The Universe as seen from the perspective of an astronomical researcher, presenter and writer.
I’m on top of a mountain in Spain; if you’d like to join me on my observing run then I’ll be posting updates on the Galaxy Zoo Blog.
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Last week’s Nature had a series of stories about the
Read More...Whoever set the Guardian’s Everyman crossword this week was obviously thinking astronomically.
1 down is ‘Astronomer sees trail rising over one constellation (7)’ which I got straight away, but 2 down – ‘Rhea spinning, orbiting close to host planet (5)’ took me most of an evening for the penny to drop.
Answers to follow when their competition [...]
The Carnival of Space is open for your reading pleasure at the astroblogger’s blog.
Roll up, roll up etc.
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If you only read one book about science in your life, then make it this one by Bad Science’s Ben Goldacre. For those who don’t know, Ben is a medical doctor who has been writing in the Guardian for years about the use and misuse of (mostly) health information in the media.
This is serious [...]
I’ve been negative often enough on this blog and in print about the scientific potential of the International Space Station, and had some interesting arguments as a result.
If they’re going to produce spin off technology like this, though, combining space and wine, I may have to reconsider.
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I’ve been trying to use art in my lectures and talks for a while now; I’ve written here before about how Anthony Gormley’s sculpture Blind Light helps me to think about the cosmic microwave background, and Escher’s Cubic Space Division is still the best way I know of explaining why we conclude that space itself [...]
Read More...It’s (almost) Christmas, and buying presents is a nightmare.
Fortunately, here at Oxford Astrophysics we have a solution. Beautiful vintage prints of Palomar Sky Survey plates are available from Operation Skyphoto, set up to raise money to help treat Alexander Thatte, the son of two Oxford Physicists who has leukaemia. All money raised will go [...]
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