How a solar eclipse opened a new window onto the universe

Many people say to me: “Whenever I look at the stars, it makes me feel so small and insignificant; it scares me.” It’s true – from one perspective, we are but a minute speck of dust on a tiny pebble,

Imagine you’re in a woodland, with sunlight filtering through the endless green canopy overhead. There’s uniqueness everywhere. Some trees grow bolt upright, but others are wizened and twisted. Here t

Your new telescope arrives and you plan to take it for a spin through the stars. But a smog of light sits low in the sky, washing away your views to distant galaxies – along with your astronomy dreams

H umans love conspiracy theories. From the JFK assassination, the Illuminati and the ‘deep state’, to vaccine distrust and ‘chemtrails’, the modern world is awash with beliefs in collusion and hoaxes.

During the 1960s, I lived on a farm on the outskirts of Huddersfield. One night something happened to a friend and me which we were unable to explain. The farm was at the top of a hill and there were

What is 3I/ATLAS and what makes it so interesting? 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar object that was discovered passing through the Solar System by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)