Dr Megan Argo
@astromeg.bsky.social
Just another transient astronomer. Also: drummer, runner, public speaker, teacher and science advocate. Love all things #astronomy and #space. Often on the BBC!
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Dr Megan Argo
@astromeg.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Well, hello there Bluesky! I finally made it over here, seems like a friendly place.
About me: I'm an astronomer and passionate science communicator. I teach astronomy, physics and maths, and will talk to anyone about astronomy and space!
You might hear me on the BBC from time to time 🤯
About me: I'm an astronomer and passionate science communicator. I teach astronomy, physics and maths, and will talk to anyone about astronomy and space!
You might hear me on the BBC from time to time 🤯
Lovely morning in Salford! If only it had been this nice last night, might have seen the #supermoon 🌕
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Lovely morning in Salford! If only it had been this nice last night, might have seen the #supermoon 🌕
It’s #supermoon time! If you have clear skies tonight (not likely in NW England…!) do have a look. Your brain is not good at measuring the size and brightness of things on the sky, so you might not be able to tell, but a full moon is always nice to look at! 🌕 Spoke to BBC 5 Live about it at 6.55am.
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
It’s #supermoon time! If you have clear skies tonight (not likely in NW England…!) do have a look. Your brain is not good at measuring the size and brightness of things on the sky, so you might not be able to tell, but a full moon is always nice to look at! 🌕 Spoke to BBC 5 Live about it at 6.55am.
@coachbennett.bsky.social Just did the One Minute Run - haven’t laughed that hard (while running) for quite a while 🤣 🤣 thanks!
Bluesky
d.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
@coachbennett.bsky.social Just did the One Minute Run - haven’t laughed that hard (while running) for quite a while 🤣 🤣 thanks!
It was a real pleasure to visit 4th Sale @girlguidingsale.bsky.social last night, talking careers with the Brownies along with eight other fabulous women, and then taking the Guides on a tour of the sky and the solar system!
October 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It was a real pleasure to visit 4th Sale @girlguidingsale.bsky.social last night, talking careers with the Brownies along with eight other fabulous women, and then taking the Guides on a tour of the sky and the solar system!
As academics, we are expected to go to meetings and present our work. I've had an abstract accepted for a one-day meeting in London - yay. But I've also been told at work that there is no travel budget. None at all. So if I want to go, I'll need to cover the (minimum) £160 rail fare myself.
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As academics, we are expected to go to meetings and present our work. I've had an abstract accepted for a one-day meeting in London - yay. But I've also been told at work that there is no travel budget. None at all. So if I want to go, I'll need to cover the (minimum) £160 rail fare myself.
Just did a fun pre-record with Tony Livesey on BBC 5 Live for his show later tonight. We talked all about interstellar #comet 3I/ATLAS, where it came from (and where it might be going), what we know about its composition, and what it can tell possibly us.
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Just did a fun pre-record with Tony Livesey on BBC 5 Live for his show later tonight. We talked all about interstellar #comet 3I/ATLAS, where it came from (and where it might be going), what we know about its composition, and what it can tell possibly us.
Fun evening visiting 4th Nantwich Rainbows and 5th Nantwich Brownies yesterday, taking them on a tour of the solar system and telling stories about constellations. My first group visit in my role as Ambassador for Girlguiding North West England!
#girlguiding #astronomy #publicengagement #scicomm
#girlguiding #astronomy #publicengagement #scicomm
September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Fun evening visiting 4th Nantwich Rainbows and 5th Nantwich Brownies yesterday, taking them on a tour of the solar system and telling stories about constellations. My first group visit in my role as Ambassador for Girlguiding North West England!
#girlguiding #astronomy #publicengagement #scicomm
#girlguiding #astronomy #publicengagement #scicomm
Well, after a day of pretty much continuous rain… the skies cleared, and the moon rose above the trees just in time for a glimpse of the #lunareclipse! 🤩
September 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Well, after a day of pretty much continuous rain… the skies cleared, and the moon rose above the trees just in time for a glimpse of the #lunareclipse! 🤩
Hehe. ChatGPT understands FITS files. Nice. #nerd #astronomy
July 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Hehe. ChatGPT understands FITS files. Nice. #nerd #astronomy
Another fun morning at Media City talking about space with the presenters on BBC Breakfast!
