I recently saw a Digg article which linked to a space.com page about the 10 Strangest Things in Space. All but 2 of the items were not pictures at all but computer simulations, or artists impressions. So here to correct this injustice to phenomena everywhere I present the REAL 10 Strangest…

This is an Infra Red telescope with a 30m dish found in Sierra Nevada, Spain. I have used data from this scope in my own research and hadn’t realised quite how cool it looked in reality.

Just the other day I was opining about how the internet needs to get in bed with science a bit more. Well lo and behold here is a fantastic example of just such a thing: Galaxy Zoo.

I saw the link on Chris Lintott’s blog and then later on Digg, but basically…

So my name is now on a (soon-to-be) published paper. How and why this happened is a little over my head, but I shall try to explain. One thing you should know however, is that I haven’t really done anything so far to help get this paper out. I haven’t…

What is it that making my blood boil? No, its not the holy wrath of God seeking revenge on my pro gay-rights, pro-choice, left-wing morals; its the Right Reverend Graham Dow, Bishop of Carlisle. Or should say I the Right Reverend Stupid Head? I could do worse but so far…