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It is getting close to 'Job Season' - that period where you are trying to find the right job in the right place at the right time - whether it is Science or Physics we will try to promote jobs we see posted

Is time travel possible. In this recent (13 min) interview with @BigThink I talk about the possibility of time travel into the future and the past according to our current understanding of physics and the problems it raises. youtu.be/q466zz0vMag?si… via @YouTube

I wonder how many schools are still lacking Physics teachers. While being told they must offer TripLe Science to anyone who wants to choose it, i doubt there is an excess (unless schools don't think the need a specialist?) Discuss...

Five years ago today, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took its first flight on Mars! After 72 flights, 11 miles flown, and a top altitude of 24 meters, Ingenuity ended its mission on January 25, 2024.

Congratulations to the Muon g-2 collaboration

We have been told that we may be using Sparx Science next Year. Anyone use it and can give feedback on it for science?

Welcome to Hubble's 36th birthday week! ✨🎂 We're kicking things off with a new view of the cosmos, courtesy of the telescope-of-honor. Hubble captured brilliant details of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region about 5,000 light-years from Earth: go.nasa.gov/4sJ7dEU

To conserve power, engineers at @NASAJPL have turned off an instrument on Voyager 1 – but the science continues! Voyager 1 has two remaining science instruments – one that listens to plasma waves and one that measures magnetic fields. Learn more: science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/

Action. Wonder. Adventure. Artemis II has got it all. Don't miss the moment. Our crewed Moon mission will launch as early as April 1. Learn how to watch: nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/

Standing on the shoulders of giants. As the Artemis II crew prepares for launch no earlier than April 1, they recently took a moment to pay homage to the Apollo 10 crew and the groundwork they laid for the Artemis II Moon mission.

Brisket and cobbler and quiche, oh my! Curious what astronauts eat on a 10-day trip around the Moon? Read about how we design and prepare meal plans for Artemis II: go.nasa.gov/4ceYlSu

Northern Lights forecast to reappear across UK on Saturday bbc.in/47dKkSg

Happy vernal equinox! 🍀 Today marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. After today, the Sun will shine more directly on the Northern Hemisphere than on the Southern Hemisphere until the autumnal equinox.

This was a very good question from Ryan - why does the Universe on the largest scales resemble the Universe on the smallest scales? The answer, for the case of the distribution of galaxies on the sky, is that the pattern we see has its origin in quantum mechanical fluctuations during inflation - before the hot big bang (at least according to inflationary cosmology, which is the most widely accepted model at present). Hail Mary is a very good film by the way :-)

[Press Update] LHCb Collaboration discovers new proton-like particle. Find out more: home.cern/news/news/expe…

Hi. Would really appreciate talking to anybody that teaches A level Physics Edexcel Pearson and has experience with the Core Practical visits. Please DM me if possible. @ChatPhysics

“There can be no such creature.” When chemist Dan Shechtman discovered a new type of crystal in 1982 he could hardly believe it. His quasicrystals were considered to be impossible and he faced much criticism before they were finally accepted by the scientific community.

Science teachers.... what does marking and feedback look like in your school for science? @adamboxer1 @Dr_Castelino @ChatPhysics

🚀 Our moonbound Artemis II rocket is on its launch pad! The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft rolled out from @NASAKennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building, reaching Launch Pad 39B at 6:42pm ET (2342 UTC). Read more: go.nasa.gov/4qtbMDh

1.5 million names are flying around the Moon on Artemis II. Is yours one of them? It's not too late to add your name to the mission—and it's absolutely free: go.nasa.gov/artemisnames

📢Calling all physics or engineering undergraduates Thinking about a career in physics teaching? Still time to apply for a funded summer #TeachPhysics internship Application deadline: 25 January 2026 Find out more and apply now loom.ly/j1IYuqE