Russell Smith
@astrorjs.bsky.social
Astronomer at Durham University
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Well that’s a first. My only mildly sarcastic answer to a question about how we know 3I/ATLAS is a comet made it onto Have I Got News For You.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Well that’s a first. My only mildly sarcastic answer to a question about how we know 3I/ATLAS is a comet made it onto Have I Got News For You.
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Datacubes are stupid
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Datacubes are stupid
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Oh come on, "winer's gala" was right there
October 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Oh come on, "winer's gala" was right there
Oh come on, "winer's gala" was right there
October 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Oh come on, "winer's gala" was right there
Too bad the university run isn't for another week. No way I'll be able to save it long enough to inflict on the whole family down the M1
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today in our occasional series with @robertsaunders.bsky.social we explore the lasting consequences of a speech delivered 40 years ago this week - Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s excoriating attack on Militant at his party’s conference in 1985.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today in our occasional series with @robertsaunders.bsky.social we explore the lasting consequences of a speech delivered 40 years ago this week - Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s excoriating attack on Militant at his party’s conference in 1985.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Too bad the university run isn't for another week. No way I'll be able to save it long enough to inflict on the whole family down the M1
Happy Thursday to those who celebrate
September 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Happy Thursday to those who celebrate
I'm here for it when we get to "R Party"
I'm calling it now. When the members of Our Party inevitably fall out, the next iteration will be Ur Party.
Or possibly Or Party.
Or possibly Or Party.
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm here for it when we get to "R Party"
Amazing things are happening. I've just seen actual WEAVE data for my Open Time project.
September 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Amazing things are happening. I've just seen actual WEAVE data for my Open Time project.
Spent half the morning trying to figure out why my guide star disappeared between 2MASS and JWST. Proper motions, eh?
September 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Spent half the morning trying to figure out why my guide star disappeared between 2MASS and JWST. Proper motions, eh?
First ESO proposal submitted two weeks early. I don't recognise myself.
September 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
First ESO proposal submitted two weeks early. I don't recognise myself.
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Fascinated that In Our Time is one of the BBC’s most popular podcasts among under 35s. The young people demand three academics and a peer discussing Demosthenes, apparently. And they’re right to do so.
September 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fascinated that In Our Time is one of the BBC’s most popular podcasts among under 35s. The young people demand three academics and a peer discussing Demosthenes, apparently. And they’re right to do so.
Taken a bit longer than we hoped, but our MUSE NFM observations of nearby lens SNL1 are on arxiv today... arxiv.org/abs/2509.01732
September 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Taken a bit longer than we hoped, but our MUSE NFM observations of nearby lens SNL1 are on arxiv today... arxiv.org/abs/2509.01732
Different walk today
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Different walk today
Interesting in context of astro, where we could live without google scholar I think, but not without NASA ADS
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Interesting in context of astro, where we could live without google scholar I think, but not without NASA ADS
Oof, this is sneaky from ESO
August 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Oof, this is sneaky from ESO
Very pleased with today's "image" of (a very tiny piece of) NGC 5128
July 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Very pleased with today's "image" of (a very tiny piece of) NGC 5128
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here's the branding we were asked to use by our lot, a few years back
July 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
here's the branding we were asked to use by our lot, a few years back
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"Beyond is a conceptual destination ... The Voice of Beyond is always one step ahead..."
I've finally looked at that Warwick "Beyond!" rebrand.
It's even worse than the posts suggest.
Beyond reason.
Beyond belief.
Beyond parody...
brand.warwick.ac.uk/en/brand-gui...
I've finally looked at that Warwick "Beyond!" rebrand.
It's even worse than the posts suggest.
Beyond reason.
Beyond belief.
Beyond parody...
brand.warwick.ac.uk/en/brand-gui...
July 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Beyond is a conceptual destination ... The Voice of Beyond is always one step ahead..."
I've finally looked at that Warwick "Beyond!" rebrand.
It's even worse than the posts suggest.
Beyond reason.
Beyond belief.
Beyond parody...
brand.warwick.ac.uk/en/brand-gui...
I've finally looked at that Warwick "Beyond!" rebrand.
It's even worse than the posts suggest.
Beyond reason.
Beyond belief.
Beyond parody...
brand.warwick.ac.uk/en/brand-gui...
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Fortunately if you really want to avoid human interactions there’s a plasma physics session.
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Fortunately if you really want to avoid human interactions there’s a plasma physics session.
All purpose astro conference programme
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
All purpose astro conference programme
Cheeky midweek bimble
June 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Cheeky midweek bimble
I see the Durham ucu event at the brewery has been cancelled at short notice
May 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I see the Durham ucu event at the brewery has been cancelled at short notice
Have seen this justly mocked elsewhere, but came across it myself for the first time today...
May 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Have seen this justly mocked elsewhere, but came across it myself for the first time today...