Now an author
I should have done this years ago, but the main thing is it’s done. My first book is published and available in all good bookshops...
Open University plays fast and loose
I’M ASTONISHED to see that the Open University has suppressed a comment I left pointing out a basic error on one of its new YouTube videos....
Why that was no meteor shower
I was lucky enough to witness the strange fireball in the sky at about 11pm last night, Friday 21 September 2012. It was certainly a...
The day I met Neil Armstrong
If you know only two things about Neil Armstrong, you will know that he was the first man to set foot on the moon, and that after his...
Celebrating fakery
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Sky At Night magazine, has announced its results. Nearly 800 images,...
Lost in space
I have been known to shout at the television. I know it doesn’t help, but it makes me feel better. I was certainly doing so...
Why ET doesn’t live on GJ 1214b
This looks like being quite a week in the search for extraterrestrial life. Today the European Southern Observatory has released details of the first analysis...