There was one time, showing someone Saturn through the telescope, that I was asked "so is that between us and the moon or is it further away?" It's a logical question, with occultations like this 👇unequivocally proving that the planets are further away! 🔭🧪
📽️ Watch as Venus hides behind the moon 🤩
Stars of physics are in Westminster right now to call on the Government to halt funding cuts to astronomy and particle physics research.
Professor Brian Cox called them "inexplicable", urging the Government to instead "trust, inspire and continue to invest in the next generation of scientists".
🏴 I want so much for this image to be real #NoScotlandNoParty
Alt: A statue of a man majestically riding a horse with the clear blue sky behind him. Perched on his head, a bright orange-white-stripped traffic cone, copying the stylish headwear that is always worn by Glasgow's Duke of Wellington👌
"I can only imagine the team meeting searching for the perfect metaphor for explaining how the money is spent. Yet I can also really imagine that someone mumbled “**ck it”. Someone else heard “bucket”. And somehow, that’s how we ended up where we are." 😂👌
#UKRI #STFCCuts
Neuromorphic computing is the next big-thing for the future of hardware & algorithm design. Dame Chi, being awesome, as ever, asks if the #STFC cuts to astro/particle physics will impact this UK industry. "I think for sure... someone else [will be] doing the cutting-edge research for the future" 🔭⚛️🧪
The speaker here is Prof. Caterina Doglioni from Manchester University. 🙏
A long-shot: do any of you lovely people live in the North #Shropshire constituency? We had a super visit from your MP, Helen Morgan, to our drop-in event in Westminster about the impending cuts to UK astro & particle physics. We'd love her to hear that her constituents are as concerned as we are.🙏
Most exciting thing about this trip is that I get to see @chrislintott.bsky.social for the first time in 4 years, and meet El Presidente @jim-wild.bsky.social in the flesh for the first time ever 🥳.
Obligatory #selfie from the East Coast Main Line, rocking the I'm-about-to-sand-your-floors look 😷! Heading back to Westminster to ask MPs for their help in halting the impending catastrophic funding cuts to UK astro and particle physics. #SaveUKAstronomy 🔭
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Venus this afternoon just before ingress behind the Moon - a tough capture with the DwarfLab DwarfMini - video: youtu.be/x_wLoLVqlTc?...
