Kevin Olsen
@drksolsen.bsky.social
Martian science at Oxford
Birds and food too.
Birds and food too.
Blue Origin New Glenn 2 scrubbed due to weather.
Keep your eyes peeled!
It will carry ESCAPADE to Mars!!
The 5th NASA SIMPLEX low-cost science mission.
Let's go #ESCAPADE!!
🔭🧪 #planetsci
www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
Keep your eyes peeled!
It will carry ESCAPADE to Mars!!
The 5th NASA SIMPLEX low-cost science mission.
Let's go #ESCAPADE!!
🔭🧪 #planetsci
www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
NG-2 | Missions | Blue Origin
www.blueorigin.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Blue Origin New Glenn 2 scrubbed due to weather.
Keep your eyes peeled!
It will carry ESCAPADE to Mars!!
The 5th NASA SIMPLEX low-cost science mission.
Let's go #ESCAPADE!!
🔭🧪 #planetsci
www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
Keep your eyes peeled!
It will carry ESCAPADE to Mars!!
The 5th NASA SIMPLEX low-cost science mission.
Let's go #ESCAPADE!!
🔭🧪 #planetsci
www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
Short comment on the move to advance Blue Origin for Artemis III.
To the moon!!!!
🧪🔭🌕🌚🌛🌜
theconversation.com/whats-gone-w...
To the moon!!!!
🧪🔭🌕🌚🌛🌜
theconversation.com/whats-gone-w...
What’s gone wrong between Nasa and Elon Musk’s SpaceX?
Nasa has reopened a SpaceX lunar landing contract to competitors.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Short comment on the move to advance Blue Origin for Artemis III.
To the moon!!!!
🧪🔭🌕🌚🌛🌜
theconversation.com/whats-gone-w...
To the moon!!!!
🧪🔭🌕🌚🌛🌜
theconversation.com/whats-gone-w...
Radiofrequency accelerator cavity for the Large Electron-Position (LEP) Collider. Everyone knows about CERN and the Large Hadron Collider, but before this, LEP operated in 1989!
This saved piece is on display outside the physics department at the University of Bern.
@unibe.ch 🧪
This saved piece is on display outside the physics department at the University of Bern.
@unibe.ch 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Radiofrequency accelerator cavity for the Large Electron-Position (LEP) Collider. Everyone knows about CERN and the Large Hadron Collider, but before this, LEP operated in 1989!
This saved piece is on display outside the physics department at the University of Bern.
@unibe.ch 🧪
This saved piece is on display outside the physics department at the University of Bern.
@unibe.ch 🧪
The Stephen Wolfram lighting up Oxford Physics
@stephenwolfram.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
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@stephenwolfram.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Stephen Wolfram lighting up Oxford Physics
@stephenwolfram.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
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@stephenwolfram.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
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Found at ESTEC, this is the IXV suborbital reentry vehicle!
Dropped in 2015. 🧪
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interme...
Dropped in 2015. 🧪
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interme...
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Found at ESTEC, this is the IXV suborbital reentry vehicle!
Dropped in 2015. 🧪
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interme...
Dropped in 2015. 🧪
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interme...
Let's go Mars LightShip!
🧪🔭 #planetsci
🧪🔭 #planetsci
Oxford’s BEBOP thermal camera has been selected for ESA's 2032 Mars mission! It'll provide critical weather data to boost the safety of future robotic and human explorers. Read the full article: Link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-instrument-lined-esa-mars-mission
October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Let's go Mars LightShip!
🧪🔭 #planetsci
🧪🔭 #planetsci
We learned today that the slender billed curlew is confirmed extinct 😓.
In honour of all curlews, we present the Whimbrel. Closely related to the Eurasian curlew, but smaller and maybe less threatened.
These big, beautiful shorebirds roam widely and are long-lived, but disappearing from our world🪶🦉
In honour of all curlews, we present the Whimbrel. Closely related to the Eurasian curlew, but smaller and maybe less threatened.
These big, beautiful shorebirds roam widely and are long-lived, but disappearing from our world🪶🦉
October 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We learned today that the slender billed curlew is confirmed extinct 😓.
