Paul Crowther

The article is 12 months old so the outlook is generally a little bleaker than portrayed (e.g. chemistry in Hull at risk -> consultation -> closure confirmed late last year)

25.09.2025 21:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

N: Tallinn
S: Wellington
E: Rotorua
W: Kaua'i

08.08.2025 18:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Spain bids €400 million to host mega telescope at risk in US budget cuts New Canary Islands home could save controversial Thirty Meter Telescope first proposed for Hawaii.

The Thirty Meter Telescope, long slated for construction in Hawaii, might be getting a new home

go.nature.com/3GII1wB

24.07.2025 16:33 — 👍 47    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 2

Change of ICE in Frankfurt on epic train journey from Vienna to Sheffield

10.05.2025 11:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are delighted to announce that @jim-wild.bsky.social has been appointed as President-Elect of the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social 🗳️🔭

He will serve in the role for 12 months, before succeeding current President Mike Lockwood following the conclusion of the latter's two-year term in May 2026.

👏

09.05.2025 16:35 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2

Home - HWO Town Hall - Cosmos

ESA is organising at Town Hall on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) at 2pm CEST on Fri 16 May. For registration and further details see: www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hwo_town...

06.05.2025 17:38 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

RAS Fellows should have received an email reminder yesterday that we're into the final couple of weeks of voting for @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Council in 2025/26. Deadline noon on Thu 8 May.

23.04.2025 11:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Munichfest2025

En route to La Palma for workshop celebrating 4 decades of research into hot luminous stars by the Munich group led by Rolf Kudritzki and Jo Puls meetings.iac.es/munichfest20...

06.04.2025 08:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Stargazing 4 xkcd.com/3072

05.04.2025 03:31 — 👍 4032    🔁 354    💬 33    📌 24

As we approach Hubble's 35th anniversary, the first of our ESA/Hubble mini-series of newly-processed images (incl. new data) is of NGC 346 & out today ✨ #Hubble35 #50YearsOfESA

04.04.2025 15:06 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Gaia spacecraft in space in front of the Milky Way galaxy

Today we say goodbye to ESA’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia! The Gaia spacecraft has completed its sky-scanning and will be switched off this morning.

27.03.2025 06:08 — 👍 536    🔁 123    💬 32    📌 61

I'm thrilled to be standing as President-Elect in the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Council Elections.

I'm standing unopposed, but encourage Fellows of the society to take look at the CVs/statements of the candidates who are standing for other Council roles.

24.03.2025 10:04 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

E-mail screenshot stating (excerpts): ...the whole Atomic Spectroscopy Group will be laid off in a few weeks... since our work is not considered... to be essential for the NIST mission. ...our primary goal at this moment is to preserve as much of the acquired scientific knowledge as possible. ...

Wednesday in science.

19.03.2025 19:51 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

The atomic spectral lines in this app come from the NIST atomic spectroscopy group, which has provided the world with spectroscopic measurements for 120 years.

Today we got word that the federal government is laying off the entire group. 🔭🧪

19.03.2025 17:26 — 👍 209    🔁 141    💬 11    📌 13

Could Le Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg keep ADS afloat if NASA had pull the plug?

06.02.2025 22:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Twin Magellan telescopes at summit of LCO

View over Las Campanas near sunset

View over mountains from hotel at Las Campanas

View of Laa Campanas telescopes from hotel

First post coincides with visit to Las Campanas Observatory in Chile to use Magellan Clay telescope tonight (31 Dec) and tomorrow (1 Jan). LCO closes for Christmas but very much open for new year. Beautiful surroundings day and night

31.12.2024 13:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0