Science the saviour
TENS OF thousands of years ago a Stone-Age family was hiding in a hole in the ground, cold, tired and hungry. Then a spark of hope appeared and one of
SOS – Save Our Stars
THERE IS a lot of talk nowadays about using renewable resources and maintaining the ambient. Much of this is more talk than action, as anyone who has actually tried to
The Moon in our lives
The Moon is a celestial object that we all take for granted, but not many people have the time to think about the part that the Moon played in life
The March night sky
Clive Jackson is the Director of the Astronomical Observatory of Tavira (Sitio do Malhão, Tavira) and the Camera Obscura (next to the Castle in Tavira), specialising in education and public
Clear winter nights
WELCOME TO the December night sky and to the cold clear nights of winter. On December 21, the Sun is at its lowest point in the heavens and this gives
A month of meteor showers
By CLIVE JACKSON WELCOME TO the November night sky. This is the month when the winter constellations start to appear in the evening night sky and the long dark nights
Autumn is on its way
By CLIVE JACKSON WELCOME TO the October night sky. This is the month when we really notice the nights lengthening and the constellations of summer are replaced by those of
Pluto’s relegation
Clyde Tombaugh was only 24-years-old when he discovered Pluto, while working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1930. He had spent six gruelling months examining images of the sky,
The end of summer – By Clive Jackson
WELCOME TO the September night sky. This is the month of the autumnal equinox, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator or, in other words, takes its journey southwards. It
August showers – By Clive Jackson
WELCOME TO the August night sky. This is the month when much of Europe is on holiday and people have more time to spend outside during the warm summer nights.