Rubin LSST:UK
@lsstuk.bsky.social
LSST:UK is the UK's major contribution to the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). This next-generation sky survey will #CaptureTheCosmos https://www.lsst.ac.uk/
As the LSST:UK team starts to wind down to enjoy a few days of rest and relaxation, we wish you all a happy and peaceful festive season.
📷 NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/F. Bruno
📷 NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/F. Bruno
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As the LSST:UK team starts to wind down to enjoy a few days of rest and relaxation, we wish you all a happy and peaceful festive season.
📷 NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/F. Bruno
📷 NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/F. Bruno
“We wouldn’t have the Rubin Observatory today if [Tony Tyson] hadn’t had that vision, and also that dogged determination,” says @astroroyalscot.bsky.social. Find out why Tyson is on @nature.com's list of people who shaped science in 2025. 🔭
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The visionary physicist who gave us a new way to view the cosmos
Tony Tyson is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“We wouldn’t have the Rubin Observatory today if [Tony Tyson] hadn’t had that vision, and also that dogged determination,” says @astroroyalscot.bsky.social. Find out why Tyson is on @nature.com's list of people who shaped science in 2025. 🔭
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This free opportunity for ECRs to gain new skills 👇
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December 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This free opportunity for ECRs to gain new skills 👇
... and you can follow Agata on @agastro.bsky.social 🔭
What's Janet and why is it important for UK astronomy? 🔭 This video by @jisc.bsky.social introduces the UK’s national research and education network. Agata Rożek & @markgbeckett.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social explain why it's crucial for the Rubin LSST.
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
The UK network enabling cosmic discovery
www.lsst.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
... and you can follow Agata on @agastro.bsky.social 🔭
What's Janet and why is it important for UK astronomy? 🔭 This video by @jisc.bsky.social introduces the UK’s national research and education network. Agata Rożek & @markgbeckett.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social explain why it's crucial for the Rubin LSST.
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
The UK network enabling cosmic discovery
www.lsst.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What's Janet and why is it important for UK astronomy? 🔭 This video by @jisc.bsky.social introduces the UK’s national research and education network. Agata Rożek & @markgbeckett.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social explain why it's crucial for the Rubin LSST.
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
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From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: To celebrate 25 years of the International Gemini Observatory, we’re launching a two-part Blog series! Today, we’re exploring the global contributions made to make this monumental astronomical project happen. noirlab.edu/public/blog/... #astronomy
Blog: 25 Years of Gemini Part II: What Makes Gemini Observatory International Today? The International Gemini Observatory is a partnership of six countries, including the United States, Canada, Chile,...
25 Years of Gemini Part II: What Makes Gemini Observatory International Today?
noirlab.edu
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: To celebrate 25 years of the International Gemini Observatory, we’re launching a two-part Blog series! Today, we’re exploring the global contributions made to make this monumental astronomical project happen. noirlab.edu/public/blog/... #astronomy
Did you know that a single kilonova can forge more gold and platinum in a few seconds than has ever been mined on earth? Find out what else we learned when we spoke to Dimple, one of our LSST:UK team members working at @unibirmingham.bsky.social 🔭
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
In the Spotlight: Dimple
www.lsst.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Did you know that a single kilonova can forge more gold and platinum in a few seconds than has ever been mined on earth? Find out what else we learned when we spoke to Dimple, one of our LSST:UK team members working at @unibirmingham.bsky.social 🔭
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
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What does the fox say?🦊
Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸
💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭
Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸
💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What does the fox say?🦊
Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸
💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭
Today, we’re showing off our favorite pictures of culpeo foxes we’ve spotted around Cerro Pachón, home of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory. 📸
💡Fun fact: While these little guys look like foxes (and are called foxes), they’re actually more closely related to wolves and jackals!🔭
