A vacation taking in meteors . . . and a trip to Mars
An account of my visit to Austria to attend the International Meteor Conference.
An archive of the opinion columns I wrote as a blogger and news editor for SEN.com in 2015.
An account of my visit to Austria to attend the International Meteor Conference.
My account of how I managed to capture the famous comet 67P for myself with a small telescope.
Reflections on why the media over-hype events like meteor showers, inevitably leading to disappointment.
What an astonishing picture, or sequence of pictures, we saw this week of the Moon passing in front of the Earth.
My blog describing. how comets used to be regarded with fear and awe.
Can we, and should we, try to contact extraterrestrial life? Astronomers are divided.
New Horizons’ flyby of dwarf planet Pluto was the story of the week, with initial results suggesting that everything went better than anyone might have dared hope.
Isn’t it amazing how space missions can keep you on the edge of your seat? My look forward to NASA’s Pluto encounter.
My blog on the spirit that drives our exploration of the Solar System.
With so many exciting space missions currently helping us learn more about the family of worlds around us, I took a trip two hundred years back in time this week for a different perspective on the Solar System.
The Rosetta mission is unlike any other . . . I sometimes think I am dreaming some of it!