Claire C ζ(s)mith
@clairecsmith.bsky.social
Amateur science writer. Dyslexic. In UK Lancashire. Astronomy Astrophysics Physics Maths Edu. Ex SEND tutor. Using Twitter in parallel to here due to projects I've built up there & connections @ClaireCSmith. My website since 1999 http://www.cthisspace.com
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I'm not leaving Twitter/X but created this new Bluesky account so now have 4 online #science (astronomy astrophysics physics mathematics engineering education) accounts
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Twitter/X @ClaireCSmith & @badas_tweets
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My website www.cthisspace.com
Here Bluesky
Twitter/X @ClaireCSmith & @badas_tweets
Google Photos photos.app.goo.gl/MA1id52DMhmF...
My website www.cthisspace.com
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As per my reply to this (via other platform linked) & to which I'll say the same here (but in screenshot)...
#Physics
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#Physics
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November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
As per my reply to this (via other platform linked) & to which I'll say the same here (but in screenshot)...
#Physics
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#Physics
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@Peterlewis55.bsky.social great chat with u tonight on some very important subjects. Hope u don't mind me screenshotting thrm here as a continuation for any1 who may have caught my original post at the start. It was a good thinking exercise, even if we didn't change the world.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
@Peterlewis55.bsky.social great chat with u tonight on some very important subjects. Hope u don't mind me screenshotting thrm here as a continuation for any1 who may have caught my original post at the start. It was a good thinking exercise, even if we didn't change the world.
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It'd be great to have more science news e.g current astronomy on #comet #3IATLAS on the BBC, to encourage #STEM subjects to be taken up, in order to increase jobs & industries in science & technology, instead of repeated sports coverage that provides vague value to the economic status of the country
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It'd be great to have more science news e.g current astronomy on #comet #3IATLAS on the BBC, to encourage #STEM subjects to be taken up, in order to increase jobs & industries in science & technology, instead of repeated sports coverage that provides vague value to the economic status of the country
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"There’s an apparent paradox in modern life: Society as a whole is getting smarter, yet we aren’t any closer to figuring out how to all get along."
Michael Price
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#Science & the #workingclass es #Reallife #hardknocklife #StreetSmart #Education
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Michael Price
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#Science & the #workingclass es #Reallife #hardknocklife #StreetSmart #Education
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The lower your social class, the ‘wiser' you are, suggests new study
A rough background means more than IQ when it comes to resolving conflicts
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November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"There’s an apparent paradox in modern life: Society as a whole is getting smarter, yet we aren’t any closer to figuring out how to all get along."
Michael Price
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#Science & the #workingclass es #Reallife #hardknocklife #StreetSmart #Education
www.science.org/content/arti...
Michael Price
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#Science & the #workingclass es #Reallife #hardknocklife #StreetSmart #Education
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A fascinating science, & I like this plasma photo they used to illustrate the physics & energy for the #Fusion Pilot Plant (FPP) programme results from ST40 #tokamak @aip-publishing.bsky.social Division of Plasma Physics (I think correct?)
I can't find the copyright info for picture but will later.
I can't find the copyright info for picture but will later.
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A fascinating science, & I like this plasma photo they used to illustrate the physics & energy for the #Fusion Pilot Plant (FPP) programme results from ST40 #tokamak @aip-publishing.bsky.social Division of Plasma Physics (I think correct?)
I can't find the copyright info for picture but will later.
I can't find the copyright info for picture but will later.
Although it's cold at 3°C where I am on the Northwestcoast, the crisp chill with horizontal Sunlight through freezing air, is invigorating.
On a trip to the countryside, I like to watch mist flowing across from fields, like a hovering blanket over the landscape.
If you have any mist pics pls post.
On a trip to the countryside, I like to watch mist flowing across from fields, like a hovering blanket over the landscape.
If you have any mist pics pls post.
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Although it's cold at 3°C where I am on the Northwestcoast, the crisp chill with horizontal Sunlight through freezing air, is invigorating.
On a trip to the countryside, I like to watch mist flowing across from fields, like a hovering blanket over the landscape.
If you have any mist pics pls post.
