You're probably all well ahead of me but I see that Astrofest tickets are on sale now. No programme details, yet, of course. 5-6 February 2016, usual...
What music was playing, Bill? Edit: D'uh, just remembered as I hit 'submit' that Herschel was a composer! Presumably they were playing his greatest h...
That yellow card is looking a bit pristine, Mike. I might have to provoke you to use it more.
Well, I'm tickled at the idea of a 'Dyson Sphere' - in the vacuum of space! ROTFLAMOJ
In all seriousness though, I can’t believe that this is down to comet activity. Yes, I thought that. Reeeeeally big comets? Mega-planet-sized comets?
Phil Plait (really, the man should be a restaurant critic with a name like that) says (I paraphrase) that we could be seeing the effects of a disturba...
Judging by the readers' comments at the end of the story I think I'd be quite happy to take my chances with the aliens.
No doubt there will be a backlash against the 'sex' in 'sextant'.
Well spotted, Tej. Great article.
I knew the guide price for those orreries was wrong. The good one went for £1,800.
Hi, Simon. My daughter did bronze DofE and coincidentally did astronomy. Her GCSE at ROG qualifies for her 'skills' section but that's actually over-t...
This, on the other hand, is how you should take photographs of the aurora borealis...
I just knew you'd love that, Brian!!! 'When RADA met NASA'? ;)
Was Brian May a beneficiary in PM's will or did he just wade in with his chequebook to buy Farthings? (Didn't mean that to sound cynical - it's appare...