David Blanchflower BSc
@davidbflower.bsky.social
Astronomer and Astrophotographer. Pictures of space appearing in posts, magazines and on the telly.
Scottish scientists tackle vampire bat rabies threat in Amazon. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish scientists tackle vampire bat rabies threat in Amazon
Glasgow university researchers say more humans and livestock are being bitten by the bats because of the impacts of climate change.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Scottish scientists tackle vampire bat rabies threat in Amazon. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Carnivorous 'death-ball' among odd deep-sea finds. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge is team's oddest deep-sea find
The unusual creature lurks more than two miles (3.2km) deep in a trench in the Southern Ocean.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Carnivorous 'death-ball' among odd deep-sea finds. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia
The native bee was found near a rare wildflower, prompting scientists to call for the area to be protected.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's 2.49am. My sky had been clear. By the time I got dressed and set up clouds are covering the sky. Took a few quick pics of the Moon with Jupiter. Also Jupiter with Castor and Pollux. All affected by the clouds. Not great. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It's 2.49am. My sky had been clear. By the time I got dressed and set up clouds are covering the sky. Took a few quick pics of the Moon with Jupiter. Also Jupiter with Castor and Pollux. All affected by the clouds. Not great. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
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The first surviving successful image of Jupiter was taken in 1879 by Andrew Ainslie Common in Ealing, London, using his 36-inch Newtonian reflector and the wet collodion process invented in 1851 by portrait photographer Frederick Scott Archer
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The first surviving successful image of Jupiter was taken in 1879 by Andrew Ainslie Common in Ealing, London, using his 36-inch Newtonian reflector and the wet collodion process invented in 1851 by portrait photographer Frederick Scott Archer
Tonight the Waning Gibbous Moon continues to appear close to Jupiter. Clouds and rain here. 🔭 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tonight the Waning Gibbous Moon continues to appear close to Jupiter. Clouds and rain here. 🔭 🧪
On 20 November there will be a Micromoon version of a New Moon. Occurs when New Moon coincides with apogee (farthest point in Moon's Earth orbit). 🔭 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On 20 November there will be a Micromoon version of a New Moon. Occurs when New Moon coincides with apogee (farthest point in Moon's Earth orbit). 🔭 🧪
I've just been outside. Got wet. Also walked through a web, again.
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I've just been outside. Got wet. Also walked through a web, again.
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The Double Cluster Caldwell 14 in Perseus, about 7,500 ly away is best observed early November.
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '24
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
astrocamp.eu/en/caldwell-...
#astrophotography #astroimaging #astronomy #nightsky #clearsky #photography #nature #deepsky
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '24
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
astrocamp.eu/en/caldwell-...
#astrophotography #astroimaging #astronomy #nightsky #clearsky #photography #nature #deepsky
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Double Cluster Caldwell 14 in Perseus, about 7,500 ly away is best observed early November.
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '24
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
astrocamp.eu/en/caldwell-...
#astrophotography #astroimaging #astronomy #nightsky #clearsky #photography #nature #deepsky
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '24
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
astrocamp.eu/en/caldwell-...
#astrophotography #astroimaging #astronomy #nightsky #clearsky #photography #nature #deepsky
Lava soars 1,100ft above Hawaii's Kilauea in latest eruption. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Watch: Lava soars 1,100 ft above Hawaii’s Kilauea in latest eruption
The fountaining event lasted for nearly five hours and was the 36th volcanic episode since December 2024.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lava soars 1,100ft above Hawaii's Kilauea in latest eruption. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Apparently over 135,000 people tried to buy a ticket for Newcastle v Tottenham Hotspur. Glad I joined the queue at position 6315. Lucky I was.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Apparently over 135,000 people tried to buy a ticket for Newcastle v Tottenham Hotspur. Glad I joined the queue at position 6315. Lucky I was.
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Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
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🔭🧪🎢 The University of Leicester is advertising PhD places in Physics & Astronomy starting 2026!
They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation.
All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢
www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...
They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation.
All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢
www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🔭🧪🎢 The University of Leicester is advertising PhD places in Physics & Astronomy starting 2026!
They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation.
All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢
www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...
They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation.
All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢
www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...
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🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Scotland's first windfarm 'supercharged' after upgrade. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scotland's first windfarm 'supercharged' after upgrade
ScottishPower said the new turbines could now generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 57,000 homes.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Scotland's first windfarm 'supercharged' after upgrade. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amazon tree-felling blamed for polluting UK rivers. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
COP30 talks as Amazon tree-felling blamed for River Wye pollution
Campaigners warn of a
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November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Amazon tree-felling blamed for polluting UK rivers. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I managed to get a ticket for Newcastle's match against Tottenham. A bit of a late evening kick off, 8.15pm. Buses should be 'interesting' when the game ends.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I managed to get a ticket for Newcastle's match against Tottenham. A bit of a late evening kick off, 8.15pm. Buses should be 'interesting' when the game ends.
Ever feel the need to switch off? Your vagus nerve might hold the key. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ever feel the need to switch off? Your vagus nerve might hold the key
You might not have heard of it, but can training your vagus nerve give you a moment or two of peace?
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November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Ever feel the need to switch off? Your vagus nerve might hold the key. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tomorrow I'm going to try to buy a ticket for Newcastle's League match against Tottenham. After today's horrible result hoping it will be fairly easy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Tomorrow I'm going to try to buy a ticket for Newcastle's League match against Tottenham. After today's horrible result hoping it will be fairly easy.
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This is what the band of the Milky Way would look like at night if your eyes could see radio waves. A hidden beauty.
It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭
www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭
www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is what the band of the Milky Way would look like at night if your eyes could see radio waves. A hidden beauty.
It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭
www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭
www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...
Share a TV series from the 60s you love.
My choice: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
My choice: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Share a TV series from the 60s you love.
My choice: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
My choice: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
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A #solarstorm with an initial speed of ~730 km/s is on its way toward Earth! It’s associated with an X1.7-class flare that peaked today around 07:35 UTC.
The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET).
Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌
The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET).
Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A #solarstorm with an initial speed of ~730 km/s is on its way toward Earth! It’s associated with an X1.7-class flare that peaked today around 07:35 UTC.
The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET).
Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌
The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET).
Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌
Further rural spots gain 'dark sky friendly' status. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Three further North Yorkshire communities gain 'dark sky friendly' status
The three North Yorkshire communities are the latest to be recognised over efforts to reduce light pollution.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Further rural spots gain 'dark sky friendly' status. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Andromeda Galaxy from last night. 8 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Andromeda Galaxy from last night. 8 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour