History of astronomy

Þ Patrick on the set of an early The Sky at Night broadcast, his idea now a reality. Credit: BBC

Letters from Patrick Moore: how The Sky at Night TV programme was born

Radio Astronomy Podcast The story of the BBC’s Horizon programme

Patrick Moore pictured at his house in Selsey. Photo by Keystone/Getty Images

Sir Patrick Moore’s estate: the legacy of Britain’s favourite astronomer

An artist's impression of our Solar System. Credit: Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech

Solar System predictions: what scientists got right and wrong

A Soyuz rocket lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazahkstan, 18 October 2003. Credit: ESA-S. Corvaja 2003

The history of the Soyuz rocket

The Council Room at the Royal Astronomical Society. Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net).

The history of the Royal Astronomical Society

A portrait of Claudius Ptolemy (90-178) in the astronomical observatory of Alexandria, Egypt. La-vie-des-savants-illustres by Louis Figuier, 1866 Private collection (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

Claudius Ptolemy’s Astrological Travel Guide

Image of Pluto taken by New Horizons

Radio Astronomy Podcast Pluto at 90: how Clyde Tombaugh discovered a new world

Pluto's haze, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Why Pluto is no longer a planet: the rise and fall of a Kuiper Belt Object

Clyde Tombaugh pictured at a Zeiss Blink Comparator, a machine used in the discovery of Pluto. Credit: Lowell Observatory Archives

Astronomers you should know Clyde Tombaugh

The astronomer Sir William Herschel. Credit: DEA PICTURE LIBRARY / Contributor

Astronomers you should know Sir William Herschel

Justus Sustermans - Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636. Credit: Justus Sustermans - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC2700

A conversation with Galileo

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Music of the spheres: a journey of orchestral astronomy

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A guide to galaxies

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In pictures: a history of the planisphere