The Universe as seen from the perspective of an astronomical researcher, presenter and writer.
Hello from Houston – I was going to write a long post about yesterday’s adventures, but instead I’m trying to resolve problems with the Galaxy Zoo website. In the meantime, though, the latest comic from PhD comics is worth a look.
Update: Second comic here.
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I spent yesterday trying to travel from California to Washington, where we’re visiting NASA HQ and the Goddard Space Flight Centre, so I’ve only just heard about some really shocking news. The STFC, which funds UK astronomy, has announced it’s planning to pull the UK out of the international Gemini observatory. As theseimportant people say, [...]
Read More...We do try to appear sophisticated, but really, when it comes down to it, any mission which involves hitting something is going to do well in the PR stakes. It was fantastic to spend the day in the company of the LCROSS team. LCROSS is the sister spacecraft to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and is [...]
Read More...I’ve just landed in California as part of a fairly epic Sky at Night trip around the US, conducting interviews for a couple of programmes about the new era of lunar exploration. I am slightly worried that we should really be in China or Japan, though, as both countries have successful new probes in orbit [...]
Read More...This is as good an explanation as any as to why I haven’t been blogging much recently.
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