(In the UK you can catch up on the iPlayer for the next 24 hours.)
(In the UK you can catch up on the iPlayer for the next 24 hours.)
June 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Another fun morning at Media City talking about space with the presenters on BBC Breakfast!
(In the UK you can catch up on the iPlayer for the next 24 hours.)
(In the UK you can catch up on the iPlayer for the next 24 hours.)
Such a shame for the ispace team, but they will be back having learned a lot from this mission regardless.
According to ispace their Lunar Lander suffered a hard landing. In other words it crashed. They gave it a good go. 🔭 🧪 ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=7...
Status Update on ispace Mission 2 SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon | ispace
Ispace is a private lunar robotic exploration company that is developing micro-robotic technology to provide a low-cost and frequent transportation service to and on the Moon, conduct lunar surface ex...
ispace-inc.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Such a shame for the ispace team, but they will be back having learned a lot from this mission regardless.
Good morning Salford!
June 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Good morning Salford!
Reposted by Dr Megan Argo
It's true, a very special one-off #NineLessons for the Summer Solstice is coming to Glastonbury this year! Thursday night, hosted by @robinince.bsky.social with lots of special guests on The Laboratory Stage.
May 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's true, a very special one-off #NineLessons for the Summer Solstice is coming to Glastonbury this year! Thursday night, hosted by @robinince.bsky.social with lots of special guests on The Laboratory Stage.
Reposted by Dr Megan Argo
Observations not by ESA but by a German space radar, TIRA: blogs.esa.int/rocketscienc.... From various models it seems certain that the reentry was at 6:30 UTC +/- 10 minutes: groups.io/g/mpml/messa...
Reentry prediction Soviet-era Venera Venus lander (Cosmos-482 descent craft) – Rocket Science
News from the edge of gravity
blogs.esa.int
May 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Observations not by ESA but by a German space radar, TIRA: blogs.esa.int/rocketscienc.... From various models it seems certain that the reentry was at 6:30 UTC +/- 10 minutes: groups.io/g/mpml/messa...
Conflicting information circulating about Kosmos 482, but it looks like it re-entered between 6.04 and 7.32GMT according to observations from ESA. Here's the likely ground track:
My own plot of the final orbit, showing the Roskosmos estimate of the path between reentry and impact in purple. I guess that Kosmos-482 SA reentered somewhere along this track between India and the ocean south of Australia.
May 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Conflicting information circulating about Kosmos 482, but it looks like it re-entered between 6.04 and 7.32GMT according to observations from ESA. Here's the likely ground track:
Heard my first cuckoo of the year late this afternoon!
April 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Heard my first cuckoo of the year late this afternoon!
Finally made it the studio for BBC Breakfast! Katy Perry goes to space, and I get to go to Salford 😂
April 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Finally made it the studio for BBC Breakfast! Katy Perry goes to space, and I get to go to Salford 😂
Am in Salford…. that can only mean one thing.
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Am in Salford…. that can only mean one thing.
Finally wrote something for @theconversation.com! Together with Prof Derek Ward-Thompson, I wrote about the significance of the discovery of long-chain carbon molecules on #Mars, as found by SAM on the #Curiosity rover in Gale crater. Read the article 👇
Nasa’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars. It’s a significant finding in the search for alien life
A rock from a presumed ancient lakebed contains complex organic molecules.
