Today the International Telecommunications Union are voting on whether to abolish the leap second. This miniscule measure of time is added in to our time-keeping systems every so often to make sure th… more →
Dark Sky Diarywrote 3 weeks ago: GOLD STARS ALL ROUND: a section of the night sky over St Helena, photographed by Steve Owens The way … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: DARK ENOUGH FOR YOU? St Helena’s night sky: the horizon appears as a circle around the edge Th … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Okay... how many people spotted that this was actually taken in the Northern Hemisphere? They're sti … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Just some of the components of the "Right Here. Right Now." multimedia campaign developed … more →
wrote 3 months ago: COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri’s new president returns to his alma mater on W … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Paws on Parade Be My Valentine? By the time the sun broke through on Saturday, there were sailors, p … more →
wrote 3 months ago: To Whom it May Concern, My name is detective Robert T. Schnouzer, I’ve been hired by the Fried … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Today the International Telecommunications Union are voting on whether to abolish the leap second. T … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Hilariously, I have been “quoted” in a fictitious article on the website The Spoof. This … more →
wrote 5 months ago: I’m heading up to Orkney for two weeks to run a midwinter astronomy festival. I love Orkney, a … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Some time in the small hours of Friday or Saturday morning (21-22 October 2011) the Orionids meteor … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Dark Sky Places Traveling Fellowship Part 7 Thanks to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, I have r … more →
wrote 8 months ago: On Saturday 8 October 2011 a rare event may occur – a meteor storm! The usually sedate Draconi … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Dark Sky Places Traveling Fellowship Part 6 Thanks to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, I have r … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Dark Sky Places Traveling Fellowship Part 5 Thanks to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, I have r … more →
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wrote 8 months ago: Dark Sky Places Traveling Fellowship Part 3 Thanks to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, I have r … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Dark Sky Places Traveling Fellowship Part 2 Thanks to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, I have r … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Dark Sky Places Traveling Fellowship Part 1 Thanks to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, I have r … more →