On a trip to the countryside, I like to watch mist flowing across from fields, like a hovering blanket over the landscape.
If you have any mist pics pls post.
I'd noticed Cloudflare froze half the internet this morning!
Interesting timing though not subjects I'd post online but a few news stories out this morning seem to be possibly related, some local, some international but I could be wrong
Interesting times...
#TwitterDown #Cloudflare #XDown #XOutage
Interesting timing though not subjects I'd post online but a few news stories out this morning seem to be possibly related, some local, some international but I could be wrong
Interesting times...
#TwitterDown #Cloudflare #XDown #XOutage
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'd noticed Cloudflare froze half the internet this morning!
Interesting timing though not subjects I'd post online but a few news stories out this morning seem to be possibly related, some local, some international but I could be wrong
Interesting times...
#TwitterDown #Cloudflare #XDown #XOutage
Interesting timing though not subjects I'd post online but a few news stories out this morning seem to be possibly related, some local, some international but I could be wrong
Interesting times...
#TwitterDown #Cloudflare #XDown #XOutage
A Gap In The Leap
Sir Professor Roger Penrose's #mathematical #physics, suggests science hasn't yet found a definite way to understand the human brain on a quantum level, much less how it thinks & the mind as a concept in itself. This is important today.
Advances in AI are leaping without thought.
Sir Professor Roger Penrose's #mathematical #physics, suggests science hasn't yet found a definite way to understand the human brain on a quantum level, much less how it thinks & the mind as a concept in itself. This is important today.
Advances in AI are leaping without thought.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A Gap In The Leap
Sir Professor Roger Penrose's #mathematical #physics, suggests science hasn't yet found a definite way to understand the human brain on a quantum level, much less how it thinks & the mind as a concept in itself. This is important today.
Advances in AI are leaping without thought.
Sir Professor Roger Penrose's #mathematical #physics, suggests science hasn't yet found a definite way to understand the human brain on a quantum level, much less how it thinks & the mind as a concept in itself. This is important today.
Advances in AI are leaping without thought.
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It seems that Comet 3I/ATLAS's immense sublimation, a process where a comet's solid ice turns to gas, as opposed to being melted, due to the Sun's heat, suggests it hasn't been affected by many interstellar objects yet. In this case, its non gravitational acceleration by off gassing, is amplified...
I meant within variability realms naturally with a possibility that some interstellar objects having a mixture of both comet & asteroid material. E.g 1I/ʻOumuamua's composition from asteroid realms to comet, due to its non gravitational acceleration from off gassing, so is more comet like in nature.
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It seems that Comet 3I/ATLAS's immense sublimation, a process where a comet's solid ice turns to gas, as opposed to being melted, due to the Sun's heat, suggests it hasn't been affected by many interstellar objects yet. In this case, its non gravitational acceleration by off gassing, is amplified...
Yrs ago 1 night after heavy rain, I was driving through Wrea Green, a village just outside my town & noticed the fields nearby were flooded & I got to this piont travelling Southwest (circled) but I had to stop, as flood water was on the road. I couldn't drive through & (continues -> #StormClaudia
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Yrs ago 1 night after heavy rain, I was driving through Wrea Green, a village just outside my town & noticed the fields nearby were flooded & I got to this piont travelling Southwest (circled) but I had to stop, as flood water was on the road. I couldn't drive through & (continues -> #StormClaudia
It seems that Comet 3I/ATLAS's immense sublimation, a process where a comet's solid ice turns to gas, as opposed to being melted, due to the Sun's heat, suggests it hasn't been affected by many interstellar objects yet. In this case, its non gravitational acceleration by off gassing, is amplified...
I meant within variability realms naturally with a possibility that some interstellar objects having a mixture of both comet & asteroid material. E.g 1I/ʻOumuamua's composition from asteroid realms to comet, due to its non gravitational acceleration from off gassing, so is more comet like in nature.
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It seems that Comet 3I/ATLAS's immense sublimation, a process where a comet's solid ice turns to gas, as opposed to being melted, due to the Sun's heat, suggests it hasn't been affected by many interstellar objects yet. In this case, its non gravitational acceleration by off gassing, is amplified...
