Will Gater

🔭 Great #citizenscience opportunity here for amateur astronomers.

More info at: leighfletcher.substack.com/p/supporting...

It seems likely that a bright fireball on the morning of the 12th dropped meteorites in Bavaria, says meteor.asu.cas.cz/cz/post/boli... based on data from special cameras: the body came in slowly and at a shallow angle, so the potential strewnfield is huge and thus a systematic search not viable.

Richard Carrington.

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨

Here is the first known picture of the 19th Century astronomer Richard Carrington – who had the largest geomagnetic storm in history named after him.

It was found by our assistant archivist Kate Bond thanks to some brilliant detective work.🕵️‍♀️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

A significant #SolarFlare is currently underway on the Sun! The flare was so bright, it has caused saturation and diffraction patterns in images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Early data also seems to suggest the flare was eruptive.

Great NZ fireball footage here with a superb example of a persistent train.

NZ friends: if you saw it or caught it on camera do send in a report as the info can help localise any potential meteorite fall. ☄️

Unlocking Space for Agriculture The UK Space Agency is funding two four‑month pilot projects, using satellite data and digital tools to help farmers make more informed decisions, boost productivity and care for the environment.

🚜 🛰️ @ukspaceagency.bsky.social is supporting two innovative projects that will use satellite data and digital tools to help farmers make more informed decisions, boost productivity and care for the environment.

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A montage of 6 photos showing bright green patches of aurora appearing and changing close to a bright band of red and green auroral curtain which occupies most of the bottom right of the frame.

Here’s a time series of the evolution of what I suspect are proton aurora at the edge of Monday night’s display. These were incredibly dynamic features and you can kind of see how blurred they are in these 10s exposures.

A photograph of trees silhouetted by a diffuse curtain of green and red aurora.

A wide angle image of auroral curtains and ribbons appearing as red and green swathes of rippling light across a starry sky.

A wide angle view of a red and green auroral display showing rippling red and green curtains and bright red rays over a silhouetted hillside.

A wide angle view of a red and green auroral display over a silhouetted hillside. Clouds backlit by auroral light are creeping into the right hand side of the frame.

Still working my way through the processing of Monday night’s aurora photos. The three wide shots were all taken with a 14mm lens on a full frame DSLR showing just how extensive the display was. #NorthernLights

Thanks, Luis!

Thanks, Maria!

A photograph of rippling auroral curtains in hues of red, green and white over a silhouetted horizon which occupies a small portion of the lower frame.

A photograph of a bright and vibrant auroral curtain with red rays seen behind a scattering of backlit clouds. Silhouetted moorland hills sit at the bottom of the frame.

A photograph of a diffuse red and green auroral curtain with subtle ray structure over a misty moorland valley.

A photograph of a vibrant swathe of green and red aurora over a silhouetted moorland hillside. Clouds drifting across the middle of the frame appear silhouetted against the auroral light.

Lots of shots to go through from tonight’s incredible auroral show over Dartmoor. Here are four of my favourites so far. While the camera does see far more than the naked eye, the colours in tonight’s display were the best I’ve seen in 30 years of mid-latitude aurora watching. #NorthernLights #Devon

A photo of the back of a DSLR preview screen showing vibrant patches of green and red Aurora over a silhouetted landscape.

This was from a few moments ago. Over an hour now of constant naked-eye aurora and two really nice substorms which exploded across the sky. #NorthernLights #Devon

Naked-eye aurora now overhead from Devon, UK!

A photo of the back of a DSLR screen showing the northern lights over a silhouetted horizon.

Absolutely extraordinary substorm just now with the whole northern horizon rippling with huge green ribbons and angry crimson-red rays. If you have clear skies anywhere in the UK/Europe tonight look north for further auroral substorms. #NorthernLights

A photo of the back of a DSLR preview screen showing a photo of Aurora and clouds

MAJOR naked-eye aurora visible through cloud gaps from Dartmoor in Devon right now. Vibrant red and green colours easily visible to the eye with direct vision. Here’s back of DSLR view from a few moments ago.

