Alice in Galaxyland

Casper, below, is one of the reasons I love cats. I don't think they'll ever run out of ways to surprise us and endear themselves to...

Just occasionally, something pleases me so much that I want to put it up here just for a smile. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day was...

Tomorrow it will be two years ago that I logged onto Galaxy Zoo as usual - and found that the long-awaited forum was up and running! Withi...

I recently applied for a journalism job which required submitting a 400-word environmental article. I didn't get the job, so I'm goi...

It seems to be my week for starting posts with Moon pictures, so I might as well start this one by showing you a great picture Infinity took...

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, 1969. Credit: APOD . Last week a friend asked me why, in the old Apollo pictures of the Moon landings, we can't...

I'm rather proud to announce that a detailed History of the Peas is up on the Galaxy Zoo Blog - I hope everybody, especially the pea-pi...

Some weeks ago I had an interesting new assignment handed over to me: to find some people to be interviewed for a documentary about Galaxy Z...

At some point, I don't yet know when, I and at least one other person are planning to go to Parliament Square to eat cakes with "pe...

The International Year of Astronomy are running a "cornerstone project" , as they call it, called "She's an Astronomer...