Art meets science at the @epcc.bsky.social UK Data Access Centre. A new mural by Aaron Ballantyne is inspired by Mary Somerville and the First Look images from @vrubinobs.bsky.social 🔭 🎨 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
Art meets science at the UK Data Access Centre
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November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Art meets science at the @epcc.bsky.social UK Data Access Centre. A new mural by Aaron Ballantyne is inspired by Mary Somerville and the First Look images from @vrubinobs.bsky.social 🔭 🎨 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
What does the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST hold in store for a particle physicist? We asked Prof Jeff Tseng of @oxfordphysics.bsky.social to tell us why he's looking forward to the start of Rubin operations: www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-11... 🔭
In the spotlight: Jeff Tseng
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November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What does the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST hold in store for a particle physicist? We asked Prof Jeff Tseng of @oxfordphysics.bsky.social to tell us why he's looking forward to the start of Rubin operations: www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-11... 🔭
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Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
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The woman who discovered the first black hole
Betty Webster is a name to remember. Also: more rogue binary jovians
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third object ever identified as entering our solar system from elsewhere in the galaxy. NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 19, to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS collected by a number of the agency’s missions. 🔭 🧪
NASA Shares Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Images - NASA+
Live event to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS collected by a number of the agency's missions.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third object ever identified as entering our solar system from elsewhere in the galaxy. NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 19, to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS collected by a number of the agency’s missions. 🔭 🧪
An exciting opportunity to be part of one of the biggest astronomy projects of the decade... 🔭
@lsstuk.bsky.social and @vrubinobs.bsky.social need your help to train our computing systems to sort through the tens of millions of alerts we will detect every night during the Vera C. Rubin Observatory #LSST survey. www.zooniverse.org/projects/ebe... #capturethecosmos
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November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
An exciting opportunity to be part of one of the biggest astronomy projects of the decade... 🔭
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New #Euclid image drop from @esa.int and @ec-euclid.bsky.social! 😍
Meet LDN 1641, a ‘dark cloud’ about 1300 light-years from Earth, observed by Euclid back in 2023 to test its guiding systems. ⬛️☁️
Meet LDN 1641, a ‘dark cloud’ about 1300 light-years from Earth, observed by Euclid back in 2023 to test its guiding systems. ⬛️☁️
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New #Euclid image drop from @esa.int and @ec-euclid.bsky.social! 😍
Meet LDN 1641, a ‘dark cloud’ about 1300 light-years from Earth, observed by Euclid back in 2023 to test its guiding systems. ⬛️☁️
Meet LDN 1641, a ‘dark cloud’ about 1300 light-years from Earth, observed by Euclid back in 2023 to test its guiding systems. ⬛️☁️
Kilonovae are tricky to detect, due to their faintness and fast decaying nature. In a new blog, two members of the team that built Lasair, a @vrubinobs.bsky.social community broker, explain how Lasair is equipped to hunt down kilonovae. 🔭
community.lsst.org/t/finding-ki...
community.lsst.org/t/finding-ki...
Finding Kilonovae with Lasair
Stephen Smartt and Roy Williams There are around a dozen binary neutron systems in our galaxy, with the discovery in 1974 of the first example. The Hulse-Taylor binary is a pulsar and a neutron star ...
community.lsst.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Kilonovae are tricky to detect, due to their faintness and fast decaying nature. In a new blog, two members of the team that built Lasair, a @vrubinobs.bsky.social community broker, explain how Lasair is equipped to hunt down kilonovae. 🔭
community.lsst.org/t/finding-ki...
community.lsst.org/t/finding-ki...
Did you know? When scientists began brainstorming @vrubinobs.bsky.social 3 decades ago, they had the title Dark Matter Telescope in mind? With its wide field of view and sensitivity to the faintest objects, Rubin will reveal how dark matter and dark energy shape the universe. 🔭 #darkmatterday.
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Did you know? When scientists began brainstorming @vrubinobs.bsky.social 3 decades ago, they had the title Dark Matter Telescope in mind? With its wide field of view and sensitivity to the faintest objects, Rubin will reveal how dark matter and dark energy shape the universe. 🔭 #darkmatterday.