In honour of all curlews, we present the Whimbrel. Closely related to the Eurasian curlew, but smaller and maybe less threatened.
These big, beautiful shorebirds roam widely and are long-lived, but disappearing from our world🪶🦉
In honour of all curlews, we present the Whimbrel. Closely related to the Eurasian curlew, but smaller and maybe less threatened.
These big, beautiful shorebirds roam widely and are long-lived, but disappearing from our world🪶🦉
Wow, our observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with ExoMars TGO turned out better than expected!
I have seen the dot observed with perseverance, and the weak signal in our spectrometer data, but the tracking and coma from CaSSIS are sure to impress!
🔬🧪 #planetsci
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
I have seen the dot observed with perseverance, and the weak signal in our spectrometer data, but the tracking and coma from CaSSIS are sure to impress!
🔬🧪 #planetsci
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Wow, our observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with ExoMars TGO turned out better than expected!
I have seen the dot observed with perseverance, and the weak signal in our spectrometer data, but the tracking and coma from CaSSIS are sure to impress!
🔬🧪 #planetsci
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
I have seen the dot observed with perseverance, and the weak signal in our spectrometer data, but the tracking and coma from CaSSIS are sure to impress!
🔬🧪 #planetsci
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Years in the making, a new paper details organic molecules in Enceladus' plumes that were collected by Cassini when it flew through them!
This keeps the icy moons at the forefront of interest and high priority targets!! Can't wait for Juice!
🔭🧪 #planetsci
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
This keeps the icy moons at the forefront of interest and high priority targets!! Can't wait for Juice!
🔭🧪 #planetsci
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Detection of organic compounds in freshly ejected ice grains from Enceladus’s ocean - Nature Astronomy
Fresh ice grains from Enceladus’s plume were analysed during the highest-speed fly-by of the Cassini spacecraft. Organic compounds with a range of chemical structures were discovered, suggesting comprehensive subsurface chemistry on Enceladus.
doi.org
October 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Years in the making, a new paper details organic molecules in Enceladus' plumes that were collected by Cassini when it flew through them!
This keeps the icy moons at the forefront of interest and high priority targets!! Can't wait for Juice!
🔭🧪 #planetsci
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
This keeps the icy moons at the forefront of interest and high priority targets!! Can't wait for Juice!
🔭🧪 #planetsci
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Red eyed dove, anyone?
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September 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Red eyed dove, anyone?
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As summer ends and I contemplate a cozy morning of coffee, thick wool jumpers, and catching up on some photo editing.....
Nothing like getting back into the birds of the Western Cape to remind us of sunshine!!
These are blue cranes! Rare and huge, but found in the farmland of the Overberg region. 🪶🦉
Nothing like getting back into the birds of the Western Cape to remind us of sunshine!!
These are blue cranes! Rare and huge, but found in the farmland of the Overberg region. 🪶🦉
September 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
As summer ends and I contemplate a cozy morning of coffee, thick wool jumpers, and catching up on some photo editing.....
Nothing like getting back into the birds of the Western Cape to remind us of sunshine!!
These are blue cranes! Rare and huge, but found in the farmland of the Overberg region. 🪶🦉
Nothing like getting back into the birds of the Western Cape to remind us of sunshine!!
These are blue cranes! Rare and huge, but found in the farmland of the Overberg region. 🪶🦉
September 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Lord Huron at the Apollo, London
September 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Lord Huron at the Apollo, London
Welcome, Ctrl Alt Deleaf!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ctrl Alt Deleaf wins public vote to name track cleaning train
Other names on the shortlist included Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction and The Autumn Avenger.
