Chris Scott
@profchrisscott.bsky.social
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Parent, space scientist, drummer, baker. www.solarstormwatch.com Opinions are my own, apparently.
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Happy
#ionosphere
discovery day everybody! On this day in 1924, Edward Appleton conducted a neat experiment to prove the existence of a radio-reflecting layer in the Earth's upper atmosphere. To celebrate, I did a thing. You can watch it here;
youtu.be/JWop2aGKKSE
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Appleton's discovery of the ionosphere 11 December 1924
YouTube video by SolarStormwatchable
https://youtu.be/JWop2aGKKSE
over 1 year ago
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Dr Luke Barnard
6 days ago
Looking for a PhD position in solar system science? Consider coming to work with me,
@interplanetary.bsky.social
and
@mathewjowens.bsky.social
! We have a project on Solar Wind - Magnetosphere Coupling at the Giant Planets.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#heliophysics#aurora#spaceweather
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Solar Wind β Magnetosphere Coupling At The Giant Planets at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Solar Wind β Magnetosphere Coupling At The Giant Planets at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/solar-wind-magnetosphere-coupling-at-the-giant-planets/?p196568
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Just to reassure you that the world is still turning. A timelapse of the Moon and Venus setting over Oxfordshire in the UK this evening.
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16 days ago
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If you're in London on the 19th May, go and see Jim, he's a fantastic speaker.
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Chris Lintott
29 days ago
Amateur astronomers with telescopes equipped with video cameras are requested to look for impact flashes on the Moon tonight, to coordinate with
#ArtemisII
observations. Details here:
www.geodes.umd.edu/impactflash
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Impact Flash! - GEODES: Geophysical Exploration of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System
https://www.geodes.umd.edu/impactflash
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Andrew J. Kavanagh
about 1 month ago
Do we all have our ape costumes ready for when the Artemis crew return?
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I've been following the
#ArtemisII
mission with amazement but my 4yo self remains unimpressed by the lack of valves and duct-tape.
about 1 month ago
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Cracking solar halo this morning over
#RutherfordAppletonLaboratory
in Oxfordshire, UK.
3 months ago
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It's been raining over the UK for what seems like forever but back when it was just cold, I captured a few photons from my back garden. They'd taken 2.5 million years to get there so I figured a few more weeks before I shared them wouldn't hurt.
#Andromeda
3 months ago
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Thanks so much to
@mostly-books.bsky.social
for hosting my daughter for work experience today. She had a blast! And getting her to write reviews to display with her favourite books? Genius.
3 months ago
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The news in haiku: G4 storm rages, Above 8 oktas of cloud, Space Weather FOMO!
4 months ago
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Billy Bragg
5 months ago
The fascists are organising a carol concert in London to "draw attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage". What would Woody do? Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
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BILLY BRAGG - PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd9pjSBDA
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sunyi
5 months ago
Love it π
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SolarSteph π
5 months ago
AR 4274 is rotating back into Earth's firing line for the 3rd time! πβοΈ It's been busy throwing out eruptions while on the farside, along with other ARs keeping things lively. The recent M-class flare and latest data suggests it may still be quite complex π
#SpaceWeather
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Interested in the solar wind? Interested in lightning? Interested in the solar wind AND lightning? Then this could be the PhD for you! Come and work with us at the University of Reading.
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
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CR2026_08 β Crocus DLA
https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/cr2026_08_solar/
5 months ago
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SolarSteph π
6 months ago
π¨Here we goβΌοΈπ¨ Looks like the third eruption could be just arriving at L1 ππ¨π°οΈπ
#SpaceWeather
#Aurora
#NorthernLights
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Lou D-H |Red Guitars (currently Undead Guitars) | MD ANT π₯
6 months ago
Undead Guitars' Blazing Zombies rise from the ashes of Red Guitars. Happy Halloween!
youtu.be/JkqYeJ28XlU
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Blazing Zombies (Official Video)
YouTube video by Undead Guitars (formerly Red Guitars)
https://youtu.be/JkqYeJ28XlU
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Lou D-H |Red Guitars (currently Undead Guitars) | MD ANT π₯
6 months ago
Our single is out today! On all the usual digital platforms, Spotify, iTunes, etc. If you'd like to visit any of the places we are online, our videos, blog etc here is a good place to start. Have look and follow us if you can, it all helps to spread the word:
linktr.ee/Undead_Guitars
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Wow.
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7 months ago
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Much swearing as my whizzy telescope insisted on a software update as the eclipse ended and clouds rolled in, but I got something!
8 months ago
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When did we stop talking about lunar eclipses and start talking instead about blood moons? Are we now to avoid their scientific wonder in favour of dread-laden hyperbole?
8 months ago
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've been in that church. It was genuinely moving.
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Entire church begins two-day journey across Swedish city of Kiruna
The landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde3xp4xlw9o
9 months ago
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This.
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9 months ago
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Wow.
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9 months ago
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Roger Highfield
9 months ago
The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby
When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02363-7
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Blimey. Earthquake caused waves that shook the ionosphere on the edge of space.
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9 months ago
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Andrew J. Kavanagh
10 months ago
The combined DRIIVE and FINESSE workshop has ended at BAS. Two days of fascinating science and planning for future ionospheric campaigns with EISCAT. Great to see brilliant colleagues.
