Gurbir Singh
@gurbirsingh.bsky.social
Writer on space, science and history
Podcast - astrotalkuk.org
Web. - gurbir.co.uk
Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/gurbirsinghinfosec
Podcast - astrotalkuk.org
Web. - gurbir.co.uk
Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/gurbirsinghinfosec
The #UniversityofManchester set up the #NGI & the #GEIC in #Manchester.
Prof James Baker outlines some of the Graphene-based products, services, and companies achieving commercial success in #Manchester with #Graphene
A short clip below. Full interview here astrotalkuk.org/episode-126-...
Prof James Baker outlines some of the Graphene-based products, services, and companies achieving commercial success in #Manchester with #Graphene
A short clip below. Full interview here astrotalkuk.org/episode-126-...
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The #UniversityofManchester set up the #NGI & the #GEIC in #Manchester.
Prof James Baker outlines some of the Graphene-based products, services, and companies achieving commercial success in #Manchester with #Graphene
A short clip below. Full interview here astrotalkuk.org/episode-126-...
Prof James Baker outlines some of the Graphene-based products, services, and companies achieving commercial success in #Manchester with #Graphene
A short clip below. Full interview here astrotalkuk.org/episode-126-...
Around 15th November 2025, #Voyager will be 1 light-day away from Earth.
Recorded at #Cospar 2022 in #Athens. Professor Stamatios Krimigis, in his role on the 1977 Voyager mission, carried this plaque. astrotalkuk.org/episode-99-p... cospar2025.org starts on Monday in #Nicosia, Cyprus.
Recorded at #Cospar 2022 in #Athens. Professor Stamatios Krimigis, in his role on the 1977 Voyager mission, carried this plaque. astrotalkuk.org/episode-99-p... cospar2025.org starts on Monday in #Nicosia, Cyprus.
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Around 15th November 2025, #Voyager will be 1 light-day away from Earth.
Recorded at #Cospar 2022 in #Athens. Professor Stamatios Krimigis, in his role on the 1977 Voyager mission, carried this plaque. astrotalkuk.org/episode-99-p... cospar2025.org starts on Monday in #Nicosia, Cyprus.
Recorded at #Cospar 2022 in #Athens. Professor Stamatios Krimigis, in his role on the 1977 Voyager mission, carried this plaque. astrotalkuk.org/episode-99-p... cospar2025.org starts on Monday in #Nicosia, Cyprus.
Just under two hours for the launch of @isro @nasa #NISAR mission. Over a decade in the making.
Livestream links for NASA and ISRO and much more here www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comme...
Livestream links for NASA and ISRO and much more here www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comme...
July 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Just under two hours for the launch of @isro @nasa #NISAR mission. Over a decade in the making.
Livestream links for NASA and ISRO and much more here www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comme...
Livestream links for NASA and ISRO and much more here www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comme...
Today on Manchester Science on @allfm.bsky.social, Jocelyn Bell-Burnell on her advocacy for women in science & the discovery of Pulsars.
Listen live on allfm.org at 13:00 today or download and listen anytime from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
#radioastronomy
#pulsars
#stem
#Breakthroughprize
Listen live on allfm.org at 13:00 today or download and listen anytime from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
#radioastronomy
#pulsars
#stem
#Breakthroughprize
July 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Today on Manchester Science on @allfm.bsky.social, Jocelyn Bell-Burnell on her advocacy for women in science & the discovery of Pulsars.
Listen live on allfm.org at 13:00 today or download and listen anytime from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
#radioastronomy
#pulsars
#stem
#Breakthroughprize
Listen live on allfm.org at 13:00 today or download and listen anytime from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
#radioastronomy
#pulsars
#stem
#Breakthroughprize
Interested in aviation history? Heard of Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown? If so you may be interested in radio program on @allfm.bsky.social at 1pm today or a longer version coming as a podcast episode soon on astrotalkuk.org. Here is a two-minute clip @theaviationist.com @areonautical.bsky.social @
June 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Interested in aviation history? Heard of Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown? If so you may be interested in radio program on @allfm.bsky.social at 1pm today or a longer version coming as a podcast episode soon on astrotalkuk.org. Here is a two-minute clip @theaviationist.com @areonautical.bsky.social @
Here's 1 minute clip
May 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Here's 1 minute clip
Soaring over the surface of Titan: #NASA #Dragonfly Mission.
Want to know the latest on @nasa’s #Dragonfly mission to hashtag#Saturn’s largest Moon - #Titan?
Listen live at 13:00 today on @allfm.bsky.social or download & listen anytime
astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
@astrobiology.bsky.social
Want to know the latest on @nasa’s #Dragonfly mission to hashtag#Saturn’s largest Moon - #Titan?
