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How to become an astronomer

September 08, 2019

How to build a planet out of pebbles and boulders

September 03, 2019

How to talk to a far-away spacecraft: Deep Space Network

August 27, 2019

AstroHistory of York: Goodricke, Pigott and variable stars

August 21, 2019

August night sky: the Perseids and other stargazing events for the whole family

August 11, 2019

Ten “must-read” books about space for the very young

August 05, 2019

The ice giants and why they are so different from one another

July 31, 2019

Why can’t we see all 88 constellations at once?

July 23, 2019

July Delta Aquariids and their peculiar origin

July 16, 2019

Myths and facts about astronaut ice cream and other freeze-dried space food

July 09, 2019

What if the Earth crashed into another planet?

June 30, 2019

Light sailing: the future of interstellar travel or science fiction?

June 23, 2019

Five reasons to put a space suit on when going on a space walk

June 15, 2019

Two classic astronomical experiments that you could (almost) easily do yourself

June 09, 2019

How fast can an atmosphere travel around its planet? “Normal” rotation on Earth vs superrotation on Venus.

June 04, 2019

Webb Telescope Day for Wonderdome Mobile Planetarium

May 28, 2019

What’s on this May 2019 half term: Space events and activities

May 24, 2019

Enceladus, the icy moon that might harbour life

May 20, 2019

Saving planet Earth: ways to tackle the carbon dioxide problem

May 14, 2019

Tour of the 100m Effelsberg radio telescope

May 06, 2019

Asteroids that grow tails (or everything we know about active asteroids)

April 29, 2019

Lyrid meteor shower will peak tomorrow! Don’t miss!

April 21, 2019

The place where they counted stars: the Old Bonn Observatory

April 14, 2019

How to make an educational activity autism friendly and why it is important

April 08, 2019

Speed of sound and what happens if you break the “speed limit”

March 31, 2019

Seasons on Earth and other planets explained

March 24, 2019

The search for Planet 9 goes on

March 18, 2019

Orion up close

March 10, 2019

How to determine your coordinates (latitude and longitude) without GPS

March 03, 2019

Exploring our galactic neighbourhood: The Triangulum Galaxy M33

February 25, 2019

How long is a day on the inner planets?

February 17, 2019

The Night Sky in February 2019

February 09, 2019

Great disasters in the history of spaceflight

February 03, 2019

Cosmic monsters: searching for a star within a star (aka Thorne-Zytkow object)

January 27, 2019

Space themed Birthday party? You can do it!

January 20, 2019

“Space” coding for children

January 13, 2019

The anatomy of the Milky Way Galaxy

January 06, 2019

Space habitats of the future: living inside a spinning asteroid

January 03, 2019

Space activities on Christmas holidays

December 21, 2018

Weird Worlds 2: What goes around what in a multi-star system

December 13, 2018

Weird Worlds 1: Planets in multiple star systems

December 10, 2018

December 2018 meteor showers and where they come from

December 02, 2018

The mystery of the North Star

November 25, 2018

The World’s biggest radio telescopes

November 18, 2018

Chasing the Moon …(or why the Moon rises and sets at a different time every night)

November 11, 2018

Where are the Sun’s siblings?

November 05, 2018

Are there rainbows on other planets and moons in Space?

October 29, 2018

Rings around gas giants in the Solar System

October 21, 2018

3-2-1… How and where to see a rocket take-off.

October 14, 2018

It is going to rain stars this month: Draconids and Orionids October showers

October 07, 2018