“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela
Well, this week has certainly been an interesting one, hasn’t it? I can’t remember anything quite like it! First we had the Liberals and Labour getting into [...]

“Truth is not determined by majority vote.” – Doug Gwyn
Well it’s certainly been an exciting 24 hours! I spent last night glued to the box watching the coverage of the election. It was quite overwhelming really, and a tad confusing. Luckily I had a bottle of wine and a game of online bingo to [...]

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 [...]