Achieved a long-standing personal goal this weekend by completing a Bob Graham Round - a Lake District fell running challenge requiring a runner to summit a list of 42 mountains within 24h, starting and finishing in Keswick spanning 110km and 8000m of ascent 🗻🏃

Typically Lancastrian weather for the @LancasterUni Open Day today! ☀️

Congratulations to Professor Jim Wild @jim_wild who’s been elected as President-Elect of the Royal Astronomical Society @RoyalAstroSoc https://t.co/zzI61jGbwF

Had a really fun time at the Windermere Science Festival this afternoon talking about why the northern lights have been visible from the #LakeDistrict in the last year. Has to rate as one of the most beautiful talk venues I’ve visited!

Come along to @WindScienceFest on Sunday 11 May to hear @jim_wild talk about the Northern Lights

Absolutely thrilled to be appointed President Elect of the Royal Astronomical Society. I’m looking forward to working with the current President (Prof Mike Lockwood), RAS Council and the RAS staff over the next 12 months before taking up the role of President in May 2026.

Come along to @WindScienceFest on Sunday 11 May to hear @jim_wild talk about the Northern Lights

Come along to @WindScienceFest on Sunday 11 May to hear @jim_wild talk about the Northern Lights

Heading across Europe for the #EGU2025 meeting in Vienna. Time for a snack in Frankfurt before my final train of the journey #Train2EGU 🚄

So who else is heading to #EGU2025 this weekend?

There's strong geomagnetic activity at the moment. If this continues into darkness, there'll be a decent chance of seeing the aurora from the Midlands northwards - maybe even further south. Unfortunately, northern areas are looking cloudy. Image: @aurorawatchuk

Short timelapse from thusday 3rd April between 21.45 and 22.30 showing Fram2 mission spacecraft and proton blobs/aurora over Loch Lomond West Scotland #tamithaskov #Fram2 #aurora #lochlomond #Dragon #Auroraborealis

What…just….happened!! 🤯😮🤩 The most epic substorm fighting the moonlight, that’s what happened!! My indoors view,due to strong winds tonight!What a scene after 1am!! Taken from the Sperrins, looking NE over Keady mountain and Binevenagh 😍@chunder10 @JAtanackov @theauroraguy

The RAS Council is a crucial part of the Society's strategy and direction, so please use your vote!

I'm thrilled to be standing as President-Elect in the @RoyalAstroSoc Council Elections. I'm standing unopposed, but encourage Fellows of the society to take look at the CVs/statements of the candidates who are standing for other Council roles.

A fab display of the aurora borealis in Scotland this evening!

On the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay2025, I'm re-posting the recent announcement that my @LancasterUni @LancUniPhysics colleague Prof @IsobelHook recently won the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal in recognition of her outstanding contributions to astrophysics. Congratulations👏

Happy International Women’s Day! 👩🏾‍🔬👩🏼‍🚀👩🏻‍🔧 To mark #IWD2025, the @RoyalAstroSoc is celebrating some of the women who helped shape the history of astronomy. Follow this thread to find out more… ⤵️

Back in Wales today visiting family. Happy St. David’s day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The first space weather monitor in the UK for 40 years has been developed with a new design led by Lancaster University! The new and improved neutron monitor joins a network of similar sensors around the globe 🔭🌌 @MetOffice | @UKRI_News https://t.co/ksp9xS08zw

It’s been fantastic to play a part in this project led by @LancasterUni's Michael Aspinall. Congratulations to everyone involved 👏 #spaceweather @MetOfficeSpace https://t.co/WEVvsIbtQf