Astronimouse
@astronimouse.bsky.social
A mouse from the old Cambridge Observatory. I love old books and everything astro-historical.
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Historians work across higher education - and not just in 'traditional' History departments. We welcome applications for Fellowship / Associate Fellowship from all those working historically - in the UK and internationally bit.ly/45vEmeJ
Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2
Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2
January 24, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Historians work across higher education - and not just in 'traditional' History departments. We welcome applications for Fellowship / Associate Fellowship from all those working historically - in the UK and internationally bit.ly/45vEmeJ
Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2
Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2
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You spin me right round! Got to meet our @rialibrary.bsky.social manuscript of the week, an amazing early 15th-century astronomical and medical tract in Irish complete with a volvelle and diagrams (RIA MS B ii 1) 📜✨
January 23, 2026 at 12:29 PM
You spin me right round! Got to meet our @rialibrary.bsky.social manuscript of the week, an amazing early 15th-century astronomical and medical tract in Irish complete with a volvelle and diagrams (RIA MS B ii 1) 📜✨
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Join Professor Philipp Kukura FRS on 9 February as he explores why the use of weights and scales was critical to the development of human society, and how mass photometry, measuring the mass of molecules using light, is aiding the next generation of therapeutics. https://bit.ly/3N8UHzE
January 23, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Join Professor Philipp Kukura FRS on 9 February as he explores why the use of weights and scales was critical to the development of human society, and how mass photometry, measuring the mass of molecules using light, is aiding the next generation of therapeutics. https://bit.ly/3N8UHzE
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Applications are open for the Munby Fellowship 2026-27 📚
An opportunity to spend a year conducting bibliographical research based on the world-class collections of Cambridge.
⏰Closing date: 1 Feb 2026
More information on applying: https://loom.ly/stSFkzg
An opportunity to spend a year conducting bibliographical research based on the world-class collections of Cambridge.
⏰Closing date: 1 Feb 2026
More information on applying: https://loom.ly/stSFkzg
January 19, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Applications are open for the Munby Fellowship 2026-27 📚
An opportunity to spend a year conducting bibliographical research based on the world-class collections of Cambridge.
⏰Closing date: 1 Feb 2026
More information on applying: https://loom.ly/stSFkzg
An opportunity to spend a year conducting bibliographical research based on the world-class collections of Cambridge.
⏰Closing date: 1 Feb 2026
More information on applying: https://loom.ly/stSFkzg
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Observations of the thermal energy in a baby galaxy cluster 12.4 billion light years away are at least five times greater than theories predict, suggesting much more energetic early cluster growth than predicted by current models. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/hot-ancien...
Hot ancient galaxy cluster challenges current cosmological models – Physics World
Observations of the thermal energy in a baby galaxy cluster 12.4 billion light years away suggest much more energetic early cluster growth than current theories assume
physicsworld.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Observations of the thermal energy in a baby galaxy cluster 12.4 billion light years away are at least five times greater than theories predict, suggesting much more energetic early cluster growth than predicted by current models. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/hot-ancien...
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Scientists debunk Stonehenge theory with mineral fingerprint discovery
Scientists debunk Stonehenge theory with mineral fingerprint discovery
Scientists debunk Stonehenge theory with mineral fingerprint discovery
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Scientists debunk Stonehenge theory with mineral fingerprint discovery
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Cambridge has crippling living costs for workers, but Stagecoach thinks it can get away with paying the city’s drivers subpar wages. Our members will not be treated as second class employees: Stagecoach can afford to give them a fair slice of the pie.
Cambridge bus strikes to continue into February, says union
Industrial action will continue on 26, 28 and 30 January, and 9, 11 and 13 February.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Cambridge has crippling living costs for workers, but Stagecoach thinks it can get away with paying the city’s drivers subpar wages. Our members will not be treated as second class employees: Stagecoach can afford to give them a fair slice of the pie.
