25 Jan 2024
Night sky highlights - February 2024
Discover what to see in February's night sky, including the Lynx constellation, some stunning spiral galaxies and a planetary conjunction for those in the Southern Hemisphere.
18 Dec 2023
Night sky highlights - January 2024
Discover what to see in January's night sky, including the Quadrantid meteor shower, close lunar encounters of Jupiter and the Pleiades, and a stunning swarm of stars from the Beehive Cluster.
08 Dec 2023
Preserving hiss-story: conserving a taxidermy snake
A look at the treatment of a taxidermy puff adder captured by the crew of HMS Terrible
29 Nov 2023
Night sky highlights - December 2023
Discover what to see in December's night sky, including the constellation of Gemini, the show-stopping Geminid meteor shower, and some festive stargazing
31 Oct 2023
Astronomy news from the Astronomy Ambassadors Group - October 2023
See what cosmic news our young people have found for you!
30 Oct 2023
What is a nocturnal?
Learn more about the nocturnal or ‘nocturlabe’, used for centuries to tell the time based on the movement of the stars
17 Oct 2023
Night sky highlights - November 2023
Discover what to see in November's night sky, including the Leonid meteor shower, several planets, and the Pleiades star cluster