• Starfest is coming this October, with Kielder and Battlesteads Observatories.

    2020 Starfest is a fun-packed family astronomy weekend of November 6th, 7th and 8th, organised by our

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Counting stars in the battle against light pollution

    Between 22 and 28 February this year the Campaign for Rural England needs your help! During that

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  • Astroid Nearly Hits Earth! (2019VD)

    Did you hear that WHOOOOSH! at about 10am this morning? That was an asteroid, “2019VD” that whizzed

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  • Landscapes Review – Get Every Child into the Countryside for at Least One Night!

    Landscapes Review – Get Every Child into the Countryside for at Least One Night!

    A quick note to say we applaud the findings of Julian Glover https://twitter.com/julian_glover especially in as much

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  • September Stargazing

    Dark Sky Discovery – The Milky Way is BACK! Our world-famous Dark Sky Discovery events are now

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