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The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award is made to support projects that promote women in STEM. Find out more and make your nomination now: #RSMedals #WomenInSTEM https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/rosalind-franklin-award/
January 21, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award is made to support projects that promote women in STEM. Find out more and make your nomination now: #RSMedals #WomenInSTEM https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/rosalind-franklin-award/
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A couple of great vacancies in @science.esa.int: a Science Archives Development and Operations Manager jobs.esa.int/job/Villanue... and a Science Operations System Engineer for Cloud Platform jobs.esa.int/job/Villanue... 🔭
Science Archives Development and Operations Manager
Science Archives Development and Operations Manager
jobs.esa.int
January 21, 2026 at 3:20 PM
A couple of great vacancies in @science.esa.int: a Science Archives Development and Operations Manager jobs.esa.int/job/Villanue... and a Science Operations System Engineer for Cloud Platform jobs.esa.int/job/Villanue... 🔭
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#OTD 21 January 2004, @esa.int's Mars Express took this image of Olympus Mons on #Mars, the first high-resolution colour image of the complete caldera of the highest volcano in our Solar System🧪🔭
www.esa.int/spaceinimage... @dlr-de.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #SpaceHistory
www.esa.int/spaceinimage... @dlr-de.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #SpaceHistory
January 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#OTD 21 January 2004, @esa.int's Mars Express took this image of Olympus Mons on #Mars, the first high-resolution colour image of the complete caldera of the highest volcano in our Solar System🧪🔭
www.esa.int/spaceinimage... @dlr-de.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #SpaceHistory
www.esa.int/spaceinimage... @dlr-de.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #SpaceHistory
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We are looking for outgoing people to join our team of volunteers. We'd like to hear from you if you can spare one morning or one afternoon per week to welcome visitors to our historic library. Find out more here: marshlibrary.ie/call-for-vol...
Call for Volunteers: Join the Team - Marsh's Library
We are looking for outgoing, confident people to join our team of volunteers.
marshlibrary.ie
January 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
We are looking for outgoing people to join our team of volunteers. We'd like to hear from you if you can spare one morning or one afternoon per week to welcome visitors to our historic library. Find out more here: marshlibrary.ie/call-for-vol...
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Our first lecture of 2026 will be from Professor Robin Langley FREng, who will talk on 'Cars, aeroplanes, and quantum physics: Why complexity makes life simpler for the vibration engineer' @eng.cam.ac.uk
2 February 2026, 18:00– 19:00
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
2 February 2026, 18:00– 19:00
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our first lecture of 2026 will be from Professor Robin Langley FREng, who will talk on 'Cars, aeroplanes, and quantum physics: Why complexity makes life simpler for the vibration engineer' @eng.cam.ac.uk
2 February 2026, 18:00– 19:00
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
2 February 2026, 18:00– 19:00
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
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“You can’t cut one in ten staff without damaging students and teaching.”
85% of University of Essex staff have voted for strike action over plans to cut 400 jobs and close the Southend campus.
Show your support and solidarity as they prepare to fight back.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1432...
85% of University of Essex staff have voted for strike action over plans to cut 400 jobs and close the Southend campus.
Show your support and solidarity as they prepare to fight back.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1432...
University of Essex staff vote for strike action in fight against job cuts
Staff at the University of Essex have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over plans axe 400 jobs, the University and College Union announced today
www.ucu.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“You can’t cut one in ten staff without damaging students and teaching.”
85% of University of Essex staff have voted for strike action over plans to cut 400 jobs and close the Southend campus.
Show your support and solidarity as they prepare to fight back.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1432...
85% of University of Essex staff have voted for strike action over plans to cut 400 jobs and close the Southend campus.
Show your support and solidarity as they prepare to fight back.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1432...
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The first opening from the #ESAarchives in 2026 deals with material that dates back some 30 years, to 1992 and the #InternationalSpaceYear (ISY), to the beginnings of a coordinated European approach to Earth observation for environmental protection 🧪🌏
historicalarchives.esa.int/volumes-inte...
historicalarchives.esa.int/volumes-inte...
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The first opening from the #ESAarchives in 2026 deals with material that dates back some 30 years, to 1992 and the #InternationalSpaceYear (ISY), to the beginnings of a coordinated European approach to Earth observation for environmental protection 🧪🌏
historicalarchives.esa.int/volumes-inte...
historicalarchives.esa.int/volumes-inte...
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Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier was born #OnthisDay in 1758. She played a pivotal role in the standardization of the scientific method, working with her husband Antoine and doing vital translations of works by English chemists into French, correcting errors as she went. #WomenInSTEM
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier was born #OnthisDay in 1758. She played a pivotal role in the standardization of the scientific method, working with her husband Antoine and doing vital translations of works by English chemists into French, correcting errors as she went. #WomenInSTEM
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A fast moving coronal mass ejection (CME) means the northern lights may be visible overnight, and perhaps on Tuesday night too
The arrival time of the CME is uncertain, but aurora sightings are possible in northern Britain and perhaps in southern areas depending on cloud cover.
The arrival time of the CME is uncertain, but aurora sightings are possible in northern Britain and perhaps in southern areas depending on cloud cover.
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
A fast moving coronal mass ejection (CME) means the northern lights may be visible overnight, and perhaps on Tuesday night too
The arrival time of the CME is uncertain, but aurora sightings are possible in northern Britain and perhaps in southern areas depending on cloud cover.
