The spirit of the eclipse

Exciting ways to get away from it all

Autumn, winter and spring are the best seasons to stargaze, says Neill Sanders, outreach astronomer at gostargazing.co.uk. “Most stargazing events are organised from the time clocks go back in October

Dark nights don’t have to be spooky, thanks to these sparkling UK sites

BEST TIME TO SEE: Mid-November to mid-December Saturn underwent a ring plane crossing back in March of this year, an event which sadly occurred too close to the Sun to be seen clearly. However, the op

2 Sunday Mag. +0.4 Saturn is 5.7° from this morning’s 82%-lit waxing gibbous Moon. Catch them together before they set at around 01:00 UT. Tuesday 4 Callisto’s shadow transits Jupiter’s disc from 07:0

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