Did you know you can have photosynthesis in the dark?Our latest paper '𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧: biopigments and spectra of Earth-like purple worlds' has just been published in MNRAS. This paper is a tale of biodiversity in the cosmos 🧵academic.oup.com/mnras/article/…

Sooo... After a long wait and living through extremely turbulent times, this paper is finally published!

You can see it on the main page of MNRAS today!
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Deep space dynamics influencing black hole behaviour 🌌: Monash Astrophysics’s Dr @grishin_Evgeni has led an international study in @RAS_Journal MNRAS with researchers from Hebrew University, which uncovered the intricate processes behind black hole interactions: ow.ly/RqIa50RlR2o

Slough Museum (4/4) Why is Slough significant for the Herschels?

Our first president, William Herschel, moved to Slough after taking up his position as the King's Astronomer in 1782.

He lived there with his astronomer sister Caroline, while his son John was also born in the town.

Slough Museum (3/4) There are three 90-minute sessions for each workshop, at 10am, 1pm or 3pm.

Children can collect badges for each workshop they attend, with a completion certificate awarded to those who come along to all four.

To book a place, visit: ras.ac.uk/astronomy-hers…

Is your son or daughter passionate about the stars? 🔭 💫

Why not come and join us for a series of exciting workshops offering children aged 7-14 the chance to build a comet, play around with a telescope and make electrical circuits to learn about constellations!

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Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: 'Local uncertainty quantification for 3-D time-domain full-waveform inversion with ensemble Kalman filters: application to a North Sea OBC data set', Hoffmann et al. This is Fig. 21: read the paper at academic.oup.com/gji/article/23…

Did you miss Royal Astronomical Society president and Cardiff Uni Physics professor Mike Edmunds on BBC Radio 4’s #TheLifeScientific this morning?

Not to worry, the programme will be repeated at 21:00 BST tomorrow (Wednesday 24 April).

It is also available via BBC Sounds 🎤🔭

🚨 Reminder🚨

Royal Astronomical Society president Mike Edmunds will be a guest on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific tomorrow (Tuesday 23 April).

Hear about Prof Edmunds' life and work as he is interviewed by presenter Jim Al-Khalili.

Listen at 09:00 BST 📻 🎤

Published in #MNRAS : 'Fast radio bursts in the discs of active galactic nuclei', Zhao et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper visit academic.oup.com/mnras/article/…

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: 'Rayleigh wave attenuation tomography based on ambient noise interferometry: methods and an application to Northeast China', Peng & Li. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper visit academic.oup.com/gji/article/23…

Today the 'Devil Comet' is the closest it will be to the Sun for 70 years! 😈 ☄️

If you want to see 12P/Pons-Brooks at its brightest in the night sky, check out our video explainer with Robert Massey 🔭😲

10 days to go! Time is running out to submit your applications for the Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship.

The prize was established to celebrate Caroline’s memory by supporting promising women astronomers early in their careers.

More info: herschelsociety.org.uk/caroline-hersc…

Could the Moon have influenced the builders of Stonehenge? 🌑 🪨

That's what English Heritage, the Royal Astronomical Society and experts from Bournemouth Uni, University of Oxford and University of Leicester want to find out.

Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-press…

Mackenzie Oficial University of Glasgow RAS Journals Link to the full paper (open access) academic.oup.com/mnras/article/…

Published in #MNRAS : 'Unveiling the Cosmic Cradle: clustering and massive star formation in the enigmatic Galactic bubble N59', Paulson et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper visit academic.oup.com/mnras/article/…