Read a report of the recent Wonders of The Dark Sky Stargazing event held at @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social Many thanks to all the astronomers, organisers, volunteers & everyone who made this event possible 📷 Sue Lacey @chilternsnl.bsky.social @WestLondonAstro www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/wonders-of-t...

Registration and abstract submission open! Calling all UK-based Early-Career Planetary Scientists 🪐 🌒 ☄️ 🚀 Please join us for the 19th UK Planetary Forum Early Careers Meeting on 9th January 2026, hosted by the Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, in London. www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

What a wonderful evening Stargazing at the Wonders of the Dark Sky event at @[email protected]. Clear skies and amazing volunteer astronomers. Thanks to WOLAS, SWHAS, Chiltern Society, Woodoaks and Colne Valley Park.

🗓️ Save the date! Calling all UK-based early-career planetary scientists 🪐 🌒 ☄️ 🚀 The UK Planetary Forum Early Careers Meeting will be held on 9 January 2026, hosted by the Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, in London. Registration opening in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!

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... ⤵️

We are delighted to announce that the UK Planetary Forum is now officially affiliated with the Royal Astronomical Society. The UKPF was first founded in 1996 as a representative body for the UK planetary science community with the primary aim to promote planetary research in the UK. ⤵️

A successful CPS Summer Meeting 2025! Really enjoyable annual get-together of all these wonderful planetary scientists at UCL and Birkbeck 🤩 🌔🪐☄️🚀🛰️

Congratulations to CPS colleagues Steve Miller and Karen Anne Devoil @karenannedevoil.bsky.social on their recent RAS elections to Vice President (G) and Councillor (G) respectively! 🌟👏👏

We’re thrilled to announce our exhibition, Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth?, opening 16 May 2025. 🚀 Rooted in the latest cutting-edge scientific research from the Museum, the exhibition will uncover evidence that life could exist beyond our planet.

Professor Steve Miller, of UCL, was also elected as a vice president (G) and the University of Sheffield's Professor Paul Crowther as a vice president (A). Karen Anne Devoil (G), Dr Cyrielle Opitom (A), Dr Mike Peel (A) and Professor Andrew Curtis (G) were elected as councillors.

APEX this week: We are delighted to welcome Dr Sebastiaan Krijt @exeter.ac.uk to talk about his research on 'Planet formation with ALMA & JWST: Signatures of past and ongoing pebble migration in protoplanetary discs' 📡 🛰️ Fri 21st March, 1pm

Including another fabulous Mars Week event! 'Astrobiology - The hunt for alien life on Mars and beyond' A public lecture by research scientist, presenter & author, Prof Lewis Dartnell @lewisdartnell.bsky.social Fri 7th March, 6:15pm at UCL 🎟️ your-universe2025-ucl-fri-astrobiology.eventbrite.co.uk

Join us next Sat 8th March from 6pm at UCL to hear from our experts about Missions to Mars: current and future exploration of the Red Planet! A FREE public outreach event with talks + panel Q&A 🚀 🔴 🛰️ 🪐 ✨ #MarsWeek Book your tickets at: mars-missions-ucl-cps.eventbrite.co.uk

Excited to be at the UK Planetary Forum Early Careers Meeting today (UKPF ECM) @ox.ac.uk! 🪐 ☄️ 🛰️ In preparation for us hosting in 2026! 😊