The planet Mercury will reappear in the evening sky with Venus in December, at greatest elongation from the Sun on December 21st, coinciding with the winter solstice.
The Sky Above You – December 2022
Howlers in Space
“In space, no one can hear you scream. But sometimes it’s tempting.”
Capturing New Worlds
For the first time, astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system.
The Sky Above You – July 2022
The Moon will be Full on July 13th, which will be a Supermoon, at Full when at its nearest to Earth (perigee).
The Sky Above You – June 2022
Before dawn will be the best time to see the Tau Herculid shower from Comet Schwassman-Wachman 3, on the night of May 31st – June 1st, although in Scotland, especially in the far north, the sky will probably be too bright to see many.
The Fermi Paradox, Part 2
“In 1974 Prof. Gerard O’Neill published his proposals for large free-flying settlements in space, following earlier suggestions by Tsiolkovsky, Bernal and others.”
Have You Been Stargazing for Dark Sky Week?
“And high overhead and all moving about,/There were thousands of millions of stars.”
The Fermi Paradox Part 1
Alan Bean ‘Where is everybody’, read more as Duncan Lunan continues his astronomy series with ‘The Fermi Paradox’
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Breakthrough Listen Robot, Green Bank to find out more read Duncan Lunan’s latest article
The Sky Above You – April 2022
“Venus is brilliant in the morning sky through the month.”
