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Vera Rubin (1928–2016) was one of the most outstanding observational astronomers of the modern era. Her meticulous research into the

In 1923 a young Englishwoman named Cecilia Payne, recently graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in natural sciences, arrived

John Robert Christianson, Professor Emeritus of History at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, takes the reader through the life of Tycho Brahe (1546–1601).

There are countless publications listing the events in the sky for the coming year, some meeting these aims better than

The Human Cosmos: A secret history of the stars

Luna Cognita: A Three Volume Set comprehensive ‘Magnus Opus’ observer’s handbook of the known Moon

Much has been learnt about the Saturn system in recent decades, particularly from the Cassini mission. A few books on

Ever since MacEvoy and Tirion’s The Cambridge Double Star Atlas1 was published ten years ago, this anthology by three distinguished

Chris Lintott’s name will be familiar to longtime BAA members as the schoolboy writer (with David Reid) of a paper

Tiffany Francis, who is familiar with the starry skies above the South Downs where she lives, may already be known