What happened on apollo 12?

THE year 1968 had been a difficult one for America. A dark cloud of despondency hung over the country, and not even the endless Florida sunshine seemed able to lift people’s spirits. If the Kennedy Sp

Many of the most dramatic cosmic events take the form of explosions, from asteroid impacts to the Big Bang itself. Here are some of the most spectacular examples

One of the best ways to study the Universe is to inspect actual materials from our celestial neighbours. Some naturally fall to Earth as meteorites, but these are few and far between, limited in their

I could justifiably claim this year to have been a professional actor for 70 years. In 1956, when I was just 13, I was recruited to play the imaginary son of Eleanor Summerfield, the star of a Granada

My last email ended with this: We are both very much looking forward to our Tasman Sea crossing to Nelson, New Zealand. The sea with its infinite cleansing powers should wash away all that earth life

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