So if you know me you’ll know that I’m annoyed about Pluto being demoted last year to Dwarf Planet. Well I’ve decided its now time to let it go. Pluto is still a planet, it may be a dwarf planet but just as dwarf stars are still stars and dwarf…

Lunar eclipses are very cool because they are much more widely visible than solar eclipses. On Saturday March 3rd there is going to be a lunar eclipse which you can see from all over the Americas, Europe, Africa and and western…

Today I had the chance to quiz my friends Fraser and Vanessa about the Faulkes Telescope. Faulkes is actually two scopes - one Northern one Southern - which are robotic. They can be controlled by various groups around the world who might oherwise not…

So I think we just had Winter. Thursday and Friday’s snow fell hard and fast but was gone just as quickly in the end. Which was a bit sad. Although I have heard reports that in the Brecon Beacons the sledging was excellent over the…

Our little monster, Monty had his first try out in the snow this morning. At first he was very wary but soon got over his fears and started to tunnel around the garden using his nose. He would bundle up a small roll of snow…

Sometimes I’ll see a photo that just blows me away! This is a very good example. I wish I could take a photo like this but I really don’t see how it could ever happen given my impatience and lack of technical knowledge.

I found it on the Astronomy Picture of…

This was one of those ‘thank god for cameraphones’ moments. I just happened to see this sunset and just happened to be at a great spot to take this picture of the St. David’s Hotel on Cardiff Bay.

We had just been for…

Its a question that’s been bothering me lately - but is Facebook evil? I mean the site can sap a whole half hour of my time without even trying and I don’t really get anywhere because of it. It also allows unscrupulous individuals to track my every conversation and friendship…