www.bbc.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Welcome, Ctrl Alt Deleaf!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Colin Wilson, our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter project scientist at @esa.int showing off Mars Express, TGO, and LightShip updates. First TGO science story was our chlorine work!! Over 11 publications and counting!!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
September 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Colin Wilson, our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter project scientist at @esa.int showing off Mars Express, TGO, and LightShip updates. First TGO science story was our chlorine work!! Over 11 publications and counting!!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
Bethan Gregory showing off her hard work getting reactions on dust and ice surfaces for the chemistry of chlorine and ozone into the Planetary Climate Model!!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Bethan Gregory showing off her hard work getting reactions on dust and ice surfaces for the chemistry of chlorine and ozone into the Planetary Climate Model!!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
Daniel Mège going over the HCl detections I made in the Martian atmosphere in the non-dusty times with hypotheses about surface seeps from a dormant volcano!!! 🌋
These are strange, found 'em every year, same place!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
These are strange, found 'em every year, same place!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
September 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Daniel Mège going over the HCl detections I made in the Martian atmosphere in the non-dusty times with hypotheses about surface seeps from a dormant volcano!!! 🌋
These are strange, found 'em every year, same place!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
These are strange, found 'em every year, same place!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci #Mars 🔭🧪
Frank Montmessin giving a big overview of the very long lived and very successful SPICAM instrument on Mars Express.
That's over twenty years of data!!!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci
That's over twenty years of data!!!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Frank Montmessin giving a big overview of the very long lived and very successful SPICAM instrument on Mars Express.
That's over twenty years of data!!!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci
That's over twenty years of data!!!
#EPSCDPS #EPSC2025 #planetsci
@mhairireid.bsky.social and I put together an article for @theconversation.com about yesterday's @nature.com paper on the detection of a 600 km radius solid core in the interior of #Mars! 🧪🔭 #planetsci
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
Mars has a solid inner core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery — new study
It turns out that Mars has a similar interior structure to Earth.
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
@mhairireid.bsky.social and I put together an article for @theconversation.com about yesterday's @nature.com paper on the detection of a 600 km radius solid core in the interior of #Mars! 🧪🔭 #planetsci
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
Early InSight results didn't quite have the sensitivity for this!
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
The new mission patch for Jeremy Hansen's Artemis II mission that will fly around the moon!
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The animals designed by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond represent seven sacred teachings
www.supercluster.com/editorial/ca...
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The animals designed by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond represent seven sacred teachings
www.supercluster.com/editorial/ca...
September 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The new mission patch for Jeremy Hansen's Artemis II mission that will fly around the moon!
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The animals designed by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond represent seven sacred teachings
www.supercluster.com/editorial/ca...
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The animals designed by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond represent seven sacred teachings
www.supercluster.com/editorial/ca...
At last! The Southern double-collared sunbird from South Africa!!! The male is colourful, while the female is grey (last photo). The yellow pectoral tufts come out for presenting!!
🪶🦉 #bird #birding #SouthAfrica
🪶🦉 #bird #birding #SouthAfrica
August 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
At last! The Southern double-collared sunbird from South Africa!!! The male is colourful, while the female is grey (last photo). The yellow pectoral tufts come out for presenting!!
🪶🦉 #bird #birding #SouthAfrica
🪶🦉 #bird #birding #SouthAfrica
Another #Oxfordpubreview.
A punt up to the Victoria Arms is a dream, no matter the weather.
The food is great and they serve Butcombe Breeding ale.
The battered sausage is a work of art!
A punt up to the Victoria Arms is a dream, no matter the weather.
The food is great and they serve Butcombe Breeding ale.
The battered sausage is a work of art!
August 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Another #Oxfordpubreview.
A punt up to the Victoria Arms is a dream, no matter the weather.
The food is great and they serve Butcombe Breeding ale.
The battered sausage is a work of art!
A punt up to the Victoria Arms is a dream, no matter the weather.
The food is great and they serve Butcombe Breeding ale.
The battered sausage is a work of art!
Huge congratulations to Dr Mhairi Reid @mhairireid.bsky.social for passing her viva! Monumental achievement!
Special thanks to her examiners Luke Parry and Daniel Ksepka!
Special thanks to her examiners Luke Parry and Daniel Ksepka!
August 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Huge congratulations to Dr Mhairi Reid @mhairireid.bsky.social for passing her viva! Monumental achievement!
Special thanks to her examiners Luke Parry and Daniel Ksepka!
Special thanks to her examiners Luke Parry and Daniel Ksepka!