An amazing opportunity to meet one of the astronomers based @UKATC - next week (4 June) Dynamic Earth 👇

“JWST allows us to study the Orion Nebula in unprecedented detail. Not only providing us with amazing images but also new information on the physical & chemical composition of this region of space.' Pamela Klaassen, astronomer @UKATC. 🧪✨

Find out more 👉ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/New-insi…

Science and Technology Facilities Council ESO ESO_Chile WebbTelescopeUK RAL Space ELT/METIS You can catch up with all the latest news from @UKATC on our new website. 👀📰🖥️

ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/home.aspx

#InternationalAstronomyDay 🧵 5/5

It's #InternationalAstronomyDay so we're sharing some of our favourite recent news stories. Starting with new detailed images of the Horsehead Nebula taken by MIRI on #JWST . 🐴✨

Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/MIRI-ima…

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Science and Technology Facilities Council ESO ESO_Chile Researchers used #MIRI on #JWST to map weather on an exoplanet 280 light years from Earth! ⛈️

Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Research…

#InternationalAstronomyDay 🧵 3/5

UK ATC team to start work on world’s largest telescope as ELT/METIS becomes the first ELT instrument to pass its Final Design Review and will be the first to move onto the construction phase. 🎉🎊

Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/UK-ATC-t…

Amazing new research using #JWST and #MIRI to study the weather on exoplanets! 🌩️☀️👇

The most detailed infrared images of the iconic Horsehead Nebula (aka Barnard 33) have been captured by #MIRI and #NIRCam on #JWST (NASA Webb Telescope / ESA Webb Telescope). 🐴✨🛰️

Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/MIRI-ima…

#JWST and #MIRI are helping us learn more and more about planets outside our solar system 🪐👇

Not only is it an amazing image but #JWST data on dwarf galaxy I Zwicky 18 will offer new insights into the evolution of stars and stellar dust.​ 🛰️✨

Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/JWST-ima…

Recent NASA Webb Telescope / ESA Webb Telescope images showcase star-forming region NGC 604. ✨

You can see large gas & dust clouds and red supergiants – stars that are cool but very large, 100s of times the diameter of our Sun - in this #MIRI image. 🌞

Find out more 👉 science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/…

What's the perfect recipe to make a habitable world? 🧑‍🍳🌎

#MIRI on #JWST might have just spotted all the ingredients near protostar IRAS 23385.

Find out more 👉 webbtelescope.org/contents/news-…

📷NASA, ESA, CSA, W.R.M. Rocha (LEI)

We're seeking an experienced scientific leader as Director @UKATC and Head of the Edinburgh's Royal Observatory site in Edinburgh.

Find out more about the role: careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-careers/j…

Applications close on 1 April.

#DiscoverWhatsPossible

New research reveals how massive stars can sculpt solar systems! Scientists studying the Orion Nebula with #JWST and ALMA Observatory📡 discover radiation can shape entire planetary systems. 🌟🪐

Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/New-rese…

Want to know more about yesterday's announcement on the neutron star at the centre of Supernova 1987A? 💥

STFC Webb Fellow @UKATC Dr Olivia Jones (@Anyway_the_wind) talks to Roland Pease at Science in Action on BBC World Service. 📻

🎧from 10:00 onwards: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Despite over 35 years of study what lies at the centre of Supernova 1987A has remained a mystery. 🤔 Until now. 💡

Using #JWST astronomers have found the first strong evidence of a neutron star at heart of SN 1987A. 🌟

Find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Astronom…

Just over 25 years ago UK ATC launched in Edinburgh. 🎉🎊

Find out more about us, what we've been up to and the amazing #astronomy projects we've been working on for 2 and a half decades on our website 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/home.aspx

Luca is an Engineering Support Group Apprentice gaining qualifications at college alongside practical experience making #astronomy instruments in the workshop @UKATC. 📚🛠️

Read our Q&A with Luca to find out more 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Apprenti…

#NAW2024 #NationalApprenticeshipWeek

Being an apprentice @UKATC is a great way to development new skills while working on cutting edge #astronomy projects. ⚙️💫

Read our Q&A with Engineering Support Group Apprentice Eilidh to find out more 👉ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Apprenti…

#NAW2024 #NationalApprenticeshipWeek

For #NationalApprenticeshipWeek we're highlighting the work of our apprentices on site @UKATC.
Starting with Electronics Technician Apprentice Arabella. ⚡️🪛

Read our Q&A with Arabella 👉 ukatc.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Apprenti…

#NAW2024