NEWS

This is a simple video representing the relative sizes of the planets in our solar system.

Have a look at this fascinating tour around the ISS by NASA

Have a look at www.geolsoc.org.uk/cosmicdust.

This video and text about re-inventing space flight comes from SpaceRip. Lots more of their interesting video content on YouTube.

I was looking for some information on the design and manufacture of observatories. I came across some plans to build this observatory.

What’s six miles wide and can end civilisation in an instant? An asteroid — and there are lots of them out there.

There are some very favourable passes over the next few days which you might want to check out...

Interesting short film on the objectives of the Hubble Telescope Is time travel possible?

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

Here is a link to a great article on the Voyager mission by NASA, as Voyager 1 has left, with Voyager 2 hot on its tail

A video that logs some of the great discoveries that have been made by the Hubble telescope.

In astronomy we often focus on the cosmos and observing the cosmos from here on Earth or by using unmanned space craft.

This is a full length documentary (45 minutes) about black holes made and televised by National Geographic Channel.

Ever noticed that orange haze you get when looking at the sky at night?

Paul C has confirmed a prediction that Comet Ikeya-Zhang will pass very close to M31 at or about 4th April

One  evening  at  the  observatory  there  was  a  discussion  about  transits  of  Earth  from  Mars.