Alice in Galaxyland

"I am a galaxy." Well, that's definitely one way to begin a book. And I've been learning  quite a bit about the process ...

Ada Lovelace Day , created by Suw Charman-Anderson , is a yearly celebration of women in science, maths, engineering and technology. It st...

It was going to be a good Saturday. I've had a very stressful summer, and I've been ill and had to miss a lot of things, but I was o...

. . . as a dream doth flatter,   In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter. Ten years ago I would have hailed this as exactly what I...

Come take my hand and run swift with me, Leap high till we skim over road and tree, Till oil-painting fields fall fast down below And wi...

Why do stars live in galaxies, rather than being spread out evenly through the Universe? Where did the Big Bang actually happen? Doesn't...

(Unless, of course, you are extremely keen on the Moon, in which case you probably do. Anyway . . .) 1) Our Moon is the largest moon relat...