If you’ve ever wondered what it is that I do (this one’s for all you family and friend types), then worry no more. Today I’m giving a talk to the incoming PhD students as part of our Postgraduate Conference. All the 2nd years give talks to all the 1st years…

In addition to putting the Heaven’s Above transits of the ISS and Hubble into Twitter feeds for 14 cities (so far), I have also put them in the sidebar right here at Orbiting Frog. You should see the upcoming visible transit on the right. These updates just cover the cities that I…

I read a while ago on Astronomy Blog that there was a Twitter feed called About London (developers’ blog) for International Space Station (ISS) passes overhead, as well as some other things. Basically every time the ISS was due to pass over London a Tweet would appear saying when it was due…

A recent BBC News article tells how Nepal Airlines were having trouble with an aircraft and so decided to sacrifice two goats in front of the plane to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu god of sky protection.

The plane was then fixed, the problem was apparently an electrical fault, and it then…

A very timely new paper to aide me in my research which states that Rho Oph is 135pc away. give or take a few parsecs.

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