Listen live at 13:00 today on @allfm.bsky.social or download & listen anytime
astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
@astrobiology.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Soaring over the surface of Titan: #NASA #Dragonfly Mission.
Want to know the latest on @nasa’s #Dragonfly mission to hashtag#Saturn’s largest Moon - #Titan?
Listen live at 13:00 today on @allfm.bsky.social or download & listen anytime
astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
@astrobiology.bsky.social
Want to know the latest on @nasa’s #Dragonfly mission to hashtag#Saturn’s largest Moon - #Titan?
Listen live at 13:00 today on @allfm.bsky.social or download & listen anytime
astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
@astrobiology.bsky.social
Manchester was home to an influential German community until WW1. One of the few who left his mark was Arthur Schuster. Who was he? Why did he end up in Manchester, and what was his scientific and educational legacy? @allfm.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc....
April 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Manchester was home to an influential German community until WW1. One of the few who left his mark was Arthur Schuster. Who was he? Why did he end up in Manchester, and what was his scientific and educational legacy? @allfm.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc....
Two men, Rudolf Peierls and Hans Bethe, who, in 1933, lived on Stockton Road in #Didsbury, #Manchester, went on to work in the USA’s secret #Manhattan Project to develop the Atomic Bomb during WW2.
Manchester Science today at 13:00 on allfm.org or download from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
Manchester Science today at 13:00 on allfm.org or download from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
March 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Two men, Rudolf Peierls and Hans Bethe, who, in 1933, lived on Stockton Road in #Didsbury, #Manchester, went on to work in the USA’s secret #Manhattan Project to develop the Atomic Bomb during WW2.
Manchester Science today at 13:00 on allfm.org or download from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
Manchester Science today at 13:00 on allfm.org or download from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
Prof Robert Poole, historian, discusses Arthur C Clarke’s 1946 seminal paper “The Challenge of the Spaceship”.
Live at 1pm today on @allfm.bsky.social 96.9 FM, DAB or live online at allfm.org. Alternatively, download and listen at any time from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
Live at 1pm today on @allfm.bsky.social 96.9 FM, DAB or live online at allfm.org. Alternatively, download and listen at any time from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
March 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Prof Robert Poole, historian, discusses Arthur C Clarke’s 1946 seminal paper “The Challenge of the Spaceship”.
Live at 1pm today on @allfm.bsky.social 96.9 FM, DAB or live online at allfm.org. Alternatively, download and listen at any time from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
Live at 1pm today on @allfm.bsky.social 96.9 FM, DAB or live online at allfm.org. Alternatively, download and listen at any time from astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience
The story of #Jodrell Bank is directly from Bernard Lovell, an oral history from 2007 by www.webofstories.com about his plans for an even larger 400ft telescope in Wales that almost got built and his role during the Cold War.
Live on Allfm.org now or download here astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Live on Allfm.org now or download here astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
February 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The story of #Jodrell Bank is directly from Bernard Lovell, an oral history from 2007 by www.webofstories.com about his plans for an even larger 400ft telescope in Wales that almost got built and his role during the Cold War.
Live on Allfm.org now or download here astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Live on Allfm.org now or download here astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Tomorrow, I will be doing a live #Zoom talk (India in Space: Past, Present and Future) with the Chester County Astronomical Society in Pennsylvania.
It will be recorded and available #YouTube. If you are nearby and want to join live, contact pr@ccas.us 19:00 EST(-5 h GMT) 11/2/25 www.ccas.us
It will be recorded and available #YouTube. If you are nearby and want to join live, contact pr@ccas.us 19:00 EST(-5 h GMT) 11/2/25 www.ccas.us
February 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Tomorrow, I will be doing a live #Zoom talk (India in Space: Past, Present and Future) with the Chester County Astronomical Society in Pennsylvania.
It will be recorded and available #YouTube. If you are nearby and want to join live, contact pr@ccas.us 19:00 EST(-5 h GMT) 11/2/25 www.ccas.us
It will be recorded and available #YouTube. If you are nearby and want to join live, contact pr@ccas.us 19:00 EST(-5 h GMT) 11/2/25 www.ccas.us
Prof. Geng Xin Xie from Chongqing University designed the experiment to grow plants on the Moon with #CNSA Chang'e $ mission in 2019. My interview with him during the #IAC2024.
Listen at 13:00 today online at @allfm.bsky.social on FM, DAB or download anytime lnkd.in/eRW9ckAF
Listen at 13:00 today online at @allfm.bsky.social on FM, DAB or download anytime lnkd.in/eRW9ckAF
February 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Prof. Geng Xin Xie from Chongqing University designed the experiment to grow plants on the Moon with #CNSA Chang'e $ mission in 2019. My interview with him during the #IAC2024.
