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101 Things – The Northumberland Dark Sky Festival
A new virtual festival is being organised this February to celebrate Northumberland as one of the best
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Are We Nearly There Yet by Carol Davenport – A Review
This is a lovely childrens book about the Rosalind Franklin Rover, (previously known as the ExoMars Rover)
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Geminids Meteor Shower
Have you ever wished upon a star? Well with the Geminids Meteor Shower you’ve got the best
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APPG for Dark Skies – Light Pollution
Light Pollution affects society and habitats in several ways; stargazing and astronomy are just the tip of
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101 Things – COMETS!
Comets are (essentially) massive dirty, icy snowballs thought to mostly originate from the “Oort Cloud” at the
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Venus Inferior Conjection and Solar System Scope
Tomorrow the planet Venus will be at “inferior conjunction” – what does that mean? Firstly I must
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101 Things – Noctilucent CLouds
The 2020 Noctilucent Cloud (NLC) season is almost here – NLCs are they the highest clouds on
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101 Things – Satellites – Starlink
Satellite spotting is definitely a fun astronomical thing to do and because commercial launches are now happening
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A Guide to Living with Worry and Anxiety During Global Uncertainty
Hello there gang! We’ve been a bit quiet on here in the last couple of weeks, adjusting
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C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) – The First Decent Comet of 2020?
So it turns out that one of the last comet discoveries of 2019 is brightening up and
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