Stellarium graphic showing the Moon near the planet Venus at 21:00 BST (20:00 UT) on 18 April 2026.
The 2.5% lit #Moon is near bright planet Venus after sunset this evening. See them low to the west-northwest from 21:00 BST (20:00 UT). #Astronomy
As it's the weekend, let's take a moment to enjoy and celebrate what for the entire country is an unalloyed good-news story!
And Olivier's paper looks great. Crucial evidence for the fight, frankly.
I fundamentally object to the idea that large corporations and billionaires are the only stakeholders that matter. I'm not surprised that they're relaxed about destroying the sky, but there's no way we should accept this.
We have a president who took the nation into a war for reasons he cannot fully articulate, without a strategy for how to respond if Iran did the expected and closed the Strait of Hormuz, and without an exit strategy if Iran doesn’t surrender.
Reminder that Congress can step up and stop this.
10 years after Farage's Brexit lies: £350m for NHS? Gone. Economy 6-8% smaller. 63% would rejoin. Sunlit uplands? More like fog of failure. 🇬🇧 #BrexitBetrayal
You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.
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
At least Ahab had a clear and well defined goal
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
I resisted saying that on the Beeb despite Izzie suggesting it. 😂
Annotation of all the stars (and the planet Venus) visible in the background around the image of Earth in the new nighttime view of our planet from Artemis II.
There is a full universe behind that wonderful new Artemis II "Night Marble" view of Earth.
Here's a breakdown of the stars (and one planet) in the field of view. Look at us! Just a planet hanging out in space.
Annotation by Rodrigo González Peinado. 🧪🔭
It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇
www.ft.com/content/5032...
Bad planets... Excellent episode!
Izzie Clarke, @drbecky.bsky.social, and @robertmassey.bsky.social host with a couple riveting interviews!
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Cartoon showing the Artemis II rocket launching, and rising above other missiles that are not launched towards the moon, but towards each other.
Rising above. Today's cartoon by James Mellor. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com
#NASA #moon #humanity #future
It doesn't help. But it was good to hear rational optimism from people involed in the mission, in contrast to unhinged threats to leave Nato.
Kind of you to say that - going till 0215 is unusual so I'm glad I was still vaguely coherent. Jon Amos was pretty much a perfect choice for the studio guest.
Have a 4"+ telescope with a video recorder? The Impact Flash project urgently needs your help imaging the moon during the Artemis II mission! www.geodes.umd.edu/impactflash #astrophotography #astronomy Please share!
@davidbflower.bsky.social @peterlewis55.bsky.social @joegarrity.bsky.social
New crater just dropped. Wait. Large meteor just dropped. Then the crater.
Another stunner from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Soulless sociopath says what?
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Yeah all that nice stuff you want? Trump just torched it.
I'm really sad to hear of the death of Patricia Schady, senior lecturer at the University of Bath. She was a pleasure to work with in organising the 2021 NAM conference. My condolences to her family, friends and colleagues. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Laptop with a load of stickers on them. One is "save UK Astronomy"
"Save UK Astronomy" sticker deployed on my laptop (thx @robertmassey.bsky.social)
Excellent job done by @robertmassey.bsky.social on Beeb R4 this morning talking about the crazy Reflect Orbital plans for big shiny mirrors in space #astronomy
Two round stickers with text "Save UK Astronomy" and "Stop Biggest Cuts in a Generation" on each one.
Just received these excellent "Save UK Astronomy" stickers from @robertmassey.bsky.social and @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Horrible to imagine the effect funding cuts will have.
Great episode of The Super Massive Podcast!
If you haven't read/listened to/watched Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, check out this episode for a great interview!
@robertmassey.bsky.social, @drbecky.bsky.social, and producer Richard host with guest reporter, Sue Nelson
Join the Club!
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What we are witnessing here is an attack on what it is to be British: free to worship, free to speak, free to gather. We are not going to surrender everything that was built over centuries and defended in two World Wars. The British people will not put up with this - simple as.
This can’t be real. Can it?