I didn't realise this until now whilst checking my mobile phone very casually because I hadn't expected it, this photo of the #aurora I took, was very much impromptu but it captured the green hue of #AuroraBorealis at the front of my house! #sunspot #Geoscienc #NorthernLights #SolarFlare #solarstorm
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I didn't realise this until now whilst checking my mobile phone very casually because I hadn't expected it, this photo of the #aurora I took, was very much impromptu but it captured the green hue of #AuroraBorealis at the front of my house! #sunspot #Geoscienc #NorthernLights #SolarFlare #solarstorm
The #aurora bar chart data peaked this morning to possibly some more activity tomorrow. Not sure of ACE EPAM proton rate yet. Here are 3 quick sketches of an #AuroraBorealis I did on my mobile phone a while ago using my imagination: #sunspot #Geoscience #CME #NorthernLights #SolarFlare #solarstorm
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The #aurora bar chart data peaked this morning to possibly some more activity tomorrow. Not sure of ACE EPAM proton rate yet. Here are 3 quick sketches of an #AuroraBorealis I did on my mobile phone a while ago using my imagination: #sunspot #Geoscience #CME #NorthernLights #SolarFlare #solarstorm
Got up to visit bathroom then had a quick check outside - only this video of #stars & the Moon but in the background possibly some #Auroraborealis Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights #NorthernLights #geomagneticstorm #SolarStorm from a slight warm hue above & to the North of the #sky. #Astronomy #space
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Got up to visit bathroom then had a quick check outside - only this video of #stars & the Moon but in the background possibly some #Auroraborealis Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights #NorthernLights #geomagneticstorm #SolarStorm from a slight warm hue above & to the North of the #sky. #Astronomy #space
Though loads of ppl only want to show off their wealth, expensive holidays or appreance. Maybe it's the key to getting more followers on SM because the algorithms are geared towards it but if not, there must be an evolutionary reason & for me, it's totally fascinating from a scientific point of view
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Though loads of ppl only want to show off their wealth, expensive holidays or appreance. Maybe it's the key to getting more followers on SM because the algorithms are geared towards it but if not, there must be an evolutionary reason & for me, it's totally fascinating from a scientific point of view
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I meant within variability realms naturally with a possibility that some interstellar objects having a mixture of both comet & asteroid material. E.g 1I/ʻOumuamua's composition from asteroid realms to comet, due to its non gravitational acceleration from off gassing, so is more comet like in nature.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I meant within variability realms naturally with a possibility that some interstellar objects having a mixture of both comet & asteroid material. E.g 1I/ʻOumuamua's composition from asteroid realms to comet, due to its non gravitational acceleration from off gassing, so is more comet like in nature.
Ref the other platform, so my apologies including it here if you've left there, but this is a screenshot of Grok's amusing interpretation on the physics of the whimsical world of neutrinos thread I wrote originally on that platform (1st link), of which I copied here (2nd link).
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November 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ref the other platform, so my apologies including it here if you've left there, but this is a screenshot of Grok's amusing interpretation on the physics of the whimsical world of neutrinos thread I wrote originally on that platform (1st link), of which I copied here (2nd link).
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Apparently 3I/ATLAS Comet Atlas #CometATLAS #3IATLAS is unusual so wondering if its properties are still within the realms of (comet behaviour) variability, but it's uncertain at this stage.
I'm undecided on whether to write a thread on it like this comet Borisov I did yrs ago
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I'm undecided on whether to write a thread on it like this comet Borisov I did yrs ago
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Claire C ζ(s)mith & Bsky/My Website/GooglePhotos⚛️ on X: "Not read about it yet but a good sized comet/object of interstellar origins, with great velocity toward our solar system at nearly 90° (not quite) on the galactic plane & hyperbolic orbit must be an intriguing object & unusual event for #Astronomy & astrophysics #Borisov C/2019Q4" / X
Not read about it yet but a good sized comet/object of interstellar origins, with great velocity toward our solar system at nearly 90° (not quite) on the galactic plane & hyperbolic orbit must be an intriguing object & unusual event for #Astronomy & astrophysics #Borisov C/2019Q4
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November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Apparently 3I/ATLAS Comet Atlas #CometATLAS #3IATLAS is unusual so wondering if its properties are still within the realms of (comet behaviour) variability, but it's uncertain at this stage.
