People in UK waking up this morning... #sun #sunlight

Space Book #5 The Sands of Mars, 1951. ....At last the wail of the wind died away. The rocket had shed its surplus speed; the nose and knife-edge wings cooling from cherry-red....the ship racing across desert.....riding the radio beam into Port Lowell. - A.C.Clarke #astronomy #spaceflight

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #spaceflight

Orion Fuji XT30, 18-55mm.

Why is there a piece of Mars in Stevenage, UK? #astronomy #stevenage #mars www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

40 yrs ago the ESA Giotto spacecraft was launched to Halley's Comet and later became first spacecraft to flypast and image a comet nucleus. Built in the UK, seen here being tested. Halley's nucleus from 600km. #astronomy #spaceflight Credits: 1. ESA/BAe Space Systems/ Intespace 2. ESA/MPAe Lindau

Space Read #4 Our Accidental Universe by Prof. Chris Lintott. 'It is the stars, the stars above that govern our conditions. (King Lear, Act IV) #astronomy #accidentaluniverse

The ESA Solar Orbiter spacecraft's orbit close to the Sun is enabling it to take the highest resolution complete views of the Suns disc to date. Its now slowly increasing its orbit tilt to take images of the Suns poles. 📷: ESA #astronomy #astrophysics

😮 #astronomy www.space.com/stargazing/m...

Meteorites #3 & #4. A piece of the Moon and Mars! Composition matches, so thought to have been ejected in the past due to an impact and eventually finding their way to Earth. #astronomy #meteorite #mars #moon

A sketch of a Lunar Crater by R. Ball, 1896. A few years before they were officially recognised as due to impacts, rather than volcanic, or simply strange circular mountains. #astronomy #moon

Mars it at Opposition today; Sun/Earth/Mars lined up. But not actually the nearest or brightest which occurred on 12th? That's because the orbits of Earth and Mars are not circular, but ellipses. #astronomy #Mars 📷 :NASA

I love the look of Methalox in the morning.... #newglenn #spaceflight

ESA Bepi Colombo recent flyby of Mercury. Taken with its Nav/Monitoring cameras. The main spacecraft science cameras will start imaging when it arrives in orbit in late 26. 📷: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO #astronomy #spaceflight

After 12 years ESA's GAIA spacecraft makes its last science observation today. It has revolutionised our knowledge of the galaxy, and will continue to do so as much of its recorded data has yet to be analysed. More highlights of this mission later.. 📷:ESA #astronomy #spaceflight #astrophysics

#pixelart #art #space

A new image showing the extent of the fires in #California. #CopernicusEU Sentinel-3 captured this view on 9 January: at lower left we see the Palisades fire and at top right is the Eaton fire - with smoke seen reaching Catalina Island and the Santa Barbara reserve. www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Mercator Projection is the name of type of map, it distorts land size the further they get from the equator. Look at a globe 😄. 📷J. Nowosad/CC BY-SA 4.0

Mountains of the Moon. 1/2 #thephotohour #stormhour #astronomy #moonhour

Yes. #planetearth #earthhour #environment

Free tickets still available for next Wednesday's @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture, 'Touching the Sun': sign up here for tickets to be there in person or online: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/tou...

Bepi Colombo is just making its 6th gravity assist flyby of Mercury. New images soon. #astronomy #mercury

Tonights First Quarter Moon. First clear sky for weeks! #stormhour #thephotohour #astronomy #astrophotography

Worlds in Motion #astronomy #Greenwich

Mars. Sketched by R. Ball, 1896. #astronomy #mars

Planet Alignment, Conjunction or "Parade"? #astronomy #planets

Nice Astronomy logbook gift. Now just need some *'in clear skies to make some observations! ☁️☁️☁️🌨️🌨️🌨️ #astronomy #cloudynights

🌋 How does it feel to stand on a … VOLCANO? Moments in #Lanzarote 🇪🇸 during our tour last year. What a volcanic landscape!

Meteorite #2 Ensisheim Fell in France in 1492. A Stone/Olivine LL6 type, a 0.3g slice. Recorded in the Nuremberg Chronicle at the time. #astronomy #meteorite

Saturn occultation. Slightly better one of the egress. #saturn #astrophotography #astronomy #space #lunar #moon #moonhour #occultation #stormhour #thephotohour

Just going to pop outside to see if its a bit warmer during Earth Perihelion at 13:28 GMT. 😎 #astronomy #sunhour (📷 : ESA & NASA / EUI)

The Crescent Moon occults Saturn for some around world Saturday evening. The Moon will eclipse Saturn, seeing it disappear behind dark side Moon, then reappear the other side about 75 mins later. BUT Timings Vary with your Exact location, so Check via an Astro App! #astronomy #astrophotography #moon

#dawn #earlybird

Earth Formation Site xkcd.com/2925

An exciting find in an Oxfordshire quarry! Dinosaur tracks, from several different dinosaurs have been discovered and are being excavated. There is the possibility that the site might be preserved which would be great, I'd love to go and see real dino prints in situ. 🧪🦕 www.bbc.com/news/article...

The clouds part just as the Aurora finishes 🙄. So a quick phone shot of Orion, Taurus and Jupiter. #astronomy

4 Favourites. 1/2. of course the amazing Aurora over UK in May, plus the sunspot that caused them. 3. Equinox Sun reflections, London. 4. Comet T-Atlas

As we near the end of 2024 I'd love to see your favourite pictures you've taken. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography

Who knew there was a mission to the Moon and Saturn in 1906 😄 Image: R.Paul, W. Booth youtu.be/n5b2funOnM4?... #astronomy #spaceflight

Sun Avoidance xkcd.com/3029

What is 'Kessler Syndrome' — and why do some scientists think the space disaster scenario has already started?

😀 #space #astronomy #simpsons

The Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264). Composite of visible, IR plus X-ray sources (toggled for effect). 📷 NASA et alt, see image ALT. #astronomy

Elite Dangerous was released 10 years ago today! I'll always remember the first time I played it, but also the first time I played it in VR. It's so immersive.

Hope everyone gets the scope or astro gadget they wished for! Looking through my telescope like... #astronomy #ukastronomy #telescope

Great list of Content Scraper, Disinformation and other Engagement farming / misleading sites for people to Mute or Block as they see fit 😄. #astronomy #space bsky.app/profile/did:...

The Moon over Fisher Towers, near Moab, Utah. XT30. #thephotohour #stormhour #moonhoursocial #astronomy

Happy Solstice! Have a Great Summer or Winter. 📷 The Changing of the Seasons. R. Ball, 1896 #solstice #astronomy

Happy Solstice! Have a Great Summer or Winter. 📷 The Changing of the Seasons. R. Ball, 1896 #solstice #astronomy