Listen at 13:00 today online at @allfm.bsky.social on FM, DAB or download anytime lnkd.in/eRW9ckAF
Listen at 13:00 today online at @allfm.bsky.social on FM, DAB or download anytime lnkd.in/eRW9ckAF
Just after midnight, @isro launched #GSLV-F15 a Navigation Satellite for the #Navic constellation.
Live stream (Hindi & English) here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWzg...
Detailed info
www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comme...
The flying-saucer-like building is the Mission Control Centre at Sriharikota.
Live stream (Hindi & English) here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWzg...
Detailed info
www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comme...
The flying-saucer-like building is the Mission Control Centre at Sriharikota.
January 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just after midnight, @isro launched #GSLV-F15 a Navigation Satellite for the #Navic constellation.
Live stream (Hindi & English) here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWzg...
Detailed info
www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comme...
The flying-saucer-like building is the Mission Control Centre at Sriharikota.
Live stream (Hindi & English) here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWzg...
Detailed info
www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comme...
The flying-saucer-like building is the Mission Control Centre at Sriharikota.
The video is worth a watch
One simple sentence - "Monthly internet newsletter since 1989". What an exceptional thing to say..
One simple sentence - "Monthly internet newsletter since 1989". What an exceptional thing to say..
January 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The video is worth a watch
One simple sentence - "Monthly internet newsletter since 1989". What an exceptional thing to say..
One simple sentence - "Monthly internet newsletter since 1989". What an exceptional thing to say..
My guest on Manchester Science yesterday was Professor Robert Poole from The University of Central Lancashire. We spoke about his book Earthrise - download the mp3 from here (scroll to the very bottom). astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience #Apollo, #Earthrise #bluemarble
January 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My guest on Manchester Science yesterday was Professor Robert Poole from The University of Central Lancashire. We spoke about his book Earthrise - download the mp3 from here (scroll to the very bottom). astrotalkuk.org/manchesterscience #Apollo, #Earthrise #bluemarble
The 2nd day of 2025 is as good to reflect on 2024.
Want to know how many which countries and companies launched which rockets to where and when?
Here are two - free - sources. @planet4589.bsky.social behind planet4589.org and @anatolyzak.bsky.social creator of russianspaceweb.com/2024.html
Want to know how many which countries and companies launched which rockets to where and when?
Here are two - free - sources. @planet4589.bsky.social behind planet4589.org and @anatolyzak.bsky.social creator of russianspaceweb.com/2024.html
January 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The 2nd day of 2025 is as good to reflect on 2024.
Want to know how many which countries and companies launched which rockets to where and when?
Here are two - free - sources. @planet4589.bsky.social behind planet4589.org and @anatolyzak.bsky.social creator of russianspaceweb.com/2024.html
Want to know how many which countries and companies launched which rockets to where and when?
Here are two - free - sources. @planet4589.bsky.social behind planet4589.org and @anatolyzak.bsky.social creator of russianspaceweb.com/2024.html
My guest for tomorrow on Manchester Science Prof. Rahul Nair www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/research/peo...
What is special about Graphene?
Join me at 13:00 on Tue 10th Dec at ALLFM 96.9 on FM, DAB or listen live online player.broadcast.radio/allfm
#universityofmanchester #manchester #graphene
December 9, 2024 at 1:32 PM
My guest for tomorrow on Manchester Science Prof. Rahul Nair www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/research/peo...
What is special about Graphene?
Join me at 13:00 on Tue 10th Dec at ALLFM 96.9 on FM, DAB or listen live online player.broadcast.radio/allfm
#universityofmanchester #manchester #graphene
Looking for a gift? Here is a book. The Atlas of Space Rocket Launch Sites.
It's in colour, big and heavey. Normally £40 but but half price £20 for #blackfriday. Add code "BlackFriday_50%_29Nov-8Dec2024" at checkout
Add the code at checkout gurbir.co.uk/shop/
BTW - all other books also 50% off
It's in colour, big and heavey. Normally £40 but but half price £20 for #blackfriday. Add code "BlackFriday_50%_29Nov-8Dec2024" at checkout
Add the code at checkout gurbir.co.uk/shop/
BTW - all other books also 50% off
November 28, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Looking for a gift? Here is a book. The Atlas of Space Rocket Launch Sites.
