Tim Peake at the ESA press conference earlier today. (It takes a minute or two before you get visual - and Tim doesn't start talking till about 12m15s...
Thank you, Bill. I think that's the only one I don't have but we've got a branch of The Works in Bromley so I'll have a look there next time I'm in an...
this is the most favourable transit for viewing from the UK since May 1832! I think you've just jinxed the weather ;)
That photo really does make you think that, above all else, Mercury is hot.
In your Saturn photograph, it looks as though we can see the shadow of the planet itelf being cast on the rings behind it. Amazing detail. In your M...
Ah, well. Comfort yourself with the fact that John Flamsteed, William Herschel and Edwin Hubble never had electric blankets.
Stunning. Stunning, stunning, stunning.
Thanks for the health warning for the squeamish. I think I'll give this video a miss and just take the "Don't look at the sun" advice at face value.
Good material in here for a pub quiz question: Tim Peake was the (a) 1st (b) 2nd (c) 4th (c) 7th British astronaut. Answer:
Certainly is. I remember seeing the job ad and wishing I had at least one of the necessary skills!