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Tides explained

September 10, 2020

September 2020 Stargazer’s Calendar

September 05, 2020

Svetlana Savitskaya: The story of The Second Woman in Space

August 19, 2020

August guide to family-friendly space-themed activities: What ‘s open and How to enjoy it safely

August 15, 2020

Which planet is the closest to the Earth…TODAY?

August 08, 2020

Perseverance rover and what makes it so special

July 31, 2020

Let’s bake a ROCKET CAKE! Step-by-step instructions for the young bakers/ rocket engineers

July 29, 2020

“The Black Cloud” by Fred Hoyle: a sci-fi classic by a famous astronomer

July 24, 2020

Let’s talk… Dyson Sphere and Intelligent Aliens

July 17, 2020

July 2020 Stargazer’s Calendar

July 04, 2020

How the colourful Hubble images are made

July 02, 2020

SPACE SCAVENGER HUNT FOR GROWN-UPS

June 23, 2020

Answering the most popular questions about the James Webb Space Telescope

June 17, 2020

No rocket needed to visit these Mars-like and Moon-like places on Earth

June 08, 2020

The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launch on Saturday: to be or not to be?

May 29, 2020

The prestigious $1.2 million Shaw Prize 2020 goes to a British Astrophysicist

May 21, 2020

Four ways to destroy the Universe

May 19, 2020

How come Jupiter has a fuzzy core?

May 12, 2020

Origami and how we use it to explore space

May 04, 2020

The man who fell from the sky: Vladimir Komarov and the first space disaster

April 23, 2020

Where do retired spacecraft go?

April 21, 2020

There is no going straight in Space. How to send a spacecraft to Mercury.

April 14, 2020

Rocket launch amidst pandemic: Expedition 63 to fly to the ISS tomorrow.

April 08, 2020

Backyard stargazing: April 2020

April 06, 2020

Reflecting on the ongoing mass homeschooling and unschooling

March 31, 2020

Cloudy with a chance of iron rain. What does it rain on other planets?

March 23, 2020

Happy Birthday, Mr Percival Lowell! Thanks for Pluto and everything!

March 16, 2020

Guided by the stars: how animals use stars for navigation

March 08, 2020

Making a Perfect Space Party

February 22, 2020

Will the light pollution from satellite constellations ruin the the dark sky?

February 21, 2020

What’s on: February 2020 half term Space Events

February 14, 2020

Reporting from  Moving to Mars exhibition

February 10, 2020

The Mystery of the Floating Astronauts: Is There No Gravity in Space?

February 09, 2020

Satellite teamwork: ESA Solar Orbiter and NASA Parker Probe will study the Sun together!

January 29, 2020

New Horizons: 14 years in Space!

January 20, 2020

Women who changed science: Mary Somerville

January 17, 2020

Exploding supergiants and the mysterious case of the recent dimming of Betelgeuse

January 05, 2020

ASTRO highlights of 2019

December 31, 2019

Christmas through the eyes of Astronomy: What was the Star of Bethlehem?

December 27, 2019

European mission CHEOPS joins the quest to understand exoplanets

December 19, 2019

Visit the Prague Astronomical Clock with WonderDome!

December 12, 2019

WHAT’S ON: December 2019 Night Sky

December 04, 2019

Is Space-Time discrete or continuous? GrailQuest mission might find out!

November 27, 2019

You asked…What would happen to the Earth if the Sun turned into a black hole?

November 17, 2019

It’s nearly there! Watch Mercury transit 2019

November 10, 2019

Open source planetarium software and free night sky apps for stargazers

November 04, 2019

October 2019: half term space themed family fun

October 27, 2019

Cosmic dinosaurs: globular clusters and their fate

October 20, 2019

The exoplanet discovery behind the 2019 Noble Prize in Physics explained

October 15, 2019

October in space dates

October 07, 2019