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 🤯
January 19, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Yes, that was me on BBC News again today! Now, the SLS might be bonkers, but even so I’m really looking forward to seeing humans go back to the Moon. There’s important sciencing to be done, and I hope it inspires a whole new generation of scientists and engineers 🚀 🌕 🤩
January 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Yes, that was me on BBC News again today! Now, the SLS might be bonkers, but even so I’m really looking forward to seeing humans go back to the Moon. There’s important sciencing to be done, and I hope it inspires a whole new generation of scientists and engineers 🚀 🌕 🤩
It's been an exciting year in space, with new telescopes commissioned, lots of rocket launches and lunar landings, space tourism, "stranded" astronauts on both the ISS and Tiangong space stations, a potentially hazardous asteroid, and an interstellar comet! Lots more to look forward to in 2026...
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It's been an exciting year in space, with new telescopes commissioned, lots of rocket launches and lunar landings, space tourism, "stranded" astronauts on both the ISS and Tiangong space stations, a potentially hazardous asteroid, and an interstellar comet! Lots more to look forward to in 2026...
The #Geminid #MeteorShower peaks tonight! Best time to look is between 10pm and 2am when the Moon rises and spoils the fun. Meteors will appear to come from a position in the constellation of Gemini (the box in the image). Look out for Jupiter too, just below the two bright stars, and Orion nearby!
December 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The #Geminid #MeteorShower peaks tonight! Best time to look is between 10pm and 2am when the Moon rises and spoils the fun. Meteors will appear to come from a position in the constellation of Gemini (the box in the image). Look out for Jupiter too, just below the two bright stars, and Orion nearby!
<rant> The amount of admin involved in bidding for (even) internal funds to do something small is utterly ridiculous. It feels like everything is so gummed up with red tape. On the one hand, universities need academics to bring in money, but it's made so difficult and time consuming 🤯 </end rant>
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
<rant> The amount of admin involved in bidding for (even) internal funds to do something small is utterly ridiculous. It feels like everything is so gummed up with red tape. On the one hand, universities need academics to bring in money, but it's made so difficult and time consuming 🤯 </end rant>
More space junk in the news! The crew rotation on the Chinese space station was disrupted last week due to space debris cracking the glass in a window of the Shenzhou 20 capsule. In between meetings I've been doing media interviews about the problem - and why debris is becoming a regular issue.
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
More space junk in the news! The crew rotation on the Chinese space station was disrupted last week due to space debris cracking the glass in a window of the Shenzhou 20 capsule. In between meetings I've been doing media interviews about the problem - and why debris is becoming a regular issue.
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.