Venus observing the evening star

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the lack of true darkness in the middle of the year doesn’t make astronomy that easy to do. The planets are good at cutting through slightly brighter skies,

The Universe is a big and complex beast, and doesn’t always behave in the way we might expect. So it’s not surprising that there are many misconceptions and misunderstandings about space. Some common

BEST TIME TO SEE: Nights of 9/10, 10/11 and 11/12 July A full Moon occurs when the Moon is opposite the Sun in the sky or, in other words, when its ecliptic longitude is 180° from the Sun. The eclipti

Pack your spacesuit and get ready to tick off the must-see sights of the Red Planet

Journey across the universe – without leaving the UK

PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK/VIKTORISHY 1 W e can dim the ...