🚀 Insights from the @nam.edu annual meeting! 🚀@prpayne5.bsky.social presented during the panel "The AI-Powered Evolution of Health Care and Training." He emphasized the need for an AI-ready workforce to tackle data, bias, and integration challenges.
#AIinHealthCare #NAM2025 #HealthCareInnovation #AI
Discover the work of NAM2025 Plenary Speakers in a special MNRAS collection
Discover groundbreaking work by #NAM2025 Plenary Speakers, now featured in a curated #MNRAS collection.
Browse the collection: oxford.ly/3JawhUr
@rasjournals.bsky.social 🔭
Enjoy the Plenary Speakers at #NAM2025? You can read a collection of their #MNRAS papers via the link below!
Discover the work of NAM2025 Plenary Speakers in a special MNRAS collection
Discover the work of #NAM2025 Plenary Speakers in a special #MNRAS collection.
Each paper represents key advances in the field: oxford.ly/4lHh1Nf
@rasjournals.bsky.social 🔭
Graphic promoting the RAS Awards 2026 with the Society's medals in front of a background image of the Cartwheel galaxy from JWST and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
We may have celebrated our 2025 RAS Award winners at #NAM2025, but don't forget we're currently welcoming nominations for our 2026 Awards! 🏆
The RAS presents a number of awards, medals, and prizes as part of a remit to support & encourage scientists in the fields of astronomy and geophysics.
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A sobering statistic that I heard in @bleddb.bsky.social's talk at #NAM2025 last week:
There are 92 countries & companies with active spacecraft, but only ten with launch capabilities; nine of those have nuclear weapons. Therefore access to space is reliant on the military-industrial complex. 🧪🚀🛰️🔭
Sgt Pepper Beatles in NAM 2025 group photo
🔭 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, UK astronomy version. Inspired by a comment from LOC chair David Alexander at #NAM2025 🔭
The June 2025 front cover of A&G magazine.
Couple more things to mention before we sign off from #NAM2025...
Firstly, if you're a reader of our bimonthly house magazine A&G, we want to hear from you about how and where we can improve it.
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A young woman smiles at the camera as she stands next to a pop-up banner reading NAM Durham University 2025.
That’s a wrap! With the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @nam25-durham.bsky.social conference coming to a close, second year Physics and Astronomy student Isabella Castel-branco tells us how #NAM2025Durham has fuelled her astronomy dreams! 👉 durham-student.org/thats-a-wrap...
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The closing ceremony of #NAM2025 takes place at Durham University, with Local Organising Committee chair David Alexander speaking to the audience.
David Alexander addresses the audience.
A slide with all the 'NAMbassadors' and volunteers.
The Local Organising Committee at NAM 2025.
There are still more scientific sessions taking place at #NAM2025 this afternoon, but we had the closing ceremony earlier. 👋
Over the course of the week we've had well over 1,000 people attending the conference, including delegates, speakers, press and volunteers. 🤯😀
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A woman wearing headphones and holding a piece of paper sits in front of a microphone in a recording studio.
Our astronomers are developing a virtual reality movie to inspire children from North East England and beyond to be curious about science and the cosmos. Our Chancellor, Dr Fiona Hill, has recorded the voiceover for the movie which will premiere later this year! Watch this space…
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RAS Managing Editor, Alice Power.
MNRAS Assistant Editor, Helen Klus.
RAS Head of Publishing, Liz Baker.
MNRAS Editor in Chief, David Flower.
We've also just had the closing ceremony here at #NAM2025 – more on that in a minute – but don't forget you can come and join us for the Publishing Workshop in TLC113 at 1.15pm.
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Professor James Binney, Oxford University, receives his award from RAS president Professor Mike Lockwood.
Professor Jonathan Tennyson, University College London, receives his award from RAS president Professor Mike Lockwood.
And here are the winners picking up their prizes!🏅🏅🏅
First up, our Gold Medal winners...
Gold Medal (A): Professor James Binney, Oxford University
Gold Medal (G): Professor Jonathan Tennyson, University College London
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Pictures courtesy of Daniel Cole Photography.
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The winners of the 2025 RAS Awards stand together on a staircase at the Newcastle Civic Centre.
Some 450 guests at the RAS Awards ceremony take their seats inside the Newcastle Civic Centre.
People applaud winners of the 2025 RAS Awards.
The 2025 Herschel Medal, which was awarded to Professor Ian Smail, of Durham University.
