21st-century astronomer royal

This month marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, a cornerstone of modern astronomical science. Founded in 1675, this grand institution is known as the home of Greenwich Mean

The first Astronomer Royal plotted out the constellations and mapped the heavens

“SINCE IT IS DIFFICULT FOR A UNIVER sity ...

I find it hard to believe it’s been 25 years since I appeared on The Sky at Night for the first time. A scared student in a new suit, I’d been invited by Patrick to discuss viewers’ questions, which r

I used to describe myself as ‘chronically late’. Having grown up in Uruguay, this was simply the norm. Timings there were as much a suggestion as red traffic lights were: open to personal interpretati

On 29 July 2021, more than four centuries after the invention of the telescope, the man who initiated a revolution in astronomy was finally honoured with a life-sized bronze statue. In the herb garden