Predicting the aurora

It’s a cold, clear February evening on Brighton beach. The sun has not yet dipped below the horizon and the last of the light is that strange, luminescent blue that presages dusk. Hundreds of pairs of

From chasing the Northern Lights to witnessing a solar eclipse, why not try an astrotourism holiday in 2026?

It’s easy to get downhearted during these long weeks in the dead of winter, but all sorts of little treats can pop up to help us through. A wet day only six hours long doesn’t have a lot to offer to t

The Aurora Borealis will be at its most striking in 2026. This remarkable natural light display in the sky, otherwise known as the Northern Lights, is caused by solar winds made up of charged particle

If Ursa Major, the Great Bear constellation, dominates the northern sky above Canada, then below it – across the frozen Arctic tundra – it’s Ursus maritimus, the polar bear, that rules. And between th

Becoming an Arctic explorer was nothing like I imagined. I don’t know about you, but as a child I always assumed that anyone that ventured this far north would need to be wrapped in padded layers of f