David Blanchflower BSc

Death Valley blanketed in wildflowers in best bloom since 2016 The California desert is seeing its most colourful display in a decade as flowers cover the region.

Wildflowers blanket Death Valley in best display since 2016. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

NASA defends selection of astrophysics probe mission proposals NASA defended the selection of two concepts for study as the agency’s first astrophysics probe-class mission amid community complaints.

Sorry about that! Here's the link:

spacenews.com/nasa-defends...

Thanks Anna. Interesting.

Amazing set of preprints up today for everyone's favourite interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS!
Three different teams use three different telescopes to measure 3I's composition in water, nitrogen & carbon. The isotope ratios suggest 3I comes from a truly ancient star 🧪🔭☄️

I tried using the link but the page can't be found.

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Liftoff!

At 12:19am (ET) Tuesday morning, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket. Sent to space was the EchoStar XXV mission, a television broadcast satellite for DISH.

This was the view over the Indian River Lagoon seen from Palm Shores, Florida.

Breast cancer detection 'up by 10% with use of AI' - study One woman who took part in research and had breast cancer detected says she feels

Breast cancer detection 'up by 10% with use of AI.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hampshire inventor reveals one-ball successor to viral bike James Bruton builds all of his inventions in a secret location in Hampshire and posts videos on YouTube.

Inventor reveals one-ball successor to viral bike. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

University of Southampton joins UK's £17bn space sector The Southampton Space Institute will use expertise and facilities for education and jobs creation.

University joins UK's £17bn space sector. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just bc I'm a nerd and bc our days of the week were named after gods who also have planets named after them...

I'm gonna do a daily thread on book about the corresponding planet!

Today is Monday which is MOON-DAY. So here are some amazing books on the Moon for sale 🌝

#ASPLibrary 🧪 📚 🔭
#BookSky 📚💙

Could a powerful geomagnetic storm be the reason 8,000 Victorian homes suddenly lost power in January this year?

@rami.spaceaustralia.com chats with Dr Richard Marshall from BoM Space Weather about the risks of solar storms.

www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/eart...

📸 NASA SVS

#SpaceAustralia

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Before 6am 😉

Bela Lugosi said it best😉

Pub round the corner😉

This how I access Bsky

Sleep well early Paulette 😴

I've just been outside. Perfect for the creatures of the night, not astronomers though. 🔭 🧪

Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!

Tomorrow morning the Waning Gibbous Moon will appear close to Antares (Alpha Scorpii). Look due south at 5am. 🔭 🧪

He sounds a "right" one, Laurence. I'd avoid him like the plague.

I'm trying to choose a textbook about galaxies & cosmology for 2nd year astronomy majors.. any recommendations?

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Meteorite impact. 🔭 🧪

Cerberus!

🚨 UPDATE: fireball over Europe – 8 March 2026

At 18:55 CET on Sunday, 8 March, a very bright fireball streaked across the skies of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, glowing for around six seconds before fragmenting. 🧪🔭

🎥 Allsky7

Stadium lights pose health risk, campaigner warns The chair of DarkSky UK says special lights growing turf at football grounds can harm human health.

Stadium lights pose health risk, campaigner claims. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Need a cat sitter, Elizabeth 🐈😉

Sleep well Paulette 😴

But will need to translate Geordie, bonny lad😉