The arrival time of the CME is uncertain, but aurora sightings are possible in northern Britain and perhaps in southern areas depending on cloud cover.
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A reminder that I and a bunch of awesome people are doing stand-up about science in Kings Cross on the 28th. This will be excellent. Tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/684234.
Science Showoff January 2026
Science Showoff is the chaotic science comedy show where your favourite comedians, favourite scientists and favourite friends get to be silly about serious stuff.
Join a carefully-curated lineup of ...
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January 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
A reminder that I and a bunch of awesome people are doing stand-up about science in Kings Cross on the 28th. This will be excellent. Tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/684234.
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OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our Web Application Services Branch, providing development and operational maintenance of applications and processes to support our NASA missions: https://bit.ly/3ZlFqhA
January 19, 2026 at 3:11 PM
OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our Web Application Services Branch, providing development and operational maintenance of applications and processes to support our NASA missions: https://bit.ly/3ZlFqhA
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The MS of the Week is RIA MS B ii 1, Astronomical tract. The frontispiece is an astronomical rotula with a moveable index attached, illuminated with red and yellow pigment.
Visit @rialibrary.bsky.social to read more about the manuscript and explore highlights from the RIA Library’s collections.
Visit @rialibrary.bsky.social to read more about the manuscript and explore highlights from the RIA Library’s collections.
January 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The MS of the Week is RIA MS B ii 1, Astronomical tract. The frontispiece is an astronomical rotula with a moveable index attached, illuminated with red and yellow pigment.
Visit @rialibrary.bsky.social to read more about the manuscript and explore highlights from the RIA Library’s collections.
Visit @rialibrary.bsky.social to read more about the manuscript and explore highlights from the RIA Library’s collections.
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Nominations for the Royal Society's medals and awards are still open until 20 February. Make your nominations now and help us recognise exceptional scientists and researchers from across the globe. #RSMedals royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Nominations for the Royal Society's medals and awards are still open until 20 February. Make your nominations now and help us recognise exceptional scientists and researchers from across the globe. #RSMedals royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
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Today’s trip takes us to a dead star that is puzzling astronomers 🚀
Our VLT discovered that this object is creating a particular type of shock wave as it interacts with the interstellar material. Yet no known mechanisms can fully explain this 😲
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2601/
🔭 🧪
Our VLT discovered that this object is creating a particular type of shock wave as it interacts with the interstellar material. Yet no known mechanisms can fully explain this 😲
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2601/
🔭 🧪
January 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Today’s trip takes us to a dead star that is puzzling astronomers 🚀
Our VLT discovered that this object is creating a particular type of shock wave as it interacts with the interstellar material. Yet no known mechanisms can fully explain this 😲
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2601/
🔭 🧪
Our VLT discovered that this object is creating a particular type of shock wave as it interacts with the interstellar material. Yet no known mechanisms can fully explain this 😲
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2601/
🔭 🧪
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We're delighted to have acquired the archive of writer and essayist Ronald Blythe, best known for book Akenfield, which explores changing rural life in Suffolk during the 20th century.
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
We're delighted to have acquired the archive of writer and essayist Ronald Blythe, best known for book Akenfield, which explores changing rural life in Suffolk during the 20th century.
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
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Our next #CILIPMembersFest26 events is: Censorship: What Librarians are experiencing in the US & UK. Join this webinar for a thoughtful discussion on the real and concerning current censorship issues facing US & UK librarians and libraries.
📅 Tuesday 3 March
Book now 👉 https://ow.ly/COi550XXRiS
📅 Tuesday 3 March
Book now 👉 https://ow.ly/COi550XXRiS
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Our next #CILIPMembersFest26 events is: Censorship: What Librarians are experiencing in the US & UK. Join this webinar for a thoughtful discussion on the real and concerning current censorship issues facing US & UK librarians and libraries.
📅 Tuesday 3 March
Book now 👉 https://ow.ly/COi550XXRiS
📅 Tuesday 3 March
Book now 👉 https://ow.ly/COi550XXRiS
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In our latest climate newsletter the spotlight is on 2025 temperatures.
We’re also taking a look at the UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, the outlook for 2026, and more…
Read the newsletter 👇
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We’re also taking a look at the UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, the outlook for 2026, and more…
Read the newsletter 👇
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January 14, 2026 at 12:57 PM
In our latest climate newsletter the spotlight is on 2025 temperatures.
We’re also taking a look at the UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, the outlook for 2026, and more…
Read the newsletter 👇
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKM...
We’re also taking a look at the UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, the outlook for 2026, and more…
Read the newsletter 👇
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKM...