Science

Alan Holland

An interview with the producer of Stargazing LIVE

A curtain aurora seen by Paul Money in Bardufoss, Norway. Credit: Paul Money

How to observe the aurora

Comet-Garradd+M15

Comet and Cluster

In the northern hemisphere, the entire sky revolves around the Pole Star, Polaris Credit: iStock

Massing or Missing?

Composite image of the globular cluster NGC 3201, obtained with the WFI instrument on the ESO/MPG 2.2-m telescope at La Silla. Image Credit: ESO

Stargazing Live – 5 January 2011

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Stargazing Live – 3 January 2011

An artist's impression of exoplanets in orbit around a star. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The search for a second Earth

Man looking at the stars with telescope beside him. Credit: iStock

The valuable contributions of amateur astonomers

Credit: Oliver Burston

Life…but not as we know it