This morning at 6.08am (GMT) was the official mark of the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Today is the shortest day for us here in the UK and the longest in Australia, for example.

This is an effect caused the the axial tilt of the Earth and is the true…

…by signing this official Downing Street petition regarding the current status of funding for astronomy in the UK. It’s quick and easy and if you think astronomy is important to the UK then you should sign in and protest the large cuts made recently by the powers that be.

Link: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Physics-Funding

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