Let’s imagine that the approaching comet is not just a lump of ice and dirt that received a slight gravitational nudge from a passing star. It is a being that planned, four or five million years ago, to do what it is now about to do. Continue reading “Will the comet strike Mars?”
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Red planet over red star
Mars is passing the magnificent star called Antares, “anti-Mars.” Continue reading “Red planet over red star”
Rossini story
I think I’ll use my blog to share a story I just now heard on BBC Radio 3 Continue reading “Rossini story”
Sun looks down
This illustration from the new edition of To Know the Stars (my book for children) shows Sun and Earth, and the distance between them as a folded line. Continue reading “Sun looks down”
Crashing through the night
Most flights across the Atlantic from Europe to North America Continue reading “Crashing through the night”
Equinox sunrise along the cliffs
I go out most mornings before sunrise, ride down a narrow lane Continue reading “Equinox sunrise along the cliffs”
Greatest libration of the year
Greatest liberation of the year, did you say? Continue reading “Greatest libration of the year”
Sunrise today over Langdon Hill
Venus and Regulus in the dawn
On August 17 or 18 you saw (if you were up early enough in the morning) a conjunction of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. Continue reading “Venus and Regulus in the dawn”
Shadows
I’ve only just realized – or rather, it’s been pointed out to me – why the images that show here are disappointingly small and fuzzy Continue reading “Shadows”