It's in colour, big and heavey. Normally £40 but but half price £20 for #blackfriday. Add code "BlackFriday_50%_29Nov-8Dec2024" at checkout
Add the code at checkout gurbir.co.uk/shop/
BTW - all other books also 50% off
It's in colour, big and heavey. Normally £40 but but half price £20 for #blackfriday. Add code "BlackFriday_50%_29Nov-8Dec2024" at checkout
Add the code at checkout gurbir.co.uk/shop/
BTW - all other books also 50% off
Today’s program is all about him and Robert Godwin’s book on William Leitch - Scotland's forgotten rocket pioneer.
Live now on ALLFM 96.9 allfm.org or download and listen later at astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Live now on ALLFM 96.9 allfm.org or download and listen later at astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
November 26, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Today’s program is all about him and Robert Godwin’s book on William Leitch - Scotland's forgotten rocket pioneer.
Live now on ALLFM 96.9 allfm.org or download and listen later at astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Live now on ALLFM 96.9 allfm.org or download and listen later at astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Did I ever tell you I am an "award winning" author? I am. Really.
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the award - all the way from Newzealand. astrotalkuk.org/award-winnin...
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the award - all the way from Newzealand. astrotalkuk.org/award-winnin...
November 19, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Did I ever tell you I am an "award winning" author? I am. Really.
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the award - all the way from Newzealand. astrotalkuk.org/award-winnin...
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the award - all the way from Newzealand. astrotalkuk.org/award-winnin...
At the #iaf #IAC2024 in Milan last month had samples from space close up.
@nasasolarsystem.bsky.social samples from #Bennu returned in Sep 2023.
#CNSA exhibited samples for the lunar far side thanks to the #Chang’E6 mission returned in June 2024. Security was tight at the end when packing away!
@nasasolarsystem.bsky.social samples from #Bennu returned in Sep 2023.
#CNSA exhibited samples for the lunar far side thanks to the #Chang’E6 mission returned in June 2024. Security was tight at the end when packing away!
November 18, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Manchester's unique history in science & tech. i.e
Dennis Walsh from Dukinfield - 1979 Gravitational Lensing
Americans in Manchester - Benjemin Franklin Aug 1759, Woodrow Wilson Feb 1919
First aeroplane landed in Didsbury 28 April 1910.
More on Manchester Science astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Dennis Walsh from Dukinfield - 1979 Gravitational Lensing
Americans in Manchester - Benjemin Franklin Aug 1759, Woodrow Wilson Feb 1919
First aeroplane landed in Didsbury 28 April 1910.
More on Manchester Science astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Manchester's unique history in science & tech. i.e
Dennis Walsh from Dukinfield - 1979 Gravitational Lensing
Americans in Manchester - Benjemin Franklin Aug 1759, Woodrow Wilson Feb 1919
First aeroplane landed in Didsbury 28 April 1910.
More on Manchester Science astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Dennis Walsh from Dukinfield - 1979 Gravitational Lensing
Americans in Manchester - Benjemin Franklin Aug 1759, Woodrow Wilson Feb 1919
First aeroplane landed in Didsbury 28 April 1910.
More on Manchester Science astrotalkuk.org/manchestersc...
Today's global cybersecurity issue. Apparently, only Windows systems were impacted.
No update on crowdstrike.com/blog/ but workaround via Reddit below
#Crowdstrike #BSOD #csagent #windows #bluescreen #solution #deathloop #falcon #workaround
No update on crowdstrike.com/blog/ but workaround via Reddit below
#Crowdstrike #BSOD #csagent #windows #bluescreen #solution #deathloop #falcon #workaround
July 19, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Today's global cybersecurity issue. Apparently, only Windows systems were impacted.
No update on crowdstrike.com/blog/ but workaround via Reddit below
#Crowdstrike #BSOD #csagent #windows #bluescreen #solution #deathloop #falcon #workaround
No update on crowdstrike.com/blog/ but workaround via Reddit below
#Crowdstrike #BSOD #csagent #windows #bluescreen #solution #deathloop #falcon #workaround
What happens to stars when they die?
Join me on Tuesday, 25th June 2024) at 13:00 for "Manchester Science". Listen on ALLFM 96.9, DAB or online at player.broadcast.radio/allfm or catch the full-length episode on astrotalkuk.org from Thursday.
#pulsars
#OfficialUoM
#Blackholes
#NeutronStars
June 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
What happens to stars when they die?
Join me on Tuesday, 25th June 2024) at 13:00 for "Manchester Science". Listen on ALLFM 96.9, DAB or online at player.broadcast.radio/allfm or catch the full-length episode on astrotalkuk.org from Thursday.
#pulsars
#OfficialUoM
#Blackholes
#NeutronStars