Lucinda Offer
@marsonaut.bsky.social
Education and Outreach Officer for the Royal Astronomical Society (G&S) | Chief Int’l Advisor for Mars Cell Labs | Former NASA Ames Mars Analogue Research Assoc., Exec. Dir. of the Mars Society for 12yrs & Lifetime member for 20+!
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Let me take this moment to also congratulate & thank the amazing Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal for 30 years! Esteemed theoretical astrophysicist, pop-sci author, tireless campaigner for the protection of dark skies, a genuine gentleman. Retired from astro-royal duties, but still sciencing! 🔭🧪
July 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service
Contact Congress today!
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July 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Tell Congress: Reverse Trump’s NOAA cuts and save the National Weather Service actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Happy birthday, Vera Rubin! 🥳✨
What better way to celebrate than with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's view of galaxies SHE studied?
NGC 4343, 4526, 4535, and 4378 are just a few gems from our Cosmic Treasure Chest. Explore them and more at skyviewer.app 🔭🧪
What better way to celebrate than with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's view of galaxies SHE studied?
NGC 4343, 4526, 4535, and 4378 are just a few gems from our Cosmic Treasure Chest. Explore them and more at skyviewer.app 🔭🧪
July 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Happy birthday, Vera Rubin! 🥳✨
What better way to celebrate than with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's view of galaxies SHE studied?
NGC 4343, 4526, 4535, and 4378 are just a few gems from our Cosmic Treasure Chest. Explore them and more at skyviewer.app 🔭🧪
What better way to celebrate than with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's view of galaxies SHE studied?
NGC 4343, 4526, 4535, and 4378 are just a few gems from our Cosmic Treasure Chest. Explore them and more at skyviewer.app 🔭🧪
Great explanation of the largest black hole merger ever observed using gravitational wave detectors.
Watch live here (at 1:15 Eastern US time): www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDg-...
Black holes! Huge cosmic events!
Black holes! Huge cosmic events!
July 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Great explanation of the largest black hole merger ever observed using gravitational wave detectors.
Focusing on the positive; check out the views of the night sky from my skylights at our new house in South Oxfordshire. I cannot wait for winter!
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Focusing on the positive; check out the views of the night sky from my skylights at our new house in South Oxfordshire. I cannot wait for winter!
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I am a huge fan of Pride and Prejudice, and now it’s in SPACE! I really need this book. 👩🏼🚀📕 🫦 #AMustHave
July 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I am a huge fan of Pride and Prejudice, and now it’s in SPACE! I really need this book. 👩🏼🚀📕 🫦 #AMustHave
It does! 🪼😎
🥳 It's #RubinFirstLook day and the Universe sure is beautiful! Here's the evidence backing up my BBC Radio 4 Today assertion that Rubin's Trifid nebula image looks just like a jellyfish!
You are welcome 🤗🔭
Join the watch party online today at 16:00 UK time!
🎥: www.youtube.com/live/Zv22_Am...
You are welcome 🤗🔭
Join the watch party online today at 16:00 UK time!
🎥: www.youtube.com/live/Zv22_Am...
July 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It does! 🪼😎
We leave Sunday! We want to be there for the reception. Thank you @nam25-durham.bsky.social - looking forward to it! 🤩
We're all set up and ready for #NAM2025durham! We can't wait to welcome nearly 1000 scientists to Durham over the next week to celebrate our amazing astronomy and geophysics community!
See you on Sunday for the welcome reception and Monday for the start of the conference!
See you on Sunday for the welcome reception and Monday for the start of the conference!
July 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We leave Sunday! We want to be there for the reception. Thank you @nam25-durham.bsky.social - looking forward to it! 🤩
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The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence of a cold, Saturn-mass planet around the star TWA 7, seemingly sculpting its disc of debris!
If confirmed, this would be Webb’s first direct image discovery of a planet.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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If confirmed, this would be Webb’s first direct image discovery of a planet.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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June 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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NAM is the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social National Astronomy Meeting - 5 days bringing together the astronomy community from many different areas of the field to share their research and build connections!
Remember to register to be part of NAM before the 20th June (6th June for presenters)!
Remember to register to be part of NAM before the 20th June (6th June for presenters)!
May 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
NAM is the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social National Astronomy Meeting - 5 days bringing together the astronomy community from many different areas of the field to share their research and build connections!
Remember to register to be part of NAM before the 20th June (6th June for presenters)!
Remember to register to be part of NAM before the 20th June (6th June for presenters)!
😆 The comments are pretty funny too.
April 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
😆 The comments are pretty funny too.
