Science & Technology

Welcome to the June night sky. This is the month that has the longest days and shortest nights of the year. This is simply due to the position of the

Welcome to the May night sky. This is the time of year when things start to warm up a bit and the nights are noticeably less chilly and hopefully the

Welcome to the January night sky. On the first day of the month, just after sunset over in the southwest, the brilliant planet Venus is seen, and it is the

Welcome to the February night sky.  Traditionally, this month is cold and damp in Portugal but frost is rare at our latitudes, unlike the rest of northern Europe where subzero temperatures

Welcome to the March night sky. This is the month when the Sun moves into the northern hemisphere of the sky, and it marks the beginning of spring for us

Welcome to the December night sky. This is the month of the longest nights and shortest days of the year. The Sun is at its lowest point in the sky

This is the month when the constellations of summer vanish from view to be replaced with those of the deep dark winter. The first sign of this is when you

Welcome to the November night sky. The nights are now long, dark and much cooler. Over in the east by 9pm, the constellation of Orion the hunter can be seen

This is the month of the giant planet Jupiter. In fact, just after sunset over on the southeastern horizon, Jupiter can be seen rising in the constellation of Capricorn. This