Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

@AstroRoyalScot

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Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University.

Edinburgh, UK roe.ac.uk/~heymans/ Joined February 2021

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @AstroRoyalScot May 27, 2021

Time to polish the tiara? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

www.bbc.co.uk First woman appointed Scotland's Astronomer Royal Prof Catherine Heymans says she wants to use the title to encourage people to develop passion for science.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @AstroRoyalScot Jan 3, 2025

Taps microphone: anyone still out there?

If you've been missing my tweets🤔come over to the blue skies - you'll find me there with the same handle. In the meantime here is me getting super excited about the Vera Rubin Observatory!

BBC Radio 4 Today Verified account @BBCr4today Jan 3, 2025

A world record-breaking digital camera is about to start making the first movie of the Universe.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland Professor Catherine Heymans tells @SeanFarrington that this will be ‘the first time that we’ve looked at the Universe in this way.’

#R4Today

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @AstroRoyalScot Aug 6, 2024

A gorgeous sunny day in Edinburgh: perfect for counting all the sunspots! There is a new beast in town, #sunspot AR3780

I've got a new insta account scot.starry.skies: check out my sunspot-cloud-dance movie! 📽️instagram.com/stories/highli…

ℹ️: spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activ…

A glowing orb (the Sun) covered in black spots. Most are small but on the left there is a new large whispy sunspot!

This is sunspot 13780. It's got a super dark core and wider tanned extent, surrounded by lots of smaller sun spots.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @AstroRoyalScot Jul 14, 2024

👇A wide-ranging interview, on dark matter, dark energy, @VRubinObs, our Scottish Youth Telescope Network, #scicomm, inequality and #LongCovid.

“Science not talked about is science not done as far as I'm concerned”

By @Sarah_McArthur_ 🗞️: edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/if-you-cant-…

Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the left. The observatory sits against a yellow and orange sky and gray clouds, with rolling mountain ridges in varying shades of purple and pink fading into the background. From https://Rubin.canto.com/b/JHADL

The Edinburgh Inquirer @EdinInquirer Jul 13, 2024

Helping solve the mysteries of the universe from Blackford Hill. @AstroRoyalScot on her @EdinburghUni work, fighting long covid and inspiring a new generation of women in science.
edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/if-you-cant-…
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @AstroRoyalScot Jun 19, 2024

UK Election campaigning hits "silly season" with
#Labour stating "the roads have more potholes than the moon has craters" 🧐
I'm on BBC 'More or Less' this week: way, way more craters than potholes. Still great if Labour is going to fix them tho!
📻: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

The Labour Party Verified account @UKLabour Jun 12, 2024

Labour will back drivers, by fixing up to one million more potholes every year and cracking down on soaring car insurance costs.

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