theconversation.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Finally wrote something for @theconversation.com! Together with Prof Derek Ward-Thompson, I wrote about the significance of the discovery of long-chain carbon molecules on #Mars, as found by SAM on the #Curiosity rover in Gale crater. Read the article 👇
All you need to watch the #eclipse (coffee optional!). I got mine from a very helpful member of staff in WH Smith at Chester station, going to watch the eclipse on the train… that’s a first for me 😂
March 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
All you need to watch the #eclipse (coffee optional!). I got mine from a very helpful member of staff in WH Smith at Chester station, going to watch the eclipse on the train… that’s a first for me 😂
Are you hoping to see the partial solar eclipse today, but have woken up to a cloudy sky? The Royal Observatory at Greenwich has you covered with a livestream! More details and links to watch 👇
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
#eclipse #SolarEclipse #PartialSolarEclipse
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
#eclipse #SolarEclipse #PartialSolarEclipse
Partial solar eclipse LIVE
Watch the Moon hide a portion of the Sun live online with Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers
www.rmg.co.uk
March 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Are you hoping to see the partial solar eclipse today, but have woken up to a cloudy sky? The Royal Observatory at Greenwich has you covered with a livestream! More details and links to watch 👇
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
#eclipse #SolarEclipse #PartialSolarEclipse
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
#eclipse #SolarEclipse #PartialSolarEclipse
Reposted by Dr Megan Argo
📻 BBC Radio Scotland:
"and that was Prof Catherine Heymans with good advice about colanders" 😂
The Scottish weather Gods aren't playing ball, but it's looking fine for England. If you don't have eclipse glasses, raid the kitchen cupboard!
Partial Solar Eclipse: 29th March! 🔭🧪
📷D. Samuels
"and that was Prof Catherine Heymans with good advice about colanders" 😂
The Scottish weather Gods aren't playing ball, but it's looking fine for England. If you don't have eclipse glasses, raid the kitchen cupboard!
Partial Solar Eclipse: 29th March! 🔭🧪
📷D. Samuels
March 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
📻 BBC Radio Scotland:
"and that was Prof Catherine Heymans with good advice about colanders" 😂
The Scottish weather Gods aren't playing ball, but it's looking fine for England. If you don't have eclipse glasses, raid the kitchen cupboard!
Partial Solar Eclipse: 29th March! 🔭🧪
📷D. Samuels
"and that was Prof Catherine Heymans with good advice about colanders" 😂
The Scottish weather Gods aren't playing ball, but it's looking fine for England. If you don't have eclipse glasses, raid the kitchen cupboard!
Partial Solar Eclipse: 29th March! 🔭🧪
📷D. Samuels
Did you see the SpaceX Spiral over the UK this evening? These are becoming more common as more launches happen, but the geometry has to be right - there isn't one seen with every launch. If you've ever seen the ISS go over, it fades as it passes into the Earth's shadow.
Wow! Check out this amazing photo taken in Tytherington this evening.
It seems that the strange spiral was caused by frozen fuel being illuminated in the night sky as it was expelled from a Space X rocket! 🚀
📸 @lindsaymay0
It seems that the strange spiral was caused by frozen fuel being illuminated in the night sky as it was expelled from a Space X rocket! 🚀
📸 @lindsaymay0
March 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Did you see the SpaceX Spiral over the UK this evening? These are becoming more common as more launches happen, but the geometry has to be right - there isn't one seen with every launch. If you've ever seen the ISS go over, it fades as it passes into the Earth's shadow.
Had a brilliant day at Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics in Manchester, talking science with my PhD student and catching up with lots of old friends I haven't seen in years.
(As well as talking to BBC 5 Live Breakfast, and BBC Radio Berkshire, about the safe return of the astronauts yesterday!)
(As well as talking to BBC 5 Live Breakfast, and BBC Radio Berkshire, about the safe return of the astronauts yesterday!)
March 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Had a brilliant day at Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics in Manchester, talking science with my PhD student and catching up with lots of old friends I haven't seen in years.
(As well as talking to BBC 5 Live Breakfast, and BBC Radio Berkshire, about the safe return of the astronauts yesterday!)
(As well as talking to BBC 5 Live Breakfast, and BBC Radio Berkshire, about the safe return of the astronauts yesterday!)
You know those days where things just get a bit, well, wacky? I’ve definitely had one of those days.
Sometimes I just have to stop and ask myself: “did that just really happen?!”
Sometimes I just have to stop and ask myself: “did that just really happen?!”
March 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
You know those days where things just get a bit, well, wacky? I’ve definitely had one of those days.
Sometimes I just have to stop and ask myself: “did that just really happen?!”
Sometimes I just have to stop and ask myself: “did that just really happen?!”