I saw 'World War 3' trending so I decided to stay off Twitter yesterday.

A quick look around confirms that was a wise decision.

The Oh-My-God particle, aka the OMG particle, is a term coined for an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected on October 15, 1991, by the University of Utah's Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detector. 1/

Oh my God that graphic is unbelievably cool.

Did you know Hans Zimmer re-did the entire William Tell Overture?!

Is there ANYTHING this man can't do?

William Tell Overture by Hans Zimmer
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BTW I'm not criticizing Queen Elizabeth. She stuck to a formula established by the Palace Press Office under her father.

Charles is a writer - he quite literally writes his own speeches (seriously, he actually does) so I think that's reflected in these personalized messages.

Tip: if you're looking for a galaxy or star cluster or pretty much any deep space phenomena in a clear sky, they almost always look like this to the naked eye!

That's how you know you're in the right location if you see what looks like a dim puff of smoke.

(M4 Globular Cluster)

I'm taking pictures of the Galactic Centre again which is on spectacular display every morning in your southern sky (230AM onward).

At first thought I spotted a meteor but it's blinking so must be a plane. I think it looks like it's on fire bc it's a red light (hopefully 😬)

Earth during a stormy night as seen from the International Space Station.

NASA's Perseverance rover captures drifting clouds just before sunrise on Mars

On board Apollo 13's 'lifeboat' - their Lunar Module, Aquarius, this week in 1970.
After the explosion all non-critical systems were powered down to save every last milliamp.
This shot, recovered from underexposed, original film, was a contender for the cover of #ApolloRemastered

This video produced for the Hubble travelling exhibition Our Place in Space, zooms from Venice out through the Solar System, the Milky Way, the Local Group and into the cosmic web.

And if you're feeling very small, that was the intent

Mike Gerald Gibbs🏳️‍🌈 (He/Him) this months BBC Science Focus magazine really good. Couole great astronomy stories & science research on gravity of nanoparticles plus a few others u might like, i get it via my ReadlyUK subscrip ( great value if nerd like me as several great mags in science/politics)

These messages from the King after disasters is a HUGE change in tone from the Queen.

It's night and day.

Charles' messages are emotional and emphatic. It feels like a bear hug. It feels like he's giving you a hug. Deep compassion.

The Queen's messages were...well not that.

I didn't catch a comet last night.

BUT I did catch that other blue planet!

It's easy to spot in a telescope right now bc it's right above Jupiter!
#Uranus

Update:

I had a perfect sky and it was impossible to spot the comet bc the Sun is setting way too late in the evening so it's too close to the horizon once the sun is down.

So I think that's it!

It's over for this comet for another 70 years!

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Amazing

These guys are awesome!