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How to spot a shooting star this weekend
A Perseid meteor from 2010, streaking over the ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile. Credit: ESO/S. Guisard Wherever you are this weekend, if you get the chance, don’t forget to look up. The Perseid...
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Art and science collide in a tale of two cultures
As I mentioned a little while ago, I’m involved in putting on a TEDx event at the Royal Albert Hall later this year. Today we announced our theme — a tale of two cultures — with a trailer featuring...
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A little perspective on our place in the universe
Here are some things that will give whatever might be on your mind at the moment a little perspective. You’ve probably seen these images plastered all over the Internet already. But seeing as I blogged...
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Today’s the day! A new pale blue dot
Where will you be at 10.27pm (UK time) tonight? The Cassini spacecraft will be somewhere behind Saturn. But it’ll be looking at Earth, at us. So we’d better make sure we’re looking back. And don’t...
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Exoplanet colour confirmed for first time: it’s blue, but not pale — and...
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed that a planet called HD 189733b, which orbits a star 63 light years from here, is a deep blue colour. Earth also looks blue from...
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A homesick astronaut on Mars
There are going to be plenty of technological and physiological hurdles to jump before we land the first astronauts on Mars. But once they’re safely on their journey, another kind of challenge may rear...
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Happy Birthday Higgs Boson!
A year ago today I was at the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany. Miles away in Geneva, Switzerland, scientists were getting ready to tell the gathering media about a discovery that would...
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Voyager is in a new region of space, and now that place has a name
Say hello to a brand new bit of the solar system, brought to you by that intrepid traveller Voyager 1: the heliosheath depletion region. Ok, the name’s not particularly catchy, but this is exciting...
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Good morning Gliese 526, the Earth says hello
Over the years we’ve sent a lot of stuff into space. Most of that has been spacecraft sent out to explore the solar system — the moon and sun, planets and asteroids. With Voyager poised on the edge of...
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Space eye candy: Cool cosmic dust and a bright Orion nebula
This patch of sky holds some of the youngest stars ever found. The ribbon that runs through the centre of the image is made up of dust clouds in the constellation Orion, which holds one of the busiest...
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Happy 20th Birthday to the free, open web!
Today Cern is celebrating 20 years of the free, open web. We all know the World Wide Web was created in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, during his time at Cern. But did you know that it was another four years...
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Remember that solar eruption from a few days ago? It just hit Earth
An M6.5 flare that erupted on the morning of April 11, 2013. Credit: NASA/SDO On Thursday morning, the biggest solar flare of the year erupted from the sun. Shortly afterwards it was followed by a...
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Elsewhere: A new physics blog and an afternoon of inspiring talks
The last couple of weeks have been busy ones in my day job, because we just launched the new physics blog physicsfocus! We have a whole range of posts already up, covering topics from latest physics...
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Margaret Thatcher knew about the W boson discovery before everyone else
Margaret Thatcher was many things – including a scientist. And, thanks to her scientific inclination, she was one of the first people to be told about the discovery of the W boson at CERN. Thatcher...
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Alien planet’s atmosphere contains water and carbon monoxide
Artist's impression of planetary system HR 8799 at an early stage in its evolution, showing the planet HR 8799c, as well as a disk of gas and dust, and interior planets. Credit: Dunlap Institute for...
View ArticleNorthern lights as you have (probably) never seen them before
Chances are, unless you’ve been lucky enough to see them in person, you will have seen the northern lights in a time lapse video online. But have you ever seen them just as they would play out in real...
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Want to go to Mars? Dennis Tito will take you there…
…as long as you’re part of an older, married couple with amazing mechanical skills, great long term resilience, and relaxed attitude towards being exposed to high levels of radiation. Storify of...
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s a space rose
A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. But what if it's grown in space? Image: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Still looking for an extra special Valentine’s gift for tomorrow? Here’s something truly...
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What I learned at ScienceOnline2013: Performance, feedback, revision #scio13
The world is big. Go and do stuff! Photo: Outside the Nature Research Centre in Raleigh, taken by me Just over a week ago, on the second day of ScienceOnline2013, I dragged myself out of bed, onto a...
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What Voyager saw: a journey in photographs #scio13
On the plane to North Carolina. Clouds! Photo taken by me. I spent this afternoon at a workshop on Rapid Media Prototyping, as part of ScienceOnline 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina. So in the spirit of...
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