Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

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21 October 2026 16:05

🔊New gig at super fancy venue alert! #Dundee, Nov 10th, I'll be at The McManus with 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿artist Gillian Eilidh O'Mara for an in-conversation event about how science, art and storytelling help us explore the Universe and find our place within it. 🔭 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

Arp Bot 🤖

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21 October 2026 16:05

New Technology Telescope image of Arp 271, also known as NGC 5426 and NGC 5427. The mutual gravitational interaction of this pair of spiral galaxies distorts their shapes and creates a bridge of gas, dust and young stars that connect the galaxies. Credit: ESO Source

Royal Astronomical Society

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21 October 2026 16:05

11 days to go!!! 🚀 The countdown is on to the launch of our new photography competition ⏳️🪐🌌📸 RAStroPhoto will mark the 200th anniversary of our flagship journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. It's free to enter and open to everybody! Scan the QR code to register your interest.

neonarchive.bsky.social

21 October 2026 02:23

Those accidental finds are the best. Thanks for sharing it!

SolarSteph 🌞

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21 October 2026 00:31

I've developed a new dashboard based on my solar wind connection research ☀️🌍 It tells us what is the source of the solar wind currently hitting Earth. We're most likely linked to coronal hole CH04+ (a dark patch on the Sun), and solar wind from the CH is starting to arrive. Aurora possible! 🌌