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...Astronomy at The Open University. In the course of his 30 year career, Zarnecki has taken part in several high profile space probe missions. In this album, he recalls the landing of the Huygens probe on Titan, explains why space has become essential for communication and navigation today and describes technology developed by the space programme that's set to improve our...

...astronomy searching] Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes How can studying asteroids allow us to have a better understanding of the formation of our solar system? Samuel Jackson, PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research... [City lights - Central America. Elements of this image furnished by NASA] ​ Can a space rock...

...astronomy PhD student, and Prof. Andrew Norton tell us about the different observations scientists made to find an invisible black hole...Astronomers famously snapped the first ever direct image of a black hole in 2019, thanks to material glowing in its presence. But many black holes are actually near impossible to detect. Now another team using the Hubble Space Telescope...

...astronomy because they do not give a bright enough image at night. The minimum specification for astronomy use is around 7x50, which should cost around £50 - £100. Better images can be seen with 10x50s, but the price will increase accordingly. A pair of 11x80s would give resolution good enough to see Saturn’s rings and the craters on the moon - these would set you...

...astronomy. By studying gravitational waves from the processes that emitted them – in this case two merging black holes – we could see intimate details of violent events in the cosmos. However, to make the most of such astronomy, it is best to place the detector in space. The Earth-based LIGO managed to catch gravitational waves using laser interferometry. This...

...Astronomy and Planetary Science qualification. Four “supermoons” will rise from August 2024 (2024's first supermoon was on 19 August and the rest are on 18 September, 17 October and 15 November). As usual , there will be many pictures trying to show off the “over-sized” moon. But I don’t think it deserves so much attention. On these nights, the Moon will be at...

...Astronomy in Australia. Alan Duffy, Associate Professor and Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Professor Stephen Hawking was an inspiration to me to become not just a scientist but a communicator of that science. His work as a cosmologist, and discoveries in black hole physics were legendary. His best-known prediction, named by the community as Hawking...