We are the UK's contribution to the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). https://www.rubin.ac.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mm7a54fz2c22Excited to see our Lasair team in this piece by @astrojonny.bsky.social . Lasair is one of the @vrubinobs.bsky.social data brokers helping scientists sift through the huge amounts of data that Rubin is generating. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7a54fz2c22https://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mlqjwyqga22oCan you imagine having the vision to build an observatory that will create an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of our Universe? 30 years ago, astronomer Tony Tyson did. And now he's being honoured in the TIME100 list. https://www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2026-05-13-tony-tyson-time10013 May 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqjwyqga22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3ml3xm6sqwc2l 👍 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3xm6sqwc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mkihq2qncc2fThe inspiring Prof Hiranya Peiris holds the Professorship of Astrophysics (1909) @cam.ac.uk. She recently sat down with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social to talk all things astronomy, including about her work on the LSST. Read more and listen to the episode: https://www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2026-04-27-hiranya-peiris-interviewed27 Apr 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkihq2qncc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mjeoveffik22It’s a sunny start to our All Hands Meeting in Manchester today. We’re teaming up with @eucliduk.bsky.social for a week of discussion, discovery and networking. 🔭13 Apr 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeoveffik22https://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mj7p2hb5pc23A great collaboration. Congratulations to all involved in this awesome inspiring mission. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7p2hb5pc23https://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3miyeytnots2cWant some lunchtime reading: how about some of the latest #astronomy research published by team members in @rasjournals.bsky.social ? The latest two papers explore mitigation for catalogue-based angular power spectra and isophote shape analysis: https://www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2026-04-08-new-papers-april26 🔭08 Apr 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyeytnots2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3miyau6if222cOne for this week's diary... [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyau6if222chttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3migv4lklkc2kHow does a software engineer find himself working on one of the world's most exciting astronomy projects? We asked one of our team members, Eduardo Toledo Romero, to find out. Read the interview here 🔭 : https://www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2026-03-26-lsstuk-in-the-spotlight-eduardo-toledo-romero01 Apr 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3migv4lklkc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mhdh72qjvc2yBritish science excels at asking questions that help us understand the Universe. This BBC InDepth report by @pallabg.bsky.social highlights the wide-ranging impacts of a likely 30% cut to funding for UK particle physics and astronomy research. 🔭https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr0zmzzp84o18 Mar 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdh72qjvc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mgxff725oc23Wondering what makes the @vrubinobs.bsky.social such a powerful discovery engine? This excellent new video from Slac National Accelerator Laboratory explains all. 🔭 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMo4Z69uYgE13 Mar 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxff725oc23https://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mg5xf56k6s24Last week the @vrubinobs.bsky.social public alerts stream went live and a firehose of data began to flow. The UK's Lasair data broker stepped up to the plate, processing 800,000 alerts overnight. We're excited at the prospect of up to 7 million alerts per night! 🔭03 Mar 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5xf56k6s24https://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mfpby66thk23Hunting down supernovae in near real time! Last night, the UK data broker Lasair ingested and rapidly processed 800,000 alerts as the @vrubinobs.bsky.social public alerts stream began! Now anyone can observe astronomical events as they unfold thanks to Rubin’s data brokers. What a milestone! 🔭25 Feb 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpby66thk23https://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mfmpoz4z722yWe catch up with Héloïse Stevence @sydonahi.bsky.social to talk astronomy and machine learning – and discover how many Rubin images this Schmidt AI in Science Fellow can classify per minute with the human eye. Read our latest In the Spotlight interview: https://www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2026-02-24-in-the-spotlight-heloise-stevence 🔭24 Feb 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmpoz4z722yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3meqnpl55oc2o@oxfordphysics.bsky.social is one of the OGs of Rubin UK and has been championing UK inclusion in @vrubinobs.bsky.social since 2014. This piece explains more and talks to some of Oxford's key Rubin contributors, incl. @aprajitaverma.bsky.social & @chrislintott.bsky.social 🔭 tinyurl.com/56wcbkwe https://www.ox.ac.uk/pulse/nature-climate-universe/rubin-observatory#section-Back-to-top-vTLVAvdk5l13 Feb 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqnpl55oc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3me6qy2u4422m"[The UK's space-related industry] should be a national success story but instead we are facing the possibility of unsettling and destabilising threats to funding for cutting edge science," says @chrislintott.bsky.social on the BBC today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e50x1r237o 🔭06 Feb 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6qy2u4422mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mccwzow5pk2zStarting 2026 with a bang! @vrubinobs.bsky.social has spotted an asteroid the size of 8 American football fields! And the first peer-reviewed paper using LSST Camera data has been published. Read more: https://www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2026-01-08-record-breaking-asteroid-discovered-by-rubin 🔭13 Jan 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccwzow5pk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lsstuk.bsky.social/post/3mbo7ubrwvs2nWhat is Janet and how is it supporting the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST? This short video explains how @jisc.bsky.social's Janet network is playing a critical role in transferring the huge quantities of LSST data 🔭 https://youtu.be/L3nFoHoxSKk?si=tVIxChx-NEtOZN7w05 Jan 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:s2ejrhufb4wl2y5cvipah5au/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbo7ubrwvs2n