'The night feels different when you’re out there…' I heard from @drchrisbarnes.bsky.social (University of Derby). www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

🌙 Families, friends & nature lovers - join me & @Buglife for Curious Craneflies, a fun night-time citizen science activity! 🦟 Free, easy & perfect for half term. Help us explore what nature at night means to people. 🌌👇 derby.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #NatureAtNight @derbyuni.bsky.social

Landmarks across the world are going dark tonight for #EarthHour! 🌍 More and more people are calling for stronger action to protect our planet, and it’s clear that Britons are ready to see our government step up. 💪 www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🚨 ESO analysis confirms that the INNA industrial megaproject would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the facilities at Paranal Observatory. Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/... Details in 🧵 below 👇 🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/

Contact. Beauty. Meaning. Emotion. Compassion. These are the five pathways to nature connectedness. 📷 @michaelstevenharris.com 📍 The Bostle, Woodingdean #SouthDowns #EmbraceTheDarkness #Mindfulness

I can’t travel now, but my journey continues with a guache+pencils sketch. This picture by @michaelstevenharris.com was so inspiring 🥹

Arrived back home after a fantastic day at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social light pollution conference – what an incredible experience! I’m so pleased to have been one of the invited speakers, & to talk about the impact of #light #pollution on human #psychological #health & #night #sky #connection.

I’m looking forward to the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social conference tomorrow about #light #pollution. Excited to be headed to London now!

Recording this podcast for the 'Night Sky Tourist' was great and lots of fun - "The Stargazer’s Mind: The Psychology of Looking Up" - nightskytourist.com/113/. There are plenty of other amazing podcasts and fantastic speakers listed on there too! #nightskyconnection #lightpollution #natureatnight

Great to see the town of Hertford will once again run its Dark Skies Hertford event on 1 Feb 2025. The castle lights will be switched off and there will be stargazing on the grounds as well as festival talks and a screening of "The City Dark". Looking forward! www.hertford.gov.uk/events-listi...

📆 Save the date – 30 Jan 2025 Mark your calendar & grab a free ticket for our dark skies + light pollution conference next month. Held @royalastrosoc.bsky.social here in London it will cover night sky protection, policy, environment, human health & more! darksky.london/2024/12/18/l...

Nature Connections Conference 2025 - Derby, UK - is on its way!

Want to find out more about the comet samples returned by NASA's Stardust mission? Or perhaps future sample returns from Mercury to Pluto? ☄️ Why not come along to this month's Royal Astronomical Society A&G Highlights meeting from 4-6pm on Friday 13 December at the Geological Society.

It is great to see our new book released - Expanding Frontiers of #Neonatal #Care (www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...) co-edited with Emeritus Professor Adamson-Macedo and co-written by a wonderful interdisciplinary team from across the world. #University of #Derby

I’ve had such a lovely week advocating for #darkskies! Monday, I gave a talk titled "The Psychology of Dark Skies: Reconnecting People with the Night" as part of the Psychology Open Science Series. Wednesday, I hosted my first #astronomy-related #night #sky event at the University of Derby.

Research talk with @drchrisbarnes.bsky.social tomorrow night at @dubrekstudios.bsky.social in Derby. Come along if you are free!

‘Parents and babies simply can’t wait…’ New report by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calls for more investment in maternal mental health services. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Another huge study on the adverse effects of #ALAN #LightPollution www.npr.org/sections/sho...

I’m thrilled to be part of a podcast by the Australian Broadcasting Company - All in the Mind Series - about the Night Sky & that features my recent research #natureatnight #lightpollution #stargazing #Wellbeing - www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Our new paper is out, "Development & testing of the #NightSky #Connectedness Index (NSCI)". This new measure is intended to offer an insight into the human-nightsky relationship. Open Access👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...