“Venus is brilliant in the morning sky through the month.”
The Sky Above You – April 2022
Time by the Stars
” The Sun doesn’t rise or set, it shines all the time while the Earth turns under it; and your watch isn’t fast or slow, it’s just that you’re standing too far east or west.”
Beyond Cosmology
‘What is outside the Universe?’
Cosmology
Duncan Lunan looks at the origin of the Universe, and the different ways in which it may end.
Galaxies Part 2
” a huge, complex pattern which has been given the Hawaiian name ‘Laniakea’, hundreds of millions of light-years in extent”
The Sky Above You – March 2022
The Moon will be New on March 2nd, and Full on March 18th, near Spica in Virgo the following night.
Galaxies Part 1
Event horizon of M87 black hole, 6 billion solar masses. Read on to find out more from astronomy expert Duncan Lunan
Planets of Other Stars
” The Alpha Centauri and Proxima stars are being studied intensively in Breakthrough Listen’s ‘Pale Red Dot’ project”
The Milky Way
In this article Duncan Lunan writes about The Milky Way
Novae and Supernovae
Duncan Lunan explores Novae and Supernovae. Pictured a Type 2 supernova
