My last blog about NASA’s decision to rule out any more trips to the moon and how I would never follow in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and co. got me thinking. Us ordinary folk might never get a chance to set foot on a celestial body other than our own, but that [...]

So that’s it for another decade then. In case you haven’t heard, the hot topic in astronomy right now is that NASA won’t be sending another man to the moon. Or woman, for that matter (I’ve never understood why so many astronauts are male!).
After months of speculation, Barack Obama finally came out and set a [...]

If you’re a UK reader, you may have noticed that we’ve had some clearer nights recently. Certainly makes a change after all the nights of mist, heavy cloud and snow (I’ve hardly had my telescope out recently). But the clearer night skies of late also coincide with fantastic news for stargazers: Mars is back at [...]