @es-ucl.bsky.social exploring Haas TL-1 CNC lathe in the Instrumentation Development Workshop, which is used to manufacture components for the research labs! 🦖🎅

#MAPSAdvent2025 Day 17 🎄 Sneak peak into multidisciplinary Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL East that's used by MSc Sustainable Chemistry students: www.youtube.com/shorts/XYdwk... @uclchemistry.bsky.social #chemistry #lab #laboratory #UCLEast #StudyUCL #sustainable #sustainability

On Day 16 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we highlight the discovery of #phosphorene #nanoribbons and their potential for next-generation #electronics (a study involving Professor Chris Howard of UCL Physics & Astronomy and Dr @clancylab.bsky.social of @uclchemistry.bsky.social): www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

On Day 15 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we're sharing a mesmerising image of December's "cold" full #Moon, the final #supermoon of 2025, captured by Prof Raman Prinja 🌑 By the way, if you're looking for a #ChristmasGift for a young #astronomy lover, check out his latest #book "Wonders Of The Moon!" 📖

On Day 14 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we are throwing it back to graduations - it's always one of the most memorable events of the year 🎓 www.youtube.com/shorts/hrfMh...

Day 13 of #MAPSAdvent2025 🪨 Former MSc Geosciences student Natalie Cheng & Prof @bridgetwade.bsky.social (@es-ucl.bsky.social) studied sediments under the microscope to reveal a layer of microspherules (pictured) from the #Chesapeake impact which hit eastern North America about 36 million years ago.

On Day 12 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share some #BTS from The Royal Society’s documentary on #KathleenLonsdale filmed at @ucl.ac.uk & featuring Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS & Kathleen Lonsdale’s student Prof Mike Glazer 👩‍🔬 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwcf....

#MAPSAdvent2025 Day 11: “Graphie” at the London Centre for #Nanotechnology is feeling festive! 🎅 "Graphie"is a home-built system initially used for growing #graphene layers but repurposed into a vacuum chamber for high-temperature, solid state impedance #spectroscopy 💡 #Christmas #tech #equipment

On Day 10 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share the work of our creative Digital Student Ambassadors! 😊 Get advice on starting university, exam tips, explore STEM power couples & more exciting content: bit.ly/48yMw6w. #UniversityStudent #UniversityLife #UniStudent @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social

On Day 9 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we bring attention to a unique collaboration between @bas.ac.uk & @es-ucl.bsky.social, where #Antarctic #ice undergoes a series of destructive crush experiments under the watchful eye of earthquake & rock physicist Prof Tom Mitchell: www.newscientist.com/video/249090...

On Day 8 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we're sending you a #ChristmasCard drawn with mathematical equations by our super-talented UCL Mathematics alumnus Hamid Naderi Yeganeh 🤩 #snowman #maths #mathematics #art #HamidNaderiYeganeh

This year the Dean of our Faculty Prof Ivan Parkin celebrated his 60th birthday 🥳 On Day 7 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we’re sharing the celebratory Symposium where Prof Parkin presented his adventures & discoveries in #chemistry & #MaterialsScience: www.youtube.com/shorts/Msw4E... @uclchemistry.bsky.social

#MAPSAdvent2025 Day 6 🎄 A festive surprise in the UCL Institute for Materials Discovery lab: tree-like zinc dendrites forming during microbattery research. Institute's own microscopic winter forest! Image credit: Dr Monojit Mondal, Dr Naresh Nibagani and PhD student Sijin Liu. #science #research

On Day 5 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we look back at one of our favourite summer events - #undergraduate #OpenDays 🤩 www.youtube.com/shorts/p1s6H... #UCLOpenDays #OpenDay #StudyUCL #campus #study #class #lab @uclchemistry.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social

#MAPSAdvent2025: Are you looking for original #Christmas #gifts? How about this Kairos aerator (perfect for red wine lovers) co-founded by our MSc Technology Management graduate, Jonah Lee? Many more to browse from entrepreneurs supported by @uclenterprise.bsky.social: www.ucl.ac.uk/enterprise/g...

On Day 3 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we're looking back at the annual Technical Staff Showcase 🌎 Pictured are just some of the cutting-edge research and equipment from our amazing UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory and UCL Chemistry techs! Always inspiring ✨ @uclchemistry.bsky.social #space #science

On Day 2 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we look at a study which discovered that "#space #ice" is less like #water than we thought ❄️: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju... @uclchemistry.bsky.social

December is here, and so is the #MAPSAdvent2025 calendar! 🎄🗓️ From now until #Christmas we'll be sharing highlights from the year, great memories and festive images/stories ✨ Stay tuned and celebrate with us 🎅

Find out what Professor @jackstilgoe.bsky.social is obsessed with, and what people in @stsucl.bsky.social do: www.youtube.com/shorts/ucvWm... #science #tech #technology #StudyUCL #OpenDay

📣 In celebration of UCL's upcoming 200th anniversary, we're excited to announce 2 #scholarships for our new MSc Mathematics course worth £13,000 each (to be used toward tuition fees). Find out more on eligibility, deadlines & how to apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... #maths #mathematics #study

