Astronomical Uplands

Everyone is invited! Come along to the Star Party, and do some stargazing with the big telescopes, guided by astronomers, who know where ev...

Just a quick update on our blog. Thanks to our previous reporters for their good work on news stories and interesting facts files. It h...

(This section now moved to new blog   Constellation of the month Previous posts: November 2010: The Plough December 2011: C...

the Higgs Boson particle: Its about time I've been waiting for 45 years After 45 years finally, the final piece of Einsteins Standard m...

standard model The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory concerning the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions, ...

E=mc2 what does it really mean Energy=mass x the speed of light squared One of Einstein's great insights was to realise that matter an...

The life cycle of stars 1) stars form from clouds of dust and gas. 2) The force of gravity makes the gas clouds come spiralling in. As ...

I found out today that not very many people know the huge likely hood of extra-terrestrial life if you think about this then you will know ...

5 facts day :) 1. The density of Saturn is so low that if you could put it in water it would float. 2. A piece of neutron star the size of...

Venus transit will happen this year from 5th-6th June but this will only be visible in its entirety from Hawaii, Alaska, Australia the Pacif...