Astronomers for Planet Earth are submitting a statement about some of the proposed megaconstellations that would ruin ground-based astronomy to the FCC. You can read the statement below: 🔭☄️

Newspapers that told their readers austerity, Brexit, Johnson & Truss would be brilliant are attacking the British Prime Minister for not unquestioningly following a lunatic President into an illegal attack. And on social media, he gets attacked from the other 'side' for doing the precise opposite!

Excellent reposte to a recent Space News Commentary about moving #astronomy into space as the way to live with mega constellations spacenews.com/the-future-o... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

I’d been shooting the #aurora in RAW mode on the iPhone, and found I hadn’t processed this image. Hand held shot, 3s exposure. I liked the reflections in the sea. Taken on a Northern Lights cruise with the @gostargazing.bsky.social team on board. #astrophotography #heliophysics

Another shot from the 25th. The "Eyes of Clavius". An interesting illusion created by the morning sunlight catching the rims of craters inside the wonderful crater Clavius in the Moon's southern highlands 🔭

A bit of fun - gave the third part of my 4 part trilogy (!) on #galaxies tonight at #BristolAstroSoc and thought i’d to dress the part! Note to self: Very comfortable 🤣 Duly noted the Team Tully #CosmicFlow efforts - which created much discussion afterwards @pomarede.bsky.social ! #astronomy 🔭

This is so sad to read it for people from @ox.ac.uk like #neilbowles and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social who funded his instrument after some tough negotiations. To see it lost because of poor prime design 🤦🏻‍♂️

This is SUCH a cool image and it’s name is perfect! @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social

"Rocket launches already contribute to climate change and ozone depletion. Scaling them up to deploy a million aircraft-sized satellites would push upper-atmosphere heating and ozone loss far beyond previous estimates, with the steady burn-up of dead satellites compounding the impacts." 🧪🛰️🚀

This issue has been building momentum- but i fear the FCC process will make no difference in USA where the main problem arises. Europe and others need to build in national market barriers to constrain their business models. UN action groups will be too slow. @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Trump’s #space messaging #SOTU vs his first. Almost as if someone has told him “it’s not high on people’s agenda and we can’t deliver what we keep claiming to promise anyway”. #spacepolicy

2 days spent up at @royalastrosoc.bsky.social conducting the #HonoraryAudit. Don’t know whether to be upbeat or depressed… so much opportunity for the wider astronomy community but such tough times ahead for professionals in the sector 🤔 #astronomy 🔭 Never been more important for a strong voice 📣

Very insightful review of #chagos #diegogarcia in @thetimess.bsky.social by @benjudah.bsky.social (neither of whom regularly post here) and well worth a read…

Here she is www.youtube.com/watch?v=If-X...

The clue here is in “valuation” vs “profit”. US space bizdev is about branding and momentum. Get in quickly and build an unassailable market position and worry later that profits can be made by having knocked others out of the game - or just pivot the bizdev. The higher the upfront costs the better.

UK Newspapers - you only had one job to do for today - get all 4 UK gold medal winners #winterolympics on your front page. Nearly all of you blew it.🤦🏻‍♂️

Less than 3 weeks until Wales & West Spacefest at Aerospace Bristol. Saturday 7th March from 9:30am to 5pm. Astro talks, stands, kids activities, mobile planetarium and virtual reality headsets. If you don't go home dizzy, we've done something wrong. Tickets @ aerospacebristol.org/wales-west-s...

“the future of space is not for Earthbound star gazers! It is for the makers and the doers” says the “Space Czar”. The modern world and our exploration of space owes a huge debt to past and current “Earthbound star gazers”… and will continue to do so. Knowledgeable folk realise this… #astronomy 🔭

THIS 👇 (from Merz at the Munich Security Conference) #MSC 👏👏👏

I am so very sad to learn of Mike’s passing. I had the privilege of working with him for several years and benefited enormously from his gentle, thoughtful and persuasive insights. His OBE was richly deserved — and in truth, it should have been higher. He will be missed. Ad astra docendum #astronomy

Personally i think we should have pushed on to support a crew tended free flyer. An opportunity missed?

