Sky at Night: January 2008 – Cosmic Debris
January 2008 – Cosmic Debris: Patrick Moore investigates comet tails, meteorites and asteroids and discovers the terrible consequences of a cosmic collision with the Earth.… Read…
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Sky at Night Special: December 2007 – Sputnik’s Children
December 2007 – Sputnik’s Children: Dr Chris Lintott finds out how British technology is leading the way in satellite science, while Sir Patrick Moore investigates the…
Read the article →Meade LX200R 10-Inch Telescope Review
I am relatively new to amateur astronomy. I’ve had a Meade ETX-125 for about 6 years, but it is only within the last 2 years that…
Read the article →Sky at Night: December 2007 – Last Man on the Moon
December 2007 – Last Man on the Moon: On the 14th of December 1972, Captain Eugene Cernan left the moon to return to Earth. He had…
Read the article →EPOXI Mission to Comet Hartley-2
NASA has approved the retargeting of the EPOXI mission for a flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Oct. 11, 2010. Hartley 2 was chosen as EPOXI’s…
Read the article →Sky at Night Special: November 2007 – Meteor Mania
November 2007 – Meteor Mania: Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Brian May and Jon Culshaw to watch the cosmic firework display known as the Perseid…
Read the article →Sky at Night: November 2007 – the Grand Collision
November 2007 – The Grand Collision: Sir Patrick Moore looks ahead 2 billion years when the Milky Way will collide with Andromeda, destroying stars and planets…
Read the article →Astronomy eBooks on Amazon Kindle
Astronomy Books on the Go… E-books have emerged from the shadows with Amazon’s recent launch its $189 Kindle e-book reader and service. And Amazon provide a…
Read the article →Comet Holmes Is a Naked Eye Object
2007: Amateur astronomers around the world have been amazed and stunned by the strangest new object to appear in the sky in recent memory. And it’s…
Read the article →Strange Space Weather
Something strange is happening in the atmosphere above Africa and researchers have converged on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the phenomenon. The Africa Space Weather Workshop…
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