Astronomy blog

Entries for Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015 close on 16 April and it looks like it's going to be another amazing year. If you want to get involved and need some last minute inspiration, we've been catching up with the winners of the 2014 competition. Today Julie Fletcher talks about her beautiful image 'Lost Souls'.

Our final post for Women's History Month looks at two amazing women who were involved in the more recent history of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

In the last couple of blog entries, I have looked at some fascinating objects from the Museum’s collection, using the categories of the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition as a guide. Prompted by the solar eclipse, I am tackling two (new) categories at once, the Moon and the Sun, mankind’s most familiar celestial objects.

If you don’t have an accurate clock to tell the time with, you can use a celestial one-like the moon.

We’re very excited to announce that to coincide with the opening of Visions of the Universe – the upcoming exhibition at the National Maritime Museum – Pandemonium Press are publishing The Lowest Heaven, a new anthology of contemporary science fiction.

In the last few weeks I've been asked about Thomas Cooke (1807-1868) and whether he should be commemorated in some way. Each time my answer has been a resounding yes. Although he's not well known today, his is an inspiring story.