Possibly the most amazing presentation of #astrophotography i have ever seen - a Milky Way mosaic created over 12 years, which involved 1250 hours of exposures 😱🔭 #JPMetsävainio #jiipee.art and a really nice guy! #astrofest2026

Lots of good reasons to come up to see #astrofest2026 - oh? Oh yes i also saw some great talks 🤣🤣🤣 - when in London… @peterlewis55.bsky.social

A wonderful tribute from the team #astrofest2026 to record the passing of #profAllanChapman - a champion of the history of #astronomy

Good to see @jumpingjupiters.bsky.social sharing the love for magnetic field lines #astrofest2026 👏👏👏

Good to see @science.esa.int at #astrofest2026 with #gaiteehussain

Great storytelling by @jdhowgego.bsky.social on hunting meteorites- who knew dust collecting could be so interesting?!!

Day 2 #astrofest26 #astronomynow and the credit card is STILL in my pocket after Day 1 🤣 Great conference and exhibition as always - but need more folks on #bluesky … @luciegreen.bsky.social @dave-stargazer.bsky.social #astronomy 🔭

I seem to remember opening Olympic ceremonies that (a) were fun (b) were entertaining (c) were short. Today the constant symbolism is perhaps a tad too intense? #winterolympics

What’s not to love about a modern theatre that uses constellations and not zodiacs for its livery 👍#sohoplacetheatre

Our #EarthObservation office has just launched on Bluesky!! Follow them for fresh satellite views, mission updates, and climate insights. 🌍 🧪🔭

What i don’t understand in all the Mandelson-Epstein-Starmer and indeed Royals discussion is “what did MI5/6” say? I mean we pay all this money for “cutting edge” security capabilities and so i assume they track activities of senior figures with their hands on power or its influence? 🤔

Cue “X” and SpaceX fangeeks to go into hype mode - which of course will stoke up the future IPO etc. 🤦🏻‍♂️ There is clearly one born every minute.. and Elon probably knows where they live and what buttons to push…

@astrokev.bsky.social and I were both observing #Copernicus the other night - Kev uses 11" SCT vs my 8" SCT- I now show how size really DOES count in #astrophotography 🤣 My 8" vs a version I took when the seeing was better (with 1.5 Barlow) and Kev's recent superb effort at 11" plus x2 Barlow

Been awhile since I posted planetary images but with the weather here I'm not getting much choice!🤣 #jupiter #copernicus #tycho #clavius Trying the scope at optimal focal ratio for my camera pixel size (so no Barlow). Seeing very average #astrophotography #moonhour

Physics is under the cosh, Astronomy and Chemistry in peril, Geography is losing territory, English, Modern Languages and History are among the many shrinking UK disciplines. Surely it's time to have a concerted, structured conversation about universities and the national research base.

Heavy rain at 6-7pm (none predicted) and so much for clear skies at 8pm even with a moon. Sometimes i really wonder about our abilities to understand the universe… 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤣 #astronomy 🔭

Haven’t seen a decent clear sky here for two weeks or so. Now, let me just check the moon’s phase… 80%. Oh and look at that- clear tonight- obviously! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤣 #astronomy

Empowering NASA's Earth Science Fleet nasawatch.com/earth-scienc...

Saddened to learn of the passing of Prof #AllanChapman - a profound loss. His scholarship kept alive the stories and achievements of those who shaped #astronomy long before us. ☹️🔭

You misspelled "BORED".

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Perhaps Nigel Farage would like to explain to the families of British soldiers killed in Iraq why he’s such a good pal of Donald ‘bonespurs’ Trump?

Have we seen a change in how many in Europe now see American #NASA Space Exploration? Not as “Leader of Free World back to the stars”? I noted a trending yesterday for “Trump kiss my #ArtemisII” and continued reluctance to support Musk/Bezos/techbro projects other than hardened fans? #worktobedone

Thought provoking speech (first 15 mins) and impressively delivered - if only there was a certain job vacancy available to him in USA… 🤔

#Aurora over Alveston near Bristol. Could see no colour unless looking through the iphone. Now cloudy ☹️

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#hegseth and #musk at #starbase today. Musk started with “SpaceX is about realising #StarTrek” - Hegseth took the ball and turned it into #Skynet. A Defence economy is now a War economy. It starts here.

@astrokev.bsky.social Hey Kev - finally had time to start reading January #astronomynow and saw the reference to your data - 🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️

THIS 👇