Bluedot Festival
Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, 20–23 July The much-loved music and science festival returns. Science speakers include Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Chris Lintott and ESA’s Libby Jackson, while music comes from Grace Jones, Pavement, Leftfield, Roisin Murphy and more. Day tickets from £42.90; weekend passes £229.25 including camping.
www.discoverthebluedot.com
How It Began
Lincoln Astronomical Society, Lincoln, 4 July, 7:30pm Peter Rea from Cleethorpes & District Astronomical Society presents a talk on the origins of planetary exploration from 1961 to 1981. Non-members £5.
lincolnastronomy.org
Sun and Stars Celebration
Holworthy Farm, Brompton Regis, Somerset, 15 July, 2pm–late A stargazing and solar observing event for all the family, hosted by local astronomer Jo Richardson FRAS. Accommodation is available at the farm itself. £18–£40. Booking essential.
holworthyfarm.co.uk
Exoplanets: Finding Earth 2.0
Royal Institution Theatre, London, 20 July, doors 6.30pm Professor Richard Nelson of Queen Mary University of London and the International Astronomical Union outlines the latest discoveries and theories in exoplanet science. Tickets £16 (concessions £10; RI members £7).
www.rigb.org
The Herschels in their own Words
Church Green Road, Bletchley, 28 July, 8pm Royal Astronomical Society archivist and librarian Dr Sian Prosser, who has been digitising the journals of German astronomer Caroline Herschel, discusses the contributions she and her brother William made to the history of astronomy. Hosted by Milton Keynes Astronomical Society, admission is free and nonmembers are welcome.
mkas.org.uk
Family Evening
The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, 29 July, 5:30pm Discover a wi