Earlier this week we held the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Awards ceremony at the #NAM2025 conference dinner at the Newcastle Civic Centre. 🏅🍽️
Here are some more pictures of the event courtesy of Daniel Cole Photography...
The audience watches on as Dr Beatriz Mingo discusses the 'carbon footprint' of astronomy and geophysics.
Dr Beatriz Mingo, of the University of Hertfordshire, gives her plenary talk at NAM 2025.
Dr Beatriz Mingo, of the @herts.ac.uk, is now giving her plenary talk on the 'carbon footprint' of astronomy and astrophysics...
She will be followed by RAS president, Professor Mike Lockwood, who will be discussing why diversity and inclusion are essential in our sciences.
Day 5 at #NAM2025
Following controversy at the #nam2025 quiz last night, we have now confirmed that Robert Massey *would* win in a fight with four squirrels. The results of the quiz are therefore unchanged.
DAY 5 #NAM2025durham 🛰
Its the final day of NAM! Here are the special events for today:
🖼 final chance to see participant artwork around the building
🎨 art room demo at lunchtime
🏆closing ceremony
Thank you all for joining us at #NAM2025! We hope you enjoyed!
PhD student Matthew Hopkins gives his talk on 3I/ATLAS.
The audience listens to Matthew Hopkins giving his presentation.
Matthew Hopkins discusses his findings about 3I/ATLAS at NAM 2025.
Here's University of Oxford PhD student Matthew Hopkins discussing his findings about 3I/ATLAS at #NAM2025durham...
He is asked how near the 'oldest comet ever seen' will get to us and replies that it will be roughly as close as the orbit of Mars in October this year.
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Top view of the Milky Way galaxy showing the estimated orbits of both our Sun and the 3I/ATLAS comet.
A very interesting piece of research coming out of #NAM2025... 😮
3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object spotted in our solar system when it was discovered last week, is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen ☄️
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The Milky Way could have 80 or even up to 100 more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, according to new research from our cosmologists 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @nam25-durham.bsky.social
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An orange triangle with "Convergent Thinking: Logic" superimposed over it above an upside down yellow triangle with "Divergent Thinking: Imagination" superimposed over it.
Kicking off my last day at #NAM2025 with a session on #ArtScience.
This slide image amused me, as someone who is both a logician and a spec fic author, and who has argued in the past that story plotting and logical proof are basically just the same thing. So I totally reject this division!
We've also got an exciting scientific announcement to bring you at 10am. Check back here then to find out what it is! 🤫
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Artwork on display in the Arts Room at NAM 2025.
Some of the artwork at Durham University for NAM 2025.
Day 5 at #NAM2025 has an arts and creativity theme... 🎨🎭
It's the last chance to visit the Arts Room on the ground floor, which will be closed after lunchtime. You can also check out this online gallery with artwork from NAM conference attendees: www.accessastronomy.eu/topics/sci-a...
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The registration stand for NAM 2025 at Durham University.
The graphic and artwork advertising the date and time of the announcement of the winners of the inaugural MNRAS Student Prize 2025.
Good morning from the final day of #NAM2025! ☀️
There's lots going on today, from scientific sessions on @esa.int's @eucliduk.bsky.social and Gaia to a plenary from our president Professor Mike Lockwood on why diversity and inclusion are essential.
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Treated #NAM2025 to a musical, rhyming 1-min sparkler talk this morning >:] Thanks to a particular tune from The Sound of Music...
It’s been a busy week at #NAM2025! Had great fun this evening contributing to the Supermassive podcast panel Q&A
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Had a little trip to the Durham botanic gardens during #NAM2025, and got to see my favourite plants! And of course, obligatory pic of the river Wear.
If you're at #NAM2025 or live nearby, why not come and be part of the audience for what will be a Q&A special of the UK's #1 astronomy podcast. 🙋🗣️
The recording will begin at 7.30pm in TLC042 at the Teaching and Learning Centre at Durham University.
And here’s more about our most recent RAS Demographics survey, which our deputy executive director @robertmassey.bsky.social was talking about at #NAM2025 this morning.
It found that women and ethnic minority groups are still significantly underrepresented in astronomy and geophysics.
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Here's @openuniversity.bsky.social PhD student Adam Losekoot giving a talk about his new research which we mentioned earlier. It shows that Mars was once wetter than previously thought.
Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
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