Astronimouse
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A mouse from the old Cambridge Observatory. I love old books and everything astro-historical.
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The Linnean Society of London
about 11 hours ago
One week left to apply for our Education Manager role! Inspiring young people about nature and ensuring their voices are heard is vital to achieve our vision. We are looking for parental leave cover to manager our educational workshops, events and grants. Apply by midnight 8 March:
buff.ly/M2qGvt2
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
about 14 hours ago
"Planned cuts to physics and astronomy funding threaten to undermine a core UK government strategy to harness innovation to boost economic growth, leading researchers have warned ministers." Thanks
@financialtimes.com
for covering this really important story 🗞️:
www.ft.com/content/a235...
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Top academics warn UK physics cuts threaten effort to boost economy
More than 50 heads of departments tell science minister that changes risk undermining crucial tech growth fields
https://www.ft.com/content/a235657d-172a-43ad-b840-0ca4d3c37b19
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Chris Meder
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Blast from the past: 1973 OPEC embargo. 1979 Iranian revolution. Oil supply weaponised & prices surge 4x. Stagflation tore through economies & families got smashed at the bowser. You paid or you parked. No exit ramp. No alternative. Just dependence on geopolitics.
#Bettrification
#EV
#Solar
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Royal Astronomical Society
3 days ago
Want to join us at RASreach 2026? 🪐🔭🗣️ Bookings are now open for the one-day conference on science communication on 27 March, which is being hosted by
@manchester.ac.uk
in partnership with
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social
. ℹ️ & 🎟️ at:
ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...
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Scientific American
3 days ago
New images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the “Exposed Cranium” nebula, also known as Nebula PMR 1, in both near- and mid-infrared light.
spklr.io/6040D4i26
📸: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
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The Public Domain Review
3 days ago
Capricorn. From John Bevis' Uranographia Britannica (ca. 1749), a watershed in the history of celestial atlases, being among the last to show allegiance to the old animated mythology of the heavens. More in our latest post:
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/bevis-uranographia
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Cambridge University Library
3 days ago
It's
#InternationalPolarBearDay
🐻❄️ This handsome bear decorates a 1649 map of the Arctic Pole and surrounding lands, engraved in Amsterdam by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius (1588–1664). Shelfmark: Maps.bb.17.F.20.
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Royal Astronomical Society
4 days ago
We are saddened to hear of the death of Professor Dame Carole Jordan – the first female president of the
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social
. Read more about her life and career:
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
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Same Catharine Parr question in two different quiz shows this afternoon! Do they all get the questions from the same book?!
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Chris Lintott
4 days ago
As
@vrubinobs.bsky.social
gets going with its survey of the sky, nice to be reminded of a Fred Hoyle quote: ‘a large telescope is a good example of the things which our civilisation does well’.
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Cambridge University Library
5 days ago
Spring is on the horizon, with all its sweet promise. 💐Images of spring flowers are all coloured plates from "The romance of nature" written and illustrated by Louisa Anne Twamley (later Meredith). Published in London, 1836 (Eb.5.17).
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The Public Domain Review
4 days ago
One of the many wonderful illustrations featured in Omega: The Last Days of the Earth (1894), a
#sciencefiction
novel by 19th-century French astronomer and writer Camille Flammarion, who was born
#onthisday
in1842. More here:
publicdomainreview.org/collection/o...
#OTD
#scifi
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There has always been a close link between navigation and astronomy, so its no surprise that some of the Cambridge Observatories books come from the Admiralty.
4 days ago
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There has always been a close link between navigation and astronomy, so its no surprise that some of the Cambridge Observatories books come from the Admiralty.
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Many of the books in the Cambridge Observatory collection were given to us by famous individuals and organizations, such as this from the British Association for the Advancement of Science, now:
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
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Many of the books in the Cambridge Observatory collection were given to us by famous individuals and organizations, such as this from the British Association for the Advancement of Science, now:
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
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Many of the 19th century books in the Cambridge Observatory collection have special bindings, which make them very much part of the place and its history.
5 days ago
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Many of the 19th century books in the Cambridge Observatory collection have special bindings, which make them very much part of the place and its history.
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Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch
6 days ago
Good news for the Cambridge University Vet School.
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Stand Up for Science!
6 days ago
NASA is not following the 2026 budget directive to conserve the historical documents in the Goddard Space Library and must be made to by Congress! Contact your rep. by visiting
tr.ee/save-nasa
to urge Congress to make NASA save the documents!
#science
#nasa
#savenasa
#standupforscience
#space
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Jodrell Bank
7 days ago
With satellite launches accelerating at an unprecedented rate, humanity has a responsibility to ensure a sustainable space future. In this #LovellLecture, join Dr Ciara McGrath to explore the opportunities and challenges that define modern space exploration:
https://ow.ly/upLY50YkcZw
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University and College Union (UCU)
7 days ago
Today London Met collegaues, students and supporters were out in force againt vicious cuts. London Met has a proud history of educating working class students, many from the local community and many who are the first in their family to go to university. We will keep fighting ✊
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Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch
8 days ago
Please try and get along this morning to help save Cambridge University Vet School.
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Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch
9 days ago
Don't forget, Monday morning: save Cambridge University Vet School.
