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UK Astronomy & Space UK based professional & amatuer astronomers, space engineers, aurora watchers, space enthusiasts. From a curated list of those that mostly post about topic, OR ANY post that has text #ukastronomy. Reply if want to be added to curated list.
Dan Roach 🛩️ FRAS 🔭 What a fantastic first day at #NewScientistLive2026 among many fantastic talks, the highlight for me was getting to listen to and meet @esa.int Meganne Christian and Britains first astronaut to go to space, Helen Sharman. Their enthusiasm for space was clear to see, fabulous! 🧪 🔭
Met Office - weather and climate A cold front is sweeping across the UK today with a band of showers moving with it 🌧️ Hail has been reported in parts of the Midlands, with the showers now pushing southeast. See the journey in this radar loop 👇
Met Office - weather and climate Heading into the hills and mountains this weekend? Don’t forget to be #WeatherReady and check the mountain forecast before packing your rucksack: bit.ly/3EPIwye
Met Office - weather and climate A cool and blustery afternoon, with sunshine and showers 🌈 Showers heaviest and most frequent in the north 🌦️
Met Office - weather and climate The latest satellite sequence shows plenty of shower clouds streaming across the British Isles 🛰️ You can even pick out the wind direction, with the clouds moving southeastwards in the northwesterly flow 🌬️
Met Office - weather and climate Showers will begin to fade later this evening, though turning rather cold ⤵️
Met Office - weather and climate A changeable but mild spell of weather is expected across the UK through much of next week, with Atlantic weather systems bringing periods of rain, strong winds and above-average temperatures
Met Office - weather and climate The Northern Lights may be visible across parts of the north tonight 🌌 With skies clearing in places, there could be some fantastic viewing opportunities 👀
Met Office - weather and climate Turning chilly overnight where skies clear, with a touch of frost possible across northern areas by dawn 🥶
Met Office - weather and climate A drier day for many on Sunday, though rain does eventually creep into the far west 🌧️
Met Office - weather and climate A chilly but bright start to Sunday for most, with just a scattering of showers around 🌦️ Cloud thickening across the southwest as the next weather system approaches ☁️
Met Office - weather and climate Plenty of dry and bright weather this afternoon for most of the UK ⛅ The exception is the southwest, where cloudy skies will bring spells of rain 🌧️
Royal Astronomical Society Want to hear about some of the weirdest planets ever discovered? 🪐👽️ We're kicking off our 2026/27 Public Talk programme by taking our audience on a tour through some of the most peculiar exoplanets discovered to date – some stranger than those imagined by science fiction. ⤵️
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans Fab 1st day at #NewScientistLive. Absolutely brilliant astro talks from @chanda.blacksky.app & @chrislintott.bsky.social and I even managed to fangirl Helen Sharman (astronaut) to tell her about the time she visited my school and changed my life. She is the nicest person in the world ever 🤗🔭
Steve Brown - astronomy and astrophotography 10th to 13th October: Mars crosses M44, the Beehive Cluster in Cancer, over these dates. The planet will be in the centre of the cluster on the 11th and 12th October. The grouping will be best viewed around 05:00 BST (04:00 UT). A great photo opportunity. #Astronomy
Steve Brown - astronomy and astrophotography Aurora from North Yorkshire around 9.30pm. I think I missed the best part of the display but great to see the aurora again! 😀 #Aurora #NorthernLights
Martin Bracken - FRAS -CitySpaceAstro Aurora at Kelling Star Party, Norfolk #Aurora #Astronomy #Astrophography
Alan Murta 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 We have an official poster! #Squadron42
Alan Murta 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 Our character rendering tech finally getting seen, with our big-name cast. #Squadron42
Vicky Paints Space You lot absolutely smashed it last week! Should be proud of yourselves.🥳 What wins have we had this week? What's made you smile?! Sending you all love and clear skies!💜💫