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SpaceAustralia.com
11 months ago
An Emerging Risk To
#RadioAstronomy
π‘ Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from
@icrar.bsky.social
has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands.
@cosmicrami.com
writes about this new study.
www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin...
πΈ Astro_Work π
#SpaceAustralia
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lumberjack wharfie
12 months ago
It doesn't get reiterated enough that "human on a bicycle" is not only the most efficient way that a person can move, it's the most efficient form of motion ***ever observed in land animals***.
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While
#Duolingo
isn't celebrating, this gave me a
#Rush
.
12 months ago
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The sun this evening over Oxfordshire taken with a
#SeestarS50
with solar filter
12 months ago
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Roger Highfield
12 months ago
The dream of seventeenth-century alchemists has been realized by physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), who have turned lead into gold β albeit for only a fraction of a second and at tremendous cost.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Physicists turn lead into gold β for a fraction of a second
Colliding beams of lead create fast-moving, short-lived gold ions. Understanding the process could help to refine particle accelerator experiments.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01484-3
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To quote Luke Skywalker: Look at the size of that thing!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
about 1 year ago
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That big sunspot is getting bigger!
about 1 year ago
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Hi
@mayaweihaas.bsky.social
I hope you've not yet tired of receiving compliments about your fabulous book 'What a Rock Can Reveal' because my 8yo absolutely loves it! She has already collected a significant fraction of our gravel driveway and is on a mission to find some olivine! Thank you!
about 1 year ago
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Research at Reading
about 1 year ago
Join us at the
#CommunityFestival2025
to see live images of the
#Sun
through a solar telescope (weather permitting!). Learn how solar activity drives auroras, disrupts technology and impacts other planets. Book now:
rdg.ac/3AUYDdZ
@interplanetary.bsky.social
@unirdg-met.bsky.social
(Image: NASA)
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Another light has gone out. RIP Mike Peters, you gave me so much strength.
about 1 year ago
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Ma-husive
#sunspot
rolling into view on the Sun right now. Images taken with a
#SeestarS50
through a specialist filter over Oxfordshire, UK.
#heliophysics
#spaceweather
about 1 year ago
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Chris Lintott
about 1 year ago
My
@greshamcollege.bsky.social
talk on asteroids is up! Get it while itβs fresh:
youtu.be/Itht1IAFXbA?...
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Asteroid Adventures - Chris Lintott
YouTube video by Gresham College
https://youtu.be/Itht1IAFXbA?si=9EjWiBOVcHt_YgPd
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The sun this morning for those who are missing it.
about 1 year ago
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It has frustrated me for a long time as to why OCR was so bad at reading data tables. This has far-reaching applications well beyond Ed's fabulous work.
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about 1 year ago
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Dr James O'Donoghue πͺ
about 1 year ago
π¨Our new paper is out now! We caught Jupiterβs upper atmosphere reacting dramatically to a bursts of solar wind, which triggered a planet-wide wave of heat to flow from the auroras. This changes how we think about the Sunβs influence at the outer planets.
www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Re...
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It is 100 years since Appleton proved the existence of the ionosphere. To celebrate, a colleague & I wrote an article. You can read it here;
academic.oup.com/astrogeo/art...
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Appleton's Ionosphere
A century after Appleton's pioneering experiment, his measurement techniques still underpin our monitoring of Earth's ionosphere. Christopher Scott and Mat
https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article-abstract/66/2/2.25/8099321?utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=astrogeo&utm_medium=email
about 1 year ago
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Sarah Watson
about 1 year ago
A GIF of my images of the eclipse this weekend, using the SeeStar telescope! βοΈπ π(The most spectacular thing about it being that there were no clouds in Reading throughout!!)
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Waiting for
@chrislintott.bsky.social
to start
#DogsDuringEclipses
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about 1 year ago
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This morning's partial solar eclipse over Oxfordshire. Time-lapse, 1 frame every 30 seconds.
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about 1 year ago
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Things you may notice during a partial solar eclipse; 1. People wandering around with collanders 2. People with their head inside cardboard boxes 3. How odd dappled shade looks 4. How awesome the universe is
about 1 year ago
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David Blanchflower BSc
about 1 year ago
Here's a link to watch coverage of today's Partial Solar Eclipse. Provided by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. π π§ͺ
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
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Partial solar eclipse LIVE
Watch the Moon hide a portion of the Sun live online with Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers
https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/online/solar-eclipse-march-2025-uk-live-stream?f24_pid=c204124f-a4a8-47a1-96de-8e4cb9dae85c&utm_campaign=Marketing:%20SpaceMarch%202025%20Test%20B%20no%20extra%20events&utm_source=force24&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink
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Chris Lintott
about 1 year ago
If youβre in
#oxford
we should have a solar telescope out by the Said Business School for viewing.
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Sarah Watson
about 1 year ago
Check out my recent paper, just published in ApJ! βοΈ
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SolarSteph π
about 1 year ago
A partial solar eclipse will occur on Saturday 29th March at around 10am where about 30-40% of the light from the βοΈ will be blocked by the π. π Remember to view it safely with eclipse glasses like my dog below. Itβll be her 2nd eclipse πππ
#solareclipse
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