A mysterious swarm of earthquakes that occurred near the Greek island of Santorini early this year was caused by molten rock smashing through Earth’s crust more than 10km below the seafloor, finds a new study involving Dr @seismo-steve.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

📢 Last call for applications to become a @uclmaps.bsky.social Digital Student Ambassador! We're looking for creative, confident, social media-savvy undergraduate and postgraduate (taught) students who are great at communicating their UCL experience with others: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

Here's some advice from our current students to anyone applying to study at UCL: www.youtube.com/shorts/HcGWj... @stsucl.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @statisticsucl.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social

The first clear signal of a giant stellar eruption from a star beyond our solar system has been observed by an international team including Dr Hamish Reid @uclmaps.bsky.social using data from Europe’s powerful LOFAR radio telescope www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

UCL is 1st in the UK for sustainability in the QS Sustainability Rankings for the second year running! 🏆🌍 Thank you to our community for making this possible 👏 🔗 Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/nov/ucl-ranks-1st-uk-and-3rd-globally-qs-sustainability-rankings

🤩 CPS member Dr Paola Pinilla is based at the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey @uclmaps.bsky.social where she leads a research group of postdocs and students on the topic of planet formation ☀️🌀🪐

Missed our Open Day last Saturday? Get a glimpse of UCL Bloomsbury campus: www.youtube.com/shorts/sCPW7... #UCL #CampusTour #OpenDay #StudyUCL #Bloomsbury @uclrdr.bsky.social @stsucl.bsky.social

Congratulations, Helen! 👏

Ageing stars are surprisingly efficient at destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, suggests a new study by Dr Edward Bryant @embryantastro.bsky.social and Dr Vincent Van Eylen @uclmaps.bsky.social looking at nearly half a million post-main sequence stars using NASA's TESS satellite

Join us for our upcoming in-person Undergraduate Open Event and find out more about studying at @uclrdr.bsky.social and @stsucl.bsky.social departments! 📅 Saturday 15 November ⏰ 10:30 am to 3:00 pm Register your place and find out more: bit.ly/3X6zqYY.

Spooky story time! 👻 Gather round the fire with student Maria and listen to 3 spine-tingling facts about space 🌌 Happy Halloween 🎃 youtube.com/shorts/3LE48... #halloween #HappyHalloween #spooky #scary #SpookyStory #ScaryStory #SpaceFacts #space #astronomy

A research team led by Dr Vincent Van Eylen @uclmaps.bsky.social is investigating a possible UK camera that would "weigh" Earth-like planets to help find life as part of a flagship NASA mission, the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Funded by @ukspaceagency.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, which engineers at @uclmaps.bsky.social helped design and build, has made its first observations. The facility, with its 2,400 fibres, can unravel the light of 2,400 celestial objects simultaneously www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

From UCL #PhD student to Professor in #Materials #Chemistry and #Engineering at UCL Chemistry - learn about Guanjie He's research, industry collaborations and role in UCL's upcoming bicentenary: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... @uclchemistry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk #UCL200 @uclenterprise.bsky.social

London Centre for Nanotechnology event on 4 Nov filled with exciting discussions, presentations, and networking opportunities for Atomic Force Microscopy enthusiasts: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-cen... #atomic #AtomicForce #microscopy #nano #NanoTech #nanotechnology

#WorldSpaceWeek ☀️ Spotlight on Lucie Green @luciegreen.bsky.social, Prof of Solar Physics at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory! She does a lot of work to support the development of new missions launched by @esa.int and other space agencies around the world 🛰️ www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

#WorldSpaceWeek 🌑 Prof Raman Prinja (UCL Physics & Astronomy) on the #SundayBrunch talking about the #moon, and his new book for the younger readers 📖 Watch on Channel 4 from 29:27: www.channel4.com/programmes/s.... Image: Channel 4 / Sunday Brunch. #wsw2025 #SpaceScience #astronomy #universe

#WorldSpaceWeek 🚀 PhD student Aida Seye (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell discuss shared passions and challenges in chasing cosmic dreams on BBC's Sky at Night programme (from 20 mins 23 secs): bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis.... #wsw2025 #WomenInScience #SkyAtNight #STEM

We're celebrating #WorldSpaceWeek! ☄️🚀 UCL student startup Interstellar Space Technologies, founded by Mohit Joshi, (MSc Technology Management), is building factories in space to harness microgravity and make products of higher quality than is possible on Earth: bit.ly/48R5zuH #WSW2025

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the interior of the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new study co-led by Professor Yang Li @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social @pku1898.bsky.social of rock samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission

Stunning images show for the first time how life-saving antibiotics disrupt the armour of an E. coli bacterium, as part of a study co-led by Professor Bart Hoogenboom and Carolina Borrelli @uclmaps.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

This study, published recently in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social and led by Snehalata Sahu of the University of Warwick, includes co-author and UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Planetary Sciences colleague, Professor Jay Farihi @uclmaps.bsky.social 🔭🧪🪐

UCL has been recognised as one of the top universities in England for knowledge exchange in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). Read more: bit.ly/46tDarL #KEF5 @ucl.ac.uk @profgeraintrees.bsky.social