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The Cromwell Museum
10 days ago
Did you know our latest acquisition – Cromwell’s watch – was sketched for the Gentleman’s Magazine in 1808? Dating to c.1645, this item is now on permanent display, made possible by grants from @HeritageFundUK, @artfund and public crowdfunding. Visit us to see it for yourself! 😀
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Rebekah Higgitt
10 days ago
Job opening at the Royal Observatory Greenwich (3 year fixed term): Heritage Operations Officer, responsible for coordinating public engagement and events for the Heritage Fund programme associated with the First Light redevelopment of the site
#scicomm
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European Space Agency
10 days ago
🆕 Our NASA/CSA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope image of the month features the stellar lifecycle in a nearby spiral galaxy named NGC 5134 🌌🧪🔭 🔗
esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/02/The_stellar_lifecycle_in_a_nearby_spiral
@stsci.edu
@science.esa.int
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ESO
10 days ago
We often hear news about habitable
#exoplanets
, but what does "habitable" actually mean? Is an "Earth-like" planet truly like the Earth? In our latest ESO blog we clarify some of the confusion around these terms. Check it out!
www.eso.org/public/blog/...
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Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch
11 days ago
Save Cambridge University Vet School: emergency protest first thing on Monday
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Milton Keynes Astronomical Society
11 days ago
On Friday evening, MKAS member Theresa gave a talk on where the chemical elements around us come from. It was a thought-provoking journey from the birth of the Universe to the gold in our jewellery.
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Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch
12 days ago
A big THANK YOU to everybody who supported the rally today. But keep up the pressure ... and don't forget the protest on Monday morning!
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Royal Astronomical Society
12 days ago
Need a grant to support your astronomy or geophysics research? Time is running out to get your application in for the February round of funding awarded by the
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social
. 🔭🪐🌍️🌋 The deadline is this Friday (20 February)⌛️⏰️ Apply here 👉️
ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
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Chris Lintott
12 days ago
Really looking forward to this! Come join me in London or online.
add a skeleton here at some point
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The Public Domain Review
12 days ago
This unique self-portrait, also known as “view from the left eye”, is the creation of Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (famous for his work on supersonic fluid mechanics), who was born
#onthisday
in 1838. Read more about the image here:
publicdomainreview.org/collection/s...
#OTD
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Please help save Cambridge University Vet School. Please come along and publicize the rally today
13 days ago
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Please help save Cambridge University Vet School. Please come along and publicize the rally today
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Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch
13 days ago
Rally 1PM today for Cambridge University Vet School!
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Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch
13 days ago
Rally tomorrow for Cambridge University Vet School
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Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch
14 days ago
Save Cambridge University Vet School: demonstration on Wednesday this week.
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Milton Keynes Astronomical Society
15 days ago
Last Friday evening, MKAS held a very well-attended February meeting, despite the cold and persistent damp that has made this month largely unkind to stargazers!
www.facebook.com/MKastronomical
www.mkas.org.uk
Next Meeting 27th February Annual MKAS Quiz Where Milton Keynes Meets the Universe.
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Physics World
18 days ago
Soon, we may be able to deflect asteroids on collision courses with Earth. In this podcast, aerospace engineer Rahil Makadia explains how deflected asteroids could return to Earth. 🧪⚛️
ow.ly/YbqO50YenRc
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Asteroid deflection: why we need to get it right the first time – Physics World
Aerospace engineer Rahil Makadia on the danger of asteroid “keyholes”
https://ow.ly/YbqO50YenRc
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Cambridge University Library
18 days ago
😴 While the Dye Garden hibernates, our Conservation team are busy making plans for the coming months... 🌱 begin early spring planting 🌱 move some plants for better light/drainage 🌱 leave the perennial crocuses and madder to mature 🌱 Order new seeds, like 'true indigo'
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IAU Office of Astronomy for Education
18 days ago
Astronomy is interdisciplinary, with connections not only to other STEM fields, but far beyond. The Astro-Journeys webinar on 18 February at 17 CET with Rosa Doran will teach you how to use these connections. Register now! 🔭
#astroedu
astrojourneys.eu/webinar-inte...
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Webinar – Interdisciplinary Learning
Date: 18 February 2026 Time: 17:00 - 18:00 CET (16:00 -17:00 Lisbon Time; 18:00 – 19:00 Athens Time) Online Register now!
https://astrojourneys.eu/webinar-interdisciplinary-learning/
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The Royal Society
18 days ago
Register now for our upcoming scientific meeting as experts meet to develop formal taxonomic criteria for the spore-forming obligate parasites Microsporidia. Find out more and book your place:
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/03/vision-augmented-hearing/
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Royal Astronomical Society
19 days ago
Or perhaps our Specialist Discussion Meeting on the role that gravitationally unstable protostellar discs play in planet formation is more up your street? 🪐 If so, don't delay, secure your spot either in-person or online by scanning the QR code or visiting:
ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...
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ESO
19 days ago
1/ On this International Day of
#WomenAndGirlsInScience
, the European Interferometry Initiative shares the stories of the brilliant women exploring the cosmos with optical/infrared interferometric techniques at ESO & other organisations.
european-interferometry.eu/a/?loose=14&...
🔭 🧪
#WomenInSTEM
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Milton Keynes Astronomical Society
19 days ago
Explore our Universe through Questions. Join us for this year’s MKAS Annual Astronomy Quiz. Friday 27th February 2026 at Rectory Cottages Bletchley MK3 6BJ at 20:00hrs.
www.mkas.org.uk
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We now have an orginal architects drawing of the Cambridge Observatory - hanging in the entrance to the Cambridge Observatory!
19 days ago
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We now have an orginal architects drawing of the Cambridge Observatory - hanging in the entrance to the Cambridge Observatory!
19 days ago
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National Library of Ireland
19 days ago
For
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
, we’re highlighting
#MaryKingWard
(27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869), an Irish naturalist, microscopist, author, artist and astronomer from Co. Offaly. 📷 : Mary Ward with her
#microscope
, c.1860 (public domain)
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