Kate Pattle
@jumpingjupiters.bsky.social
Astrophysicist at University College London (UCL). Interested in all things star formation-related, many things not star formation-related, and magnetic fields! All views my own, of course.
Had an excellent time at this last week - it's worth mentioning that the book in question is best viewed through 3D glasses!
Queen guitarist and RAS Fellow Sir Brian May launched a new book last week, co-created with RAS Councillor Professor Derek Ward-Thompson. 🌌📖
RAS Executive Director Ian Russell and Head of Operations Audie Muller were also among the 150 guests at the event.
Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
RAS Executive Director Ian Russell and Head of Operations Audie Muller were also among the 150 guests at the event.
Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Had an excellent time at this last week - it's worth mentioning that the book in question is best viewed through 3D glasses!
A very happy Halloween to everyone apart from* the person who recently pointed out to me just how much the Rosette Nebula looks like a skull 💀
* or rather, especially to
Image credit: Nick Wright/IPHAS collaboration
* or rather, especially to
Image credit: Nick Wright/IPHAS collaboration
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A very happy Halloween to everyone apart from* the person who recently pointed out to me just how much the Rosette Nebula looks like a skull 💀
* or rather, especially to
Image credit: Nick Wright/IPHAS collaboration
* or rather, especially to
Image credit: Nick Wright/IPHAS collaboration
Always good to see the Cosmic Bat Nebula out and about! This is one of the most striking examples of an outflow from a young star reshaping the cloud that it's forming in - and in 2023 we found that the outflow is reshaping the magnetic field in the cloud, too! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Always good to see the Cosmic Bat Nebula out and about! This is one of the most striking examples of an outflow from a young star reshaping the cloud that it's forming in - and in 2023 we found that the outflow is reshaping the magnetic field in the cloud, too! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
One of my very favourite star-forming regions!
Fly to a star-forming region!
Our journey starts in visible light before we switch to an infrared view. Dust blocks visible light, yet in the infrared, we can peer deep into the cosmic clouds of L1688 and study newborn stars.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2307/
🔭
Our journey starts in visible light before we switch to an infrared view. Dust blocks visible light, yet in the infrared, we can peer deep into the cosmic clouds of L1688 and study newborn stars.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2307/
🔭
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
One of my very favourite star-forming regions!
Reposted by Kate Pattle
Can't make it to our lates event, 2075: A space odyssey, tomorrow evening? Head to our YouTube channel from 6.30pm to catch livestreams straight from the event and learn about building spacecraft, the lives of stars, and more: #WorldSpaceWeek https://www.youtube.com/@royalsociety/streams
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Can't make it to our lates event, 2075: A space odyssey, tomorrow evening? Head to our YouTube channel from 6.30pm to catch livestreams straight from the event and learn about building spacecraft, the lives of stars, and more: #WorldSpaceWeek https://www.youtube.com/@royalsociety/streams