I'm undecided on whether to write a thread on it like this comet Borisov I did yrs ago
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I'm undecided on whether to write a thread on it like this comet Borisov I did yrs ago
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I've just woken up & feel a bit hungry! Might grab a snack (not that it'd do much for me as I'd burn it off quick)but then I'm thinking of having a quick glance at the dark sky too from a window(assuming there are no clouds) & it's also just an excuse to do some more astronomy.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I've just woken up & feel a bit hungry! Might grab a snack (not that it'd do much for me as I'd burn it off quick)but then I'm thinking of having a quick glance at the dark sky too from a window(assuming there are no clouds) & it's also just an excuse to do some more astronomy.
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Telescopes on QVC (TV) live now if you're interested in astronomy!
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Telescopes on QVC (TV) live now if you're interested in astronomy!
I've just found this earlier post I wrote just after I started using Bluesky here.
It's about my lifetime or #lifelong interest in #science & items I've had since childhood.
E.g are books & magazines from the mid 70s & early 80s.
I'll soon extent this original thread to include my 1st telescopes.
It's about my lifetime or #lifelong interest in #science & items I've had since childhood.
E.g are books & magazines from the mid 70s & early 80s.
I'll soon extent this original thread to include my 1st telescopes.
I know it's early days here, but do any of my followers have science books/mags from when you were young? As it'd be great to know about what they are as at moment, I'm not finding ppl who have them since yrs I mentioned in this thread. I was born in 1969 so got my 1st science book in 1976 at age 6.
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you're interested in #mathematicalphysics mathematical physics, here's a short thread (it's in screenshots too) I wrote about a Professor called Sir Roger Penrose & his 2 books I've had for many yrs.
He's my favourite scientist. I wanted to explore his thinking & methodology.
He's my favourite scientist. I wanted to explore his thinking & methodology.
I've 2 books by this superb thinker. On the other platform, I wrote a general thread about his theories (in screenshot) refering to those 2 books. Professor Roger Penrose, is my favourite scientist. His theories are a good balance of mathematicalphysics science & creativity.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
If you're interested in #mathematicalphysics mathematical physics, here's a short thread (it's in screenshots too) I wrote about a Professor called Sir Roger Penrose & his 2 books I've had for many yrs.
He's my favourite scientist. I wanted to explore his thinking & methodology.
He's my favourite scientist. I wanted to explore his thinking & methodology.
Grok on my online science, edu etc projects... an intriguing interpretation.
Ok, it's got this spot on (the other platform). Towards the end of its summary, it's also very accurate too as I don't get many views for the amount of effort I've put into writing but that's the way it is. I don't use Grok a lot so this is 1 informative angle on my use of that platform over the yrs
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Grok on my online science, edu etc projects... an intriguing interpretation.
Looking happens by another way.
At the other end of the scale, if you're sat looking out of a moving train window, the world looks different again as the passage of time becomes segments of area whizzing by.
It's just another way to observe the world.
What matters, is you did.
At the other end of the scale, if you're sat looking out of a moving train window, the world looks different again as the passage of time becomes segments of area whizzing by.
It's just another way to observe the world.
What matters, is you did.
Suncloud
The late afternoon Sun shines on a cloud in the North East direction, creating a warm glow from the sky.
Nature's wonders are there to be enjoyed if stopping & looking around with more interest & depth.
There's a cool wind now, blowing the cloud away towards the East.
The late afternoon Sun shines on a cloud in the North East direction, creating a warm glow from the sky.
Nature's wonders are there to be enjoyed if stopping & looking around with more interest & depth.
There's a cool wind now, blowing the cloud away towards the East.
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Looking happens by another way.
At the other end of the scale, if you're sat looking out of a moving train window, the world looks different again as the passage of time becomes segments of area whizzing by.
It's just another way to observe the world.
What matters, is you did.
At the other end of the scale, if you're sat looking out of a moving train window, the world looks different again as the passage of time becomes segments of area whizzing by.
It's just another way to observe the world.
What matters, is you did.