Applied FiltersAstronomy
20 Jan 2016
Our Moon - Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year
The Our Moon category of the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition celebrates Earth's only natural satellite.
01 Dec 2015
Spacebook - Mars to swap moon for a ring
The number of ringed planets in our solar system will soon nudge up by one.
18 Oct 2015
Laboratorio: Poems from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory
On Thursday November 12th, in the Peter Harrison Planetarium, scientists and poets gather to launch Laboratorio.
13 Oct 2015
Ada Lovelace and female computers
For Ada Lovelace Day we look at the women behind the myth, and ask if she is a true champion of female scientists.
28 Aug 2015
Astronomy Photographer of the Year - People and Space
This year’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is bigger then ever before with a host of new prizes.
24 Aug 2015
Astronomy Photographer of the Year - Aurorae
21 Aug 2015
The Prime Meridian is unmoved
In August 2015 a paper was published by scientists in the US explaining why the Prime Meridian at the Royal Observatory Greenwich is 102 metres to the west of the prime meridian used by satellite based navigation and timekeeping, known as the International Reference Meridian or IRM. The paper created quite a stir in the media.