Here’s an interview I did (and very much enjoyed) with @straits_times ahead of my show in Singapore on Wednesday evening youtu.be/QbxErFxx0mE

Hello New Zealand :-)

This is indeed a superb letter from The Astronomer Royal of Scotland. “Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why.” I agree - my colleagues in particle physics have also tried, without success, to discover who owns the decision to damage physics research in the UK, perhaps irreparably, at a time when our economy desperately needs the skills and knowledge we develop and teach. @UKRI_News need to get a grip urgently and fix the problem someone, somewhere, has created.

Living the rock and roll dream explaining quantum mechanics with a Keytar in Perth. Only two shows left in Australia now - Adelaide and Brisbane this week - then off to New Zealand …

20 minutes to next Starship launch ….

I’ve got a Bacon-Erdös-Sabbath number of 13 :-) rosschurchley.com/2012/who-e…

My first Emergence show in Melbourne - this bit is me explaining why my guess is that we are the only civilisation in the Milky Way … although I would be delighted and relieved to be wrong :-)

Sunk cost fallacy as policy.

It's Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday and in 1980 he faced questions from an audience of young viewers about his life and television career. Lesley Judd hosted the show, and Attenborough talked about making a connection with gorillas, and his concerns for the environment.

I had an enjoyable chat yesterday with ⁦@FergusonNews⁩ on ⁦@ABC⁩ …. Very much enjoying this sunny autumn in Australia at the moment :-) youtube.com/watch?v=O4J2982M…

The thread below is an example both of mind numbing idiocy and why on-line content is essentially useless because of A.I. and / or old fashioned ‘creative’ editing. The physics here is that to a good approximation over a short space of time, the surface of the Earth is an inertial frame of reference in Newtonian Mechanics. If you want to, you can measure the rotation over short timescales (a Foucault pendulum for example), and you can figure out it’s going around the Sun by looking out of the bloody window or doing a bit of astronomy. The statement of the equivalence of all inertial frames is a deep one and led historically (with inertial frames suitably defined) to General Relativity - see any book on the subject, including my last book on Black Holes - available from all good book shops ;-)

Heading to Sydney tomorrow with the essentials for the live show.

3/11, explore the dazzling complexity of nature as BBC scientist @ProfBrianCox takes you on a visually stunning, mind-expanding “journey through space and time.” Get tickets this Thursday at 10AM with presale code ASTRO: bit.ly/njpacbriancox

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JUST ANNOUNCED @ProfBrianCox brings his brand-new tour, Emergence, to Conexus Arts Centre on May 16, 2027! Explore the story of our universe with one of the world’s most captivating science communicators. Tickets on sale Friday May 1, 2026. conexusartscentre.ca/event/b…

Having lunch in Stavanger and was asked whether I work in Oil or IT. I must work on my look …..

I like flight cases and XLR leads and all bits of touring stuff …. I found a way of living out my ‘80s rock and roll ambitions by talking about Quantum Chromodynamics … Stavanger this evening and tomorrow, then off to Sydney ….

Possibly the hardest measurement in physics.

James Burke really is in a different league …