Diffuse photographic aurora showing up from South Devon (50°N). It’s currently hugging the horizon between Alkaid and Deneb. #NorthernLights

Glimpse a Geminid meteor this weekend The peak of the Geminid meteor shower occurs this weekend and with the Moon out of the way you’ve got a great opportunity to spot shooting stars.

🌌 It’s the peak of the Geminid meteor shower this weekend and with the Moon below the horizon for most of Friday & Saturday night it should be a great show this year.

To find out more see my latest piece for the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social blog over at: space.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/08/g...

🪐 The #ExoMars team at the University has welcomed the UK Space Agency’s renewed backing for the Rosalind Franklin rover mission, a flagship project that will see Europe’s first Mars rover launch in 2028.

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This graphic traces Curiosity’s path to the Jura outcrop on Vera Rubin Ridge. Color-enhanced images from the rover show the layered rocks interpreted as evidence of tidal rhythmites, with similar layers in an Earth setting shown for comparison. Credit: Ranjan Sarkar, Priyabrata Das, Suniti Karunatillake

NASA's Curiosity Rover found evidence of tides in the sediments of an ancient lake. Today's Martian moons aren't big enough to to do that.

Mars may once have had a much larger moon, which then shattered (perhaps repeatedly), creating the smaller moons of today. 🧪🔭

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☀️ £131 million commitment from the UK for the crucial Vigil space weather mission.

🚀 Rosalind Franklin rover’s future secured. Mars-bound in 2028.

🌌 £511 million commitment to ESA’s core budget backing space science like the PLATO & Ariel missions.

More from @ukspaceagency.bsky.social below.👇

A meteor streaks diagonally on the top right side of the frame, with a couple pulses of brighter light. The meteor is above a red/yellow/green aurora borealis. The scene is moonlit and chamisa and cottonwood trees are visible in the foreground, along with a house. The Rocky Mountains are in the background. The sky is full of stars.

A meteor streaks diagonally in the center of the frame, with a couple pulses of brighter light. The meteor is above a red/yellow/green aurora borealis. The scene is moonlit and chamisa and cottonwood trees are visible in the foreground, along with a house. The Rocky Mountains are in the background. The sky is full of stars. There are some moonlit streaks of cloud on the right side, and some puffier clouds low on the left.

This is the nicest shot of the night, via two different cameras that captured the same meteor.

Crestone, Colorado USA November 12, 2025 at 2:36am MST

#astronomy #astrophotography #meteor #aurora

Context on the coronal mass ejection impacts that are causing this (potentially with another to come within next 24hrs) from the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center: www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-seve...

YouTube video by Northumberland Astro Northumberland Aurora Cam LIVE Stream (Cresswell, UK)

Substantial geomagnetic activity underway now with naked-eye aurora being reported down to US mid latitudes. Aurora has been building in this live cam view from Northumberland over the past hour with bright isolated patches up to 20+° above the horizon. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8vZZ...

International Meteor Organization Report a Fireball: it's fun and easy! You saw something bright and fast? Like a huge shooting star? Report it: it may be a fireball.

If you saw it too, you can report your observations here and help meteor science: fireballs.imo.net/members/imo/...

Just stepped outside as the sky had cleared and saw a beautiful (I’m guessing from direction Taurid) meteor fireball at 23UT. Brilliant turquoise & white then a really vibrant blue with two white fragments continuing then fading. About 15° long from near Mira down to Theta Ceti area. @ukfall.org.uk

A trio of monster active regions have rotated into view over the Sun’s eastern horizon. Whilst the front of the Sun has been quiet for a while, these regions were producing significant activity on the Sun’s backside. They will rotate to face Earth later this week. #spaceweather

A photograph of a comet over a rocky tor outcrop and moorland landscape lit by moonlight. The comet appears as a fuzzy spot of light two thirds of the way up the frame with a diffuse tail extending above it into a starry moonlit sky.

So long Comet Lemmon! Here’s a moonlit shot taken from Dartmoor tonight with the tail pointing straight up from the western horizon. Blustery up on the moor, so this is just a 5 second single exposure at high ISO, hence the noise.

Auroras on the planet Jupiter, imaged by the star tracker camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft. nasa.gov/juno

Artist's impression of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft is ready to aim its instruments at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS! 🪐☄️

Here’s what’s happening and why it’s such a rare opportunity 🧵