Jane Green

Astronomy writer

Jane Green is an astronomy writer and speaker, and author of the Haynes Astronomy Manual.

Recent articles by Jane Green

Astronomers have captured the first ever image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy. Credit: EHT Collaboration

How astronomers photographed the Milky Way’s central black hole

How to navigate the sky using the celestial sphere. Credit: mikroman6 / Getty Images

How to navigate the night sky like an astronomer

Dwarf planet Ceres. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

A guide to dwarf planet Ceres

(Original Caption) Johannes Kepler discussing his discoveries of planetary motion with Emperor Rudolph II. Credit: Bettmann / Getty Images

Astronomers you should know Johannes Kepler

The Moon may always keep the same face turned to us, but the terminator makes sure that face keeps changing. Image Credit: iStock

Why does the Moon have phases?

Astronomy in literature. Credit: Olivia Waller/folio

Things in heaven and Earth: a look at astronomy in literature

Beth Healey at her home from home: the Concordia Research Station. Credit: ESA/IPEV/PNRA–B. Healey

How to cope with isolation Lessons from a space doctor in Antarctica

Artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disc. Our Solar System may have looked like this in its infancy. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

Rings of the Solar System

Uranus (left) and Neptune (right), as seen by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech; NASA

A guide to the ice giants Uranus and Neptune

The total solar eclipse that appeared over China in 2009. Credit: iStock

2 July 2019 total solar eclipse: dates, times, locations

Apollo 11 lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin pictured on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 moonwalk. Credit: NASA

Apollo 11 on TV: how NASA filmed the moonlanding

Four images of Jupiter and the impact of fragment W of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, captured by the Galileo spacecraft on 22 July 1994 from a distance of 238 million km from Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL

Impacting Jupiter: the story of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9