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The K-12 Astronomy Education Conference in Asia 2025 will take place 1-4 September 2025 at Princess Sirindhorn AstroParc in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
More information, registration and abstract submission at indico.narit.or.th/event/221/
More information, registration and abstract submission at indico.narit.or.th/event/221/
April 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The K-12 Astronomy Education Conference in Asia 2025 will take place 1-4 September 2025 at Princess Sirindhorn AstroParc in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
More information, registration and abstract submission at indico.narit.or.th/event/221/
More information, registration and abstract submission at indico.narit.or.th/event/221/
Curious to hear this talk especially since #NAM2025 @nam25-durham.bsky.social will be in Durham this year! RAS’ @royalastrosoc.bsky.social first AGM was @durham-university.bsky.social at Durham University - Ahead of the times! 🔭✨
Martin Ward, Emeritus Professor at Durham University, and a Scientific Editor at #MNRAS, participated in a meeting on communicating astronomy at historic universities run by the RAS @royalastrosoc.bsky.social in Dublin yesterday, speaking on "Durham University Observatory: Past, Present and Future".
April 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Curious to hear this talk especially since #NAM2025 @nam25-durham.bsky.social will be in Durham this year! RAS’ @royalastrosoc.bsky.social first AGM was @durham-university.bsky.social at Durham University - Ahead of the times! 🔭✨
Nice.
A British version of "Saturday Night Live" is set to premiere next year on Sky, the broadcaster announced Thursday. The new edition of the program will have Lorne Michaels, the show’s creator, as executive producer and will feature "a star-studded lineup of hosts."
UK Version of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Will Start in 2026
A British version of the television sketch comedy program “Saturday Night Live” is set to debut in 2026.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Nice.
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I don’t even know what to say here. We’re talking about a generational posting crashout. Lmfao NOW you’re concerned about conflicts of interest.
April 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I don’t even know what to say here. We’re talking about a generational posting crashout. Lmfao NOW you’re concerned about conflicts of interest.
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Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time.
April 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time.
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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
April 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
Yay FemSTEM! @northeasternu.bsky.social
Want to come and celebrate female innovation this evening? 🥳
Our Education & Outreach Officer Lucinda Offer (@marsonaut.bsky.social) will be a guest speaker at the exciting event, which is being hosted at Northeastern University London from 18:30-20:30 BST.
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Our Education & Outreach Officer Lucinda Offer (@marsonaut.bsky.social) will be a guest speaker at the exciting event, which is being hosted at Northeastern University London from 18:30-20:30 BST.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yay FemSTEM! @northeasternu.bsky.social
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In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
rdcu.be/dbFbB
rdcu.be/dbFbB
Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative
Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:15 AM
In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
rdcu.be/dbFbB
rdcu.be/dbFbB
Oh wow. Sad to you go Gaia. Thank you for all the data!
Today we say goodbye to ESA’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia! The Gaia spacecraft has completed its sky-scanning and will be switched off this morning.
March 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Oh wow. Sad to you go Gaia. Thank you for all the data!
Excited about our April Public Talk celebrating Hubble telescope’s 35th anniversary and the amazing science it has afforded us. Looking forward to Dr Beasor’s talk. 🤩
Next month the iconic Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 35th birthday... and we have a Public Talk to mark the occasion! 🔭🎉
Join Dr Emma Beasor, of @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, as she explores the life cycle of some of the most extreme stars in the Universe. 💫💥
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Join Dr Emma Beasor, of @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, as she explores the life cycle of some of the most extreme stars in the Universe. 💫💥
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March 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Excited about our April Public Talk celebrating Hubble telescope’s 35th anniversary and the amazing science it has afforded us. Looking forward to Dr Beasor’s talk. 🤩
Mars’ Great Dichotomy.
Edge of Mars' Great Dichotomy Eroded Back By Hundreds of Kilometers - Slashdot
Ars Technica's John Timmer reports: In Monday's issue of Nature Geoscience, a team of UK-based researchers tackle a big one: Mars' dichotomy, the somewhat nebulous boundary between its relatively ele...
science.slashdot.org
January 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Mars’ Great Dichotomy.
Here is our next RAS public talk to start off the new year! Given by Prof Mike Lockwood from the University of Reading. Join us next Tuesday.
We Need To Talk ... About Space Junk 🛰️ 🌎
That's the topic of our first Public Talk of 2025, which will be given by Royal Astronomical Society President Professor Mike Lockwood.
He will discuss the growing problem of debris orbiting the Earth and some of the creative ways to counter the issue.
That's the topic of our first Public Talk of 2025, which will be given by Royal Astronomical Society President Professor Mike Lockwood.
He will discuss the growing problem of debris orbiting the Earth and some of the creative ways to counter the issue.
January 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Here is our next RAS public talk to start off the new year! Given by Prof Mike Lockwood from the University of Reading. Join us next Tuesday.