Skymania is a website that aims to bring a selection of key news stories about latest developments in space science, written in clear English. We also offer helpful tips and advice for amateur astronomers including how to choose and use a telescope.

Our team:

Paul Sutherland has been a professional journalist for nearly 40 years on titles including the Daily Mirror, Today and The Sun, which dubbed him “The Sun Spaceman”. He writes regularly for science magazines including BBC Sky at Night magazine and Popular Astronomy, and the space website SEN, plus he has authored two books on astronomy – the latest, Where Did Pluto Go?, for Reader’s Digest of New York – and advised on others.

Amanda Doyle is an astrophysics PhD student at Keele University investigating exoplanets and with a strong interest in astrobiology. She also writes regularly for Astronomy Now Online and Popular Astronomy magazine. She is a project supervisor for Swinburne Astronomy Online. Amanda’s website is here.

Gemma Lavender is a journalist for Astronomy Now and has also written for Physics World and NASA’s Astrobiology Magazine. She writes educational resources for youngsters and beginners in astronomy and is also a STEM ambassador. She has her own blog, Life In The Habitable Zone.

Kulvinder Singh Chadha is a UK-based freelance science writer, and a former assistant editor of Astronomy Now magazine. He has an astrophysics degree from the University of Hertfordshire, England, and and represented the institution on their first-ever team on TV’s University Challenge.