Prof Jim Wild
@jim_wild
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Professor of Space Physics at @LancasterUni and lover of all things spacey. Fell-runner, EV enthusiast, film/soundtrack geek and curry fan. My own views etc.
Lancashire
Joined November 2009
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 đťđ
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Just published - the first paper on Venusian plasmas that I've been involved in: "Force Analysis of Venus's Induced Magnetosphere: A Multifluid HallâMagnetohydrodynamics Study" published in ApJ by Nihan Chen and collaborators.
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Great Space and Planetary Physics seminar today at @LancUniPhysics. Prof @jonny_nichols (Leicester) gave us a tour of his latest work on the simultaneous JWST and HST observations of Jupiterâs auroral emission. Thanks for coming Jonny đ
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Rocked to the core this week by the shocking news that my PhD contemporary, friend, brilliant scientist and all-round lovely human Prof Kathryn McWilliams passed away unexpectedly on 2 January. You will be sorely missed Kathryn. Obituary:
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Still time for students interested in #spaceweather to apply for a place on @esaâs space weather training course. Deadline 13 Jan âď¸đ°ď¸đ
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RT @morecambe_bay: đEyes on the skies again tonightâŚ! Hereâs @jim_wild with an explanation of what itâs all about #northernlights đhttps:/âŚ
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RT @BritGeoSurvey: There are confirmed sightings of the aurora around the UK right now. If you have clear skies in your area then look up aâŚ
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For UK folks, thatâs 1741 GMT
The G4 (Severe) Geomagnetic Storm Alert threshold was reached on January 1st, 2025 at 1241 ET due to continued effects from the CME's that left the Sun on December 29th. Stay tuned to for updates!
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RT @Vincent_Ledvina: Here we see the Auroral Electrojet (AE) index which is a good indicator of auroral activity at high-latitudes. We seeâŚ
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New Yearâs Day Geomagnetic activity is building up, so if you have clear skies and a view of the northern sky between the clouds from northern England or Scotland it would be worth a peak.
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As expected, most UK sky watchers were clouded-out on New Yearâs Eve, but a few folks got lucky under that break in the clouds! Great shot here from @GazMcIntyre đ
Some signs that the expected solar coronal mass ejections are approaching Earth. We can expect some heightened geomagnetic activity in the coming hours but disturbances arenât forecast to be especially strong. Besides, chances are that UK weather will thwart aurora-spotting!
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Some signs that the expected solar coronal mass ejections are approaching Earth. We can expect some heightened geomagnetic activity in the coming hours but disturbances arenât forecast to be especially strong. Besides, chances are that UK weather will thwart aurora-spotting!
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Itâs that time of year of year for the stalemate between the journal sending me daily reminders about the manuscript they invited me to review on Christmas Day and my out-of-office reply telling them Iâm on holiday until 6 January.
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