Jenny Shipway

Picture of the Northern Lights by Tom O’Malley.

🎆📯 Northern Lights klaxon 📯🎆

Yes that's right, tonight offers another chance to catch a glimpse of the beautiful aurora borealis.

It looks like the strongest aurora will happen before midnight – but it'll depend on where you are in the UK and if you have clear skies. ☁️

Good luck!

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

Overall I found it very cheering, but I do wonder what individual respondents consider to be reportable

How the World Talks About Science Our new international study finds that science communication looks very different depending on culture, media systems, and access to technology.

Interesting and (to me) somewhat surprising results from a huge international survey about science engagement matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/how-the-wo... , leaves me wanting to know more about how they the survey

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Ok so I'm assuming you had already got up

If you get up RIGHT NOW I will send you a picture of my cat

This is an excellent overview and if you teach or create learning materials then you should read it

Amedeo Capelli, Italian #artist celebrated for his #handcrafted wooden automata that merge playfulness, #craftsmanship & kinetic charm

Each piece tells a visual story, blending precise #woodworking with unexpected motion that delights both #children & #adults

@stoccafisso_design

#art #woodworking

AnTEEfa sounds a bit like Al QAEda, that's why they do it

Screengrab of weather map showing clear skies from Leeds up the North East coast and another clear patch a bit just north east of Birmingham.

Ad for the event with the logo, url, and tagline "Look up!". The image is of a normal friendly looking woman, maybe late twenties, holding a disposable coffee cup and looking up at a starry sky from a suburban environment. Thanks Mission Astro for letting us use this great photo!

TONIGHT is the last chance to join in our beginners' stargazing challenges 100hours.online . It looks like there will be clear skies in the North East up from Leeds and into Aberdeenshire. Look up, it's a treasure hunt in the sky!

I wouldn't have believed this was real but apparently it is. Holy moly

Screengrab of weather map, showing clear spots from north of York up the east coast as far as Aberdeen. Also a gap just north of Blackpool.

It's the last day of 100hours.online ! If you have clear skies, pop outside or peek out a window and see if you can complete any challenges to add to our stargazing map. Best region looks like the North East and up to Aberdeenshire but there are gaps in the clouds in other places too.

Also they survive largely off ticket income, so if you want more in rural areas that needs reliable government funding

Mostly those are just areas with higher population; they're actually pretty well spread out given where the people are

Do you have clear skies? Look up! Tonight is your best chance to try the 100hours.online beginners' stargazing challenges. If you spot the Moon, join in and put a marker on our map.

Screen capture of weather map of the island of Ireland. Most of it is clouded out, but there are gaps in places including around Drogheda, south of Dublin, and to the north and south of Belfast.

✨ Do you know anyone on the island of Ireland who might get a gap in their clouds tonight? Let them know about our beginners' stargazing challenges at 100hours.online ✨

Screen capture of weather map showing clear skies across parts of Devon, most places north of London and east of Birmingham (excepting East Anglia), and the part of the country bordering Wales. Also clear in parts of South Wales.

📢CALLING ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES! Tonight's the night - clear skies across much of our region. Join in our beginners' stargazing challenges at 100hours.online and put your markers on our map. ✨✨

I love it that everyone loves a #supermoon. Tonight is the night so #DoLookUp!

Fine print: this astronomical event comes with a expectation-management disclaimer:
*The Supermoon is only 15% brighter than a normal full moon and I personally can not tell the difference 🤔
*Every moon is SUPER🔭🥳

Screengrab of weather map showing clear skies across parts of Devon, and most of England north of London and east of Birmingham. Also clear skies for much of the eastern side of Wales.

Tomorrow evening is forecast to be cloudy in Scotland and Ireland but look at these big clear areas over parts of England and Wales! Join in our beginners' stargazing challenges at 100hours.online

Screengrab of weather forecast for the UK and Ireland this evening, showing patchy areas of clear skies across Ireland, a big clear area around the Scottish borders, and in Aberdeenshire

Do you know anyone in the areas forecast to be clear tonight? Let's see if we can get more pins on our stargazing map! 100hours.online

(When I used to play, people frequently came up to ask me what instrument it was, because they didn't recognise the sound)

I don't know who needs to hear this, but please stop blowing that poor recorder so hard. It doesn't 'just sound like that', that squawkiness is the sound of it calling out for help.

Have you spotted a gap in the clouds? We're extending our 100 Hours stargazing event to 10 October (the end of World Space Week) to give everyone the best chance to join in. Keep looking up and visit 100hours.online to complete four simple stargazing challenges and put your marker on the map

Or they've taken the tracker out of the glider for some reason? Altitude might be a bit off - it could be on the ground or in a building???

Advert with the 100 Hours logo, url, and strapline "Look up!". The image is a photo of a woman looking up from a suburban environment. She's holding a takeaway coffee cup. It's a great photo that sums up what we want, which is for people to enjoy the sky from wherever they happen to be. Thanks to Mission Astro for letting us use it.

Look up tonight! Some of us will be lucky and have little gaps in the clouds. Will you be able to complete any of the 100 Hours challenges? 100hours.online

Aerial photo of the Norman Lockyer Observatory. It has four domes and a building on a grassy area between trees, overlooking the town of Sidmouth and the sea.

I'll be at Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth tonight talking about 100 Hours at their public observing event. I've heard the view through their telesope is AMAZING (and I heard that from a keen amateur astronomer who's played with a lot of telescopes) normanlockyer.com

100 Hours logo and url with the text "Look up" and an image of an adult looking up into a starry night sky, the person and landscape in sillhouette

Saturday night looks most likely for our stargazing challenges! Keep an eye on that forecast ... 100hours.online

Nice video! ❤️

I found it because I talked the problem through to bf, reducing options, saying 'it should be in here', then looking in the cupboard as imagined through his eyes. Brains are weird.