Congratulations to @4most-eu.bsky.social
which has achieved First Light, splitting the light into 18,000 spellbinding colour components. 🎉 Read more about this multi-tasking telescope, which will collect the largest ever spectroscopic sample of supernovae. 🔭
tinyurl.com/2wnw86zd
which has achieved First Light, splitting the light into 18,000 spellbinding colour components. 🎉 Read more about this multi-tasking telescope, which will collect the largest ever spectroscopic sample of supernovae. 🔭
tinyurl.com/2wnw86zd
Portsmouth and Southampton scientists help secure the first capture of light in all its colours from cosmic objects
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October 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Congratulations to @4most-eu.bsky.social
which has achieved First Light, splitting the light into 18,000 spellbinding colour components. 🎉 Read more about this multi-tasking telescope, which will collect the largest ever spectroscopic sample of supernovae. 🔭
tinyurl.com/2wnw86zd
which has achieved First Light, splitting the light into 18,000 spellbinding colour components. 🎉 Read more about this multi-tasking telescope, which will collect the largest ever spectroscopic sample of supernovae. 🔭
tinyurl.com/2wnw86zd
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October 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Listen up! The @physicsastronomyed.bsky.social
Career Development Scholarship provides full PhD funding for students from a Black heritage, including mixed Black background. Deadline to apply is 24 November 2025. UK & international prospective students can apply. 🔭 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
Career Development Scholarship provides full PhD funding for students from a Black heritage, including mixed Black background. Deadline to apply is 24 November 2025. UK & international prospective students can apply. 🔭 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
October 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Listen up! The @physicsastronomyed.bsky.social
Career Development Scholarship provides full PhD funding for students from a Black heritage, including mixed Black background. Deadline to apply is 24 November 2025. UK & international prospective students can apply. 🔭 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
Career Development Scholarship provides full PhD funding for students from a Black heritage, including mixed Black background. Deadline to apply is 24 November 2025. UK & international prospective students can apply. 🔭 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
"Work hard, persevere, but don't be afraid to try something else if it stops being fun." Words of wisdom from LSST:UK project Leader Bob Mann of @physicsastronomyed.bsky.social in our latest 'Spotlight' interview. 🔭
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
In the Spotlight: Bob Mann
www.lsst.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Work hard, persevere, but don't be afraid to try something else if it stops being fun." Words of wisdom from LSST:UK project Leader Bob Mann of @physicsastronomyed.bsky.social in our latest 'Spotlight' interview. 🔭
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
Rubin Comet Catchers is the FIRST citizen science project using data from @vrubinobs.bsky.social and the SECOND most popular project to launch on @zooniverse.bsky.social this year. @chrislintott.bsky.social explains more in our news section. 🔭
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
Rubin Comet Catchers passes 2 million classifications
www.lsst.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Rubin Comet Catchers is the FIRST citizen science project using data from @vrubinobs.bsky.social and the SECOND most popular project to launch on @zooniverse.bsky.social this year. @chrislintott.bsky.social explains more in our news section. 🔭
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
An exciting and positive read – we're happy to see the piece give a shoutout to rising talent in #astronomy, including Astha whom we interviewed recently about her LSST:UK work too.
Great article featuring some of our Surrey astrophysics students! Unfortunately they seem to have been attributed to the wrong supervisor, but wonderful to see them talking passionately about the work they are doing with @payeldas.bsky.social @derkal.bsky.social and Noelia Noël 🔭☄️🧪
Can a satellite unlock the secrets of the universe? 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
An exciting and positive read – we're happy to see the piece give a shoutout to rising talent in #astronomy, including Astha whom we interviewed recently about her LSST:UK work too.
Get to know the people working in the UK to make the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST happen. We caught up with @cfrohmaier.bsky.social to find out more about his work with @4most-eu.bsky.social TiDES and what he's looking forward to most about the Rubin survey 🔭 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
October 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Get to know the people working in the UK to make the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST happen. We caught up with @cfrohmaier.bsky.social to find out more about his work with @4most-eu.bsky.social TiDES and what he's looking forward to most about the Rubin survey 🔭 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
Get a peek behind the scenes at @vrubinobs.bsky.social . Huge screens, live feeds, gallons of strong coffee... welcome to the Control Room at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It's where the training, remote observing, and real-time support happens. 🔭
rubinobservatory.org/news/slac-co...
rubinobservatory.org/news/slac-co...
Remote Eyes on the Sky: Inside SLAC’s Rubin Control Room | Rubin Observatory
With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote observing support for NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
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September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Get a peek behind the scenes at @vrubinobs.bsky.social . Huge screens, live feeds, gallons of strong coffee... welcome to the Control Room at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It's where the training, remote observing, and real-time support happens. 🔭
rubinobservatory.org/news/slac-co...
rubinobservatory.org/news/slac-co...
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Celestial alignment captured by @peterlewis55.bsky.social this afternoon! Behold the Moon, on its journey around the Earth, moving to temporarily block out the light from planet Venus. 🔭🧪
Absolutely cracking photos Peter - thanks so much for sharing!
Absolutely cracking photos Peter - thanks so much for sharing!
A few captures as Venus and the 5% waning gibbous Moon moved until the planet disappeared behind. #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social 2/2
September 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Celestial alignment captured by @peterlewis55.bsky.social this afternoon! Behold the Moon, on its journey around the Earth, moving to temporarily block out the light from planet Venus. 🔭🧪
Absolutely cracking photos Peter - thanks so much for sharing!
Absolutely cracking photos Peter - thanks so much for sharing!