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Interest in Betelgeuse remains high. No fewer than 6,089 visual estimates of the star have been submitted to the American

Astronomical scene As I write this piece, we have now passed the summer solstice and nights will be drawing in

Girton College, located on Girton Road running north-west out of Cambridge, was founded in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara

At the start of the twentieth century, the concept of flying machines was hardly a new idea. Balloon ascents were

When Dr Ashley King and I presented a webinar on ‘Recovering the UK’s next meteorite’ for the BAA back in

Winner of the BAA Steavenson Award in 2020 for an outstanding contribution to observational astronomy, Alexandra Hart is a renowned

This year, prospects for observing Jupiter from the northern hemisphere are much improved, as the planet is further north than

The central line of the annular solar eclipse of 2021 June 10 begins at sunrise at 9:55 UT in Ontario,

The problem of the formation of dew on astronomical equipment is one familiar to all observers in our famously damp

The total solar eclipse of 2020 Dec 14 began in the southern Pacific Ocean and first landfall was on the