The Universe as seen from the perspective of an astronomical researcher, presenter and writer.
Sorry for the lack of posts – normal service to resume soon – but in the meantime no, no, no, no, no and no.
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Full post to follow, but saw this on my trip there yesterday…
Very appropriate on a day when the news from Mars is a little more cheerful.
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I’ve mentioned before just how difficult it is to find extrasolar planets. I’ve also made little secret of the fact that I’m a huge fan of the SuperWASP experiment which adds lenses to professional standard CCD cameras, essentially getting rid of the telescope in order to monitor a huge area of sky for faint dips [...]
Read More...NASA’s latest Mars mission, Phoenix has launched and is on its way to the red planet. The mission was put together using much of the technology developed for the ill-fated Mars Polar Lander and the canceled 2001 Surveyor lander, so fingers crossed for a smooth flight to Mars. I haven’t been this excited about a [...]
Read More...Last Friday morning I was putting the finishing touches to Living Space, checking that nothing of importance had happened overnight. This is my job as Harriet is busy with her real life in the mornings, what with being a breakfast DJ and everything.
Last Friday evening, I found myself at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London [...]
NASA’s Kepler mission is one of the furthest advanced of all of the missions designed to search for extrasolar planets, and is due for launch next year. I’ve just listened to a NASA science press briefing, which included lots of good stuff from right across planetary science and astrophysics. (The highlight was probably details of [...]
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