Mar.02, 2014

Planetary Skylights - March 2014

Jupiter remains the dominant planet in the night sky high up in Gemini. [Read more about Planetary Skylights - March 2014]

By Mark D
Mar.02, 2014

Paul Money Lecture 2014

No, we haven't forgotten, however this year’s Easter lecture is actually nearer to the summer solstice! [Read more about Paul Money Lecture 2014]

By Mark D
Mar.02, 2014

The Spring Equinox

The date of the Vernal Equinox and officially the start spring in the northern hemisphere falls on March 20th this year. This is when the Sun's path - the ecliptic, first crosses the celestial equator on its apparent journey northwards into the sky. [Read more about The Spring Equinox ]

By Mark D
Mar.07, 2014

Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Animation

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image has become one of the iconic images of our time.  But now that photograph has been re-created as a 3D animation, zooming-backwards in time to the earliest formed galaxy.... [Read more about Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Animation]

By Andi
Mar.17, 2014

Gravitational Waves Witness the Big Bang

We live in exciting times in our understanding of the Universe.  But if this discovery is confirmed, it will certainly be the biggest story in Cosmology this year!

A team from the Harvard-Smithsonian Institute say they have discovered the smoking gun of gravitational waves in the Cosmic microwave Background: proof that the universe expanded to trillions of times its own size in the tinyist fraction of a second after it was created. [Read more about Gravitational Waves Witness the Big Bang]

By Andi